hedgetank

I need this on a patch.

I mean, yes, I agree, but I'm curious as to what exactly the structures are, too. If we're talking about an average "shoot house" type range, where it's just a bunch of walls built to resemble a building, beefed up to properly stop and contain bullets, or some other similar "structure", sure, going after him over the lack of a permit for it is legal, but seems like it's being done more as a means of nickel and diming him with every technicality because new neighbors are NIMBYs than because there's a legitimate issue

So, sure, go after him for the buildings if they didn't have a permit to build, since that's a potential safety hazard you don't need when handling firearms.

However, if the neighbors of the property came in after the property was made a gun range, then I have zero sympathy for them in terms of the noise since, to me, it's no different than building a house near an industrial factor or a railroad or a highway: It was already there, the noise would've been expected, and if you chose to do it anyway, well, that's on you, not on the range/factory/railroad/highway/whatever.

I'm a gunsmith and an avid competitive shooter, and I absolutely think that mandatory training with firearms should be necessary. Right now, it's mandatory to take a hunter's safety course before you can obtain a hunting license, which includes firearms safety. In sane states, obtaining a permit to carry a firearm loaded in public (concealed, we won't get into the idiocy of open carry) requires similar training.

To me, it's no different than operating a vehicle or any other piece of equipment that has the potential to do great harm to others: You need to have training on how to use it properly and safely, the basics of the law and so on, and ultimately a level of enforced accountability in the event that you fail to follow protocols for safe handling, storage, and usage of said same.

Wait, so you're telling me that we're finally getting the kind of granular data that will help us look at/identify the root causes of gun violence and actually address the underlying disease, rather than just continually trying to band-aid the symptoms? Get outta here.