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Resident urges fencing and a noise study for proposed Walton Road gun range, citing safety for autistic child
Summary
During citizen comment at the April 16 meeting a Goochland resident, Robin Larson, urged planners to require perimeter fencing and a noise study for a proposed BSP gun range near Walton Road, saying her 4-year-old nonverbal autistic grandson lives roughly 500 yards away and that medical providers have submitted written concerns.
Robin Larson, a resident who said she lives on Walton Road in Goochland County, used the citizen comment period to raise safety concerns about a proposed BSP gun range application that has been deferred. Larson said her 4-year-old nonverbal autistic grandson, James, lives about 500 yards from the proposed range and that written statements from his medical team at UVA and his speech therapist warn that repeated shotgun blasts could be detrimental.
Larson told the commission the applicant (VSP) has not completed a noise study that mimics the facility’s operations or tournament conditions, and she emphasized that the child is a runner who would not reliably obey verbal commands and that no perimeter fencing has been proposed. She asked the commission to require a safety fence if the county moves forward with approval.
The comment was offered during the general citizen comment period; the record shows the gun range application is deferred and no staff response was given during the citizen comment segment.
Larson’s testimony highlighted proximate public-safety and special-needs concerns that county staff and decision-makers may need to consider during any future review of the gun range application.
