Emmett Swanson (February 17, 1906 – December 10, 1968) was an American

sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

. He competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

and

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He served as president of the

National Rifle Association The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent Gun politics in the United States, gun rights ...

in 1948.Rodengen, Jeffrey L. (2002). ''NRA: An American Legend''. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc. 304 pp. . ("The Presidents of NRA", p. 276).

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1906 births 1968 deaths American male sport shooters Olympic shooters of the United States Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Minneapolis Presidents of the National Rifle Association Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Shooters at the 1959 Pan American Games {{US-sportshooting-bio-stub