Op-Ed: What’s the Alternative to a Shooting Range?

This piece originally appeared as an op-ed in the Santa Fe New Mexican on September 30.

There is a significant degree of agreement among local governmental bodies, sportsmen and women groups, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, and the land management agencies regarding the need for a safe and well-managed shooting facility in the area.

The Bureau of Land Management’s plan to establish three shooting facilities, while ambitious, is a good sign that the agency at least wants to help with the community’s needs and wants. There is an area on the Caja del Rio plateau that has served as a version of a shooting range; while it isn’t managed or monitored, the fact remains that shooting on BLM land is a legal activity.

Read full op-ed here.