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2016 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium Agenda

Monday, July 18, 2016

2016 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium Agenda

2016 NRA-ILA Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium Agenda

Registration & Continental Breakfast        

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Welcome & Introduction

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

            Todd Adkins, Director, Research & Information, NRA-ILA

Gun Rights in the Ninth Circuit: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t

A Review of Recent Decisions in the Nation’s Largest Circuit Court

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Panelists:       Chuck Michel, Senior Partner, Michel & Associates

                        Erin Murphy, Partner, Bancroft PLLC

                        Moderator: Christopher Conte, Litigation Counsel, NRA-ILA

Q&A will be available after the panel; Because of Counsel’s involvement in various ongoing cases, there will be no discussion or questions on open or pending litigation at the District or Circuit level. 


Break

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.                    


Land Use & Guns: The Second Amendment, Range Law, and Environmental Issues

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Panelists: 
    
Anna Seidman, Director of Litigation, Safari Club International

Sean Brady, Associate Attorney

 

                        Michael Jean, Associate Litigation Counsel, NRA-ILA

                        Moderator: Christopher Conte, Litigation Counsel, NRA-ILA

Q&A will be available after the panel; Q&A will be available after the panel; Because of Counsel’s involvement in various ongoing cases, there will be no discussion or questions on open or pending litigation at the District or Circuit level.

Lunch Break

12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Ballot Initiatives: Gun Control by Direct Democracy

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Panelist:         Todd Adkins, Director, Research & Information, NRA-ILA

                        Q&A will be available after the panel 

Developments in Federal and State Firearms Law

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Panelists:       Chris Zealand, Senior Research Attorney, NRA-ILA

                        Josh Savani, Deputy Director, Research & Information, NRA-ILA

                        Q&A will be available after the panel

 

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