BELLEVUE, WA – Once again, innocent lives have been lost in a country with the sort of strict firearm regulations the gun prohibition lobby and anti-gun politicians advocate for here in the United States, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. proves how wrong they are. “Eight people are dead because Canadian politicians haphazardly believed that restricting millions of honest gun owners would somehow prevent a madman from committing mayhem,” said CCRKBA Chairman

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on New England Second Amendment advocates and activists to mark their calendars for May 30, and save the date! CCRKBA, in conjunction with their New England partners — Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Massachusetts Gun Owners’ Action League, Gun Owners of Maine, New Hampshire Firearms Coalition, Rhode Island 2nd Amendment Coalition, and Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs — will host their inaugural Firearms Advocacy Conference on May 30 in Chicopee,

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding lawmakers in the New Hampshire House for approving legislation allowing carry on college campuses by prohibiting colleges and universities from banning guns. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb took issue with opponents of the measure who have cited tragic campus shootings, such as the one at Brown University, as a good reason to prevent students or visitors from carrying defensive sidearms for their personal safety. “Their logic is all wrong,” said Gottlieb.

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun-rights Democrats—this time in New Mexico—are once again trying to reduce violent gun-related crime by penalizing people who aren’t responsible, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says in response. “Senate Bill 17, which was passed by state Senate Democrats over the weekend, would ban semi-automatic firearms and original capacity magazines,” said CCRKBA Managing Director Andrew Gottlieb, “but it’s not going to prevent criminals from committing crimes. All this does is create the false impression that Democrats are

BELLEVUE, WA – Canadian media is reporting that half of all the provinces, plus the Northwest Territory and Yukon governments are telling Ottawa the country’s massive gun “buyback” scheme is a non-starter, and they will not participate. “This is a remarkable—and welcome—wake-up call to Canada’s liberal national government, and it is long overdue,” said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, one of the largest U.S. gun rights organizations. “Gun control in Canada has crossed the line

BELLEVUE, WA – New York’s draconian gun control laws have struck again with the arrest of NFL athlete Rasheed Walker at LaGuardia Airport after he properly declared a firearm in his checked luggage, an incident which underscores the continued anti-gun extremism in the state, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms declared. Walker, an offensive lineman with the Green Bay Packers, legally owns the firearm in Wisconsin, according to published reports. He was arrested after declaring the handgun and ammunition to

BELLEVUE, WA – Newly-released data from the Council on Criminal Justice has unintentionally revealed the deceptive nature of rhetoric from the gun prohibition lobby, and it’s time for the media to start asking the tough questions, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in response. “The new report, which is all over the media, says homicides declined more than 20 percent last year from the number in 2024,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Yet a look at data from the

BELLEVUE, WA – The 41st annual Gun Rights Policy Conference—co-sponsored by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)—is scheduled the weekend of Sept. 25-27 at the Westin Dallas-Fort Worth Airport hotel in Dallas, Texas. Since its launch in 1985, the Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) has grown to become one of the most significant annual gatherings of Second Amendment leaders, scholars, legal minds and grassroots activists on the map. Each year, it draws the top

BELLEVUE, WA – Canadian gun owners just sent their government a message that may be lost on the country’s leftist Liberal politicians, but is crystal clear to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. According to the National Post, the federal government confirmed that only 25 firearms were turned in as part of a “test run” on the buyback which was aimed at collecting 200 banned guns, amounting to only about 12 percent of what they expected. Firearms which were surrendered,

BELLEVUE, WA – A Massachusetts Appeals Court panel unanimously “made the right call” in ruling a wife cannot be denied an application for a license to carry (LTC) because of past incidents involving her husband, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms observed. In the case of Guinane v. Chief of Police of Manchester-by-the-Sea, the three-judge panel reversed lower court rulings and ordered that Barbara Guinane’s application for a license to carry be granted, even though her husband’s LTC had been