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Here's an email my son sent to concerned parties:

I am a lifelong Loudoun County resident from Sterling. I currently live in Lovettsville on 7 acres, which I bought in large part due to the freedom to exercise my second amendment rights. I literally printed the local firearms ordinance and walked the entire lot with one of your officers to ensure that I could comply with the law and shoot safely and legally. There are many thousands of responsible gun owners that live in Loudoun County and shoot responsibly on their own land. Attacking the rights of thousands because of the irresponsible behavior of one, or even a few, is unfair and tyrannical. Please protect our constitutional rights as you have sworn to do.

1 posted on 06/20/2018 11:06:05 AM PDT by harpygoddess
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To: harpygoddess

The NRA is H/Q’d just down the street from you. Send them a message. If you have any gun ranges or shooting clubs in the county be sure to make them aware. https://contact.nra.org/contact-us.aspx


2 posted on 06/20/2018 11:14:01 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: harpygoddess

There’s not enough information in the post to make any determination of what happened.

Also sounds like the OP is asking why the shooter is not being prosecuted- probably because he/she they may not have done anything illegal-mens rea being perhaps absent, even if bullets struck buildings. Now, that said, everyone everywhere should insure that their bullets strike a proper back stop/berm etc and to shoot at targets arrayed in front of and into a backstop not at targets scattered on the ground- that’s when ricochets occur.

Regarding the 880 yard stand off zone- that will be unreasonable for almost all people who shoot on their own property. I doubt there are many places in the county where a half mile (so, a mile diameter) around a rural homeowners firing point is would be void of any occupied building.


3 posted on 06/20/2018 2:12:26 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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