I am a firearms instructor for concealed carry permits and NRA courses. Although Arizona has a “constitutional carry” law that allows people to carry concealed firearms without a permit, many people still take my training course just to know the laws regarding firearms: what you can not do, and what you are allowed to do. [...]
In another dramatic victory for firearm owners, the Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional Chicago, Illinois’, 28-year-old strict ban on handgun ownership, a potentially far-reaching case over the ability of state and local governments to enforce limits on weapons. A 5-4 conservative majority of justices on Monday reiterated its 2-year-old conclusion that the Constitution gives individuals [...]
The Arizona Constitutional Carry legislation, SB 1108, goes into effect July 29, 2010. I am a strong proponent of the Second Amendment, and I am also a NRA certified firearms instructor, as well as DPS approved CCW instructor. I personally feel that instead of enacting a new law to replace the old (unconstitutional) law, the [...]
Some business owners just do not understand the concept that an armed citizenry makes them safer. They put up a sign in their store that basically says, “No Firearms Allowed.” They insist on making law abiding citizens trespassers if they have a firearm. What this ultimately does is make their store a hotbed for criminal [...]
Governor Brewer signed SB 1108, the Constitutional Carry bill, into law today, April 16, 2010. Arizona now becomes the third state to not require written permission from the government for law-abiding citizens to exercise their right to bear arms discretely. Because Arizona is the first state in the U.S. with a large urban population to [...]
