A new gun range proposed in Utah County has residents on edge, feeling underinformed and unsafe.
Up on the hill west of Payson is the West Mountain community. It's a mostly quiet community filled with people trying to get away from the crowds of the big city.Above their homes, at the foot of a mountains is the proposed spot for a new gun range that would be pressing up against some of their homes.
The range is being proposed by the Civilian Marksmanship Program. It would span 537 acres of BLM land and have outdoor ranges, pistol ranges and places for competitive shooting sports like skeet shooting. “We’re right up against it and we haven’t been given any information on safety measures or anything, and we haven’t been given time to ask the questions because public comment ends on Friday,” Lathrop said.
Another group of residents did have a meeting with BLM about their concerns, but they're still worried about how the process had been handled.
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