Posted April 4, 2016 12:04 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

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All of the formal firearms training I’ve done in the past 3 years—handgun, rifle and shotgun—has revolved around using firearms defensively, against threats. While it’s all be incredibly useful information and fun, it is all very different from the world of sport shooting. I had the opportunity to sample the world of competitive shooting this past weekend at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s inaugural Shooting Sports Fantasy Camp at the spectacular Clark County Shooting Complex near Las Vegas.

I can’t recommend it enough.

Last summer, I was one of the speakers at the NSSF Industry Summit in Savannah, Georgia. During the event, Chris Dolnack, the NSSF’s Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, told me that he wanted to talk to me about something, but that I’d have to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) first. As NDAs typically hide good things early in the planning stages, I jumped at the chance. We soon had the NDA in place, and he filled me in the idea for a shooting sports fantasy camp modeled on those for enthusiasts of NASCAR and baseball and other sports. I told him that I thought it was a wonderful idea, and that I thought it would …Read the Rest

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