I think Destry is right, this is the answer to the future of our passion. Getting involved, by people like us who have the knowledge and background, will be key to keeping the shooting sports alive. And maybe getting involved is donating money to support these young folks and a little time to help out with some of the shoots. There's way more good in the world than the 5% of whiners that are on the 5:00 news every night, but it takes getting involved to have the 95% show up. This is an article from some of the shooting games in Minnesota, another place that according to the news is gone to the creeps, but it's not so. This is really good stuff. Here's a quote and an article about their shooting success and safety.
https://time.com/longform/high-school-shooting-teams/
As for safety: more than 70,000 students have fired 42 million shots since 2008. No one has reported a single injury, according to the league. At Spring Lake Park, coach Hanselman tells students to consume no sugar within an hour before a shoot, lest hyperactive teens grow even more jittery on the firing line. At every school in the league, students are required to earn a firearm–safety certificate to participate on the team. “We always enforce that every time you pull that trigger,” says Josh Kern, -assistant coach for Badger-Greenbush
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