aerod1
Member
The Garland City Councilman of district #1, in Garland, TX has ask the council to review the appropriate use of the property now owned and operated by Garland Public Shooting Range. He thinks the land use may be "too intense for the area".
This range has been open since 1969, which is before it was annexed by the city of Garland. When the city annexed the land they "grandfathered" the range as a "legal, non conforming, land use". Now, all of a sudden, a council person, named Douglas Athas, of District #1, wants to close it. His email address is [email protected]. His phone number is (972)205-2121. If you email him, it is best to "copy and paste" his address onto an email. Please contact him about your opposition to his so called "review" even if you don't live in Garland. Let's let him know how we feel!!!
The Councilman sights, lead contamination, safety, and noise as being factors which may be too intense for the area. When this range was built, it was considered to be out in the country (rural). Now people have built homes around it and some want it closed....much like building close to an airport and complaining about airplanes flying overhead. It is hard for me to sympathize with those people.
He wanted to put it before the Board of Adjustment which could
instantly close it down.
This sounds like an anti gun agenda to me.
At the council work session Monday evening 4 of the council
members talked against putting it before the Board of Adjustment and
in favor of letting the gun range continue. The mayor, then using his
power, put it before a council committee for "review". This is surely
going to come up again in the very near future and my councilman
will let me know the date.
There is no lead contamination at the sight and they run a
very tight ship when it comes to safety. As for the noise, I know
someone who lived the first street up from the range and said there was NO noise issues.
This is just an attempt to close the range. It wouldn't
surprise me if there was a developer involved, seeing as the Hwy. 190
corridor is coming through that area. There are certainly more pieces to this puzzle than lead, safety and noise.
I shoot there a lot and don't want to see the range closed!
I'll try to keep everyone updated. I have already contacted
TSRA.
If you live in Garland, TX please contact your city council person and express your thoughts. Please remember politeness and decorum are always appropriate. If you don't know your council person, I can let you know who they are and how to get in touch with them by phone or email.
We are running out of good places to shoot and ranges are closing down all over Texas.
I posted this in the "THR-DFW" forums but it doesn't get much traffic.
Thanks, for any help you can give.
This range has been open since 1969, which is before it was annexed by the city of Garland. When the city annexed the land they "grandfathered" the range as a "legal, non conforming, land use". Now, all of a sudden, a council person, named Douglas Athas, of District #1, wants to close it. His email address is [email protected]. His phone number is (972)205-2121. If you email him, it is best to "copy and paste" his address onto an email. Please contact him about your opposition to his so called "review" even if you don't live in Garland. Let's let him know how we feel!!!
The Councilman sights, lead contamination, safety, and noise as being factors which may be too intense for the area. When this range was built, it was considered to be out in the country (rural). Now people have built homes around it and some want it closed....much like building close to an airport and complaining about airplanes flying overhead. It is hard for me to sympathize with those people.
He wanted to put it before the Board of Adjustment which could
instantly close it down.
This sounds like an anti gun agenda to me.
At the council work session Monday evening 4 of the council
members talked against putting it before the Board of Adjustment and
in favor of letting the gun range continue. The mayor, then using his
power, put it before a council committee for "review". This is surely
going to come up again in the very near future and my councilman
will let me know the date.
There is no lead contamination at the sight and they run a
very tight ship when it comes to safety. As for the noise, I know
someone who lived the first street up from the range and said there was NO noise issues.
This is just an attempt to close the range. It wouldn't
surprise me if there was a developer involved, seeing as the Hwy. 190
corridor is coming through that area. There are certainly more pieces to this puzzle than lead, safety and noise.
I shoot there a lot and don't want to see the range closed!
I'll try to keep everyone updated. I have already contacted
TSRA.
If you live in Garland, TX please contact your city council person and express your thoughts. Please remember politeness and decorum are always appropriate. If you don't know your council person, I can let you know who they are and how to get in touch with them by phone or email.
We are running out of good places to shoot and ranges are closing down all over Texas.
I posted this in the "THR-DFW" forums but it doesn't get much traffic.
Thanks, for any help you can give.
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