Posted August 2, 2017 11:31 am by Comments

By Jenn Jacques

“Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.” ― Cory Doctorow

What a story!

Lizzy Worthington isn’t a typical girl from Iowa, although she’s much like the ones I know. She is a Girl Scout and a member of her high school trap shooting team, the BGM Shotgunners.

Practicing was difficult for Lizzy, whose closest range was about 45 minutes away, so she decided that for her Girl Scout Gold Award Project, she was going to build a trap shooting range closer to home.

“Go big or go home,” Lizzy told a reporter with KWWL.

The Bear Creek Range took two years and $50,000 to build and while she said she wanted to quit the project many times, Lizzy is glad she stuck with it and hopes it will promote gun safety by teaching more people the proper way to handle firearms and shoot.

“I was a 16-year-old kid when I started,” she says. “It was just difficult. You look at something and you think, ‘I can’t do this’ which I definitely did with this, but just give it a little time and try a little harder.”

Thanks to her hard work and dedication …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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