RKBA Convention in Houston

[Thumper]

Thanks to Jeeper for the heads up.

National gun rights leaders will be joining with hundreds of local and national activists for the 2003 Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in Houston Texas on September 26th, 27th , and 28th. This year's FREE conference will provide gun owners with necessary information and networking to defend themselves and their heritage against hysterical anti-gun foes in the media, classrooms, courtrooms and legislative bodies.

Speakers will include: Joe Tartaro, Editor of Gun Week; Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation; Joe Waldron, Executive Director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX); Texas State Land Commissioner and father of the Texas’ concealed carry law, Jerry Patterson; the father of Alaska’s new “Vermont style†carry law, Alaska State Representative Eric Croft; Tom Gresham, the host of syndicated radio program Gun Talk; the Executive Vice President of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre; and noted author and scholar John Lott, as well as leaders of the Houston Gun Collectors Association, Texas State Rifle Association and The National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Free registration at http://www.saf.org/

Anybody else going?

 

[No4Mk1]

I'm going to try like heck!

 

[Jim March]

I'll be manning the check-in desk . They've also got me slated for a 10-minute summary of the Calif situation. Not sure when I'll be speaking though...

 

[Lennyjoe]

I am planning on driving up from San Antonio on Saturday.

Since I'm not from Texas can someone give me directions from I-10?

Also, I will be excercising my 2nd Amendment rights so some guidence would be appreciated. IE. am I gonna have to leave it in the car, will they have places to secure ext...

 

[Thumper]

Lennyjoe,

It'll be good to meetcha.

Once you get into town on I-10, look for Beltway 8 going north. Take that up and around 'til you see the signs for the airport. Have 2 bucks in change handy for the tolls.

You are aware that Wing Wipers buy the first round, right?

 

[rock jock]

Man, I would so be there, but I have an offshore fishing trip planned. Wish I would have known sooner.

 

[Dan from MI]

99% chance I'll be there. I was at the 2001 one in Cinci as well. I HIGHLY recommend it.

 

[Geech]

That sounds like a really great group of speakers. I'd love to be there, but I don't think it's likely. Are there going to be speach transcripts posted on the website?

 

[Lennyjoe]

Ok, got the directions and will be there Saturday

I'll be the guy with the glasses and Tan Molon Labe hat on.

 

[Thumper]

First daily bump.

 

[Thumper]

2nd daily bump.

 

[Jeeper]

Here is a tentative agena for those who might have signed up late.


18th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference

Sept. 26-28, 2003 Houston, TX

Marriott Hotel—Bush Intercontinental Airport

FRIDAY, SEPT. 26, 2003—Sam Houston Ballroom—Lower Lobby Level

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 Second Amendment Foundation

Guest Speaker: Rep. Ron Paul (R-14th Dist. Texas)



SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 2003—Intercontinental Ballroom—Conference Center, Lobby Level

7:30 a.m. Registration table open outside meeting room

Continental Breakfast hosted by Women & Guns Magazine

8:15 a.m. CALL TO ORDER:

Moderator: Julianne Versnel Gottlieb, publisher of Women & Guns

Presentation of the Colors and Pledge of Allegiance—The Texas Army—Cols. Jim Peddy;

John Baker; Kris Minefee; Chester Kern; John Martin

Invocation—Rev. Kris Minefee

8:30 a.m. State of the Gun Rights Battle

Welcome Remarks

The Road Traveled—Joseph P. Tartaro, editor of The New Gun Week and president, Second Amendment Foundation

The Road Ahead—Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and founder, Second Amendment Foundation

9:00 a.m. Federal and UN Affairs Briefing

John M. Snyder, public affairs director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Charles H. Cunningham, dir. Federal affairs, NRA Institute for Legislative Action

Lt. Gen. James Chambers, USAF (ret.), vice president, National Shooting Sports Foundation

John Miller, exec. vice pres., National Muzzle Loading Rifle Assn.

9:45 a.m. State Legislative Affairs Briefing

State Sen. Sam Slom (R-HI), board of trustees, Second Amendment Foundation

Joe Waldron, executive director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Chuck Michel, Esq., counsel to California Rifle & Pistol Association

James Dark, executive director, Texas State Rifle Association

John Burtt, chairman, Fifty Caliber Institute

10:15 a.m. Break and Refreshments hosted by Fifty Caliber Institute

10:30 a.m Has the Court Backdoor Been Slammed on the Anti-Gunners?

Gary Mehalik, VP/Communications, National Shooting Sports Foundation

Charles H. Cunningham, director, federal affairs, National Rifle Association

Michael Marks, executive director, Fifty Caliber Institute

11:15 a.m. SPECIAL ADDRESS: Wayne LaPierre, exec. vice pres., National Rifle Association

11:45 a.m. Recess, Clear Meeting Room for Lunch

Noon Awards Lunch in Meeting Room

Speaker: The Hon. Jerry Patterson, Land Commissioner of Texas

Robert Glock, managing director, Glock Inc.

1:30 p.m. Recess, Clear Meeting Room for afternoon session

1:45 p.m. The Bias Against Guns

John R. Lott, PhD, senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, author More Guns, Less Crime

2:30 p.m. No Silver Bullet in Ballistic Imaging

Gary Mehalik, v/p communications, National Shooting Sports Foundation

Dave Workman, senior editor, The New Gun Week

Neal Knox, executive director, Firearms Coalition

3:00 p.m. Break and refreshments hosted by Houston Gun Collectors Association

3:15p.m. Supreme Court Showdown: Are We There Yet?

David Kopel, Esq., research director, Independence Institute; associate policy analyst, Cato Institute; contributing editor, National Review Online; co-author, Supreme Court Gun Cases

Alan Korwin, author of state gun law books series, co-author, Supreme Court Gun Cases

Gary W. Gorski, Esq., attorney for Silveira v. Lockyer

Prof. Robert A. Levy, Esq., Cato Institute, attorney for Parker v. District of Columbia

Chuck Michel, Esq., counsel to California Rifle & Pistol Association

4:15 p.m. The 2004 Presidential and Congressional Races: Will Guns Be a Key Issue?

Alan M. Gottlieb, chairman, CCRKBA, founder, SAF

Charles Cunningham, director, federal affairs, NRA Institute for Legislative Action

Lt. Gen. James Chambers, USAF (ret.), vice president, National Shooting Sports Foundation

Tom Gresham, host of "Gun Talk" syndicated radio show

5:00 p.m. The Amazing Multi-Purpose Second Amendment

Moderator: Joseph P. Tartaro, president, SAF, editor, The New Gun Week

David T. Hardy, Esq., author of Origins and Development of the Second Amendment and This Is Not an Assault

David Young, author, Origins of the Second Amendment

5:30 p.m. Q&A

6:00 p.m. Announcements and Adjournment

6:30 p.m.-9:30 Buffet Reception with Cash Bar—Sam Houston Ballroom—Lower Lobby Level

Hosted by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers Institute



SUNDAY, SEPT. 29, 2002

8:00 A.M. Registration Desk Open, Continental Breakfast hosted by The New Gun Week

8:30 a.m. CALL TO ORDER

Moderator, Peggy Tartaro, editor, Women & Guns, board member, CCRKBA

9:00 a.m. Right to Carry and Reciprocity: 36 and Counting

Moderator: Glen Voorhees, SAF trustee and Texas instructor

State Rep. Eric Croft, Alaska House of Representatives

Dan West, president, Texas Concealed Handgun Association www.txchia.org

Chris Bird, author, The Concealed Carry Handgun Manual

Kevin L. Jamison, Esq., president, Western Missouri Shooters Alliance, board member, MSSA

David M. Gross, Esq., Minnesota activist, former NRA board member

Jim March, CCRKBA California field rep

10:30 a.m. Break and refreshments hosted by Texas Fish & Game

10:45 a.m. The Gun Rights Battle in Public Arenas

Sue King, board member, National Rifle Association

Maria Heil, national spokeswoman, Second Amendment Sisters

Timothy Wheeler, MD, director, Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership,

a project of the Claremonth Insitute

11: 15 a.m. TSA Foot-Dragging on Armed Pilots Directive

Capt. Robert Davie, board member, Airline Pilots Security Alliance

11:30 a.m. Is There a Future for Gun Shows and Gun Collecting

Joe Waldron, executive director, CCRKBA, president, Washington Arms Collectors

Frank Sawberger, past-president, Houston Gun Collectors Association

Charles Murray, contributing editor, International Ammunition Journal

Noon Open Session Q & A

12:30 p.m. Report of the Resolutions Committee

John Hosford, Wyoming gun right activist

Robert Wiest, Second Amendment Foundation board of trustees, Tennessee activist

Alice Tripp, legislative liaison, Texas State Rifle Association

Dennis Walker, president, Ohio Constitution Defense Council

John Krull, board member, Shooters Committee on Political Education, New York activist

Maria Heil, national spokesperson, Second Amendment Sisters, Pennsylvania activist

` Francis G. Winters, Texas activist, former NRA board member

Susan Laws, contributing editor, Women & Guns, SASS competitor, Texas activist

Richard Pearson, president, Illinois State Rifle Association

1:00 p.m. Closing remarks and adjournment

Alan M. Gottlieb and Joseph P. Tartaro

 

[Jesse H]

Bump.

Dang, wish I found I about this sooner.

 

[Jeeper]

I am going to go to friday and most of saturday. Unfortunately I cant make it to sunday. It should really be fun.

 

[Thumper]

You guys still have my number?

 

[CZ 75 BD]

See you there...

Fri, Sat, Sun !

 

[Lennyjoe]

Will be there Saturday. Should be pulling in around 9 a.m. Driving in from San Antonio.

Wish I could of been there Sunday to hear our own famous Jim March speak but I have to get back to San Antonio.

Anyone going to the shoot up in Waco in Oct?

You guys still have my number?

I dont.

I will be the guy with the Molon Labe tan hat on. See ya all there.

 

[Jeeper]

Bump---- Starts tonight!! Hope to see you guys there.

 

[Thumper]

Lennyjoe,

PM me if you want to meet somewhere tomorrow.

I'm off to the dinner.

 

[Lennyjoe]

I should be pulling out of the base around 0700. Figure about 3 hours to get there depending on traffic. (I also have a lead foot )

So I should be there round 10 am.

Went to have a THR hat made but didnt get it done in time.

How was the first day? Fill us in.

 

[CZ 75 BD]

Congressman

Dr. Ron Paul gave a great talk! He also signed copies of his "Freedom Report". A buffet supper that would'nt quit. Met some nice folks and a lot of Texans.

Full agenda tomorrow, including Wayne LaPierre.

Marshall MacEuen

 

[labgrade]

& no matter how inspiring the presentations, if you have not walked out of this to "be political" & change it to your tune, the whole invigorating weekend will have been wasted.

Face it, folks.

It's all politics anymore & if you aren't changing it to your ("our," hopefully) bennifit, you've wasted your time.

You either walked out of there more poltically astute or you didn't.

You either now know how to manipulate the system to our liking, or you didn't.

You either got the drift & can now make a difference , or it was a feel-good session & you walked off with not a clue - but you do feel a lot better about it all.

That 1% that actually got a clue, please do go do something with it.

 

[Jeeper]

Day 1 was good. Off to day 2!

 

[Lennyjoe]

Just got back not too long ago from the Seminar.

Had a great time.

Thanks Thumper, Jeeper and Jim March. I had a great time.

Heres a photo of us at the convention. Yes, THR folks go det a chance to meet each other from time to time.

Jeeper, Me, Jim March and Thumper.