"Sharpshooters" on History

[Peace]

Watching Herb Parsons and Tom Knapp makes me miss being a kid. --- when shooting was a sport, a family event, and marksmanship was a universally honored skill. Anybody else feel like we are loosing the culture war? How do we start winning again for the sake of our children? I'm all ears. Edited April 21, 2013 by Peace

[TrickyNicky]

Share the sport with as many people from as many walks of life as possible. Don't discount that one neighbor with liberal leanings either.


Getting people personaly involved is the only way we can win. Just a few weeks ago my mom and I took my aunt out shooting. My aunt is one of those hunting rifles and revolver only people, she never could see a purpose to having a semi auto nonetheless something like an AR. It probably doesn't help that my uncle is one of about a half dozen San Bernadino deputy's who still carries a six gun.

Anyway, we took her out to the range and got her shooting the AR some and by the time she was done she said " you know, I've for a whole new perspective on this now. It's not just for hunting and defense, shooting is fun too."
Now maybe it helped, maybe it didn't. I don't know how she would vote if an AWB were to come up to a vote, but I did at least get her thinking and put a face (mine) on all those "evil gun owners who won't surrender their rights to help save babies."

[Jesse]

Lol im watching it too. I didnt know the guy in that LA Bank shootout had shot himself under the chin.

[gregintenn]

I'm certainly no Herb Parsons nor Tom Knapp, but a Sunday afternoon spent blasting away is still a common family event here at my house.

[Garufa]

Herb Parsons came from Tennessee.  That is all.