'Firearms are a way of life for many Americans'

Beth Walker Published 8:00 a.m. ET April 25, 2019 | Updated 9:56 a.m. ET April 25, 2019CLOSE The National Rifle Association is returning to Indianapolis in 2019 for the NRA convention and annual meeting. Here are some things you need to know if you go. Dwight Adams, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. more gun control will only makes it harder for the honest, hard-working Americans to defend themselves.Editor's note: IndyStar is publishing two op-eds related to gun laws in America. One explains the efforts in advancing a gun safety agenda nationwide. This one makes the case for protecting gun rights. Despite the relentless attacks on America’s honest, hard-working gun owners, we are undeterred, unbroken, and proud to support the Second Amendment. I am an Indiana high school student, competitive shooter and Second Amendment advocate. I welcome the National Rifle Association to my city for their 148th Annual Meeting.Op-ed: NRA serves as 'fringe group for gun rights extremists'[1]My fellow Hoosiers, indeed all Americans, need to know that students like those of Parkland, Fla. don’t speak for me or the millions of young people who support the Second Amendment. As hard-working, honest Americans we are the majority in this country. But in recent months our voices have largely been drown out by a well-orchestrated, well-funded media campaign to promote gun control using the voices of the young, impressionable students. Many of these young people seem ignorant of the basic facts of American history. Were it not for our guns, there wouldn’t be an America. Our Founding Fathers knew exactly what they were doing when they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution — they were protecting our individual, God-given right to self-defense.Firearms are a way of life for many Americans. As a competitive shooter, I shoot them almost every day either for practice or for competition. My father, who is in

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