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Gun industry’s helping hand triggers a surge in college shooting clubs
Washington Post ^ | March 14, 2015 | Michael S. Rosenwald

Posted on 03/14/2015 6:58:28 PM PDT by Second Amendment First

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In between completing problem sets, writing code, organizing hackathons, worrying about internships and building solar cars, a group of MIT students make their way to the athletic center, where they stand side-by-side, load their guns and fire away.

They are majoring in biological engineering, brain and cognitive sciences, aeronautics, mechanical engineering, computer science and nuclear science. Before arriving at MIT, nearly all of them had never touched a gun or even seen one that wasn’t on TV.

“Which is strange because I’m from Texas,” said Nick McCoy, wearing a ­T-shirt advertising his dorm and getting ready to shoot.

McCoy is one of the brainiacs on MIT’s pistol and rifle teams, which, like other college shooting teams, have benefited from the largesse of gun industry money and become so popular that they often turn students away. Teams are thriving at a diverse range of schools: Yale, Harvard, the University of Maryland, George ­Mason University, and even smaller schools such as Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and Connors State College in Oklahoma.

“We literally have way more students interested than we can handle,” said Steve Goldstein, one of MIT’s pistol coaches.

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To: ZULU

Yowsa! Times have changed.


21 posted on 03/14/2015 10:00:55 PM PDT by ModelBreaker (')
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To: ZULU

My Dad, a lifetime NRA member since the early ‘50s, started a shooting club in our HS with my shop teacher. It included many NRA training movies (pre-Super 8) and other programs. Nobody blinked when we carried our guns into the school. This was in Henrietta, NY, a suburb abutting the south side of Rochester.


22 posted on 03/15/2015 5:03:19 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 21twelve
I am about to get my kid into air pistol shooting.

Why shooting? Because the people are still awesome and organized kids sports has gone so far away from what I had as a kid.

Why pistol shooting? Because I got so sick of hauling around gear as a young rifle shooter.

Pistol isn't an NCAA sport, but my kid can go to school on my GI bill anyway.

23 posted on 03/15/2015 6:35:35 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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