9. Attend a Leadership Training Seminar

``PARUM PROFICET SCIRE FIERI DEBEL, SI NON COGNOSCUS QUOMODO SIT
FACTURUM.'' (Roman legal maxim: ``It profits little to know what ought
to be done, if you do not know how it is to be done.'')

	If you want to be a part of the gun rights movement, then
eventually you must meet with other members and leaders of the
movement. Fortunately, with the gun rights movement this is easy to
do.

Gun Rights Policy Conference

	Each year, the major players in the gun rights movement gather
at an event called the Gun Rights Policy Conference. Together with
activists from across the nation, as well as local participants, each
year's activities are reviewed, and strategies shared. The Gun Rights
Policy Conference provides you with an inside scope view of how the
gun rights movement operates, and lets you become a part of that
process.

	Since 1986 the annual meeting, which is free to the public,
has been sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Gun Week newspaper.
In addition, over 40 other organizations and industry leaders provide
funding or other types of support to the conference. The GRPC has
gained the attention of the national media for its ability to draw
together all of the heavy hitters in the pro-gun movement.

	The GRPC is the largest meeting of its kind in America.
Registration for the event has risen steadily each year as more people
experience the benefits of attending the conference. As a result,
opportunities abound for interested individuals to talk face-to-face
with the people who are on the front lines and in the headlines.

	The schedule for the GRPC is spread out over two nights and
three days. Participants are free to select which events to attend as
receptions, speeches, panel discussions and other meetings give
everyone the opportunity to participate fully.

	Make your plans to attend the next Gun Rights Policy
Conference by contacting the Second Amendment Foundation, 12500 NE
10th Place, Bellevue, WA 98005. 1-206-454 7012.

Attend a Leadership Training Conference

	If you cannot attend the Gun Rights Policy Conference the next
best thing to do is attend a Leadership Training Conference held by
the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. These
meetings are much smaller both in size and scope than the GRPC, but
the lessons learned are no less valuable.

	Leadership Training Conferences are one day events where the
focus is on intensive training in the art of grass roots lobbying. The
speakers and materials aim to assist motivated individuals in becoming
effective voices in the gun rights movement. Topics include means to
affect the outcome of legislative deliberations, organizing a local
gun rights organization, successful fund raising, organizing a
communications network and other aspects of the daily fight to save
our firearms rights from extinction.

	Make your plans to attend the next Leadership Training
Conference in your area by contacting the Projects Director at the
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms 12500 NE 10th
Place, Bellevue, WA 98005. 1-206-454-4911.