Minnesota DNR Names 2014 Volunteer Firearms Safety Instructor of the Year

By Vanessa Torres

Minnesota -(Ammoland.com)- Paulette Pappenfus, 65, the third-generation owner of Pap’s Sports Shop in Little Falls, is the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ 2014 volunteer firearms safety instructor of the year.

She received the honor at this year’s Minnesota Game Fair in Anoka.

To help young people have a safe outdoors experience, Pappenfus has been organizing and teaching DNR firearms safety classes in Little Falls since 1981.

She learned firearms safety and an appreciation of the outdoors from her father. “I went with him before I was old enough to carry a gun, and I learned from him the enjoyment of being outdoors,” said Pappenfus.

She was among the earliest female firearms safety instructors in Minnesota. She recalled, “I remember one of the earliest classes had one female, and she was afraid to come into the room until she found out another female would be helping as an instructor.” Today, up to 40 percent of …read more

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