BELLEVUE, WA – A complete shutdown of the Pennsylvania Instant Check System by the state police for a period of 60 hours later this month for a system upgrade is “inexcusable,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
“Closing down the background check system, and thus suspending all firearms transactions [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today lauded Florida Gov. Rick Scott for defending the rights of law-abiding gun owners by turning down a request from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn to ban the carrying of firearms during the August Republican National Convention.
In a letter to Gov. Scott, [...]

BELLEVUE, WA — The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today challenged anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to stop allowing Empire State criminals to export crime to other states, rather than blaming his city’s crime problem on out-of-state gun laws.
“How many crimes have been committed in other states by people [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – With the convictions of two former New York police officers, one a retired NYPD officer and the other an auxiliary sergeant, for drug offenses, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today suggested that anti-gun Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his sights set on the wrong people to disarm.
“Instead [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-self-defense gun prohibitionists in Washington State have been strangely silent following a text book self-defense shooting in which a homeowner defended himself against a crazed attack, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
The Friday night shooting in North Bend involved a crazed man who had earlier [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – Criminal charges filed today in the death of a Tacoma, WA toddler prove that the state does not need a new gun law to hold adults responsible for firearms negligence, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist today charged Eric Vita, 23, [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – Kansas Senator Jerry Moran’s newly-introduced legislation to protect Second Amendment rights from a proposed United Nations small arms treaty is an idea that needs to be passed quickly, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Sen. Moran’s proposed Second Amendment Sovereignty Act, S. 2205, is similar to [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – The plea deal announced this morning that allows anti-gun San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi keep his guns in what began as a domestic violence case “smacks of hypocrisy at the highest order,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Mirkarimi pleaded guilty in San Francisco court this [...]

Your Attendance Urgently Needed at Massive Gun Rights Rally on March 7th
As many of you know, the Illinois House Executive Committee sent two extremely anti-gun bills to the floor yesterday:
HB5831 – this bill would tack a $65.00 tax on every hand gun you own and require you to register like a sex offender.
HB5167 – this [...]

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today condemned Democrat members of the Iowa House of Representatives for leaving the capitol rather than debate , and possibly vote on, two pro-gun measures affirming the right to keep and bear arms, and the right of self-defense.
As reported by the [...]