Politicians express concerns about Cape machine gun range April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — Both U.S. senators from Massachusetts and the congressman who represents Cape Cod are expressing concerns about potential environmental effects from a machine gun training range planned for a National Guard base in the region. The range at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod has received clearance under both federal and state environmental policy, but some neighbors have brought their concerns to Congress, according to a report Thursday in the Cape Cod Times. “We believe in the mission of the Guard, and we also agree with our constituents that our state & federal government has an obligation to take all possible care in determining any potential impacts that the construction of this range may incur — even if that means going above and beyond what is required by the statute,” the letter to Massachusetts Army National Guard dated last week said.