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22 <br /> care of all sides. When can we have the dialogue, so that I can ask questions and better <br /> understand what is in this draft ordinance? One thing I learned from calling JAG and other <br /> attorneys is that if we start to restrict the amount of training to a point that it becomes much more <br /> difficult for an individual to fire here, then, well, there's shift that occurs when you move from <br /> white light to putting thermal or night vision on top of a rifle; if you don't let me zero that, and I <br /> make a mistake, then there a potential for Orange County itself to incur some culpability in the <br /> event of a problem. <br /> Joshua [last name?]—First saw the Committee's product yesterday on social media, as he works <br /> 60-70 hours per week and is taking care of his family. Appreciates everyone's time and efforts, <br /> and knows that everyone has good intentions here. Is confused by what he is reading in the draft. <br /> The name of the committee is Firearms Safety Committee. Maybe it's like legislation in <br /> Washington, where it is called one thing and another thing comes out of it. The only thing I'm <br /> seeing of any use with regard to safety is the requirement that projectiles be kept on the shooter's <br /> property, unless you have written permission from the other property owner. At the Board of <br /> Commissioner's meeting when the earlier proposal was being discussed, Charles Blackwood said <br /> pretty clearly that all errant rounds wind up in court; he proposed a rhetorical question as to <br /> whether or not there is a need for an ordinance for the lawful shooting of firearms; he said, "I <br /> don't know that there is." So, what are we doing here? Is this the firearm tranquility committee? <br /> So people can take a nap on their hammock on Sunday afternoon? The majority of what is in the <br /> draft ordinance is unnecessary. I don't believe that the real intent is safety. I don't know what it <br /> is, and I would like some clarification. <br /> Daniel Patterson—Is Committee member Roxanne Barksdale's husband. Thanked the <br /> Committee for all the time it is spending on its work. The final draft contains some pretty modest <br /> proposals. I don't see them infringing on anybody's Second Amendment rights or ability to shoot <br /> on their own property. My neighbor has a gun and if he wants to shoot it then that's fine. I do <br /> have a problem if a bullet comes onto my property, breaks my window, shoots my dog or shoots <br /> me. I don't think it is unreasonable to restrict that. I don't think it's reasonable for someone to be <br /> shooting an AR-15 at 2:00 in the morning. These are common sense regulations. It all comes <br /> down to being a good neighbor and a responsible gun owner. That's not asking too much. <br /> Jennifer Merritt Depew— Is an NRA firearms instructor, range safety officer, Concealed Carry <br /> Handgun instructor— one of the few females in this business. Attended the Committee's first <br /> meeting and heard a lot of concern about noise, that firearms sound dangerous. Firearms are <br /> dangerous, and there are laws in place to address errant rounds. If, God forbid, a window gets <br /> shot out then that's already addressed under existing law. I'm kind when I shoot: I don't have to <br /> let my neighbors know that I'm shooting but I do inform the ones that I know who care. I also <br /> have had trespassers come onto my property to see what I am doing, which is bizarre to me that <br /> someone would walk up upon an active shooter. I don't understand that kind of entitlement, to <br /> 3 <br />