BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is hailing this week’s announcement by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon that the Justice Department is adding a “Second Amendment Section” to its Civil Rights Division. “For its first move,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb suggested, “we think this new office should focus on states which require a permit to purchase any firearm. Nowhere in this country should a citizen be forced to get permission from a government entity in order to

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, in conjunction with the New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate and National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, is celebrating the 12th New Jersey municipality to pass a permit-to-carry fee rebate resolution. A grassroots movement which began over the summer is spreading across the Garden State. On Nov. 25, Howell, N.J. joined 11 other towns in refunding their citizens’ permit-to-carry fees. Post-Bruen, New Jersey lawmakers imposed additional and onerous fees to their permit-to-carry

BELLEVUE, WA – News outlets in Seattle, Washington have been reporting a decline in gun-related violence this year in surrounding King County, but the announcement overlooks a significant fact which unintentionally derails one of the greatest gun control myths of all time, that more guns equal more violent crime. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, whose national headquarters is in King County, notes this crime decline has happened while the number of active concealed pistol licenses (CPL) in the county

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a challenged to the restrictive concealed carry law in Hawaii which essentially makes it impossible for law-abiding, licensed citizens of that state to exercise their right to bear arms outside of their own homes. The case is known as Wolford v. Lopez. Joining CCRKBA and SAF is the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. They are represented by

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is appalled that New York City gun laws, and prosecutors in the Queens District Attorney’s Office, have put a 67-year-old citizen behind bars for defending himself against a recidivist criminal with an unlicensed handgun. According to the New York Post, Charles Foehner was not prosecuted for fatally shooting would-be thief Cody Gonzalez two years ago. Instead, prosecutors slapped Foehner with multiple gun law violations, Foehner’s attorney “ripped the city’s ‘draconian’ gun

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is welcoming the nomination of Robert Cekada to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he currently serves as deputy director. “We recall when Mr. Cekada was named Deputy Director back in April that he received high praise from many in the firearms community,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “He brings considerable experience, along with what we believe are truly pro-Second Amendment views, which would be a

BELLEVUE, WA – Recent stories at Reuters and MSNBC reveal Democrats are lamenting the loss of male voters, especially younger ones, in recent election cycles, and they are considering different strategies to bring them back. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has a suggestion for these Democrats. Stop pushing legislation aimed at eroding their Second Amendment rights. “A large percentage of male voters are gun owners,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “and they are tired of being penalized for crimes they

BELLEVUE, WA – The embarrassing arrest of an aide to anti-gun Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey shows that while she has been penalizing law-abiding gun owners, drug and gun crime was apparently happening right under her nose, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “While Maura Healey, first as Massachusetts attorney general and for the past few years as the governor, has a track record of penalizing Bay State gun owners,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “she’s evidently been so focused

BELLEVUE, WA – As far-left Socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to be the next New York City mayor rolls like a juggernaut toward next Tuesday’s election, a violent rap video showing a younger Mamdani waving a pistol around has surfaced to haunt him. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the wannabe Big Apple mayor, who called for a ban on all gun ownership in 2022, deserves the exposure. The video was, according to the Washington Free Beacon and Rolling