Heard a guy was building a house behind them, and wants it shut down.

I spoke to Top Gun about this. There are multiple items in play.

So will they reopen ?

Some people move next to a landfill then start complaining about the smell.

I'd tell him build a big berm...we were here first....

North Texas Shooters Association had a similar problem and as a result curtailed all their early morning and late hour shooting. The range was there first.

The gun range in McKinney was shut down by the city, ostensibly because they wanted to expand the airport. The gun range was in place before the airport's planned expansion.

This range in Kaufman has had repeated issues. http://www.terrelltribune.com/community/article_a20554a6-098b-11e5-8884-ab2007bc683e.html The range was the late comer, but that really isn't the issue. The issue is that valid and legal lawsuits can be brought against the range and harm operations while being very expensive. Just looking at the picture of the range, I would say that the neighbors have a lot of reason to be concerned about safety. It certainly does not meet NRA standards for range construction. http://www.northeasttexastactical.com/

You can google 'texas gun range shut down' and find all sorts of examples where gun ranges are getting shut down, mostly due to safety issues. It doesn't matter who came first.

Since its county, who'd have the jurisdiction to shut it down? Seems it'd end up with a judge making a ruling.I quit going when they stopped allowing fmj.Nice to have a range out to 500 though.

We quit forgetting there are no competent gun owners out there.... The guns just go off by themselves . The person who built their house behind the backstops are the smart one's muyloco
Welcome to 2016

Well, apparently the lack of competent gun owners is a problem as Chad just noted.

As for where people build their houses, they have every right to build anywhere on their property that is legal and should be able to feel safe from gunfire. Any gunfire that crosses property lines in such a case would be illegal, intentional or not. It is the responsibility of the range and its clients to see that such events don't happen.

In numerous previous cases, the judges tend to side with the victims when they can show proof and that either results in ranges being shut down or paying hefty amounts of money to the victims, often coinciding with hefty costs of renovation that should have already been implemented.

When ranges don't take complaints seriously, the costs in the long run often are much greater, just delayed.

A lot of Misinformation from the rich suburban counties... Top Gun was not 'there first'...one of the poorest counties in the state, there are NO New houses in this area, the neighbors have been there 15 to 50 years if one would look around when driving his $50k 4WD SUV or Pickup-- without a speck of dirt--from N.Dallas/Plano/Frisco/McKinney to the range. (There are no paved or chip sealed County Roads in Fannin, just the cheapest gravel.). So moving next to an existing airport or dump analogy is an ignorant one. It is such a long drive for some of the customers, don't you wish someone would build a 500yd range Right Next Door to you in your zero lot house tomorrow ?? How convenient then! Oh, now that would be different. It's all a matter of perspective.
...and as my first FTO said to me...(in 19-77). 'People are garbage"

A lot of Misinformation from the rich suburban counties... Top Gun was not 'there first'...one of the poorest counties in the state, there are NO New houses in this area, the neighbors have been there 15 to 50 years if one would look around when driving his $50k 4WD SUV or Pickup-- without a speck of dirt--from N.Dallas/Plano/Frisco/McKinney to the range. (There are no paved or chip sealed County Roads in Fannin, just the cheapest gravel.). So moving next to an existing airport or dump analogy is an ignorant one. It is such a long drive for some of the customers, don't you wish someone would build a 500yd range Right Next Door to you in your zero lot house tomorrow ?? How convenient then! Oh, now that would be different. It's all a matter of perspective.
...and as my first FTO said to me...(in 19-77). 'People are garbage"