2008 Gun Rights Policy Conference Scheduled Sept. 26-28 in Phoenix.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- American gun rights leaders and hundreds of the nation's leading gun rights activists will gather in Phoenix, AZ Sept. 26-28 for the 2008 Gun Rights Policy Conference, at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel. U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl, representing the Republican John McCain - Sarah Palin ticket, will speak during a Saturday luncheon, and Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr, former congressman from Georgia, is also expected. This is the 23rd annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, sponsored jointly by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, or CCRKBA, is a gun rights organization in the United States, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is closely affiliated with the Second Amendment Foundation. External links
Governing organization for the sport of shooting with rifles and pistols. It was founded in Britain in 1860. The U.S. organization, formed in 1871, has a membership of some four million. Both the British and the U.S. , Gun Owners of America “Goa” redirects here. For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). Gun Owners of America (GOA) is the second largest Second Amendment gun rights organization in America. and National Shooting Sports Foundation The National Shooting Sports Foundation, or NSSF, is a non-profit trade association for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry. Based in Newtown, Connecticut, NSSF's membership includes manufacturers, distributors, retailers, sportsmen's organizations and media. . Representatives from several grassroots groups, including the Arizona State Rifle Association, Firearms Coalition, Virginia Citizens Defense League The Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) is a grassroots, pro-gun organization that was founded in October 1994 as the Northern Virginia Citizens Defense League (NVCDL). The group experienced enormous growth in membership statewide and was incorporated as VCDL in May of 1998. , Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Illinois State Rifle Association, Canadian Institute for Legislative Action, Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts, Buckeye Firearms Association and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus will also attend. The weekend conference will feature panel discussions on state legislative and congressional affairs, international firearms regulation, court battles over firearm civil rights, media bias, the right of self-defense and more. There will also be a report on the upcoming congressional elections and on this year's landmark Second Amendment ruling in the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). v. Heller case, with remarks from attorney Alan Gura, who successfully argued that case before the U.S. Supreme Court. There will be appearances by Alan Gottlieb, SAF SAF Safety SAF Society of American Foresters SAF Society of American Florists SAF Secretary of the Air Force SAF Second Amendment Foundation SAF Singapore Armed Forces SAF Students for Academic Freedom SAF Store And Forward founder and CCRKBA CCRKBA Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms chairman; Joe Tartaro, SAF president and Gun Week executive editor; Charles Cunningham, director of federal affairs for the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action; authors John Lott, Alan Korwin, David T. Hardy and David Kopel, and many others. Additional information is available at: www.saf.org. 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 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. |
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