VA-ALERT: ACTION ITEM: Proposed gun range needs help

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VA-ALERT: ACTION ITEM: Proposed gun range needs help, correction on endorsement

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First another correction: In the VCDL Mini-Update that went out earlier tonight, I mistakenly said that Carl Loser, who is running in Virginia’s 10th Senate District, was endorsed by the VCDL-PAC. NO ONE in the 10th District has been endorsed.

ACTION ITEM: Proposed Green County gun range needs help getting approval!

Lyle Durrer, who owns the Big Iron Outdoors gun show has decided to open an outdoor rifle/pistol range in Ruckersville because there are no other ranges nearby that are open to the public. He needs our help to get the zoning approval for the range from Greene County.

The shooting range will be a twenty lane facility located on a two acre lot next to the Big Iron Outdoors Gun Shop with room to grow. Ten of the lanes will allow shooting up to twenty five yards and the other ten lanes will be up to fifty yards. The range will have eight-foot-high concrete walls with bullet traps consisting of steel and rubber. Baffles will have ballistic, acoustical rubber and steel plates and will be positioned down range so no projectile can exit the range (known as a “No Blue Sky” range). The firing line will be covered by a structure to shield shooters from the elements. The range will be open to the public with annual memberships and walk-in hourly rates. Lyle's top priority in developing this range is noise mitigation and the safety of its users and especially the safety and comfort of the surrounding communities.

The range will be accessible from Route 33 less than a half mile east from the Route 29 & Route 33 intersection in Ruckersville. It is Lyle's hope that customers will also patronize the other businesses that are located around this intersection when they visit the range. It is also Lyle's intention to build a facility that can accommodate Firearms and Safety Classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced shooters.

Unfortunately, the Planning Commission did not give the Board of Supervisors a recommendation on the range, so now we must contact the Board of Supervisors and ask them to approve the range.

If you can, please attend the Green County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, October 13, at 6:30 PM to speak in favor of the range

IMPORTANT NOTE: The meeting is being held in a high school auditorium, so guns will have to be left in your vehicle, unloaded and in a closed container (the trunk counts as a closed container). Be sure your gun is secured in the closed container BEFORE pulling onto school property.

Location:

WILLIAM MONROE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
254 Monroe Dr, Stanardsville, VA 22973

Here is contact information if you want to send an email or call the Board of Supervisors members to show your support for the range:

David Cox, Chairman
3699 Celt Road
Stanardsville, VA 22973
434-960-3653
dcox@gcva.us
Monroe District
Term Expires: 12/31/15


Eddie Deane
467 Tower Road
Stanardsville, VA 22973
434-531-5579
edeane@gcva.us
At Large
Term Expires: 12/31/15


Jim Frydl, Vice Chairman
182 Spring Oaks Lane
Ruckersville, VA 22968
434-531-3472
jfrydl@gcva.us
Midway District
Term Expires: 12/31/17

Davis Lamb
1843 Moore Road
Ruckersville, VA 22968
434-985-4034
dlamb@gcva.us
Ruckersville District
Term Expires: 12/31/15


Bill Martin
431 Bear Run Road
Stanardsville, VA 22973
434-985-7249
bmartin@gcva.us
Stanardsville District
Term Expires: 12/31/17

John Barkley
County Administrator
434-985-5201
jbarkley@gcva.us


To send an email to all Board of Supervisors members:

Email addresses: dcox@gcva.us, edeane@gcva.us, jfrydl@gcva.us, dlamb@gcva.us, bmartin@gcva.us, jbarkley@gcva.us

Suggested subject: Please support the Big Iron Outdoors shooting range!

Suggested message:

Dear Board of Supervisors member,

As Virginia becomes more urbanized, it is getting harder and harder to find a safe and legal place to shoot. Virginia needs more ranges to support our right to keep and bear arms. I urge you to approve the Big Iron Outdoors shooting range! The range will bring business to the area around it and it will be providing an important function to the citizens of Virginia.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]



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