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[align=left]23rd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference
September 26-28, 2008
Sheraton Crescent — Phoenix, Arizona
FRIDAY, September 26, 2008—Phoenix Ballroom
7:00 p.m. Registration Table Opens
7:00–10:00 p.m. Buffet Reception with Cash Bar
Co-hosted by National Rifle Association and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Landis Aden, president, Arizona State Rifle Association
Arizona State Representative John Kavanaugh (R-Scottsdale)
Sydney Hay (R) - State Mining Association Executive Director, candidate for First Congressional District
SATURDAY, September 27, 2008—Crescent Ballroom
7:30 a.m. Registration Table Opens
Continental Breakfast hosted by Women & Guns Magazine
8:15 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
Moderator—Julianne Versnel Gottlieb, publisher of Women & Guns and Journal on Firearms and Public Policy
Trooping the Colors by Buckeye Union High School Air Force JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance by Landis Aden, president, Arizona State Rifle Association
Invocation—Reverand Gregory Curtis, Largo Christian Center
8:30 a.m. State of the Gun Rights Battle
Welcoming Remarks
The Road Traveled—Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of Gun Week, president,
Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
The Road Ahead—Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Rightto Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and founder, SAF
9:00 a.m. Federal Affairs Briefing
Charles H. Cunningham, director, federal affairs, NRA Institute for Legislative Action
John Velleco, legislative director, Gun Owners of America
Joe Waldron, special projects director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Ralph Walker, treasurer, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
9:45 a.m. State Legislative Affairs Briefing
Landis Aden, president, Arizona State Rifle Association
Scott Bach, NRA director, president, Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs
Ken Hanson, Esq., legislative director, Buckeye Firearms Association
Chuck Michel, Esq., legislative chairman, California Rifle & Pistol Association
Richard Pearson, executive director, Illinois State Rifle Association
Jim Wallace, executive director, Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) Massachusetts
10:15 a.m. Break and Refreshments hosted by KeepandBearArms.com[/b]
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10:30 a.m. United Nations and International Affairs Briefing
Mark Barnes, Esq., counsel to Firearms Importers Roundtable (FAIR)
Tony Bernardo, executive director, Canadian Institute for Legislative Action (CILA)
David Kopel, Esq., author and research director, The Independence Institute
Howard Nemerov, author and blogger
11:15 a.m. Questions and Answers on Federal, State and International Lawmaking[/b]
[/b]11:30 a.m. Special Address[/b]
Arizona State Senate President Timothy S. Bee, candidate for Congress in the Eighth Congressional District
[/b]11:45 a.m. Recess and break to prepare for box luncheon[/b]
Noon Awards Lunch
Hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation
Alan Gura, Esq., counsel of record, D.C. v. Heller[/i] and attorney for plaintiffs in McDonald et al., v. City of Chicago[/i]
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), surrogate for Presidential Candidate John McCain
David Schweikert (R), Maricopa County Treasurer, candidate for Fifth Congressional District
1:30 p.m. Recess
1:45 p.m. Intellectual Ammunition
John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, author of More Guns, Less Crime[/i], The Bias Against Guns[/i] and Straight Shooting[/i][/b]
2:00 p.m. Firearms Civil Rights Court Strategies
David T. Hardy, Esq., author, constitutional scholar and video producer
David Kopel, Esq., author and research director, The Independence Institute
John Monroe, Esq., vice president, GeorgiaCarry.org
2:30 p.m. Litigating Gun Cases after the Heller Decision
Donald Kilmer, Esq., constitutional issues litigator
Virgil McVicker, CPA, president, Madison Society Foundation
Chuck Michel, Esq., counsel to CRPA, NRA, CCRKBA and SAF
3:15 p.m. Break and refreshments hosted by KeepAndBearArms.com[/b]
3:30p.m. Concealed Carry on Campus: The New Battleground[/b]
Michael Fancher Arizona State University leader, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Michael Guzman, Texas State University, president, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Katie Kasprzak, public relations director, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
4:00 p.m. Know Your Enemies and Their Targets
Manny Fernandez, Esq., board member National Rifle Association
Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of Gun Week, president, SAF
Timothy Wheeler, MD, pres., Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, a project of the Claremont Institute
4:30 p.m. Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrines[/b]
Robert Corbin, Esq., past-president NRA, former Arizona Attorney General
Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week[/i]
David Young, historian and author of The Founding Fathers View of the Second Amendment[/i]
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5:00 p.m. Presidential and Congressional Elections 2008
Charles Cunningham, director, NRA Political Victory Fund
Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, American Political Action Committee
State Sen. Sam Slom (R-HI), board of trustees, Second Amendment Foundation
5:30 p.m. Questions & Answers on Saturday afternoon sessions[/b]
6:00 p.m. Announcements and Adjournment
6:30-9:30 p.m. Reception with Cash Bar—Phoenix Ballroom
Hosted by National Shooting Sports Foundation and Second Amendment Foundation
Entertainment by the Cartridge Family band
Speaker: Bob Barr, Libertarian candidate for President
SUNDAY, September 28, 2008—Crescent Ballroom
8:00 a.m. Registration Table Opens
Continental Breakfast hosted by The New Gun Week
8:50 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
Moderator, Peggy Tartaro, editor, Women & Guns, board member, CCRKBA
9:00 a.m. ATF: Thinking Forfeiture and Fabrication
David T. Hardy, Esq., author, constitutional scholar and video producer
Jeff Knox, operations manager, Firearms Coalition
John Velleco, federal affairs director, Gun Owners of America
9:30 a.m. Countering the Media Bias against Guns
Tim Graham, Media Research Center
Tom Gresham, host of Gun Talk[/i] radio show, board member, CCRKBA[/i]
Kirby Wilbur, KVI talk show host and trustee of SAF
Malia Zimmerman, editor, Hawaii Reporter[/i]
10:15 a.m. Gunowners at Risk on Ranges, Hunting Grounds, Parks
Dennis Fusaro, executive member, Virginia Civil Defense League
Don Turner, project manager, Clark County Shooting Park, former mgr. Ben Avery
Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week
10:45 a.m. Marketing the Second Amendment to the Public
Alan Korwin, author of Gun [/i]Laws of America, [/i]and The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed[/i][/i]
Guy Smith, author and marketing & media consultant
Nikki Stallard, representing Pink Pistols
11:15 a.m. Freedom of Choice: Concealed and/or Open Carry[/b]
Scott Hattrup, Esq., board member, National Association of Arms Shows
Joe Waldron, board member and special projects director for CCRKBA
11:30 a.m. Questions & Answers
Noon Report of the Resolutions Committee
Ken Hanson, Esq., Buckeye Firearms Association
Genie Jennings, Women &Guns[/i] columnist
Jay Knox, The Firearms Coalition
Richard Pearson, president, Illinois State Rifle Association
Herb Stupp, board member, CCRKBA
Timothy Wheeler, MD, director, Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
Robert Wiest, Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees, Tennessee activist
1:00 p.m. Closing remarks and adjournment
Alan M. Gottlieb and Joseph P. Tartaro[/align]
[align=left]23rd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference
September 26-28, 2008
Sheraton Crescent — Phoenix, Arizona
FRIDAY, September 26, 2008—Phoenix Ballroom
7:00 p.m. Registration Table Opens
7:00–10:00 p.m. Buffet Reception with Cash Bar
Co-hosted by National Rifle Association and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Landis Aden, president, Arizona State Rifle Association
Arizona State Representative John Kavanaugh (R-Scottsdale)
Sydney Hay (R) - State Mining Association Executive Director, candidate for First Congressional District
SATURDAY, September 27, 2008—Crescent Ballroom
7:30 a.m. Registration Table Opens
Continental Breakfast hosted by Women & Guns Magazine
8:15 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
Moderator—Julianne Versnel Gottlieb, publisher of Women & Guns and Journal on Firearms and Public Policy
Trooping the Colors by Buckeye Union High School Air Force JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance by Landis Aden, president, Arizona State Rifle Association
Invocation—Reverand Gregory Curtis, Largo Christian Center
8:30 a.m. State of the Gun Rights Battle
Welcoming Remarks
The Road Traveled—Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of Gun Week, president,
Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)
The Road Ahead—Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Rightto Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and founder, SAF
9:00 a.m. Federal Affairs Briefing
Charles H. Cunningham, director, federal affairs, NRA Institute for Legislative Action
John Velleco, legislative director, Gun Owners of America
Joe Waldron, special projects director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Ralph Walker, treasurer, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
9:45 a.m. State Legislative Affairs Briefing
Landis Aden, president, Arizona State Rifle Association
Scott Bach, NRA director, president, Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs
Ken Hanson, Esq., legislative director, Buckeye Firearms Association
Chuck Michel, Esq., legislative chairman, California Rifle & Pistol Association
Richard Pearson, executive director, Illinois State Rifle Association
Jim Wallace, executive director, Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) Massachusetts
10:15 a.m. Break and Refreshments hosted by KeepandBearArms.com[/b]
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10:30 a.m. United Nations and International Affairs Briefing
Mark Barnes, Esq., counsel to Firearms Importers Roundtable (FAIR)
Tony Bernardo, executive director, Canadian Institute for Legislative Action (CILA)
David Kopel, Esq., author and research director, The Independence Institute
Howard Nemerov, author and blogger
11:15 a.m. Questions and Answers on Federal, State and International Lawmaking[/b]
[/b]11:30 a.m. Special Address[/b]
Arizona State Senate President Timothy S. Bee, candidate for Congress in the Eighth Congressional District
[/b]11:45 a.m. Recess and break to prepare for box luncheon[/b]
Noon Awards Lunch
Hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation
Alan Gura, Esq., counsel of record, D.C. v. Heller[/i] and attorney for plaintiffs in McDonald et al., v. City of Chicago[/i]
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), surrogate for Presidential Candidate John McCain
David Schweikert (R), Maricopa County Treasurer, candidate for Fifth Congressional District
1:30 p.m. Recess
1:45 p.m. Intellectual Ammunition
John R. Lott, Jr., PhD, author of More Guns, Less Crime[/i], The Bias Against Guns[/i] and Straight Shooting[/i][/b]
2:00 p.m. Firearms Civil Rights Court Strategies
David T. Hardy, Esq., author, constitutional scholar and video producer
David Kopel, Esq., author and research director, The Independence Institute
John Monroe, Esq., vice president, GeorgiaCarry.org
2:30 p.m. Litigating Gun Cases after the Heller Decision
Donald Kilmer, Esq., constitutional issues litigator
Virgil McVicker, CPA, president, Madison Society Foundation
Chuck Michel, Esq., counsel to CRPA, NRA, CCRKBA and SAF
3:15 p.m. Break and refreshments hosted by KeepAndBearArms.com[/b]
3:30p.m. Concealed Carry on Campus: The New Battleground[/b]
Michael Fancher Arizona State University leader, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Michael Guzman, Texas State University, president, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Katie Kasprzak, public relations director, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
4:00 p.m. Know Your Enemies and Their Targets
Manny Fernandez, Esq., board member National Rifle Association
Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of Gun Week, president, SAF
Timothy Wheeler, MD, pres., Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, a project of the Claremont Institute
4:30 p.m. Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrines[/b]
Robert Corbin, Esq., past-president NRA, former Arizona Attorney General
Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week[/i]
David Young, historian and author of The Founding Fathers View of the Second Amendment[/i]
[/i]
5:00 p.m. Presidential and Congressional Elections 2008
Charles Cunningham, director, NRA Political Victory Fund
Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, American Political Action Committee
State Sen. Sam Slom (R-HI), board of trustees, Second Amendment Foundation
5:30 p.m. Questions & Answers on Saturday afternoon sessions[/b]
6:00 p.m. Announcements and Adjournment
6:30-9:30 p.m. Reception with Cash Bar—Phoenix Ballroom
Hosted by National Shooting Sports Foundation and Second Amendment Foundation
Entertainment by the Cartridge Family band
Speaker: Bob Barr, Libertarian candidate for President
SUNDAY, September 28, 2008—Crescent Ballroom
8:00 a.m. Registration Table Opens
Continental Breakfast hosted by The New Gun Week
8:50 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
Moderator, Peggy Tartaro, editor, Women & Guns, board member, CCRKBA
9:00 a.m. ATF: Thinking Forfeiture and Fabrication
David T. Hardy, Esq., author, constitutional scholar and video producer
Jeff Knox, operations manager, Firearms Coalition
John Velleco, federal affairs director, Gun Owners of America
9:30 a.m. Countering the Media Bias against Guns
Tim Graham, Media Research Center
Tom Gresham, host of Gun Talk[/i] radio show, board member, CCRKBA[/i]
Kirby Wilbur, KVI talk show host and trustee of SAF
Malia Zimmerman, editor, Hawaii Reporter[/i]
10:15 a.m. Gunowners at Risk on Ranges, Hunting Grounds, Parks
Dennis Fusaro, executive member, Virginia Civil Defense League
Don Turner, project manager, Clark County Shooting Park, former mgr. Ben Avery
Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week
10:45 a.m. Marketing the Second Amendment to the Public
Alan Korwin, author of Gun [/i]Laws of America, [/i]and The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed[/i][/i]
Guy Smith, author and marketing & media consultant
Nikki Stallard, representing Pink Pistols
11:15 a.m. Freedom of Choice: Concealed and/or Open Carry[/b]
Scott Hattrup, Esq., board member, National Association of Arms Shows
Joe Waldron, board member and special projects director for CCRKBA
11:30 a.m. Questions & Answers
Noon Report of the Resolutions Committee
Ken Hanson, Esq., Buckeye Firearms Association
Genie Jennings, Women &Guns[/i] columnist
Jay Knox, The Firearms Coalition
Richard Pearson, president, Illinois State Rifle Association
Herb Stupp, board member, CCRKBA
Timothy Wheeler, MD, director, Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
Robert Wiest, Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees, Tennessee activist
1:00 p.m. Closing remarks and adjournment
Alan M. Gottlieb and Joseph P. Tartaro[/align]
