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DonaldE.J.Kilmer,Jr.,SBN:179986)LAWOFFICESOFDONALDKILMERA Professionalorporation1261incolnAvenue,uite11San ose,California 5125-3030Telephone:408/998-8489Facsimile:4081998-8487

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RUSSELLALLENNORDYKEandSALLIE ANNNORDYKE,dbaTS TRADESHOWS,JESSB.GUY,DUANEDARR,WILLIAMJ. JONES,DARYLN.DAVIS,,TASIANAWERTYSCHYN,EANLEE,TODDBALTES,DENNISBLAIR,R. L.(Bob)ADAMS,ROGERBAKER,MIKEFOURNIERandVIRGIL McVICKER.f)fÅ*

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UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTFORTHENORTHERN DISTRICTOF CALIFORNIAPlaintiffs,vs.MARY V. KING,GAIL STEELE,WILMACHAN, KEITHCARSON,SCOTTHAGGERTY,The COUNTYOFALAMEDA,and TheCOUNTYOFALAMEDA BOARDOF SUPERVISORS.Defendants.

Hearing Date:Hearing Time:Judge:Courthouse:I, DarylN. Davis, declareas ollows:1. I amone of thenamedplaintiffsnthe above-entitled ction.2. I am a citizen/residentof the StateofCalifomia.3. I am a citizen of theUnited States.

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4.My addressorserviceofprocessnthis action s: LawOfficesof Donald Kilmer; 1261LincolnAvenue,Suite111;SanJose,CA95125.,5.I am an 49yearold maleof African-American,Celtic and Native American descent.am married andhave wochildren.6. I holdaBachelorof Arts degree n PoliticalScienceromStanford University.7. I am agraduatef the BasicPoliceAcademyromSanJoseCity College.8. I ama StateofCalifornia icensedhandgunafetynstructor.Lic. #105587.9. I ampresentlyemployed as a ProtectiveServicesOffrcer with SantaClara ValleyMedicalCenter. This isaquasi-lawenforcementposition,however Idonot speak or myemployer,or anybodybut myself in thisdeclaration.10.I amaNationalRifle Association(NIRA)ifemember.11.I am aproudmemberof thegunculture andregularly attendgunshows hroughoutNorthern California(wheretheystill exist) andNevada.12. I ampastpresidentndpastvice-presidentf the Silicon Valley NRAMembers'Council. Thatassociationhad a membershipofapproximately3,000at its height. Theassociationwas/is agrassoots organizationhatworks toadvance he NRA'sinterpretationhat theSecondAmendmento theUnited StatesConstitutionguaranteesan individual,fundamental rightto keepandbeararms."13. Ibelieve that thiswork is especially mportant giventhe currentinterpretationofthatright under currentCalifornia andNinthCircuitjudicialopinions.14.Some of my viewsonthe "rightto keepandbeararms"areset forthintheattachedinterviewofmethat wasprintedina SiliconValleyMagazine article that waspublishedon August 6, 2000. Atrue and correctcopyofthe table of contentsof themagazineandthe articleare attached o thisdeclaration.15. Ibelieve that the"rightto keep and beararms" as a corepoliticalright thatcan beconveyedvia thepossessionf firearmsat agunshow for the followingreasons:a.Basedonmy readingof history,I know thatsome oftheveryfirstguncontrollawsin the countrywerepassedo forbidslavesand former slaves romacquiring

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andpossessinghe meansof self-defense.These"JimCrow"laws werespecificallydirectedat racialminorities.b. Additionally,some of the"race neutral"guncontrol laws that existedn NorthernandSouthernStatesaftertheCivil Warwere routinely enforcedonlyagainstracialminorities.c. Because am descendedrom racial minorities, I amparticularlysensitizedo the"badgesand incidentsof slavery" thatwere symbolized by the deprivationofrights thatwere characteúzedy these aws.d. Furthermoro, fiypossessionfagunat agunshowprovidesme with anopportunity to dispel racialstereotypes,imilarto theway thatauthorand activistKenn Blanchardengages nmeaningfulchallengeso conventionalwisdom in hisbook: Black Manwith aGun.Ihave read his book.e.Possessionf agunatagnshowalso supportsmybelief(asset forthin thatanswero the lastquestionnthe attached nterview) that the"right to keep andbear arms" isessential orthepreservationofall rights. For example:i. Beforethe Turkscould engage n the attemptedgenocideofArmenianChristians, heOttomanEmpirefirst had to disarmtsintended victims.This is a historical fact.ii. Thissadactof history,whichhas been repeatedn Germany,China,Cambodia,The SovietUnion,Uganda andRwanda,mustnever be forgotten. Thishistory is recountedn the documentaryfilm:InnocentsBetra)¡ed.t is amovieproducedby Jewsor thePreservationofFirearmOwnership. I have watchedhismovie.iii. To help keepheconceptof an armedandevervigilantcitizewy,jealousof its liberry, alive;I take every opportunityIcan oconvey"therightto keep andbeararms." Thisincludesattendingandparticipatingngunshows where I have thefreedom opurchase,handle, nspect,admire, sfudyanddiscusseal firearms.

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