Wounded Warriors Have A Blast At Firing Range
Twenty-eight wounded warriors and their significant others visited the NRA firing range on Tuesday.
One might think the last thing a wounded veteran wants to be around is the sound of live ammunition, but that can be a very erroneous assumption. None of the wounded veterans at the National Rifle Association’s firing range on Tuesday even so much as flinched as 15 guns were fired, almost simultaneously—in fact, the veterans were visibly beaming. “This was awesome,” said Army Master Sergeant John Masson, who lost a leg and his dominant left-hand and arm aftera an improvised explosive device was set off in Afghanistan. “It’s the first time I got to shoot using my non-dominant hand so it was real nice.” Twenty-eight veterans and significant others staying at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda arrived via bus to the …
