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Colorado Springs Family Concerned About Shooting On Property

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- A family living on 35 acres near Colorado Springs believes people are using their property as a shooting range. This, despite signs posted that inform trespassers of the private property.

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Homeowners living near Colorado Springs are upset people continue to use their property as a shooting range without permission. (credit: CBS)

The residents have been hearing the gunfire but didn't think too much of it until they started finding bullet holes and shell casings.

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Homeowners living near Colorado Springs are upset people continue to use their property as a shooting range without permission. (credit: CBS)

The Cronin family put up signs but those seem to be ignored.

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Homeowners living near Colorado Springs are upset people continue to use their property as a shooting range without permission. (credit: CBS)

"It's not okay to be shooting on private property. You could be shooting where people live. And you could be endangering families," said homeowner Rachel Cronin.

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Homeowners living near Colorado Springs are upset people continue to use their property as a shooting range without permission. (credit: CBS)

There is an area open for shooting several miles down the road from the Cronin's property. There is a belief that people stop at their property to warm up before they reach the shooting range.

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Homeowners living near Colorado Springs are upset people continue to use their property as a shooting range without permission. (credit: CBS)
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