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With all the yammering between the pro/anti gun crowd, the role of sport shooting is being hammered to dust.  I live in Portland, I don't need a weapon, but I really enjoy the precision of shooting.  I enjoy the craft of a mechanism as crisp as a clock, but hard enough to take thousands of "hammer blows".  I miss the days when high schools and summer camps had rifle ranges.  I admire the devoted national or Olympic shooter.  Name a better spot for a home grown Biathlete (OK-Colorado, now name another).  I understand the simle joy of perferating a pop can.  One more nickle gone. 

Have all the angry arguments you want.  Please don't outlaw fun.

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