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Wrap: On Tuesday the House General Laws committee heard testimony on Republican Camdenton Representative Diane Franklin's resolution.

The measure would encourage Missouri school districts to include trapshooting as one of their recognized high school sports.

Missouri Youth Sports Shooting Alliance's executive director Jan Morris says all 16 of the state's official high school sports have a higher injury rate than trapshooting.

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Description: "As a matter of fact, the only thing I can find high school sports that had a lower injury rate was the chess club."

Morris also said there are currently over 200 certified trapshooting coaches throughout the state.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Crystall Cho.

Intro:	A House committee heard testimony on a resolution Tuesday which would urge high schools to include trapshooting as an official sport.
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Wrap: The House General Laws committee heard testimony on a resolution which would urge school districts to include trapshooting as an official high school sport.

Republican Camdenton Representative Diane Franklin sponsored the measure.

Franklin is one of only five women on the Missouri State Trapshooting Team and said the sport is a positive influence on children's development by giving them leadership opportunities.

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Description: "What we're asking for is that the sport of trap shooting is recognized in our schools here in Missouri as an extracurricular activity in the same manner as football, baseball, softball, and the others."

No one testified against the resolution during the hearing.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Crystall Cho.

Intro:	A Missouri House Representative seeks to make trapshooting a recognized sport in schools statewide.
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Wrap: The House General Laws committee heard testimony on the resolution sponsored by Republican Camdenton Representative Diane Franklin.

Franklin is an avid trapshooter and is one of only five women on Missouri's state trapshooting team.

Two teenage trapshooters testified in favor of the legislation including 13-year-old Samantha Foppe (Faw-Pee) from Kansas City. She's been shooting for five years.

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Description: "The sport is not only for just one person, but it's a whole family thing. Me and my whole family go out and shoot all the time."

No one testified against the resolution during the hearing.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Crystall Cho.