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...that advertises, “Children under 13 Shoot for Free.” Mounted on the wall above the cash register is the stuffed head of a bear, captured with teeth drawn, tongue wagging and rage apparent. Any doubt I ever had about my willingness to shoot a gun was dismissed when I stared into the beady eyes of that villainous caricature of a bear, which simply begged to be shot. Every inch of wall space not covered by a gun poster held a shelf of guns instead. There were gun rental options on crowded shelves, in display cases...
Before handling the weapons, we signed waivers, handed over our driver’s licenses and got brief oral instruction on how to operate a gun, which included the warning, “Only point your gun at things you wish to destroy...
...this particular outing, each lane of the range was devoted to a different gun rented from the range by the gun club. The day’s gun offerings included a 9mm Beretta, a 9mm Glock, a .45 automatic, a .44 magnum, a .38 special, a Ruger 9mm carbine, an HK-MP5 (a big-ass machine gun à la Rambo) and a Benelli 12-gauge shotgun, which the range owner, Jim McLoud, reports is popular among law enforcement officers because “that’s what it’s good...
Members of the group took turns at each lane, trying their hand with each gun and then moving to another. The scene was a sort of cross between bowling and musical chairs, NRA-style. This was my first time holding a gun, let alone firing one, and it showed. Volokh watched over my shoulder as I fired my very first round, calmly directing my hand to the proper position on the gun and reassuring me each time I hesitated. “Remember,” he said, “make sure you don’t put your...
There are, perhaps, few sights more intellectually fulfilling than watching a line of budding legal minds living and breathing the Second Amendment to the Constitution. The skill and accuracy with which many of the law students fired suggested that while the gun club might be new to HLS, a passion for guns certainly is not. Many of my new shooting friends said they either grew up hunting for sport or had some other experience to explain their proficiency—one enthusiast said he spent one summer shooting deer for the forestry service...