Gun owner's defense fund

American Handgunner, July-August, 2009 by Roy Huntington

Marty and Gila Hayes have teamed up with other industry people to found the "Armed Citizen's Legal Defense Network" in order to offer some legal protection to citizens who use a gun in self-defense. It's not a "pre-paid" legal thing, but a group of like-minded gun owners who each pay $85 a year going into a general fund used to manage the court costs involved after, some self-defense shootings. If you join you get peace of mind, and a three DVD set covering aspects of armed self-defense. The Legal Defense Fund, to which a portion of each member's dues go, is operated by a non-profit foundation. The Foundation's advisory board members are Massad Ayoob, Dennis Tueller, Tom Givens and John Farnam, along with Network officials Marty Hayes and Vincent Schuck.

According to Marty, "We are not an insurance company. We're a self-help group, and already in our first year have almost 1,000 members, people who want to take a pre-emptive approach to solving their legal problems before they begin." We're not endorsing this here, but do think it's an interesting idea--and worth a hard look on your own. www.armed-citizensnetwork.org