ONE TOUGH RIBBON
Wishing to open their new pistol range in style, officials of Brigham City decided in 1975 to invite a team of crack marksmen from the Utah Peace Force. The idea was that one of them would step forward and break the ceremonial ribbon with a single bullet. It was a complete triumph. Five hundred bullets later the ribbon remained impressively unspoiled. According to an eyewitness, it was only cut when an officer stepped forward and ‘let go with a shot gun’ at point-blank range, leaving the ribbon in smouldering shreds. Taken from Cannibals in the Cafeteria, by Stephen Pile
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