Where to start............
Weather; Great from Nov to April. Hot in between. The heat is like opening an oven at 350 degrees. Actually its not that bad. I play golf in the middle of the day during the summer with no problems. Sure its hot but you get used to it pretty quick. Monsoons are pretty cool in the fall. Wind out of no where and rain, lighning and thunder thats impressive.
What to do; Alot of camping in mountains. Plenty of area in the desert to shoot. Bird hunting is great. Lots of Dove and Quail. Deer and javalina are around. Plenty of gun shops and gunshows about every month. Between Phoenix and Tucson there is a gunshow going on somewhere.
Ranges; Indoor ranges are Marksman on 29th and Jensens on Prince. Outdoor ranges include 3 points or Tucson Shooting club on 86, lets say 15 miles outside of Tucson (west) and the other one out northeast of Tucson. Khor shoots matches out that way. Sure he will let you know where that is. There are so many open areas out in the desert to shoot round here. We just had a big shoot a couple of weekends ago. You should see the pics on the rallypoint area.
Gun friendly; Yes it is. Not uncommon to see folks walking into Wal-Mart with a .45 or revolver on the hip open carry. You will see that around here form time to time. Plenty of places to take the class for the CCW permit. CCW is not allowed in the usual places like Schools, Gov buildings and Restraunts that serves alcohol for onsite consumption.(stupid one I know).
Gunshops from best to worst; West of Pecos, Murphy's, Jensens (for ammo, guns are pricey but you can find deals from time to time)Cashbox pawn, Frontier Guns, Broadway Guns, and the worst is Jerry's gun exchange.
Crime; it exists here for sure. No hiding that. We usually have at least 1 shooting a week of some sort. Just gotta be aware of your surroundings and where to live so to speak. Also, car thefts are up here due to being so close to Mexico.
If I think of anything else I'll throw it in. If you want to come on down Im sure we could hook up so I can show you the ropes down this way. Might help in your decision to make Tucson your next home.
By the way, congrats on getting paroled from Cali
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