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Dick Heller walked out of D.C. police headquarters Monday, clutching a yellow firearms registration certificate stamped 'approved.' He gave the thumbs-up sign, grinned and said, 'Victory!'

BEIJING, China (August 17, 2008) — The shooting competition at the 2008 Olympic Games concluded Sunday at the Beijing Shooting Range with Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.) finishing in fourth place in the Men’s 50m 3 Position Rifle event.

BEIJING, China (August 16, 2008) —The U.S. Shooting Team added to its medal count at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Saturday when 19-year-old Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.) captured the gold medal in Men's Skeet.

BEIJING, China (August 15, 2008) — Matt Emmons (Browns Mills, N.J.) won his second Olympic medal Friday when he took home the silver in the Men’s 50m Prone Rifle Event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

BEIJING, China (August 15, 2008) — U.S. shooter Jason Turner was awarded a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol event after Kim Jong Su from North Korea was disqualified for a positive drug test.

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation is passing its very successful Scholastic Clay Target Program to a newly formed foundation. With SCTP now of a size and scope beyond the NSSF's mission parameters, responsibility for its continuation and development is being entrusted to the newly formed Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF).

FORT SMITH, AR — Umarex USA has broken ground on a new 100,000+ square foot facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Umarex USA is part of Umarex Corporate Group, a diversified German-owned holding company whose holdings include Walther GmBH. Umarex plans to include a 35,000-square-foot manufacturing operation for its newly created U.S. entity, Walther Industries, Inc. in the new building.

BEIJING, China (August 14, 2008) — Kim Rhode (El Monte, Calif.) added to her Olympic medal tally Thursday when she captured the silver medal in the Women’s Skeet event at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

BEIJING, China (August 13, 2008) — The Women’s 25m Sport Pistol competition took place Wednesday at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall with Libby Callahan (Columbia, S.C.) taking 25th place, while Beki Snyder (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished 28th.

Gun owners in Baltimore whose firearms are stolen would be required to report the theft to police under legislation approved by the City Council yesterday—despite questions about whether the proposal is legal.

The Michael Bloomberg-funded Mayors Against Illegal Guns announced it has sent a six-question survey to both John McCain and Barack Obama that focuses on the foolish and misguided steps the group says should be made to the existing NICS background check system. The coalition sent a similar survey to the major-party candidates during the primaries, but didn't get a response. Now that the field has tightened to two, the “mayors” hope they'll have better luck.

Blackwater Worldwide announced its support of AB2498, proposed legislation that would prevent prohibited persons from unlawful access to and possession of firearms.