CCRKBA

CCRKBA To Obama: "Fill Empty Seat With Someone Who Used Gun To Save Lives"

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today challenged President Barack Obama’s use of an empty chair in the Guest Box at tonight’s State of the Union speech to signify victims of gun violence, suggesting instead that the chair could be filled by someone who used a gun to save lives.

Clinton's 'High Stakes Hypocrisy' Clear In Remark About Rights!

BELLEVUE, WA – When it comes to civil rights, Hillary Rodham Clinton engages in a deplorable double standard, considering her remarks Sunday during an appearance before Planned Parenthood to get their endorsement, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA Rips President's New Gun Control Plan: More Of Same

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today that President Barack Obama’s “new” agenda on guns is a repackaging of long-standing efforts to go after gun shows and gun owners, and they predict it will backfire like his previous attempts.

CCRKBA Blasts Florida Sheriff Over Remarks About Armed Citizens

BELLEVUE, WA – Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri should apologize and walk back his unconscionable remarks about how legally-armed citizens would be “thrown down on the ground with a gun pointed at them” at a crime scene, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

After One Year, No Arrests, No Prosecutions, No Convictions From I-594

BELLEVUE, WA – Friday marks the one-year anniversary of the effective date of Initiative 594 in Washington State, but the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says it does not appear the measure has been effective at all in preventing any crimes, noting that there have been “no arrests, no prosecutions and no convictions under this statute.”

Shame On Shannon Watts For Exploiting San Bernardino Mayhem!

BELLEVUE, WA — Even before the victims had been removed from the crime scene in San Bernardino following Wednesday’s mass shooting, gun prohibitionist Shannon Watts was shamelessly exploiting the tragedy, and carefully avoiding the fact that the very gun laws she has supported failed to prevent the attack.

CCRKBA Rips Hickenlooper For Linking CCW To Colorado Springs Shooting

BELLEVUE, WA — The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper should apologize to the honest gun owners in Colorado Springs for suggesting that their exercise of the Second Amendment right to bear arms was even remotely connected to the tragic shooting there last Friday.

CCRKBA Challenges DC Chief Lanier To Lead Way On District CCW Reform

BELLEVUE, WA – Following statements made by District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier on CBS “60 Minutes” that private citizens should “take down” mass shooters if possible, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today is calling on her to take the lead in reforming the District’s ridiculous concealed carry ordinance.

Obama Prosecutes Fewer Gun Cases While Penalizing Honest Citizens

BELLEVUE, WA – While Barack Obama has been pushing harder for more gun laws to disarm honest citizens, his Justice Department has been prosecuting fewer gun crimes despite announcing more than two years ago he would increase such prosecutions, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

Obama Should Try Gun Control Message On Sheriffs

BELLEVUE, WA – President Barack Obama may have a receptive audience with the traditionally anti-gun-rights International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago, but to get a better grasp on how rank-and-file law enforcement feels about his gun grabbing policies, he should talk to elected sheriffs and street cops, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

Italian Mayor Has Right Response To Prison Releases, Sanctuary Laws

BELLEVUE, WA – Noting public frustration over the Senate Democrats’ blocking of legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities and their renewed push for new gun control laws, plus the announced plan to release thousands of prison inmates early, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today that an Italian mayor faced with rising crime in his region may have the right plan to alleviate public concerns.

Everytown Wants Schools Defenseless

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today accused Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun lobbying group, Everytown for Gun Safety, of working to keep schools vulnerable to violent attack, while also challenging the group’s claim that there have been more than 140 school shootings since 2013.

CCRKBA Chief Rips President For Politicizing UCC Tragedy

BELLEVUE, WA – The head of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today ripped into President Barack Obama for acknowledging that he wants to “politicize” the shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College, calling it “a deplorable exploitation of a tragedy to push an anti-rights agenda.”

Gun Rights Group Thanks Hillary Clinton For Energizing Gun Owners

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today publicly thanked Hillary Rodham Clinton for energizing the nation’s firearms owners to political action and virtually assuring their heavy turnout for the 2016 presidential election. “Thanks to all of her anti-gun-rights statements, Hillary Clinton will guarantee that gun owners will exercise their voting rights next November,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “She seems eager to double down on Barack Obama’s failed attempts to stick pins in gun owners.”

"O'Malley's Gun Control Agenda Treats 2A Like Privilege," Says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – Monday’s release by Democrat presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley of his gun control agenda reads like a gun prohibitionist’s wish list, and if enacted, would reduce the Second Amendment to nothing more than a heavily-regulated government privilege, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in response.

CCRKBA Blasts Sen. Kaine's New Gun Control Measure

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today blasted a new gun control measure sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) as “beyond unreasonable” because it would hold commercial and private gun sellers liable for crimes they didn’t commit.

CCRKBA To Congress: 'Time To Reopen Fast & Furious Probe'

BELLEVUE, WA – The weekend revelation that one of the two would-be terrorist gunmen killed at a Garland, Texas attack earlier this year had purchased a handgun “through a botched federal firearm sting” is ample reason for Congress to re-open its probe of the Operation Fast and Furious scandal, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA Lauds Texas' 'Pistol Packin' Pastor' Who Stopped Burglar

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today noted that a church shooting this week in Texas will be difficult for anti-gunners to exploit, because it involved an armed pastor who stopped an electronics thief in the act.

Gun Rights Groups Offer Reward In Slaying Of Seattle Activist Donnie Chin

BELLEVUE, WA – Four Second Amendment organizations, including the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, announced today they are offering a $4,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the slaying of Donnie Chin, a respected activist in Seattle’s International District, and also a devoted firearms enthusiast and collector.

Cincinnati Incident Shows Law-Abiding Citizens Can Fight Back, Says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – A bizarre incident in Cincinnati, Ohio last night proves that good guys with guns can act not only in self-defense, but the defense of others and the safety of the neighborhood, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.