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Dinwiddie Board creates Firearm Safety Advisory Committee, names Lee chair
Summary
The Board approved a resolution to create a Firearm Safety Advisory Committee to study ordinances on backstops and night shooting; the resolution lists membership including law-enforcement and citizen representatives and names Supervisor Daniel D. Lee as chair.
The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors voted to establish a Firearm Safety Advisory Committee at its Jan. 20 meeting, charging the group to study and recommend ordinances related to firearm backstops and shooting at night.
County Attorney Tyler Southall introduced the resolution, emphasizing the board’s position: the resolution states the Board’s "strong support for the Second Amendment and recognition of lawful firearm use for hunting, target shooting, and self-defense, while also acknowledging concerns about unsafe firearm discharges." The resolution sets committee membership with Supervisor Daniel D. Lee named as chair; the sheriff or designee and the Commonwealth’s Attorney or designee are included, along with Vice-Chair Casey M. Dooley and citizen representatives from each district (Ryan Smith, Steve Schmidt, Forrest Dance Sr., Faith Driggers, Chuck Allen). The Board approved the resolution unanimously.
The committee’s charge, as described in the meeting minutes, is to study firearm backstops and shooting-at-night ordinances and to bring recommendations back to the Board for possible ordinance action.
