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The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) promotes firearms safety training and rifle practice for all qualified U.S. citizens with special emphasis on youth. The CMP operates through a network of affiliated shooting clubs and associations that covers every state in the U.S. The clubs and associations offer firearms safety training and marksmanship courses as well as the opportunity for continued practice and competition.

The CMP was created by the U.S. Congress. The original purpose was to provide civilians an opportunity to learn and practice marksmanship skills so they would be skilled marksmen if later called on to serve the U.S. military. Over the years the emphasis of the program shifted to focus on youth development through marksmanship. From 1916 until 1996 the CMP was administered by the U.S. Army. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (TITLE XVI) created the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice & Firearms Safety, Inc. (CPRPFS) to take over administration and promotion of the CMP. The CPRPFS is a tax exempt not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that derives its mission from public law.

Oakdale Gun Club is a CMP-affiliated club. All Oakdale Gun Club members are entitled to participate in CMP programs, including civilian sales of government-surplus firearms and related materials. However, before you can do so, you must also complete a shooting qualification.

Because a qualification session was held last year, we are unaware of how many members are currently interested in qualifying. If you are interested, please contact CMP Liaison Charley Ames at amesmech@hotmail.com or by phone at 651-430-2761 (days) or 651-439-4345 (evenings). If the interest is small, we will try to run a CMP qualification during one of the Tuesday evening Military Semi-Auto matches, otherwise we will schedule a dedicated session.

For more information about the Civilian Marksmanship Program, visit the CMP web site at http://www.odcmp.com.

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