"Pack your s*%t and go home"

[mightymouse]

Just kidding on the gay thing if the didn't convey that.

Anyhow, in all honesty, any noise you tune out over time. When I lived in Brighton, I was a mere three blocks from 2 railroad crossings (and less than 1/2 mile form 2 more). There were at least 10 times a day when then the trains would blow their horns 4x for each crossing and after 2 months, I seriously never heard them unless I stopped and concentrated on them.

I could also constantly heard gunfire from the ACSD range and down here, I can hear gun fire from the Buckley qual range here. I just smile when I hear it, of course.. I'm not gay.

[Irving]

Those people should pack up and move to south side Chicago.

[Jer]

If I had the choice I would choose golf course strictly based on what it does for home values and the fact that we sell houses every few years and are not in our 'final home' at this point. Now, if I didn't care squat about home value and they were putting in a gun range and there was strict opposition I would negotiate a lifetime free membership and VIP service in writing to help their cause as a voice in the community.

[LeJerk]

I would NOT want to live that close to a range. I like my quiet neighborhood, thank you.

[Irving]

These people probably DID complain about it, and voice their dissent. Just because you complain, doesn't mean you get your way. Everyone on here should be very aware of that.

[jerrymrc]

I would NOT want to live that close to a range. I like my quiet neighborhood, thank you.

But then you live in the Peoples Republic of Boulder. 22 square miles surrounded by sanity. Used to be a nice place 20+ years ago.

I'm less than a quarter mile from a range, believe it or not. But I can't shoot at it

Law enforcement only range :/ 25 yards (or is it 50?), but they do rifle qualifications there and practice with NFA class along with handgun of course.

I am in the same boat. The range at PPCC is about 1/4 mile away. I also am next to Ft Carson so I get lulled to sleep by night fire.

[LeJerk]

Depending on the angle and the distance from their house, it would be funny to take shots at people's targets on the range

[TFOGGER]

I wonder if the plan for the shooting range had already been approved when they bought or built their house. If so, they have nothing to bitch about, as a little research would have revealed the plan. If they were already living there during the approval process (a lot like a car or bike racetrack, I assume), then they have nothing to complain about in that case anyway, as they would have had time to participate in the process and voice their concerns. Bottom line, this wasn't a secret, and didn't just happen over night. I happen to live near the police range in Aurora, and yeah, sometimes it's a little strange, especially right around their cutoff time (10pm), when everyone decides it's easier to dump their magazines downrange rather than unloading them.

[Aloha_Shooter]

No, I don't think we're confusing it at all. You DO tend to tune out things you hear repetitively. Beyond that, safety regulations probably require a buffer zone so they don't actually open up to the range in their backyard.

As I alluded to in my previous post, the tone I'm getting from the article is that they did NOT complain and voice their dissent in the range approval process. Las Vegas was one of three areas in the country most affected by real estate overevaluation and the resulting collapse. I find it far more likely they bought high and are caught in a situation where no one is buying anything in Las Vegas and are blaming the range instead of their own poor judgment.

[SA Friday]

I've lived on AF bases off and on for the last 20 years. Nothing is louder than an afterburner take off of an SR-71, nothing. I slept right through them. Before that station, I was at a F-16 base that had over 70 F-16's. Day and night afterburner take offs almost every day of the year.

I don't even hear them anymore, and before it's said, yes I passed my retirement hearing test.

I would LOVE to live that close to a nice range. That's just way too cool. I could put the saved gas money into ammo. I suspect the bitching party might just be democrats, er I mean non-gun embracing citizens. F'em.

Bitch less, shoot more.