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Approved 6/8/2015 <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 12/08/2014 Page 36 of 49 <br /> <br /> <br />Anthony Taibi: The surroundings of that are heavily wooded, correct? 1 <br /> 2 <br />Adrian Carter: Yes. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Anthony Taibi: There is no way you can see from that spot to your home however high it is, correct? 5 <br /> 6 <br />Adrian Carter: Correct. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Anthony Taibi: And to the extent someone is engaging in legal sport shooting activity on their property, would you 9 <br />prefer that they make attempts to mitigate any trouble to their neighbors or …. 10 <br /> 11 <br />T.C. Morphis: Objection. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Larry Wright: Sustained. 14 <br /> 15 <br />T.C. Morphis: I know you are not a gun owner but how far do you think a high caliber hunting rifle can shoot? 16 <br /> 17 <br />Adrian Carter: With this incidence going on at our property, I decided I would educate myself and some high caliber 18 <br />weapons can travel several miles. I believe a .22 can travel over a mile. 19 <br /> 20 <br />T.C. Morphis: I only have two short other witnesses and I can truncate their testimony I promise. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Larry Wright: I would appreciate that because I really don’t know how this relates to what we have to do , what our 23 <br />business is tonight, do you understand? 24 <br /> 25 <br />T.C. Morphis: I do sir. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Larry Wright: And I am going to ask our attorney, how does this relate to what we are supposed to be doing, what we 28 <br />are charged with tonight? 29 <br /> 30 <br />James Bryan: That is not a question I could answer. The boa rd has determined that there is jurisdiction. It is a 31 <br />question for the appellant, what is he asking you to do, how does it relate? I don’t see how I can offer anything. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Larry Wright: I am going to ask the board. Do you have any comments or questions r ight now relative to what this 34 <br />has to do with where we are to go tonight? 35 <br /> 36 <br />David Blankfard: I don’t think we have heard anything here tonight that says this is a firing range operating on this 37 <br />property. What is the definition of a firing range? We have heard there are people shooting, okay, they can do that. 38 <br />There is no person from NRA that says this is a legal shooting range. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Mark Micol: We haven’t heard all the testimony and I am assuming we are going to hear more of the same but that is 41 <br />the question I have, is the next witnesses, is it going to be more of the same? 42 <br /> 43 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Mr. Harvey, did you notice this plethora of shells covering the ground and all that was described here? 44 <br /> 45 <br />Michael Harvey: I have seen pictures provided by the property owners. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Jeff Schmitt: Physically, you have never walked any of this property to see it? 48 <br /> 49 <br />Michael Harvey: No sir. 50