CCRKBA SAYS HYPOCRITICAL, ANTI-GUN SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFF SHOULD QUIT OVER DV CHARGES
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today called on newly-sworn-in San Francisco County Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi to step down as a result of domestic violence charges now filed against him.
Mirkarimi, who was a staunch anti-gun rights advocate while serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, also [...]
HOMICIDE DROP WHILE GUN OWNERSHIP RISES SHOWS ANTI-GUNNERS WRONG, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – This week’s revelation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that homicide is no longer among the leading causes of death in the United States – at a time when gun ownership is at an all-time high – shows that the gun ban lobby has been wrong, the Citizens Committee for [...]
MOBILE MAYOR’S HYPOCRISY SHOWING IN BURGLARY CASE, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – Mobile, Alabama Mayor Sam Jones has some explaining to do in the wake of a highly-publicized incident this week during which he held a burglary suspect at gunpoint, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Jones, a Democrat, is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an [...]
CCRKBA HAILS 11 CO-SPONSORS OF BILL TO HALT U.N. FUNDING
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today offered thanks and congratulations to 11 members of Congress who have signed on as co-sponsors to legislation that would withhold funding from the United Nations and prevent the United States from adopting any treaty that threatens national sovereignty or abridges [...]
CCRKBA APPLAUDS WALSH LEGISLATION TO WITHHOLD UNITED NATIONS FUNDING
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauded Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh’s introduction of legislation to withhold funding from the United Nations and assuring that the United States does not adopt any treaty posing a threat to national sovereignty or that abridges the firearms rights of American [...]
SENATE LISTENS TO CCRKBA, VOTES ‘NO’ ON OBAMA COURT NOMINEE
BELLEVUE, WA – Grassroots power has helped derail President Obama’s nomination of anti-gun extremist Caitlin Halligan to the District of Columbia Circuit Court, with keystone opposition from members and supporters of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
“We sent out more than one million e-mail alerts to gun owners across the [...]
MANY FACTORS EXPLAIN ‘BLACK FRIDAY’ GUN BUYING SURGE, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – While some people are struggling to explain a gun buying surge reported on “Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggests there are several plausible explanations, all reflecting the times in which we live.
“Despite claims to the contrary,” observed CCRKBA Chairman Alan [...]
CCRKBA LAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF NAT’L CONCEALED CARRY MEASURE
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms lauded today’s 272-154 majority vote by the House of Representatives on passage of H.R. 822, the National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.
“We’re delighted at the outcome of this important legislation in the House,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “especially since [...]
CCRKBA BLASTS SENATE ANTI-GUNNERS FOR SHIFTING BLAME ON GUN WALKING
BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s hearing on Operation Fast and Furious before the Senate Judiciary Committee once again provided an opportunity for two leading Senate gun prohibitionists to try spreading the blame for botched gun trafficking, and change the debate to arguments for more gun control, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear [...]
CCRKBA TO BLOOMBERG: ‘EXPLAIN THIS ONE’ AFTER NYPD COPS BUSTED FOR GUN SMUGGLING
BELLEVUE, WA – While Michael Bloomberg has been running around blaming gun laws in other states for his city’s crime problems, eight New York City police officers were allegedly involved in a gun smuggling operation “right under his nose,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Reuters reported that eight [...]







