Encroaching residential development is what I think sunk the National Capitol Skeet & Trap Club. I shot there numerous times before joining the Izaak Walton League Potomac Chapter in Poolesville. Currently living on Cape Cod and the same residential encroachment is happening around some of the few remaining trap and skeet clubs here. When the clubs were started in the '50s and '60s the surrounding neighbors were farmers with plenty of land as buffer. Now people have bought lots and built homes near these clubs and are complaining to town councils about noise and gun safety. One club, Midway in East Falmouth has prevailed in several lawsuits where neighbors have asked for more restriction to shooting activities.
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