Show IN DEFENSE OF USE OF FIREARMS Salt Lake Marksman Rises to tp Remark Editor Telegram Some of ot tho members of ot the Salt Lake Rifle dub club of ot which I happ happen n to to be president president pres pres- I ident feel that your our recent editorial editorial edi edi- reference to the unfortunate Incident where a magna youth placed an nn unloaded to his I head and pulled the trigger with fatal results furnishes an opportunity for propaganda and for foi Ol defense de- de of at tho the firearm from I censure or dangerous neglect II I Your editorial views arc are noran obJect object ob ob- ob- ob je t of ot attack but a reminder of oC the attitude of or th the man Who is fa familiar familiar fa- fa with and enjoys h handling a gun un The rifle and the revolver rc arc are both good citizens good members members mem- mem men mem bers beTS of ot the tho family amily and sometimes good members of ot the church church I I once read of oC a l minister in a rural lural community defending a 3 missionary I fund from a burglar with a It faithful faith falth- fu ful blunderbuss when poll police police- e- e pro pro- protection was absent I know q quite a It number of boys some some men and anda a few women with women with varying de decrees degrees de- de crees grees of oc frequency they d dd db what I they arc are told lold to 10 do the do-the th gun Sun n never vcr ta falls II t Sometimes we think we are arc I telling It to do one thing thinS when yo wc Weary nr actually t it to do I another but another but whatever It Is really ordered to do so 80 It do does docs Wo We cannot cannot can can- not banish danger from life Ute life life would not be worth living If It It were ro possible Security e la ll mor- mor mortals mortal's taPo tal's enemy enemy A woman lost nn an o tho other othor morning by hy having ha tho the grease with which she was as frying s ham pop Into her eye l If an inexperienced mortal tickles tho the heels of a n supposedly slumbering slumbering slumbering slum slum- bering mule wo we dont don't blame blamo the mule for the Inevitable In conse- conse q Seriously for one 1 I am convinced that everyone bo boy and girl man and woman Is greatly benefited In cha character and also Inability Inability in ability by learning to shoot to swim and to ride One with Cl firearms would instinctively recoil from Crom the tho suggestion that he ho place an nn unloaded rifle to his head hend and pull the trigger There i is lIS an old saying that you ou mako only one mistake with dynamite dynamite- guns and pistols belong to a clore- clore I l ly related family Dont Don't blame the I gun gun- gunYou un You cant can't earn to shoot without shooting shooting- 1 You ou cannot shoot without firearms Under proper conditions conditions' everyone should learn to shoot and those who wh know ho how to shoot and understand under stand firearms unless there are are ace objections on the tho grounds of ot larrr- larrr law law- mess leo should bo be encouraged to own them Tho The Snit Halt Lake sad and nd Revolver club not only furnishes fur fur- an nn for tor good sport but for tOE acquiring training that thai equips for tor good citizenship Tours Youra trul truly CARD CARD A BADGER I President Salt LUke Lake Rifle Rino and Re- Re ne-I ne club I |