Gosh, it seemed forever, as the men in charge counted the shot holes in the center of each target, and then one of the men in charge walked over to where we were all standing, and said, "Richard Mason ...

When I was 10 years old, my dad took me to H & V Sporting Goods in El Dorado and bought me a Mossberg 20-gauge shotgun. It was a three-shot clip with an adjustable choke, and I still have it. It came ...