[et_pb_section admin_label="section"] [et_pb_row admin_label="row"] [et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] BELLEVUE, WA – Justin Moon, founder and CEO of Kahr Arms, is the 2021 recipient of the Gun Rights Defender of the Year Award, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced today. Moon was born in South Korea in 1970 and came to the United States with his family as a toddler three years later, first settling in Tarrytown, N.Y. He became interested in firearms in his teens, and when he started looking for a compact

[et_pb_section fb_built="1" admin_label="section" _builder_version="4.16" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"][et_pb_row admin_label="row" _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="4.17.6" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" text_text_color="#000000" text_font_size="16px" sticky_enabled="0"]BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review of their challenge to Maryland’s ban on modern semiautomatic rifles. Joining SAF and CCRKBA are Field Traders, LLC, the Firearms Policy Coalition and three private citizens, Micah Schaefer, David Snope and Dominic

BELLEVUE, WA – Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a staunch defender of gun rights in the Lone Star State, is being recognized by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms as the Legislator of the Year for 2021. Gov. Abbott earlier this year signed several pieces of gun rights legislation into law, including HB 1927, which allows anyone 21 years old or older who can legally possess a firearm in Texas to carry a handgun in public without a permit. With his

BELLEVUE, WA – A newly released ABC News/Ipsos poll confirms what most of America’s gun owners already knew, that Joe Biden is a failure at addressing crime and especially gun-related violence, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The survey, released over the weekend, shows only 36 percent—slightly more than 1 in 3 Americans—approve of Biden’s handling of the deteriorating crime problem. As for his response to violent crimes in which firearms are used, the data is even worse,

BELLEVUE, WA – John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of the landmark book “More Guns, Less Crime,” is the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Lott, an economist, author, writer, researcher and political commentator, has other titles to his credit including “The Bias Against Guns” “Gun Control Myths,” and “The War on Guns.” He frequently authors Op-Ed pieces for various publications, and worked for a short time

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has named veteran writer AWR Hawkins as the recipient of the 2021 Bill of Rights award. Hawkins, a prolific journalist who covers firearms issues for Breitbart News, is a past winner of the “Journalist of the Year” award (2015, 2017 and 2019), and the “Gun Rights Defender of the Year” award (2016 and 2020). The award was announced following this year’s Gun Rights Policy Conference, co-hosted by CCRKBA and the Second

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has named Holly Sullivan, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League as Grassroots Activist of the Year for 2021.  The Constitution State gun rights advocate grew up in a gun-owning family and she is also on the advisory board of the D.C. Project, a grassroots lobbying effort that brings women from all the states annually to the nation’s capitol, where they meet with and educate lawmakers and their staffs about Second

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has announced the winner of its prestigious “Grassroots Organization of the Year” award is the D.C. Project. “The DC Project has become a credible grassroots endeavor that puts women in the forefront of the Second Amendment movement,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Each year, this organization grows its base and expands its influence, providing leadership and a common sense approach to an often perplex issue, reminding government and the media in

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has announced the winner of its “Affiliate of the Year” award for 2021 is Florida Carry, a grassroots organization that has been on the forefront of activism in the Sunshine State. Florida Carry is a non-partisan, non-profit group based in Lehigh Acres. Incorporated in 2011, this year marks Florida Carry’s tenth anniversary. Founded by Sean Caranna and Richard Nascak, the organization has a five-member board of directors and is a 501(c)(4)

BELLEVUE, WA – Virginia’s embattled gun owners were the margin of difference when it counted to take back the governor’s office, the Assembly and other key races, essentially setting the stage for “a return of common sense to the Commonwealth,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Old Dominion gun owners were not about to allow anti-gun Democrats enjoy another two years of power after what happened in January 2020,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb observed. “They knew what Terry