Your right to bear arms is 30 minutes away

Want to shoot your gun in state-owned land? You’re gonna have to take a drive

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — State and local officials are hosting a public meeting Tuesday to discuss alternative locations for shooting ranges near Traverse City that have drawn complaints from area residents.

The shooting area is informally known as Hoosier Valley, about 15 miles from town. It has become popular with a variety of gun enthusiasts, including those using semi-automatic firearms.

People living nearby have raised concerns about noise, safety, road congestion and litter.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has drafted interim rules on matters such as shooting hours and permissible targets while a new location is sought.

The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Traverse County Civic Center. Officials will discuss three alternative sites on state-managed land. All are in outlying townships and within a half-hour’s drive of Traverse City.

Source: http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/crime/article/Traverse-City-meeting-to-discuss-shooting-ranges-5571660.php

If the issue is noise, do they restrict nightclubs as well? Shooting can be a form of entertaining, so zoning should include the cool areas of downtown. In Las Vegas you don’t have to drive 30 minutes to fire a fully-automatic weapon in an indoor gun range.

If the issue is outdoor gun ranges, then I can understand noise ordinances, but let’s be realistic here. Most outdoor ranges were created in spaces away from people, if people move into that area, they have to accept it. As far as I’m concerned, I’d rather have them as neighbors as opposed to a slaughterhouse or a pig farm or even rail road tracks.




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