Posted on 08/02/2018 6:51:13 AM PDT by ransomnote
During National Shooting Sports Month, we celebrate the wonderful American tradition of shooting sports. Shooting sports are a terrific reminder of our constitutional liberty and the attendant benefits that accrue to a free people: active friendship within families, between peers, and among communities, and the opportunity for Americans living in small towns and large cities to experience the bounty of America’s great outdoors.
Shooting sports help reinforce many of the bedrock values of our people, such as the free exercise of the Second Amendment. Mastery of shooting sports requires rigor, discipline, and training. State and local shooting sports programs—and instruction by trained family members and mentors—affirm the role of local communities as the primary teacher of the rule of law and personal responsibility.
This month, we recognize the sportsmen and hunters who practice and teach firearm safety and exercise proper stewardship of our land. Sportsmen and hunters not only help others to understand the responsibilities of owning and using a firearm, but they also ensure that our open space and natural resources are safeguarded. Under existing Federal law, for example, a portion of Federal excise tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition is dedicated to American wildlife research and habitat conservation. That is one reason why my Administration has prioritized making it easier for Americans to participate in shooting sports on public lands. By doing so, we are enhancing Americans’ ability to experience the unsurpassed beauty of our blessed Nation and we are better protecting our national treasures for future generations.
I encourage all Americans engaged in shooting sports to continue promoting a culture of safety and to continue exercising the responsibility and duty associated with the right to keep and bear arms.
Maybe the government should send 500,000 or so PAPER targets to the city of CHICAGO, so the “sportsmen” can have and enjoy their “shooting sports” with less damage.
Galactic sarc.
Wow. A president that encourages people to get out and exercise their Second Amendment rights!
I cannot remember one doing so since Teddy Roosevelt. Did Eisenhower?
Just ordered 3,000 rounds of 22LR ammo this morning!
“I cannot remember one doing so since Teddy Roosevelt. Did Eisenhower?”
Ike sure as hell did from 10941 to 1945.
“Nine US Presidents have been NRA members. In addition to Grant, they are: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush (who resigned in 1995), and Donald Trump.”
Wouldn’t you know...old man Bush.
Range time!
But, but, he didn’t recognize “Pride” month!
The link for Free 3D printable gun blueprints is:
www.codeisfreespeech.com
I have no printer, but I downloaded all 10 to show support for the First Amendment.
Oh yeah - Poppy got his knickers in a twist over the NRA using the term "jackbooted thugs" do describe BATF agents.
Woo, way to go Mr. President!
(Perhaps someone should invite him to come to the next Texas memorial shoot, that I should probably show up to sometime)
(Lacking that, he could send me/us/everyone a nice autographed picture of himself lovingly holding an AR)
I remember that well.
The second amendment isn't about "shooting sports". It's not even about crime control.
The Second Amendment is about Tyrant Control.
“Parallels® H-Sphere WebShell4—file manager?
That was because the Amazon website hosting service DROPPED them last night. It is back up and FINE today. Try it again! I downloaded all TEN firearm designs this morning!
“Parallels® H-Sphere WebShell4—file manager?”
Even clicking on your Parallels link now takes you to the right place.
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