Alan Gottlieb, Gottlieb is the Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Founder of the Second Amendment Foundation.
It was a half day packed with more information. Tied up loose ends and met more individuals. Checked in to see if I won an M1 Garand or a signed GRPC 2010 poster; no win. Chatted it up with Tiffany (Imptwitch), graphic designer, in San Francisco and had the best Vietnamese sandwich – ever.
8:00 a.m. Registration Table Opens
Beverage service hosted by The New Gun Week
8:50 a.m. Call to Order
Moderator—Peggy Tartaro, editor of Women & Guns, board member CCRKBA
9:00 a.m. Knife Rights-The Second Front in Defense of the Second Amendment
Doug Ritter, founder and chairman, KnifeRights.org
“This is our Second Amendment, too.” “Knife control is the back door to gun control.”
A Sharper Future Knife Rights Fund.
$30,000 contributors:
– Benchmade
– Blue Ridge
– Buck
– Columbia River Knife and Tool
– Taylor Brand
– United Cutlery
$15,000 contributors:
– Swiss Army
-Knife Works
$7,500 contributors:
– Smokey Mountain Knife Works
$5,000 contributors:
– Ethan Becker
– KA-BAR Knives
Todd Rathner, NRA director and Knife Rights.org director of legislative affairs
Les deAsis, founder and president, Benchmade Knife Company
9:30 a.m. Countering the Establishment Media Bias
Tom Gresham, host of Gun Talk radio show, board member, CCRKBA
Declan McCullagh, chief political correspondent, C-NET/CBS Interactive
Malia Zimmerman, editor, Hawaii Reporter
Don Irvine, president, Accuracy in Media
10:15 a.m. On Campus Safety: The Battle Continues
David Burnett, president and director of public relations, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Rick Walker, Western Regional Director, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Jim Manley, Colorado State Director, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
10:45 a.m. The Battle for Places to Shoot
Dave Workman, senior editor, Gun Week, media spokesman for SAF and CCRKBA
Guy Smith, director, GunFacts.info
Jim Bass, president, Sacramento Valley Shooting Center
11:15 a.m. Girding for the Gun Rights Battles of the Future
Joe Waldron, legislative affairs director, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Andy Allen, president, Nebraska Firearms Owners Association
Sean McClanahan, president, Iowa Firearms Coalition
11:45 p.m. Questions & Answers session
12:00 Noon Report of the Resolutions Committee
Genie Jennings, W&G columnist
Miko Tempski, legal affairs director, SAF
Richard Pearson, president, Illinois State Rifle Association
Sean McClanahan, president, Iowa Firearms Coalition
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
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