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13th Annual National Firearms Law Seminar
Charlotte, North Carolina
Friday, 14 May 2010
Location: Charlotte Convention Center

8:00 - 8:20 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:20 - 8:30 Welcoming Remarks by M. CAROL BAMBERY, Law Seminar Steering Committee Chair
8:30 - 9:40 PANEL ONE :  ROUND II IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT

* McDonald v. Chicago: The Pending U.S. Supreme Court Case*

STEPHEN HALBROOK,ESQ.

* Overview of Incorporation Under the 14th Amendment – The Different Legal Theories the Supreme Court Could Use to Protect the Right to Keep and Bear Arms From State and Local Government Infringement *

PROFESSOR NELSON LUND
Patrick Henry Professor of Constitutional Law and the Second Amendment
George Mason University School of Law

9:40 - 9:50 Break
9:50 - 11:00 PANEL TWO - FUTURE AREAS OF LITIGATION AND LAWMAKING

* “Presumptively Lawful” Restrictions on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms after Heller & McDonald *

DAVID T. HARDY, ESQ.

* Concealed Carry Licenses & Licenses Required to Possess or Acquire a Firearm: An Overview *

ROBERT DOWLUT, ESQ.
General Counsel
National Rifle Association of America

11:00 - 11:45 PANEL THREE - SELF-DEFENSE LAWS AND CASES

DON B. KATES, JR, ESQ.
11:45 - 12:45   LUNCHEON w/SPECIAL LUNCHEON SPEAKER

* International Arms Control Treaties and Agreements *

CONGRESSMAN BOB BARR, ESQ.

12:45 - 1:45 PANEL FOUR - FEDERAL LAWS GOVERNING FIREARMS POSSESSION & RESTORATION OF RIGHTS

* F.B.I. Background Checks and Processes *

FANNY L. HASLEBACHER, ESQ.
Assistant General Counsel, Access Integrity Unit
F.B.I. Office of The General Counsel

* Restoring Second Amendment Rights after Prohibition *

STEFAN TAHMASSEBI, ESQ.
Deputy General Counsel
National Rifle Association of America

1:45- 2:15 PANEL FIVE - MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT (NFA) AND NFA TRUSTS
 

TERESA G. FICARETTA (and staff)
Deputy Chief Counsel
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
United States Department of Justice

2:15- 2:25 Break
2:25- 3:10 PANEL SIX - REPRESENTING THE FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSEE (FFL)

RICHARD E. GARDINER, ESQ. 
3:50 - 4:20 PANEL 7 - APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CASE LAW TO MANAGING OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGES

DR. RICHARD K. "DICK" PEDDICORD, PH.D.

3:50 - 4:20 PANEL 8 - MENTAL HEALTH PROHIBITIONS AND PROCESSES: AN AREA OF GROWING CONCERN FOR VETERANS

DR. DAVID GOLDMAN, ESQ.,M.D.
 
4:20 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:30 PANEL 9- ETHICS

Lawyers: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Shoot 'Em - One Supreme Court Justice's View of Ethics and The Code of Civility

JUSTICE SEAMUS P. MCCAFFERY
Pennsylvania Supreme Court

5:30 - 7:00 QUESTION & ANSWER - POST COURSE COCKTAIL RECEPTION
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