NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Youth Essay Contest - 2020.

Grades 1-12, Submit a 1000 word essay on “What does the second amendment mean to you?” Mail to: NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund, Office of General Counsel, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030. Dec 31. Mail to: NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund, Office of General Counsel, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030.

The NRA's interest in promoting the shooting sports among America's youth began in 1903 when NRA Secretary Albert S. Jones urged the establishment of rifle clubs at all major colleges, universities and military academies. By 1906, NRA's youth program was in full swing with more than 200 boys competing in matches at Sea Girt that summer.

The National Rifle Association is composed of several financially interconnected organizations under common leadership, including the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) which manages the NRA's political action committee and the NRA Civil Defense Fund which does pro bono legal work for people with cases involving Second Amendment rights.

The entry deadline for this contest is December 1, 2014. Entries postmarked by December 1, 2014 will be accepted. Essay contest winners will be selected and notified in early 2015. All entries become the property of the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund.

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Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and an editor-at-large of National Review. Sign up for her weekly NRI newsletter here. She is the author of A Year with the.