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Originally Posted by Cyrano  And in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Connecticut, yet, we get a ruling for gun and property owner's rights.
I read the article and the comments readers have posted. The gun club (and the Connecticut State Police firing range adjoining it) have been around for 50 years or more. They long predate the houses that have gone in since around their 140 acres. What this was, pure and simple, was a blatant attempt by the yuppie douchebags who moved into the area to eliminate an activity they see as not politically correct. Instead of trying to use the usual threat-to-the-public-safety tactic the antigunners often try, they were a little more subtle and tried to go after the club on environmental grounds, alleging pollution. That didn't fly.
The judge dismissed three of the four counts the jackasses filed, and ruled against them on the fourth. I hope he also fined them for court costs. One of the letters suggested that the Metacon Gun Club should counterfile for malicious prosecution and nail the environmental group that was the beard for the yuppies right between the eyes. I hope they do. My gun club has had that tactic tried on them by the dimwits who built McMansions adjoining the club's property in the mid-90s. The case didn't even come to trial because we produced correspondence and NY State and NY City DEP records going back more than 10 years showing we'd been working hand in hand with the DEP to make sure we weren't polluting, because the club's land adjoins property belonging to the New York City watershed. The tests showed the water that comes off our property is cleaner and safer than what comes off the development where the plaintiffs live!
Score one for the Good Guys, this time. I hope other gun clubs take the lesson to heart and cooperate with their DEPs instead of fighting them. It may be the best way to preserve shooting ranges in the Northeast for future generations of shooters. |
Man, glad I moved out of Connecticut... even when I left in the early 90's, the "yuppies" i.e. Liberals were attempting to shut everything down relating to guns. Thank God (yep, I said it) there was a judge with a head on his shoulders instead of an inflated balloon of liberal ideals.
Ted Kennedy killed more people in Massachusetts with his car than I did with my gun in Connecticut. Apparently, some in Connecticut want to follow Taxachusetts in their anti-gun campaigns... thankfully, not all.