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Residents press council on police gun range: noise, lead and enclosure proposal discussed
Summary
Multiple residents and petitioners urged the council to act after Planning Commission consideration of a $5 million proposal to enclose the Cranston police gun range; commenters disputed administration statements about suppressor use and rental activity.
Residents from neighborhoods near the Cranston Police Department firing range told the council on March 24 that gunfire noise and lead contamination remain a public-health issue and asked the council to place restrictions or require changes in law.
Susan Blakely said the Planning Commission had reviewed a $5 million capital request from the police department to enclose the range…
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