Gun enthusiasts blast proposal to close shooting range Give us another place, they plead By Amos Maki maki@gomemphis.com June 17, 2002 On a nice sunny day like Sunday, 81-year-old Bill Hall couldn't think of a better place to be than at the Shelby Farms gun range with his 12-gauge Beretta. "I like the smell of the powder and the feel of the jolt," said Hall. " My daddy taught me to shoot and I've been doing it for 70 years." Dressed in a green fishnet hunting vest and safari hat, Hall was one of a couple of dozen people who...
