{"id":973,"date":"2016-06-20T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2016\/06\/20\/a-public-gun-range-for-buncombe-county\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:43","slug":"a-public-gun-range-for-buncombe-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=973","title":{"rendered":"A Public Gun Range For Buncombe County?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9322,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/wlos.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/buncombe-county-commissioners-to-decide-on-public-gun-range&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/wlos.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/buncombe-county-commissioners-to-decide-on-public-gun-range&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9323,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/static-10.sinclairstoryline.com\\\/resources\\\/media\\\/8ae82638-f382-4465-a8b0-6c78f783e467-large16x9_06.19gunrange1.JPG&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/static-10.sinclairstoryline.com\\\/resources\\\/media\\\/8ae82638-f382-4465-a8b0-6c78f783e467-large16x9_06.19gunrange1.JPG&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9324,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/scandalsnightclub.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/scandalsnightclub.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9325,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.buncombecounty.org\\\/governing\\\/commissioners\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.buncombecounty.org\\\/governing\\\/commissioners\\\/default.aspx&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9326,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.citizen-times.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/local\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/18\\\/guns-vs-art-county-looks-funding-shift\\\/86049228&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.citizen-times.com\\\/story\\\/news\\\/local\\\/2016\\\/06\\\/18\\\/guns-vs-art-county-looks-funding-shift\\\/86049228&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9327,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/haywood-county-commissioners-are-at-it.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/buncombe-county-commissioners-to-decide-on-public-gun-range\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buncombe County Commissioner Mike Fryar (R-Buncombe) has proposed the county<\/a> switch $500,000 from a budget line allocated to the Asheville Art Museum and use it for the development of a public shooting range in the county. He had visited the range that was recently opened in Cleveland County (Shelby, NC) that is run in a partnership between the county and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/static-10.sinclairstoryline.com\/resources\/media\/8ae82638-f382-4465-a8b0-6c78f783e467-large16x9_06.19gunrange1.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/static-10.sinclairstoryline.com\/resources\/media\/8ae82638-f382-4465-a8b0-6c78f783e467-large16x9_06.19gunrange1.JPG\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo Credit: WLOS Staff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nThe range as Commissioner Fryar envisions it would have a 100-yard rifle range with six stations and a 25-yard pistol range with eight stations. I would hope they go further and create a pistol bay that can be configured for more advanced training or IDPA\/USPSA competitions.<\/p>\n<p>As might be expected, Fryar&#8217;s proposal is not being met with open arms by some of his fellow commissioners. <a href=\"http:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/buncombe-county-commissioners-to-decide-on-public-gun-range\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From WLOS<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Commissioner Ellen Frost, also from District 2, called the gun range &#8220;absurd&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say that it was not an appropriate time to bring up the issue after 49 people were gunned down inside a gay nightclub in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s incredibly disrespectful to the people of Orlando,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Fryar says he understands both views.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Orlando was terrible. It was bad terrible, but as I told my brother 35 years ago, be careful brother. There&#8217;s a nightclub here in town called Scandals. He opened it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My brother went to gun ranges and shot, in indoor range to shoot his pistol because he always had a pistol at the bar.&#8221;<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scandalsnightclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scandals<\/a>, by the way, is a gay-friendly nightclub in Asheville.<\/p>\n<p>The issue comes to a vote on Tuesday. Unfortunately, given the left-leaning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buncombecounty.org\/governing\/commissioners\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">composition <\/a>of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners which include Ellen Frost, I don&#8217;t expect the proposal to pass.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/story\/news\/local\/2016\/06\/18\/guns-vs-art-county-looks-funding-shift\/86049228\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Citizen-Times<\/a> quoting Commission Chairman David Gantt:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Getting a majority of commissioners to defund the museum and put the money toward a gun range may, however, prove difficult. Fryar had the support of the two other Republicans to put the proposal on the agenda. But Democrats hold a 4-3 majority on the county&#8217;s governing body.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic board Chairman David Gantt said he opposed the proposal because it would &#8220;leapfrog&#8221; over other projects the county has planned for years, including work on the East Asheville Library, the recycling transfer station and the radio system for emergency responders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Buncombe County would also have to buy land to build this proposed public outdoor shooting range,&#8221; Gantt said, adding a site would be tough to find and that he thought costs would exceed $500,000 for taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that public shooting ranges should be financed by private business, not Buncombe County taxpayers,&#8221; he said.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem with a range as a private business is zoning. I fully expect the Buncombe County Commissioners to <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/haywood-county-commissioners-are-at-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">react similarly to the Haywood County Commissioners<\/a> and put too many restrictions on new private ranges that they would not put on their own range.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buncombe County Commissioner Mike Fryar (R-Buncombe) has proposed the county switch $500,000 from a budget line allocated to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1855,1724],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-buncombe-county-nc","tag-gun-ranges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10750,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/10750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}