Hurry, hide the dog!
Posted on 01/31/2013 4:02:47 AM PST by Glennb51
By Molly Line Fox News
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The battle over the right to bear arms is flaring in Vermont, where a local gun range has moved to prohibit the Burlington Police Department from training at its facilities after the City Council voted to advance a measure banning semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines.
The leadership of the Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club explained that it's "difficult" for the club to support the city — even its officers — given the actions of the council.
In response, the Burlington Police Department released a statement saying: "It is unfortunate that this important and much-needed community dialogue regarding gun control currently under way in the City of Burlington and across the nation has resulted in this action."
(Excerpt) Read more at policeone.com ...
“...after the City Council voted to advance a measure banning semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines. “
Did I miss the discussion?—or was it the typical shut up and sit down “discussion” that the left loves so much?
I guess that’s what all that dope smoke does to people up there. This country is going straight to blazes and it’s all our faults because we’re allowing this B.S. to happen!
Hurry, hide the dog!
Although I sympathize with the gun range people, they need to tread lightly on banning a “government” entity from using the facility. Their permits are issued by the governments and getting into a pissing match with the ones who control you “use” destiny is not a good idea. The range could be shut down by creating an ordinance agains’t such activities. Nobody would win then.
Here’s the thing. I’m guessing that most of the gun ranges within a hundred miles will take the same action. The local police force will have an odd situation. You need to stay current and qualified at shooting...but no range within a three-hour drive. If the city wanted to build their own range....it’d likely cost over $100k to do it, and at least $10k a year in various costs.
Now it's semi-auto RIFLES? ALL of them?
This smells just like the way the crammed health care into law. Ignore the people, and just force it through
AND I DO NOT BELIEVE OBAMA WON- I THINK IT WAS TOTAL VOTE FRAUD
We are not winning now.Sometime somewhere you gotta make a stand.They have chosen now.Good for them.
This is a month old story. IIRC, the police do have their own range, so this action doesn’t preclude them from qualifying near home.
On the other hand, if absolutely everyone simply rolled over at every new encroachment of liberty by said governments, they will simply keep going. Ronnie Barrett told CA he won’t be sending them (i.e. government agencies) any more .50 cal rifles, because they banned them. It’s high time more companies and groups started taking stands like this. “And how we burned in the camps later, thinking ... “ These guys are in some sense more heroic than Barrett was, because Barrett wasn’t located inside CA’s jurisdiction, while these guys are located in the jurisdiction of those he’s telling to go pound sand.
January 15, 2013Burlington City Council
Burlington City Hall
149 Church Street
Burlington, VT 05401Dear City Council Members:
RE: City Firearms Ban Agenda:
In light of the Burlington City Councilas vote to pursue firearms ban regulations, the Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club Executive Board feels we need to address the impact to our members and other firearms owners in the State of Vermont.
LVFGC has worked hard to provide one of the safest and socially active shooting facilities in this state. Our range is viewed by many law- enforcement agencies, including Burlington Police Department, as one of the very few locations capable of facilitating the annual training and qualifying required by police staff. LVFGC was built and developed over the years by our members donating thousands of volunteer hours and other resources to serve the needs of our members and the community at-large into a safe, respectful place to learn and practice shooting sports.
We view the firearms ban vote as a direct threat to the foundation of the Constitutional freedoms that allowed LVFGC to become an important and necessary facility for Vermont. Lamoille Valley Fish & Game Clubas Executive Board can no longer support the City of Burlington with such a prejudice against our club and its members, and has voted to suspend the Cityas use of our range for its law enforcement. This action is effective immediately.
We hope that the council reconsiders its actions and redirects its efforts towards perpetrators of violent crimes and security issues.
Sincerely,
Robert Boivin II
Chairman of the Board
Lamoille Valley Fish and Game Club, Inc.
BS on that. Real Patriots stand their ground and don’t hide for fear of their rights being further infringed..
TC
They need to draw the line somewhere.
And they have. Let them not forget the government works for them, not the other way around.
The police have trained at the club for free for the past two years. ...Burlington police barred from local club shooting range - Lisa McCormack : Stowe Today : Stowe Reporter : Thursday, January 24, 2013Other law enforcement agencies will continue to train at the Fish and Game Club's firing ranges, including the Morristown Police Department, the Lamoille County Sheriff's Department, and the Vermont State Police.
The 3 comments following the Stowe Reporter story are all supportive of the gun club's action. They are worth reading.
I challenge you to to the link and read the comments
You are not alone.
Finally, someone taking action. It’s about time. Rise up...
By outlawing all semi-auto rifles and all large capacity magazines, the city is essentially shutting down the range anyway.
May as well fight the bastards.
The range will go under as it is. Good for the owner. F the govt.
That’s a weird thing about Vermont... it’s a hard-core leftist state in every other sense, but when it comes to 2nd Amendment rights, they stand their ground pretty well.
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