From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Got to strongly disagree with you Alex, if he took notice of his
>neighbours he wouldn't have that Gold medal. This is an urbanised
>country, the fact that the rest of the village are blaming it on
>"townies" indicates that it is not a universal view among the
>villagers. Where are we supposed to put ranges? There is nowhere
>else. People always moan about the noise, there's not that much
>that can be done about it.
>
>Steve.
Steve,
The same issue resides in here in the US as well.
There are several places in the last 20 years that
I know of, which have been put out of business because of
noise by certain elements of the area population.
Case in point: there was an open range for both
pistol and shot/skeet, nearby where I live -- about a mile
and a half as the crow flies. It happens to be on county
airport property. It also happens to be next to an 'up-scale'
subdivision, that complains every chance it gets about the
noise that the airplanes make - big and small. The airport
has been at that location since WWII.
Now you tell me: if who was there first was already
engaged in their activity, and does it only in the normal
working hours of the day, then who the heck is a newcomer
to complain when they should have assessed themselves of
where they were moving?
To be fair with Alex, there should be some
consideration as to what the conditions are, and a constant
din would be a difficult thing to abide. A well designed pistol
range can reduce the noise considerably. With shot/skeet
I'm not so sure.
But all in all, by the description of the operating
hours -- mighty darned minimal if you ask me -- then the
complaints are a bit on the whiner side of things: sounds
like complainers want their way the whole way.
What's next -- are the cattle farmers to move
off-shore so as not to offend the finer, more sophisticated
proboscises? They tried that here too, the farmers won.
They tried it with the growers because of the dust
that was kicked up during tilling. The farmers won.
And always, it is the city transplants doing the
moaning, complaining, suing, and pouting.
My suggestion: Make it an ordinance that before
you can change the character of a place, you must have
lived there as a resident for not less than 10 months
every year, for at least 20 full years.
ET
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