"Combat shooting," as it was called back then, had grown like a weed in all directions, and some of those directions were pretty strange. The sport of practical pistol, and IPSC itself, had been created at the 1976 Columbia Conference, called by Col. The "bones" of USPSA were put in place after the first Florida Invitational Pistol Tournament in, I believe, 1980. Dave and his running buddy Lloyd Harper felt very strongly that the United States, as the largest participant in the fledgling sport of practical shooting, needed its own organization. I don't even know where to begin.Dave, along with Walt Rauch, founded the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) after Dave's initial work with the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC). I note the passing of one of my best, and dearest, friends, Captain Dave Arnold, from injuries sustained in a car crash in Virginia this weekend.
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