MINN. GUN OWNERS CAUCUS JOINS CCRKBA AS AFFILIATE, LAUNCHES LAW CENTER
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is delighted to welcome the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus as our newest affiliate in the North Star State, and just in time to celebrate the full transition of the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center, which is scheduled to be fully effective by Nov. 1. Rob Doar, co-founder of
CCRKBA HAILS NEW CAL LAWSUIT, SAYS NEWSOM HAS ‘HANDGUN DERANGEMENT SYNDROME’
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is hailing a new lawsuit filed in federal court in California, challenging Assembly Bill 1127, signed recently by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, which bans popular—and commonly used—Glock pistols in the state. While CCRKBA is not a plaintiff in the new legal action, we are watching it closely because
CCRKBA LAWSUIT SAYS NFA REGULATION OF SBRs, SUPPRESSORS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has filed a federal lawsuit in Texas challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act (NFA) “with respect to the untaxed firearms it purports to regulate” and “with respect to suppressors and short-barreled rifles” on Second Amendment grounds. CCRKBA is joined by the FPC Action Foundation, Texas State
EVERYTOWN PULLS JONES ENDORSEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT CCRKBA REVEALED
BELLEVUE, WA – Less than 24 hours after the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued a scathing news release condemning Everytown for Gun Safety’s June endorsement of Democrat Jay Jones, who is now under fire for suggesting a political rival should have been shot in the head along with his children, the news release about that
EVERYTOWN’S HYPOCRISY ON FULL DISPLAY WITH $200K, SILENCE ON JONES
BELLEVUE, WA – Everytown for Gun Safety’s political hypocrisy is on full display as it remains silent on reported remarks made by Virginia Democrat Jay Jones, to whose campaign it has contributed $200,000, fantasizing about the shooting of a political rival and his children three years ago, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “Apparently,” CCRKBA Chairman
RICK PATTERSON ELECTED TO CCRKBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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RYAN PETTY ELECTED TO CCRKBA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is proud to welcome Florida resident and nationally-recognized school safety expert Ryan Petty to its Board of Directors. Mr. Petty, who lost his daughter, Alaina, in the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has become widely known for his school safety activism.
CCRKBA JOINS COALITION OF GUN GROUPS BLASTING ‘DE-BANKING’
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms joined five other leading gun rights organizations blasting some of the nation’s largest banking institutions for participating in “a brazen and ideologically driven campaign to undermine the Constitutionally protected right of all Americans to keep and bear arms.” The bombshell letter lays bare efforts to damage conservatives and
CCRKBA ANNOUNCES LOUISIANA SHOOTING ASSN. AS NEW AFFILIATE
BELLEVUE, WA – Louisiana has been nicknamed The Sportsman’s Paradise, and it is also home to some of the nation’s most active grassroots gun rights activists, which is why the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is honored to welcome the Louisiana Shooting Association (LSA) as a new affiliate. Headquartered in Slidell, the LSA notes on its website
CCRKBA INVITES ALL AMERICANS TO CELEBRATE ‘CONSTITUTION DAY’
BELLEVUE, WA – Today, September 17, 2025 is “Constitution Day,” commemorating the 238th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution by delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and all Americans should celebrate this significant date in world history, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) declared. “This is a special date,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “recognizing