- Oct 31, 2005
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So the gun club I shoot at a couple times of year (not really a regular, but I enjoy going about 5-10 times a year) has been there for well over a hundred years. It's way up on a hill and has been operated by it's members for years and years. There are skeet and trap ranges, pistol ranges, and rifle ranges.
Well, usually I trap shoot, but I've always loved skeet shooting (both use shotguns, BTW), so I really got mad when I found out we couldn't shoot skeet there anymore. Apparently, some guy had built a house up on a hill near the gun club (lots of new houses around there) and complained that he was finding shot (the stuff that shotguns spray) in his back yard from the skeet shooters. Next thing you know, we aren't allowed to shoot skeet anymore.
Why does the guy with the 3 year old house get his way? Isn't it his fault for building his house there?
Update: You guys are probably mostly right...I just think it's odd that it's just never an issue until somebody built a house there. If the gun club was doing something wrong by not covering enough land...why didn't the county bring attention to the club members?
Well, usually I trap shoot, but I've always loved skeet shooting (both use shotguns, BTW), so I really got mad when I found out we couldn't shoot skeet there anymore. Apparently, some guy had built a house up on a hill near the gun club (lots of new houses around there) and complained that he was finding shot (the stuff that shotguns spray) in his back yard from the skeet shooters. Next thing you know, we aren't allowed to shoot skeet anymore.
Why does the guy with the 3 year old house get his way? Isn't it his fault for building his house there?
Update: You guys are probably mostly right...I just think it's odd that it's just never an issue until somebody built a house there. If the gun club was doing something wrong by not covering enough land...why didn't the county bring attention to the club members?