[Gilbo_3]

But Murphy represented more than that. He was the quintessential American rifleman. He was reared believing that liberty and independence were his birthright and that his firearm was the instrument that guaranteed those God-given freedoms.

long but worth it...

[NFHale]

"..It has been readily confessed … by old soldiers, that when they understood they were opposed by riflemen, they felt a degree of terror never inspired by general action, from the idea that a rifleman always singled out an individual, who was almost certain of being killed or wounded.”

THIS is my rifle; there are many like it, but THIS one is MINE...

Feel-good story of the day! GREAT article!!!

LFOD