26thAnnual National Firearms Law Seminar

Friday, April 25, 2025

Atlanta, Georgia

Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park

8:00 - 8:20 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:20 - 8:30 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

Carol Frampton

Law Seminar Steering Committee Chair
Board Member, National Rifle Association of America
Chief of Legal Services for the National Wild Turkey Federation

8:30 - 10:20 a.m.

Session 1

U.S. v. Rahimi, Range v. Attorney General of the United States, and Potential Future Cases Before SCOTUS

Professor Brannon Denning
Starnes Professor of Law, Samford University Cumberland School of Law

A Review of Lower Court Cases in the Wake of Bruen

Joseph Greenlee
Director, Office of Litigation Counsel, NRA-ILA
Research Associate, The Independence Institute
Policy Advisor for Legal Affairs, The Heartland Institute

10:20 - 10:30 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 - 12:15 p.m.

Session 2

Regulation to Litigation: Recent ATF Rulemakings and Subsequent Legal Challenges

Shelby Baird Smith
Chief Litigation Counsel, The National Shooting Sports Foundation

 

Tim Lachance
Assistant General Counsel, The National Shooting Sports Foundation
General Counsel for the Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute

State-Level Actions Against the Firearms Industry

Camden R. Webb
Partner, Williams Mullen

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

Special Lunch Presentation

The Duty to Bear Arms in a Republic

Professor David Raney
Professor of History
John Anthony Halter Chair in American History, the Constitution, and the Second Amendment, Hillsdale College

1:15 - 2:50 p.m.

Session 3

The Evolution of the Nation’s Firearm Background Check System

Mr. Todd C. Commodore
Assistant Section Chief, National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Section, F.B.I.

Dealing With NICS Denial

John Monroe
John Monroe Law, P.C.

2:50 - 3:00 p.m.

Networking Break

3:00 - 3:50 p.m.

Session 4 - Speaker and Topic TBD

Speaker and Topic TBD

3:50 - 4:00 p.m.

Networking Break

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Session 5 - Legal Ethics

Ethics: Meritorious Claims and Contentions in Firearm Litigation

Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D.

Attorney & Author

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Meet & Greet Reception: Post-Course Cocktail Reception

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