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Article: "To John Taffin".
- Article from:
- Guns Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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To: John Taffin, GUNS Magazine
From: Herb Richardson - old coot from the Texas Panhandle
GUNS magazine receives a substantial amount of mail. Some you read in our Crossfire column. Others, due to length or other factors, we are unable to publish. We recently received a letter from a wonderful gentleman we felt should be shared.
Shooters, hunters and firearms owners are frequently vilified by the general press. The image of the firearms community often portrayed is one of reckless, undisciplined Neanderthals who are a destructive force in society.
This is doubly infuriating. For most of us, our introduction to the shooting sports was ...