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Wednesday, June 27,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3A
DCSO hosts firearms class and range day
Officers from the Dawson County Sheriff's Office
help citizens shoot .22 caliber revolvers at the
Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office range June 16.
'We've been looking for a hobby
together too. This might be it-going
to the shooting range.'
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office recently
held a range day for
Dawson County citizens
to learn gun safety and to
give them a chance to get
out to the range to fire
some weapons.
Forty-five participants
packed up and traveled to
the Lumpkin County
Sheriff’s Office range
ready to aim and fire at
targets on June 16.
The course, which con
sists of a classroom ses
sion and range session, is
free for all Dawson
County residents regard
less of firearm experi
ence.
“The reality is that
there’s plenty of places to
go buy guns but there’s
not that many places to
go obtain training. This is
just a benefit that we feel
is needed,” said Sheriff
Jeff Johnson. “We’ve
always operated under the
belief of empowering our
people. I think this is just
one of the ways that we
do it. We take our knowl
edge, experience and
training, and help convey
that to our community. I
think that’s a win for us.
It helps to keep them
safe.”
During the classroom
session, participants learn
the basics of safe pistol
handling, the fundamen
tals of shooting and prop
er operations of revolvers
and semi-automatic pis
tols. Then on the range,
officers worked with citi
zens on their stance, trig
ger pull and grip as they
learned to shoot a variety
of guns from .22 caliber
revolvers to 9mm and .40
caliber semi-automatic
pistols as well as AR style
rifles and larger rifles.
“We always have a
great turnout. Every class
that we do there’s always
a strong turnout from
experienced to unexperi
enced shooters,” said Lt.
Zach Stewart. “You have
those who have been
shooting their whole life
and just want a little extra
practice and you have
those, mostly ladies, that
have never shot a gun
before and are deathly
afraid of a gun and this is
a great introduction for
them.”
And that was just the
case last Saturday morn
ing for the McMahons,
who had never shot
before, and the
Cunninghams, who were
very familiar with shoot
ing.
“I’ve just always want
ed to learn to shoot a gun
so I thought that this
would be the best way to
do it,” said Edwina
McMahon.
Along with her hus
band, known as Mr. Bob,
the McMahons had never
fired a gun but were
excited for the opportuni
ty provided by the sher-
Above, Lt. Theresa
Kirby helps a citizen
aim a .22 revolver dur
ing the DCSO Citizen
Firearms Range Day
June 16. Left, Edwina
McMahon aims a
revolver ready to fire
for the first time at the
DCSO Firearms Range
Day.
iff’s office.
“One of the reasons
why I do it is because I
hear gun shots all in my
neighborhood all the time
- you know some day I
might have to protect my
family,” Bob said.
Edwina, who uses a
cane to help her walk,
was surprised how easy
shooting is for her.
“That just proves you
can do it with a cane. It’s
not that difficult,” she
said. “We’ve been look
ing for a hobby together
too. This might be it -
going to the shooting
range.”
Edwina McMahon
Range Day participant
But for the
Cunninghams, going to
the range was familiar
territory.
“I have a lot to learn,”
said Nancy Cunningham,
who hadn’t shot in a
while. “The class was
really great. I recom
mended it to a lot of peo
ple. So many people
don’t know anything
about guns. I don’t know
much about them. It’s a
great class.”
Her husband, Rory, on
the other hand felt right at
home at the range. He
even brought two of his
guns to shoot for extra
practice.
“I’m glad they do it,”
Rory said.
“We love it. The offi
cers are excited about it.
Plus the community
building I think is just
great to build those
bonds,” Johnson said.
“Our community pro
grams we really tried to
elevate. You know, we’re
a smaller agency, can’t be
everywhere but if we can
use situations like that
and help people protect
themselves I think it’s so
important.”
The next Citizen’s
Firearms Range Day is
scheduled for July 21.
Citizens of Dawson
County may sign up to
participate. Two safety
classes will be offered at
the sheriff’s office train
ing room July 17 and July
19. Those who wish to
participate must attend
one of the classroom ses
sions. For more informa
tion, please email Ann
Martin at annmartin@
dawsoncountysheriff.org
or call (706) 344-3535.
Freddy's donates money to Vietnam Veterans
Allie Dean Dawson County News
Drew Skellie, regional manager of Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers,
recently presented the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 970 with a check
for $2,861.34 to help them achieve their goal of helping other veterans.
Freddy's cofounder Freddy Simon is a World War II veteran, and boxes are
placed in his restaurants to take up collections for organizations that support
veterans. The Dawsonville store is one of 52 stores in a franchise that collec
tively donates over $15,000 to veterans each year. The Chapter 970 veterans
were treated to lunch on the house after the check presentation. Pictured from
left are Jim McGuirt of Dawsonville, Dan Pichon of Dawsonville, Skellie, Ray
Sparks of Dahlonega, Don Brown of Dawsonville, Bill Martin of Cleveland,
Store Manager Kyle Patel and Charles Sieger of Dawsonville.
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