Posted By admin on July 24, 2023

By: Daphane Cassidy, NSSF Digital Media Specialist

Looking for something fun to do this summer? Don’t miss out on NSSF’s National Shooting Sports Month^® festivities, taking place throughout August. This is our seventh annual event, and with new gun ownership reaching all-time highs, it could be our biggest celebration yet. With school out and the extra free time, it’s a great time to talk to your parents about inviting friends to try out the shooting sports or even give a different shooting sport a try! National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)

All throughout August, shooting ranges, firearm retailers, public and private shooting clubs, shooting sports organizations and fish and wildlife agencies will focus their attention on the fun and excitement of target shooting by encouraging newcomers and experienced shooters alike to head to the range. Check out these tips below to get involved and further enjoy the shooting sports this summer.

Five Great Ways to Celebrate National Shooting Sports Month This August

1. Print Free Targets
   Head to LetsGoShooting.org/printable-target/ and check out all the free and fun targets we have available for National Shooting Sports Month. Challenge your friends and family members to a game with these fun targets.
   
   

2. Try Something New

Are you primarily a shotgun shooter? Sign up for a rimfire rifle or steel silhouette target event and test your other long gun skills. Are you a passionate rifle shooter? Try out a shotgun and give sporting clays or skeet a try.

3. Bring Someone New
There’s nothing quite like seeing the excitement on a friend’s face after they take their first shots. Invite a friend or family member to the range for the first time, with permission from their parents and under supervision, of course.

4. Find Participating Businesses Near You
At LetsGoShooting.org, you’ll find a map of participating ranges and retailers across the country that will be celebrating the shooting sports during August. If there are no participating businesses in your area, use the website to locate a range near you to enjoy a fun and safe day of target shooting.

5. Share the Fun
#LetsGoShooting and #PlusOneMovement are the themes of National Shooting Sports Month. Share the hashtags and your experiences on your favorite social media networks and remind others to give target shooting a try. Stay connected by following #LetsGoShooting and #PlusOneMovement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Organization leaders

Manufacturers, shooting sports organizations, shooting ranges and retailers will be participating in or lending support to National Shooting Sports Month. This is also a great opportunity for hunter education instructors, fish and game clubs, shooting clubs, Boy Scouts of America troop and council leaders, and 4-H club organizers to host events, contests, family days and other activities that help introduce family members, friends and the community to the safe and enjoyable shooting sports. If your organization would like to get involved, it’s easy to do: Simply visit NSSF’s www.ShootingSportsMonth.org.

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Check out: Junior Shooters » Stop anti-gun Groups From Destroying Youth Shooting Sports – June 28th, 2023 U.S. Ninth District Court of Appeals – Updated 7/2/23

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Posted By admin on June 18, 2023

THEY HEARD IT!

Junior Shooters magazine (published by Junior Sports Magazines, Inc.) went to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on June 28, 2023!

We don’t know what the results are yet but hope to hear soon. The judges appeared to be favorable to us. You can view it here. It is only 42 minutes long and very enlightening. COURT SESSION

Do you understand what happens if Junior Shooters magazine’s (Junior Sports Magazines, Inc.) lawsuit against the State of California being heard by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this June 28, 2023, is not successful? It will first destroy youth shooting sports, and thus over time, destroy all shooting sports, and possibly even our second amendment, as the youth in our country will no longer be able to learn about the benefits of shooting sports, firearms, and our rights of protection. More new voters, that would have been pro-gun, will become anti-gun. Please read on.

I know, it sounds so resolute, dramatic, a bit apocalyptic in tone. I do hope we have done well here, at Junior Shooters magazine, in recent issues, with our attempt to educate, garner support, and adequately stress the importance of what’s happening.

It will be decided shortly after our court appearance on June 28, 2023. We will either be celebrating our continued rights or mourning at the failure of them not being upheld. We will know if we need to carry on in our legal efforts, or if we can safely introduce shooting sports to our upcoming generations.

I hope we find ourselves celebrating, if not, these new laws will apply to all states across the U.S.; as precedence. These new laws will make it illegal to encourage our children to learn details about firearm safety, read about gun sports education, and participate in the incredible world of shooting sports we all know and love. No parent, coach, teacher, or friend, can encourage the use of firearms, or firearm related products, to people under the age of 18 in California NOW, and depending upon the outcome of our lawsuit, many more states in the future. If you have heard about California AB571, you may have assumed it is all about advertising, it is NOT! It is about the future voting power of our youth.

Years from now, definitions, restrictions, and new anti-shooting laws for minors, could change even our 2nd amendment, much less the 1st and 14th which we are trying to save. This is our battle, together, no matter the outcome and what lies ahead. Use your voice, support our sport, support the celebration of it, in person, writing, events and in publications like Junior Shooters magazine and others.

Junior Shooters magazine is a Pro Gun, Pro Youth print and website magazine publication dedicated to youth 8-20 and their families. 60% of our articles are written by juniors 8-18, and college shooters up to 24 We are the only print publication in the shooting sports for youth specifically dedicated to youth shooters, their safety and development. We are the only publication that actively encourages youth within the shooting industry to write articles on their stories, events, product testing, and more and publishes them. Click the link below for our media kit which provides an excellent overview of what we do:     Click here for our media kit!     Stop anti-gun groups from destroying youth shooting sports  California AB2571, Junior Sports Magazines., Inc., vs Bonta (state of California) Reference link: www.juniorshooters.net/stopcalifornia. Most of the shooting industry does not understand that, this law has been active since June 31, 2022 and if any part of this law is accepted by the U.S. Ninth District Court of Appeals, we will see an end to all shooting sports. This law means that any organization or person cannot encourage the use of a firearm or firearm related product by a minor in the state of California. All shooters should know that the education of their youth is at risk! If approved in federal court, then many states will follow resulting in significant impacts immediately until it can then be heard by the Supreme Court.   Click here to read about our efforts to stop California from destroying youth shooting sports:  Due to California Bill AB2571, Junior Shooters is no longer available to juniors (Under 18) from the state of California.     Help us fight for youth shooting sports! If you are in the shooting industry or related — advertise with us. If you are an individual — subscribe to our magazine.  Do you want the anti-gun groups to take your child’s capability to learn and enjoy a safe shooting sport away? This magazine, youth shooting sports, and your business will eventually disappear. Do you want your children to grow up with no possibility of being involved in the shooting sports? Do you want to lose the shooting sports all together? Please support the magazine and our efforts to keep youth shooting sports alive and protect the Constitution of the United States.   Junior Shooters Website Stop California! Subscribe to Junior Shooters!       Click here to contact Junior Shooters!     Thank you to the Second Amendment Foundation, the California Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., the CRPA Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Turner’s Outdoors, Inc., California Youth Shooting Sports Foundation, Redlands California Youth Clay Shooting Sports, Inc., and private citizens for supporting this case. A big thank you to all those companies, and the people associated with them, who are our advertisers & subscribers. CONTACT Andrew J. Fink Editor-In-Chief and Publisher publisher@juniorshooters.net 208-629-8967     If anyone you know may be interested in this, please forward it to them and let them know!

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Posted By admin on May 4, 2023

If You Are a Minor in California STOP! You Are NOT allowed to Read Further!

We have covered it before but need to cover it again. Yes, it is safety flags. Safety is something you need to think about every time you are handling a firearm, whether on or off the range.
Almost all firearms sold by manufacturers today are sold with a safety flag. That is encouraging. The discouraging part is that these flags are not always used, and many are lost. Safety flags should always be used unless actually shooting. If the firearm will not fit into the gun case with the flag in, then leave it inside the case next to the firearm.

 Chamber View: The Chamber View 3-Gun Safety Kit allows the competitor to easily show that the firearms are open and unloaded. It enhances the safety of the shooter by aiding against accidental closings of the action. It also helps preserve firearm performance by preventing elements from contaminating the ejection port, magazine, and barrel. Made of ultra-durable silicone in highly visible Hunter Orange. The one shown in the photograph is for the shotgun and works extremely well. Check them out at:
chamber-view.com.

General Chamber Safety Flags:
There is a significant variety of chamber safety flags available. Check out Brownells, Midway USA, and Amazon. They are inexpensive and can make a real difference. They make it very obvious there is not a round in the chamber. Most of them can be used for any caliber or firearm.

Personalized Safety Flags – Making safety flags “cool” is a great incentive for people to use them. Junior Shooters magazine is a huge proponent of using safety flags. These flags from Sterling White are fully functional and the large fabric that is personalized really stands out. They are effective and fun. They are also “Way Cool!” Contact: Sterling White CONTACT INFO: http://www.plugrusa.com

• When stored. When you take a firearm out of the safe to show someone, put it in a gun case, or clean it, you can immediately see the flag and know it is safe.
• When put in the gun case. (When a gun is taken out of the case there should be a flag in the chamber.)
• At the range. A chamber safety flag should be inserted into the chamber immediately after shooting. This means that long guns (rifles and shotguns) should have a safety flag in them when they are in the rack.

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Posted By admin on April 15, 2023

If You Are a Minor in California STOP! You Are NOT allowed to Read Further!

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer

The JROTC Three-Position Service Championship series is one of the premier scholastic air rifle matches of the year for Junior ROTC cadets around the country. Each year, the annual sporter and precision air rifle competition, facilitated by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), regularly attracts hundreds of young high school athletes to the range.

But notably, in 2023, the event received the second highest participation over its 17-year history, with 875 athletes overall – only surpassed by the 2016 match, which saw 890.

“It was great to see the turnout for the 2023 JROTC Service Championships,” said CMP’s Brad Donoho, JROTC Match Director. “If not for some last-minute weather-related cancellations, this year would have had the best turnout ever,” he went on. “To see the participation bounce back like it has after COVID disrupted everything speaks volumes to the health of JROTC marksmanship.”

The JROTC Air Rifle Service Championship is a 3×20 air rifle competition, where competitors fire 20 record shots from three positions: prone, standing and kneeling. The 2023 regional Service Championships were held in three locations (Utah, Alabama and Ohio) over the weekends of Feb. 2-4 and Feb. 9-11. Both individual and team awards were presented. Top scorers overall will move on to the National Championship, set to be held at the Gary Anderson CMP Competition Center at Camp Perry, Ohio, March 23-25.

Earning the top spot amongst Army JROTC sporter individual athletes in the JROTC Service Championships was Jose Gonzalez, 17, of North Brunswick High School in North Carolina, with a score of 1193-39X. Gonzalez narrowly claimed the highest score – clearing the title only by x-count. Leading precision by just one point over the second place finisher was Liv Lusky, 17, of Lumpkin County High School in Georgia, with 1282-73X.

Coinciding with the individual event was the four-person team match for both sporter and precision in each service branch. Army’s top sporter team was Webb City High School from Missouri, leading by 40 points over the second-place team, while the precision contest was led by Ansbach High School, AE.

In Navy competition, Danjela DeJesus, 17, of Camden County High School in Georgia fired an impressive score of 1290-91X to lead the precision competition. Brianna Benedetto, 16, of Zion Benton High School in Illinois, reached 1183-32X for the overall score in the sporter match. DeJesus’s Camden County was the leading precision team in the Navy event, as Pascagoula High School from Mississippi earned the top sporter spot.

Samantha Zermeno, 18, of Nation Ford High School in South Carolina, fired a score of 1218-49X to overtake the Marine Corps sporter competition, as Granbury High School’s (Texas) Caroline Martin, 18, led the Marine Corps precision event by a margin of 15 points, with a total score of 1295-104X. Nation Ford and Granbury were also the leading Marine Corps sporter and precision teams, respectively.

The Air Force competition saw Charles Bratton II, 18, of Clover High School in South Carolina, accumulating a score of 1196-40X to take a commanding 24-point lead in sporter match, with Chloe Shannon, 17, of Union High School in Oklahoma earning the top score by nearly 30 points in the precision event after obtaining a score of 1271-80X overall. Bratton’s Clover High School went on to claim the overall spot in the sporter team match by nearly 50 points. The overseas Alconbury High School led the precision team event by a smaller margin of only four points.

Find a complete list of results of the JROTC Service Championships, including top scorers from each location, on the CMP’s Competition Tracker page at https://ct.thecmp.org/2023JROTCServiceResults. View a list of National JROTC Championship Selections at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTlWdASvoOBxiCU7CfrwnnkMS5fyKW1WD3RPAOpyCcqHXYfKjtHB-SNXnFTDAXI9SsniQQd8ukqeSLg/pubhtml#.

More info on the JROTC Air Rifle Championships can be found on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/youth/jrotc/. Photos from all locations are available for free viewing and downloading at https://cmp1.zenfolio.com/f967656369.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearm safety and marksmanship training and to the promotion of marksmanship competition for citizens of the United States. For more information about the CMP and its programs, log onto www.TheCMP.org.

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Junior Shooters Goes to the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals – Summer 2023, & Winter 2022 Issue available under ARTILCES, & Volume 50 – Spring 2023 just printed – Editorial Supporting You available here.

On February 23rd, 2023, we were informed that the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals would hear oral arguments on our case, Junior Sports Magazines, Inc. et al vs Bonta (state of California), along with many others including the 2nd Amendment Foundation and the California Rifle and Pistol Club, to stop California from destroying youth shooting sports. California AB2571 is in violation of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to the constitution. Check out our header Stopping California for more information and see the editorial Supporting You from our Volume 50 – Spring 2023, print issue, further in this post. Click on the cover of our 2nd online edition of Stopping California (below) for details. Junior Shooters magazine is owned by Junior Sports Magazines, Inc.

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Posted By admin on March 30, 2023

On February 23rd, 2023, we were informed that the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals would hear oral arguments on our case, Junior Sports Magazines, Inc. et al vs Bonta (state of California), along with many others including the 2nd Amendment Foundation and the California Rifle and Pistol Club, to stop California from destroying youth shooting sports. California AB2571 is in violation of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to the constitution. Check out our header Stopping California for more information and see the editorial Supporting You from our Volume 50 – Spring 2023, print issue, further in this post. Click on the cover of our 2nd online edition of Stopping California (below) for details. Junior Shooters magazine is owned by Junior Sports Magazines, Inc.

Please check out the header ARTICLES to see the Winter 2022, Volume 49, print issue of Junior Shooters and other back issues.

Volume 50 (yes, this is our 50th anniversary print issue) Spring 2023 has been shipped and mailed! It is not available online for at least 2-3 more months. However, check below to read the editorial Supporting You from this issue.

Supporting You!

(Editorial from Volume 50, Spring 2023 issue)

Over the last few years, the discord between anti-gun and pro-gun positions has both seemed to widen and get closer. This could be due to more mass shootings of which NO person involved in the competitive shooting sports has ever been the shooter of such crimes! There have been several trained members of our shooting industry who have STOPPED such events. We, as human beings, seem to have an inherent need to not only complain, but feel that we as individuals have the answers.

Controversy and variance of opinions are healthy and make us think, if we take the time. Discussed with respect and consideration and an open mind, they can result in solutions to problems that can be positive for the sport. Argued and voiced with anger, vehemence, and bitterness, they can cause major difficulties for individuals and the sport, especially when overheard by spectators or new shooters. We should be able to do this without violating the constitution.

It is my position that there is room for just about any type of shooting sport, class, category, stage type, scenario, and event that is safe and fun. There should be room for us all. One of the problems is that the majority of anti-gun people don’t even know about the shooting sports – that there are such sports, and they teach youth essential life skills like safety, responsibility, teamwork, how to work well with others, how to work and succeed in your goals, respect, courtesy, focus, patience, and so much more. If you get a chance, tell non-shooters not only how much fun it is but also what you and your family have learned from it.

We need to bring more people into the competitive shooting world. We should all remember that every new sport brings new shooters who are attracted more to that sport and may occasionally participate in others. This broadens the market base thus providing not only more income to vendors and manufacturers but allows them the capability to grow, create new products, and promote firearm safety. Each new shooting sport also promotes our 2nd Amendment rights by incorporating more people interested in the shooting sports. Now, the anti-gun group doesn’t like this idea at all! They try to use statements like this against us. They are attacking what our youth can hear, see, and think about! They don’t want them anywhere close to any shooting sport. They are doing this through lawsuits that are in violation of the 1st Amendment and 14th Amendments such as in California AB2571, which we are struggling to fight against in our lawsuit, Junior Sports Magazines, Inc., et al, vs Bonta (State of California).
Please read the details on what we are doing in both our print and online special editions. YOU need to know about this. It affects everyone in the shooting sports. We present oral arguments to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this summer. The Court has said it will be sometime in June, July, or August.
We CANNOT fight this, or continue to publish Junior Shooters magazine, without your support!

I bluntly ask the following:

If you are not an advertiser with us, why not? Do you want the anti-gun groups to take your child’s capability to learn and enjoy a safe shooting sport away? This magazine, youth shooting sports, and your business will eventually disappear.

If you are not a subscriber, why not? Do you want your children to grow up with no possibility of being involved in the shooting sports? Do you want to lose the shooting sports all together?

If you are not promoting Junior Shooters magazine and our efforts, why not? Every one of you can do something.

Please support the magazine and our efforts to keep youth shooting sports alive and protect the Constitution of the United States.

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Posted By admin on February 11, 2023

If you are UNDER 18 in California, DO NOT CONTINUE. 

HILLSDALE, Mich. — Hillsdale College announces that the USA Shooting 2023 Junior Olympic Development Camps will be held at the Hillsdale College John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center from June 19-24. The camps are open to intermediate-to-advanced trap and skeet shooters ages 12-20. 

“Our goal is to provide Olympic hopefuls with the knowledge and training to develop their skills,” said Caitlin Connor Royer, assistant program development and competition manager for Hillsdale College’s Halter Shooting Sports Education Center. “These camps are important because they provide students with small group training from some of the best shooters in the nation.” 

Junior Olympic Development Camps aim to improve shooters’ skills over the course of six days through guided instruction from current and former USA Shooting Olympians and National Team members. Sessions include individual and small group coaching with Olympic shooters, a presentation on the U.S. Constitution from Hillsdale College Faculty, a sports physiology session with USA Shooting trainers, and shooting competitions. The cost of attendance is $2,000 per student, which covers transportation to and from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, housing, meals, clay targets and ammunition, small group coaching, and evening activities. 

The camps will be held at the Hillsdale College John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center, which has been the official home of the USA Shooting National Team since 2019. “These athletes are the future of the shooting sports,” said Hillsdale College Chief Administrative Officer Rich Péwé. “We are honored to host them and the Olympic greats who will be coaching them.”  

For more information or to sign up, click here. 

For a high-resolution copy of the Hillsdale College clocktower logo, click here. 

About the John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center  

The Halter Center is a state-of-the-art shooting facility located five miles from the Hillsdale College campus. Opened in 2008, the Center aims to introduce individuals to shooting sports and encourage interest across all levels of experience. The Halter Center also serves an educational purpose by promoting the principles of the Constitution and teaching beginner and experienced shooters in various classes. Home to Hillsdale College’s collegiate shooting teams and the USA national team, the Halter Center is also a resource for the public through camps, conferences, and other programming. For more information, visit?shootingsports.hillsdale.edu. 

Hillsdale College has been the home of the USA Shooting National Team since 2019 and has hosted USA Shooting Junior Olympic Trap and Skeet development camps and championships. The Center boasts 113 range acres, four international skeet fields, a 22-station sporting clays course, five international bunkers, a small arms range and international archery range, nine American Trap fields, and?an?AcuSport?lodge and grill. 

About Hillsdale College  

Hillsdale College?is an independent, nonsectarian, Christian liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 6.2 million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.

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Posted By admin on January 30, 2023

If you are UNDER 18 in California, DO NOT CONTINUE. 

Columbia, MO – The leading advocate for youth shooting sports, MidwayUSA Foundation, recently held its first event at NSSF’s 2023 SHOT Show.  Over 100 supporters gathered on Wednesday, January 18, for a reception to share ways the industry can support youth shooting sports. In attendance were corporate and industry partners, top youth shooting athletes, and guest speakers, Larry and Brenda Potterfield. “Having been to many events at SHOT Show over the years, I felt MidwayUSA Foundation knocked it out of the park.  It was great to hear young shooting athletes share their stories and be recognized,” said Jon Zinnel of Federal Premium, CCI, Remington, & HEVI-Shot Ammunition. 

The strong industry support didn’t stop at attendance. Wildlife for Tomorrow, of Arizona, and SKB Shotguns both provided generous donations at the event.  SKB Shotguns is a longstanding sponsor of MidwayUSA Foundation and donated $10,000 from accessory sales, an annual program they specifically created to benefit youth shooting sports.

Wildlife for Tomorrow, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works closely with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, presented Larry and Brenda Potterfield, founders of MidwayUSA Foundation, with a check for $319,500 to benefit youth shooting teams across Arizona. Currently, 49 youth shooting teams in Arizona hold an endowment with MidwayUSA Foundation.

“Collaborating with both industry leaders and conservation partners will create more opportunities for our youth through shooting sports. Youth target shooters are THE key to preserving and growing our outdoor industry,” added G. Scott Reynolds, MidwayUSA Foundation Executive Director. Learn how your business or organization can partner with MidwayUSA Foundation to fund young shooting athletes across the nation by contacting John Linquist, Relationship Manager (jlinquist@midwayusafoundation.org).

The MidwayUSA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity working to sustain and grow youth shooting sports by providing long-term funding to youth shooting teams. Every donation made is tax-deductible and allows the Foundation to assist in expanding and enhancing the leadership skills, confidence, and discipline of today’s youth through shooting sports activities. The Foundation supports all shooting disciplines. For more information about how the MidwayUSA Foundation is changing the future of youth shooting sports, please visit midwayusafoundation.org or call 1-877-375-4570.

Dani Farris

Marketing Manager | MidwayUSA Foundation
dfarris@midwayusafoundation.org | 573-447-5994
6001 W Van Horn Tavern Rd STE C
Columbia, MO 65203-9258
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Posted By admin on January 10, 2023

Junior Shooters magazine (published by Junior Sports Magazines, Inc.) goes to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals!

This law, California AB2571, could destroy the shooting industry and the 2nd Amendment!

Don’t think so? Read our Volume 2: Stopping California From Destroying Youth Shooting Sports. Click on the cover here. See how this impacts YOU now! Check out the email warning from NSSF. See what the status is on our, and other plaintiffs’, efforts to stop this.

Junior Shooters Volume 2 Stopping California From Destroying Youth Shooting Sports (adobe.com)

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Is this a planned attack on youth involvement in the shooting sports and a means to influence the minds of minors and their future votes? It is covered in this special online edition.

Check out What the Shooting Sports Mean to Me and My Family!

More information available at the header STOP CALIFORNIA

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Posted By admin on December 24, 2022

All of us at Junior Shooters wish all of you a Happy Holiday Season and Merry Christmas.

May your lives be filled full of joy, family and friends. Best wishes for 2023. We hope it will be a great year for all of you.

Thank you for all of your support and for promoting youth shooting sports.

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Posted By admin on December 4, 2022

If you are UNDER 18 in California, DO NOT CONTINUE.

YES! Our volume 48 Fall issue, the first issue NOT SOLD in California with a warning on the cover to minors in California under 18, is now available FREE online. Click the link below or the cover photo to take you directly to the issue. Junior Shooters Volume 48 Fall 2022 with subscribe QR codes (adobe.com)

This issue is vitally important to the future of both youth shooting sports and our industry. A table of contents is included below with lots of events, reviews, articles, and more.

Though our magazines are provided free online after they have been in on the newstands for 2-3 months, we really need your support. PLEASE subscribe at : Junior Shooters » SUBSCRIBE. Also check out our information about stopping California from destroying youth shooting sports at: Junior Shooters » STOP CALIFORNIA.

Table Of Contents for Volume 48 Fall 2022:

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Posted By admin on November 27, 2022

If you are UNDER 18 in California, DO NOT CONTINUE.

By Ashley Dugan, CMP Staff Writer

Katrina Demerle, 17, of Hamilton, Ohio, has earned the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s (CMP) Distinguished Air Rifle Badge #1.

The latest addition to the CMP’s Distinguished Badge Program was introduced in early 2022. The Distinguished Badge Program awards marksmen and women who produce consistent scores at qualifying events where they may earn the Excellence-In-Competition (EIC) points needed to receive a badge. It’s a prominent honor in the marksmanship community and is now available in a variety of disciplines for adults and juniors, such as within 60 Shot Air Rifle.

“When I heard about it, I knew I wanted to earn that badge,” Demerle said, confidently.

She earned her initial Air Rifle EIC points in January and her final points in September. The first to reach at least 30 points in the new Air Rifle category, she received an engraved Badge #1 and a place in the history books.

“I wasn’t really focused on getting Badge #1 – I just wanted to earn the badge at some point,” she admitted. “But I feel very honored to have achieved Badge #1.”

Demerle’s first experience in marksmanship was when her dad, Butch, helped her use his rifle at his friend’s house when she was just six years old. Soon after, Butch signed her up for a local junior smallbore program – which also eventually led her to air rifle.

She’s been competing for the last seven years and currently uses a Pardini for air rifle and a Feinwerkbau 2700 for smallbore and practices two to three times per week. She tries to compete in three or more matches per month, including at CMP’s Monthly Air Gun Matches where she has won several awards. Her typical scores land around 596 in air rifle and over 580 in smallbore.

Demerle has been a member of the USA Shooting National Junior Team for international and three-position air rifle. Over her career, she has accrued multiple national records – currently holding over 10. She has competed in over 400 matches and has racked up several championship titles, including within CMP competitions and other matches.

In 2021 alone, she earned silver at the Junior Olympics in Women’s Air Rifle, the overall title at the CMP/Junior Olympic Three-Position National Championships, gold at the El Salvador Junior Grand Prix, leading International Air Rifle athlete at the Anschutz Open and finished 33^rd in Women’s Air at the Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru – among other accolades.

Her talents have also led her to become the CMP’s Gary Anderson Invitational three-position air rifle match champion for the last four consecutive years as well as a five-time Ohio Junior Olympic Women’s Champion in Air Rifle and Smallbore. She had previously earned a Junior Distinguished Badge #1201 in Three-Position Air Rifle in 2017.

In the future, she’d like to compete on a NCAA Rifle Team and hopefully help lead its members to a national championship.

“I am looking forward to working with a college coach who can help me improve my shooting skills so I can become the best shooter I can possibly be,” she said.

About the Distinguished Badge Program:                                                        

To earn a Distinguished Badge, a competitor must earn 30 or more Excellence-In-Competition (EIC) points or more in a qualifying competition. Individuals earn the 6, 8 or 10 “leg” points based on score and a percentage of match participation, with at least one “hard” leg, worth 8 or 10 points. Currently, the CMP administers Distinguished Badges for:

• Service Rifle
• Service Pistol
• .22 Rimfire Pistol
• Junior Air Rifle
• International Shooter
• Smallbore Rifle (3P and Prone)
• Distinguished Marksman Badge
• Distinguished Air Rifle and Air Pistol
• Service Revolver

Those interested in learning more about the Distinguished Badge Program or how to earn one (or several!), may find more info on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/competitions/distinguishedbadges/.

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Many of you have received the new issue of Junior Shooters magazine: Volume 48 Fall 2022. To my knowledge, this is the first time a warning to minors (under the age of 18) has been displayed on any shooting industry print publication! It is also the first time a print publication such as Junior Shooters magazine has been forced to stop sending any copies of its publication to one of the states in the United States of America!  Go to ARTICLES and see this issue. Now free. We do need your support though. Please SUBSCRIBE!

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Posted By admin on October 4, 2022

If you are UNDER 18 in California,
DO NOT CONTINUE. 

Many of you have received the new issue of Junior Shooters magazine: Volume 48 Fall 2022. To my knowledge, this is the first time a warning to minors (under the age of 18) has been displayed on any shooting industry print publication! It is also the first time a print publication such as Junior Shooters magazine has been forced to stop sending any copies of its publication to one of the states in the United States of America!  Go to ARTICLES and see this issue. Now free. We do need your support though. Please SUBSCRIBE!

If you don’t want to wait for the Volume 2 online edition and want print copies of the Fall 2022 issue subscribe below, contact Andy: publisher@juniorshooters.net

Check out Online Special Edition Vol 1 on California AB2571 decimating youth shooting sports. (Click Cover) Volume 2 will come out in December.

Please help Junior Shooters stop California from decimating youth shooting sports, choose to donate or subscribe below: Read our special online edition July 14th on California AB2571 (click on first cover below). Junior Sports Magazines, Inc., et al v Bonta (California)

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