[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I joined a local pistol club 18 months ago. Their range is resticted to no FMJ, no rifles above .22 and 50 ft. target distance only. It's like $20 per year. I figured what the heck. Good for pistol practice.

The meeting I joined at, there were 7 new applicants for membership.

My wife joined just this past March. At that meeting there were 40 new applicants for membership. Things are heating up at the grassroots level for sure.

[M1903A1]

I was at the range last Thursday. Usually I like going then because it’s the quietest day of the week—frequently no more than two others on the range besides me and the RSO.

This last time, there were probably 12-14 people there. On a Thursday!! Didn’t pay much attention to what people had but I do recall a woman with a Mini-14 and a couple of guys with Dragunovs.