Charles Heller

Charles Heller

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(1956)
– son of a law-enforcement officer and grandson of a judge
– 1978 moved to Arizona
– 2002 Liberty Watch Radio & America Armed & Free Radio Show
– 2005 One of the Four co-founders of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
– 2011-2013 excec Director of JPFO
– Currently Media Co-Ordinator for AzCDL & JPFO

– Host of Liberty Watch Radio
– Co-founder of The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AZCDL)
– Media coordinator for AzCDL
– Former executive director of Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO)
– Media coordinator for JPFO
– Arizona concealed weapons instructor for 22 years
– Has visited 25 of the 28 submarines on display in the U.S
– (and visited 2 not on display, and worked on one as a kid)

Charles Heller

About Charles Heller

Charles Heller is a Tucson, Arizona, gun rights activist, talk radio host and concealed carry instructor, best known as one of the co-founders of the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AzCDL) and as a former executive director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO). AzCDL is a self-funded 501(c)(4) grassroots group that works at the Arizona Legislature to block restrictive bills, pass pro-rights legislation and defend those laws in court. Its founders were instrumental in passing the first major improvement to Arizona’s concealed carry laws since they took effect in 1994, and the group went on to push for the state’s broad freedom-to-carry and strong preemption laws.

Heller served on the AzCDL board for eight years before stepping down as a director in October 2013, remaining the group’s media coordinator. In June 2011, JPFO named him executive director following the death of its founder, Aaron Zelman; JPFO is an educational civil rights organization that teaches the historical dangers of disarmament. Heller has also hosted liberty-themed Sunday morning talk radio programs on KVOI-AM in Tucson under the Liberty Watch Radio banner. For gun owners, his career shows how state-level organizing, media work and training together build lasting legal protections for carry rights.

Key Facts

  • 2005: Begins eight years on the AzCDL Board of Directors as one of the group’s co-founders.
  • June 2011: Named executive director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.
  • October 2013: Steps down as an AzCDL director and continues as its media coordinator.
  • Hosts Liberty Watch Radio programs on KVOI-AM in Tucson.

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