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Board discusses drafting letter to Commonwealth’s Attorney on enforcement stance for recent 2nd‑Amendment rules
Summary
Board members discussed asking the Commonwealth's Attorney whether they would follow Smyth County’s example in declining to prosecute certain technical violations of recent second‑amendment‑related regulations, and agreed to gather legal advice and consider a draft letter at the next meeting.
A board member raised whether Campbell County should ask its Commonwealth’s Attorney to consider taking the same public enforcement stance as Smyth County’s office had announced — specifically, whether the local office would decline prosecution of charges based solely on technical violations of a recent set of state regulations tied to second‑amendment issues. The board debated whether to ask the Commonwealth’s Attorney to put such a position on the record and agreed the county attorney and commonwealth’s office should be consulted before any formal letter is drafted.
Board members said they wanted more information and legal context before issuing any public statement; one supervisor proposed that the chairman work with staff to draft a short letter for consideration at the board’s next meeting, and the group agreed to return the item for a future decision after consulting their county attorney and the commonwealth’s office.
