Reply #28: I really hate to see anything taken away from law abiding folks.

[Torque67]

But, it is a lease. Leases have to be renewed. And if the lessor of the land can do better by selling the land to build houses on, then it's really up to them to determine the future use. Hopefully there will be a new range opened in a not too terribly inconvenient location. And hopefully, the new range will be owned by the shooting club, and the club will take efforts to purchase adjoining parcels as neccessary.

Folks who buy houses by shooting ranges, drag strips, and airports and then complain about the noise are just plain stupid. We have to agree on that. Unless the source of their annoyance has really stepped up their noise making activities, it's just part of the deal. I work with a guy that bought a huge, gorgeous house in a golf community, but he had to sign a paper stating that he had been infomed there was a rendering plant a few miles away, and that during some times of the year, there would be foul odors in the area. Or fowl odors, as it turned out. :)