North Carolina high school reportedly opens indoor shooting
Here is something we don't hear too much about these days. A shooting range in a school.
Perhaps 40 or 50 years ago, this wouldn't have been newsworthy. Today it is. Years ago there used to be "Rod and Gun" clubs in schools. Some schools had shooting ranges either inside the school or outside on school grounds. There have been stories of students driving to school with a rifle or two on the gun rack in the pickup truck.
It is reported that Smithfield-Selma High School in Smithfield North Carolina will be used by the JROTC ( Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) practice on the school's indoor six lane range. Cadets will train first with air pump rifles and after extensive training, they will be able to use rifles. The article went on to mention that the range was helped built with donations from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/2...l-reportedly-opens-indoor-shooting-range.html
"There’s a marksmanship safety test they have to take, and they have to get a 100 on it," Commander David Wegman told WRAL. "In addition to that, they have to sign a safety pledge, get permission from home and then finally demonstrate on the range that they know how to handle one of these air rifles safely."
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Here is something we don't hear too much about these days. A shooting range in a school.
Perhaps 40 or 50 years ago, this wouldn't have been newsworthy. Today it is. Years ago there used to be "Rod and Gun" clubs in schools. Some schools had shooting ranges either inside the school or outside on school grounds. There have been stories of students driving to school with a rifle or two on the gun rack in the pickup truck.
It is reported that Smithfield-Selma High School in Smithfield North Carolina will be used by the JROTC ( Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) practice on the school's indoor six lane range. Cadets will train first with air pump rifles and after extensive training, they will be able to use rifles. The article went on to mention that the range was helped built with donations from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/2...l-reportedly-opens-indoor-shooting-range.html
"There’s a marksmanship safety test they have to take, and they have to get a 100 on it," Commander David Wegman told WRAL. "In addition to that, they have to sign a safety pledge, get permission from home and then finally demonstrate on the range that they know how to handle one of these air rifles safely."
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