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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

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

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,

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

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a challenged to the restrictive concealed carry law in Hawaii which essentially makes it impossible for law-abiding, licensed citizens of that state to exercise their right to bear arms outside of their

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is appalled that New York City gun laws, and prosecutors in the Queens District Attorney’s Office, have put a 67-year-old citizen behind bars for defending himself against a recidivist criminal with an unlicensed handgun. According to the New York Post, Charles Foehner was not prosecuted for fatally shooting

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is welcoming the nomination of Robert Cekada to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he currently serves as deputy director. “We recall when Mr. Cekada was named Deputy Director back in April that he received high praise from many in the firearms community,”

BELLEVUE, WA – Recent stories at Reuters and MSNBC reveal Democrats are lamenting the loss of male voters, especially younger ones, in recent election cycles, and they are considering different strategies to bring them back. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has a suggestion for these Democrats. Stop pushing legislation aimed at eroding their Second Amendment rights. “A

BELLEVUE, WA – The embarrassing arrest of an aide to anti-gun Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey shows that while she has been penalizing law-abiding gun owners, drug and gun crime was apparently happening right under her nose, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “While Maura Healey, first as Massachusetts attorney general and for the past few years