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By MICHELE MAY
KappuhimniM'k Nr» s Staff W riter
After a two hour hearing in a crowded courtroom Monday, Circuit Court Judge Shore Robertson extended a temporary injunction that had been brought against the Rappahannock Sportsmen’s Association on October 5. The court had ordered the club to refrain from using its firing range on the Turner Settle property in Amissville until the court could hold its hearing on the permanent injunction.
After hearing the evidence, Robertson decided Monday that the court* will continue and make permanent the previous injunction against the association. At the same time he pointed out that the club or any individual member could still apply to the county to establish a firing range. However the judge refused to expand the injunction to list the club’s specific members and its president, Robert L. Bowers, saying the issue had only been raised in closing arguments and that the individuals were not known to the court or present other than Bowers.
Robertson said the defense argument that the injunction infringed on constitutional rights of association members was not valid. The zoning ordinance allows establishing places “to train to arms”. An injunction against a firing range where misapplication for required permits was made is not unconstitutional in any way, Robertson said.
That the property was intended to be used as a firing range was not disputed. Work was begun upon the premises without a special use permit although the county zoning ordinance
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