Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Encyclopedia
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, or CCRKBA, is a gun rights organization in the United States
, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington
. It is closely affiliated with the Second Amendment Foundation
. The CCRKBA was founded in 1971 and it now (as of October 24th) has 615,000 members with Alan Gottlieb as the chairman. The CCRKBA originated the slogan "I'll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands
", which the National Rifle Association
later appropriated in its campaign to battle gun control
efforts, as popularized by Charlton Heston
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle, it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb. The population was 122,363 at the 2010 census.Downtown Bellevue is...
. It is closely affiliated with the Second Amendment Foundation
Second Amendment Foundation
The Second Amendment Foundation or SAF is an educational- and legal-defense organization which describes its mission as “promoting a better understanding about our constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms...
. The CCRKBA was founded in 1971 and it now (as of October 24th) has 615,000 members with Alan Gottlieb as the chairman. The CCRKBA originated the slogan "I'll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands
I'll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands
"I'll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!" is a slogan popularized by the National Rifle Association on a series of bumper stickers...
", which the National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America is an American non-profit 501 civil rights organization which advocates for the protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights and the promotion of firearm ownership rights as well as marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection...
later appropriated in its campaign to battle gun control
Gun control
Gun control is any law, policy, practice, or proposal designed to restrict or limit the possession, production, importation, shipment, sale, and/or use of guns or other firearms by private citizens...
efforts, as popularized by Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
.