I read about that gun range, but am still wondering how a gun range can cost $60 million dollars. Most ranges I’m familiar with are canyons in the hills with wooden posts, old railroad ties, and a campfire sort of arrangement for hot coffee.
That must be one “H” of a gun range for that amount of money, or let’s be realistic, and suppose some of that money went to paint bullseye’s on associated targets.
I’ll look into this, ‘cause I really want to know.
I’m sure Reid likes to shoot, so he set this up to make him feel like he is in Washington, complete with paved and marked parking lot, deluxe stone/block buildings with complete toilet facilities, state produced signs with regulations, rules, etc, and the shooting lanes must have double barrier protection as well as range masters paid and salaried by the government.
This sort of resembles what Reid did in Washington when they remodeled the Capital Lobby. They spare no expense when they share an interest in it or use it.
I would also think that the contractor who built it, was owed a favor from Reid. It’s just that easy to explain.
tax payer money??
stimulus money??
A $60 million gun range paid for with taxpayer money probably is a palace plus half of the money got skimmed by Reid’s cronies.
The NRA is a 2nd Amendment group but the men who wrote the Second were against govt stealing from citizens like Harry Reid does ad naseum.
The NRA is screwed up. Movie director John Milius is on the NRA board. I liked him until he came out to support Roman Polanski.
Check out American Shooting Centers of Houston. It's got a rifle and pistol range with 200 *covered* positions. It's got sporting clays ranges of various sorts, 10 trap/skeet fields, and another handgun range they use for CHL lessons. It covers 563 acres. I'll bet it would take $60M to recreate that, including the land. Maybe more.
Eagle Peak Shooting Range near Austin is smaller, but maybe bit nicer. It too would not be cheap to recreate.