CCRKBA AMICUS BRIEF: AMMO BACKGROUND CHECK UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BELLEVUE, WA – California’s mandatory background check requirement for ammunition purchases, which falsely rejects more than 10 percent of qualified buyers, is unconstitutional, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says in an amicus brief submitted to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The case known as Rhode v. Bonta. CCRKBA is joined by the Second Amendment
U.S. SUES DIST. OF COLUMBIA OVER RESTRICTIVE GUN CONROL; CCRKBA CHEERS
BELLEVUE, WA – The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia, challenging the city’s continuing effort, despite Supreme Court rulings, to restrict and infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering the action. “We are proud to see the Trump administration stand
CCRKBA: PENALIZE N.Y. FOR FREEING CRIMINALS WHO OFFEND IN OTHER STATES
BELLEVUE, WA – Liberal Congressional hopeful Jack Schlossberg—grandson to President John F. Kennedy—wants to make political hay by demanding that states with so-called “weak gun laws” should be penalized because guns from those states end up used in crimes in New York, but the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says he has it backwards. Schlossberg is campaigning
CCRKBA CHEERS 5TH CIRCUIT PANEL’S RULING IN GUN RIGHTS CASE
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering the 2-1 ruling by a panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which overturned the gun law conviction of a Mississippi man who had earlier been placed on five years’ probation for failing to pay child support. The case is known as U.S.
CCRKBA AMICUS SUPPORTS CHALLENGE OF LIFETIME 2A RIGHTS LOSS
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has submitted an amicus brief to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a Pennsylvania man’s challenge of a federal law which imposed a lifetime loss of Second Amendment rights over a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. The case is known as
TRAGEDIES HERE, ABROAD SHOW GUNS NOT THE PROBLEM, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – Following a weekend of tragedies both here and abroad which included a terrorist attack in Australia, a deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island and the reported stabbing deaths of Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his wife, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said guns aren’t the problem and restrictions aren’t the
CCRKBA FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN CHALLENGE OF MARYLAND CCW LAW
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, encouraging the court to grant certiorari in a case challenging Maryland’s concealed carry law, which does not recognize permits issued by other states. The case is known as Gardner v. Maryland. CCRKBA is joined by the Second Amendment
CCRKBA HAILS DOJ’S ‘2A SECTION,’ CALLS FOR ACTION ON PERMITS-TO-PURCHASE
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
12 NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES HAVE NOW NULLIFIED CARRY PERMIT FEE
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,
CRIME DOWN, GUN CARRY UP REFLECTS NATIONAL TREND
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