A judge on Thursday ordered the owner of a controversial firearms training center in Vermont arrested until he proves that parts of the 30-acre facility have been removed or demolished.
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.
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.
That’s NIMBYs for you. A ton of racetracks are being closed down because people started moving into new builds around them and then complaining.
Which is just stupid on all parts. The tracks were there first, and without them it just pushes people to do stupid shit in the streets.