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Rappahannock’s hunters must be certified through a hunter safety course before getting a hunting license, he said. “Shooting is a family sport,” Huff said, supporting adoption of the range amendment.
“I’m not speaking for or against any specific range ...I’d like to see this amendment put into our ordinance,” said Carson Johnson.
Albert Daub of Amissville asked how the noise from skeet shooting would be controlled. “Now that really gets on your % nerves, day in and day out.”
Maxine Hutton told the board that the noise of exploding bullets could be heard all over Amissville during the fire at the gun shop. She also claimed that gun powder in the shop hadn’t been stored properly. “If it hadn’t been watered down, it probably would have killed every fireman there,” Hutton maintained. “If that’s how he (Bowers) is starting out...”
She added that Bowers is replacing his burned-down gun shop with a metal structure that’s “not very nice... They are strangers to our community. We have been here. We don’t want it,” Mrs. Hutton said. “Would any of you want it?” she asked the supervisors.
In response to her allegations, Bowers announced that the gun powder at Blue Ridge, stored in a special metal container as required by federal law, had never been in danger of exploding. He added that there were no bullets flying around the night of the fire; that only casings, not bullets, had exploded.
Supervisor Hubert Gilkey’s motion to adopt the planning commission’s version of the range amendment, including the 500 foot setback and the clarification on fencing, passed unanimously.
“Very good. Thank you,” said Maxine Hutton, noting that she was in favor of the amendment “if it’s enforced.”
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