CCRKBA

CCRKBA

by

Citizens Committee Right to Keep and Bear Arms

started in 1972

the lobbying affiliate of the Second Amendment Foundation

  • 1972 Founded by Alan Gottlieb
  • Originally the National Club of the Washington State Young Americans for Freedom Foundation branch
  • – Students Committee for the Right to Keep & Bear Arms
    – Changed the name to
  • Soon after Alan took over, the national branch of the club was larger than the rest of the YAFF
    – They let him turn it into a separate organization and take over operations
  • 1975 – SAF is the 501C Education & Legal Defense, tax deductible (non-profit)
  • 1972 – CCRKBA – Lobby, not tax deductible (non-profit)
CCRKBA

Alan Gottlieb

Alan Gottlieb

– 1971 Founded the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
(at 24 yrs old)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gottlieb

 

About CCRKBA

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is a national gun rights lobbying and advocacy organization founded by Alan Gottlieb in 1971. It operates from Bellevue, Washington, and serves as the advocacy and lobbying sister organization of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), which Gottlieb founded in 1974. The split mirrors a common nonprofit structure: CCRKBA handles lobbying and political advocacy, which is not tax-deductible, while SAF focuses on education and legal action.

CCRKBA matters to gun owners because of its long partnership with SAF, the group behind McDonald v. Chicago, which SAF filed on June 26, 2008. In that case the U.S. Supreme Court held on June 28, 2010, that the Second Amendment applies to the states. The two organizations also co-host the annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, a gathering of activists and leaders that appears often in Minuteman University.com profiles. CCRKBA remains active in 2026, with Gottlieb as chairman, issuing legislative alerts and press statements on federal and state gun bills.

Key Facts

  • 1971: CCRKBA founded by Alan Gottlieb
  • 1974: Gottlieb founded the Second Amendment Foundation, CCRKBA’s sister organization
  • June 26, 2008: SAF filed McDonald v. Chicago
  • June 28, 2010: Supreme Court ruled in McDonald that the Second Amendment applies to the states

Sources

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