
Subject: TFA: Contact committee members now – “REAL” Constitutional carry to be heard week of March 6 [More]
It’s not “real” unless all restrictions and prior restraints are removed, but we get it– it’s an improvement.
Notes from the Resistance

Subject: TFA: Contact committee members now – “REAL” Constitutional carry to be heard week of March 6 [More]
It’s not “real” unless all restrictions and prior restraints are removed, but we get it– it’s an improvement.

The AzCDL Newsletter for February 2023 is now available on our website. In this issue, you’ll find: Fighting an Uphill Battle, Governor Makes Her Position Clear, Copper Dome Update, 2nd Amendment Rally Recap, Upcoming Gun Shows. Let George Do It [More]
Click to get it.

This week marks the halfway point in the 2023 legislative session. “Crossover” refers to the transfer of bills between the House of Representatives and the Senate. All House bills that have survived the committee process will now be considered by the Senate while all Senate bills that are still in play are headed to the House. Then the process starts all over again! [More]
Let’s hope support by gun owners isn’t half-hearted, especially with the swing to the Democrats in Arizona.

With about three weeks to go in the 2023 Legislative Session, none of the bills we are watching were heard in committee or were voted on in a floor session. However, that will change next week. [More]
Meaning this week, since I didn’t get this until I’d tucked the blog in for the weekend…
…if you cancel a card, your credit score takes a hit. So….don’t like the card’s policies? Don’t use that card, just retire it to the back of your wallet, or even shred it, but don’t cancel it. [More]
For what it’s worth, I had a card I never used and after a few years the credit card company canceled it.
The thought strikes that if this concern is enough to not even take a small action, what chance is there for larger actions when there’s a larger price to pay?

On Friday the 17th, the House Judiciary Committee heard both HB100, the 14-day waiting period bill, and HB101, the ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles and registration of currently owned ones. [More]
The session is halfway over and heating up.
Gun violence in US and what the statistics tell us [More]
I think they mean what selectively presented statistics tell us. For instance, you’d think in any honest analysis of the issue, stuff like who’s doing the violence and where it’s being done would be a foremost concern, instead of, you know, being deliberately omitted.
There are plenty of false conclusions being implied, as well. Case in point, it looks like “gun rights” groups outspend the prohibitionists, and some “gun pundits” are considering that as proof that “we” are winning.
That ignores grassroots vs. Astroturf, and leaves the most important consideration unsaid: The grabbers don’t have to spend as much. The government, with virtually unlimited tax plunder, is carrying the lion’s share of the legal costs, and the media provides all the free publicity they want while ignoring or deliberately suppressing the truth, as evidenced by the second link, above.
[Via Jess]

Take Action on Important Bills being Heard in Committee This Week! [More]
Do you have legislators worth your time to contact?

AzCDL will have a table at the rally and we need volunteers to help us sign up new members. This is your chance to meet hundreds of like-minded activists and help AzCDL’s work to Protect Your Freedom! [More]
Saturday, February 18 at the Arizona State Capitol between 10 AM and 2 PM…
Legislation seeks to expand gun rights in Oklahoma [More]
No thanks to the Fudds at the Oklahoma Rifle Association…
[Via Jess]

AzCDL will have a table at the Crossroads Gun Show at the Findlay Toyota Center, and we wanted to alert you and invite you to come and enjoy the event! Come by the table and get the latest news about your rights and the fight to keep them! By joining, you’ll get to meet all sorts of interesting people, as well as help to grow the strongest force in the RKBA movement in Arizona. [More]
Here.
Several readers have asked who I think deserves consideration.
Based on the real reforms I see the current crop of offerings willing and capable of bringing about, I’m calling on a frequent WarOnGuns spokesman to clearly and unequivocally articulate my position.

One week into the 2023 legislative session, and it’s in full swing already. [More]
I trust all New Mexico readers are active members…?

Amazon closing AmazonSmile to focus its philanthropic giving to programs with greater impact [More]
Believe it or not, that does affect gun owner interests.
[Via Scott J]
Contact your Legislators today to demand that they support the Second Amendment. [More]
I’d add “provided it’s not a waste of time better spent on more productive pursuits” in cases where legislators are secure-in-their-seats Marxists.

The Arizona legislature is now in session and AzCDL will soon be sending out Action Alerts regarding important bills that will be heard in committee. The Request to Speak (RTS) system is one of the most effective ways to let your voice be heard in the legislature! [More]
Like the anthem says, “lift every voice”…
Shannon Watts retiring from ‘political juggernaut’ Moms Demand Action [More]
What do you think, politics…? TV…? Going back to covering up for chemical giants that give black people cancer…?
[Via Michael G]