From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>As the townies are in the majority and growing, nothing will be achieved
>by puffing our chests and claiming rights to continue with a tradition.
>No one has the right to disturb others and we must accept some gradual
>erosion of the freedom of choice due to the spread of population.
>Claiming that "we were there first" affords no protection in law.
>
>I think that the only way to save shooting in the villages is to make an
>effort to integrate these newcomers with the locals as soon as they
>arrive. Turn them into adopted countrymen if you can. Invite them to
>your house for "drinks before lunch" and try to promote community
>spirit.
> --snip--
>Our biggest problem is that our sport needs space which is at a premium
>and diminishing.
>
>Alex
Steve, & Alex,
Alex, there has been way too much force used by
transplants (pick a country -- any country) to change what they
happen not to like, merely because they can get away with it.
If all you ever need to effect a change is a simple
majority, then nobody is safe. And, if the courts can be made
to bend to that simple majority, then the communists have
won.
Call them what you will, but in your statement above,
you are emphatically stating that nobody's way of life is safe
from the will of a simple majority.
That isn't what your laws state, nor what those
historical documents that predate and give your current
laws validity.
Allowing this matter to come down on the side of the
complainers is setting one heck of a precedent. All you need do
is extrapolate their win to just anything: if it offends, it ends.
I don't need to tell you this, but the antis are setting
the stage for a protracted war, and the winners aren't going to
have much to look forward to when it is over. Better to nip this
kind of crap in the bud before it really gets out of hand.
If in the appeals of the decision, it is brought forth
that the complainers just jumped in without looking, then it is
they who should be made to either put up, or move.
If you don't like the character of a neighborhood after
you have been there a while, its not up to everyone else to
change so as to meet your whims; you either adapt, or pickup
and leave.
To expect otherwise and employ the power of government
to wipe your behind and wipe-out the neighbors that offend you,
is beyond the pale of reason. It should be remembered here, that
all law is a twin edged sword that cuts just as finely in what ever
direction it happens to swing.
ET
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The main problem is not the availability of ranges, (although it
is a problem in some areas), the main problems are the hostile
legal environment and the small number of shooters!
Steve.
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