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Wednesday, September 16, 2026  ■  Events

Dana Loesch, Tate Adamiak Added to Gun Rights Policy Conference Agenda

The Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) planning committee is pleased to announce that Dana Loesch and Patrick "Tate" Adamiak have been added to the event's agenda.

Co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the 41st annual GRPC is scheduled for Sept. 25 – 27 in Dallas at the Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport hotel.

Loesch is the country's number one nationally syndicated talk radio host in the afternoons and hosts her award-winning radio program, The Dana Show, from Dallas. She is also the author of three books, including a national best-seller. She began her career as an award-winning newspaper columnist in her hometown of St. Louis before moving to radio during the 2008 elections. A Second Amendment advocate for well over a decade, Loesch is one of the nation's premier voices for gun rights, and she regularly appears on television news and has provided election analysis/commentary for Fox, ABC, CNN, and HBO.

Adamiak was the recent recipient of a presidential pardon after he was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison following his arrest for illegally possessing a toy machinegun by Biden-era Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents. His conviction came after ATF's "expert" added parts from real RPGs until they would fire a single subcaliber 7.62 x 39mm round. As a result, the "expert" classified the RPGs as destructive devices even though the same inert RPGs are still legally sold today without an FFL or any other paperwork. At the time of his arrest, Adamiak was an active-duty Navy E-6 and had been accepted to attend BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training).

This year's GRPC keynote address will be given by the Honorable Roger T. Benitez (Ret.) – one of the most consequential judicial defenders of the Second Amendment in the post-Heller era.

Additional speakers include:

In addition to GRPC, registrants also have the unique opportunity to take part in AMM-Con, Friday's pre-conference event. Scheduled for Friday, Sept. 25, AMM-Con is a gathering of some of the top Second Amendment media who provide educational presentations about all things related to 2A media.

Registration is still open if you, or someone you know, would like to attend. Click HERE to lock in your spot and book your hotel room for this year's event!

GRPC 2026 is sponsored by USCCA, Silencer Shop, Vortex, Magpul, Credova, U.S. Law Shield, Volquartsen, Trijicon, Colt, GrabAGun, RAYVN Group, AZFirearms Auctions, NSSF and Taurus.

Visit SAF.org/grpc to view the full agenda, speaker bios, register for the event and book your hotel. We hope to see you in Dallas!

The Second Amendment Foundation (saf.org) is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the fundamental rights of individuals enshrined in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. SAF engages in aggressive legal action to ensure the principles of armed self-defense, personal liberty, and the ownership of arms are defended, secured, and restored. Through public education initiatives, SAF teaches the importance of the Second Amendment to promote a society that values and exercises the right to keep and bear arms.