Author: Chuck Michel

Chuck Michel, President of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, is also the President and Senior Legal Counsel of the Second Amendment Law Center. He is recognized as one of the leading national authorities on firearms laws. For over two decades he has played a significant role in advocating and defending individual civil and constitutional rights, and particularly Second Amendment rights, and in helping to shape related legislation. He has been instrumental in crafting some of the most important legal challenges to legislation that infringes on rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Mr. Michel has represented many of the most prominent shooting sports and self-defense civil rights associations in the world, including the National Rifle Association and the California Rifle & Pistol Association.

The Supreme Court’s AR-15 Cases Reveal What America Is Really Fighting About

October 30, 2026 7:30 amOctober 30, 2026 7:31 am

I went into the Supreme Court’s pending AR-15 cases expecting to find what you would expect: competing arguments about the Second Amendment, American history, firearm technology, crime statistics and public safety. There is plenty of that in the 87 amicus...

California Rifle & Pistol Association Clarifies Law-Abiding Citizens Who Legally Carry to Protect Themselves are Not the Problem

February 4, 2026 1:21 pmFebruary 4, 2026 4:49 pm

The California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) has long championed the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, including the right to carry in public for self-defense. Our advocacy has helped secure victories ensuring that all states...