By Chad D. Baus

Northeast Ohio media outlets are reporting on a Henrietta Township (Lorain Co.) trustee meeting that heard complaints from a couple who bought their "dream house" next to the 60 year-old Firelands (Boy) Scout Reservation and shooting range.

"It's constant banging all day long," Deborah Banyas whined to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Even if we go in the house, close the windows and turn up music, it's loud. It never stops."

Banyas and her husband, Terry Speer, live on their 20-acre property, home to their Riverdog Art Studio, where the two artists make sculptures. The story says they have a hard time working with all the racket coming from the 450-acre reservation next door.

Is it just me, or is this something akin to moving in next to railroad tracks and complaining about the trains?

USA Today reported recently that the Transportation Security Administration may allow airports to ban firearms from terminals, parking lots, roads and other airport areas where many states currently allow passengers to carry lethal weapons, eliminating persons' right to bear arms for self-defense even while driving to and from the airport.