23RD ANNUAL GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE - UPDATED AGENDA

For Immediate Release:   9/22/2008

Updated Agenda for the 23rd Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference in Phoenix, AZ Sept. 26-28, at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel.

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 & 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 Right to 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

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

11:30 a.m. Special Address

-Arizona State Senate President Timothy S. Bee, candidate for Congress in the Eighth Congressional District

11:45 a.m. Recess and break to prepare for box luncheon

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 and attorney for plaintiffs in McDonald et al., v. City of Chicago

-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, The Bias Against Guns and Straight Shooting

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

3:30p.m. Concealed Carry on Campus: The New Battleground

-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

-Robert Corbin, Esq., past-president NRA, former Arizona Attorney General

-Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week

-David Young, historian and author of The Founding Fathers View of the Second Amendment

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

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 radio show, board member, CCRKBA

-Kirby Wilbur, KVI talk show host and trustee of SAF

-Malia Zimmerman, editor, Hawaii Reporter

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 Laws of America, and The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed

-Guy Smith, author and marketing & media consultant

-Nikki Stallard, representing Pink Pistols

11:15 a.m. Freedom of Choice: Concealed and/or Open Carry

-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 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

The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers and an amicus brief and fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.

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