Participating Organizations and
Entities: Academics for the Second Amendment, African-American
Arms Instruction, American Conservative Union, American Political Action Committee, Arlington Rifle & Pistol
Club, Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Buffalo Wyoming Outdoor Rifle Club, California Rifle
& Pistol Association, Camp America, CATO Institute, Central New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Club, Coalition of
Connecticut Sportsmen, Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education (CURE), Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership:
a project of the Claremont Institute, Fifty Caliber Shooters Association, Fifty Caliber Shooters Policy Institute,
Firearms Coalition, Glock, Inc., Gottlieb-Tartaro Report, GunCraft Sports, Gun News Digest, Gun Owners Action League,
Gun Owners Action League of Washington , Gun Owners of New Hampshire, Gun Owners of America, Gun Week, GunandGame.com,
Heckler & Koch, Inc., Independence Institute, Illinois State Rifle Association, Indiana State Rifle & Pistol
Association, International Ammunition Association, KeepAndBearArms.Com, Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed,
Kentucky Firearms Foundation, Law Concealment Systems, Inc., Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Lawyer’s Second
Amendment Society, Libertarian Party, Marathon USA, Maryland Licensed Firearms Dealers Association, MicrosoftÒ Gun Club,
Michigan Gun Owners Association, Mothers Arms, National Firearms Association, National Rifle Association, National
Shooting Sports Foundation, New Mexico Gun Collectors Association, Ohio Constitution Defense Council, Ohio Gun
Collectors Association, Peoples Rights Organization, Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association, Second Amendment Police
Dept., Second Amendment Sisters, Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE-NY), Small Arms Review, Small
Business Hawaii, Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute (SAAMI), Tom Gresham’s Syndicated Gun Talk
Radio Show, Washington Arms Collectors, Inc., WeCARE, the Western Missouri Shooters Alliance, and Women & Guns
Magazine.
Friday, Sept. 21, 2001
6:30 pm Registration Table Opens
7-10 pm RECEPTION with cash bar House of Tudor
Co-hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, National Rifle Association and Second Amendment
Foundation
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2001 London Hall/House of Stuart
7:00 am Registration Table Opens London Hall Lobby
Continental Breakfast hosted by Women & Guns magazine
8:00 am CALL TO ORDER: Julianne Versnel Gottlieb, publisher of Women & Guns
Pledge of Allegiance: Syd Weedon, board member, Kentucky Concealed Carry Coalition
Invocation: Rev. Anthony Winfield, hospital chaplain and author, Self Defense and the Bible
8:15 am STATE OF THE NATION
The Road Behind: Joseph P. Tartaro, president, Second Amendment Foundation and editor, Gun Week
The Road Ahead: Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
8:45 am FEDERAL AFFAIRS BRIEFING
John Snyder, public affairs director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
John Velleco, federal affairs director, Gun Owners of America
Lt. Gen. James Chambers, USAF (ret.), vice president, National Shooting Sports Foundation
John Miller, executive vice president, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association
John Burtt, chairman, Fifty Caliber Shooters Policy Institute
9:40 am STATE & LOCAL LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING
State Sen. Sam Slom, Hawaii and member, Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees
Jeff Breedlove, California liaison CCRKBA
Charles Riggs, president, Kentucky Concealed Carry Coalition
Jim Ramm, legislative chairman, Peoples Rights Organization and chairman,
Ohio Citizens Advancing Personal Safety
Craig Palmer, president, Kentucky Firearms Foundation Inc.
Jim Church, Michigan activist and former NRA board member
10:30 am BREAK AND RESFRESHMENTS hosted by Houston Gun Collectors Association
10:45 am GUN INDUSTRY UPDATE
Keeva Segal, webmaster for gun manufacturers, gunweek.com and womenandguns.com
Sanford Abrams, vice president, Maryland Firearms Dealers Association
11:15 am UNITED NATIONS UPDATE AND FUTURE AGENDA
David Kopel, senior policy analyst, Independent Institute & Cato Institute
Lt. Gen. James Chambers, USAF (ret.), vice president, National Shooting Sports Foundation
Dan Shea, editor & publisher, Small Arms Review
11:45 am Questions and Answers
Noon SPECIAL ADDRESS:
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president, National Rifle Association
12:30 pm OPEN FORUM CONFERENCE LUNCHEONS:
Hosted by Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation
House of Tudor — Massad Ayoob, founder, Lethal Force Institute and trustee Second Amendment Foundation
House of York — Lt. Harry Thomas, Cincinnati PD (ret.) and NRA board member
2:00 pm GUNOWNERS’ RIGHTS AFFIRMED IN THE COURTS:
Dave LaCourse, special projects coordinator, Second Amendment Foundation
William Gustavson, Esq., attorney in Cincinnati/Hamilton County lawsuit
Timothy Smith, Esq., attorney in Cincinnati/Hamilton County lawsuit
Anthony Greco, Esq., attorney in Cincinnati, Union County lawsuit
David Gross, Esq., Minnesota range closure litigator
3:00 pm LEGALIZING CONCEALED CARRY IN OHIO:
State Rep. Tom Brinkman, sponsor of Ohio House Bill-225
State Rep. Bill Seitz, co-sponsor of Ohio House Bill-274
3:30 pm BREAK & REFRESMENTS Hosted by Kentucky Firearms Foundation Inc.
3:45 pm THE INTERNET AS A POLICY FORUM:
Angel Shamaya, keepandbeararms.com
Keeva Segal, webmaster for gun manufacturers, gunweek.com and womenandguns.com
Phil Reed, president, shooters.com and hunters.com Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
4:15 pm POPULAR CULTURE AND THE RIGHTS AWARENESS GAP
Royal Wade Kimes, country western singer and song writer
Bart Ballew, owner, Circle Bar T Leatherworks
4:45 pm TERRORISM AND HIGH-TECH THREATS TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS:
Joe Waldron, LtCol USMC (ret.), executive director, CCRKBA
Dave Kopel, senior policy analyst, The Independence Institute, columnist for National Review
Larry Pratt, executive director, Gun Owners of America
Kenneth V. F. Blanchard, author and former federal law enforcement officer
Neal Knox, director, The Firearms Coalition
Bob Lesmeister, national correspondent, Gun Week and free-lance journalist
6:00 pm Questions and Answers on Afternoon Programs
6:15 pm Announcements and Adjournment
6:30 - 9:30 pm BUFFET RECEPTION WITH CASH BAR The House of Tudor
Hosted by National Shooting Sports Foundation and Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
Awards Presentations
Sunday, Sept 23, 2001
7:30 am Registration Table Opens Continental Breakfast hosted by The New Gun Week
8:30 am CALL TO ORDER:
Moderator, Peggy Tartaro, editor, Women & Guns, CCRKBA board member
OUTSIDE-THE-BOX OFFENSIVE STRATEGIES
Neal Knox, director, The Firearms Coalition
Michael Connelly, Esq., board member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Glen I. Voorhees Jr., member Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees
Maria Heil, national spokesperson, Second Amendment Sisters
9:15 am WHEN DOCTORS PRESCRIBE GUN CONTROL:
Timothy Wheeler, MD, director, Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, A project of the Claremont Institute
Andrew Johnstone, MD, board member, Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws
9:45 am SPECIAL ADDRESS:
J. KENNETH BLACKWELL, OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE
10:00 am RIGHT TO CARRY AND GUN SHOWS: Convincing Other Americans
David E. Young, editor, The Origin of the Second Amendment
Dennis Walker, president, Ohio Constitution Defense Council
Alicia Wadas, founder, Mother’s Arms
Roy Pittman, president, Pennsylvania Gunowners Association
Telly Lovelace, director of external affairs, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (CURE)
10:45 am THE URBAN BATTLEGROUND AND DEMOCRATIC GUN POLITICS:
Joe Waldron, executive director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Aletta Donigan, national coordinator, Second Amendment Sisters
Kenneth V. F. Blanchard, author, Black Man with a Gun
Dave Workman, NRA board member and senior editor of Gun Week
11:30 am WINNING STRATEGIES FOR THE 2002 ELECTIONS:
Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Lt. Gen. James Chambers USAF (ret.), vice president, National Shooting Sports Foundation
12:00 Noon SPECIAL ADDRESS:
State Rep. Ann Womer-Benjamin, chair, Criminal Justice Committee, Ohio House of Representatives
12:15 pm General Q & A Session
12:30 pm Resolutions:
John Hosford, Wyoming gun rights activist, former CCRKBA executive director
Robert Wiest, member Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees
Dennis Walker, president, Ohio Constitution Defense Council
Linda Farmer, Georgia gun rights activist
Robert Pruden, secretary-treasurer, Kentucky Firearms Foundation Inc.
1:00 pm Closing Remarks & Adjournment
