The training includes target shooting, defensive tactics and the law regarding the use of force.
"She told me she'd go target shooting with her boys pretty often, " Holmes said.
We anticipate a renewed interest in the outdoors driving increased participation in hunting and target shooting.
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When he had a group of Vietnam War buddies out for a visit last year, they spent hours target shooting.
And even law-abiding citizens tend to ignore registration when it comes to long guns mostly used for hunting and target shooting.
Most of my 15 or so classmates had had more experience than I--if not in cowboy shooting, then in hunting or target shooting.
Last year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reported that participation by women increased both in target shooting (46.5%) and hunting (36.6%) over the past decade.
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation reported this year that participation by women has increased both in target shooting (46.5%) and hunting (36.6%) over the past decade.
According to the National Sporting Goods Association, women's participation in shooting sports has surged by more than 50% for target shooting in the past decade and by more than 40% for hunting.
In my freshman phys ed class at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, we were required to learn to shoot a rifle for target shooting purposes (although I think planting the seed of arming future inner-city pharmacists was an ulterior motive).
And while I did enjoy skeet and target shooting when I was a kid at summer camp, I have never, as an adult, been a hunter nor do I suffer from any paranoiac instincts requiring me to install an armory in the family room because of a fear that my government might be thinking about coming to get me.
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Spain has also set a 40% target, shooting for 2015, and other countries are following suit.
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The pro-gun side focuses on cases of legitimate self-defense (and hunting and target-shooting).
He was not the intended target of the shooting, the official said.
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The surrender of my pistols ended 35 years of target-pistol shooting.
This site part of a greater network of training and racing areas includes a track for luge, skeleton and bobsledding and facilities for the biathlon (a combination of cross-country skiing and target-range shooting).
Earlier on Tuesday, doctors said US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona Democrat who was the intended target of the shooting, was still in critical condition in hospital but was capable of breathing on her own.
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The shooting sports website AmmoLand responded by posting a PETA drone practice target for readers to use at the shooting range.
An Army weapons expert said safety failures meant a gunner shooting at a target was not firing out to sea.
But from the point of view of practical politics, the lesson is simple enough: start shooting at any target in the middle of the political landscape.
Also Sunday, rebel fighters inside Syria pressed ahead with their offensive in a restive southern province that borders Jordan, as Israel's military said its forces responded to fire by shooting at a target inside Syria.
The building had an adjacent shooting range, for target practice, but it was primarily a place for social gatherings.
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Is there any difference between shooting at a round target or a human-shaped one that psychologically transforms us into murderers?
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The week-long competition was attended by teams from 12 countries and included shooting 72 arrows at a 70 metre target and head-to head matches.
With continuous AF shooting as we moved towards a stationary target, it took ten seconds to get nine shots, or less than one frame per second.
She also competed in an able bodied tournament in Eccles, which included competitors shooting 12 dozen arrows at a 70 metre target.
But he denied he knew the name of the target and insisted that he alerted his handlers that a shooting was imminent.
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Preston's Mark Rankine and Graham Alexander then combined to create a shooting opportunity for Cresswell, but he missed the target from close range.
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A former Los Angeles cop who allegedly warned he would target law enforcement in retribution for being fired is now suspected of shooting three officers early Thursday, killing one, authorities said.
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