New Shooting Range in LA area!?!

[SCOOTERVB]

was listening to KFWB news radio down here. LA and Chicago are in the running for the next summer olimpics 2016. If LA gets the bid all they would have to build to accomidate the games is a new shooting range! wonder where they would put the new range!?! and wonder if once the games are over they will turn it over for public use!!

[The Soup Nazi]

Well if they build it, and didn't turn it over to public use it would be a big of waste of tax payers money....oh, wait, nevermind...

[Can'thavenuthingood]

Can't have it in the Los Angeles city limits.
It needs to be built in Kings county as they have lots of space there.

Vick

[scrat]

i was at angeles ranges a few weeks ago and some of the guys were talking about a new range being built a few miles from there. so hahahhaha

[Kruzr]

Or, they could use Prado again since it was built for the Olympics the last time.

[ocabj]

Or, they could use Prado again since it was built for the Olympics the last time.

Exactly. Prado was specifically built for the 1984 Olympics.

From the Olympic.org website:

LIST OF EVENTS *
• 10m air pistol (60 shots) Men
• 10m air rifle (60 shots) Men
• 25m rapid fire pistol (60 shot Men
• 50m pistol (60 shots) Men
• 50m rifle 3 positions (3x40 sh Men
• 50m rifle prone (60 shots) Men
• double trap (150 targets) Men
• skeet (125 targets) Men
• trap (125 targets) Men
• 10m air pistol (40 shots) Women
• 10m air rifle (40 shots) Women
• 25m pistol (30+30 shots) Women
• 50m rifle 3 positions (3x20 shots) Women
• skeet (75 targets) Women
• trap (75 targets) Women

* On the programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008

The Olympic shooting events are far different than, for instance, the National Matches at Camp Perry. No 600 or 1000 yard lines necessary for the Olympics.

[SnWnMe]

You are a lowly serf from the unwashed class of society, you cannot use the facilities of those whose stature as athletes exempts them from CA handgun drop test laws.

[VeryCoolCat]

They cant use California.... an olympic shooter decided to move out of california because her olympic custom gun was declared an aw.

[rorschach]

They cant use California.... an olympic shooter decided to move out of california because her olympic custom gun was declared an aw.

Do a little fact finding first...Olympic pistols have AW exempt status now.

http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/regs/chapter38.pdf?PHPSESSID=0f2787c2f552ec601d9ff2f2048bb6ac

[Socal858]

You are a lowly serf from the unwashed class of society, you cannot use the facilities of those whose stature as athletes exempts them from CA handgun drop test laws.

but what if i wash myself? and went to the gym a little?

[CALI-gula]

Well, a range catering to most Olympic shooting events would neither need to be very large or very felxible in duty.

Which is why I say we need to petition adding .50BMG long range target competition to Olympic Shooting events as soon as possible, and then the next step would be to get certain .50BMG rifles that are made for Olympic competition to be exempted from being banned under AB50, as are the Olympic pistols from being AWs!!

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[Technical Ted]

The US Olympic Committee just announced Chicago as the candidate city that they'll offer up to the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Olympics.