https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/22/why-i-taught-my-thirteen-year-old-daughter-to-shoot/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:34:22 -0400<![CDATA[Hunting and target shooting, as generations of Americans used to be told, are not about releasing one’s emotions and physical tension with guns, but about mastering them in order to steady the hand and shoot accurately. Schools and summer camps once promoted marksmanship for this reason, as an exercise in self-discipline. This kind of instruction declined in the 1960s, but it used to be as valued and routine a part of growing up as learning to swim. &#8230;]]>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 10:05:29 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/22/why-i-taught-my-thirteen-year-old-daughter-to-shoot-n98502