Page 90 - South Mississippi Living - July, 2015

SPORTS & OUTDOORS a hail of bullets
THERAPY
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nxieties with Group Therapy Firearm Training story by F. Cliff Kirkland photos by George Perina
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Sometimes when the world starts spinning
a little too fast and the clamoring noise of a life fully engaged builds to a crescendo, a man just
has to shoot his way to serenity. Yes. Really.
Rob Wilcox of Biloxi keeps his plate full. He starts his day early at The
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Grind, a popular coffee house he owns on busy Cedar Lake Road just south of I-10. Then there’s the family ad agency he and his wife Margaret operate.
And let’s not forget the endless duties contingent to raising a 14-year-old son.
“I have so many things bouncing up in the air with two businesses and a teenage son that occupy a lot of my time,” he acknowledged. “So I go to
the range to clear my mind.” And a few rounds.
The range is the Coast Rifle and
Pistol Club on Highway 57 a few miles north of the interstate. There, Wilcox shoots away his anxieties with a rifle, a shotgun, or a pistol. It’s all part of what he ironically calls Group Therapy Firearm Training. The irony part comes from the fact that he is the
ROB WILCOX, of Group Therapy Firearm Training, seeks therapy on the shooting range. OPPOSITE PAGE: WILCOX teaches firearm safety and training.
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90 SOUTH MISSISSIPPI Living • July 2015
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