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The Peruvian government has released dramatic new footage showing a near-encounter with a group of uncontacted Indians along a riverbank in the Amazon rain forest. Read this article: Peru Releases Dramatic Footage of Uncontacted Indians

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Hunting for Common Sense in Game Laws Read more from the original source: Hunting for Common Sense in Game Laws

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On October 3, 2011, the Azusa City Council voted to pass on first reading a proposed ordinance which would amend various sections of Chapter 88 of the Azusa Municipal Code and place onerous new restrictions on firearm vendors. If enacted, the proposed ordinance ("Code Amendment 233") would, among other things, amend the City of Azusa’s Development Code to...

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On August 31, 2011 the California Rifle and Pistol Foundation ("CRPA Foundation") and the National Rifle Association filed amicus briefs in support of appellants in Richards v. Prieto, who have challenged California’s regulatory scheme governing the issuance of permits to carry concealed firearms ("CCW permits") and Yolo County policies for its (non)-issuance of permits to residents seeking to...

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In a major legal victory, a federal judge today ruled in favor of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and threw a lawsuit filed by the environmental group, Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) out of US District Court in Phoenix, Arizona.. Safari Club International had joined the case as a "friend...

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In a win for property owners, the California Supreme Court found that property owners who hire contractors to work on their property, and who delegate the duty to the contractor to keep the jobsite safe, can be immune from suit from injured employees of the contractor, even where the injury was due to a failure by the owner...

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Attorneys with Michel & Associates, P.C. have been defending the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club since 2006 in an environmental case brought against the Club by its former landlord, Vulcan Mining Company (one of the largest miners of stone, sand, and gravel in quarries throughout the United States.) Over the last five years,Vulcan had taken an extremely aggressive...

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On August 2, 2011, San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi (who represents District 5) introduced an ordinance that would amend two existing sections of the San Francisco Police Code by adding "findings" to those two San Francisco’s ordinances, one of requires a handgun to be kept in a locked container or disabled with a trigger lock, and the other...

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On September 27, 2011, Judge Richard Seeborg of the United States District Court, Northern District of California, issued his long awaited ruling on San Francisco’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction. Holding that the plaintiffs had "adequately alleged an intent and desire to engage in conduct that is prohibited by the ordinances but which they contend is...

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On September 27, 2011, the Sunnyvale City Council voted down a proposed ordinance that would have created more regulations for firearms dealers within city limits. The proposal, known as the Firearms Sales Study Issue was the result of a Sunnyvale Planning Commission recommendation adopted after city staff released its report, entitled "Location and Operation of Firearm Sales Businesses."...