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Michel & Associates in the News

2026

Supreme Court Appears Ready to Shut Down Open Carry Vampire Rule Chuck Michel Talks Wolford (January 2026)
DOJ: Ammo Law Unconstitutional Chuck Michel on the Strong Support for Rhode (January 2026)

 

2025

Chuck Michel on the Impact of The Illinois Gun Ban Case Barnett v. Raoul Explained (September 2025)
Transgender Gun Rights with Chuck Michel (September 2025)
Rhode v. Bonta Deeper Dive on Rhode with Chuck Michel (July 2025) 
Scotus Says No Antonyuk v. James CRPA Gets the Latest on Scotus from Chuck Michel (April 2025) 
DOJ and Pam Bondi Come After LA County Chuck Michel on the Trump DOJ Investigation (April 2025) 
Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV to Talk “Sensitive Places” Antonyuk v. James (February 2025)

 

2024

How Many Legal Battles in 2024? Chuck Michel & CRPA TV Recap 2024’s Biggest Cases (December 2024)
National 2A Lawsuits in 2025 Chuck Michel Talks National Lawsuits with CRPA TV (December 2024) 
Rhode v. Bonta Oral Arguments Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV to Talk Rhode v. Bonta (November 2024) 
Q&A with CRPA President Chuck Michel on Illinois Ruling (November 2024)
Emergency Stay Application Against Gun Show Law to be Refiled (October 2024) 
Breaking! Chuck Michel on Garland v. Vanderstok Oral Arguments (October 2024)
Marijuana Use and Firearms Possession 2024 Update (October 2024)
Gun Rights Groups Seek En Bank Review on Sensitive Places Firearms Limits (September 2024)
Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV to Update Big Cases (August 2024)
Will Duncan v. Bonta inevitably go to Scotus? Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV to Update Big Cases (August 2024) 
Further Unpacking Rahimi: Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV (June 2024)
Every Single Gun? No Thanks – A Note from CRPA President Chuck Michel (May 2024)
Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV to Talk CRPA v. LASD
New From CRPA TV: Chuck Michel on Oral Arguments in May v. Bonta (April 2024)
Revealing Crucial Details in CCW Lawsuit Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV to Talk CRPA v. LASD (April 2024)
New from CRPA TV: Chuck Michel on Oral Arguments in May v. Bonta (April 2024)
Rhode Recap: Chuck Michel Joins CRPA TV with Practical Advice (February 2024)
Judge: Background Check for Each Bullet Buy is Unconstitutional (February 2024)
Ammoland Articles


2023

CRPA’s Chuck Michel Named 2023 Defender of the Year (October 2023)
Marijuana Use and Firearms Possession (June 2023)

 

2022

C. D. “Chuck” Michel (September 2022)
DOJ Leak CRPA President Chuck Michel Answers More of Your Questions (July 2022)
DOJ Leak: CRPA President Chuck Michel Answers Your Questions (July 2022)
CRPA President Chuck Michel Answers Your DOJ Leak Questions (July 2022)
The Republican Professor Interviews President of CRPA Chuck Michel (June 2022)
Part 2: CRPA President Chuck Michel Talks About NYSRPA v. Bruen (May 2022) 
CRPA President Chuck Michel Talks About NYSRPA v. Bruen (May 2022)

 

2021

SCOTUS Takes a 2A Case – What next? – with Chuck Michel & Stephen Halbrook

 

2020

Chuck Michel Talks About What Goes Into a CRPA Lawsuit (May 2020)
CRPA Update with Chuck Michel (April 2020)
Gun Rights Groups Sues L. A. Over Closure of Firearms Stores During Coronavirus (April 2020)
Los Angeles Times – L.A. is Repealing Requirements for Would-be Contractors to Reveal NRA Ties (January 2020)

 

2019

Firing Line Radio Show- Matthew Cubeiro Interview (November 2019) 
Duncan v. Becerra Update from CRPA President Chuck Michel (September 2019)
MarketScreener – Lawsuit Filed by Michel & Associates Against Terra Tech on Behalf of Alleged Former Partner Forced Out of Santa Ana Cannabis Shops (September 2019) 
Los Angeles Magazine – A New California Law Limiting Who Can Buy Ammo Seems to Be Working (August 2019)
Los Angeles Daily Journal – New Gun and Ammunition Laws Face Legal Challenges (July 2019) 
USA Today – Gun Rights Advocates Sue Over California’s ‘absurd’ law Requiring Background Checks for Ammo Sales (July 2019) 
AP News – Gun Group Wants Judge to Block Ammunition Background Checks (July 2019) 
ABC News – Gun Group Wants Judge to Block Ammunition Background Checks (July 2019) 
Chuck Michel: In Ethics Seminar, Lawyers Say They’d Report a Client for Legally Owning a Gun (May 2019)
San Francisco Palace Bans Gun Shows (April 2019)
A. Now – NRA Sues City of L.A. Over Its New Contract Disclosure Law (April 2019) 
NRA America’s 1st Freedom – Why Anti-Gun Politicians Are So Scared of This CA Judge’s Ruling (April 2019) 
Courthouse News – California Ban on High-Capacity Gun Magazines Struck Down (March 2019) 
Fox News – Los Angeles City Council Passes Ordinance Requiring Contractors to Disclose Ties with NRA (February 2019) 
AP News – Los Angeles Passes NRA Disclosure Law For Contractors (February 2019) 

 

2018

NRA’s Cam & Company – Del Mar Fair-board Moratorium on Gun Shows  (September 2018)
Ventura County Star – Gun Shows at Ventura County Fairgrounds to Continue Into 2019 (November 2018) 
San Diego KGTV – Del Mar Fairgrounds Could End Gun Shows after 2018 (September 2018) 
The Mercury News – Santa Clara County Bans Gun Shows at Fairgrounds (May 2018) 
Chuck Michel: California Politics and the Midterm Elections (May 2018)

 

2017

NRA News Cam Co Chuck Michel on Ninth Circuit Ruling on Concealed Carry (September 2017)
NRA News Cam Co Chuck Michel on California and Concealed Carry Laws (September 2017)
The Trace – California Finds That New Gun Laws are Easier to Pass Than Enact (July 2017) 
The Wall Street Journal – Gun-Rights Advocates Score Wins in an Unlikely Place: California (July 2017) 
Los Angeles Daily Journal – Gun Rights Are Not 2nd Class 2.11.2017 (July 2017) 
The Washington Post – Federal Court Enjoins California Large-Capacity Magazine Confiscation (July 2017) 

 

2016

Washington Times – CA Voters Consider Even Tougher Gun Control Laws (October 2016)
KCRW- Proposition 63 Interview with Sean A. Brady (October 2016)
LEO Affairs – California Reserve Officers sue CA Attorney General for Right to Have Semi-Auto Rifles (August 2016) 
Desert Sun – NRA to Palm Springs: You Might Get Sued (July 2016)
Los Angeles Times – Ruling on Concealed Weapons Spotlights California Key Role in Gun Debate  (June 2016)
Los Angeles Times – Ruling on Concealed Weapons Spotlights California Key Role in Gun Debate  (June 2016)
POLITICO – Newson on Obama’s Gun Move  (January 2016)
San Jose Mercury News – Obama’s Gun Control Actions Could Ripple Through California (January 2016)

 

2015

The New York Times – Supreme Court Won’t Hear Challenge to Assault Weapons Ban in Chicago Suburb (December 2015)
The Wall Street Journal – San Bernardino Shooting Suspects Got Around Gun Laws (December 2015)
Santa Cruz Sentinel – San Bernardino Shooting Stirs Gun Debate (December 2015)
San Francisco Chronicle – Gun Purchases Up despite California’s Strict Firearms Laws (December 2015)
Los Angeles Times – Supreme Court Appears to Give States, Localities Green Light on Gun Controls (December 2015)
FOX News, National – San Francisco’s Iconic Last Gun Shop to Close Over New Regulations (September 2015)
The Trace – Why California is an Incubator for Tighter Gun Regulations (August 2015)
San Jose Mercury News – Gun Rights In California: Court to Hear Another Showdown (June 2015)
NRA’s Cam & Company Show- Clint Monfort Interview on Legal Victory for Gun Rights in Washington DC. Against the City’s “Good Cause” Requirement (May 2015) 
California Concealed Carry in Jeopardy? NRA News (April 2015)
America’s Battle Over Gun Control, Larry King Now, Ora TV (April, 2015)
Gun Grabbing Sweeping The Nation, FOX News (April 2015)
Sunnyvale’s Gun Restrictions Upheld, San Jose Mercury News (March 2015)
Circuit Court Orders Rehearing of Landmark Case, Guns.com (March 2015)
Los Angeles Times – Appeals Court to Reconsider Ruling Against San Diego Gun-Control Rule (March 2015)
Anna M. Barvir – Orange County Lawyer Vol. 57 (2015)

 

2014

America’s First Freedom Magazine – California Lowers the Bar (December 2014)
Reason.com – Is Concealed carry a Privilege or a Right? (December 2014)
Los Angeles Times – California Can’t Challenge Ruling On Concealed Guns, Court Says (November 2014)
FOX News San Diego – Attorney General Appeals Decision Loosening Concealed Carry Rules (November 2014)
PBS News – Getting a Concealed Weapons Permit Could get easier in California (November 2014)
Portland Press Herald – Gun-Carry Case Closely Watched (September 2014)
Breitbart News – Second Amendment Drama at the Supreme Court Has Implications For 2016 (May 2014)
San Jose Mercury News – Concealed Carry Rules Eased By Federal Court
San Jose Mercury News – Gun Rights Showdown Over Sunnyvale Law Reaches Appeals Court
NRA News – C.D. Michel NRA News – Anti-Gun Senator Busted for Gun Trafficking  (April 2014)
NPR – California Fight Over Concealed Weapons Could Head to High Court (March 2014)
NPR – Peruta Case Could End Up in the Supreme Court (March 2014)
Wall Street Journal – Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Trigger Lock & Hollow Point (March 2014)
San Jose Mercury News – CA Attorney General Will Intervene in Peruta Ruling (February 2014) 
San Jose Mercury News – Chuck Michel Secures Landmark Victory in Peruta v. San Diego (February 2014)
Washington Times – CA Attorney General Will Intervene in Peruta Ruling (February 2014)
FOX News – New Regulations Driving Smith & Wesson Out of California (January 2014)

 

2013

Washington Post – NRA Sues City of Sunnyvale Over New Ammunition Ban  (December 2013)
NBC News – The Most Hated Gun in America (December 2013)
California Lawyer, Chuck Michel, Honored with NRA Defender of Justice Award
CBS News – Sunnyvale Voters To Decide Gun Control Ballot Measure (November 2013)   
NBC News – NRA To Challenge Sunnyvale Gun Control Law (November 2013)
San Francisco Chronicle – NRA to Contest Sunnyvale Gun Law (November 2013)
FOX News – Anaheim Girl Forced to Remove NRA T-Shirt (October 2013)
Michel & Associates Places 6 Attorneys on Coveted Super Lawyers List (July 2013)
Buckeye Firearms Association – Op-Ed President Obama: AR-15 Salesman of the Decade (May 2013)
California Lawyer, Chuck Michel, Honored with NRA Defender of Justice Award (May 2013) 
Sonoran News – 10 Day Cooling Off Period Creates Unintended Victims Seeking Ability to Protect Themselves (April 2013) 
Human Events – Obama: The Most Effective Firearms Salesman Since Samuel Colt  (March 2013)
NRA News – CRPA Interview NRA TV – News at the California Rifle and Pistol Association 2013 Gala – Attorney Chuck Michel (February 2013)

 

2011

NRA-ILA – Law Symposium Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium: Litigation Challenging Restrictive Issuance of Carry Permits  (February 2011)

 

2010

ABC KXTV – Gary Tudesko Expelled for Leaving Firearms in Car Down the Street from School (November 2010)
FOX KTXL – Gary Tudesko Expulsion Reversed  (November 2010)
CBS – Gary Tudesko Expulsion Overturned (November 2010)

 

2008

CBS News – NRA Targets San Francisco Gun Ban  (June 2008)

 

2007

NY Sun – Bloomberg and Mayors Coalition Against Illegal Guns v. NRA (June 2007) 

 

2001

Los Angeles Times – Sloppy Gun Laws Confuse Owners, Law Enforcement  (July 2001)

 

1997

Los Angeles Times – Facts Don’t Back Anti-Gun Crew (October 1997)
Michel & Associates In The News