Poisonous Pastime - The Health Risks of Shooting Ranges.

VPC ^ | May 2001 Violence Policy Center and Environmental Working Group study Poisonous Pastime. | VPC Editorial Study

[vannrox]

I thought that the Anti-Gunners have given up...!?!

[vannrox]

Just the beginning.

[RikaStrom]

Oh good grief!

[Mr. Mojo]

I thought that the Anti-Gunners have given up...!?!

Nope, just a change of strategy.

[RikaStrom]

Oh good grief!

[BnBlFlag]

Where is the barf alert?

[BIGZ]

Take away guns and you give up the old and weak to the thugs.

AARP is not going to protect me, nor are the police, only my 357.

THIS PROPERTY IS PROTECTED BY SMITH AND WESSON, ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.

38 44 45 357 HIKE.

[VadeRetro]

An indoor range near me closed because the owner couldn't afford insurance anymore. There is something of a squeeze going on. I have to drive pretty far to shoot now.

[Flyer]

The Health Risks of Shooting Ranges

I thought someone had done a story on Eaker.

help keep these bad neighbors from moving in next door

Bad neighbors? Jeez. And when has any gun range been built in a reidential neighborhood?

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[Sam Cree]

"Guns are seen by most of the general public as either weapons of crime or dangerous toys owned only by a shrinking minority of Americans."

Yeah, and the general public also seems to believe that much of socialism is an American tradition. IMO, the "general public" would have voted all our rights away a long time ago, if not for our constitution.

[unixfox]

And I'd be willing to bet they never had a single intended incident at the gun range either. The insurance companies and the gun grabbers are all banking on speculation.

[VadeRetro]

Didn't ask the guy if he'd ever had to file a claim for his business, but I believe his rates went up because of nationwide pressures in that direction.

[Noslrac]

I would like a range in my backyard..I would much rather have one in my basement.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

And when has any gun range been built in a reidential neighborhood?

Actually, one was built just last year in Rockville, MD (sniper ground zero...). Although it's in an industrial "zone" it boarders a lot of housing.

[Dallas]

I thought this was going to be an article about lead poisoning.....

[MHGinTN]

I love the smell of chordite in the afternoon, over a cold drink and the mixed in smell of cleaning solvents and oils to primp my weapons.

[11B3]

I live on a range so to speak - step out on the deck and let loose with whatever you've got 24/7/365. Gun grabbers should come and visit, they'd stay forever. (I'll have to figure out what to do with their vehicles though.)

[CurlyDave]

And when has any gun range been built in a reidential neighborhood?

There have been several instances in Northern CA of housing being built right next to an eisting range. I personally know of at least two ranges near me which had to close because people who had moved into newly-built homes near the ranges formed committees and complained.

They knew the ranges were there and moved in anyway. But, it did increase the value of their homes dramatically.

Spineless politicians just weren't willing to accept that the ranges were there first and had a right to operate.

[glc1173@aol.com]

"This report documents the problems that shooting ranges bring to those who use them, their families, their neighbors, and even to entire communities stuck with the considerable costs of cleaning up the hazards that abandoned ranges leave behind." (VPC)

How many "abandoned" ranges are there? The only two indoor ranges I know of near here (Burlington, North Carolina) are still in business. The only organized outdoor ranges near here are police or skeet/trap ranges - and still in business.

There are far, far more abandoned gas stations and dry cleaners - posing far more environmental problems to groundwater.

VPC calls itself a "national" organization - but never even releases claimed membership numbers.

Scandals of antigun politicians - with how-to guide to "outing!"

[HangFire]

I thought that the Anti-Gunners have given up...!?!

They will never give up...