Posted on Dec 29, 2021
A Black gun enthusiast is on a lonely mission to stop Missouri's suicide crisis
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When Russell Lewis wants to unwind, he heads from his suburb of Florissant, Missouri, to the SharpShooter indoor gun range in St. Louis.
On an early winter Saturday, Russell takes aim at paper targets, including one labelled “Snowflakes,” and fires his Panzer Arms M4 12-gauge shotgun. It gives off a deafening blast, and a recoil you can feel from several feet back.
“It’s just something about the power and being able to release that and let it go downrange,” Russell says. “It’s just a nice thing to do. It relaxes me.”
Russell’s wife Sharis came to practice with her new handgun, a SIG Sauer P365. She’s been worried about increasing crime in St. Louis, which recently had the highest murder rate in the U.S., and said learning to use a firearm made her feel safer at home.
“I kinda feel like the door now is for the person on the other side of it,” Sharis says. “That’s for their protection. Because this is a peaceful place for us, and now I can defend that peace.”
On an early winter Saturday, Russell takes aim at paper targets, including one labelled “Snowflakes,” and fires his Panzer Arms M4 12-gauge shotgun. It gives off a deafening blast, and a recoil you can feel from several feet back.
“It’s just something about the power and being able to release that and let it go downrange,” Russell says. “It’s just a nice thing to do. It relaxes me.”
Russell’s wife Sharis came to practice with her new handgun, a SIG Sauer P365. She’s been worried about increasing crime in St. Louis, which recently had the highest murder rate in the U.S., and said learning to use a firearm made her feel safer at home.
“I kinda feel like the door now is for the person on the other side of it,” Sharis says. “That’s for their protection. Because this is a peaceful place for us, and now I can defend that peace.”
A Black gun enthusiast is on a lonely mission to stop Missouri's suicide crisis
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Firearms and Guns
Suicide
Florissant
St. Louis
Safety
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel when voices are TALKING about the same issues they care about, those voices become one voice saying the same things. Intelligent, Responsible, and Committed people can work beyond a white gun concern or a black gun concern.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SSG William Jones The Only Time a Gun has been Pulled on Me? Florissant, MO. By a Police Officer! Go Figure!
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