When Russell and Sharis Lewis want to unwind, they pack up their guns and drive from their home in a suburb north of St. Louis to an indoor range called the SharpShooter on the city’s south side.
Russell dons big protective headphones, carefully lays out his firearms, and selects a Panzer Arms M4 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun. He takes aim at paper targets, including one labeled “snowflakes,” and squeezes the trigger.
“It’s just something about the power and being able to release that and let it go downrange,” he said. “It relaxes me.”