stop feeding the liberal troll, boys, hes in or hes out, thats the kinda person who runs up to the pedestrian that got run over and rifles his pockets, as he wont[ be needing his crap anymore, he'll drink someone esles water but not carry any, you know the bullcrap type. jmo, though, thoughts
Are you an AZCDL member?
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I'm a life member, but remember, once you pay your one-time dues, that's it. They continue to incur the costs of your membership (basically communications), but without additional revenue. After a few years, your down payment has been used up. This is the dilemma for every organization that offers life memberships. They have to hope that life members will continue to make voluntary contributions.
In the AzCDL online "store," in addition to hats and t-shirts, you can "buy" (so to speak) voluntary donations. You can put a donation into your "cart" as if it were a purchase.
If you are a life member (of AzCDL or any other organization), throw a few extra bucks their way now and then. Alternatively, but an annual membership in addition to your life membership, so that you can set up recurring donations that way.
In the AzCDL online "store," in addition to hats and t-shirts, you can "buy" (so to speak) voluntary donations. You can put a donation into your "cart" as if it were a purchase.
If you are a life member (of AzCDL or any other organization), throw a few extra bucks their way now and then. Alternatively, but an annual membership in addition to your life membership, so that you can set up recurring donations that way.
No crucifixion! I understand where you're coming from. NRA has set a really bad example. But AZCDL isn't that. We're an all-volunteer organization. Literally ever dollar we collect goes to pay the professionals in the state Capitol that make us so effective, and operations.
AZCDL has been making a difference in this state for twenty years. Literally hundreds of bad laws stopped (and, lately, if any get through we know they'll become law) and lots of good laws passed.
There are millions of gun owners in Arizona. Maybe 1% do anything to protect all of our rights and freedoms. If that number became 10%, there could never be another bad law in this state. But lazy, complacent gun owners who assume "it can't happen here" are wrong... that's what folk in Virginia said when I was working tables at gun shows for VCDL, and in 2018 they were proven wrong, badly. We are going to get Virginia'ed if more of us don't wake up.
At a minimum, you should be signed up for email alerts. You don't have to be a member to do that. Four times a year, our newsletters keep you informed. And, during the legislative session, the state Request to Speak system gets flooded with comments from antis. They outnumber us easily 2:1 or more, because they are motivated to "fix" us. Anyone can get an RTS account at the Capitol in Phoenix, or in a location in Tucson. But AZCDL members can get an account created for them here.
So, there's several easy ways to help make a difference without paying anything. But a membership isn't much... sign up at a gun show and it's as low as $30 a year. A box of ammo costs more. If your rights aren't worth a few bucks per year... I guess I don't know what to say.
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One of the best ways any member can make a contribution that's worth more than a few bucks is to volunteer at a gun show to spread awareness and help sign up new members. You'll get in the show for free, spend a few hours talking to gun people, and you're helping to multiply our efforts.
Sign up to volunteer here, or DM me or @thom or @YNOTAZ We're frequently setting up tables at events. It isn't hard at all... we can say "We'll train you", but that sounds very serious. We're as much having a good time as trying to promote AZCDL.
Life members bring a couple other things, headcount. It's easier for our lobbyist to sway legislators when he represents larger numbers of people, rather than a couple thousand.
The other thing is that a life member commits more money, to me that indicates that they see more of the value, than someone who throws $40 at it and forgets about it. Your comment shows that you obviously think about the benefit and burden of a life membership to the organization. Contact John for opportunities to volunteer, go to the AZCDL volunteer page and sign up there.
BUT, even better yet, be an ambassador whenever you are with gun folks. When you go to a LGS for ammo, targets, cleaning supplies, ask them if they are aware of AZCDL, ask at shooting ranges, indoor and outdoor, ask you friends when they go out to shoot and are they members. John, Me, Knockonit, and Thom are ambassadors on these forums and elsewhere, but 50 ambassadors, no matter how crappy they are, have more impact than all of us. A casual conversation at a LGS, with a shooting buddy, a family, a friend, goes a lot further than the best sales pitch from a stranger.
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