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Michael Joerling: Yeah. They get cranked up and then they start out seemingly like people are target shooting, there 1 <br />is no space between shots. 2 <br /> 3 <br />T.C. Morphis: Are you worried about safety on your property? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Michael Joerling: My biggest issue is the direction they are shooting in. 6 <br /> 7 <br />T.C. Morphis: Do they fire directly at your house? 8 <br /> 9 <br />Michael Joerling: The way the range is set up, it is firing directly in my property which I spend a lot of time outside 10 <br />both myself and my wife work from home and it wouldn’t take much and I respectfully disagree with how wooded it is 11 <br />around the range. The least wooded area is behind the berm and if it gets past the berm it is coming in my property. 12 <br /> 13 <br />T.C. Morphis: Is it correct, that past the berm, there is no field that backs to woods? 14 <br /> 15 <br />Michael Joerling: Exactly right. 16 <br /> 17 <br />T.C. Morphis: Mostly saplings? 18 <br /> 19 <br />Michael Joerling: Saplings and past that is open field. The next thing they are going to hit is my house or my 20 <br />property. 21 <br /> 22 <br />T.C. Morphis: Do you have grandchildren that come visit you? 23 <br /> 24 <br />Michael Joerling: I have got kids, I have got grandkids, I have got pets. We spend a lot of time outside, that is why 25 <br />we live there. 26 <br /> 27 <br />T.C. Morphis: I have no further questions. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Larry Wright: Mr. Taibi? 30 <br /> 31 <br />Anthony Taibi: Sir, do you have any evidence there are any memberships being given away, sold, advertised? Do 32 <br />you ever see any advertisements for activities to take place? 33 <br /> 34 <br />Michael Joerling: I wouldn’t know where to see advertisements but no I have not. 35 <br /> 36 <br />Anthony Taibi: No flyers or anything of that nature? 37 <br /> 38 <br />Michael Joerling: It’s not a flyer kind of place. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Anthony Taibi: You would agree if somebody has their family and friends and would like to shoot a few rounds up in 41 <br />a rural area, that is perfectly acceptable. One should be a good neighbor but it is not a question for the land use 42 <br />authority. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Michael Joerling: If that is what they were doing, I would have no objection. We are not here because they are 45 <br />shooting a couple of rounds off. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Anthony Taibi: How many rounds is your distinction between a private and acceptable activity and private activity? 48 <br /> 49 <br />T.C. Morphis: I object. 50 <br />43