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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Kevin Rector

Making sense of a mass shooting in the middle of Texas gun country

UVALDE, Texas — Randall Methvin is a thoughtful man who talks with a Texas twang, still works as a ranch hand at age 68 and has felt an affinity for firearms since childhood, when his Depression-hardened father would take him out quail and dove hunting.

By his count, Methvin owns four or five pistols, six shotguns and 15 rifles, give or take.

"I don't hardly ever shoot them anymore, but when I do, I just go to the gun range, either at one of the ranches or one here in town," the Uvalde resident said. "I just like to shoot at paper, I guess like some fellows play golf."

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