RICK TRAVIS

Government Affairs Advocate / Political & Policy Advisor / Hunting & Conservation Specialist

Rick Travis is the Legislative Director for the California Rifle & Pistol Association. He is also a member of the California Hunting and Conservation Coalition, Secretary of the Big Game Advisory Committee under the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Executive Director of the CALTIP Foundation, serves as a board member to several youth organizations, and a consultant to several hunting/conservation non-governmental organizations. 

Mr. Travis has been instrumental in working to build coalitions within the Second Amendment community in California and has been instrumental in seeing pro-Second Amendment legislation get signed into law. His focus has ranged from hunting and conservation issues to ranges, training, shooting sports programs, youth, and family activities.

Mr. Travis has appeared multiple times on media outlets that include NRATV, Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBA, NBC, Telemundo, Epoch Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and others on firearms safety, hunting & Conservation, and defense of the Second Amendment.  He speaks before 2A groups, political grassroots groups, outdoor sporting groups, university students, and civic organizations throughout the state on how the average person can engage the government for positive change. He is a frequent guest host on AM590 Firing Line Radio Show and a recurring guest on KABC AM 790 Gunslinger Radio Hour on Sundays.

In addition to his work for and on behalf of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, he continues to educate others as an CRPA Training Counselor in multiple disciplines, California Hunter Education Instructor, Disaster Preparedness, and Wilderness Survival Instructor. He has also taught political communication at the university level and authored/presented papers at national conferences on various aspects of political communication.

Mr. Travis helped found and empower a coalition of conservationists and hunters (the California Hunting & Conservation Coalition) in California. He works to protect the right to hunt, conserve natural resources, and properly manage species populations through appropriate policy and regulations. He helped to organize the first coalition of CWW issuing agencies in California to streamline the process to help Californians exercise the right to carry.