CCDL represents the voice of over 40,000 members and defends the rights of over 350,000 licensed gun owners across the state of Connecticut.
What if… just 169 of them decided to make a difference? One in each of Connecticut’s towns? One hour a month?
If you are one of those people who say, “I want to help, but I don’t know what to do”, CCDL’s Outreach Program is for you!
The Outreach Program is a force multiplier to CCDL’s efforts and gives gun owners the grassroots political force necessary to effectively deal with statewide issues.
Activities vary across CCDL’s various events, but Outreach Team Members establish the baseline level of reporting, scouting, and action necessary to operate. It’s fun too: common activities include visits to local gun stores, community events, and sportsmen’s clubs.
Although our ranks are not completely filled, CCDL’s Outreach Program has been enormously successful. Among our victories are:
- Griswold – Outreach response caused a proposed gun-free zone ordinance to be defeated by 200 to 2 votes!
- Portland & Montville – Proposed anti-gun noise ordinance defeated!
- Norwalk – Outreach came out in force and defeated a restrictive gun ordinance by an 18 to 2 margin!
- Newtown – responses by Outreach teams, some with little notice, repeatedly shut down anti-gun ordinances spearheaded by Newtown Action Alliance!
- Newtown – March 2025, “gun violence” ordinance removed from Police Commission agenda.
- Special Elections – Outreach provided the manpower to our Elections Coordinator to help win two Special Elections (Amy Romano, Jason Perillo) in 2025.
- Coventry – monitored the development of a “backyard shooting range” ordinance. The committee noticed that we were listening and it was quite fair to gun owners.
- Multiple testimony gathering events!
- Numerous speaking engagements!
- Money raised by selling CCDL merchandise!!
- And more!!!
If you have had ENOUGH of the gun-grabbers taking away YOUR rights, we want to help YOU help all of us!!!
Use the contact form below, select your town, and contact that Regional Manager to learn more. Additionally, our Outreach Coordinator, Dr. Walt Kupson can be reached at outreach@ccdl.us
If not you, who? If not now… when? Carry On!