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San Francisco gun club in crosshairs
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 20, 2008 | Marisa Lagos

Posted on 03/20/2008 12:16:26 PM PDT by GSWarrior

Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, the shots start ringing out at 11 a.m. from the 80-year-old Pacific Rod and Gun Club on the shores of San Francisco's Lake Merced, sending loud booms across the western half of the city.

Club members and other shooters trickle in all afternoon, unloading their shotguns and dogs, donning their hunting vests and making their way up a set of rickety stairs to the clubhouse. There, they plunk down their fees - $8 per 25-shot round for nonmembers and $4 for members - and head out to the trap and skeet fields.

But the prospect of shutting the gun club has some people steaming mad and others celebrating. In a city that voted three years ago to ban handguns entirely, many residents may be surprised that a gun club exists - and some of its critics are hoping to seize on the anti-firearm sentiment.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guncontrol; sanfrancisco; skeet
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To: Unassuaged

I used to shoot at National Capitol, nice range. I always hoped the model airplane guys that flew near there would send one closer. :)


41 posted on 03/21/2008 6:05:51 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred
Beautiful Harding Park public golf course also overlooks Lake Merced. Next they'll complain about the golfers yelling fore!

Nah! Its San Francisco. Too many holes in one. And guys playing with their putters.

42 posted on 03/23/2008 9:35:19 AM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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