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From Southcoast Today:

In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the Gun Owners' Action League (GOAL), Gov. Mitt Romney declared May 7, 2005, as The Right to Bear Arms Day in Massachusetts.

At GOAL's annual banquet in Worcester on that evening, which opened with a tribute to our soldiers and a clip from the movie "Braveheart," Rep. George Peterson read from the document in which the governor had written, "The Gun Owners' Action League is one of the most respected sportsmen's organizations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."

"This organization and its members are to be congratulated for their efforts, namely: to protect and defend the Constitution of the Commonwealth and the Constitution of the United States, particularly the right of decent, law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms in defense of their families, persons and property and for all lawful purposes including the common defense."
Gov. Romney also lauded GOAL for promoting the shooting sports, and training and education in the safe use and handling of firearms through the GOAL Foundation and for fostering the conservation, growth and wise use of our natural resources.

One of the stars of the gala evening was Erika Ebbel, Miss Massachusetts. A 2004 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erika was a member of the school's pistol team.

"I tried shooting and I liked it," she said. "It's a fun sport and guns aren't bad, like some people want you to think. And I discovered that I shot better in high heels, for some odd reason. One day I was shooting with my high heels on and my scores went up, so that's the way I shoot.

"And a man will never cross a woman who knows how to shoot," she mused.