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14 about firearms safety. Mr. McKee added that the County could provide help through coordinating across the different actors, getting information about the gun locks from the Sheriff’s Office, having the brochures in County offices, etc. Mr. Hunnell said that he agreed with Dr. Arvik’s ideas. There are many different organizations, some competing and conflicting, that could come together under this kind of educational initiative. We’re not lacking the people, he said, or the interested organizations. We’re lacking a facility. It’s not very expensive to put in a shooting range for .22’s. If the Commissioners indicated some interest in this then I’m sure some of us would be happy to put together a program. Generation of a Third Draft Firearms Safety Ordinance At this point, Mr. Roberts returned to the room and distributed a third draft of an ordinance, based on the Committee’s discussion from the first part of the meeting. Three words (“for such activity”) were relocated within section (e) to make it more grammatical. Subsection (f) was combined with subsection (g).Mr. Tilley said that the change was exactly what the Committee had asked for. In reply to the question from the facilitator, there were no objections raised to the changes to (f) and (g). In old (h)/new(g), “unnecessary” was deleted and some “ands” were added to make the section grammatical. Mr. Kirkland noted that the “or” in the prima facie clause had not been changed to “and,” as the Committee had asked for. Mr. Roberts accepted that correction. There were no objections raised to new (g). The definition for “unnecessary” was deleted and the text from that definition was integrated into a new definition of “disturbing.” In new (h)/old (i), item #4, regarding shooting ranges, was deleted as requested by the Committee. In new (i)/old (j), Mr. Roberts wanted it to be clear that each violation would be a separate violation for criminal as well as civil penalties under the ordinance, and so he deleted the phrase, “For purposes of the civil penalty.” The facilitator asked how many Committee members were in favor of forwarding the draft ordinance to the Board of County of Commissioners. All raised their hands except Mr. Hunnell and Mr. Tesoro. Mr. Hunnell said that he needed more time to read and think about the draft. Mr. Tesoro said that too much of the draft ordinance is too subjective, but it is better than nothing.