Kids Just Want to Have Fun

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posted on June 12, 2014
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What we forget is that most of us got into shooting because it is fun. It didn't matter what we shot, or how we shot it, as long as we were being legal and safe. Just once, I'd like to see the pile of .22 shells that I fired before I was old enough to drive a car. And I wouldn't take anything for the times that I packed that same .22 along on trips down creeks that needed exploring.

Read the rest of Sheriff Jim Wilson's Shooting Illustrated column on plinking for fun here.

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