Richard Feldman, author of the book “Ricochet, Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist” (Oct ’07 Wiley & Sons), runs a marketing and communications business, MLS Communication which specializes in website optimization for e-commerce & online crisis management. He is a Keynote Speaker, on “Crisis Communications & Corporate Public Affairs doing media consulting, with a specialization in legislative and regulatory advocacy. He also conducts media training for senior foreign government officials on “Handling the American Media.”

Formerly the Executive Director of the American Shooting Sports Council (ASSC), he was responsible for organizing, and directing the national trade association for the firearm industry. He is perhaps best known for negotiating a firearm safety agreement with the White House leading to Rose Garden announcement with President Clinton in October, 1997.

Prior to the ASSC he was the northeast political and legislative director for the National Rifle Association following his White House appointment to the Commerce Department in the Reagan administration.

A graduate of Union College and Vermont Law School, he is a member of the DC Bar Association a writer and serves his community on the Zoning Board of Adjustment and as a member of the board of his local Rotary Club.

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