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Hi Planning Commission,
I am writing in opposition to planned gun ranges in our county. There is lots of evidence that loud noise, and
especially intermittent and explosive noises are disruptive to people’s health and well-being. This is especially
true of those who have PTSD from military service. I think everyone can acknowledge how stressful the sounds
of gunfire are to many veterans, civilians who have been near or exposed to gunfire in the past and those who
now rightly worry about the mass shootings that are occurring all over the country. The sounds of guns and war
will cause stress to all those who can hear them. This is not the same as industrial noise.
The obvious solution for those who want to practice shooting is to create an indoor range so their noise is
contained and not affecting others. Other businesses have to mitigate their impacts, and with such a great
impact this would be reasonable for gun ranges.
You can read a study here about the greater impact that bursts of noise have than steady noise, and the
financial burden shouldered by others: http://www.nonoise.org/library/drowning/drowning.htm
A snippet from the report: Rapidly varying noise is much more annoying than constant noise, as decades of
psycho-acoustics research have established. A varying noise commands the hearer’s continuous attention,
making it especially bothersome.
Please ensure that any gun range is indoors and not impacting neighbors for miles around.
Thanks,
Seth Rolland
1039 Jackson Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360) 379-0414
Seth Rolland <melseth@olypen.com>
Fri 11/16/2018 7:21 AM
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