Death of a Gun Club

Similar to what happened to the club I used to belong to. It was a shotgun club in it's origin, but the surrounding area was developed and the new neighbors didn't appreciate the noise. A EPA inspection was somehow arranged and it wasn't long before it was determined that the club had created a lead hazard endangering fish and wildlife.
The club got the message and moved further west. In the process they expanded into action shooting and set up pistol and rifle bays and took on an extra 2000 members to help defray the expenses.
Since the move they've already had a neighbor show up with a lawyer and try to shut them down. They showed the judge a bullet they "found" in their driveway. The bullet shown was pristine and unfired. Club is still there.
 
NCLivingBrit said:
Relying on continued good faith for something so critical to your business seems at best, daft.
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Yep. People die, and their heirs always seem to be liberals. Must be that 'free' money they suddenly find themselves with.
 
Grammar died along with that club...


My range is not leased. However, the owner/operator is getting old and who knows what the four kids will do when it becomes theirs. Some of them are not going to want to deal with operations/maintenance and will want to sell their share. When the one or two who are interested in keeping it going can't afford to buy the others out, they may be forced to sell the whole place outright.
I haven't pressed Larry about it, but I hope he only gives it to one of them...one who is interested in running the place.
 
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I was on the board of our club for 5 years. It's interesting to say the least. We own our property, have bought more, and are currently looking to expand by buying another adjacent property.

We have a trust organization that want's to partner with us to "protect our waterfront property and the watershed". They send letters. We ignore them. We have no plans to do anything near the water and no plans to let another organization dictate anything to us.

Most of the neighbors are fine. But we have had out issue too. We keep the ranges up and bring in NRA inspectors to check any improvements. We do a lot of CYA stuff to keep people out of our business.
 
rdinatal said:
Why lease? I thought all clubs would want to own the property.

RCWA does and if it's decided to be sold all members in good standing get a piece.
And no, the member count is capped.
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Not sure, I jointed a few years after they opened. It's the Central Carolina Gun Club.
 
rdinatal said:
Why lease? I thought all clubs would want to own the property.

RCWA does and if it's decided to be sold all members in good standing get a piece.
And no, the member count is capped.
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There's a golf club in Illinois that's on leased land. The owner did this intentionally to allow the surrounding land to get built up with infrastructure and zoning for semi-rural estate homes. When the lease is up his heirs have a gold mine on the sale of the land.
 
AR10ShooterinNC said:
Not sure, I jointed a few years after they opened. It's the Central Carolina Gun Club.
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How crowded does it get on the weekends there? It is close by for me, but I saw that they have a pretty limited number of ranges.
 
ChickenHawk said:
How crowded does it get on the weekends there? It is close by for me, but I saw that they have a pretty limited number of ranges.
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It's not very busy, I shoot mostly on weekends, and have only had to wait a few times over the years. I shoot mostly first thing in the morning.
 
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ChickenHawk said:
How crowded does it get on the weekends there? It is close by for me, but I saw that they have a pretty limited number of ranges.
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I'm a member there as well. Its rarely busy on normal days. You have to keep an eye on the calendar for the monthly matches as it can get pretty packed for those.
 
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