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MPSA and the IPSC shooters from Thurmont
and the surrounding area
proudly sponsored a stage at the Thurmont 2007
SASS NE Regional cowboy
match (The Mason-Dixon Stampede). In the words of Jeff Cooper:
"I do not shoot skeet, but I am vitally
interested in the freedom of skeet shooters
to enjoy their sport. I do not hunt woodchuck, but I am vitally
interested in the
right of chuck hunters to take to the field. I do not shoot in
ISU competition,
but I am vitally interested in the continuance of formal target
shooting. Perhaps
more pungently, I have little interest in hand-held automatic
weapons, but I deeply
resent the effort on the part of some of our lawmakers to paint
full-automatic fire
as some sort of a sin.
"To the degree that we perpetuate the
position, 'This is a sporting firearm,
that is a weapon,' we work to destroy ourselves.
"As our civilization urbanizes, and
more and more of our young people never set
foot off pavement, much less clean a fish, we can no longer take
for granted that
our youth naturally and automatically understand the traditions
which gave us
this country, and which we must maintain if we wish to keep it.
Those traditions
must be passed on to the young, and they may not be divided up
into so many
compartments that we shooters can no longer tell our friends from
our foes.
"These may be different breeds, but
they are united by a common interest, and
only by understanding that they are of one brotherhood will it
be possible for us
to survive in a world in which the image of the shooter is becoming
suspect."
These words from 20 years ago still ring
true in our ears, perhaps more than ever.
Hold out our hand in friendship for your fellow shooter even if,
especially if,
his sport is not your sport.
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NOTICE: Thurmont members are STRONGLY encouraged
to download
a copy of the Range Rules and keep
them with you while practicing.
During testimony in support of HB 228 (the
2007 CCW Shall Issue
bill for Maryland), a nice little grandmother who had been previously
mugged stated that she would like to say the following to her
NEXT
mugger, "Friend, I would not hurt you for the world. But,
since
you started it, you are standing where I am about to shoot."
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