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On Aug 25, 11:04 am, "Ed Huntress" wrote:




"SteveB" wrote in message

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"azotic" wrote in message
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Dedication today for Clark County Shooting Park
The Associated Press
Posted: 08/25/2009 04:01:19 AM PDT


LAS VEGAS-Local and federal officials are scheduled to attend a
ceremony
to mark progress on a $60 million Clark County Shooting Park at the
facility in northwest Las Vegas.
U.S. Sens. Harry Reid and John Ensign, Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
and
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons are due to join Clark County Commissioners Rory
Reid and Tom Collins for the 10 a.m. Tuesday dedication at the shooting
range at the northern end of Decatur Boulevard.


A 148-acre first phase is expected to open by December with trap,
skeet,
archery, pistol, rifle and shotgun ranges, plus a pro shop, classrooms
and cafeteria.


The facility is being funded with money raised from the sale of public
lands to pay for parks, trails and natural areas.


If your planning a vacation or just passing thru Las Vegas bring your
guns and enjoy them at the new public range.


FYI Nevada is a open carry state.


Best Regards


Tom


The range was used for 50 cal. BMG competition until the neighbors
squawked. Don't know if that was ever resolved.


Steve


They need lots of practice in Nevada, the most dangerous state in the
country, with a crime rate 24% higher than the national average. Keep
shooting, guys. Your life may depend on it. g


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It's high, Ed, but when did it become # 1?

I think it was around 2004 or 2005.

Those are the CQ Press rankings, based on where a state stands on a variety
of violant crime stats:

"The Safest and Most Dangerous State rankings are determined using rates for
six crime categories -- murder, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery,
and motor vehicle theft -- by calculating a state's position relative to the
national average for each category. Crime categories are weighted equally,
so that state comparisons are based purely on how states performed against
the national average. The weighted, aggregate scores are totaled, and a
state is assigned a final score. The farther below the national average a
state's crime rate is, the safer it ranks; the farther above the national
average, the more dangerous."

The M-Q/CQ Press rankings are used in a range of fields. I've checked them
against the FBI's UCR stats in the past, and they're accurate
representations of what they say they are.

http://www.cqpress.com/product/Crime...ings-2008.html

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Ed Huntress