gun compound closed by the court

[markie]

this is long time coming for the residents nearby...

“The Vermont Supreme Court upheld Friday a lower court order that the owner of an unpermitted firearms training school that has drawn complaints about noise and intimidation from neighbors demolish any unpermitted buildings on the Pawlet property and pay more than $46,600...We have not done anything wrong, we haven’t done anything illegal,” he (Slate Ridge owner Daniel Banyai) said in April during an event at his facility...."

don't know but more than likely some of these people were in D.C. 01/06/21


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vermont-supreme-court-upholds-order-to-close-gun-school/ar-AASNeYc?ocid=msedgntp

[Thomas Hurt]

1. A sovereign or some version of that type of whackjob I bet.

[AndyS]

2. ..

[stopdiggin]

3. this guy has been running amuck for years

and law enforcement in Vermont (and feds as well for that matter) have done exactly diddly about it.

Imagine you’re a resident of a quiet, rural community in southern Vermont, and a guy from New York moves to town and starts operating a tactical shooting range without a permit.

Now, imagine that members of a local militia start showing up for military-style training in your neighborhood. And when you raise concerns about the operation, the owner, Daniel Banyai, starts taunting you with thinly-veiled threats.

That’s exactly what some residents of West Pawlet say they’ve endured for more than three years.

But Slate Ridge had already been on federal authorities’ radar.

A bulletin released last year by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, warned that Banyai is believed to possess a large cache of weapons and ammunition. It said he falsely claims to be a federal agent, is known to carry a pistol, and may be agitated if encountered by law enforcement.

A printed bulletin with a photo of Daniel Banyai
Credit Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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A bulletin from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives warning law enforcement officers about Daniel Banyai, saying he has refused an order to surrender his firearms.

The bulletin also says that Banyai is prohibited from possessing firearms.

https://www.vpr.org/vpr-news/2021-01-13/despite-act-250-complaints-no-one-is-actively-investigating-slate-ridge-shooting-range