BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today that it will enlist the help of highly respected veteran Second Amendment strategist Chris Cox and his public policy/public affairs consulting group, Capitol 6 Advisors, as we move forward our effort to achieve the freedom of firearms. one request at a time.
Cox spent 25 years with the National Rifle Association, including 18 as Executive Director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, where he served as the NRA’s chief political, legislative and legal strategist. Away from politics, he founded an effort to recruit leading cultural talent and brands in the country music industry to promote a healthy American lifestyle that includes a legacy of responsible gun ownership. He has been a frequent analyst on national news programs and was a prime-time speaker during the 2016 Republican National Convention. Cox has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Daily Caller, and other notable publications worldwide. national. He started in Washington in the 1990s as a senior legislative aide to a veteran member of Congress, handling issues related to the judicial system and criminal justice reform.
Cox is joined by Cap6 Vice President David Lehman, an expert in strategic communications, data research and crisis management, as well as a proven ability in designing, developing and executing successful corporate, political and grassroots campaigns; Vice President Phil Hoon, former Senior Director of Corporate Relations for the Congressional Athletes’ Foundation, the largest bipartisan caucus on Capitol Hill; and Cap6 Director of Coalitions Scott Christman, a public policy and government relations professional with more than two decades in federal and state government relations, grassroots advocacy, public affairs/crisis communications, and nonprofit management.
“We are bringing Cap6 on board in an advisory capacity on a number of different projects,” said SAF chief executive Adam Kraut. “SAF has been the nation’s leading force in the world of Second Amendment litigation. As we look to the future, I am honored and excited to have another great influence in the Second Amendment sphere, along with his talented team, available as a resource to help me implement my ideas and shape SAF’s trajectory for years to come. 50 years”.
“We are excited to be working with Adam Kraut and the SAF team,” said Cap6 President Chris Cox. “The Second Amendment is facing unprecedented attack, and America’s law-abiding gun owners deserve real and transparent leadership. I am proud to deploy my decades of experience to further the cause of freedom alongside a team I respect and trust. The best days of SAF are yet to come and law-abiding gun owners everywhere depend on it.”
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt legal action, research, publishing, and education group focusing on the constitutional right and inheritance to own and own guns. fire privately. Founded in 1974, the Foundation has grown to more than 720,000 members and supporters and runs many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.