Good News regarding shooting ranges!

[Bailey Guns]

Sen Udall (D-CO) and Sen Risch (R-ID) have introduced legislation to promote shooting range development using public funds.

http://www.ammoland.com/2009/10/12/bill-promoting-target-shooting-ranges-s-1702/

Wow...who'da thunk that Udall would introduce such a bill?

[Batteriesnare]

This is cool! A couple things though:

I could see the tax on firearms related items raised, possibly significantly to "fund the project."

Also, I can see a lot of the anti gunners (who probably won't want a range anywhere near their house) fighting this off, and using the recent Rampart shooting as a reason not kill the whole initiative.

Would be nice to see some new ranges open up though, as long as they don't get trashed.

[Irving]

Why is it good that tax money is going to unnecessary things?

[Irving]

Supposedly it is to divert funds from the current firearm taxes, that currently go to wildlife/wilderness type things. I suppose it's good that they aren't acquiring/spending MORE money, but I don't see how Udall made the decision to divert funds from cute fuzzy animals to shooting ranges without first having undergone a lobotomy. Seems fishy to me.

[vim]

This news puts a smile on my face, imagining some of the rabidly antigun "leaders" around here.

What remains to be seen is whether this will be a justification to push out established ranges such as the Boulder Rifle Club, for example, who have to deal with a group of hostile rabidly antigun county commissioners.

The flip side is that new ranges could also take pressure off clubs like the BRC (with their crazy long waiting lists for membership).

Or this could fund/start another range 1+ hours away.

Interesting news in any event. If this gets coverage in the Camera, the comments section should be lively.