NRA gives $828K to Utah groups, including $47K to schools

SALT LAKE CITY — The National Rifle Association gave nearly $47,000 in materials to Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps at four Utah high schools and $178,000 to local Boy Scouts of America in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis.The AP review of the NRA Foundation's public tax records finds that those grants were part of $828,500 in cash and noncash grants given to Utah organizations from 2010 through 2016, mostly through competitive grants meant to promote shooting s