CNJFO AT ROD OF IRON FREEDOM FESTIVAL!
SAF's GOTTLIEB NOW AN OFFICIAL SPONSOR!
by Black Wire Media Tuesday Oct. 15, 2019 www.cnjfo.com/join-us
CNJFO excelled at community outreach and firearms education during the first annual Rod of Iron Freedom Festival hosted by Kahr Arms at their TommyGun Warehouse in Greely, PA last weekend. The Coalition was the only NJ-based 2nd Amendment group at the event advising attendees about the latest news on the 2A scene in our battleground state. Kahr Arms graciously provided a 10 x 10 booth space with pop-up directly adjacent to the Second Amendment Foundation's Alan Gottlieb. Gottlieb spoke both days and held book signings immediately after, driving even more traffic to our booths.
Gottlieb and former NJ resident Robert Kreisler of SAF chatted us up several times, posed for pictures and personally thanked us for our 2A work in a big way. Sunday afternoon he donated several cases of both books he was giving to new SAF members, "Good Guys with Guns" and "Gun Facts and Myths". Gottlieb told us to sell them and keep the funds as a donation to CNJFO!
The books retail for $19.99 each and we accepted donations on multiple copies at $10 each (half cover price)! We plan to offer them until supplies run out. Thank-you Mr. Gottlieb for your considerable donation to CNJFO!
Manning our sales & information booth and selling memberships & swag all weekend were CNJFO's Jon MacMillan and VP Dave "Rosey" Rosenthal. Member & CNJFO Hog Hunter Lorraine Crescimanno, who lives near the warehouse, volunteered to be a model in Amanda Suffecool's Concealed Carry Fashion Show that she hopes to tour each state with. Crescimanno modeled several CCW holsters on the main stage from various manufacturers and never "printed" (had outline of hand gun visible).
Suffecool, together with her brother Rob Campbell host "Eye On The Target Radio", a nationally syndicated podcast. Campbell, a true gun historian, provided complimentary on-site firearms appraisals at this OPEN CARRY event. The DC Project's Lori Ann Blackwell assisted Suffecool and Pidgeon throughout the weekend. Blackwell hails from Chicago and is all too familiar with tyrannical firearms law. The fashion show was emceed by Charlie Cook of Riding Shotgun With Charlie fame (our Dave Rosenthal was passenger #49 in Cook's "stagecoach" ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD0atrosPBY.
ARMED and Feminine LLC's Kelly Ann Pidgeon, The DC Project's PA representative and Riding Shotgun With Charlie passenger #56, modeled in the Concealed Carry Fashion Shows. Pidgeon was presented the Pennsylvania Freedom Award by Kahr Arms owners Sean & Justin Moon. A fantabulous speaker lineup featuring Alan Gottlieb, Pidgeon, Suffecool, GOA's John Velleco, Craig "Sawman" Sawyer, Benghazi hero John "TIG" Tiegen, and others all thrilled the crowd. Live bands provided entertainment, with Kelly Pidgeon's husband's band "Boats Against the Current" closing out the Festival Sunday night with every band member OPEN CARRYING a pistol!
NO protestors showed for this OPEN CARRY event, and the machinegun fire at the Kahr range seemed to add a little "spice". Suffecool modeled the events' official "SAFE SPACE" for "TRIGGERED" attendees which featured stuffed animals, unicorns & such. This first annual Rod Of Iron Freedom Festival was simply astounding and CNJFO eagerly looks towards the future and being an integral part of NJ gun owners yearn for FREEDOM for years to come!
