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At their August meeting Monday, the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors agreed to support part of the changes in state law requested by the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors but voted to table the encased gun statute recommended by the Culpeper Board.

In a legal opinion requested by the Rappahannock Board at its last meeting. Commonwealth Attorney Doug Baumgardner outlined the proposed changes, and said that they would provide that the violation of the following provisions would result in the loss of hunting licenses and a maximum fine of $250.00:

1) Trespass upon licensed shooting preserves.

2) Trespass by hunters and fishers.

3) Refusal of a person on the land of another to identify himself.

4) Trespass on posted property

5) Destruction of posted signs and posting the land of another.

6) Hunting with firearms while under the influence of an intoxicant or narcotic drug.

The S250.00 maximum fine represents an increase over the present maximum of $100.00.

Although the “supervisors were in unanimous agreement on these changes, they could not reach a consensus on the cased gun statute that would require that all guns in a vehicle on any public road be encased. Culpeper County has requested Delegate George Beard to introduce cased gun legislation at the next session of Virginia's General Assent blv.

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