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May 02, 2005
Seraphic Trigger Time
Friday, before Shabbos, I take our NY guest to the LA Gun Club for some trigger time. Our guest is all excited because he lives in NY and the odious Sullivan Law insures that only criminals have access to guns. I explain that normally you see lots of off-duty cops, and Asians store owners in the gun club. "You don't see a lot of observant Jews," I explain.
We step into the LA Gun Club and who do we run into, but three Orthodox boys. They are not aware that to shoot in the club you must be 21 years of age or accompanied by an adult.
I agree to take responsibility for the boys. Talk about Hashgacha P'rateet. If I did not show up they would have had to go home.
I sign the proper documents and choose guns for them to rent: a .38 Smith & Wesson revolver and a Baretta .45 automatic.
There is something vaguely familiar about the boys.
"What high school do you go to?"
"Yeshiva G'dolah," answers one of the boys.
They tell me their names.
My knees weaken.
"You used to visit my son Ariel in the hospital."
"You're Ariel's father?"
"Yes, I am."
Long silence.
"We think about him a lot," one of the boys confides.
I can only nod.
I lead the boys into the range and teach them the proper stance, how to gently bend their knees, how to breathe, sight and squeeze the trigger. They are smart young men and before too long they are popping off highly accurate groups.
It's a pleasure seeing yeshiva boys at the range. They understand the importance of self-defense and the second amendment. This is a new generation of Jews, politically incorrect, a far cry from the self-righteous liberal girlie-men who live in a utopian fog.
My NY guest, a YU student set to graduate in June, turns out to be a natural. He's got a good eye and he is hitting bulls-eyes within a half hour.
It's a nice way to go into Shabbos and the last days of Pesach.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at May 2, 2005 08:30 AM
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Posted by: LighterBlog at May 3, 2005 06:12 AM
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