by Mike | Jul 10, 2026 | News & Alerts
Legislative Scorecard 2026 How Your Legislators Voted and Who Stood Tall for Your Rights Each year, the Arizona Citizens Defense League tracks every bill that impacts your right to keep and bear arms. At the end of the session, we compile a Legislative “Scorecard” to...
by Mike | Jun 21, 2026 | News & Alerts
Hobbs Vetoes Four Firearm Safety Bills Governor Katie Hobbs just vetoed four strong pro-Second Amendment bills that would have made Arizona law cleaner, safer, and more practical for responsible gun owners: • SB1012, concealed weapons; notice; repeal • SB1053,...
by Mike | Apr 7, 2026 | News & Alerts
She Showed Up to be Heard We Made Sure She Was This session, just before a committee hearing at the Capitol, I watched a young mother stand in the hallway with her toddler on her hip and a folder clutched tight in her hand. She was nervous. Not because she lacked...
by Mike | Mar 2, 2026 | News & Alerts
Virginia—Another Cautionary Tale In May of 2025 I wrote about the evolving firearm legal issues facing gun owners in Colorado. To counter the thinking “it can’t happen here in Arizona,” I entitled it, “A Cautionary Tale...
by Mike | Aug 27, 2025 | News & Alerts
Another tragedy in Minnesota reminds us of a hard truth: when seconds matter, laws that disarm law-abiding citizens only leave them defenseless. Minnesota already has the “common sense” gun laws the anti-gun lobby demands: permits to carry, background checks, red-flag...
by Mike | Aug 6, 2025 | News & Alerts
A few days ago, we sent out an email that highlighted the scale and persistence of the anti-Second Amendment campaign underway in Arizona: Over the past eight years, 178 bills have been introduced in the Arizona Legislature to restrict your right to keep and bear...