33rd Annual GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM September 21-23, 2018 • Chicago, IL Co-Sponsoring Organizations CITIZENS COMMITTEE SECOND FOR THE RIGHT TO KEEP AMENDMENT AND BEAR ARMS FOUNDATION Official GRPC Radio Station: WIND 560 AM – The Answer Funding Sources American Legacy Firearms KeepAndBearArms.com Ammo.Com Merril Press Armed American Radio Microsoft© Gun Club CrossBreed Holsters Henry Repeating Rifles Delta Defense Heroes and Patriots Firearms Dillon Precision SCCY Firearms Glock TheGunMag.com Gun Talk Radio U S Law Shield IAPCAR U.S. Concealed Carry Association Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Women & Guns Magazine Participating Organizations and Entities: A Girl and a Gun Shooting League • Accuracy in Media • Accuracy in Academia • American Political Action Committee • Ammoland.com • Arizona Citizens Defense League • Arizona Rifle & Pistol Association • Armed American Radio • Arms Room Radio • Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs • AZFirearms.com • Black Guns Matter • Bloomfield Press • Breitbart.com • Buckeye Firearms Association • Cal-FFL • CalGuns Foundation • Cato • Chicago Guns Matter • Coloradans for Civil Liberties • Commonwealth 2A • Crime Prevention Research Center • Defense Small Arms Advisory Council • Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership • EyeOnTheTargetRadio.com • FASTER Colorado • ForeFront • Firearms Coalition • Firearms Policy Coalition • Firearms United Global • Florida Rifle & Pistol Association • Florida Carry, Inc. • Florida Shooting Sports Association • FrontSightPress.com • GeorgiaCarry.org • Golden State Second Amendment Council • Gottlieb-Tartaro Report • Grassroots North Carolina • Gun Freedom Radio • Gun Owners Action League (Massachusetts) • Gun Owners Action League of Washington • Gun Owners of America • Guns Save Life • Gun Freedom Radio • Guns.com • Hawaii State Rifle and Pistol Association • The Heartland Institute • Heroes and Patriots Firearms • Human Events • I.C.E. Training Network • Illinois State Rifle Association • IllinoisCarry.com • Independence Institute • Independent Firearms Owners • Indiana State Rifle & Pistol Association • International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR) • Iowa Firearms Coalition • Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership • Kansas State Rifle Association • Kentucky Coalition to Carry Concealed • Kentucky Firearms Foundation • Kids S.A.F.E. Foundation • KnifeRights.org • Legally Armed in Detroit • Liberal Gun Club • Liberty Watch • Maryland Shall Issue • Marylanders for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership • Microsoft© Gun Club • Millennial Policy Center • Minnesota Gun Owner Caucus • Minnesota Gunowners Civil Rights Alliance • Missouri Concealed Carry • Missouri Sports Shooting Association • National African American Gun Association • National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association • National Rifle Association • National Shooting Sports Foundation • Nebraska Firearms Owners Association • Nevada Firearms Council • New Jersey Second Amendment Society • NFA Freedom Alliance • Ohio Gun Collectors Association • Only Guns and Money Blog • Operation Blazing Swords • Pacifiers and Peacemakers • Pennsylvania Gun Owners Association • Personal Defense Network • Peoples Rights Organization • Pink Pistols • Polite Society PodCast • • Realize Firearms Awareness Coalition • Riding Shotgun with Charlie • SAF Training Division • Safety On Books • Second Amendment Resource Coalition Center • Second Amendment Sisters • Self Defense Radio Network • Shooters Committee on Political Education (SCOPE) • Shooting Arms Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. • Small Arms Review • Sportsmen's Association for Firearms Education • Texas Concealed Carry • Texas Concealed Handgun Association • Texas Firearms Freedom • Texas Firearms Instructors Association • Texas State Rifle Association • The D.C. Project • The Santa Shooter • TheGunMag.com • The Washington Times • Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk Radio Show • Total Shooting Sports • TruckerGuns.net • TruthAboutGuns.com • Turning Point USA • Urban Family Talk • U.S. Concealed Carry Association • Virginia Citizens Defense League • Washington Arms Collectors • Washington Free Beacon • Western Missouri Shooters Alliance • Wisconsin Carry • Wisconsin Pro Gun Movement • Women & Guns Magazine FRIDAY, September 21, 2018 — International Ballroom 7:00 p.m. Registration Table Opens sponsored Women & Guns Magazine 7:00-9:00 p.m. Reception with Cash Bar sponsored by US Law Shield 7:30 p.m. - Concealed Carry Fashion Show presented by Amanda Suffecool SATURDAY, September 22, 2018— Grand Ballroom ABC 7:30 a.m. Registration Table Opens Beverages hosted by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership 8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER Moderator—Julianne Versnel, Director of Operations, Second Amendment Foundation Pledge of Allegiance – Peggy Tartaro, Executive Editor, Women & Guns Magazine 8:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks Joe Tartaro, president, Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), editor, TheGunMag.Com 8:20 a.m. State of the Gun Rights Battle Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) and founder, SAF 8:30 a.m. — NRA Front Line Report Willes Lee, president Nat’l Federation of Republican Assemblies, board member, National Rifle Association Linda Walker, vice president, Buckeye Firearms Association, board member, National Rifle Association 8:45 a.m. Federal Affairs Briefing Erich Pratt, executive director, Gun Owners of America Joe Waldron, legislative director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms 9:00 am. State Legislative Affairs Briefing I John Cushman, president of the Sportsmen’s Association for Firearms Education (SAFE) Inc. Craig DeLuz, spokesman, The CalGuns Foundation Dave Kopp, president, Arizona Citizens Defense League Richard Pearson, executive vice president, Illinois State Rifle Association Alexander Roubian, president, New Jersey Second Amendment Society 9:30 a.m. Industry Overview of the Gun Rights Battle Rick Patterson, Executive Director of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. 9:45 a.m. State Legislative Affairs Briefing II Sean Caranna, a founder and co-executive director, Florida Carry, Inc. John Monroe, vice president, GeorgiaCarry.org Mark Pennak, president, Maryland Shall Issue Paul Valone, founder, GrassRoots North Carolina Jim Wallace, executive director, Gun Owners Action League, Massachusetts 10:15 a.m. Beverage break hosted by International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights 10:30 a.m. ITAR, USML, AECA and Gunowners Matthew Goldstein, Senior Counsel and head of the International Trade Group at Farhang & Medcoff 10:45 a.m. The Gun Rights Battle from a Media Perspective Stephen Gutowski, writer, Washington Free Beacon Mark Walters, host nationally-syndicated, Armed American Radio on Salem Broadcasting Network, CCRKBA director Stacy Washington, UrbanLiving.com Dave Workman, Senior Editor, TheGunMag.com 11:15 a.m. Culture Drives Gun Politics Gene Hoffman, co-founder, and Chairman of The Calguns Foundation Declan McCullagh, entrepreneur, Reason Magazine contributor Rob Pincus, Executive Director of Personal Defense Network and the developer of the Combat Focus Shooting Program, Lara Smith, National Spokesperson for the Liberal Gun Club 11:45 a.m. Questions and Answers from morning session 12:00 p.m. Recess and break to prepare for box luncheon 12:15 p.m. Awards Luncheon hosted by Second Amendment Foundation Master of Ceremonies, Tom Gresham, host nationally-syndicated Gun Talk Radio, SAF trustee Curt Schilling, Pitching Gun Rights Kyle Kashuv, Parkland School Shooting Survivor and Youth Activist Awards Presentations 1:45 p.m. Recess and Break 2:00 p.m. The Second Amendment Doctrine Joseph Greenlee, Esq., Amicus Attorney for Second Amendment Foundation Dave Kopel, Esq., Research Director Independence Institute 2:30 p.m. Winning Firearms Freedom One Lawsuit at a Time Matthew Goldstein, Esq., attorney for Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed Don Kilmer, Esq., attorney for Second Amendment Foundation in several California court cases David Sigale, Esq., attorney for Second Amendment Foundation in multiple federal cases 3:30 p.m. Beverage break hosted by Keep and Bear Arms.com 3:45 p.m. The Better Half Beth Alcazar, Creator of the “Pacifiers & Peacemakers” blog Sarah Cade, team leader, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus Rachel Malone, operations director, Texas Firearms Freedom Robyn Sandoval, executive director, A Girl and a Gun Women’s Shooting League Amanda Suffecool, Realize Firearms Awareness Coalition Cheryl Todd, DC Project Delegate, Co-Host of Gun Freedom Radio 4:30 p.m. Reversing School Disarmament Laura Carno, founder of Coloradans for Civil Liberties Jim Irvine, president, Buckeye Firearms Association (Ohio) 4:45 p.m. Gun Rights – Outreach Initiative Rick Ector, founder, Legally Armed in Detroit Rhonda Ezell, Lead Plaintiff, Ezell v. Chicago Maj Toure, Black Guns Matter Marcus Allen Weldon, author, The Santa Shooter 5:15 p.m. H.R. 5087 – The Dangers of the Proposed Assault Weapon Ban Edwin Walker, U.S. Law Shield 5:30 p.m. 2018 Mid Term Elections – Fight for Freedom Alan Gottlieb 5:45 p.m. Questions and Answers – Afternoon Session 6:00 p.m. Announcements and Adjournment 6:30-8:30 p.m. Reception with Cash Bar— International Ballroom Hosted by United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA). Welcome by Mark Walters, Host of Armed American Radio sponsored by the USCCA. SUNDAY, September 23, 2018 8:30 a.m. Registration Table Opens - Grand Ballroom