With much gratitude to Caleb Morse, who opened Rustic Reneagade, a gun shop in Lafayette, Louisiana after leaving the military. A veteran asked him to store his firearms at his shop in 2019 and Morse said he’s stored about 100 guns since then. He went to the state capitol with his wife to testify about safe storage. For saving the lives of our veterans.
When Caleb Morse got a call from his Army buddy he served with in Iraq announcing he was in Louisiana, he had a feeling something was wrong.
He couldn’t understand why his buddy, who lived in Colorado Springs, had suddenly shown up in the South. Morse says he told him, “Man, like, I love having you here. And my wife and kids love seeing you and everything else. And you’re great to be around, but you would never move to Louisiana.”
A few days later his friend showed up at Rustic Renegade, a gun shop and shooting range that Morse, 39, had opened in Lafayette, Louisiana, about a year earlier in 2018 after leaving the military where he served in the combat unit 2nd Infantry Division Special Troops Battalion. His friend arrived with his car and his dog. He opened the trunk and started to unload his car, Morse recalled. He started to bring all these guns inside the shop, Morse said, “And I’m like, brother, what are you doing?”
By Cara Tabachnick
