Posted on 08/07/2017 1:27:10 PM PDT by marktwain
On Sunday morning, July 23, 2017, Roy Eykamp, Jr. invited me to the Quirindi Sporting Clay Target club. The club is located 20 some kilometers out of town on a few acres of a former sheep farm, in New South Wales, Australia.
A small creek meanders through the property. A combination of flat land for a club house and parking, with surrounding hills and mixed elevation gives an ideal location to configure challenging sporting clays competitions.
I fell in love with the atmosphere and the club from the start. The club house is a former shearing shed. The exterior is sheet metal, the interior a finely crafted wood pole framework constructed by hand with adze and saw, about a hundred years ago.
Members of the Club leadership gave me leave to take as many pictures as I wished. There was no hesitation. The club members were friendly, the atmosphere collegial. Everyone was there for a good time, and the feeling was contagious. I instantly felt at home. The gun culture transcends international boundaries.
Safety rules were followed scrupulously. I have seen the same at all gun clubs that I visited in America and in my travels. Members of the gun culture are serious about following safety rules. Anyone who is not serious is not a member for very long.
This happens without legislation. It is the same in Arizona as it is in New South Wales. It is caused by physics and human nature. Those in the gun culture know how guns work and what they can do. The requirements to prevent accidents transcend politics. People who join gun clubs are invariably some of the most responsible members of society.
Several dozen men and women participated in the planned event.
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The right to own handguns, maybe?
Shooting sporting clays with a semi-auto shotgun.
Freedom?
and their military is upgrading to Nerf guns
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