GaryMrMets
01-13-2007, 10:35 PM
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2792928&page=1
Athletes and Guns
Some Sports Stars Say They Tote Guns for Protection, but Others Call Carrying Firearms Dangerous and Unnecessary
By ARTY BERKO, STEVE DELSOHN and LINDSAY ROVEGNO
Jan. 13, 2007 — Houston Astros outfielder Luke Scott slammed an ammo clip into his .45-caliber Glock handgun, assumed the ready position and fired off 10 successive shots in 2.5 seconds, causing shell casings to fly in every direction. The thundering noise of gunshots filled the air and echoed through the trees, briefly disrupting the silence that surrounded his makeshift shooting range on a strip of land just a mile or so from the house he grew up in DeLeon Springs, Fla.
Scott proceeded to walk up to the target that was blowing in the breeze 10 feet away, the ideal distance for practicing self-defense maneuvers, and pointed to the form of a man that was outlined on the target. With a bull's-eye on its chest to highlight the kill zone, Scott began to count the bullet holes that were on target: "There's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine …" He stopped to chuckle then said, "That's a poor soul right there.
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Athletes and Guns
Some Sports Stars Say They Tote Guns for Protection, but Others Call Carrying Firearms Dangerous and Unnecessary
By ARTY BERKO, STEVE DELSOHN and LINDSAY ROVEGNO
Jan. 13, 2007 — Houston Astros outfielder Luke Scott slammed an ammo clip into his .45-caliber Glock handgun, assumed the ready position and fired off 10 successive shots in 2.5 seconds, causing shell casings to fly in every direction. The thundering noise of gunshots filled the air and echoed through the trees, briefly disrupting the silence that surrounded his makeshift shooting range on a strip of land just a mile or so from the house he grew up in DeLeon Springs, Fla.
Scott proceeded to walk up to the target that was blowing in the breeze 10 feet away, the ideal distance for practicing self-defense maneuvers, and pointed to the form of a man that was outlined on the target. With a bull's-eye on its chest to highlight the kill zone, Scott began to count the bullet holes that were on target: "There's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine …" He stopped to chuckle then said, "That's a poor soul right there.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2792928&page=2
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2792928&page=3
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=2792928&page=4