Against conventional wisdom, the range will in fact re-open
to the public on March 15th.
The shooting public of Wake County will again have a proper public place
(three 50's and a 100 INDOOR) to go to shoot and hang out with shooting
friends.
Let’s look back for a moment and remember that it was on
December 15th , only 10 short weeks ago, that the publicly owned management
and staff were learning that their contract was being cancelled by the Wake County Sheriff and they were out
after almost 20 years of service to the shooters of Wake County. The County Commissioners found out about the
abrupt contract cancellation shortly thereafter. Since that day:
1) Wake County took back control of the range2) The Wake County Commissioners found a different vendor – NC Wildlife Resources Commission3) NC Wildlife Resources Commission developed a plan to re-open the range4) Wake County Commissioners, Wake Sheriff and Wake GSA developed plans to re-open the range5) Everyone decided they could quickly implement their plans and re-open on March 15th
Now you have to admit that rebuilding all that in such a
short time with so many people and agencies is actually pretty phenomenal and
entirely contrary to most folks perception of government entities as just
slightly glacial. A lot of people did a
lot of expeditious work to make all this happen. They deserve a fanny-pat in all this
too. To that end, make plans if you can
to get your range card on Sunday March 15th between 9am and 7
pm. A full parking lot (on video!) and a
HUGE number of new range cards issued is an easily understood “thank-you” to
all the local and state government folks who hustled a little faster than is
customary to get this done for the shooting public. It’s also a sign to those who are not so
thrilled about the current state of public hours at the range that the public
interest is not to be ignored.
Send a message, make a difference. A lot of folks talk about
doing that. You have a chance to actually do it!
Hope to see you at the Wake County Range on Sunday the 15th!
Thank you for all of you work!!!
ReplyDeleteI must have missed it, but if we have a range card we have to get a new one? What is the process? Is there a new fee?
Yeah, unfortunately your old range card is no longer valid because of the change in management. The good news is that you only have to watch a brief video and sign a waiver to get your FREE range card. Once you have that, you'll be able to shoot for free too.
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