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Maplewood council raises safety, land‑use concerns about long‑standing South Maplewood gun range

Maplewood City Council · March 9, 2026
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Councilmembers discussed a decades-old gun range on Ramsey County property leased to St. Paul, noting its proximity to new homes and a planned park, state statutory protections, and potential alternatives including a new public-safety training facility; a site meeting will be rescheduled.

Mayor Abrams and council members returned to a long-running debate about a South Maplewood gun range on March 9, saying the facility — in place for more than 50 years on Ramsey County property leased to the city of St. Paul — now sits near new residential development and a planned park.

"Does it really make sense to have a gun range there anymore?" Mayor Abrams asked, noting that a soon-to-be-built townhome could sit about 65 feet…

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