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Tell us about an opinion you have had to defend   Tell us about an opinion you have had to defend. How has this affected your belief system?   I chuckle to myself every fourth dimension I think about this. I am perceived as a mild-mannered, intelligent individual until I mention that I am involved in riflery. It is interesting to watch someones expression change. It is as if I instantaneously grew a pair of horns and a sharp set of claws. Believe me this gets worse I am a member of the NRA. I shew to tell these folks that I belong to the NRA to fire my rifle. Oh my God You fire real guns? with real bullets?? they remark with a perplexed look on their face. anyway having horns and claws, I now possess a tail and leathery wings.   This is how it began five years ago. I had played on a soccer team for several(prenominal) years. As I grew older I began having difficulty playing soccer because of shortness of breath. I was diagnosed as having mild asthma which ended my s occer line of achievement and eliminated my participation in most(prenominal) physical sports.   Shortly afterward, during a Boy Scout summer camp, I participated in riflery at their shooting range. This was the first time I had ever touched a firearm. To my amazement, I won the camps first place award for marksmanship. I was more than eager when a friend of exploit asked me if I would like to join a shooting club.   My parents were wary when I asked to join the rifle club. My mother feared guns, but my father felt there was no problem with trying this sport. Gratefully, he gave me the opportunity to try rifle marksmanship, despite secretly hoping that I would quit. Both of my parents were afraid of what people would think about their sons betrothal with guns.   Like my parents a majority of people believe that all firearms are dangerous to our society. All they remember are the hysterical news releases of street delirium and injured children. I am often asked ho w many deer Ive shot. Frankly, I could never bring myself to injure another living creature and neither would most of the competitors I have met. Yet, I keep finding myself defending the sport from all of the misconceptions that surround it.