The Best Show In Las Vegas

By Jenn Jacques

A lot of you live vicariously through us during the week of SHOT Show in Vegas. Our friends and family do, too.

The number one question we get is, “Who did you get to see today?”

Obviously, I saw a lot of things; Les Stroud speaking at the Camillus booth, Lou Ferigno at Trident Fitness, Rich Graham’s service dog, Annette Evans shooting at the Sig Sauer range, and lots of awesome after-hours parties.

None of these experiences compared to the event that ranks solidly in the number one spot of awesome things I was blessed to be a part of.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar, Darrell “J.R.” Salzman is a champion logroller who grew up in Hayward, Wisconsin. ESPN has called him “among the preeminent outdoors athletes” of the last decade.

Salzman is also an Iraq War veteran who, in 2006, was in the lead Humvee of a fuel convoy traveling through Baghdad when his vehicle was struck by an Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP). His right arm was severed below the elbow and his left hand was pulverized by the blast. He also suffered a …Read the Rest

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