Commonwealth Mulling Appeal to Loss in SafeSide Range Lawsuit

The Washington Post reports this morning that Attorney General Herring is considering appealing yesterday's ruling by Lynchburg Circuit Judge F. Patrick Yeatts’s that SafeSide Tactical in Lynchburg may reopen with social distancing and sanitizing guidance.

The office of Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) said Monday that officials are mulling an appeal after the ruling.

“Governor Northam’s efforts to save lives and slow the spread of COVID-19 are necessary and proving to be effective, but unfortunately, the gun lobby believes the ability to shoot a gun indoors during this pandemic is worth risking further spread of the virus and making Virginia communities and families less safe,” Herring said in a statement.

What Herring did not say is that most all of those outdoor ranges that the Governor allowed to remain open are private clubs and are not open to the public like indoor ranges.  The Governor lost this one.  It will be interesting to see if he decides to just lick his wounds and hope that this is the only setback before finally lifting his "stay-a-home" order, or if he tests his luck with the Virginia Supreme Court and tries to have the injunction overturned.

Safeside Tactical Providing Buses to Gun Owner Lobby Day

SafeSide Tactical in Roanoke is providing buses for gun owners in the western part of the Commonwealth to travel to Richmond for Gun Owner Lobby Day on January 20th.  All you have to do is click here to sign up.  The price is $35.00.

Schedule
3:30am Secure Parking Gates open @ SafeSide
4:30am bus will leave from SafeSide Roanoke
5am Stop @ Big Boyz Guns (Blue Ridge) for pickup
8am Arrive in Richmond
2pm Leave Richmond arriving back in Blue Ridge/Roanoke by 6pm.
All riders will get a free "Shall Not Be Infringed" T-shirt and coupon pack from local vendors valued at over $150 (details will be added).

Safeside also had this suggestion on the web site:

Please consider dressing professionally so we can show the gun haters that WE THE PEOPLE are made up of all walks of life. 

They also have a bus starting in Lynchburg.  Click here for information on that bus.

New Indoor Shooting Range to Open in Lynchburg

Last week, WSET 13 gave viewers an inside look at a new shooting range scheduled to open in Lynchburg. The facility will be more than 55,000 sq. ft, offer dozens of shooting lanes, a retail store and classes for anyone from the beginner to expert.

"I think one of the stigmas with gun ownership is not everyone takes the time to get properly trained," said Mitchell Tyler, the co-owner of SafeSide Tactical, And that's what SafeSide Lynchburg says they are here for.

The $5 million facility will have eighteen 25-yard pistol lanes and four 100-yard rifle lanes. 

Yesterday, Mitch Tyler appeared on NRATV to talk more about the range: