Another gun range under attack

[Angrysnarf]

I'd be OK with the noise..... I'd be with them shooting haha but not OK with rounds going to my property

[californiagal]

and the pansy pig squeal. Gawd, made me cringe.

[Mickey D]

Common sense and knowing the rules of shooting need to be employed.

Where in the hell is the backstop for that range?

[RumT]

How is this range allowing shooters to not use a backstop? Mismanagement like this is a huge liability to the sport/cause/subject of firearms.

And yea, the guy filming is showing his unfamiliarity by being within that downrange cone.

[Taurus94538]

It only takes one idiot to ruin everyone's day. That idiot in the video did not know what's behind his target. ��. Come on folks, know your safe gun handling rules!

[Wicked Pete]

We (shooting enthusiasts) are an endangered species.

We are outnumbered by Libtards that signify; you are the worst thing in the world, with your guns.

Say farewell.

[ontmark]

Sorry shooter in video is a idiot . He's shooting on top of a berm or hill not knowing what or who is behind his target. Not that he is shooting far he could have easily turned his shot the other direction into the hill behind him . The guy taking the video is a distance away and the bullets are going past him . If the land is flat past where the video taker is standing who knows where these rounds are going . Sorry shoot 100% in the wrong . Ranges fault unknown if this is where they set up a target then it is their fault .

Agreed

Be Sure Of Your Target And What's Beyond It


You should keep in mind how far a bullet will travel if it misses your intended target or ricochets in another direction

[hermosabeach]

Hazards

I'm a member of the Twin Sisters Gun Club - it's a private shooting range and IMHO, it is one of the best places to shoot in the state. However, some idiots engaged in some questionable safety practices and that was the excuse for neighbors to start whining about the "dangers" of having a gun range as a neighbor. Never mind that the gun club has been here since 1947 and these people should have known about it before they moved here. The media couldn't wait to print a story of gun nuts shooting their "automatic" weapons.
The article has a photo of the main complainant standing heroically in his yard.
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fa...zzle-gun-club/

What I think I saw in the video is an unsafe situation.
How is someone downrange and can film towards the muzzle...


Was the member shooting in a prohibited area or are you missing some 14' berms?

[Sir Toast]

Did you watch the video posted? I'd be a little pissed too IF people were shooting over my property line. The owner needs to set up a proper safe range, it maybe a little late now.

No kidding. I don't care if the gun range was there for 150 years. The owner needs to run a safe outfit with a proper backstop.

Maybe if the range wasn't sending lead all over the neighbor's property, the neighbor would feel safe about having a range next door. There is no excuse for that. None.

[Rainbow Warrior]

SO they buy property next to a gun range and then bish and moan about it ??? Thats some logic

Same folks that move next to an airport then complain about the noise, makes no sense.

[Rosebud22]

SO they buy property next to a gun range and then bish and moan about it ??? Thats some logic

This was the same driver that started eventually shutting down Chabot. All thought the final excuse was lead. I hear (no pun) that Los Altos gun range is getting complaints for noise also. Gee, I buy a house near a gun range only to find out there is gun fire noise. Go figure?

[SC1]

Same thing happened to azusa gun range in SoCal. They built hundreds of houses nearby and then their permit didn't get renewed.

[drew3630]

How is this range allowing shooters to not use a backstop? Mismanagement like this is a huge liability to the sport/cause/subject of firearms.

And yea, the guy filming is showing his unfamiliarity by being within that downrange cone.

The range has proper backstops for each of the ranges. If you're shooting in the direction you're supposed to be shooting, you will not be shooting rounds across someone's else property.
My understanding is that some people went outside the proper range boundaries and that's why they ended up shooting into the neighbor's property.
I think the anti-gun people are looking for any excuse to shut down a range.

[BigPimping]

I'm a member of the Twin Sisters Gun Club - it's a private shooting range and IMHO, it is one of the best places to shoot in the state. However, some idiots engaged in some questionable safety practices and that was the excuse for neighbors to start whining about the "dangers" of having a gun range as a neighbor. Never mind that the gun club has been here since 1947 and these people should have known about it before they moved here. The media couldn't wait to print a story of gun nuts shooting their "automatic" weapons.
The article has a photo of the main complainant standing heroically in his yard.
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fa...zzle-gun-club/

Shhhhhhh. Don't ruin it.

[Mitch]

My understanding is that some people went outside the proper range boundaries and that's why they ended up shooting into the neighbor's property.
I think the anti-gun people are looking for any excuse to shut down a range.

Between the dumbasses who insist in shooting in unsafe directions, and all the knuckleheads who leave their trash all over public lands, the anti-gun people don't have to look far for excuses.