Posted August 8, 2016 4:06 pm by Comments

By Jenn Jacques

Bo Allen and his daughter, Ella, at a shooting range in Cody, Wyoming. CBS NEWS
Bo Allen and his daughter, Ella, at a shooting range in Cody, Wyoming. CBS NEWS

It’s a valid question, “Are Gun-Related Murders Out of Control in the State With the Most Guns per Capita?”

The answer: ABSOLUTELY NOT.

CBS Sunday Morning aired a sweeping vision of firearms in Wyoming called “Guns: A Family Affair”.

Starting with a visit to the Mooncrest Ranch just outside Cody, Wyoming, Ted Koppel took a stab at life in the impressive fly-over state.

“It’s still the Storybook West to so many people,” said Bob Model, the ranch’s owner. The ranch, already an impressive 5,000 acres, backs up to another 195,000 acres of public land which Model takes full advantage of.

“So, you’re sitting on roughly 200,000 acres of my land?” said Koppel. “You’re welcome.”

“And I appreciate that,” Model laughed. “But I would say to you, I’m a good steward. I use it for grazing my livestock. And I am also a licensed big game outfitter. And you’re lucky to have me, you know, watching out for your land.”

But the topic quickly turns to guns, with Koppel focusing in on how guns are very much a family affair.

Little Ella Allen told the veteran journalist she was about five when …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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