Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

jdonovan wrote:

dorminWS wrote: Yes, and without knowing this, I would hazard a guess that many of those NoVa ranges have been there a while, and are "grandfathered" in on zoning/land use. I'd have to wonder whether they could get one started up today in tha same place..

Silver eagle is < 5 years old.

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OK, I'm not that familiar with the area. Is Silver Eagle in an industrial/relatively rural area or one in which one landowner owns a lot of land (like in "horse country", for instance)? One explanation obviously doesn't apply to all circumstances. My opinion was about what the general rule was. There will always be exceptions. But generally, I'd say I'm right. That's not because I'm so smart. It's because those 3 factors I opined were most of the cause for a shortage of ranges are bedrock priciples of human nature and economics.

dorminWS wrote: Is Silver Eagle in an industrial/relatively rural area

Google is your friend....

Industrial, under the flight path for dulles airport.

Good rant! I agree.

Id love to see a range open halfway between Charlottesville and Richmond in the Midpoint business park which is 95% vacant land.

of course Goochland county requires a conditional use permit. Still, I could go shoot rifles and then go to the Drive In theater on the same road in one night