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Guns Stolen in Kansas City

An alert neighbor helped police catch some burglars in Kansas City, Kansas, Wednesday morning. Donald Estell lives across the street from a security guard near 32nd Street and Ruby Avenue. The guard was away from the home when Estell noticed something suspicious.

"I was looking out the front door and I saw these kids walking up the street and they knock on the security guard's door, 'bam, bam, bam, bam, bam,'" Estell told KMBC's Peggy Breit. Estell said that a little bit later, he saw the kids coming out of the guard's house with guns and archery equipment. "I called 911 and reported a burglary in progress, and I said, 'Hurry, because they're doing it now,'" Estell said.

Police arrived within moments. Three of the burglars sped away in a car, and officers pursued. When seconds count, police are only minutes away.

"We're the Only Ones........"

Officer Paul Bradley Rogers and Sergeant Robert Shawn Richardson of the Noble Oklahoma police department turned themselves in today, to be booked on charges of second degree manslaughter in the death of Austin Haley. They were released without bond.

Other Noble Oklahoma police department news tells of an officer, Bobby Brent Sirpless, engaged in a little drunken hit and run activity over the weekend. Sirpless was stopped by Norman Oklahoma police at 6:45 PM September 8,2007 on State Highway 9 after police received a call regarding his pick-up truck impacting another automobile and running off. Sirpless was found drunk behind the wheel, and was arrested.

Sirpless was also charged with carrying a firearm while under the influence. He was booked into the Cleveland County jail and has now been released.



Noble has an advertisement online for police officers........Looks like police chief Ben Daves might need another one.

Noble, Oklahoma Police Department

The Noble Police Department is accepting applications for full time and reserve officers.

Job Description:
Patrols city in a car or on foot, respond to calls for service of a varied nature, write reports, interview victims, witnesses and suspects, secure and investigate crime scenes, relay information, testify in court, enter and retrieve data from a computer terminal, etc. A full job description is available with the employment application.

Skills Required:
Must be 21 years of age. Possess a HS Diploma or GED. Must have a valid drivers license. Must not have been convicted of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude. Must be willing to undergo physical agility testing, an MMPI (personality inventory), a polygraph exam, and an Oklahoma Police Pension physical exam. CLEET certification is desirable but not required.

Compensation:
$21,840 to $30,701 (salary range / fulltime)

For information, contact the Noble Police Department at 405-872-9231. (7-10-2007)

Paris Jail Song

Grand Jury Refuses to Indict in Houston Bus Shooting

HOUSTON -- A man will not face charges in connection with a fatal shooting on board a Metro bus, KPRC Local 2 reported. A grand jury decided Garret Mallot, 24, defended himself when he shot Otis Francis, 31, during a confrontation on the No. 82 bus on Westheimer Road near Royal Oaks Club Drive on March 28. Mallot accidentally brushed up against Francis and got into verbal argument, officials said.

"Mr. Mallot, being significantly physically smaller than the victim, pulled out a knife," Mallot's attorney Alvin Nunnery said. "When he recognized that the deceased was still continuing toward him in an aggressive manner, already announcing his intention to hurt him physically, he (Mallot) pulled out his gun and he shot him one time."

Several witnesses testified that Mallot was defending himself. Mallot did not testify. Mallot had been charged with murder, but the grand jury decided that there was not sufficient probable cause. Francis had a lengthy criminal past and had been arrested on charges of felony assault of a peace officer and fighting on two Metro buses.

"I think he has a history of kind of bullying and intimidating people," Nunnery said. "I think the grand jury rightfully took that into consideration in assessing the entire situation."

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When I first blogged on the Houston bus shooting, I felt I should withhold judgement. I finally did make a judgement when the knife was entered into evidence. I have to say that I am glad the charges against Garrett Mallot were dropped. Garrett Mallot will retain his right to keep and bear arms. Mallot was represented by a court appointed attorney, Alvin Nunnery. Otis "Magic" Francis had a history of two assaults on Metro buses, and one assault on a peace officer. Francis also served time for narcotics charges. In 2003, Francis was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, but ironically he, too was "no-billed" by a Grand Jury.

Thus far, Garrett Mallot has been a very lucky man. The civil suits have yet to be filed......

Louisiana HB 869

Louisiana State Representative and Mom'n'em poster child Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans) has introduced House Bill 869, which would establish historic restrictions on semi-automatic firearms (dubbing them "assault weapons") and ammunition magazines. HB 869 affects every firearm modified to conform with the now defunct Clinton Gun Ban plus many other semi-automatic firearms that have no lineage to those rifles or any military orientation whatsoever.

Like the failed Clinton Gun Ban that sunsetted in 2004, this bill is about demonizing certain firearms based on how they look, not about crime fighting. But unlike the previous federal law, which banned the manufacture and sale of many commonly owned semi-automatic firearms to civilians after the effective date of the act, HB 869 goes much further. HB 869 would require current owners of such firearms to register their firearms with the State Police, obtain and renew a license annually to keep them, restrict how and where they may be used or transported, and allow the State Police to inspect private homes for compliance. HB 869 has been referred to the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee.

Apparently Cedric Richmond did not learn the lessons of New Orleans. It's time he learned the lessons of the polls. If you live in Louisiana (or if Mom'n'em do), contact the committee members below next week in Baton Rouge and urge them to oppose HB 869:

Chairman Danny Martiny
larep079@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Alex Heaton
larep095@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Damon Baldone
larep053@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Beverly Bruce
larep007@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Roy Burrell
larep002@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Don Cazayoux
larep18@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Charlie DeWitt
larep025@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Eric LaFleur
larep038@legis.state.la.us

Rep. "Romo" Romero
larep048@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Jane Smith
larep008@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Warren Triche
webreps@legis.state.la.us

Rep. "Bodi" White
larep064@legis.state.la.us

Rep. Ernest Wooton
larep105@legis.state.la.us

Don't Mess With Texas

In the wake of the massacre at Virginia Tech, Texas Governor Rick Perry has chosen to stand with many free thinking gun owners. On April 30, Perry met with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, who was traveling about the country to decide how the government can better prepare schools for these types of murderous rampages. In response to Leavitt's bureaucratic data whoring, Perry stated Texas should consider allowing licensed citizens to carry their authorized weapon anywhere in the state.

"I think a person ought to be able to carry their weapon with them anywhere in this state if they are licensed, and they have gone through the training," Perry declared.

When pressed, Perry explained himself. "Whether they're in church or whether they're on a college campus or wherever they are," Perry added. "The last time I checked, putting up a sign that says, 'Don't bring your gun in here,' for someone who has ill intent on their mind; they could care less."

In Texas, all handguns, licensed or not, are currently banned from bars, 51% restaurants, schools, sporting events, correctional facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, amusement parks, places of worship, racetracks, polling places and courthouses.

"The idea that you're going to exempt them from a particular place is nonsense to me," he said, "I think it makes sense for Texans to protect themselves from deranged individuals."

The Reason Many Carry

"Arthur Buford is dead, and that's a sad thing.

Arthur had his whole life ahead of him. He was just a kid, after all - a 15-year-old freshman at John F. Kennedy High School.

What he didn't know, as he approached Damon Wells' house in southeast Cleveland on Saturday night, was that his whole life consisted of just a few more seconds. Arthur had a gun, which he and another youngster apparently thought would give them the power to take something from Wells, who was standing on the front porch.

Whatever Arthur's plan was, it unraveled. It didn't account for the possibility that the guy who looked like an easy mark would have permission from the state of Ohio to carry a concealed weapon, or that he would bother to arm himself just to walk to the neighborhood store and back.

Arthur's plan depended on catching Wells off-guard. But Wells wasn't off-guard. He had a plan of his own, against the day when someone like Arthur might come along.

Wells' plan was to avoid becoming a crime victim, and that's how Arthur ended up dying of several gunshot wounds to the chest. Wells hasn't given The Plain Dealer much more than monosyllables, and I don't blame him. What would he say? That he's sorry he was prepared? That he's sorry he defended himself?

Unless he's a man without a conscience, he probably finds it regrettable that it came down to a him-or-me situation. But it's clear that he's not a man devoid of the desire to go on living, so he's got to be glad that it turned out to be "him, not me." But you can't just come out and say that sort of thing without the sensitivity police coming after you, so the less said the better.

The real police, however, aren't planning to charge Wells with anything. They say the shooting was justified. It's just about impossible to argue that, but here come the arguments.

Arthur's relatives and friends are upset that the law isn't going after Wells.

They want someone to blame - other than Arthur. But they shouldn't be allowed to bully the police or the city administration into taking action against a guy who was minding his own business on his own porch when suddenly confronted by an armed teenager.
Then there's the conceptual side of the argument - the big-picture side that says citizens shouldn't be allowed to have guns and certainly shouldn't be allowed to walk around with them.

This kind of incident proves knee-jerk gun foes wrong, and they know it. "This is one of the few where they actually used it [a legally carried concealed weapon] to stop a crime," Toby Hoover of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence grudgingly told a Plain Dealer reporter.

But there are more than a few such cases. There are thousands every year, all over the country. And where are the statistics on gun crimes committed by holders of concealed-carry permits? Something tells me that if they happened at anything approaching the rate of the hundreds of thousands of crimes perpetrated against unarmed Americans every year, we'd be hearing more about them.

The fact is, the concealed-carry "threat" has turned out to be malarkey, just as it was in the many states that debated such laws long before Ohio.

Three of my last four columns have had to do with young people getting killed, and that's a sad thing. In two of those cases, a teenage boy was in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing wrong when someone shot him.

In the third, 32 college students were doing what they were supposed to do.

After I wrote about last week's outrage at Virginia Tech University, I got a series of sneering e-mails from a reader, along the lines of, "Next, you'll be suggesting that teachers should be armed."

I think I'll take him up on that.

Damon Wells is about the same age as the students killed at Virginia Tech. He's got his whole life still ahead of him, and because he was prepared, he'll actually get to live it - presuming he escapes thug-enforced street justice.

How different things might have been at Virginia Tech if Seung-Hui Cho hadn't had the only gun on campus."

Kevin O'Brien
Plain Dealer Columnist
kobrien@plaind.com

Bravo Mr. O'Brien, Bravo!

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There She Is!

Miss America 1944, of Waynesburg Kentucky has a talent that has not been performed in a beauty pageant. She is quite handy with a snubby revolver. Venus Ramey followed her barking dog to a storage building on her farm in south-central Kentucky last week. There she found several trespassers, where thieves had stolen farm equipment previously.

Caught red handed by the first red headed Miss America, one man told her that he would just leave. Miss America wasn't having any of that. "I said, 'Oh, no you won't,' and I shot their tires so they couldn't leave," Ramey later said. "I didn't even think twice. I just went and did it. If they'd even dared come close to me, they'd be 6 feet under by now."

The 82 year old Miss America had to balance on her walker as she pulled out a .38 special snubby to ventilate the tires. A passing motorist then called 911.

Curtis Parrish of Ohio was charged with misdemeanor trespassing. Three other people were questioned but were not arrested. "I'm trying to live a quiet, peaceful life and stay out of trouble, and all it is, is one thing after another," Ramey said.

Gunman Takes Hostages at a Gun Range?

TAMPA -- A Tampa man killed himself early Friday, leaving unhurt the three remaining hostages he held at gunpoint during a 10-hour standoff.

At a 3:30 a.m. news conference, Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee announced that Jeffrey Lane Dudney, 43, had shot himself inside Shooting Sports Inc., an indoor range and gun shop at 7811 N Dale Mabry Highway. Two other hostages had been released during the night.

Deputies closed the highway Thursday evening, causing a traffic nightmare, but the six-lane road was open for the Friday morning commute. Gee said he would not release the hostages' names until the investigation ended.

Here is how events unfolded, according to the sheriff:

At 4:45 p.m. Thursday, a range employee called 9-1-1 to report that Dudney, of 2210 Belle Chase Circle, was robbing the store.
Deputies reported hearing shots fired when they responded minutes later, but it turned out that patrons unaware of the robbery were still practicing in the range. Meanwhile, two customers had fled out the front door while others confronted Dudney.

Somehow, he ended up with five hostages: the woman who manages the range, a male employee and three male customers. Dudney had planned to steal a gun and flee Tampa, Gee said.

Tampa police arrested Dudney on April 6 on three counts of attempted first-degree murder. Police said he hit another car while driving under the influence and fled. When the unhurt passengers of the car he hit followed and confronted him, he threatened them with a .38 caliber pistol. He fired at their car as they tried to flee, shattering the rear window and injuring two passengers with shards of glass.

Jail records show Dudney was free on $150,500 bond. Soon, an army of law-enforcement officers had descended on Dale Mabry. Because Dudney had threatened to kill hostages if he saw even one police car, deputies closed the six-lane highway between Waters Avenue and Lambright Street.

About 200 deputies, Tampa police, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents surrounded the building and diverted the river of traffic. Every few minutes, for the next 10 hours, Dudney threatened to kill the hostages one by one. Periodically, he would order four hostages to lie prone and bring the fifth to the door as a human shield.

"He was very agitated, very amped up," the sheriff said. The building made the tactical situation more difficult, Gee said. "It was basically a fortress. From a tactical standpoint it was probably the most difficult. The doors were welded and the windows were tinted. He could see out, but we couldn't see in."

At one point during the night, Dudney asked for medication in exchange for a hostage. A robot brought the information that deputies retrieved from his car and provided it to him. Hostage John Murray of Seffner was released. Negotiations continued, sheriff's officials said, and about 1:30 a.m. Dudney released a second hostage, Timothy Bechard of Tampa.

Officials said Dudney's demeanor moved from calm and cooperative to agitated and angry while making threats to shoot hostages. About 3 a.m. Dudney fired a single gunshot to his head, killing himself. The three remaining hostages walked out of the business. They were William "Chris" Perez, Mark G. Little and Margaret Flesche, all of Tampa. Little and Flesche were employees of the business.

Hattip to Sharp as a Marble

Armed Citizen Expose' on 20/20

Gun ban groups often claim that private citizens rarely, if ever, use guns in self-defense. ABC News’ "20/20" is now putting that claim to the test, asking viewers to submit their own real-life "Armed Citizen" stories. ABC’s website asks:

"Have you ever defended yourself from a crime in your home, in your business, or in public by using a gun? Perhaps you warded off a potential attacker by simply showing a gun?"

If you’ve personally used a gun in a legitimate act of self-protection against a criminal attacker, we encourage you to tell your story to ABC News. To tell your story, go here and complete ABC's web form.

To ensure that the NRA knows how many responses ABC gets, please send them a copy of your story by e-mailing armedcitizen@nrahq.org. You can also call NRA Public Affairs at (703) 267-1193.

No Indictment For Jamie Buck

A Butler County grand jury refused to indict Jamie Buck for killing Millard Brandenburg today. "I am satisfied with the grand jury's decision that this was a justified homicide," said Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper. "A person in America is entitled to defend himself in his home."

The Knife

The deadly case of Mallot vs Francis in Houston, Texas. An argument occurs in a bus between a CHL holder and another citizen. The result is a dead citizen and a CHL holder charged with murder.

I have tried mightily to withold editorializing, feeling that all the facts were not in yet. Surely this is/was a case of the liberal media with an anti-gun bias sensationalizing a possibly justified shooting by a CHL holder. Meanwhile, I wanted to scream "You dickweed! You dumbshit! You box of rocks assclown!"

I thought on this all day. I brooded on it. I read other's thoughts. I slept on it. I considered the perspective of a respected police officer who said "Ahh the Brotherhood of the CCW Badge closes ranks to protect one of their own.... Where is the rush to judgment we usually see when a police shooting is reported? Where are the blanket condemnations?...." Yes, food for thought. If Mallot had been an officer of the law, citizens such as myself would be sharpening our pitchforks. Because he is a private citizen with a CHL, many want to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Then I read:

"Prosecutors at a probable cause hearing said Garrett Mallot first pulled a knife, then a .357-caliber Magnum pistol during the dispute with Otis James Francis, 31, as the two rode a Metro bus in the 11700 block of Westheimer around 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday."

The reputed knife was finally entered into the record. It's ownership was not disputed by the defense. Somehow I had silently hoped the reported facts were wrong, and that the deceased had pulled a knife. It now appears the CHL holder first pulled a knife, and then his gun. Right or wrong, I think I can finally take a position.

Dickweed! Assclown! Box of rocks dumbshit! You jeopardize my rights and those of every other CHL holder by carrying a deadly weapon you are not trained to use, and not prepared to use! You take out a deadly weapon to threaten a man with because you don't like what he is saying, realize you do not have the wherewithal to use it, and then abandon it for your gun? Did you think your knife was a non-lethal weapon? Did you think pulling it would de-escalate the confrontation? Did you ever stop to think that knife fighting might take a bit more technique than pulling a trigger? Did you suddenly realize this and lose the stomach for it, or did you just never train with the weapon you chose to carry? Perhaps you carried it to trim your nails with. Did you attempt to avoid this incident at all? It's what you have in your head that makes the difference Bubba, not what you have in your pocket.

As gun owners, we must not suffer the fate of Lady Macbeth, envisioning innocent blood on our hands. This death belongs to Garrett Mallot.

CHL Holder Shoots Man On Bus

Witnesses in Houston report a shooting on a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus at the 11700 block of Westheimer around 11:45 AM on March 28, 2007. According to statements, Garrett Mallot was entering the bus when Otis James Francis bumped into him. The bump escalated quickly into argument. The argument escalated to deadly force.

"That guy said he was going to kick my ass," Mallot told police. He stated he then pulled a knife and Francis repeated the threat. Mallot then drew a a .357 magnum revolver and shot Francis COM in front of more than 20 passengers. Francis then ran to the front of the bus where he collapsed and died. Garrett Mallot holds a license for a concealed handgun.

Gwen Guidry, a nurse on her way to work at Methodist Hospital stated, “We saw this big light and this big pop. My ears are still ringing. I tried to revive him. I did what I could. But it wasn’t happening."


“The guy bumped him,” said Effrom Mooring who was on the bus. “They exchanged words. The guy pulled out a gun and shot him. Just for bumping him.”

“Everybody started ducking and hollering. He just put the gun back in his pants and politely walked to the back of the bus and sat down,” said Troy Andrews.

Troy Andrews’ wife was on the bus. “He was gasping for air and there’s no way she (Gwen Guidry) could help him.”

On arrival at the scene, Houston police found a compliant Mallot in the rear of the bus, his hands raised. He had surrendered his firearm to paramedics who were treating another passenger for chest pain, and attending to the deceased Francis. Garrett Mallot was taken into custody, and has now been charged with murder. If convicted, he faces 5 to 99 years, or life in prison. Mallot's attorney, Alvin Nunnery, was not immediately available for comment.

Self Defense or Killing Over Property?

June 17, 2004. 4:00 AM.

Charles Chieppa, of New Bedford Massachusetts awoke to noise in his basement. Chieppa awoke Wilnick Thenor, a tenant who lived upstairs, then retrieved a loaded handgun and retreated to his backyard. There, he encountered Frank Pereira Jr. The facts after that are more fuzzy. Pereira was fatally shot by Chieppa. Witnesses claim Pereira was seen jumping a fence as he fled from the yard before expiring in the street. The state Medical Examiner's Office determined a bullet hit him in the back and exited his chest.

Fast forward to today. Jurors needed just 3& ½ hours to determine New Bedford homeowner Charles D. Chieppa was justified in killing the suspected burglar in 2004. His defense attorney, Kevin J. Reddington, told the jury that his client, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, believed he was in mortal danger when he fired his gun that morning. "When you consider his state of mind, when you consider the circumstances, this was a justifiable homicide by a citizen protecting himself," Mr. Reddington said, "I like to think one of the objectives of this is it will give the Frank Pereiras of the world second thoughts before they enter a homeowner's property."

Of course, the dead burglar's family is making statements about how little Frankie was always a good boy, and how he would give you the shirt off his back. "Everyone has a flaw." they wrote in a statement. "Frankie was the type of person who would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. He was a young father who supported his family working as a mechanic. There is not a day that goes by where we don't relive this nightmare."

They seem to ignore the fact that their little Frankie was in another man's home. One wonders what he might have been doing there. Was he repairing the man's automobile? Perhaps he was not working as a mechanic to support his family. Could it be he was not altruistically and anonymously distributing smelly flannel shirts about the town, bought with the leftovers of his hard earned money? Could it be that he was there to take another's man's shirt, another man's property, and if necessary another man's life? One really wonders what the hell this honest hard working mechanic was doing in another man's home at four o'clock in the damned morning! Bottom line: If Frank Pereira Jr. had been at home asleep, minding his own business and taking care of his family, he would likely be alive today.

Why Christian Trejbal Was Wrong

This is why Christian Trejbal of the Roanoke Times was wrong, very wrong, with his article.

Coolidge Youth Out-Shoots Them All for National Title

By REYNA PISAÑO, Staff Writer March 27, 2007

COOLIDGE - In the Disney movie "Toy Story," classic cowboy doll Woody demands that his quick-shooting rivals "Reach for the sky!" Twelve-year-old Wyatt Dobbs of Coolidge used the same no-holds-barred mentality in order to out-shoot his rivals during the Single Action Shooting Society's National Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting March 7-9 and used his marksmanship prowess to secure the first-place trophy.

Wyatt is in sixth grade at West School in Coolidge. He was one of competitors in the "Buckaroo" age group for marksmen 13 and under. The SASS National Championship was held at the Ben Avery Shooting Range near Carefree Highway in Phoenix. Wyatt was required to fire two six-shot revolvers, cowboy style, a Winchester rifle and a double-barrel coach gun during the three-day and 12-stage competition. His score was based on his time and his accuracy. If targets were missed, Wyatt was penalized, with the judges adding time to his score.

Wyatt also managed to snag first place in the Period Costume contest part of the competition. "I always dress up like that" for meets, he said. "My grandpa gave me the chaps, and he said, 'I think you're going to win first place in the costume contest hands down.'" The requirements for the costume competition mandated that each contestant have an authentic replica of 1870s period dress. Wyatt's costume included a hat, vest, boots, suspenders, chaps and two holstered six-shooters.

One of the most remarkable things about Wyatt's win is that he has only been shooting in competitions for the past year. In the Buckaroo age group at the National Championships, Wyatt, who competes under the shooting alias Dust Devil Wyatt, was responsible for firing off five shots per gun, per hand, followed by 10 rounds with the Winchester lever-action rifle, and followed up by four to six rounds with the double-barreled coach gun.

Steve Scott, his grandfather, is the one who encouraged him to enter competition. "He is a world-class shooter," said Scott, who is also a competition shooter. "We brought him out there to Marvin Wuertz's place, and started practicing with the Dusty Bunch."

Wyatt began shooting after being intrigued by the programs his grandfather brought home from his marksmanship competitions. "I would see it," he said, "and I just always thought, 'That looks fun, I should try that.

"Then, me and him (Scott), we headed over to Casa Grande, to this fellow's place named Marvin Wuertz, and we decided to check it out. The next thing you know, my grandpa was on the phone, ordering new guns for us."

Now that Wyatt has been shooting for about a year, the competition schedule is pleasing to him. "We usually have matches every other weekend. I'm in Cowboy Action Shooting, we shoot single-action revolvers, we shoot a rifle and a shotgun, and it's timed, and we dress up like old-time cowboys. Whoever gets the fastest time, wins."

Each competition weekend brings the same routine. "When we have a match," he said, "what we'll do is, I'll go over on Friday, and we'll clean our rifles and get everything prepared. Then on Saturday, my grandpa will get everything all ready, and come and pick me up, and we'll go. It's kind of a good idea to get there early, because then you get a chance to look over all the stages. We are usually a little early."

Nerves don't really play a role for Wyatt during competition any more. "I just have fun, and be safe. If I win, that's even better! But if I lose, it's all right.

"It's my first year, so I don't want to be all like, 'I want to win first, I've got to win first!' I don't want to do anything like that. I just want to be relaxed." When he is not shooting in structured competition, Wyatt still keeps his eye on the real prize - being able to out-shoot his grandpa.

"One of my friends keeps asking me, 'Did you beat him yet?' because he really wants me to beat my grandpa. Sometimes I can get a better score than him and sometimes he beats mine, but his times are a little faster and a little lower. But sometimes I can kind of get down there, to where our scores are kind of even. But he's always a little faster than me."

While other parts of Wyatt's life may not be as black and white as shooting a great group (like, the sixth grade for instance - the fact that they have to switch classes), "It's kind of complicated," he said. But he knows that each weekend brings a new blank target and another chance to compete.