CCRKBA

U.S. Rep to U.N. says Obama wants Senate to ratify arms treaty

BELLEVUE, WA – The Obama administration “is seeking advice and consent” for Senate ratification of an international small arms treaty, and also supports the inclusion of small arms in the UN Register of Conventional Arms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms learned today.

CCRKBA To Obama:  We may h ire “shadow” investigator if you don’t appoint one

BELLEVUE, WA – If President Barack Obama does not appoint a special, independent prosecutor to investigate the Justice Department’s cover-up of Operation Fast and Furious, and find out what Attorney General Eric Holder knew and when he knew it, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms may hire its own “shadow” investigator.

CCRKBA blasts Cuomo for pushing gun control and prison closures

BELLEVUE, WA – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for more gun control laws while advocating the closure of prisons in a Sunday speech proves he is “drinking too much of Michael Bloomberg’s Kool-Aid,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

Bloomberg predicts NYC riots; How do people defend themselves, CCRKBA asks

BELLEVUE, WA – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Friday warning that there could be riots in the streets if something isn't done quickly to produce jobs and get the economy moving leaves an important question: How do people defend themselves under the city’s current restrictive gun laws?

Weekend shootings in NY City prove Bloomberg’s gun control failure

BELLEVUE, WA – At least 46 people were shot in New York City over the Labor Day weekend, prompting the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to ask Mayor Michael Bloomberg how this could happen in a city with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation; laws that he would spread across the county.

Holder plays ‘shell game’ at justice, Should resign instead, Says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s replacement of Kenneth Melson as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a political charade by the man who really ought to tender his resignation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. That man is Attorney General Eric Holder. CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb called for Holder’s resignation after this morning’s announcements that Melson was being “reassigned” and replaced. This action appears to be an attempt by Holder to convince people he is taking action in response to the Fast and Furious scandal, now being investigated by Congress.

Brit riot shows need for right to keep and bear arms, says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – Widespread rioting, arson and looting across London clearly demonstrates the need in any civilized society for the right to personal protection and the tools to make it possible, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA Applauds Wisconsin Lawmakers for adopting Concealed Carry

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms congratulated the Wisconsin Assembly for its 68-27 vote Tuesday that passed the state’s long-sought concealed carry measure, which Gov. Scott Walker has said he would sign. “Badger State citizens have worked long and hard on this landmark accomplishment,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “We are delighted that the bill passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority. Wisconsin was long overdue in this action. Now Wisconsin residents can enjoy the same rights as citizens in most other states. It is a pity, however, that this required a change in control of the state legislature and the governor’s office, a fact not lost on gun owners from coast to coast.”

CCRKBA Calls for special prosecutor in ATF debacle

BELLEVUE, WA – Following more than four hours of testimony before a House committee today by a U.S. Senator, government whistleblowers and relatives of a slain Border Patrol agent, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling for the immediate suspension, without pay, of all supervisors involved in a controversial gunrunning sting operation, including the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and his deputies, and the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate and determine who initiated this project and who approved it. Operation Fast and Furious was the ATF’s botched gun trafficking investigation in Arizona that allowed more than 2,000 guns to be moved into a criminal pipeline leading straight to Mexico. Today’s stunning revelations under oath by ATF agents before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform suggest there were willful violations of ATF policy and procedures that were allegedly ordered by supervisors in Phoenix with the knowledge of the agency hierarchy in Washington, D.C.

FBI data proves anti-gunners wrong on crime

BELLEVUE, WA – Preliminary crime data from the FBI for 2010 adds more evidence that gun prohibitionists have been consistently wrong, and that more guns do not equal more crime, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA tells Lieberman: ‘Investigate ATF’

BELLEVUE, WA – After Senator Joseph Lieberman released contents of his letter to Attorney General Eric Holder supporting a proposed long gun sales reporting requirement in southwest states, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today urged Lieberman to instead support an on-going investigation of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ botched Project Gunrunner.

Chicago’s Daley a hypocrite to the bitter end, says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – Scheduled to retire from office next Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley remains a monumental hypocrite to the bitter end and his request for publicly-financed armed bodyguards proves it, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

“If Holder is so ignorant about gunrunner scandal, he should resign”—CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA -- Following a second day of Capitol Hill hearings in which he professed little or no knowledge about the controversial Project Gunrunner, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder.

CCRKBA Blasts Obama Admin for ‘Gunrunner’ stall

BELLEVUE, WA – Continued stalling by the Justice Department and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives over Congressional inquiries about “Project Gunrunner” strongly suggest that the Obama administration is more deeply involved than the president has indicated, and now appears to be actively stonewalling the investigation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA: ‘Melson should quit or be fired for ‘Gunrunner’ stonewalling’

BELLEVUE, WA -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said Kenneth E. Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, should resign or be fired for continued stonewalling on "Project Gunrunner," the controversial operation that allegedly allowed thousands of guns to be funneled across the border into Mexico.

CCRKBA Supoprts Issa’s Subpoena for ATF “Gunrunner’ Documents

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said it supports the latest move by Congressman Darrell Issa to “get to the bottom of the ‘Project Gunrunner’ scandal.” This morning, Congressman Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a subpoena to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for documents relating to the Gunrunner probe. Earlier, Rep. Issa had requested the documents in a letter to ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson, but Melson ignored Wednesday’s deadline to provide the information.

Brady Campaign Wants Expanded Ban, Invents New Demon, Says CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke has, perhaps inadvertently, revealed his intentions to push for an expanded ban on semiautomatic sport-utility rifles, and he invented a new demon in the process, proving he has no intention of finding common ground with gun owners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Writing yesterday in his blog on the Opposing Views forum about his meeting with Obama administration officials last week, Helmke outlined his wish list, which includes “increasing the number and type of military-style weapons, including ‘assault clips,’ that should not be readily available to civilians…”

CCRKBA to Obama: We’d love to talk about Project Gunrunner

BELLEVUE, WA -- While other gun rights groups reportedly have declined to participate in a 'new discussion' about firearms and crime with the Obama administration, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today it would be eager to talk with the White House, especially about the "Project Gunrunner" and "Fast and Furious" scandals, where federal agents helped facilitate gun sales to suspected gunrunners.

CCRKBA” “President can’t tell gun ‘safety’ advocates from prohibitionists”

BELLEVUE, WA -- President Obama's well-intentioned Sunday essay on gun rights in a Tucson newspaper demonstrates that he and probably his entire administration remains confused about firearms safety and gun control, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

CCRKBA lauds Hoilder decision to ‘follow our suggestion

BELLEVUE, WA -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today that Attorney General Eric Holder's call for the Justice Department's inspector general to examine the "Project Gunrunner" scandal is "exactly what we called on him to do more than a week ago."