Winning the Fight: ‘Strategic Art of Legislative Testimony’
By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
Winning the Second Amendment battle, especially when testifying before Congress or a state legislative panel, involves more than blurting out data and details people can quickly forget, it requires the ability to persuade, according to a woman who has been on the front lines of the fight.
Amy Swearer, senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, offered a captivating and insightful look at how it all works during an all-too-brief presentation at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas over the weekend. A former senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, she has testified before Congress several times, and she brought some important advice to grassroots activists who might someday find themselves appearing at a legislative hearing. … 
