Bryan Hale has a lot in common with 9-year-old Ralphie in the classic holiday movie “A Christmas Story.” They both had expansive imaginations, and both got their first guns as boys on Christmas.
Their first guns were even the same — a Red Ryder BB gun.
“I remember that I was 12 back in Oklahoma and man, I really wanted one,” said Hale, who now lives in Cheyenne. “I remember getting that and being really (excited). I think I shot at targets with it, maybe some birds and squirrels.”…