Burlington, VT -- Police no longer welcome at private range

[Heavyopp 167]

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130116/NEWS02/301160028

 

 

In a nutshell -- Local town council drafting ordinance against assault rifles -- Local, privately owned range, said find somewhere else to train...

 

Gotta love a free state

[hd2000fxdl 422]

I would have not expected this from VT

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[DargZ 5]

It's unfortunate that it had to come to that though.

 

Interesting that the article mentioned that "The meeting was marked by a high turnout by the public, virtually all of whom were opposed to such a ban". Either the anti-2A folks missed the memo or the there really are not enough anti-2A folks there.

[Heavyopp 167]

I do agree that it's unfortunate for the local PD but we've all been there -- Feeling helpless when a governing body makes decisions "on our behalf"

 

They saw a way to make a statement to the council -- maybe they got the point

[fumanchu182 23]

They'll just appropriate tax dollars to build a facility.

[302w 83]

It's nice that the range could give the finger to the town, but it's unfortunate that the local LEOs are the 'victims'. They really didn't do anything.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

Ya know they should mention that the police have no duty to protect them if something should happen to them, they aren't close enough they had to drive from a range far far away to practice. Whoops

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[Blake 50]

If there was a :golf clap: icon I would use it right now. At least these people are standing up to the council - a council that (from how the article read) is clearly going against what the people want.

[Tosser 61]

I like it. Let the private businesses stand up against bull shit.

 

 

I hope all manufacturers do what Barrett did to Ca after there 50 ban, but in NY.

 

 

[ruger9 0]

It's nice that the range could give the finger to the town, but it's unfortunate that the local LEOs are the 'victims'. They really didn't do anything.

 

No they didn't. BUT they should be subject to the same laws as the rest of us- AS SHOULD CONGRESS- they are not "above" us. They WORK FOR US.

[RS1200XL 4]

I would have not expected this from VT

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

VT is pretty left leaning. If this came out of NH I would agree with you.

[hd2000fxdl 422]

 

VT is pretty left leaning. If this came out of NH I would agree with you.

 

Oh I know how they vote in election, but their stance on any gun control IIFC remember correctly when someone proposed a national CCW license they didn't want to have anything to do with it being they don't require one to CCW or something to that effect.

 

 

Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[Knuckle Sandwich 5]

It's nice that the range could give the finger to the town, but it's unfortunate that the local LEOs are the 'victims'. They really didn't do anything.

 

Why is it unfortunate? The local LEOs are going to enforce the ban, aren't they? Unless the LEA came out against such a ban, or stated they wouldn't enforce it, that is exactly the response the range should have.

[Krdshrk 3,877]

Strange though - the Lamoille County gun range is quite a hike from Burlington - over an hour. There are other gun ranges closer to burlington. There's one 5 minutes away from my Parents' place in St Albans (45 mins from Burlington).

[Wojo 98]

I posted a solidarity movement by non-municipal and privately owned ranges to limit PD use to once a week. Soft pressure...increased travel to other ranges, overtime, hotels, more scheduling issues, less training dollars available, etc. Mayors, business managers, chiefs will start getting insane.

 

If there isn't training, people don't make the grade in requals opens them up to HUGE lawsuits from defense attorneys. The first thing they want to see are training records and qualification results. Of course many are fudged, but enough will get thru.

 

Think pressure like a tree root. Slow steady over time...

[Knuckle Sandwich 5]

Strange though - the Lamoille County gun range is quite a hike from Burlington - over an hour. There are other gun ranges closer to burlington. There's one 5 minutes away from my Parents' place in St Albans (45 mins from Burlington).

 

I'm not from there, and have only been there once, so this is just a guess; But maybe there are restrictions on the firearms (rifles) that are able to be used at ranges inside the city limits due to backstop concerns?

[Krdshrk 3,877]

There are no ranges (that I know of) inside Burlington's city limits.

 

Because there's so much open space, there aren't really any more indoor gun ranges in Vermont. I remember there was one when I was a kid (man almost 20 years ago) that my dad went to sometimes, but that closed down a long time ago. Not sure what it's backstop was but it had a very nice backstop system that had water catch system.

[Handyman 5,682]

There is nothing to stop the police chief from telling the town council to knock it off.

[EchoMirage 137]

Oh I know how they vote in election, but their stance on any gun control IIFC remember correctly when someone proposed a national CCW license they didn't want to have anything to do with it being they don't require one to CCW or something to that effect.

 

vt has constitutional carry, and believe in it so much, they specifically do NOT issue any CCW permits at all. what they will give, is a letter from your local cop chief stating youre not a prohibited person and can legally carry, if you want to get another states CCW