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Two iconic Hollywood firearms will go to auction July 30, auction house Profiles In History has announced.

The National Rifle Association awarded $15,000 in college scholarships to attendees of the 2012 Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.), a seven-day expense paid educational experience in Washington, DC for rising high school juniors and seniors.

Sinclair International will sponsor the upcoming NRA National High-Power Rifle Championships taking place August 6-10, 2012, at Camp Perry, Ohio.

Streamlight will sponsor the only all-female shooting team at the 10th Annual Shooting Industry Masters competition July 20-21 at the Rockcastle Shooting Center, Park Mammoth Resort, Park City, KY.

The Gun Club of America (GCA) recently presented a check for $13,049.50 to The Pathway Home.

As she stood on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, a gold medal around her neck, 17-year-old Kim Rhode never dreamed that 16 years later, she’d be chasing history across the Atlantic Ocean in London.

UCLA Prof. Eugene Volokh, writing on the Volokh Conspiracy, recently posted a demographic study of which group was the fastest-growing cohort to become concealed carry licensees in Texas.

If you're confused about how generations of Glocks have differed over the years, Scott Fuller, Product Tech head at CheaperThanDirt.com, posted a concise history of the changes.

In a July 5 letter to Florida-based NRA members and friends, Marion P. Hammer, NRA Past President and current Unified Sportsmen of Florida Executive Director, wrote:

Is there just not enough competition going on for you even with Camp Perry? Can't wait until Camp Perry's rifle phases? Good, because NRA's third annual Metric National Championship is about to start, according to NRA's GOblog.

In NRA's Youth Education Summit, 45 outstanding current high school sophomores and juniors from across the United States are chosen each year to travel to the nation’s capital, where they participate in the weeklong educational opportunity. The summit encourages young adults to become active and knowledgeable U.S. citizens by learning about the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the federal government, and the importance of being active in civic affairs.

Benchmade Knife Company is supplying knives for the winners and second-place finishers in the Smallbore 3-Position and Prone Championships, held at the NRA's National Pistol and Rifle Championships in Camp Perry, which began this week.