BELLEVUE, WA – Data posted at the Gun Violence Archive website shows 2023 produced fewer homicides, suicides, and gun-related injuries than in 2022, which indicates expansion of permitless carry laws, allowing more people to carry firearms for personal protection, did not result in more bloodshed as anti-gunners predicted. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms noted that GVA data traditionally drives the narrative from the gun prohibition lobby and its allies in the establishment media. The GVA is typically the first, if not only source

BELLEVUE, WA – A new “study” by Everytown for Gun Safety which claims that 298,000 lives could be saved if all states adopted strict gun control policies like California is “misleading at best,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in reaction. “While Everytown says California is the top state for so-called ‘gun safety policies,’ the homicide body count tells a different story,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Based on 2022 data, the most recent year for which statistics are

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun-rights President Joe Biden has once again taken advantage of two high-profile shooting incidents this week in Texas and Nevada to push for a ban on so-called “assault weapons” when published reports indicate such firearms were not used in either case. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says Biden is “remaining true to form, dishing out the same gun control rhetoric he has used in the past, whether it matches up with the specific facts of a

BELLEVUE, WA – The failure by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) to move legislation banning so-called “assault weapons” via unanimous consent does not mean he has given up, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is vowing to fight such an attempt. The bill, S. 25, was introduced by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). An attempt to move it via unanimous consent failed when Republicans objected. But CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said this is no guarantee the legislation

BELLEVUE, WA – The City of Seattle—home to a billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobbying group which bankrolled two gun control initiatives that have been dismal failures—hit a new homicide record this week, ironically with the death of a June stabbing victim, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said the time has come to repeal the laws that only impact law-abiding citizens and take a new course against criminals. Seattle has now posted 70 murders, and there is still one full

BELLEVUE, WA – A new NBC poll showing more than half of American voters (52%) saying they or someone in their household owns a gun is one more affirmation of the importance of the Second Amendment, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms stated. According to the NBC poll, this is the highest-ever percentage of voters who acknowledge being in a gun-owning household. The network has been tracking this since 1999. The numbers prove that firearms of all kinds are commonly

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting the challenge of Hawaii’s “sensitive places” statute which places sweeping limitations on where legally-armed citizens may carry firearms for personal defense. Joining CCRKBA in this brief are the Firearms Policy Coalition, FPC Action Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, the Center for Human Liberty and Dr. Angus Kirk McClellan, former college professor and historian. They are