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Stand and Fight California!

For decades, NRA has stood together with our state association, the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) and fought for our right to keep and bear arms in the state capital, in the courts, and in city halls across the state.

All of us who cherish freedom recognize that California’s political environment has grown more hostile to the Second Amendment in recent years.   But we won’t back down.  With all of us fighting against the tide, we can restore our firearms freedom. It will not happen overnight, but working together, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish.

NRA has invested in new data management and communication tools.  We’ve recast how we work with local activists. Working together, we will change the state and local landscape in California to benefit gun owners and fully restore the right to keep and bear arms. 

Many of these new approaches were tested in the 2016 presidential race.  We were successful, and the entire culture of Washington has changed for the better.  Now we’re ready to expand this new approach to the state level, and California is the tip of the spear.  

It’s all part of our political action plan for California. But we can’t do it alone. We need your help in pushing back against ill-conceived and harassing gun control laws and politicians with statist and self-serving political agendas.

Only with grassroots participation and engagement can NRA combat the billionaire social engineers who increasingly see California as the launching pad for their anti-gun agenda. 

There are between 8 and 12 million gun owners in California. If just one million of those gun owners actively participated in the political process, our freedoms would be secure for generations.  All it takes is a commitment.  NRA has made the commitment.  CRPA has joined us.  Now we need law-abiding gun owners to do the same.

With your help and involvement, NRA will continue to expand its California operations, fight on in the courts and the legislature, build coalitions, and allocate our resources to support those elected officials who stand up for freedom.  

Every penny raised from California donors will be channeled back into the state.  Be a part of the movement: Join. Vote. Tell Friends. Donate. Volunteer.

The NRA stands ready to restore the Second Amendment in California. But we need the help of every California gun owner to do so.

Wayne LaPierre and Chris W. Cox

Find a list of all on-going anti-gun and pro-gun legislation currently introduced in the California state legislature for 2017.

The NRA and CRPA's Legal Update provides an overview of just some of the efforts being taken to protect the rights of gun owners in the Golden State.

Stand and Fight on the Frontlines by signing up to start volunteering with NRA-ILA in California today!

Read all the latest Second Amendment news and alerts coming out of the state of California.

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The Times, Santa Maria, CA, 12/31/85

Lured outdoors, Forestville, Calif., store owner Lillian Speer was confronted by an armed robber. But the canny 74-year-old, ...

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Wednesday, January 1, 1986

The Union, Sacramento, CA

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The Record-Searchlight, Redding, CA

Hearing a commotion, Mike Kopp ran from the shower, grabbed his handgun and caught a burglar breaking into ...

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Sunday, December 1, 1985

The Times, Los Angeles, CA

Willie Griffin had forced a robber out of his Florence, Calif., store and was phoning police when the ...

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The Daily Report, Ontario, CA

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The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA, 7/21/85

Tracy Foust was glad to help the girl who knocked at his Santa Rosa, Calif., door at 3 ...

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Friday, November 1, 1985

The Bee, Fresno, CA, 7/11/85

Mildred Williams of Fresno, Calif., didn't hesitate when, looking out her window, she saw an 86-year-old neighbor woman ...

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Tuesday, October 1, 1985

The Herald Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, 8/12/85

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NRA ILA

Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.