Gun Club, Chumash Clash Over Shooting Site
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Winchester Canyon Gun Club is in a clash with the Chumash Indians over its Los Padres National Forest shooting range.
Some members of the tribe don’t want the gun club permit renewed, saying the ridgeline shooting range site is adjacent to prehistoric rock art that the tribe holds sacred.
The U.S. Forest Service is weighing whether to renew the gun club’s permit for another 10 years. The club also wants to reopen a long-distance rifle range, to fire across the Chumash rock art site one day per month.
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