On behalf of your CRPA Board of Directors and Staff, we sincerely thank you for your continued support of our association over the past year…
CRPA
Lawsuit Forces City Of LA to Turn Over Documents on Issuance of Concelaed Carry Licenses
LAPD officers bluntly told citizens that unless they were celebrities, they shouldn’t even bother filling out the carry license application because they would be denied a carry license…
NRA-Backed Challenge to San Francisco Gun Laws Moves Ahead
In February of this year, the City of San Francisco filed a motion claiming that plaintiffs had no standing (that is, no right to bring the suit) because the city did not enforce the laws in question…
California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation AR-15 Rifle Available Now
Effectively immediately we are launching a similar fundraiser for our 501 (c) (3), The CRPA Foundation, and we’ll be using the same format CRPA has been using with the Henry Golden Boy rifles…
NRA, CRPA Open New Front with Challenge to California Gun Sale Fees
If successful, the suit will reverse the damage done by the passage of SB 819 by limiting the fees or eliminating them…
Zusa City CA Council Drops Propsed Zoning Regulations Affecting Firearms
The NRA, CRPA, and their attorneys will continue monitoring the status of Code Amendment 233 and provide updates accordingly…
City Of Azusa CA To Vote On Ordinance To Put Gun Stores Out of Business
City Council for the City of Azusa passed on first reading Code Amendment 233, which will effectively zone out at least some of the city’s several firearm vendors…
Legislative Results on Key California Bills for 2011
Thank you to all members and readers who took the time to write and/or call legislators and the Governor…
California Rifle and Pistol Association Monthly Report for August 2012
Executive Director, John Fields and CRPA President, Tony Montanarella report on: Director’s Board Meeting, Legislature: SB 819 and AB 144, AR -15 Project…
Introducing the California Rifle & Pistol Association’s Sportsmen’s Business Alliance
The vision of this new group would be a “chamber of commerce” for California sporting goods-related businesses and clubs…
SCOTUS Grants Review in Firearm Search Warrant Case
Often police seize firearms collections even when most of those firearms are not alleged as part of any criminal offense. These seizures result in damage to the firearms, and inevitably cost their owners expenses and legal fees to get the firearms back…
NRA & CRPA Oppose Oakley CA’s Ordinance Over-Regulating Firearms Vendors
Oakley’s new ordinance raises Second Amendment issues that will need to be litigated…
California Rifle and Pistol Association Monthly Report
Watch Executive Director, John Fields, and CRPA President, Tony Montanarella report on what CRPA is up to…
Amicus Brief Filed by Law Enforcement Educators & Trainers Association Challenging San Diego CCW Policies
the CRPA Foundation and a number of San Diego residents had attorneys from Michel & Associates, PC file their opening brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…
Amicus Filed by Congress of Racial Equality in Lawsuit Challenging San Diego Restrictive CCW Policies
The CORE brief emphasizes how the right to “bear arms” does not stop at one’s doorstep, and gives a historical analysis of the Fourteenth Amendment…
Opening Brief Filed in Lawsuit Challenging San Diego County’s CCW Policies
The lawsuit asserts that under the Second Amendment, a desire for self-defense must constitute “good cause” for the issuance of a CCW…
SAF Thanks NRA, CRPA For Renewed Lawsuit To Enforce Its 1994 Court Victory
SAF is determined to win back firearms rights one lawsuit at a time, if necessary,” he concluded. “Evidently, it is sometimes necessary to do it over and over again…
NRA/CRPAF Lawsuit Filed to Force LAPD to Comply with Court Ordered CCW Permitting Process
NRA and CRPA Foundation are sponsoring two new legal actions to enforce a 16-year old court Order against the City of LA over its concealed weapons permit issuance policies…
Californians Need Help Stopping Multiple Anti-Gun Bills
California has produced a flurry of anti-gun second amendment rights killing bills in the name of reasonable gun control…
NRA & CRPAF Lawsuit Forces San Francisco to Amend City Law but City Still Gets It Wrong
The City’s recalcitrant effort to comply with the Constitution only authorizes residents to discharge lawfully possessed handguns, in the home, for self-defense or the defense of others…
Thanks to All Who Helped Kill the California Handgun Ammunition Scheme
Next time you purchase ammo via the Internet or at a store and do not have to provide your thumb-print like a common criminal, remember the patriots like Steve Helsley who made it possible…
NRA & CRPA Oppose Los Angeles Gun Purchaser Warning Letter
The City’s Program originally consisted of sending the so-called “warning letters” to new gun buyers who resided in specific neighborhoods in the City…
Formal Injunction Against Enforcement Of California Ammunition Sales Ban Issued
The lawsuit was prompted in part by the many objections and questions raised by confused police, ammunition purchasers, and sellers about what ammunition is covered by the new laws…
California Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Ammunition Law
In an important victory for California gun owners, the Fresno Superior Court ruled this week that California’s new ammunition regulation law is unconstitutional…
Briefs Filed In Lawsuit Challenging California Ban On Mail Order Ammo Sales
Constitutional vagueness challenges to state laws are extremely difficult to win, particularly in California firearms litigation…
Appeal Filed In Lawsuit Challenging San Diego Concealed Carry Weapons Policies
California law allows unloaded open carry of handguns, rather than needing a CCW to defend yourself you can carry unloaded and openly, California law that requires you to wait until you are about to be attacked, then load your firearm…
NRA & CRPA Foundation Submit Opposition To Proposed Microstamping Regulations
If adopted, the new regulations would requires that after January 1, 2010, all semiautomatic pistols for sale by firearm retailers be “designed and equipped” with microstamping technology…
A Political Victory For All Gun Owners
All three of these bills posed a fundamental threat to the rights of gun owners. And there was no room for compromise any one of the bills…
California Ammunition Registration Bill on Senate Floor For A Vote
AB 2358 would require that ammunition vendors transmit records of sale, information on the quantity and type of ammunition purchased, and the personal information of purchasers…
California Ammunition Registration Being Fast Tracked to Avoid Debate
AB 2358 will not stop crime and will impose unnecessary restrictions on law-abiding Californians…