Regional Public Safety Firearms Training Center
The Regional Public Safety Firearms Training Center (or Albemarle County Firearms Training Facility) is a $4.5M 36,000 square foot firing range and firearms training center located in southern Albemarle County, open as of March 2021.[1] 36,000 square foot, single-story indoor firing range includes 12 firing positions at both 50 yards and at 100 yards, each capable of training live fire ammunition up to .50 caliber, and a 30-person classroom with audiovisual and distance learning capability.[2] The facility is soundproofed to reduce gunfire noise down to 40 dBA, which is the equivalent to distant car traffic or wind rustling leaves. [3]An initial decision to locate the facility outdoors in Keene was overturned by the Board of Supervisors in August after an outcry from southern residents of the county. $2.9 million in funding for the project was granted to the county from the Virginia attorney general's office. The project is a joint venture of the University of Virginia and the Albemarle County and Charlottesville police departments.[4]
Neighbors and the Piedmont Environmental Council were opposed because the land is in the county's rural area.[5]
References
- ↑ https://www.cbs19news.com/story/41894520/gun-firing-range-ready-for-use-in-albemarle-county
- ↑ https://www.cnpublicsafety.com/project/albemarle-county-firearms-training-facility/
- ↑ Web. Gun firing range ready for use in Albemarle County, May 12th, 8:49 PM EDT 2016, retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ↑ Web. State gift will go a long way toward police firing range, J. Reynolds Hutchins, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, December 22, 2013, retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ↑ Web. City, county reiterate support of Keene shooting range, Aaron Richardson, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, November 10, 2012, retrieved November 29, 2012.