Young Circle Rifle Club members gather at the McCone County Memorial building every week to shoot .22 caliber and air rifles. Sixty-two children, age 10 and up, almost half of the school population in that age group, belong to the club. December 17, 2013.
These are the kind of news not fit to print by The New York Times. It’s informative, educational, and it has no political agenda. Just the facts about a group of kids being raised by pro-gun parents in Circle, Montana.
Kids in a small town like Circle participate in many things, but few things are as demanding or as measurable as shooting. The muscular stress is intense, Richardson said. She keeps a pad of carpet on hand to keep her right foot from falling asleep when kneeling to shoot. Standing to fire requires a stillness that wears a body out. The barrel is never completely still when standing. The shooter must find that brief stillness in her motion that allows the shot to fire true.
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Some of the children eventually see marksmanship as their ticket to college, though it all starts with a preteen fascination with guns, something rural kids have had for decades.
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Rifle club has been a part of Circle life for more than 60 years. The club began after World War II when the community collaborated to build a community hall with a gun range in the basement. Two sections of donated farmland have produced the revenue needed to keep the community hall running. The rifle club raises its own funds through local donations and grants from groups like Friends of The National Rifle Association.
Source: http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/shooting-part-of-life-for-these-kids/article_551c811a-73cc-11e3-ae5c-001a4bcf887a.html
If you want to read the whole thing, click the source link. But I must warn you, it’s a long one. Either way, Circle, Montana seems like a fine place to raise kids.
