Forget letting a crisis go to waste, here there isn’t even a crisis, nobody has been shot, nobody has been hurt, but that’s not going to stop them from waging war against backyard gun ranges.
South Florida lawmakers are taking aim at a state law that allows residents to have backyard shooting ranges.
Florida, a state with some of the least restrictive gun regulations in the country, passed the law in 2011 and attempted to keep local lawmakers from making changes by including the possibility of a $5,000 fine and being removed from office should anybody try.
However, Sunrise and other cities are concerned about the law not having clearly defined rules on safety.
Last week, the 4-member Sunrise City Commission passed a resolution urging the state to address statutes that allow “unrestricted and unregulated” ranges and the firing of a weapon in urban, residential neighborhoods.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/17/florida-lawmakers-take-aim-at-backyard-gun-ranges/
It’s a myth that “regulated” means better. The Internet isn’t regulated and look how well it works, instead of a government agency fixing the bugs, we have geeks that do it for free. What regulates a backyard gun range? How about the owner of the property not wanting to go to jail for shooting his neighbor accidentally? Only Statists think they need big government to save them.
The South Florida cities of Boynton Beach, Southwest Ranches and Hallandale Beach are considering similar measures, as reported by the Orlando Sentinel.
The law makes clear that backyard gun ranges are permissible as long as the gunfire is not negligent or reckless.
However, it doesn’t state the type of backstops that are required and which kinds of guns or ammunition are allowed. Nor does the law state hours of operation and how far they must be from such places as schools or playgrounds, says Sunrise Mayor Michael Ryan.
And it doesn’t have to, different backstops are perfectly fine, as for the hours, noise ordinances still prevail. It’s not like John Gun is gonna fire his AK at 3am in the morning.
Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper told the newspaper she’s willing to risk the fine and pay her own legal expenses, as stated in the law.
“It’s gotten to the point of absurdity that things like this are taking place and we are handcuffed from regulating it,” she said. “It’s absurdity at the worst level.”
Ryan sent a letter a few weeks ago to Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, asking for guidance, and was reportedly told to wait on taking action because the issue is the subject of pending litigation and awaits an opinion from the state’s Attorney General’s Office.
Ryan could not be reached Monday for comment.
And it remains unclear whether such ranges even exist.
State Rep. Katie Edwards, a Democrat, told the paper she is asking law enforcement officials if they even know of any ranges.
And the Boynton Beach mayor told the newspaper: This is the first I’m hearing of it.”
What is absurd is that these Democrats are making a mountain our of a molehill. These people are such attention whores, I doubt there’s even a backyard gun range in Hallandale, owning property there is very expensive and the people that live there are usually liberal snowbirds from New York and Canada, not the kind of folks that go to gun ranges or own guns for that matter.
If you want to see the story that began the war, look at the video below:
WEB VOTE
Should state law continue to allow homeowners to set up a gun range on their property?
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No 262
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Total Votes: 870