Zimmerman attorney to speak at Gun Rights Conference

Mark OMara, the attorney representing George Zimmerman against charges he murdered Trayvon Martin after a confrontation in a Sanford gated community earlier this year, is one of the panelists at the 27th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference this weekend at the Hyatt Regency Airport Hotel in Orlando.

The conference, sponsored by the Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is billed as an opportunity for firearms owners to meet and discuss important issues pending at the local and national levels. Its free and open to the public. You can register at http://www.saf.org.

The groups press release is below the jump:

More than 500 gun rights activists from across the country will gather with the nations leading Second Amendment advocates this weekend at the Hyatt Regency Airport Hotel in Orlando, FL for the 27th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference.

The 27th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference attracts leaders from across the country, including Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; Joseph Tartaro, president of the Second Amendment Foundation; Maria Heil of the National Rifle Association and many others.

Also scheduled: Attorney Alan Gura, winner of the landmark Supreme Court Second Amendment Heller and McDonald cases; Criminal Defense Attorney Mark OMara; Columnist and Fox News contributor John Fund; John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime, and Emily Miller, senior editor of The Washington Times.

In addition, Texas Congressman Joe Barton, Otis McDonald who was the lead plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court gun rights legal victory and U.S. Ambassador Donald Mahley who was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and worked tirelessly on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty will speak at the Awards Luncheon.

Hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), this annual conference provides an opportunity for firearms owners to meet and discuss important issues pending at the local and national levels.

Additional speakers will include Larry Pratt, executive director, Gun Owners of America; Jeff Knox, communications director, Firearms Coalition, Senator Sam Slom, Minority Leader Hawaii Senate; Don Moran, president, Illinois State Rifle Association; Richard Nascak and Sean Caranna co-executive directors , Florida Carry; Patrick Slomo, president Maryland Shall Issue; Tony Montanarella, president California Rifle and Pistol Association; Maj. General Allen Youngman, executive director, Defense Small Arms Advisory Council; Bobbie Ross, American Bar Association; David Kopel, research director, Independence Institute, and many others.

Receptions co-hosted by SAF, CCRKBA and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are scheduled Friday and Saturday evenings, 7-9 p.m. Conference panels begin at 8:00 Saturday morning, and at 9 a.m. Sunday, with adjournment at 1 p.m.

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Zimmerman attorney to speak at Gun Rights Conference