TWITTER CONFIRMS BERNIE BLEW IT ON BACKGROUND CHECKS, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – Targeting what it calls “harmfully misleading” information, Twitter has identified a tweet from presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders that shows he was all wet when he claimed 40 percent of gun sales in the U.S. didn’t include a background check, so the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on Sanders to correct the error and apologize. “Truth
BLOOMBERG’S ‘LEVERAGED BUYOUT’ OF 2A CONTINUES; EVERYTOWN SPENDS $8M IN TEXAS
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg is continuing what appears to be an attempted “leveraged buyout” of the Second Amendment as Everytown for Gun Safety—the group he co-founded and bankrolled—has pledged to spend $8 million in Texas; just part of the $60 million that group has vowed to spend in order to elect anti-rights politicians this fall. That’s the observation from the Citizens Committee for
CCRKBA UPDATES ‘DON’T FEED THEM’ ANTI-GUN BUSINESS LIST, ADDS GUCCI
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 Gucci to the roster. According to CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “We were reminded that Gucci donated $500,000 to the anti-gun March for Our Lives group started three years ago, and quickly was
CCRKBA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT’S NEW SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVE
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today threw its support behind a new effort by President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at improving school safety with the launch of a dedicated website to provide information to help local school districts shape their own strategies. The SchoolSafety.gov website is described as a “one stop shop for resources, best practices, federal
DURBIN’S ‘GUN CONTROL PRIORITY’ SHOWS DEMOCRAT DANGER TO 2ND AMENDMENT
BELLEVUE, WA – When perennially anti-gun Sen. Dick Durbin declared in a tweet to make gun control a “top priority” now that he chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was an unmistakable signal that Capitol Hill Democrats represent a danger to the Second Amendment, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Durbin, from Illinois, said in his Twitter message, “Today
Wa alert; hearing 2/2 open carry
Last week we asked you to send a message to the Senate Law & Justice Committee against SB 5078’s ban on standard size magazines and SB 5038’s restriction on open carry. You stood up & we were part of massive turnout in testimony and written comments on those Senate bills. Our side had more then 3,000 show up against SB5078. Unfortunately they didn’t get the
CCRKBA SAYS JACKSON LEE’S H.R. 127 GUN CONTROL BILL IS ‘INSANITY ON STEROIDS
BELLEVUE, WA – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s H.R. 127, a gun control measure requiring gun owner licensing, psychological evaluations, retroactive gun registration and separate licensing for modern sporting rifles is “insanity on steroids,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Over the years,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “we’ve seen some astonishingly bad legislation originate on Capitol Hill, but this
CCRKBA WARNS: ‘BLOOMBERG BOUGHT VIRGINIA, NOW HE’S TRYING TO BUY U.S.’
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety lobbying group will spend at least $60 million to support gun control candidates in 2020, leading the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to declare “Last year he bought Virginia, now he’s trying to buy the United States.” “Virginia was a test of Bloomberg’s buying power,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb observed,
‘FAILED, FEEL-GOOD GUN LAWS DIDN’T STOP MAYHEM IN SEATTLE,’ SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday evening’s chaotic mass shooting in downtown Seattle, in which both suspects appear to have long criminal backgrounds, underscores what the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms warned about more than five years ago: Feel-good gun control policies don’t stop violent crime. “In 2014,” recalled CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “we opposed Initiative 594 with its so-called ‘universal background checks’
Washington alert; Public hearings 1/25, 1/26
Last week we mentioned SB5078, a ban on standard size magazines. Next Monday the Senate Law & Justice Committee will have a hearing for that bill. Pease go to https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSIRemote/Senate and Select “Law & Justice” under the committee button, then 1/25 under the meetings button and you’ll see 5078 listed as the third Bill that will be heard on Monday. Then select “Type of Testimony”. Please be