Posted November 14, 2017 9:00 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

After two years of negotiation, Standish Town Council could vote to kill a lease proposal for a local gun range because of its affiliation with the National Rifle Association. (Photo: Standish Fish and Game Club/Facebook)
Officials in Standish, Maine could derail plans for a local gun range because of its affiliation with the National Rifle Association.
Town council will vote Tuesday on the Standish Fish and Game Club’s proposal to lease approximately 150 acres of land — on which the organization would construct a clubhouse, multiple shooting ranges and a picnic area. The deal, more than two years in the making, hit a snag in September when some residents learned the club requires its members also register with the NRA and the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine.
“They are demanding the club change their by-laws and end this requirement,” said Greg Sirpis, the club’s president, in a joint statement with David Trahan, SAM’s executive director. “This is nothing more than anti-gun zealots trying to force this small private sportsman’s club to stop affiliating with parent organizations that can help them be successful.”
“Both organizations … are local and national leaders in building, training and supplying firearm consulting services,” the statement continued. “In addition, since when do non-members of a club get to tell a private

Source: Guns.com

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