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Jefferson County discusses using jail-adjacent timber sale to fund shooting range after municipal range closure
Summary
Council and law enforcement discussed converting timber revenue from land near the county jail to develop an indoor shooting range and tactical training center after Mayor Courtney said the municipal firing range will close May 1; officials said the proposal is at an early planning stage and public meetings were requested by nearby residents.
Jefferson County council members and law enforcement representatives discussed using proceeds from timber harvested on county property adjacent to the jail to help fund a new indoor shooting range and tactical training center after Mayor Courtney announced the municipal firing range will close May 1.
Speakers said the idea remains in early planning. "It would be more of like a tactical training center than theoretically a gun range," Ben (role/title not specified) said, listing uses such as pepper-ball and less-lethal munitions training, Taser instruction, K-9 exercises, vehicle-extrication drills and classroom instruction.
The proposal, as described at the public-comment portion of the Feb. 11 meeting, would repurpose part of the wooded land northeast of the jail. Speakers suggested storing county maintenance equipment at one end of a new multiuse building and locating outdoor shooting lines and a bermed…
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