"DOWN a winding, tree-lined road near the banks of the Passaic River, trap shooters blast away outdoors at the New Jersey Clay Target Club, making it hard for David Acosta, who lives in a nearby house, to sleep in on weekends.
“It can be bothersome,” he said. “They start pretty early.”
Mr. Acosta, 28, has lived in the house since 1994 with his mother, Gladys Masterson, 49, who said she did not know about the shooting range when she moved in but now fears it will hurt the resale value of the home if she ever decides to move out.
Keith Miranda, 57, who has shot at the range since it was a private club in the 1960s, says people who live next to a shooting range and complain about the noise are like people who live next to an airport and bemoan jets. “It’s no louder than people who clean their driveways with those blowers,” he said.
Johan McConnell, president of the South Yaphank Civic Association, which wants the range shut down, said noise levels at the range climb to 90 decibels (about as loud as a lawn mower), higher than municipal rules allow."
Well thats easy enough to solve.
Let the guys and gals use silencers.
Don't you just love it when the liberals weep about anything to do with evil guns. And when the NY TIMES jumps on the story with a breathless headline making it appear that two armed camps are facing one another and ready to explode.
By the way...
What are the chances of nothing but southpaws on the firing line?
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