Arizona has done away with permits to carry concealed. Just carry!
Past CCW Clients:
A relatively new law became effective 9/30/09. It's favorable to us, the honest citizen. I thought it important to remind you of it or advise you it exists, if you took your class from me prior to that date. Here are the details:
"It's a self-defense justification that permits the defensive display of a firearm when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe that physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the use or attempted use of unlawful physical force or deadly physical force" A.R.S. 13-421.
Defensive Display means:
1. Verbally informing an aggressor that one is armed.
2. Exposing or displaying a firearm in a manner that a reasonable person would understand is meant to protect against the aggressor's use or attempted use of unlawful physical force or deadly physical force.
3. Placing one's hand on a firearm that is contained in a pocket, purse, or other means of containment or transport.
".....under most circumstances, the CCW p[ermittee should refrain from actually drawing a gun in self-defense, unless faced with an imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death. If confronted only with a threat of unlawful, non-deadly physical force, defensive display should be restricted to verbally informing the aggressor that you are armed and/or placing your hand on the firearm without drawing it".