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My Mother the Shootist Commentator Peter Heller talks about his mother's skill with firearms. A petite, genteel woman, she boasts that she can knock down a running assassin at 20 yards. Heller insists, however, that it is her personal charm, not her LadySmith, that is her real weapon.

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My Mother the Shootist

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My Mother the Shootist

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Commentator Peter Heller talks about his mother's skill with firearms. A petite, genteel woman, she boasts that she can knock down a running assassin at 20 yards. Heller insists, however, that it is her personal charm, not her LadySmith, that is her real weapon.