Awww, poor Libtards, crying that someone is using their property the way they want to.
Reply · Like · 23 · Follow Post · 11 hours ago
Michael Salb · Top Commenter · North American Lineman Training Center- Official
I'm about as pro gun as it gets but this guy is not in an area where you shouldn't be shooting guns with kids running around and stuff off that nature his backstop can barely be considered a backstop as a neighbor it's just a **** move
Reply · Like · 13 · 6 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
I'm sure those neighbors wouldn't care if their was a meth lab or pot garden, but they get their thongs in a bunch when a law abiding citizen practices his constitutional rights.
Reply · Like · 5 · 5 hours ago
Mike Davis · Top Commenter
That's not much of a backstop.
Reply · Like · 4 · 5 hours ago
Scott Anderson · Top Commenter · Cape Fear Community College
I am a super pro gun guy but this is crazy. Not because he wants to shoot in his back yard but that has go to be the lamest "gun range" I've ever seen. There are no safeguards for an accidental shot. A gun range should have a much wider and taller barrier to catch any errant shot. The man is a fool and the city should pass a law regulating the size of safety barrier.
Reply · Like · 5 hours ago
Steve Apple · Works at The Brink's Company
Brian Moyer- Then let him build his range facing your house with that mickey mouse backstop.
Reply · Like · 4 hours ago
Michael Salb · Top Commenter · North American Lineman Training Center- Official
John best that is one of the most ignorant stupidest things I've ever read
Reply · Like · 3 hours ago
Frank Embrey · Follow · Top Commenter · Works at Self-Employed
Michael Salb and why cops got gun range close to home in fairfax co??????
Reply · Like · 3 hours ago
Earl E. Reeves Jr · Top Commenter
John Best I've seen some ignorant comments, and so far today yours is at the top of the list. That is the most pitiful excuse for a safe "Gun Range" I've ever seen. You want to do this then go to the country and not in a residential neighborhood. To say they would welcome a Meth lab or pot garden is just about as dumb a statement as there is.
Reply · Like · 3 hours ago
Nate Max · Follow · Top Commenter
If anything the boy should have built up his target area torwads his own house instead of towards the side of the yard that way he would be shooting towards his own house instead of pointing towards the neighbors home if he missed he would hit his own house
Reply · Like · 12 · Follow Post · 8 hours ago
Michael McAnarney · Top Commenter
Agreed.
Reply · Like · 1 · 7 hours ago
Dan Dugo · Top Commenter · Ft. Zumwalt South
Look, I am the most pro-gun person there can be and believe everyone law abiding citizens of the USA (and the world) should be armed and carrying. This "range" however does not meet even minimum safety standards. If, he wants to have a gun range in his backyard, fine if i had the funds I would have one too, but you gotta make it a proper safe gun range. It would cost roughly $2,000-2,500 to build a 1 lane gun range that anything from a 22lr-500 s&w wouldn't be about to get through, and it would be perfectly safe.
Reply · Like · 10 · Follow Post · 9 hours ago
Mark Wiley · Top Commenter
Unless you miss it.
Reply · Like · 7 hours ago
Dan Dugo · Top Commenter · Ft. Zumwalt South
Mark, I don't think you are understanding what I am saying for that much money you could make an indoor 1 lane shooting range. To where it would be IMPOSSIBLE to shootout of it.
Reply · Like · 2 · 7 hours ago
Curtis Anderson · Top Commenter
His mound of sand will be adequate for his 9mm—if every shot is on target. Even the best shooters sometimes flinch or jerk the trigger and send one wild. I think he needs a wall or some other backdrop angled to deflect the bullets safely and walls on the sides. He's got a big pile of sand in his yard. How long until a little boy leaves a metal toy car or rock on the sand pile? Unless he is careful, something like that could cause a dangerous ricochet. If there is the slightest accident, he is going to be sued. I respect his right to do this, but I think he should think it through a little more. It is one thing to shoot at a bunch of dirt out in the country miles from any houses, but it is a lot more risky in a neighborhood.
Reply · Like · 8 · 6 hours ago
Jack O Lantern · Top Commenter · Almere-Stad, Flevoland, Netherlands
The back drop is unreasonably inadequate. he does need a much larger backdrop with a better method of retaining the sand. maybe if he had that and 5 rows deep of sand bags behing it running the length and height of his fence I could see where he has a valid point. But this pallet and sand box looks like something a liberal would build to further degrade rights. once you see what he built no one with any firearms expiernce can agree this to be safe with kids Or adults running around behind it.
Reply · Like · 2 · 6 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
Obviously it must be OK or the God forsaken libs would have hired an attorney to shut him down.
Reply · Like · 5 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
We sure have a lot of structional engineers who are experts on how to build a range posting here.
Reply · Like · 5 hours ago
Mike Davis · Top Commenter
I would have a problem with this too unless he built a berm that surrounded the shooters on three sides just like the pistol pits at my gun club.
Reply · Like · 5 hours ago
Dan Dugo · Top Commenter · Ft. Zumwalt South
John, it doesn't take being a structional engineer to know how to build a safe shooting range, all it takes is a little common sense and a little bit of structural know how which any of average intelligence should have.
Reply · Like · 4 hours ago
Earl E. Reeves Jr · Top Commenter
Curtis Anderson I have 3 acres in a semi-residential area. I would not pile a bunch of sand in my yard and call it a gun range. I have too much respect for my neighbors and their safety. I have 4 acres in the country with a hell of a big elm tree to shoot at.
Reply · Like · 3 hours ago
David Byers · Top Commenter
They are all idiots..but bottom line just because you can doesn't always mean you should. There used to be this thing called common sense.
Reply · Like · 7 · Follow Post · 10 hours ago
Robert Haight · Top Commenter · Process Quality Engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft
would much rather hear this, than a 1,000 watt boom box at anytime and anywhere.
Reply · Like · 6 · Follow Post · 9 hours ago
Mark Reinsmith · Top Commenter · Detroit, Michigan
I shoot my Guns Every week. I'm all about the 2nd ammendment and shall not be infringed, but with that comes Responsibility, Safety and Common Sense. I commend him for exercisig his rights of gun ownership, But he's an idiot and only setting responsible gun ownership backwards by pressing this issue. Bullets Ricochet, guns misfire and accidents happen. This is a very UNSAFE range setup and I agree if he was going to build an irresponsible range he should have pointed it at his own house.
Reply · Like · 4 · Follow Post · 5 hours ago
Justin Chasser · Follow · Top Commenter · Works at Yo Mama's House
FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply · Like · 3 · Follow Post · 10 hours ago
Gary Walton · Top Commenter · Pyeongtaek
Shut up and cut your grass.
Reply · Like · 3 · Follow Post · 9 hours ago
Donald Richardson · Top Commenter · Petersburg, Indiana
Wow that guy must have been a professional range builder. That thing look great!. It was so huge too! Big enough to catch a stray bullet. (sarcasm) He looks like he is in his early 20's when we were all young and dumb. I would have done something stupid like that too but his dad needs to step in and give him the "common sense" talk. There are a lot of things we have the "right" to do but dont because of common sense.
Reply · Like · 2 · Follow Post · 4 hours ago
Bill Madara · Top Commenter · Norwich, Connecticut
Hell no. There is no one more pro gun rights and pro property rights than me but this "range" is completely unsafe. Sure the berm at the back will stop his 9mm round, if he hits it and if he doesn't have an AD.
Reply · Like · 1 · Follow Post · 6 hours ago
Pete Conlon · Top Commenter · Yonkers, New York
I'm no liberal, but this idiot gives responsible gun owners a bad name.
Reply · Like · 1 · Follow Post · 4 hours ago
Mark Wiley · Top Commenter
He is an idiot, I hope that they stop him.
Reply · Like · 1 · Follow Post · 11 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
Why? For following local laws and the constitution. Maybe " they" should stop you from making idiotic comments ( which you can because of the constitution).
Reply · Like · 8 · 5 hours ago
Dwayne Sanders · Top Commenter · Crown Point High School
Wish I can put a range in my back yard
Reply · Like · 1 · Follow Post · 4 hours ago
Curtis Anderson · Top Commenter
If it is legal and he's being safe, I have no problem with him using his land as he wishes. However, he should take some consideration for his neighbors whether he's within his rights or not. Instead of giving them a learning moment about freedom and gun safety, he is likely just driving them into the "ban all guns" camp. If every shot he makes is well aimed, his mound of sand should be adequate—if... I think he should at least have some cinder blocks or a brick wall behind the sand. 9mm, which is what Carannate says he'll be shooting. is a pretty weak bullet, but it still has the potential of doing harm. I've thought about moving so that I would have a place to shoot my guns without having to pack up a bunch of gear, driving twenty or so miles, paying a range fee....
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 7 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
No shooting before 10AM and after 9 PM.
Reply · Like · 1 · 5 hours ago
Joseph Dixon · Top Commenter · Tampa, Florida
I have and still do live in St. Petersburg Fl. Outdoor gun ranges were and still are the norm. I remember in my youth attending an outdoor range named he St. Petersburg Police Gun Club off of 1street North and 44th ave. North at the foot of the Shore acres community. I also remember folks target practicing in their back yards in my neighborhood in the Woodlawn area and that was the 1970's. I see no problem with what he is doing and if his little range is built correctly and its strong enough then so what?" The young man seems to me to be responsible enough.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · about an hour ago
Steve Watts · Utah State University
Oh boy, media spin favor the PC idiots. I don't think it's neighborly, the you man should of put his target container toward his house. The real fools is the city ordnance people. Most urban zoning areas prohibit gunfire period. There's many nice pellet guns, perfect for practice. Now this guy has a bunch of drama queens for neighbors. That's why I bought few rural acres just so I can play with my tannerite any time I wish. All 4 of my neighbors do the same. We shure don't need 911 out here.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · about an hour ago
Wes Johnston · Top Commenter · Goose Creek High School
His backstop is insufficient. Yeah, I'm a gun guy and I'm not opposed to /what/ he's doing.... I'm opposed to /how/ he's doing it. If he's going to shoot in such a tight area, he needs better containment. A few pallets lashed together to hold in some sand isn't the best way.... or even the way you should be doing it in a neighborhood. One of the old school hollywood stars (James Cagney??) had a gun range in his basement... it was a drain culvert 50' long buried out the side of his basement across the yard.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 2 hours ago
John MacLean · Top Commenter · Port Saint Lucie, Florida
Florida 790.15 Discharging firearm in public or on residential property. or who recklessly or negligently discharges a firearm outdoors on any property used primarily as the site of a dwelling as defined in s. 776.013 or zoned exclusively for residential use commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 11 hours ago
Nathaniel Fox · Palm Beach State College
This is a new law that lets you shoot in your yard passed this year i belive
Reply · Like · 2 · 10 hours ago
Janet L Smith · Top Commenter · Rapid City, South Dakota
I am pro-gun. I think if the anti gun people would just shut up and leave our 2A alone then we would not have gun ranges in neighborhoods and people would not be carrying rifles around. So libtards do you think it is about time to leave us alone and up hold the constitution?
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 3 hours ago
Mike Miller · Top Commenter · Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. I use to have a range in my backyard. My neighbors would come over and use it. There was nothing but woods for over a mile until they started building a subdivision back there. I stopped shooting and moved.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 5 hours ago
Roy C. Turner · Top Commenter · The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
I have a neighbor that has a gun range in his backyard. Makes the wife nervous but he is free to do it and I cannot complain. I do not want his freedom taken away by Liberal thugs.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 4 hours ago
Jason West · Palo Alto College, San Antonio
At least us rednecks in soth Texas require you to own 10 acres and no firearms are allowed to be discharged in the city limits.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · about a minute ago
Cathy Betsill Singletary · Top Commenter
Is there a law in Florida that states citizens have a right to a peaceful existence? I'm pro gun but this is going way too far.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 3 hours ago
Gary White · Top Commenter
How about passing a city ordinance against gun ranges in residential neighborhoods?
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 8 hours ago
Curtis Anderson · Top Commenter
I'm sure that's on its way.
Reply · Like · 6 hours ago
Robert Bruce Bagnall · Follow · Top Commenter · Founder at HomaGrown
Yea we need more laws to add to the thousands we already have that further makes our lives subject to interpetation by law enforcers allowing them to essentially become judge jury and exectutioner.
Reply · Like · 1 · 6 hours ago
Doug Woodard · Owner at Self-Employed
just buy a silencer,, help keep the noise down,, keep the fences tight ,, enjoy.......
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 38 minutes ago
Angel M. Noble · Top Commenter · Up, up and away at RETIREMENT
Has nothing to do with Liberals, this is an accident waiting to happen. BTW, pro-gun all the way.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 5 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
Sure you are. Maybe this guy is well schooled in handling a firearm. Maybe you're an accident waiting to happen, but others may be a bit more careful and don't go off all half cocked.
Reply · Like · 5 hours ago
Angel M. Noble · Top Commenter · Up, up and away at RETIREMENT
I'm 72 years old, have been around guns for a long time. I even taught my children how to handle rifles, and handguns. In the house guns were always loaded. My son at age 10, had his own loaded 22 rifle in his closet. He would take it out when we went shooting, never played with it, neither did my daughters. Responsibility goes a long way. To this day they still know how to handle them. Still, this man should not be allowed to fire his guns in his front yard, there are places for that. We used to go out in the desert, nobody around for miles.
Reply · Like · 4 hours ago
Dean Weimer · Follow · Top Commenter · Rescue Tech at Roco Rescue
Come on John Best.. Man I have many small countries out gunned... But I also have an 8yo wife and daughter living at my house.. I would have a problem if this guy built that to shoot at towards my house! Even worse we are talking about a 21 yo.. Who very well could have a few of his buddies over and we know how 21 yo's think... That is no where sufficient to be a backstop. It may not be an accident waiting to happen but why take the chance with your neighbors lives?
Reply · Like · 1 · 53 minutes ago
Bryan Gay · Top Commenter · Tucson, Arizona
we did this at my uncle house too but we were in AR in the sticks on 20 acres. The guy should go to the gun range if in town.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 11 hours ago
James Maddux · Top Commenter
I am pro gun but this is just irresponsible. Bullets are unpredictable
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 9 hours ago
Danny Nagel · Woodland, Alabama
Bullets are unpredictable! In what way? Mine go exactly where I aim, +-3-4 inches. The shooter is the variable in this scenario. Nabors should quit pissing and moaning and chip in to get him in the local range. Maybe build a community sponsored gun range they could all enjoy.
Reply · Like · 3 hours ago
John Best · Top Commenter · Chicago, Illinois
Sounds awesome. Wish I could do that. Saves on having to pay for range time.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 5 hours ago
Gerald Fifield · Top Commenter · Box Elder High School
Whiny a$$ liberals, leave him alone.
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 2 hours ago
Carolyn Domingue Thompson · Follow · Server at Golden coral
this is an accident waiting to happen
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 10 hours ago
Jim Rohl · Works at In the backyard
Watch out someone don't POP him
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 4 hours ago
Daniel Lamb · Top Commenter · Classsified at Top Secret
i like guns but thats dangerous
Reply · Like · Follow Post · 5 hours ago
Dwayne Sanders · Top Commenter · Crown Point High School
Dont like it move
