Hi guys,
I know not many of you "know" me. I am fairly new here. But I wanted to share a quick story with you. First a little background. My son who will be 18 this month has a Neuromuscular disease called Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, it's a horrible disease with no treatment or cure. It's slowly taking him from my wife and I. However we don't dwell on the future and live for today. My son loves guns and would be a Police officer if real life wasn't so tough on him.
Last night I headed home after work because I've been fighting a migraine for two days. Tuesday is my usual "dad's night out" and I go to the range to shoot. But not last night as I was trying to rid myself of the pain. I got home and my son was there because the friend who he usually visits on Tuesday was sick. So he asked me if I could take him to the range to shoot his "Cowboy gun" it's a Chiappa 1873-22 SAA we got him for Christmas. So I showered and loaded him up. He has been in a wheel chair since he was 9 and has limited strength and movement in his arms, but I have found that using low velocity shorts in his gun allows him to shoot. Hopefully linking this video from Facebook will allow you to see him shooting it.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10205754895936736&set=vb.1386251188&type=2&theater¬if_t=like
Surprisingly after spending 30 minutes in the range with him, and he was able to shoot 42 rounds total before he got tired, my headache was gone.
Matt
I know not many of you "know" me. I am fairly new here. But I wanted to share a quick story with you. First a little background. My son who will be 18 this month has a Neuromuscular disease called Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy, it's a horrible disease with no treatment or cure. It's slowly taking him from my wife and I. However we don't dwell on the future and live for today. My son loves guns and would be a Police officer if real life wasn't so tough on him.
Last night I headed home after work because I've been fighting a migraine for two days. Tuesday is my usual "dad's night out" and I go to the range to shoot. But not last night as I was trying to rid myself of the pain. I got home and my son was there because the friend who he usually visits on Tuesday was sick. So he asked me if I could take him to the range to shoot his "Cowboy gun" it's a Chiappa 1873-22 SAA we got him for Christmas. So I showered and loaded him up. He has been in a wheel chair since he was 9 and has limited strength and movement in his arms, but I have found that using low velocity shorts in his gun allows him to shoot. Hopefully linking this video from Facebook will allow you to see him shooting it.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10205754895936736&set=vb.1386251188&type=2&theater¬if_t=like
Surprisingly after spending 30 minutes in the range with him, and he was able to shoot 42 rounds total before he got tired, my headache was gone.
Matt
