"... From my cold, dead fingers!"
Why am I not surprised that California produced both Senator Barbara Boxer and this latest piece of absolute stupidity.
And the money shot?
Whose fault is this? The people who moved into the area in the first place. The gun club has been there for sixty years. This, gentle reader, is akin to someone moving into a house down the street from an airport and trying to get the place shut down because the sound of jets taking off disturbs either their A) sleep or B) Canasta games. When you move into a canyon area that contains a shooting range, part of the downfall is that you'll have gunshot sounds. (Not that I believe for a minute that this really has to do with noise, or lead in the drinking water, or stray rounds).
The next thing on the agenda for these valiant, patriotic do-gooders? Whining at the city to move the train tracks down the road, on account of the noise.
AZUSA, Calif. — For the past 60 years, gun enthusiasts have been firing rounds at the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club, the largest shooting range in Southern California.
But now the club is in the crosshairs, since residents of the city of Azusa say it no longer fits in with the area’s increasingly suburban way of life.
Some are lobbying the City Council to adopt a new general zoning plan that would force out the gun club when its lease expires next year.
And the money shot?
But people who live nearby say they’ve put up with relentless gunfire echoing throughout the canyon, hour after hour. The firing gets so loud, they say, that they have to stay inside all day to get any peace and quiet.
Beyond the noise, there are concerns that lead from the bullets might be tainting the drinking water – and then there’s the overall worry of bullets going astray. Gun club officials say there’s never been a single incident of any kind in the six decades it’s been in the area.
Whose fault is this? The people who moved into the area in the first place. The gun club has been there for sixty years. This, gentle reader, is akin to someone moving into a house down the street from an airport and trying to get the place shut down because the sound of jets taking off disturbs either their A) sleep or B) Canasta games. When you move into a canyon area that contains a shooting range, part of the downfall is that you'll have gunshot sounds. (Not that I believe for a minute that this really has to do with noise, or lead in the drinking water, or stray rounds).
The next thing on the agenda for these valiant, patriotic do-gooders? Whining at the city to move the train tracks down the road, on account of the noise.
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