Shooting range owner pulls away from Blackwater
Now that Ron Shusett and I are working on a script titled, “Blackwater USA,” for Shoreline Motion Pictures, I thought it appropriate to begin adding information about the company. Since most of the media seems to view Blackwater and its contractors as mercenaries and evil, it might be difficult finding balance. As a police officer once told me when it comes to a difference in stories being told by opposing sides–both lie and the truth is somewhere in the middle. — John Chadwell
SAN DIEGO – The owner of a shooting range who trained military personnel for Blackwater Worldwide said yesterday he will no longer work with the North Carolina-based government contractor because of its notoriety.
I’m tired of being dragged into this thing,” said Marc Halcon, owner of American Shooting Center in Kearny Mesa.
Halcon, who has run American Shooting Center for 11 years, said he has been a subcontractor for Blackwater since 2002. He sent a fax yesterday notifying the company that the agreement will end May 31.
Blackwater plans to open an indoor training center for Navy personnel this summer in a 61,600-square-foot warehouse in Otay Mesa. The company scuttled plans to build a training center in the East County community of Potrero after noise tests showed gunfire at the site exceeded county standards.