[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Barnstable County [MA] Officials Urge Senator Warren to Not Approve Joint Base Gun Range Funding Extension"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Barnstable County Officials Urge Senator Warren to Not Approve Joint Base Gun Range Funding Extension

By Grady Culhane 
CapeCod.com
June 6, 2024

BOURNE – Barnstable County officials have sent a letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren urging her to ensure that the Massachusetts Army National Guard does not get funding extensions for the proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod. Senator Warren is on the armed service committee responsible for the funding.
 
The range would be built on the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve on Joint Base Cape Cod, with funding potentially included in the Senate’s 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. 
Mark Forest said he and the other Commissioners have been pleased with support from lawmakers. 

“Hundreds of other residents here on Cape Cod are reaching out to the Senator to urge her to deny that request, to oppose that request,” said Forest.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/barnstable-county-officials-send-letter-to-warren-calling-off-gun-range/

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Lenny Siegel
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