Peterborough gun club stands firm (New Hampshire)

[shadowrider]

PETERBOROUGH — A gun club official says members are doing all they can to be considerate of their neighbors.

The Monadnock Rod and Gun Club will most likely not make any changes after receiving a letter from selectmen asking it to be quieter, said Mark Carbone, chairman of the board of directors.

Neighbors recently brought their concerns to town officials about noise levels at the shooting range increasing in recent years.

Town officials said they could not make the gun club change its activities because it has not done anything illegal. But selectmen sent a letter last week requesting the club not allow outside groups to use the shooting range, groups that have used explosives and machine guns.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/peterborough-gun-club-stands-firm/article_75cade42-a395-5216-93df-d30f9eeae43c.html

[gregoire]

1. At least those gun owners...

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aren't shooting at innocent people like so many other gun owners. Of course they're still inconsiderate jerks.

HGCI is right about their demands to ban noise ranges in counties with a population of 200,000 or larger.

[mvccd1000]

3. Silly ideas come from silly sources

HGCI, that is. I live in a county with over 200,000 people - almost 20x more than 200,000 people. We have hundreds, possibly thousands, of square miles of land with no population, buildings, infrastructure, or anything else that would limit the ability of a range to function. (Of course, I generally go shooting on state land or national forest land that is also within my county, so I don't worry so much about shooting ranges.)

[shadowrider]

2. I wonder how many of those neighbors were there in 1947 when the range opened

and how many moved in after that, knowing there was a range there then complaining about the noise. Kinda like people that move into a house in the approach path of jets then complain.

[Kolesar]

4. explosives and machine guns?

Wow, you guys know how to bring progress to our country

[pipoman]

5. What on earth does this even mean?

Is there some new fangeled progressive list of acceptable entertainment? Only someone with a huge stick up their postierior wouldn't think shooting machine guns at reactive targets wouldn't be even a little fun...even some of the most ardent gun controllers..

[Kolesar]

6. Honey, I think the Michigan Militia just moved in next door! eom

[pipoman]

7. Yeah

maybe if it "just moved in"...OTOH, if it's been there since 1947, chances are the bitchers are actually the 'johnny-come-latelys'..

[friendly_iconoclast]

8. The preferred term is "blow-ins" or "transplanted Massholes"...

[pipoman]

15. ~snick~ you said 'Massholes'..and capitalized it..

[shadowrider]

9. Just like people that buy expensive homes in North Georgia then complain

about the smell from the chicken farm that's been there for 60 years.

[pipoman]

16. Yep, or build on the flood plain of the largest

river in the US, then cry about flooding..

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. you guys? is that like the poor man's version of Ann's you people?

cute.

[friendly_iconoclast]

11. Not in any way distinguishable from here...

[Kolesar]

12. Not any sentences, either ... eom

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. whatever.

I wouldn't expect any better from you guys.

[ileus]

13. Support your local business and they won't have to outsource customers.