Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Lisa Parsons-Wraith Outstanding Youth Shooter Thanks Gun Dealers Y oung shooters who make a posi- to represent Wyoming at the 2006 4-H Na- bore rifle. I have used it to earn many state tive impact in their community, tionals, where she placed fifth in the coun- championships, and hopefully, it will take highlighting the skill and me to the Olympics.” discipline it takes to be a responsible Terry said she is currently training gun owner, are the gun industry’s best for the Wyoming Junior Olympics and chance to get the message out that the if she wins, it’s on to Nationals. shooting sports are an important part of “It is my dream to make an OlymAmerican life. pic team, but I am trying as hard as In an effort to recognize excepI can to make it real,” Terry said. “I tional young shooters and promote the would try to go in any event, but my positive image of shooting, the Nafavorite is three-position small bore.” tional Rifle Association recently chose Teaching Gun Safety one of its top Junior Members, Juliann Terry also shows her commitment Terry of Newcastle, Wyo., as the firstto the shooting sports by presenting place winner of the 2007 Outstandthe Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program to ing Achievement Youth Award. Terry local elementary schools. received a $5,000 scholarship for her “I think Eddie Eagle is a very imporcommitment to the shooting sports tant program to be taught in elementary and her community, as well as her outschool,” Terry said. “Many of the kids standing classroom work. in my after-school program couldn’t Terry grew up in a shooting family, believe I shot guns. They thought it was firing her first rifle when she was five a bad thing. I wanted to teach them, just years old. Her parents enrolled her in like with drug and alcohol safety, not a hunter-safety course before any serito touch a gun if they find it and tell an ous hunting, and she began shooting adult. I know that would have worked competitively with the Weston County Juliann Terry is presented the NRA’s 2007 Outstanding for me when I was a kid.” 4-H club when she was nine. In addition to teaching gun safety, From then on, Terry was hooked on Achievement Youth Award by NRA President John Sigler. Terry shows her commitment to youth shooting. She is currently a member shooters by volunteering as a teen leader of the Rapid City Rifle Club. Terry placed try in small-bore competition. first in .22 rifle at the 2006 Wyoming 4-H “My favorite gun is an Anschutz 1813,” at 4-H workshops and summer camps in Shooting Sports competition, and went on Terry said. “This is my competition small- her area. un store owners can make an enormous difference in a young person’s life. Terry credits her local gun store with helping her find her way to small-bore rifle competition. “I hold one gun store especially dear to my heart. There isn’t a practice I go to where I don’t stop and think, ‘Where would I be if it weren’t for Jack First Gun Shop in Rapid City?’” Terry said. “Four years ago I went with my dad to their store. He had seen an Anschutz 1813 there and I wanted to get into precision rifle. When I got there, I inquired about the gun and they sent out their expert on precision rifle shooting, Jared. He told me all about the gun and went beyond the call of duty, teaching me some of the secrets 20 APRIL 2008 G Gun Shops Lend A Helping Hand of the positions and competition. He even gave me the number of my coach. Like I said earlier, I don’t know where I would be without their help.” When it comes to helping young people get started in shooting, Terry advises dealers to be patient with the kids because they may need a little coaxing. “The best way I can think of gun dealers getting young people involved is donating to local clubs,” Terry said. “Dealers probably get that all the time, but more kids can be involved if they have equipment to use and rewards to inspire them. It also works both ways because dealers also can advertise through the club. I know my 4-H club would not be as big without local supporters.” Terry hopes her Anschutz 1813 will take her to the Olympics. www.shootingindustry.com