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• ATF Special Agent - Retired

Allan retired in 2002, after 31 years as a Special Agent with the United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and he holds a BA in Sociology and Political Science from the Central University of Iowa, He is considered an elite authority on the topic of firearms, and is a graduate of ATF's; Mr. Offringa has for over 50 years, had a personal interest in the history of firearms and ammunition. He retired in 2002 after 31 years of service with ATF as a Special Agent, and holds a Bachelor's Degree from Central University of Iowa. He has done research at government reference collections of firearms and ammunition in England, Hong Kong, Australia, and Germany, as well as several in the U.S. He began his career as a Special Agent with the U.S Custom's Service, and prior to that was a Police Officer. During his tenure with ATF, Mr. Offringa served as the Lead Firearm Instructor for the Boston Field Division, and has taught at the International Law Enforcement Academies in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. He is considered an international authority on firearms. He has completed numerous Armorer Courses, and continues to operate as an experienced licensed dealer, specializing in NFA firearms.

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• Gunlearn Staff Member
• Tampa PD Captain - Retired

Bret Bartlett retired from the Tampa Police Department at the rank of Captain with almost 32 years of service. Some of his assignments at TPD included the Commander of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau, Major Crimes Bureau, and Internal Affairs Bureau. He was the agency's lead firearms instructor for many years. Bret remains certified as a firearms instructor by the Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, by the State of Florida as a firearms instructor for armed guards and private investigators, and by the National Rifle Association, both for civilian and law enforcement courses. He also certified as a Firearm Specialist by the IFSA. He holds a Master's Degree in Education (concentration in adult education) from Northwestern State University (Louisiana), and is an adjunct instructor for both the Hillsborough Community College and Pasco/Hernando State College for basic recruit academies and for-credit classes. He is a Florida-licensed Private Investigator and is the owner of Ex Umbra Defense Solutions, a Florida LLC that offers private investigations, executive protection, private security, and firearms training.

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• ATF Special Agent - Retired
• Consultant for ATF

Having been a life-long student of firearm design, history, manufacture and use, Mr. O'Kelly began his professional career with 10 years experience as a Police Patrolman and Detective in Northwest Indiana. Having been a certified firearm range instructor since 1981, including being a builder and collector of firearms and ammunition, he is a factory trained Armorer for thirteen gun companies. He has toured and done research at numerous firearm and ammunition factories and firearm reference collections across the U.S., Europe and Africa, and regularly presents seminars on firearm enforcement / technology / markings / ammunition to law enforcement, licensed dealers and collectors. Having earned a Bachelor's Degree from Indiana University, he became a Special Agent in 1988 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). His duties were the investigation of criminal law violations relating to arson, bombings, explosives, organized crime, drug trafficking, and alcohol/tobacco diversion. In 1996, he was assigned as the Lead Instructor of Firearm Technology on staff at the ATF National Academy. Special Agent O'Kelly was placed in charge of the ATF Undercover Training Program in 1998-99, and has successfully worked undercover netting international gun traffickers in Europe, as well as having infiltrated organized crime groups in the U.S. One of his most recent cases was covered by the New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine. He has been qualified as an expert firearm witness in U.S. District Court since 1990, and has been qualified to teach firearm interstate nexus and testimony for ATF since 2001. In 2000, he became ATF's Resident Agent in Charge of the State of Delaware, and in 2002 he was appointed as the Firearm Instructor Coordinator of the Tampa Field Division for ATF. Mr. O'Kelly also served as an interim Federal Air Marshall for months after 9/11, and has served on personal protection details for the President of the United States, and several Foreign Ministers. He has also served at the United Nations General Assembly. His extensive experience as a subject matter expert and trial witness has resulted in his being commended by the U.S Attorneys' Office. In two cases he broke new ground, being able to testify to the interstate nexus of firearms that only appeared in evidence as photographs, resulting in federal felony convictions, including multiple bank robberies. Daniel has taught several times at the International Law Enforcement Academies in Europe and Africa, and has taught firearm technology and markings seminars to thousands of law enforcement personnel and licensed dealers nationwide. In 2003 he co-wrote the program establishing the Certified Firearm Specialist program for ATF at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His certifications include: Federal Law Enforcement Academy Firearm Instructor NRA Law Enforcement Firearm Instructor Firearms Training Simulator (FATS) (Train the Trainer Course) Simunitions Scenario-Based Training (Train the Trainer Course) Pressure Point Control Technique (PPCT) Instructor Aerko International Chemical Weapons Instructor Youth Crime-Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) Instructor ATF Interstate Nexus Instructor Mr. O'Kelly still serves as a consultant for ATF on firearm/ammunition interstate nexus, and he recently served as a Senior Manager for one of the largest firearm retailers in the U.S. He is also a member of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the International Association for Identification (IAI), the International Ammunition Association (IAA), and is a Benefactor member of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Mr. O'Kelly retired from ATF in 2011 with 23 years as a Special Agent and Supervisor. Having been a life-long student of firearm design, history, manufacture and use, he is an elite expert in the field. He first served for 10 years as a Police Patrolman and Detective. As a certified firearm range instructor since 1981, as well as a builder and collector of firearms and ammunition, he is a factory trained Armorer for thirteen gun companies, and has toured and done research at numerous firearm and ammunition factories and reference collections across the U.S., Europe and Africa. He has taught at the international law enforcement academies in Europe and Africa, and he regularly presents seminars on firearm and ammunition enforcement/technology/compliance, and has been a court-certified expert witness since 1990.

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• NYPD - Retired
• NYPD Detective - Retired

Mr. Healy is also a CDP Law Enforcement Managing Civil Actions at Threat Incidents Instructor and a Long Island College Hospital trained Paramedic, who has assisted in the creation of technical rescue and tactical medicine training programs. He is a also trained as a Critical Care Paramedic in the inter-facility transfer of high risk patients. Additionally, he is a Specialty instructor: Technical Rescue and Tactical Medicine, Law Enforcement Special Operations including: Tactical Operations (Special Weapons and Tactics), Tactical Medical Operations, Tactical Medic Training, Hazardous Material/Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Operations and Instruction. Advanced Haz-Mat Life Support and instruction.Assisted in design and implementation of Emergency Service Tactical Paramedic Team. Cross trained and interfaced with various agencies in the field of Haz-Mat (e.g. FBI, DEP, EPA) Investigation of Anthrax Homicide NYC 2001. Mr. Healy is FEMA Team (NY-TF1) rescue technician qualified. He transferred to Emergency Medical Rescue Unit in 1990 where duties included technical rescue, crime scene investigation and emergency medical support in the NYC subway system. He is trained in Technical Rescue Operations and a Training Instructor for High Angle, Confined Space, Surface Water, Ice Rescue. Crime scene investigation, detection and protection of evidence, as well as being cross trained and has interfaced with, various agencies in the field of dignitary protection; e.g. Secret Service, State Department, Department of Defense, United Nations. Protected dignitaries such as President George W. Bush, President William J. Clinton, Pope John Paul II, Fidel Castro, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Yasser Arafat. His education includes CUNY College of Staten Island, NYC Police Department Police Academy, FBI SWAT School, FBI Firearms Instructor, Haz-Mat Technician, Rad/Nuclear Haz-Mat Technician, Advanced Haz-Mat Life Support & Instructor, Haz-Mat WMD Instructor, Specialty and Chemical Munitions Instructor, WMD Emergency Medical Services Training, Chemical Weapons Operations (OPCW Czech Republic), agricultural Emergency Response to Terrorism (Instructor), Incident Command Instructor(ICS449), Tactical Paramedic, Certified Lab Instructor, Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support & Instructor, New York City Police Academy, New York City Emergency Service Specialized Training School, Emergency Psychological Technician. His presentations include TCCC/LTT Training for USSOCOM & USAF, Defeating Protestor Lockdown Devices for The Federal Protective Service in preparation for the Inauguration of the POTUS, Preparing for Mass Casualties at CBRNE Events, USAID Sarajevo Bosnia, Port Security Counter Terror/ Smuggling for OSA Puerto Plata Dominican Republic, First Line of Defense/Terrorism Awareness Training for NYC MTA, Instructor Federal Protective Service CONTOMS Tactical Paramedic Program, "A Tactical Medical Response to the World Trade Center Attack", International Tactical Medical Officers Association, International EMS Association Conference, Dallas 2003, Virginia Beach 2004, San Diego 2005.·"Subway Emergencies/Track Safety", NYC Paramedic Training Programs. His awards include NYPD: Medal Of Exceptional Merit, Commendation, Meritorious Police Duty medal(3), Excellent Police Duty medal(6), NYCTPD PBA President's Award 1990, PBA "Cop of the Month" 05/90, 04/94, NYC EMS Pre-hospital Save Award (6). Mr. Healy served with the New York City Police Department as a Police Officer/Detective in the Emergency Services Unit, as a Tactical Paramedic Instructor, and is certified by the FBI, FPS and the State of New York as an EMT/Tactical Paramedic. He attended CUNY College. He has been awarded over a dozed medals by NYPD. He is an Instructor for Counter Narcotics/Terrorism Tactical Operations Medical Support Program, and has conducted technical rescue training for the Port Authority Police Emergency Service Unit, including; High Angle Rescue, Subway and Rail Emergencies, Animal Control, Confined Space, Surface Water, Ice, and Protester/Demonstrator situations. He is a Specialist in law enforcement Special Operations including: SWAT, Tactical Medicine, HazMat and WMDs. He has served on the protective details of two U.S Presidents, a Pope, and several foreign Heads of State, and has served security details in several overseas locations.

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• SCPO Detective - Retired

Mr. Mayer has 25+ years of experience in Forensic Ballistics and has been a recognized expert witness within the discipline over 300 times in both State and Federal courts. He has extensive experience in firearms identification, operability testing, distance determinations and has conducted hundreds of microscopic comparisons of discharged projectiles, discharged casings, cartridges and shot shells. Mr. Mayer has test fired and identified over 4,000 cases to date. He began his 25+ year law enforcement career with the Essex County Sheriff's Office in Newark, New Jersey serving both as a uniform Sheriff's Officer and as a Detective in their Ballistic Unit. Mr. Mayer continued his distinguished law enforcement career as a Detective with the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office in Somerville, New Jersey where he created and developed their forensic ballistic laboratory and served as a Senior Firearms & Toolmark Examiner and Training Officer. He has numerous law enforcement and professional awards. Mr. Mayer is a Life Member and Former Board Member of the New York Microscopical Society and a Founding Member of the New Jersey Forensic Firearm Examiner Association. He is also a graduate of the Certified Firearm Specialist (CFS) program through the International Firearm Specialist Academy.

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• Detective Captain, South African Police Service

Detective Captain Hendrik J Odendaal (Hennie) is a career Detective with the South African Police Service. He has 25 years of service with the national police service in South Africa. His specialization in firearms began when he was approached to assist as a founder member of the Illegal Firearm Investigation Unit in South Africa. Captain Odendaal is a career Detective with 28 years of service in the South African Police Service. His specialization in firearms began as a founder-member of the Illegal Firearm Investigation Unit (IFIU) in South Africa. He is a certified Range Instructor, Foreign Weapons Instructor, and facilitator in the field of small arms. He is an international expert in firearms and their technology. He is involved in the ongoing training and execution of cross-border operations under SARPCCO and INTERPOL, in the SADC region of Africa. Mr. Odendaal has a special interest in firearm identification, concealment techniques and trafficking routes related to illicit small arms smuggling. He has taught classes on the topics in Sub-Saharan Africa, USA and Canada, including as a guest speaker at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Gabarone, Botswana.

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• Officer, Foreign

Job Titles:

• ATF Special Agent - Retired

Mr. Yurgealitsis holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Psychology from St. John Fisher College. He retired as a Senior Special Agent from ATF after 23 years, having served for over 10 years as the Program Manager for Forensic Services at the ATF National Laboratory Center, where he directed the administration of ATF's forensic training programs, including the National Firearms Examiner Academy's for State and local Forensic Firearm Examiner Trainees and two additional forensic training programs. Earlier, James was the Violent Crime Coordinator for ATF's Baltimore Field Division, managing a joint law enforcement initiative between ATF, the United States Attorney's office, the Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore City States Attorney's Office and the Maryland State Police. There, he reviewed over 400 State and local firearms arrests annually for referral to the USAO and Federal prosecution. He testified before Federal Grand Juries over 75 times annually, and was recognized as an expert witness in the identification, operability and origin of firearms and ammunition in three Federal Judicial Districts.

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• NYPD Detective - Retired

Mr. Gannalo is a practicing forensic firearms examiner/training consultant in the fields of firearm operability, microscopic analysis of ballistics evidence and shooting incident reconstruction. He provides professional assistance to attorneys, municipalities and law enforcement agencies for case evaluation, courtroom and trial presentation in both criminal prosecution and civil litigation.He has been recognized as an expert witness in trials linked to firearms and their operability, ballistics, and identification, as well as microscopy, shooting incident reconstruction, gunshot-residue analysis and muzzle-to-target distance determination examinations. Mr. Gannalo has created and/or instructed a number of forensic training programs for firearm ID, shooting incident reconstruction and expert witness courtroom testimony. These programs have been used to train hundreds of firearm examiners, investigators and police officers. He continues his education and professional development and has attended more than fifty (50) training courses offering over one thousand (1,000) hours of basic and advanced forensic related instruction in a number of scientific fields.His experience includes conducting independent examination and evaluation for a variety of firearm and shooting-related cases, using recognized analytical techniques, as well as providing expert witness courtroom testimony on an assortment of criminal and civil cases. He has been retained as a member of an advisory shooting incident reconstruction team which traveled to Abu Dhabi, UAE and investigated gunshot related injuries to UAE military personnel deployed to Iraq by assessing the bullet resistant properties of government vehicles. He has also been retained as a forensic consultant by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology team an internationally recognized organization supported by the United Nations and charged with the forensic investigation of discovered mass greaves throughout the world.Mr. Gannalo was selected as a forensic instructor for the BATFE National Firearms Examiner Academy. He also personally compiled an extensive forensic training manual, adopted by

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• Retired

Mr. Subic retired in 2016 with a total of 34 years of law enforcement experience. Mr. Subic served as a uniform patrol officer with the Monroe County, Florida Sheriff's Offiice, Detective, and as a Special Agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. John conducted various investigations to include property crimes, homicides, domestic and international narcotics investigations, officer involved shootings/ use of force as well as firearms investigations. He served as a Detail Leader for a dignitary protect team. While a member of Special Operations Team, South he functioned as an entry member, designated marksman and chemical agent operator. He last served as the Team Leader for the FDLE Special Operations Team, South and as the Primary Firearms Instructor for the FDLE, Miami Regional Operations Center. John is a certified firearms instructor and armorer on several weapons platforms. He has instructed firearms, defensive tactics, impact weapons, chemical agents, SWAT and dignitary protection courses.

Dr. Rustick holds a Bachelor's degree from Seton Hall University, and graduated Georgetown School of Medicine. He has 36 years of medical practice, with clinical experience at Georgetown University Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Hospital, D.C. General Hospital and Sirroca Medical Center (Beersheva, Israel). He practiced Emergency Medicine, with a further Anesthesiology Residency Training Program. His tenure as Chief Resident included teaching and supervision, consultation with the surgical services, and working in the Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Rustick has also practiced Anesthesia. He joined the Trauma Team at St. Joseph's Hospital, with over 94,000 hours of practice. He later joined Public Safety Group of Woodbridge, VA., as Director of Military Medicine. His duties involved lecturing to US Government and military on the medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare. He has also received a Letter of commendation from the American College of Physicians. He then served on the trauma team at John C. Lincoln Hospital, and joined the anesthesia staff of the Arizona Heart Hospital, where he continued until 2004. Having a background in firearms also, Dr. Rustick formed Arms Tech Ltd. in 1987, and has since produced over 50 products for military and Special Forces. He has five firearm patents, with seven more pending. The products are in the areas of automatic weapons, sniper rifles, suppressors and field loadable munitions. He has published several writings, both public and restricted.

Job Titles:

• ATF Special Agent - Retired

Having a Master's Degree from the American Military University, Joe Mann served in the U.S. Air Force, and then with the U.S. Secret Service. From 1991 to 2014 he served an ATF Special Agent specializing in the investigation of arson and explosives, where he provided technical

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• Attorney
• Gunlearn Staff Member
• President of Allan Adler Consulting

Born and raised in South Florida, Marc Adler, is the President of Allan Adler Consulting. His firm specializes in firearm law and compliance. Marc also serves as Legal Council to several prominent firearm companies and organizations. Mr. Adler has a passion for the firearm industry, and is constantly working to ensure compliance with all applicable laws. More importantly, he is dedicated to inform the public about the importance of the Second Amendment. He has trained hundreds of students in the law of self defense, and continues to lecture. Marc is constantly adding to his extensive instructor credentials, most recently graduating from Rangemaster, with an instructor certification. Prior to attending law school at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Marc graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Criminology. During his undergraduate studies, Adler served as Student Body President of the University of Florida and was the first student member of the University Board of Trustees. Marc is a proud Gator and along with his wife, also a former UF Student Body President. They enjoy traveling to attend every Gator game they can.

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• Chicago Police Department

Mr. Keefe began his law enforcement career in 1981 with the Houston Police Department. After seven years, and having served as a Sergeant, he joined the Evanston, Il Police department where he served an additional six years as an Officer, Evidence Technician and Range Instructor. In 1994 he joined the Chicago Police Department, where he has served an additional 20 years, and has become a nationally known firearm expert with numerous certifications and awards. He was Promoted to Sergeant in 1984, at 21. One of the youngest promoted to this rank. He was voted by peers to the position of Range Master, and he re-wrote and updated all firearms procedures, including coordinating transition from revolvers to semi-automatic pistols. He served as Captain and a shooting-member of the Chicago Police Dept. bulls-eye police pistol team, as well as assisting in the research and development and implementing of Glock pistol tests.

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• Director of Forensic Training at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner
• NYPD - Retired

Mr. Edward W. Wallace Jr. has served the NYPD for over 20 years and retired April of 2004. During his tenure with the NYPD, Mr. Wallace performed various law enforcement duties including, Unformed Patrol, Plain Clothes Patrol, Training Officer, Crime Scene Investigator, and finally Counter Terrorism Investigator. Mr. Wallace held the coveted NYPD rank of Detective First Grade. Mr. Wallace spent 15 years in Crime Scene Investigations and investigated 2649 crimes scenes including both World Trade Center Attacks, the October 2001 Anthrax Attack, and has given testimony as a forensic expert in 393 trials. Mr. Wallace holds certifications in teaching, hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction, fire investigations, post blast investigations, crime scene investigations, and homeland security. Mr. Wallace has over 26 years of experience as an instructor and has performed numerous training lectures, nationally and internationally, on arson investigations, post blast investigations, crime scene investigations, DNA/biological evidence recovery, WMD/Haz-Mat, and latent fingerprints. During the Anthrax Attack of 2001, Mr. Wallace was assigned to the Bio-Terrorism Task Force investigating the attacks. During his assignment, amongst his other duties, he was tasked to design and build a Bio-Safety Level 3 Mobile Laboratory to support the use of a presumptive field identification of possible biological agents utilizing PCR DNA technology. Currently Mr. Wallace is the Director of Forensic Training at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

After law school Ms. Ficaretta joined the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and spent 28 years learning the complex federal firearms and explosives laws from the agency's experts. During her ATF career, she was involved in implementing major policy initiatives in every area of the firearms and explosives laws, including the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986, the firearms import bans of 1989 and 1998, the 1989 Chinese embargo, 1996 Russian VRA, the Brady Law, the 1994 assault weapons ban, the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, and the Safe Explosives Act. She held positions at ATF as Deputy Assistant Director, Deputy Chief Counsel, and Associate Chief Counsel (Firearms & Explosives). After leaving ATF in 2012 she went into private practice and have over 35 years of experience with the federal firearms and explosives laws. Her practice focuses on regulatory compliance issues arising under the Gun Control Act, National Firearms Act, Arms Export Control Act, and the federal explosives laws. She also has significant experience with firearms and ammunition excise tax (FAET), as she coordinated ATF's FAET program for 12 years. Her government experience gives her unique insight into administration and enforcement of the federal firearms and explosives laws that provides an extraordinary resource for clients.