BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is urging members and supporters to contact their U.S. Senators and oppose the nomination of David Chipman to become head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Capitol switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. “When a nominee for the top post at the agency responsible for enforcing the nation’s firearms regulations can’t define what he believes an ‘assault weapon’ is, that raises alarms,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “By

BELLEVUE, WA – Friday’s slashing spree in the New York City subway underscores the need for immediate reform of city and state concealed carry laws so that honest citizens have the ability to fight back and defend themselves against such viciousness, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “We know at least three people were violently attacked by several people,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Fortunately, nobody was killed, but this is a symptom of a larger problem in

BELLEVUE, WA – A new Washington Post-ABC News survey revealing support for Second Amendment protection has risen by 9 percent, while support for new gun control laws has declined 7 percent, shows Americans are waking up to the importance of gun ownership, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “This public awakening to the importance of protecting the right to own a firearm may be largely due to the energetic advertising campaigns we, and our sister organization, the Second

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms will air a new 60-second informationalspot next week on a dozen national television networks, alerting the nation’s gun owners about anti-gun Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s newest gun ban legislation, the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021.” The spot will air 31 times over the course of the week. Feinstein and 35 co-sponsors recently introduced S.736, a bill that would ban the manufacture and sale of some 200 so-called “assault weapons” by name and

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms announced today it will launch a national radio blitz beginning April 5 that will include both the Salem Radio Network and Westwood One with six national radio programs. “We plan on reaching almost 8 million listeners on more than 700 radio stations from coast to coast,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Our message is going to be pro-gun-rights and anti-legislation.” The CCRKBA message is an audio version of its hugely successful 60-second

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today announced it is updating its list of businesses and CEOs who push for increased gun control and prohibition, adding Kenneth Cole, Northwell Health and Mesirow to the roster. CCRKBA’s “Don’t Feed the Gun Prohibitionists” project began last year with the creation of a dynamic list of businesses and CEOs who have been supporting new legislation designed to impair the rights of law-abiding firearms owners, said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. The current

BELLEVUE, WA – A brand new Rasmussen survey indicates that 64 percent of likely U.S. voters say “it’s not possible to completely prevent mass shootings,” and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says this is proof voters are smarter than Joe Biden and his anti-gun Democrat colleagues on Capitol Hill. “We’re not surprised that a majority of likely voters have this one figured out better than Biden,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “After Georgia and Colorado, fewer than one in

BELLEVUE, WA – Thanks to donations from gun owners all over the country, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is able to add a fourth week and 50 additionalTV spots in its national campaign to warn America about the legilative threat from Congressional Democrats to our Second Amendment rights. “By the end of next week,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “we will have reached more than 35 million Americans, many of them multiple times with our 60-second TV message, and

BELLEVUE, WA – Recognized as a stalwart defender of the Second Amendment on Capitol Hill, Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise is being recognized as the “Gun Rights Legislator of the Year” by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As House Minority Whip, Congressman Scalise, who has represented Louisiana’s First Congressional District since 2008, has been a powerful voice in defense of the Second Amendment. The victim of an attempted assassination more than three years ago, Scalise didn’t exploit his personal tragedy

BELLEVUE, WA – Don Turner, president of the Nevada Firearms Coalition and a veteran gun rights activist, has been honored by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms with its Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his lifelong devotion to Second Amendment rights. Turner, who spent 30 years with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, was founder of the NFC in 2011. The organization has several accomplishments to its credit, with Turner on point. He served on the Boards of Directors