Among the general public, MIT has a much-deserved reputation as a training ground for brilliant scientists and engineers. But as a home to expert marksmen and women – well, not so much. Yet in the world of collegiate pistol shooting, MIT ranks among the elite. In 2005 and 2007, the team won the National Rifle Association’s intercollegiate championship, beating out teams from the Coast Guard, the US Military Academy at West Point, and the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Full Story – HERE (definitely worth a read)
I didn’t go to MIT, but I majored in triggernometry and minored in drinking for the first few years of university…. then shit got real.
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Who would have thought that in the heart of the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts, there is an excellent pistol team?
Saw the video did anybody pick on what one of the students said “it shows them it’s not just those wackos, there are people really enjoy it and take it seriously and responsibly.”
I would really like to know who the “wackos” are to whom she is referring.
Perhaps I am being hypersensitive, but in today’s MSM and leftist environment one can never be too careful. Besides clarification and being clear on positions is all ways a good thing.