27thAnnual National Firearms Law Seminar

Friday, April 17, 2026
Houston, TX
Hilton Americas - Houston

8:00 - 8:20 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:20 - 8:30 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

John Sigler
Law Seminar Steering Committee Chair
Board Member, National Rifle Association of America

8:30 - 10:20 a.m.

Session 1

Understanding the “Sensitive Places” debate in light of Wolford 

Professor Mark W. Smith

Host, The Four Boxes Diner YouTube Channel

Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow of Law and Public Policy, Ave Maria School of Law

A Test Case, Like It or Not: Sonzinsky v. United States

John Frazer

Secretary, The National Rifle Association of America

10:20 - 10:30 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 - 12:15 p.m.

Session 2

The Second Amendment: Needed – A Long-term Strategy for Congressional Enforcement

Professor Robert J. Cottrol

Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law

George Washington University Law School

Infringing the Second Amendment by Abridging the First Amendment: Government Attacks on Speech About Arms

David Kopel

Attorney & Author

Research Director, The Independence Institute

Adjunct Scholar, The Cato Institute

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law

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

Special Lunch Presentation

Why the Firearms Laws Are What They Are

Jonathan S. Goldstein, Esq.
Goldstein Law Partners, LLC

1:15 - 2:50 p.m.

Session 3

The Lawyer’s Point of View: Lessons of the Biker Shootout in Waco, Texas

Rachel Palmer Hooper

Partner, BakerHostetler

General Counsel of the Republican Party of Texas

Relief from Federal Firearm Disabilities

Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D. 

Attorney & Author

2:50 - 3:00 p.m.

Networking Break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Session 4 - Legal Ethics

The Singularity is Nigh: Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law

Judge Jesse McClure

4:00 - 4:10 p.m.

Networking Break

4:10 - 5:00 p.m.

Session 5

State Constitutional Provisions

Francis G.X. Pileggi

Managing Partner, Lewis Brisbois, Wilmington

5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Meet & Greet Reception: Post-Course Cocktail Reception

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The Annual National Firearms Law Seminar is the largest gathering of Second Amendment attorneys in the country.

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