Author at The Liberal Gun Club Lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area Vice President of the Liberal Gun Club, California Chapter member of the DC Project – California Girl and a Gun in the San Francisco Bay area chapter amateur competitor in shotgun and rimfire theLiberalGunClub.com Liberal Gun Club 2008 – Created 501c4 non-profit. Has … Read more
At a Glance Died October 2025 Founder of the Firearms Academy of Seattle and the Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network. Schools Firearms Academy of Seattle (director, 1990) Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network (founder, 2008) Accomplishments Career law enforcement officer Earned a law degree before founding the Network Firearms expert witness from 1990 Co-taught deadly force … Read more
– January 7, 1960– 2008 filed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller– His Heller amicus brief was cited four times in the Court’s Heller opinions– His brief in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) was cited by Justice Alito’s plurality opinion, and twice by Justice – Stevens’ dissent https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/06/19/the-hearing-protection-act-and-silencers/ About Dave Kopel David B. Kopel is one of the most widely … Read more
1949 Sandra Froman 2005 -2007 • President of the National Rifle Association raised in the San Francisco, California 1971 • Stanford University 1974 • degree from Harvard Law School 1984 – Married to Bruce Nelson 1992 • NRA Board of Directors – lifetime appointment on the NRA Executive Council 1998-2003 • 2nd Vice President of … Read more