Opposition is at an all time high. I live in Central Virginia... have for 44 years. I’m in a rural area where it’s legal to target practice on your own property (and I have plenty of property). I’ve been enjoying shooting for years and years and years in this same place. A couple of weekends ago, I managed to get my hands on a few boxes of Ruger 9mm (scarce stuff on the shelves around here) and decided to put a few rounds down range. I went through about 40 rounds and then went inside to start fixing dinner. About a half hour later, a Sheriff’s Deputy was riding around looking for who had been shooting. Evidently, a neighbor on another road over called and complained that bullets were whizzing over their head. I took the officer to my shooting area which has a huge dirt berm backstop and explained that I had fired about 40 rounds 30 minutes earlier. It wasn’t even in the direction of the complainers house. The officer made sure I was aware if my liability in the event that a stray round went somewhere it shouldn’t and left. It just boggles my mind that a little 9mm would alarm someone. I’m really glad of one thing though.. I have guns, know how to use them, and they don’t.
In Connecticut, the state dropped plans to expand a shooting facility on state land. The facility was to be for police use/practice. [Heavens knows, they need it]
Residents were screaming that *their quality of life* would go down. The state abandoned the plans. It was all about property values, IMO.
http://www.wfsb.com/story/22248257/state-drops-proposed-gun-range-in-glastonbury
All this, in the wake of Sandy Hook.
This is only going to intensify here in VA if that scumbag McAuliffe is elected. BTW, he is ahead by 5% in the three latest polls.