Number: 97-716
Title: The Civilian Marksmanship Program
Authors: Jeri Hawthorne and David F. Burrelli, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: Since the 1980s, with gun control becoming a key political issue, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)-now privatized but until last year funded by Congress-has been surrounded with contention. Issue include: the availability for purchase of the M1 rifle through the CMP, its affiliation with the National Rifle Association, its alleged connection to anti-government groups, the government's role in the now privatized organization.
Pages: 22
Date: July 18, 1997