I wouldn't call the main problem with these shoots come from the Fudd's - it's alot deeper than that. We had a couple of people at the Westwood Gun Club ( keep this handy, there's a test later! ) that didn't like the idea of shooting up a vehicle. He listed out in his rant that we were a sportsmens club and they don't do things like that. Sorry, where do you see " sportsmens " listed out in the naming of the club above? You don't. Another one of the guys was all worried about what the neighbors would say after seeing the vehicles driven out for our shoot we had in July. Again, why worry about what the neighbors will think.
Filnallygotbeltfed is also a member of WGC and we've been down there when both Adam and he had all the neat toys out and using them. One of them brought a scanner and sure enough we heard the call goes out to one of Medfield's finest who shows up a few minutes later. Everything was okay but still you have to wonder why the dispatcher just didn't tell the caller that " It's a gun club, they do things like that there." and just let it go. Adam notified the Medfield and Walpole PD's that there was going to be a car shoot so we never got a visit from the friendly law enforcement that day.
People that aren't gunnies and even some of our own people are so programmed that MG's = bad guys that you have to wonder if the all the messages on TV aren't being planned that way. I can understand some of the old guys reluctence on this - it wasn't that way when they were younger and the only proper use for a gun is hunting or target shooting. I ignore them but the second subset of that group is the ones who are younger and still have that attitude. I shake my head at them and wish inside that they would find another club to go to so they can put their head in the sand with the other people that don't like scary MG's and EBR's. The sheep that hear automatic weapon fire and call the cops are just too programmed to try and save. You might be able to get one or two show up and MIGHT be able to convince them that this is okay but there are some that you just won't be able to convince.
Joe R.