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Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham said, “The reason I’m here is I wanted to hear your input. I’m a hunter and target shooter. I hate to see more restrictions put on a population. Anyone who has a gun, has to assume a certain responsibility. It’s difficult to legislate responsibility.”
Chuekie Jenkins asked if there is not already a law against “reckless endangerment.”
Mr. Luke said that the law is against “reckless handling of a firearm.” He said it is difficult to prove. “If a guy is outside drunk shooting up in the air, that may not endanger anybody. You’re into this kind of nebulous area, where you can’t prove he was endangering anybody.” *
Mr. Luke said if the ordinance is passed, it will still be necessary to have someone testify against people discharging firearms. Several people seemed to think that would also be difficult to prove.
“I have a problem,” C.B. Johnson said. “I don’t think it will do any good, and I could name on the fingers or one hand the people in Sperry ville who are doing this.”
Mr. Estes took a straw poll and found eight in favor of such an ordinance and four opposed. The supervisors plan to have such hearings in Chester Gap and Amissville before deciding whether or not to advertise a public hearing on the ordinance.
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