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A city consultant’s report this month takes aim at plans for an indoor gun range that would replace an outdoor one closed for safety reasons in 1997.
Pulse Marketing estimates that if the city builds an indoor shooting facility on the 17000 block of Gothard Avenue, annual budget deficits will run between $200,000 and $400,000.
To reduce the risk of losing revenue, the report suggests limiting, if not eliminating, the number of recreational shooters who can use the range.
With a city gun range, the Huntington Beach Police Department wouldn’t have to travel far for training, saving about $42,000 annually, the report notes.
The prospects for a city gun range depend a great deal on Fountain Valley, which plans to replace its own aging shooting facility, city staff said. Staff will meet with Fountain Valley officials Tuesday to discuss either building a joint facility or letting one city take over, because two ranges so close together would not survive financially.
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