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By Jan LaValley
Rappahannock News Staff Writer ' The Rappahannock Board of Supervisors had a hot issue on their hands at Monday’s meeting — they had to decide on whether to require fingerprinting for concealed weapon permits in the county.
As of July 1, the law changed and left the decision up to the counties as to how to handle the ordinance.
About 10 people attended the meeting to voice their opposition to the ordinance. A background check, for 45 days, is done for each application and those who spoke said this is enough and that the fingerprinting is unnecessary.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke said, “I wish I could say that everything comes back on a background check, but I can’t. With a fingerprint check you get any criminal conviction from anywhere in the United States.”
Rappahannock Sheriff Gary Settle said, “It amazes me sometimes when we get back the information. For 98 or 99 percent of the checks we get nothing back but there are usually one or two that are flagged. It echoes
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