2013 GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE AGENDA

September 27-29, 2013 Houston, Texas

Co-Sponsoring Organizations

CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS

Funding Sources
American Legacy Firearms Black Hills Ammunition Century International Arms Diamondback Glock GunAuction.com Harris Publications IAPCAR Kahr Arms Merril Press National Shooting Sports Foundation Sturm, Ruger & Co. TheGunMag.Com

SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION

Ammoseek.com Brownells Cheaper than Dirt Dillon Precision Gun Talk Radio GunBroker.com Houston Gun Collectors Association ILoveGunsandCoffee.com KeepAndBearArms.com Microsoft Gun Club North American Arms Taurus Women & Guns Magazine

Participating Organizations and Entities: Academics for the Second Amendment Accuracy in Media American Political Action Committee Ammoland.com Arizona Citizens Defense League Arizona Rifle & Pistol Association ArmaLite Armed American Radio Armed Citizen Legal Defense Network Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs Bloomfield Press Buckeye Firearms Association Bullseye Radio Talk Show CalGuns Foundation California Rifle & Pistol Association Canadian Institute for Legislative Action Commonwealth 2A Damas de la Segunda Enmienda Defense Small Arms Advisory Council Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership Federazione Italiana Storia Armi Tiro Firearms Coalition FloridaCarry.org Golden State Second Amendment Council Gottlieb-Tartaro Report Gun Owners Action League (Massachusetts) Gun Owners Action League of Washington Gun Owners of America Gun Owners of New Hampshire Gun Owners of South Carolina GunFacts.info Gun Rights Across America Hawaii Reporter.com Hawaii State Rifle and Pistol Association Houston Gun Collectors Association Independent Firearms Owners Association International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR) Illinois State Rifle Association IllinoisCarry.com Independence Institute Indiana State Rifle & Pistol Association Iowa Firearms Coalition Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Kansas State Rifle Association Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed Kentucky Firearms Foundation KnifeRights.org Lethal Force Institute Liberty Watch Lone Star Shooting Association Maryland Shall Issue Marylanders for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Microsoft Gun Club Missouri Concealed Carry Missouri Sports Shooting Association Missourians for Personal Safety Minnesota Gunowners Civil Rights Alliance Montana Shooting Sports Association Mountain States Legal Foundation National Firearms Association of Canada National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association National Shooting Sports Foundation Nebraska Firearms Owners Association New Jersey Second Amendment Society Ohio Gun Collectors Association Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association Peoples Rights Organization Pink Pistols PolitiChicks.TV Second Amendment Sisters Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) Single Action Shooters Society Small Arms Review Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education Students for the Second Amendment Texas Concealed Handgun Association Texas Firearms Instructors Association Texas State Rifle Association The Washington Times Tom Greshams Gun Talk Radio Show TruthAboutGuns.com Virginia Citizens Defense League Washington Arms Collectors Western Missouri Shooters Alliance Wisconsin Carry Wisconsin Pro Gun Movement Women & Guns Magazine

28th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference

September 27-29, 2013
Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, International Airport
FRIDAY, September 27, 2013 Sam Houston Rooms A & B
7:009:00 p.m. Registration Table Opens Reception with Cash Bar Co-hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Texas State Rifle Association

SATURDAY, September 28, 2013Intercontinental Ballroom

7:30 a.m. Registration Table Opens Beverages hosted by Ammoseek.com

8:00 a.m.

CALL TO ORDER
ModeratorJulianne Versnel, publisher, Women & Guns magazine, director of operations, SAF Trooping the ColorsAmerican Legion Post 472, Houston, TX Pledge of Allegiance: Frank Sawberger, Past President, Houston Gun Collectors Association InvocationRev. Anthony Winfield, chaplain, Elmhurst Hospital, New York City

8:10 a.m.

State of the Gun Rights Battle Welcoming Remarks The Road TraveledJoseph P. Tartaro, editor, TheGunMag.com, president, Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) The Road AheadAlan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and founder, SAF Federal Affairs Briefing Mark Barnes, President, Mark Barnes Associates Jeff Knox, Director, The Firearms Coalition, founder of GunVoter.org Larry Pratt, Executive Director, Gun Owners of America Visitors Guide to an Anti-Gun Alien Planet: Washington, DC John Fund, Senior Editor, The American Spectator and columnist for National Review Online State Legislative Affairs Briefing I Sean Caranna, Co-Executive Director, FloridaCarry.org Frank Jack Fiamingo, President, New Jersey Second Amendment Society Jim Irvine, President, Buckeye Firearms Association Andrew Rothman, Vice President, Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance MN Hon. Sam Slom, Minority Leader Hawaii Senate, trustee of the Second Amendment Foundation Alice Tripp, Legislative Director, Texas State Rifle Association Break - beverages hosted by Ruger State Legislative Affairs Briefing II Stephen Aldstadt, President, Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE, Inc.) NY Gene Hoffman, CalGuns Foundation Hon. Phillip Journey, Vice President, Kansas State Rifle Association Valinda Rowe, spokesperson, Illinois Carry Philip Van Cleave, President, Virginia Citizens Defense League Jim Wallace, Executive Director, Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) MA Global Gun Control: Up, Up & Away Sheldon Clare, President, National Firearms Association of Canada Silvia Gentile, Legal Counsel, Federazione Italiana Storia Armi Tiro Julianne Versnel, vice president, International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights Mark Westrom, consultant, Armalite, Inc. Maj. Gen. Allen Youngman, USA (ret.), Executive Director, Defense Small Arms Advisory Council

8:30 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

9:15 a.m.

9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

What Can Happen When You Stand Your Ground Massad Ayoob, trustee, Second Amendment Foundation, author, founder, Lethal Force Institute Chris Bird, author, Thank God I Had a Gun Marty Hayes, JD, president, Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network The Future of Second Amendment Litigation Alan Gura, Esq., litigator in DC v. Heller, and McDonald v. Chicago Q & A on Morning Panels Recess to prepare for box luncheon Awards Luncheon Hosted by Cheaper than Dirt Emcee: Tom Gresham, host of Gun Talk radio and TV Shows Recess Taking Gun Rights Cases through the Courts David T. Hardy, Esq., litigator, author, researcher and videographer Donald Kilmer, Esq., constitutional issues litigator, attorney in Nordyke case David Jensen, Esq., counsel in Kwong vs. Bloomberg Dan Schmutter, Esq., legal counsel, Association of NJ Rifle & Pistol Clubs David Sigale, co-counsel in McDonald v. Chicago and Moore v. Madigan Miko Tempski, General Counsel, Second Amendment Foundation The Realities of Self-Defense in Washington, DC Emily Miller, Senior Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Times Break - Refreshments sponsored by Women & Guns and TheGunMag.com Colorados Anti-Gun Law and Recall Election Victory Sheriff John Cooke, Weld County, CO, lead plaintiff in Cooke et al. v. Hickenlooper David Kopel, research director, Independence Institute, Adj. Prof. of Advanced Con. Law, University of Denver Statistics Speak the Truth John Lott, PhD, author of More Guns=Less Crime and Media Bias against Guns Its Dangerous to be Right when the Government Is Wrong Brian Aitken, victim of draconian New Jersey gun laws Have Gun, Will Travel David B. Moseley Jr., Esq., of the firm of Glast, Phillips & Murray, plc Bloomberg: The $500 Billion Anti-Gun Gorilla Philip Watson, Projects Director, Second Amendment Foundation Dave Workman, Senior Editor, TheGunMag.com The Hidden Surprise in Amnesty for 11 Million Illegal Immigrants Alan Korwin, author of gun law books, Bloomfield Press Organizing for Pro-Gun Election and Referendum Victories Alan Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Joe Waldron, legislative director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Richard Pearson, Executive Director, Illinois State Rifle Association Pro-Gun Strategic Partnerships Thomas Bolioli, Director, Commonwealth Second Amendment (Comm2A) Michael Saporito, General Counsel, Civilian Marksmanship Program Joseph P. Tartaro, President SAF, Executive Editor TheGunMag.com

11:20 a.m.

11:40 a.m. 12:00 Noon 12:15 p.m.

1:30 p.m. 1:45 p.m.

2:45 p.m.

3:00 p.m. 3:15 p.m.

3:35 p.m.

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4:20 p.m.

4:35 p.m.

4:50 p.m.

5:15 p.m.

5:35 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Q & A on Saturday session Announcements and Adjournment Reception with Cash BarSam Houston Rooms A & B Hosted by Second Amendment Foundation and National Shooting Sports Foundation

SUNDAY, September 29, 2013Intercontinental Ballroom

8:00 a.m. Registration Table Opens Beverage service hosted by Diamondback and Taurus CALL TO ORDER Moderator: Peggy Tartaro, editor of Women & Guns, board member CCRKBA Advancing Gun Rights in the New Media Peter Jay Gould, Exec. Producer, Infringed: Second Amendment in the Crosshairs Eric Reed, Gun Rights across America Andrew Sypien, Content Manager, CheaperthanDirt.com Beverly Zaslow, Executive Producer, PolitiChicks.TV The Many Faces of the Second Amendment Charles Heller, Exec. Director, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Michael Moore, Lead plaintiff in Moore v. Madigan Doug Ritter, founder and chairman, KnifeRights.org Rev. Anthony Winfield, chaplain, Elmhurst Hospital, New York City Gun Rights under Obamacare Timothy Wheeler, MD, director, Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, a project of the SAF 10 Ways Americans Win on Guns Richard Feldman, President, Independent Firearms Owners Association Mark Vanderberg, Gun Rights Radio Network Countering Media Bias Don Irvine, president, Accuracy in Media Kevin Price, KTEK Radio Talk Show Host Herb Stupp, director, CCRKBA Malia Zimmerman, editor, Hawaii Reporter Insuring Second Amendment Rights David Black, President, Citizens Defense, LLC Ted Grace, Senior V.P., Stephens Insurance, LLC Q & A on Morning Session Report of the Resolutions Committee Genie Jennings, Maine activist and Women & Guns columnist Stephen Aldstadt, President, Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE, Inc.) NY Gary Burris, President, Lone Star Shooters Association Don Moran, President, Illinois State Rifle Association Charles Murray, Houston Gun Collectors Stan Jennings, New England activist Herb Stupp, Board Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Mark Towber, President, Golden State Second Amendment Council Robert Wiest, Trustee of the Second Amendment Foundation, Tennessee activist Closing remarks and adjournment

8:50 a.m.

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10:45 a.m.

11:00 a.m.

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11:45 a.m. 12:00 Noon

1:00 p.m.

Elected Official Accountability Workshop

(Sponsored by SAF, CCRKBA and The Leadership Institute)
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Intercontinental Ballroom Being an effective activist is only the beginning of the battle. Gun owners must hold their elected officials accountable to the voters who elected them. The Elected Officials Accountability Workshop is a unique program to help maximize the effectiveness of citizen lobbyists. Topics covered include the following: Understanding the System What is legislation? Lay of the landthe office of a Legislator Friend or Foe: Researching the Official Persuasive Communications, Developing Your Message Basic etiquette The principles of pleasure and pain Traditional Citizen Lobbying Getting a whip count Forcing politicians to get on the record How to apply pressure New Generation Lobbying Facilitators: Robert Arnakis, Tom Schultz, and Phil Watson