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Board adopts ordinance regulating exploding targets on firing ranges, extends firearm-distance rule
Summary
After three readings and committee review, the board adopted an ordinance banning exploding targets on firing ranges and amended a firearms regulation to increase the required safe distance from 200 to 225 yards for discharge near dwelling units; the vote was 5–2.
The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners adopted an ordinance June 16 that regulates exploding targets on firing ranges and amended section 9.5-100(a)(2) of the county code to increase the minimum safe distance for discharging a firearm near a dwelling unit from 200 to 225 yards.
County Attorney Rick Moorefield told the board the ordinance had been presented twice before with no changes and that it implements penalties recommended…
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