The 41st annual Gun Rights Policy Conference kicks off this evening in Dallas, Texas at the Westin Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Hotel, with main activities in the Oak Ballroom and the ballroom foyer.
This weekend’s Gun Rights Conference is being live streamed, so grassroots activists unable to attend in person at the Westin Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Hotel can watch it here:
Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ty5J3XQDc
Sunday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEb5krJ19tQ
Here is the complete agenda.
Friday Evening
Oak Ballroom Foyer
7:00 PM Reception sponsored by USCCA with Cash Bar
7:30 PM Welcome Remarks Alan Gottlieb, Founder and Executive Vice President of Second Amendment Foundation and Chairman, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Oak Ballroom
Morning Emcee: Jared Yanis, Host, Guns & Gadgets YouTube Channel
8:00 AM Opening Remarks Alan Gottlieb Adam Kraut, Executive Director, Second Amendment Foundation
8:15 AM Sic Semper Tyrannis: Fighting the Wave of Anti-Gun Legislation in Virginia Cam Edwards, editor of BearingArms.com, host of the Cam & Company podcast and CCRKBA Director
8:30 AM Remarks by Jessica Messineo Jessica Messineo, 2A Advocate
8:45 AM Wolford v. Lopez and other Developments in Hawaii Second Amendment Law Alan Beck, Litigation Counsel for SAF, Law Office of Alan Beck
9:00 AM Repeating Arms Throughout American History Joseph Greenlee, Director of the Office of Litigation Counsel, NRA-ILA
9:15 AM Fireside Chat with ATF Robert Cekada, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Robert Leider, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
10:00 AM Break sponsored by NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association
10:15 AM Don’t Wait for Somebody Else to Wage Your War Jeff Folloder, President, Texas State Rifle Association and Executive Director, National Firearms Act Trade & Collectors Association
10:30 AM Lessons From The Canadian Gun Ban Ian Runkle, Runkle of the Bailey, Firearms Lawyer
10:45 AM Stronger Together Kenyon Gleason, President, National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers 11:00 AM Where the Firearm Industry Leads in America Isaac Botkin, Co-Owner and Designer, T-REX ARMS 11:15 AM A Long Way from Lexington and Concord, the Second Amendment in Massachusetts 250 Years Later Mike Harris, Director of Public Policy, Gun Owners Action League
11:30 AM Update: How Far We’ve Come Massad Ayoob, President of the Second Amendment Foundation
11:45 AM Break sponsored by NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association
12:00 PM Awards Luncheon Welcome and Introduction
12:10 PM A 360 Degree Tour of the “Assault Weapons” Ban Battlefield Mark Smith, Host, 4 Boxes Diner YouTube Channel Special Awards presented by SAF Special Awards presented by CCRKBA
1:00 PM Break sponsored by Colt
Afternoon Emcee: Cheryl Todd, Host, Gun Freedom Radio
1:15 PM Conversation with Barry Arrington and William Kirk William Kirk, Host, Washington Gun Law YouTube Channel Barry Arrington, Acting Chief, Second Amendment Section, Department of Justice
1:45 PM Keynote Address The Honorable Roger T. Benitez
2:15 PM Guns & Tyranny – Life Without The Right To Bear Arms Gabriella Hoffman, Award-Winning Outdoor Writer & Virginia Gun Owner
2:30 PM Lessons from the Trenches: The Strategic Art of Legislative Testimony Amy Swearer, Senior Legal Fellow, Advancing American Freedom
2:45 PM Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF: What You Need to Know Chris Boeck, General Counsel, Silencer Shop
3:00 PM Break sponsored by Colt
3:15 PM Remarks by Brandon Herrera Brandon Herrera, Congressional Candidate for Texas’s 23rd District, Host, Brandon Herrera YouTube Channel
3:30 PM Two Pillars of Freedom: Protecting the Right and Protecting the Person Tom Grieve, Founding Attorney, USCCA Law
3:45 PM The Standard of a Free People Jeff Gonzales, Founder and CEO, Trident Concepts | Spokesman and Ambassador for CZ-USA
4:00 PM Range Wars: Winning Litigation Strategies for Outdoor Shooting Ranges Martha Dean, Attorney, Offices of Martha A. Dean, LLC
4:15 PM The Second Amendment Has a Marketing Problem Jared Yanis, Host of Guns & Gadgets YouTube Channel
4:30 PM Fireside Chat with Tate Adamiak Tate Adamiak, Former U.S. Navy Sailor and Presidential Pardon Recipient Lee Williams, Chief Editor of SAF’s Investigative Journalism Project
4:50 PM Remarks by Dana Loesch Dana Loesch, Author and Host of The Dana Show
Closing Remarks Adam Kraut, Executive Director, Second Amendment Foundation
Oak Ballroom
5:30 PM Reception sponsored by Silencer Shop with Cash Bar
Golden Bowtie Award Presented by Adam Kraut
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Oak Ballroom
Emcee: Charlie Cook, Host, Riding Shotgun with Charlie YouTube Channel
9:00 AM Grassroots, Use Your Tools, and the Power of One John Petrolino, The Patriot Pen, and CCRKBA Director
9:15 AM Lessons Learned From Self-Defense Trials Phil Nelsen, President, U.S. LawShield Institute
9:30 AM How to Prevent Another Tate Adamiak Lee Williams, Chief Editor of SAF’s Investigative Journalism Project
9:45 AM Office Hours with the Second Amendment Foundation
Bill Sack, Senior Director of Legal Operations at Second Amendment Foundation
Konstadinos Moros, Attorney, Second Amendment Foundation
10:00 AM The Grassroots Efforts of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms with Holly Sullivan, President, Connecticut Citizens Defense League
10:15 AM The Murder of America Richard Mack, Sheriff Richard Mack
10:30 AM Break sponsored by Taurus
10:45 AM Fireside Chat with State Legislators in Traditionally Hostile States with Craig Fishbein, CT 90th Assembly District and Amy Elik, IL 111th District, Assistant House Republican Leader
11:15 AM Killing Chokepoint, Part III: When the Courts Won’t Let Them Attack the Right Directly with Jim Giudice, General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer, Credova
11:30 AM Understanding Mass Murderers and How to Stop Them with John Lott, President, Crime Prevention Research Center
12:00 PM Closing Remarks Adam Kraut
