Jacob Mullins, a senior associate at venture-capital firm Shasta Ventures, shot rifles as a Boy Scout and picked it up again some four years ago.

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Within two weeks, he had been elevated to the senior squad for Australia, completing a memorable journey for a boy, whose parents hoped he would become an Islamic scholar.

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