Armed Citizens Legal Defense Net

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ACLDN has been sold to CCW Safe Insurance Plan. As of July 9 CCW took over the plan for self-defense coverage should one be forced into a self-defense situation and need legal help. l was a member of ACLDN and have been for several years. The owners of the network want to retire and sold the network to CCW Safe. Everything remains the same until time to renew your membership. Haven't received any new info on the transition but the CCW says they will be in contact to all ACLDN members in the near future. The new conversion will be done soon in the future. 

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Got my cards from CCW Safe yesterday. I guess now I am a new member with CCW. I had looked at their plan and considered it but had been a member with ACLDN since its inception in 2009. At that time there were only two plans, and one was with the NRA  (Locton Insurance Co backed) and really not a very good plan. NRA was a reimbursement plan meaning you had to foot the bill first, then if they deemed it a worthy self-defense case, they would give you the money back you spent. That does not work well considering a self-defense can take much money up front to form and put forth a good case to defend yourself in a court of law. First one needs bail to get out of jail. ACLDN provided up front solutions/money to begin with and paid as time went along for the long haul.

There were 22,000 members at Armed Citizens. I was member number 942, and they had around 5 million in the pot to cover self-defense cases of their members. I think they helped 30 some odd people during the time they were in existence and not one complained. 

CCW Safe is an excellent alternative to my former membership in ACLDN, IMO. 

Edited to add; I hope and pray I never need CCW's services but plan to explore their system in the future. 

Edited Saturday at 03:01 PM by pop pop

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You know, people have many opinions of courts and prosecutions. Many have opinions of how they "think it should be", that are about as far as one can get from real factual law, and facts of how the justice system and the courts really work.

I had a friend who told me, from experience, it was totally different than he once thought. He said he never even got the chance to tell his side of the story, and it really never came out really what happened. The only thing that came out was his lawyers telling of his perception of what transpired and the other sides trying to hang him with their really unfactual lie filled take on what really happened. 

I once was on jury duty, in a capitol criminal self-defense case and it opened my eyes totally. My friend was right about his assessment and knowledge of being prosecuted. I learned from my experience, and it is what caused me to seek out and find a plan to face prosecution. The guy being prosecuted had a court appointed lawyer who only had 45 days to prepare his case and defense and informed the judge he really felt he had inadequate time and "resources" to properly defend his client. The lawyer was 75 Y O and slept thorough a lot of the trial.  The Judge ruled we are going to try this case starting today. If our jury foreman had not had knowledge of self-defense, we would have sent this guy to prison for 15 years probably. When we started deliberating, we took a vote, and it was 10 to 2 to convict. The jury foreman spoke up and said come on people, a man has a right to protect himself in his own front yard with anything he can use. He was totally right. This old very sick 66 YO man was attacked (domestic violence) by a drunk 25'ish young man (daughter's boyfriend), and the old guy busted his head with a ball bat. Took 18 stitches to sow his scalp back together. The grand jury found cause and DA prosecuted the old fellow. 

Guys, I learned that day you had better have a good lawyer, and to me "LOTS" of money, should you be forced into a self-defense situation and you act with counter violence. In Rutherford count y a lawyer recently told me he would need, in today's dollars, $100,000.00 +, with half of it up front, to mount a good/adequate defense if the case was the least bit complicated/controversial. That is in today's dollars in Rutherford County TN, TODAY. If racial or well publicized much, much, more money. Look at the Rittenour trial and Zimmerman trial. with both in the millions of dollars. I know they are exceptions "BUT"! 

You got that kind of change laying around, I DONT!

That is why I got a plan and hope/pray I never need it.

Edited to add; ACLDN told me they were spending in the $60,000. range for full blown local defenses for the ACLDN members in most situations of full out court fights with a couple going much higher. Said several situations was less money. I would need to sell my house to mount that kind of defense moneys, if forced into a S D situation and was prosecuted for it guys. 

You got car insurance, homeowners' insurance, and health insurance, don't you?

Well!!!!! Do you carry a gun? What about insurance for your continued freedom should you be forced to use it??????

Not trying to be trite here guys.     "JUST THINK ABOUT IT."  

Edited Saturday at 04:41 PM by pop pop