Joseph LoPorto

Joe is a passionate grassroots activist, freelance writer and speaker.  He has testified numerous times before the NJ legislature, written articles and policy papers on a variety of Second Amendment, civil liberties and civil rights issues and is a regular guest on Gun For Hire radio.   He is a director of the Civil Liberties Policy Research Center of New Jersey, a state level think tank.

Joe spent 14 years on Wall Street as an advisor to large, multinational, institutional clients.  He then owned a small business in New Jersey for over a decade.  He has served on a variety of nonprofit and educational institutions’ boards and municipal boards and is volunteer first responder.

He is a member of the NRA, the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of America, the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, and the Coalition of New Jersey Firearms Owners.

Joe is lifelong resident of New Jersey.  He is a graduate of St. Peter’s University and Seton Hall University School of Law.   He lives with his wife and four children in Bergen County.