The power to 'erase history'

<img src="http://bobmunden.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/munden-fastestgun.jpg" align="right">Many of our readers have heard of Bob Munden, who has been setting world Fast Draw records and accomplishing amazing shooting feats for audiences worldwide. His use of a firearm is a little different from those who use it in their line of work. What we do have in common is that the firearm is a tool that requires time, practice, and training.

Please visit the website which discusses Mr. Munden's history at http://bobmunden.com/about/records-amazing-feats/ and prepare to be amazed at the skill, and the number of records that this man holds!

These are the types of things that typically are recorded in record books, which is why record books exist. And the Guinness Book of World Records was actually created in order to be THE authority on this sort of thing. Yet we read on the Bob Munden website the following:

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A Note From Bob About The Guinness Book of Records

“In 1981, the year most shooting records disappeared from the Guinness Book, I called David Boehm of the Sterling Publishing Company and asked why. He told me that there is a committee that approves books to be used in school libraries across the nation. The committee informed Mr. Boehm that it would only approve the Guinness Book for continued use as a reference book in school libraries if gun records were removed. To protect the Guinness Book from a black list, that’s what the publishing company felt it had to do. If you look at recent editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, you will notice that most gun records by shooters using real firearms (not gimmicked with things like light-weight aluminum barrels,) are no longer listed, including those set by the famous Annie Oakley, Ed McGivern, Tom Frye and myself. It is a shame that a small group of people on that education committee, people who probably grew up in cities away from the shooting sports millions of Americans and citizens of many other nations appreciate and enjoy, can have the power to effectively erase history.”

– Bob Munden
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How sad that such a rich part of our American heritage can be removed with the stroke of a pen, due to some politically-correct notions of a school book administrator.