[Leica] Armed America on the Road

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Marc James Small  offered: ;-)

>>for that matter, our Senior Member, was taught
BRM (Basic Rifle Marksmanship) by William Tell shortly before he did that
magnificent book of combat photographs taken during the Wars of the Roses,
though I don't know that Ted has ever owned a firearm.<<<

Jeeesh Marc old buddy yer given away all the family secrets! ;-)

William Tell was good, but in reality he couldn't hit the broad side of a 
barn standing six feet away from it because he kept using warped arrows! ;-) 
A rifle? Not a hope at ten feet! ;-)

The War of the Roses was tough enough, but tiring because those guys kept 
throwing roses back and forth and getting hung-up on the thorns! You have no 
idea how fast I had to load ink to get the pictures. ;-)

And yes I did own a fire arm, nothing great, a Cooey .22 I used on the farm 
during my summer holidays from school and we'd go gopher/ground hog hunting! 
Bagged a few. :-)

However as a father, one day the city police asked for people to turn in any 
guns for destruction without any questions asked. So I figured what the heck 
get rid of it as I had no need for it and saw absolutely no reason to keep 
it in the house with 4 adventuresome kids who may "play with it and hurt or 
kill some body!"  By accident of course! Aren't they all "by accident?"

So it went to the cop shop and destroyed!! End of story. However then there 
were my military years. ;-)
ted