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 National Rifle Association, a life member of the Second Amendment Foundation and a member of the Federalist Society.

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.