Ready, Aim, Huh?
While working in the TV biz for 25 years, I went on a lot of shoots, but nothing like the shoot I went on today. After an 18-month hiatus, last week I started working at a local production company which has had a lot of success producing outdoor shows of the hunting and fishing flavor. Did I mention I was Jewish? Well today I was asked to go with a cameraman to a local shooting range to do a feature on a gun class. Did I mention I was… oh, never mind. Have an open mind, right? When I arrived, I walked into the center of the lodge surrounded by a group of people carrying handguns. Normally that would be scary, but fortunately they didn’t know I was Jewish. Ok, that was the last one, sorry. In the room there were 14 students, four instructors and one Master Instructor. I drove over from the lodge to the range with the Master of this domain, picking his brain along the way. Q: How much is the class? A: $750 per person Q: How much is a gun? A: You can get a Chevy for...