Originally posted by AKIron
They still allow guns in Kalifornia? Give it a couple more years and all yer trash will go unmolested.
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I'm a Democrat and I own guns, lots of them.
This is one area where I find myself at odds with my party. This year the gun debate has taken a back seat to the goal of reclaiming the WH and some seats in the legeslative branch.
It will surface again to be debated with the passion that is now directed at the primary goal. Those of us that disagree with this particular party stance will be heard and we hopefully will make a difference in the future.
Back to the topic of this thread...
In Santa Barbara there is an unofficial open shooting range in the Los Padres Ntl Forrest in the hills outside of town. The range has a firing line that is some 200ft long that extends 500ft downrange. The local law doesn't bother us there with the exception of when complaints of automatic fire are arise.
People bring all manner of targets to pop and the place realy gets trashed.
Seven years ago we were told that unless some form of regular cleanup is done we'd loose our privilege to shoot there.
What happened was a bit more than expected. A group of us got together and made the first and third Sundays of the month designated cleanup days. Not only did the trash get cleaned up but every two months the berms built up as a lead catchers get sifted and most of the lead removed for recycling. At the firing line the only real problem is with the cheap aluminum casings that nobody wants for reloading and of course 22cal casings. One of the shooters is a parking lot cleaning contractor and his vacuum truck takes care of that problem quite nicely.
In short, you've gotta be responsible and demonstrate your care for the environment if you don't want to have restrictions placed on your shooting privledges by others.