[Modernman]

Don't kid yourself. Many a gun range has been closed by noise complaints.

And you favor such closures?

It's a concept called 'nuisance,' which is a legal tort going back in common law to, oh, Norman times.

Without things like nuisance torts, anyone could do anything they want on their property, no matter how destructive it is to their neighbors' rights to enjoy their property. Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins. Property lines are no different.

Do you favor living in a society where your neighbor can play his stereo at top volume 24 hours a day? Not even the most radical libertarian would think that's a good idea.

[palmer]

It's a concept called 'nuisance,' which is a legal tort going back in common law to, oh, Norman times.

Nuisance is local concept and local enforcement works for me. What the statists on this thread want is a Federal bureaucrat to define "nuisance" as a portion of a service that signed up for but don't like. Their phone service includes calls from anyone. There's no restrictions in their contract because they didn't pay for any restrictions. Then they decide they don't like that deal so they ask the politicians for a new deal. The politicians are only too happy to oblige and empower bureacrats to make determinations about what a nuisance is, which speech is protected, which is commercial, etc.