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Brandon Combs
Brandon Combs is the Secretary of the Calguns Foundation and a Life Member of SAF, NRA, and CRPA; he currently serves as a CRPA director on its Programs and Coalitions Development committee. Creator of the highly successful Calguns Community Chapters (“C3”) grassroots program and Calguns Foundation’s Carry License Reform and Sunshine Initiative, he enjoys finding new ways to promote liberty interests and advance gun rights. Professionally, Brandon serves the construction industry as a process/best practices, management, evaluations, and claims/litigation support consultant; previously, he served as area manager for multi-national engineering and construction corporations specializing in large public works infrastructure projects for clients including Caltrans and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. When not volunteering for gun rights causes, Brandon enjoys spending time with his two Akitas and visiting the pacific northwest.
Recent Posts
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CGF Publishes New Carry License Application Guides/FAQs, Compliance Initiative Lawsuits Update
Friends,Here we are in January of 2012 (where did last year go?), and things are quite wonderfully picking up right where we left off at the end of 2011. In the spirit of resolutions and looking forward to what the future holds for the ability to exercise your fundamental right to carry firearms for self-defense, we thought some carry license guide ...Jan 09 -
CGF sues California over unconstitutional waiting periods, publishes legal analysis of AB 144
Earlier today, Calguns Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Calfornia's 10 day "waiting period" (which is really just a dressed-up 10-day ban on law-abiding gun owners' ability to exercise their fundamental right to keep and bear arms). This is a significant piece of litigation that we're very optimistic abou ...Dec 23 -
Big news on Ventura County Sheriff's carry license program
It's been a while since our last post - it's safe to assume we have been working on the next volley of lawsuits - so we wanted to take a few minutes and update you on some interesting developments out of Ventura County.On the morning of Sept. 26, 2011, Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean and I had a very positive telephone conversation in which he pl ...Dec 17 -
On the heels of AB 144, CGF publishes 2011 statewide carry license stats
Especially significant in light of California Gov. Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr.'s signing of AB 144 into law - a piece of legislation that does nothing but frustrate the rights of law-abiding gun owners - Calguns Foundation has published statistics on all active carry licenses and licensing authorities across the state. (Continued after the "re ...Oct 11 -
Rep. Darrel Issa on Attorney General Holder: "Is he competent?", new Fast and Furious subpoenas incoming
Things are looking dicey for Attorney General Eric Holder, as more and more evidence is stacking up against him and the Dept. of Justice on the "Fast and Furious" gun walking scandal (implicating, also, senior Obama administration staffers). As reported by John Richardson at No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money blog, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) - Cha ...Oct 09 -
Other entries by Brandon Combs
Gene Hoffman
Gene Hoffman, Jr. is co-founder, and Chairman of the Calguns Foundation and a Life Member of the NRA. He was named Gun Rights Defender of the Year 2010 by the CCRKBA. He is a licensed collector and spends time poking holes in paper when not poking holes in gun control.
Professionally he is co-founder and Chairman/CEO of Vindicia, a leading provider of SaaS billing solutions. Prior to Vindicia, he was co-founder and CEO of EMusic. Mr. Hoffman was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine as a member of the 1999 E-Gang, and was the youngest NASDAQ CEO in history. Before EMusic, Mr. Hoffman was Director of Business Development of PGP, Inc. where he helped undermine federal export controls on cryptography. He was a staff member of the UNC men's collegiate basketball program under Dean Smith.
Professionally he is co-founder and Chairman/CEO of Vindicia, a leading provider of SaaS billing solutions. Prior to Vindicia, he was co-founder and CEO of EMusic. Mr. Hoffman was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine as a member of the 1999 E-Gang, and was the youngest NASDAQ CEO in history. Before EMusic, Mr. Hoffman was Director of Business Development of PGP, Inc. where he helped undermine federal export controls on cryptography. He was a staff member of the UNC men's collegiate basketball program under Dean Smith.
Recent Posts
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Battered Gun Owner Syndrome and the Fight for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Recently I got into a discussion with someone who had moved away from California. He asserted that all the litigation didn't matter and that we as civil rights supporters were not winning and, as usual, we Californians should just leave. I asked him an important question and it should be telling that he didn't answer that question publicly. I asked ...Oct 08 -
Other entries by Gene Hoffman