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To: TigersEye
The same could be said for training like that.

It was...a well regulated militia...wasn't it? {;^)

43 posted on 10/03/2022 8:38:50 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: philman_36
I know Theodore Roosevelt isn't very popular here but I've always admired what he said about training young men to shoot.

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!

I lament that his advice was never put into practice. Gun handling and marksmanship should be taught in every school.

44 posted on 10/03/2022 8:46:54 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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