BELLEVUE, WA – In what may be the first time in history, the United States has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in full support of petitioners in a case challenging the constitutionality of a state gun control law under the Second Amendment, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms offers kudos to the Trump administration for making it happen. The case is known as Wolford v. Lopez, and it pits the State of Hawaii squarely against

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has launched an online petition calling on Attorney General Pamela Bondi to launch investigations into restrictive gun control laws in a dozen states, and “to ultimately seek injunctions and/or restraining orders against any and all state laws and local regulations which are determined to infringe and/or impair the exercise of rights protected by the Second Amendment.” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said the petition will underscore the widespread public interest in the

BELLEVUE, WA – This Saturday, April 19, 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the date which could easily be recognized as the birthday of the Second Amendment, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms calls on all freedom-loving Americans to join in the celebration. “April 19th marks that day in history when the government of the era sent troops to seize the arms of Americans, and our ancestors replied with a decisive ‘No’,” said

BELLEVUE, WA – As U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sets the course of action for the Justice Department’s newly-announced “Second Amendment Task Force,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has suggested in a letter that she unleash the new group on a dozen Democrat-controlled states which have adopted extremely restrictive gun control laws. In his letter to Bondi, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb writes, “I would like to suggest that among the Task Force’s priorities might be to examine the patterns

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding President Donald Trump’s appointment of Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, replacing FBI Director Kash Patel, who had been filling that role temporarily since early February. “President Trump’s decision to appoint Acting Director Driscoll is indicative of his resolve to protect Second Amendment rights and bring much needed  reform to the ATF,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Mr. Patel

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is hailing the decision by Attorney General Pamela Bondi to create a Second Amendment Task Force within the Department of Justice “to use its full might to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.” Bondi issued a memorandum to all DOJ employees on Tuesday. In her memo, the AG Bondi stated, “For too long, the Second Amendment, which establishes the fundamental individual right of Americans to keep and bear arms,

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding the announcement by Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that the Biden-era “zero tolerance policy” penalizing gun owners and small retailers has been repealed. In a major DOJ announcement, the agency said it will also review Final Rule 2021R-08F, related to stabilizing braces, and Final Rule 2022R-17F, related to the definition of “engaging in the business” of firearms dealing. “Those rules were used by

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature on legislation requiring new merchant codes for firearm and ammunition purchases with credit cards is typical Democrat nonsense—penalizing honest gun owners for crimes they didn’t commit—the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has determined. Gov. Hochul signed S745/A439 while her office and media allies maintain the legislation will reduce gun-related violent crime. According to a news release from Hochul’s office, “This gives law enforcement the opportunity to find out exactly who

SUSPECT WORKED WITH GROUP ‘AIMED AT PREVENTING YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE’ BELLEVUE, WA – While Washington state Democrats appear ready to adopt another restrictive gun control scheme affecting only law-abiding citizens, a double-homicide in Seattle over the weekend provides more evidence why the anti-gun ideology is strategically wrong and morally bankrupt, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has declared. The man now charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection to the Capri Hookah Lounge incident is a convicted felon who

BELLEVUE, WA – Monday’s arrest of an armed congressional staffer of anti-gun Sen. Cory Booker’s office clearly reveals the New Jersey Democrat is another Capitol Hill hypocrite when it comes to “guns for me, but not for thee,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. According to a published report, Capitol police arrested 59-year-old Kevin A. Batts of New Jersey, a retired Newark police detective for carrying a pistol without a license. He was reportedly arrested after accompanying a member