Rowlett Seeks Temporary Injunction against Gun Range: Part II

Posted on January 27, 2012 by TexasFred

Rowlett Seeks Temporary Injunction against Gun Range: Part II

It’s not too often that I state an opinion on firearms, ammunition or their use that I am wrong, and I don’t say that to sound like a Mr. Know-it-all, but you see, I was raised in a home that always had loaded guns around, my father was a gun smith, I was the one that got to do about 90% of the test firing for function as I got older and I paid attention.

How Far Can A Bullet Travel?

Type: .22 Short ········ (.5 to 1 mile)
.22 LRHP ············ (1-1.5 miles)
.22 Mag ················ (1.5-2.5 miles)
.222 ························· (2-3 miles)
.243 ······························ (2.5-3.5 miles)
.257 ······························ (2.5-3.5 miles)
.270 ······························ (2.5-3.5 miles)
7MM ········································ (up to 5 miles)
.30-30 ····················· (2-2.5 miles)
.30-06 ······································· (3.5-4.5 miles)
.300 Sav ······························ (2.5-3.5 miles)
.300 Win Mag ········································ (up to 5 miles)
.303 ····················· (2-2.5 miles)
.308 ······························ (2.5-3.5 miles)
.338 ········································ (up to 5 miles)
.35 Rem ····················· (2-2.5 miles)
.45-70 ················ (1.5-2.5 miles) SOURCE

A 1.5-mile line drawn from the shooting stations (red post) straight through the targets shows the centerline of all downrange fire. The blue posts show the approximate location where a man was shot and another where a round landed in the bedroom of a five-year-old. The line passes through the Firewheel Bible Fellowship Church and the gray block in the bottom right corner, about 1.75 miles, is Back Elementary. Douglas Athas : Don’t Stand Downrange

Mr. Douglas Athas is, for the record, a City Council member from Garland, TX (City Council District 1) and even though the gun range is IN Garland, Mr. Athas has taken a position that casts serious, and damning suspicion on the Garland Public Gun Range.

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Navy SEAL raid in Somalia shows campaign ahead

Posted on January 26, 2012 by TexasFred

Navy SEAL raid in Somalia shows campaign ahead

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administration’s pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical counterterrorist strikes to cripple an enemy.

That’s a strategy much preferred to the land invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan that have cost so much American blood and treasure over the past decade. The contrast to a full-bore invasion is stark: A small, daring team storms a pirate encampment on a near-moonless night, kills nine kidnappers and whisks the hostages to safety.

Special operations forces, trained for such clandestine missions, have become a more prominent tool in the military’s kit since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that led to the ongoing war in Afghanistan. The administration is expected to announce Thursday that it will invest even more heavily in that capability in coming years.

The SEAL Team 6 raid in Somalia, which followed last May’s operation that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, has political dimensions in an election year.

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A “smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical counterterrorist strikes to cripple an enemy” sounds like a wonderful concept to me, and I am all for a new plan, one that could negate the use of a massive land army such as we saw in Iraq, especially given the outcome of those actions in Iraq thus far.

But what happens when we actually need that massive land army, and need it in a hurry?

We don’t have a draft, we have an all volunteer force, and in the event of the need to field a large fighting force in a hurry, what is the solution to that? Call up the National Guard and set them in place?

I am not privy to the numbers at this present time but I do know that during the time of the BIG operations in Iraq, the Army National Guard was doing a large percentage of the work. I suppose that is a viable consideration.

And not to denigrate to work of our U.S. Navy SEALs and Army Spec-Ops in any way, but suppose they were to run into a fighting force, not of superior quality, but of superior numbers, and were to find themselves in a situation much like the one the combined task force suffered in 1993 in the Battle of Mogadishu?

Can you imagine how the media would react today? Given this next paragraph, I know I can, and this paragraph is real, from the original story.

The SEAL Team 6 raid in Somalia, which followed last May’s operation that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, has political dimensions in an election year.

It’s all about the political winds and the direction they are blowing. And it’s about the guts that an American President has when it comes to aggressive combat operations.

I don’t know about you, but I don’t believe Obama has any more military leadership skills than did Bill Clinton. What I do believe is this; so far, Obama has been damned lucky in his military endeavors, that is, IF we are being told the truth by the Dept. Of Defense.

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Rowlett Seeks Temporary Injunction against Gun Range

Posted on January 25, 2012 by TexasFred

Rowlett Seeks Temporary Injunction against Gun Range

ROWLETT, Texas – Police were called out to two North Texas homes last week, where the owners claim their homes were hit by gunfire. It is the same neighborhood where a man was wounded, he claims, by a stray bullet fired from a near by gun range.

Monday night, homeowners met with city leaders and got a pleasant surprise. The city of Rowlett is pulling out the big legal guns and taking aim at the Garland Public Shooting Range.

About 50 homeowners showed up wanting answers and the city was ready. Leaders announced the city has filed for a temporary injunction which could shut down the range.

“It is disturbing that there is a gun range within a mile and these incidences keep happening,” said City Manager Lynda Humble. “The two reported last week were not bullets found in yards, so that is pretty serious.”

Last week, the Bowman’s house was hit by a stray bullet. It ended up going through their child’s bedroom. Another bullet penetrated an exterior wall and lodged itself into a dining room wall at the Ngo’s house.

It was a frightening evening for fourth grader Lilly Ngo, who translated for her mother.

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Rowlett Seeks Temporary Injunction against Gun Range

Below is the message I sent to the Rowlett City Council, City Manager and several other folks in Rowlett City government.

As you know, I am a Second Amendment guy to the core, but there have got to be some FOOLS at that damned range, they have got to be shooting at some serious elevation if their berm and the height of the landfill isn’t stopping their rounds.

I honestly don’t believe these are *stray* rounds, I believe they are rounds fired by ignorant people.

I want the entire Council and those City Officials listed here to know, I support this effort and applaud your efforts to keep the citizens of Rowlett safe!

In MY opinion, the owner of the range, Mr. James Day, may well be THE most ignorant person I have had the displeasure of knowing about. The following will substantiate my making that statement.

Range owner James Day says the bullets are not coming from his range. He does not believe they can travel that far. The neighborhood is about a mile from the range.

Pay attention Mr. James Day, because apparently, YOU need to be taken to school, and I am just the one to do it.

Even a lowly .22 LRHP (long rifle hollow point) can, and will travel a mile, possibly a bit further. What the hell kind of gun person are you if you don’t know that?

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