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proposed ordinances in the interests of safety and common sense.
Not only is it dangerous to transport a loaded rifle or shotgun in a motor vehicle, it is also unsafe to leave a loaded firearm unattended in a vehicle, according to Stan Thompson, landowner in Piedmont District. "There’s no telling who will have access to it,” he said, calling for adoption of the proposed ordinances.
Aubrey Keyser said that game shot illegally from highways in the county is being sold to Washington, D.C. restaurants. He reported that he’d discovered this from inquiries he’d made among “responsible citizens” in Stanley, the Shenandoah Valley community where most of Rappahannock’s problem hunters are alleged to come from.
“I can see cars creeping up and down my road at five or ten miles per hour,” said Keyser. He maintained that most people hurt in gun accidents are wounded or killed when removing a loaded firearm from a vehicle. Supporting passage of the two proposed laws, he
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