NRA's Disabled Shooting Services touch many lives. John Powell competed in one of the department's very first indoor air rifle competitions. (Read about it here.) The MormonTimes ran the following article on Monday:

Disabled Texan relishing life

There's not much of anything that gets in John Powell's way.

The 61-year-old competes in the National Rifle Association's disabled shooting program and took second in the nation last year. At a recent competition in Houston, he finished second overall in the air rifle shooting and third in obstacle courses and wall climbing. He also took fifth in the disabled division of the Houston marathon.

And he's a second alternate on the U.S. Paralympic wheelchair curling team, set to compete in Vancouver this month.

"I just like the challenge," said Powell, a member of the Dallas 5th Ward, Dallas Texas East Stake. "I haven't met a challenge yet I didn't like."

When he was much younger, Powell played basketball, bowled, hunted and was an archer.

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