Black Flag Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:37 AM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:37 AM https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20220711/citing-mass-shootings-developer-scraps-plan-for-shooting-range-gun-store-in-mundelein Citing recent mass shootings, a suburban real estate developer has scuttled a controversial plan to build a gun store and shooting range in Mundelein. The violence at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead was the primary factor for the about-face, said Scott Gendell, president of Wilmette-based Terraco Real Estate. Maxon Shooter's Supplies, which operates in Des Plaines, wanted to build a second store on vacant land at 320 Townline Road. The site is just west of a Salvation Army store and donation center and near an indoor baseball training facility. Maxon owner Dan Eldridge publicly unveiled the plan in May, two weeks before the Uvalde massacre. At the time, Mayor Steve Lentz and trustees said they liked the proposal but took no formal action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyB Posted July 12, 2022 at 12:17 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 12:17 PM The comments on the village FB post: It shouldn't have taken a massacre in a neighboring town to stop this sick project, and I hope all the voters in Mundelein remember who was so eager to build a shooting range in the first place. What in gods green earth does some whack job shooting people have to do with building a range? These people actually think that building a range will promote more violence. And then the comments are being too close to a school. People are going to stop there on their way home from work, pick up a gun and walk to the school with their newly purchased firearm. Pretty sure that isn't how it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim123 Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:00 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:00 PM On 7/12/2022 at 7:17 AM, RoyB said: The comments on the village FB post: It shouldn't have taken a massacre in a neighboring town to stop this sick project, and I hope all the voters in Mundelein remember who was so eager to build a shooting range in the first place. What in gods green earth does some whack job shooting people have to do with building a range? These people actually think that building a range will promote more violence. And then the comments are being too close to a school. People are going to stop there on their way home from work, pick up a gun and walk to the school with their newly purchased firearm. Pretty sure that isn't how it happens. It's the women who suffer when tragedy strikes. More people need to listen and understand. It's time to end women's suffrage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper13 Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:04 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:04 PM Sad world we live in. These peeps are sick in so many ways. Hopefully they can sue the developer for breech of contract or whatever Maxon maybe entitled to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:54 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:54 PM Remember that Denyse Stoneback turned keeping a range in Niles from opening into one train wreck term as state rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCroskey Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:55 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:55 PM People are upset about the mass murder. They're also impotent to stop it, so some are desperate to "do something" so they can feel better about it. Psychologically, that's all this is. Definitely nothing to do with rational thought or science. Pure emotion. Social media is a disease that breeds and concentrates stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCroskey Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:56 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 01:56 PM On 7/12/2022 at 8:54 AM, mikew said: Remember that Denyse Stoneback built a (short) legislative career out of keeping a range in Niles from opening. I wondered what ever happened with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim123 Posted July 12, 2022 at 02:18 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 02:18 PM On 7/12/2022 at 8:56 AM, McCroskey said: I wondered what ever happened with that. Looks empty. https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0192797,-87.7813786,3a,75y,183.14h,83.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1snZhfUygAan94osT6JJ7TaQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DnZhfUygAan94osT6JJ7TaQ%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D69.43513%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Posted July 12, 2022 at 02:49 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 02:49 PM I'd bet if they let the dust settle, give it a month and come back as though none of it ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundguy Posted July 12, 2022 at 03:18 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 03:18 PM On 7/12/2022 at 8:55 AM, McCroskey said: People are upset about the mass murder. They're also impotent to stop it, so some are desperate to "do something" so they can feel better about it. Psychologically, that's all this is. Definitely nothing to do with rational thought or science. Pure emotion. Social media is a disease that breeds and concentrates stupidity. "You start with one... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumak_from_arfcom Posted July 12, 2022 at 03:36 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 03:36 PM On 7/12/2022 at 7:17 AM, RoyB said: What in gods green earth does some whack job shooting people have to do with building a range? These people actually think that building a range will promote more violence. And then the comments are being too close to a school. People are going to stop there on their way home from work, pick up a gun and walk to the school with their newly purchased firearm. Pretty sure that isn't how it happens. That is exactly what they think is going to happen. Remember, the grocery stores were going to become warzones when two people, each carrying a concealed firearm, reached for the same loaf of bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconSorcerer Posted July 12, 2022 at 04:12 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 04:12 PM On 7/12/2022 at 10:36 AM, Dumak_from_arfcom said: That is exactly what they think is going to happen. Remember, the grocery stores were going to become warzones when two people, each carrying a concealed firearm, reached for the same loaf of bread. In Bidens world lets just hope there is a loaf a bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveTA84 Posted July 12, 2022 at 05:52 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 05:52 PM Wow these idiotic emotionally immature people must just want people shooting out in the woods or something lol. Oh nooooooo a safe and controlled environment to shoot. How awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeper13 Posted July 12, 2022 at 06:35 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 06:35 PM On 7/12/2022 at 11:12 AM, SiliconSorcerer said: In Bidens world lets just hope there is a loaf a bread. I just bought 2 at Jewel. Stocking up. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumak_from_arfcom Posted July 12, 2022 at 06:47 PM Share Posted July 12, 2022 at 06:47 PM Maybe Maxons can find a new location further north on rt83. A state of the art range/shop in NW Lake County that isn't BPS would be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiliconSorcerer Posted July 13, 2022 at 05:46 PM Share Posted July 13, 2022 at 05:46 PM On 7/12/2022 at 1:35 PM, Sweeper13 said: I just bought 2 at Jewel. Stocking up. lol I would but I have been using all my vacuum pack rolls for firearms I'm going to need to bury soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davel501 Posted December 18, 2022 at 04:57 AM Share Posted December 18, 2022 at 04:57 AM I wonder if they will revisit this in light of NYSRPA v. Bruen. Quote The building that broke the camel's back was the 42-story Equitable Building. Built in 1915, the building's height and heft were unprecedented. As NYC Zoning tells it: Rising without setbacks to its full height of 538 feet, the Equitable Building cast a seven-acre shadow over neighboring buildings, affecting their value and setting the stage for the nation’s first comprehensive zoning resolution. Neighbors demanded that the city regulate the building somehow. In 1916, the city responded by passing the country's first comprehensive zoning code. That effort was largely spearheaded by lawyer Edward Bassett, who went on to invent the freeway and parkway. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-06-19/the-birth-of-zoning-codes-a-history Yes, it sure does bring me joy to use a Bloomberg article in this context. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgibs89 Posted December 18, 2022 at 03:15 PM Share Posted December 18, 2022 at 03:15 PM On 7/12/2022 at 12:52 PM, steveTA84 said: Wow these idiotic emotionally immature people must just want people shooting out in the woods or something lol. Oh nooooooo a safe and controlled environment to shoot. How awful. It’s the same idea with shutting down race track after drag strip after race track. People move into an area, complain about the noise generated, get the track shutdown, then suddenly wonder why kids are racing down main street in their new town. We can’t have a sanctioned, safe, outlet for a sport because it bothers some NIMBY **** and then they get that sport in the woods or down their street. The everyday person is too stupid to have any introspection on their NIMBY decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springfield shooter Posted December 18, 2022 at 06:42 PM Share Posted December 18, 2022 at 06:42 PM On 7/12/2022 at 10:36 AM, Dumak_from_arfcom said: That is exactly what they think is going to happen. Remember, the grocery stores were going to become warzones when two people, each carrying a concealed firearm, reached for the same loaf of bread. I thought it was parking spaces. Loaves of bread too? Things must be worse than we think. Or, maybe this stuff just wasn't going to happen. I'm just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilguy Posted December 18, 2022 at 11:52 PM Share Posted December 18, 2022 at 11:52 PM If we lose the moms in this country no court can save us. When I was a kid in the 50’s we use to shoot each other with toy guns. No mass shooting movie entertainment,Never heard about mass shootings. Not a thought about it. Now toy guns are contraband and movies and games glorify slaughter and death. Kids pushed to the edge by all the crud this society pumps out and a few fracture and strike out very violently. Moms get real edgy when they feel our little ones could be gun downed at school and the antis know it. This is going to get tougher. The notion that a good guy with a gun is the solution went out the window with the Uvalde Texas massacre. Heard a discussion on it this morning. We’ve got one heck of a battle ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveTA84 Posted December 19, 2022 at 12:38 AM Share Posted December 19, 2022 at 12:38 AM On 12/18/2022 at 5:52 PM, lilguy said: The notion that a good guy with a gun is the solution went out the window with the Uvalde Texas massacre Was redeemed and strengthened with Eli Dickens IMO. Also, armed civilians who do heroic acts are “good guys”, police are just doing their job.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2A4Cook Posted December 19, 2022 at 12:46 AM Share Posted December 19, 2022 at 12:46 AM Freaking idiots. Nobody seems to have any problems with slot machines in every bar and greasy spoon with parents throwing away the family's food and housing budgets. Of course, the state and the towns have their hands into the gamblers' pockets. It's better than red light cameras for these parasites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RECarry Posted December 19, 2022 at 01:29 AM Share Posted December 19, 2022 at 01:29 AM We need to keep hammering home that Gun Free Zones ATTRACT criminals and whack jobs. Ask these woke moms why they resist budgeting for armed trained security in schools. Should banks be forbidden from having security? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.