"Jim Arness [who played Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke]...always stayed in touch with me over the decades.  He was my inspiration to become a cop and competitive shooter and he visited me in the hospital when I was an abused kid, basically living in NY Hospital in room 610 from the age of 8-14 years old, without one full month of being able to stay home. Then at age 14, I started getting better and made myself into a boxer....But Jim Arness visited me when they thought I would pass away."
 
 

Lipton and son Brett take first and second place in sharpshooting contest

Letter of recommendation from Police Academy showing that Lipton is a "Master Shot"
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