> NEWTOWN, Connecticut: People in the rural, hilly areas around Newtown are used to gunfire. [...] > But in the last couple of years, residents began noticing

> NEWTOWN, Connecticut: People in the rural, hilly areas around Newtown are used to gunfire. [...] > But in the last couple of years, residents began noticing loud, repeated gunfire, and even explosions [from propane gas tanks used as targets], coming from new places. Near a trailer park. By a boat launch. Next to well-appointed houses. > [...] ''We're growing,'' [Council Ordinance Committee Chairwoman, Mary Ann Jacob] said on Saturday, describing a town where hikers and mountain bikers competed with gun owners for use of trails and forested areas. http://www.smh.com.au/world/guns-are-why-were-free-8230-people-lose-sight-of-that-20121217-2bjdd.html http://www.smh.com.au/world/guns-are-why-were-free-8230-peop...