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