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Approximately 200 residents showed up Saturday, June 26 to protest a machine gun firing range proposed by the Massachusetts National Guard at Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC).

Last week, Air National Guard Brigadier General Christopher M. Faux wrote this in an email to Christopher Adams, co-chairman of the Military-Civilian Community Council:

Less than a year ago, with little meaningful public notice, the Massachusetts Army National Guard quietly released a fast-track environmental assessment of its multi-purpose machine gun range planned for the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve at Joint Base Cape Cod. Since then, the base has ignored overwhelming public comments in opposition to the range. The Guard received 367 comments, 90% opposed, from the public. And in its official response to the public comments, the Guard brushed aside all objections. We now know why. Just last week, the Joint Base Cape Cod director both summarily dismis...

Proposed machine gun range gets unanimous recommendation from one of two volunteer groups that advise state's Environmental Management Commission.

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 t...