[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Miramar Marine Corps Air Station (CA) shotgun range

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Closure of shooting range provokes an unusual clash
For decades, shotgun enthusiasts visited the 29-acre range at the 
Miramar military base. Its closure because of concern about lead 
contamination sparks disagreement between the Marines Corps and possibly 
its biggest booster in Congress.

By Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times
November 1, 2010

For five decades, shotgun enthusiasts were able to visit the Miramar 
military base for target practice and skeet shooting.

In 2008, 95,000 rounds were fired by members and guests of the San Diego 
Shotgun Sports Assn., which ran a 29-acre range on the base.

Now the military has closed the facility out of concern for the toxic 
contamination caused by years of lead shotgun pellets landing in a 
13-acre "overshot" area next to the range.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shotgun-20101101,0,2129.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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