BOTW closing

[country_boy]

Man this sucks!!! Only place close I know of with tac bays! I know it was slowly getting closed starting with the rifle range.. The blue wave sure is taking over, first losing surplus stores, couple of gun shops have cleared out , lost the gun shows,and now the shooting range.

 

[TheDan]

Best of The West Shooting Sports
2 hrs ·
We were notified that beginning Monday, August 26, 2019, we would no longer be allowed to have rifles of any kind used on the range. Contrary to rumors circulating, no one has been injured or killed by gunfire from the range. However with this information we will, with much sadness, be closing Best of the West effective on or before, September 29, 2019, as we cannot financially sustain operations.
Over the last nine years, we have enjoyed each and every one of you. Words cannot express how much we thank you for your patronage, loyalty, support, encouraging words, and ideas to help us. We have developed friendships that we will always remember and appreciate.

If you have a yearly membership, we will prorate and send you a refund as soon as possible.

Again, thank you all so much for everything you have done and for growing Best of the West with us. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our customers, the LTC instructors, and all the law enforcement agencies that use the range for training and qualifications.

Sincerely,
Millard Grantham and staff

"notified" by who and why?

 

[Bithabus]

Best range in the area by far. Unfortunate

 

[Dawico]

Very unfortunate.

 

[Pops1955]

Man this sucks!!! Only place close I know of with tac bays! I know it was slowly getting closed starting with the rifle range.. The blue wave sure is taking over, first losing surplus stores, couple of gun shops have cleared out , lost the gun shows,and now the shooting range.

Welcome to Austin North.

 

[country_boy]

Welcome to Austin North.

Geeeee thanks!

 

[country_boy]

"notified" by who and why?

Notified by a judge in Wilco. I was told someone bought land close by and complained of rounds landing over there. Which never was proven.

 

[TheDan]

Anyone know which judge? Elections are coming up...

 

[Darkpriest667]

Exactly, we have almost no information. I posted this on facebook and I'll post it here.

"I want to know why they aren't announcing WHO is telling them they have to cease or WHY. I love botw but their silence on questions that have been asked for 3/4 of the year is fishy."

 

[country_boy]

I asked one of the guys behind the counter, that’s all he wanted to say. Don’t know which judge, who complained, and or who owns land close by.

 

[yakdung]

I belong to a gun club, and this is a major concern as well. Land developer encroachment. Comes down to who has the best lawyers and the most money to fight it. Folks migrating from the west bring commine indoctrination with them. Hippies / commies / tofu eaters have also been complaning about BBQ smoke from pits around the Austin area as well. Famlies that have been running pits for centuries, are under fire by left wing Austin city government. It took a few of the big players to attend city council meetings to convince
them the error of their ways. Just a matter of time. Communism is slow and patient.

 

[birddog]

Same thing happened to the one in McKinney a few years ago. Show a DD214 and competence, you could have the run of the TAC course.

I sure miss it. Paper punching gets old quick.

 

[Chirpy]

http://www.texasshootingrange.com/ tells the story.

**** me. I liked BoTW.

 

[country_boy]

The rifle range has been shutdown the past year? Or so. Tac bays you could still fire 22 caliber and down rifles. Which is now according to the story you can’t do that even. Very sad.

 

[Sam Colt]

What about a .223 with a brace? < evil grin >
This is, indeed, sad news. While I'd like to know more, it's the business' perogative to manage the narrative.

 

[DoubleDuty]

I belong to a gun club, and this is a major concern as well. Land developer encroachment. Comes down to who has the best lawyers and the most money to fight it. Folks migrating from the west bring commine indoctrination with them. Hippies / commies / tofu eaters have also been complaning about BBQ smoke from pits around the Austin area as well. Famlies that have been running pits for centuries, are under fire by left wing Austin city government. It took a few of the big players to attend city council meetings to convince
them the error of their ways. Just a matter of time. Communism is slow and patient.

And the dimwits that bring all of their stupid illogical ordinances that raise the cost of living complain and move to another location and do the exact same thing. I am sick of these dumbass people.

 

[TheDan]

I asked one of the guys behind the counter, that’s all he wanted to say. Don’t know which judge, who complained, and or who owns land close by.

Odd that they don't want to speak up since they are losing their business anyways. They under a gag order?

If they don't want to stick up for themselves that's fine, but I'd still like to know who all is involved. They can't be good for the rest of us in the county.

I found this. https://judicialrecords.wilco.org/PublicAccess/CaseDetail.aspx?CaseID=1815870
It shows the plaintiffs, the judge, and a list of events, but doesn't have much detail. Looks like a jury trial is set for 10 months from now? I sure hope they are counter suing for that lost revenue.

 

[lalonguecarabine]

That really sucks.

Betcha there's some sort of language in the order that makes them hesitant to share details with the public.

 

[TheDan]

It's possible they are still fighting it and have been advised to close and STFU for the 10 fucking months they have to wait for their trial, but that's certainly not what I would do.

Oh ok, we can't have rifles anymore... In that case anyone who has a .460 and larger can shoot for free. Sorry, suppressors aren't allowed; we like the noise. Oh, you have a machine pistol? Yeah you can shoot for free, too.

 

[V-Tach]

Wasn't there some legislation passed a few years ago to protect ranges in Texas?