Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network

[DanR9SF]

Has anyone else joined?  Looks to be a good tool to carry.

Membership in the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network is something to consider for anyone legally carrying a gun.  For $85 a year you get (to start with) $5,000 worth of case review, legal consultation with your attorney, and expert witness testimony if necessary.  You also get three DVD's worth of training the first year and then one training DVD each year (shows you take continuing firearm education seriously).  And you get a discount at the online store which sells books and training DVD's.  
 
I figure $85 a year ($225/3 yrs) times 30 years (my remaining life if I'm blessed) is approximately $3,000 - cheap for some of the very best legal defense consultants including Massad Ayoob.  Of course you have to actually use your gun in self defense and then be charged with a crime.  But if that ever happens you'll need all the expert consultation you can get.  And as a member all of it will be good, and some of it will be free.  
 
http://www.armedcitizensnetwork.org/
 
You also get the use of a Member's Only discussion forum.  I emailed Massad and got a personal response!  Good guy.

[kanuist]

I'm a member and have been for about 1.5 years.  I believe it to be a great benefit.

Marty & Gila Hayes also run the Seattle Firearms Academy.  I've taken many classes there and they are good people.  Marty is a former police officer and recently became a lawyer.

I can't see carrying a gun and not being a member with all they offer.  And if you are ever involved in a shooting, they have experts available to assist you.

[Nra-Life-Member]

This outfit looks pretty new.  I wonder "how do I know" that these folks will be of any benefit to me and be out of the $ 5000 cash they will put-up, if they are not insurance backed...  

The article said they are not a lawyer referral service, so if they do not refer anyone - how do you know what lawyer to get..  

[Aglifter]

I think the NRA offers a similar program.

[kanuist]

The Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network is pretty new, but all organizations have to start somewhere.  

I don't believe there is any guarantee that they will help with legal fees.  I personally am more interested in the experts they have to assist me and my lawyer.  (I will depend on my NRA insurance to cover that).

They do have a list of affiliated lawyers that are pro gun ownership and rights


If a member is involved in a self-defense incident, they receive the following:

  Case review by a Network self-defense expert at no charge.  aka Massad Ayoob, John Farnam & others.

  Defense strategies for the member's attorney.

  Eligibility to request financial assistance.