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youngpunk420 t1_j4sl5y3 wrote

Reply to comment by SneakAttackSax in Springfield needs to step up! Patriot Front is taking over and mocking our city. by Upper_Case_655

That's so trashy. Almost makes me feel unsafe. I always go walking there alone. I guess it's probably because there's a shooting range that attracts those kind of people. I'd be down to remove that stupid shooting range. I think busiek is the best place to walk because it's only like 25 minutes away and it's not paved. Frisco is paved and it's kind of boring for walking. Busiek is the best one unless I want to drive an hour or more.

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MrZanzinger t1_j4smoug wrote

It’s 100% that shooting range. Any unsupervised shooting range brings out people that have no right to own firearms.

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youngpunk420 t1_j4sna6v wrote

We should put a report in or something. Who do we complain to? The conservation department maybe

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VEI8 t1_j4sq6re wrote

It is an unsupervised Dept. Of Conservation range. Complaining to them would be a good idea.

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Antique-Way-216 t1_j4w52v0 wrote

Maybe they don't like you walking there who should they complain to?

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Upper_Case_655 OP t1_j4sn645 wrote

I feel the very same way. I don’t feel safe there either anymore. There are racist stickers everywhere there. They must visit often. There is way too many in town for it to be only a handful of people as well IMO.

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robzilla71173 t1_j4vi1ea wrote

It isn't really the shooting range that makes it trashy, it's the fact that it's only 25 minutes away and a straight shot off of the highway so it draws lots of crowds of people who are looking for something with easy access. It's been trashy for decades, and I would wager a lot of those people don't even know it extends to the west and has a shooting range. If you want something less sketchy and close I'd recommend Sac Woods or Pleasant Hope up 13, or Compton Hollow out east by Northview. They're smaller but they're closer and less crowded and way less chewed up. In fact I can say from personal experience that PH has never had any issues with nazis or otherwise unsavory types and until a couple of years ago they also had an unsupervised shooting range.

Also fyi the Frisco is only paved up to Willard and in Bolivar, so if you drive another 8 miles or so down 160 from the Kearney trailhead it's unpaved for the next 20+ miles.

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