PFCLEE, I've lived in Arizona most of my life, and although Az. is growing in population, it's still pretty easy to find a safe place to shoot. I should qualify that by adding, "as long as you're outside the Phoenix area/The Valley". Only about 12%, I believe, of Az. is privately owned, so still lots of Public land to shoot on. But, in Summer, there is the heat. I now live in Rim Country at about 5000' elevation and we get some snow in Winter, etc, but even though not HOT like Phoenix, it's still pretty warm in Summer, lots of mid-high 90s, etc. And Phoenix/The Valley seems so hot when I'm back there sometimes in Summer, that I wonder how I worked outside there for so many years ;-)