Show LEARNING TO SHOOT STRAIGHT I Long ago in the southwest SOP 00 I Indians under chief of at o the WhIte Mountain Apache swooped l do doan n on a stagecoach The se seep el white men in the stage were ere dead shots to For three they stood off 01 the attackers When the last ot of the seven had been killed said If I had men like these whites whiles Id I'd rule the southwest against all comers corners A nations nation's first line of ot defense I Is not Its Its navy or army organ organ- but rather the ability of at atthe I the people to shoot I In our country's early wars cv cry ery settler was an expert with a anne i rifle Small they made such excellent soldiers without much training There were ere crack shots because they used the rifle In ever day life protecting theli thell homes against In Indians Indians and In hunting game Life Lite has hs become easier Few AmerIcans eer e cr use nse a rifle or pistol until a a war ar breaks out and they the get In Into to the arm army y During the war million Americans learned to t handle rifles and sidearms I Now Noa O l most of at them ate ale out of practice s en know how bow to load a modern rifle let alone shoot letI I On the theory that a greatest defense is the ability of its lis citizens to shoot straight the I whole ahole hole country should be interest d dIn In National aliona Rifle RUle day June 7 j At Aleast least Americans will aili I III par participate in rifle tournaments I The number should be time limes as big You have only to consider SIt Sait S It- It to appreciate the Importance importance importance tance ot of widespread expertness Ith the rifle Rifle shooting Is the national spoil t ot of the Swiss W WIs It Itis Is taught in the schools Thel es e's a military saying that every Swiss Swims man Is a sharp shooter That is why Switzerland wasn't Invaded during the warI war I |