BELLEVUE, WA – While the gun prohibition lobby is observing June as “Gun Violence Awareness Month,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says there should also be an “Armed Self-Defense Awareness Month” to recognize the thousands of people who defend themselves and others each year.

“Not once have we heard a peep from the gun ban crowd when a legally-armed private citizen intervenes to save lives from mass killers, or protect themselves and their families from violent criminals,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Whether it was a would-be mass casualty incident at an Indiana mall, an attack at Price Chopper in Missouri, a retired Marine partnering with a Massachusetts state trooper to stop a Cambridge gunman, or a citizen stopping a fleeing attempted killer on a Seattle street, these incidents are universally ignored and swiftly swept under the nearest rug by anti-gunners and their cheerleaders in the media.”

The Crime Prevention Research Center has monitored armed citizen intervention for several years, and has done research on defensive gun uses. The CPRC issues annual reports on licensed concealed carry. Gottlieb has co-authored several books discussing armed self-defense and intervention, and he maintains that legally armed citizens have made, and continue to make, a difference in today’s society.

“This term ‘gun violence’ was invented by the gun prohibition lobby, and lapped up by the media,” he observed. “A gun doesn’t have a brain to hate with or a finger to pull its own trigger. We’ve recently seen high-profile stabbings on subways, yet nobody talks about ‘knife violence.’ When people driving under the influence cause fatal traffic crashes, we never hear about ‘car violence.’ Only the firearm is singled out for demonization, as if to transfer responsibility from the perpetrator to the gun he or she misused.

“We should recognize the heroic acts of armed citizens,” Gottlieb said. “Instead of blaming guns for violent crime, let’s be honest and place the responsibility where it belongs, on the violent offenders. Likewise, anti-gunners need to stop equating suicide with violent crime, and combining the numbers for a more dramatic effect. Not only is it dishonest, it smears those with emotional problems by lumping them in with criminals.

“Perhaps next year,” he concluded, “we can recognize the contributions armed citizens have made to public safety across the country. Gun owners can wear brightly-colored T-shirts to their state capitols, where governors will sign proclamations, make speeches about the Second Amendment, and the media will reject anti-gun rhetoric and report accurately about the right of self-defense.”

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has added the Chicago White Sox to its list of businesses and entities on the “Don’t Feed the Gun Prohibitionists” list for supporting gun control organizations.

In a message posted on “X” June 5, the White Sox revealed they were supporting Everytown for Gun Safety and other gun control groups on “Gun Violence Awareness Day.”

“The White Sox just struck out with a lot of fans, judging from the reaction we’re seeing on social media,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “We’re adding the team to our list of organizations which no longer deserve the support of gun owners in Illinois, or anywhere else.”

The current list contains some 200 businesses and their CEOs.

“When we started this project,” Gottlieb recalled, “we were sometimes surprised, and in some cases disappointed, at some of the businesses we placed on the list. We discovered several brand name businesses and corporate leaders who evidently have a quiet agenda to limit gun rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The listing is our way of letting current and potential patrons have the knowledge about what their hard earned dollars may actually be funding.”

Businesses and professional sports teams, and the people who own, them can support whatever kind of philosophy they want,” Gottlieb observed, “and gun owning consumers and fans can likewise not spend any money with those entities. Let the marketplace decide. Over 100 million American gun owners represent a sizeable consumer bloc, and they will decide on their own where to spend their money.”

Reaction on “X” from sports fans already indicate the White Sox dropped the ball on this one. In terms the team ownership should understand, they have no runs, no hits and one big error.

“The White Sox just threw a spitball at their gun-owning fans,” Gottlieb said. “So far as we’re concerned, they’re swinging with cork bats.”

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is proud to celebrate with radio host Mark Walters on being listed on the TALKERS Magazine Heavy Hundred.

Walters, a member of the CCRKBA Board of Directors, was notified on June 5 that he’s been named one “of the 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts in America” for the second year in a row! In 2025 Walters ranked 91 on the list of most influential radio hosts. This year, he ascended in rank and is now occupying the 87th position.

“I’ve witnessed Mark grow over the years as a radio host and watched as he confidently found his voice,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Seeing him get this honor two years in a row is something we’re all proud of Mark for, and we’re blessed to have talent like him on our leadership team at the Committee.”

Walters, the veteran host of the long-running Armed American Radio show, said he was gratified.

“Every radio host in the country waits for the release of the Heavy Hundred list every summer wondering if they’ll ever see their name included,” Walters said. “Last year was a humbling experience in and of itself. To be recognized by your industry peers for your work is an incredible feeling. Two years in a row? I don’t even know what to say other than THANK YOU to all of my listeners and sponsors over the last 18 years who make it all possible! I’m literally honored beyond words.”

Fellow CCRKBA Director Cam Edwards, host of Cam & Company and editor of BearingArms.com said, “it’s great to see Mark get the recognition that he deserves.” Edwards has also had a long career in broadcast and said that Walters is “a true champion of the Second Amendment and well deserving of being named one of the most impactful talk show hosts in the country.

“Plus, he’s just a great host. I always have a good time when I’m on Armed American Radio,” Edwards added.

CCRKBA is proud to have Walters on the Board of Directors and congratulates him. You can listen to Walters on Armed American Radio Monday through Friday 4 to 6 p.m. and Sundays 8 to 11 p.m. EST.