FreeInAZ
Regular Member
I had the good fortune to attend the annual Arizona Citizens Defense Leagues http://www.azcdl.org/ membership meeting held at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel's main hall in Phoenix AZ. This room can hold over 500 people. The hall was filled to the point that those who arrived late sat in chairs brought in by staff along the back wall. During the meeting it was announced that AzCDL has nearly 7,000 paid memberships! It was clear to me what this meant as I watched Arizona State Representatives and Senators most of which who were wearing pistols like the rest of us, jockey for the chance to speak to the crowd.
One thought kept reoccurring as I listened and watched; why can't Michigan follow this example? AzCDL is a relatively new organization less than 7 years old at this date in time. They began with a few core members focused on changing Arizona's laws. AzCDL started out recruiting members by manning tables at gun shows and still does so today. Less than 7 years later, with a large membership, a volunteer corp, and dedicated lobbying arm that advises the state legislature, Arizona has become one of a handful of Constitutional Carry states. While not perfect, Arizona has some of the most “pro-rights” gun laws on the books in the United States. From what I heard from the lawmakers on hand this trend will continue in the future.
Michigan has many fine pro-rights / pro-2A groups. However without a large group that can grab lawmakers by the belt buckle, and make them pay attention and hold that attention, the chances of any major changes fade from the near future.
I for one would be happy to see Michigan get the freedoms that we have in Arizona. On a closing note, I wonder as more law abiding citizens take responsibility for their safety if we will see the number of violent crimes continue to drop?
See recent data here:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/201...stories/2012/june/crimes_061112/crimes_061112
This flies in the face of many Michigan politicians who continue to parrot the old “anti” mantra of:
“more guns = more crime”.
Do you think the people of Michigan can put something like this together?
Regards,
FreeInAZ
Member: NRA,AzCDL,MCRGO,MGO,MOC
One thought kept reoccurring as I listened and watched; why can't Michigan follow this example? AzCDL is a relatively new organization less than 7 years old at this date in time. They began with a few core members focused on changing Arizona's laws. AzCDL started out recruiting members by manning tables at gun shows and still does so today. Less than 7 years later, with a large membership, a volunteer corp, and dedicated lobbying arm that advises the state legislature, Arizona has become one of a handful of Constitutional Carry states. While not perfect, Arizona has some of the most “pro-rights” gun laws on the books in the United States. From what I heard from the lawmakers on hand this trend will continue in the future.
Michigan has many fine pro-rights / pro-2A groups. However without a large group that can grab lawmakers by the belt buckle, and make them pay attention and hold that attention, the chances of any major changes fade from the near future.
I for one would be happy to see Michigan get the freedoms that we have in Arizona. On a closing note, I wonder as more law abiding citizens take responsibility for their safety if we will see the number of violent crimes continue to drop?
See recent data here:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/201...stories/2012/june/crimes_061112/crimes_061112
This flies in the face of many Michigan politicians who continue to parrot the old “anti” mantra of:
“more guns = more crime”.
Do you think the people of Michigan can put something like this together?
Regards,
FreeInAZ
Member: NRA,AzCDL,MCRGO,MGO,MOC