noise ... It's an indoor range!
they're not sure if students with special needs would have keener senses...
Posted on 05/02/2012 6:13:23 AM PDT by Puppage
WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) -- In just a few months, $5,000 to $7,000 has been spent on a lawsuit over having a shooting range close to a Waterbury school. Parents say it's a lot of money, but now they're worried that the Board of Education may change their mind.
"They shouldn't have the shooting range close to the school," said Aries Duarte. "That's for sure."
"Still against it," said Principal Donna Perrault.
However, now Mayor O'Leary is asking the Board of Education to re-think the lawsuit the Board of Education has filed against the City of Waterbury Zoning Board as the bills are piling up.
"I think the mayor has not made up his mind either on this issue, one way or another," said Joe Geary, Chief of Staff.
O'Leary and others on the Zoning Board played no role in the unanimous approval of a plan presented by a gun range developer to put a shooting range less than 500 feet away from Sprague Elementary School.
That all happened in late June under the last administration.
Perrault says parents and administrators weren't notified properly. They didn't like the idea then and they don't like it now.
"They've talked about lead concerns, noise, they're not sure if students with special needs would have keener senses," said Perrault.
News 8 found the plans, showing the gun range would be in the basement with an air filtration system to address the concerns about lead, but Perrault says there are other concerns like heavy traffic and overall student safety.
"We should still fight that fight," Perrault said.
Some parents agree.
"Suing is ridiculous," said Duarte, "but if that's what it's gonna take to not have it too close then that's what they've got to do."
"The Board of Education may decide after they tour the facility and have some level of certainty that it's safe," said Geary. "I assume they would entertain the idea of withdrawing the suit."
Or they could stick to their guns.
"They also may look at the proximity of the school and decide they want to move forward with the lawsuit," said Geary.
"I'm hoping they don't like it," said Duarte, "so they won't have the shooting range near the school."
Having a shooting range is not a done deal; the city says the Board of Education has agreed to tour the building at the end of the month.
One of the comments posted askes a great question...I wonder if these people realize that Crosby High School which is in Waterbury, has a rifle team for it's students. As of just a few years ago, they had an active rifle range in the basement of the school
More liberals with an irrational fear of firearms.
liberalisn = Liberalism
SHEESH!!
Grabbers are relentless and without conscience. Several years ago our range was suddenly shut-down by the town. We then learned that a guy two miles from the range had claimed that a rain of bullets was landing in his yard, in at least one case requiring him to throw his pregnant wife through the back door and cover her with his body to keep her from being killed. All a crock of lies, of course. He had bought his house and immediately started complaining about the “danger” from our distant range, which had been there for almost 100 years. We had to hire a lawyer and pay $$$ to keep the range open. One good thing happened as a result, though. Our lawyer told the town that since we were a private club, they had no power to require us to get a license every year.
Something along those lines happened at Blue Trail Range in Wallingford, CT not too long ago. A church that had a retreat building miles behind the range, claimed in court that they were being hit by bullets and they could prove it in court. At the next court appearance church they approached the bench with their proof.......a handful of bullet, STILL IN THEIR SHELL. They had never been fired!
I guess “you shall not bare false witness” didn’t mean much to that church.
Incredible, isn’t it?
Wow, that rises to the level of legal malpractice on the part of the church’s attorney. What was the outcome of that case? I’d like to think that deception cost that church its lawsuit, but...
Why not? Why not give the school a discounted rate, and offer every student the chance to learn to shoot shotgun, pistol, and rifle? Waterbury, CT would be a LOT better off if their kids grew up knowing how to handle a firearm. And probably a lot LESS dependent on government (which is the real issue).
"Aries" (I think we know her sign) would probably wet her panties at that suggestion.
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