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A man attends a firearms training course hoping to find direction in life, grappling with personal struggles and seeking fulfillment beyond his mundane routine. The course, at Thunder Ranch, becomes a reflection of his internal conflict.
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You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading.Kyle Hay thought he had no one to save.In his hands was a 9-millimeter carbine. In front of him was a labyrinth of targets and corridors heβd have to maneuver through as part of the firearms training course he hoped would add something to his life beyond the mundane day-to-day. He shifted his weight. An instructor, trying to provide direction, asked his question again:Who in this scenario are you fighting to rescue? Your wife? Girlfriend?Mr. Hay, 37, had spent his adult life wrestling with some version of that question: Who, or what, in his life was worth risking it all for?After nearly a decade working in occupational therapy, a divorce, cross-country moves and hobbies that offered only fleeting escapes from his day job, Mr. Hay was reckoning with how to define himself as he approached middle age. Thatβs how he found himself, carbine in hand, racking his brain to think of a human he would be desperate to save in this...
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