What is the Mission of the Armed Citizens' Legal Defense Network? PDF Print E-mail

The Network is such a new and unique organization that folks frequently mistake the Network for many things it is not when they hear about us through word of mouth! During our first year and a half of operation, we have been asked if the Network is an attorney referral service, a prepaid-legal scheme, or an insurance plan, to name only a few misconceptions. The Network is none of those things! Constitution, Flag and Gavel

The Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network, LLC is an organization of gun owners pooling their strength to protect one another when, after using a gun in self defense, a member comes under scrutiny of the legal system. Just as the earliest labor unions were mere groups of workers joined together to prevent abuse of individual workers, Network members have joined, not because they expect to get in a shooting, but because they are well aware of the abuses the legal system can enact against the innocent man or women forced to use a gun to defend self or family.

Members recognize that while the individual may not carry much weight against the legal system, the strength of the organization, its experts and the fund amassed from 25% of all membership dues provides much more power with which to protect that individual member’s legal rights and legal survival.

A Network member is, in all likelihood, the least probable gun owner to be involved in a shooting, owing to an aggressive educational program that starts when a new member joins the Network. A series of educational DVDs, one sent yearly to renewing members, joins a three-disk series sent to initiate the new member’s understanding of use of force in self defense. An on-line journal carries on that mission on a monthly basis.

The Network is a membership organization with a variety of services for members. Using the links to the left, you can browse through information about what you get with your membership, an introduction to the Network leadership, media coverage of the Network, why our members have joined, and answers to frequently asked questions.

 Help Spread the Word!

The Network is such a one-of-a-kind membership organization that folks frequently misunderstand its mission when they hear about it from others. Thus, the best way to introduce people to the Network is to direct them to the Network's website where they can read all the details and find answers to many of their questions. We have included a tremendous amount of reading material at the link, "Our Journal," and these study resources alone merit the attention of armed citizens who want to further their education. 

If you have a website or know someone who has a self-defense related website, we would appreciate a link from that website back to the Network's. For this, we offer our logo and message two formats, as shown here, along with the code which you can copy into your own website to direct your readers to the Network. 

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