Why did Arkansas elect Bill Clinton?
Well, remember, Slick Willy is a master deceiver and liar.
Slick Willy never ever ever mentioned any sort of gun control as his plan while Gov. of a small, rural, Southern state.
His gun control plans only came out after he was elected to the office of President and he didn't have to convince Arkansas voters of anything anymore.
As for riflemen in Arkansas..........Arkansas has lots of military and ex-military guys of all ages. Military snipers in the various services tend to come from rural Souterhn states for obvious reasons.
I teach English at a small public college, and in just one of my classes, I have at least four ex-Marines. And that's just the Marines, not the other military vets. I think all Marines probably count as riflemen.
Besides the military connection, Arkansas has lots of kids as young as 8 who use rifles to take deer. I have four younger brothers, and two of them are riflemen, with the other two knowing their way around firearms well enough to shoot them safely.
Just as an example.....I live in the Ozarks in Crawford County. Yesterday, I had a concealed carry class out on my private range.
The class' gunfire apparently inspired other folks that they should be out shooting on such a fine day, as before we were done, there was the sound of target practice from at least five other shooters ringing from all points of the compass.
Northwest Arkansas, where Mopar Mike, is becoming rapidly urbanize and yuppiefied. But if you look around the riflemen can still be found, even there.
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