Tabernacle considers regulating firearms use

kingofthepines

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Sep 10, 2003
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“We have to be careful to not make it too restrictive so that if you have to defend and protect yourself, or if you have to use it against a dangerous animal, you can do so without having to worry about restrictions,” McCarty said.

Absolutely. Could you imagine not being able to protect yourself or your family because your 1100 might be too loud for the neighbors?
 

Teegate

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Sep 17, 2002
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This shows how the rural lifestyle of Tabernacle is diminishing. Does not bode well for the future of the pines.

Guy
 

RednekF350

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Feb 20, 2004
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I hunted a beautiful piece private land in Tabernacle in 1995 where my older son get his first deer.
It was a large farm off Carranza Road but unfortunately it was adjoined by residential susdivisions in several spots.
One of the adjoiners used to post whacky signs at the end of his driveway about hunters and trespassing.
He interrupted my hunt one night and I told him I would bring a complaint against him for interfering with a lawful hunt and he backed off.
I eventually stopped hunting there because I didn't want to cause friction with my friend and his family who owned the farm and the neighbors.
I will forward this article over to the president of the NJ Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, who is also a member of my club, so that we can get a lobby together.
Scott
 

Y-BUC-BILL

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Mar 9, 2007
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Hi Scott.Thanks for the info.Sent the article to the Division,Council and Federation.Will keep you posted if I hear any news.
Bill,N.J.State Federation of Sportsmens Clubs:Director-Southern Region.
 

Badfish740

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Feb 19, 2005
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This is sad, maddening, and frustating all at the same time. We had a similar problem with NIMBYs moving into the area. A housing development was built abutting a farm in Hamilton and the residents who moved in got together and tried to force the farmer to stop using propane cannons to scare away birds. I've lived in Hamilton all my life and don't even notice the cannons. They're not that loud anyway unless you're out in the field and standing right next to one. Luckily, the Right to Farm act, which is a federal law, exempts farmers from noise regulations regarding such devices. The people in the development had no chance in reversing the law, but it burns me that people have the audacity to move to an area and attempt to dictate change in such a way!

This B.S. in Tabernacle is no different. Perhaps the only thing worse than losing open space to development is rural areas losing their very character. Man I hate suburbanites.
 
Apr 6, 2004
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Mayor Noble McNaughton said last week that some residents have complained that the sound of gunfire has become a nuisance...

Someone needs to inform these people that it is they who are the nuisance. You know what kind of noise I don't like? The whining of yuppies who have no place in the woods that they invade.
 

LARGO

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Sep 7, 2005
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I see this sort of thing out my way frequently and even very recently.
I do not even begrudge an individual that comes out here and constructs a domicile that looks horribly out of place. After that, just live in it and leave people alone. Those who want to live even beyond the constraints of a rural environment and want to get deep back, should accept all that comes with. It is in fact a sore topic.
 

GermanG

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Apr 2, 2005
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I haven't spent enough time on this forum to get a read on everyone's views on firearms and hunting yet, but I'm glad to see so many who see this as a deterioration of the region's character, rather than a firearm issue. I'm a hunter myself, but I respect the views of those who aren't (except those who want to stop my hunting). Too often we let the differences in the way we enjoy the outdoors distract us from the real enemies.
 
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