Students at Liberty University, a conservative Christian university in Virginia, will be invited this week to enjoy their campus’s new $3.2 million gun range. The gun range, which has been in planning and construction stages for over a year, will also be open to the public following the conclusion of Liberty’s academic year in May.
Brad Butler, the planning coordinator in Liberty’s Planning and Construction department, said in December that Liberty will be the first American college campus that has venues for every Olympic shooting sport.
“We’re very excited and we have a great plan for the future,” Butler said. “What’s unique about this facility is it’s the only range on any college campus that has venues for all Olympic shooting sports. The rest of the world is moving away from the Second Amendment and the shooting sports. Liberty University, thanks to the bold leadership of President (Jerry) Falwell and Vice President (Trey) Falwell, is running to it. We are engaging our students, giving them safe and convenient opportunities to compete, and to learn the right way to handle a firearm.”
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Lynchburg, Va is a beautiful town. Home of the Haunted house that has the window that won't shut (What?!), and a charming drive in theater. You will also find Stonewall's tomb. I took a photo a few years ago of his tomb. There were Wisps in all three photos I took. Charming to find the hundreds of lemons on his grave ( google it ). Just 30 miles off Skyline Drive, a college town, with some awesome pubs.
Now that's a good thing teach students about guns and gun safety so they understand guns don't kill uneducated people do.
This is too logical for the Liberal mind. I bet within a month the libs will be calling for boycotts, and protests outside the University.
$3.2M....that's a lot of money. Just think, our City defaults on a $750K road construction project...but spends money on a folk fest...
Priorities?
Maybe SU should put in a gun range.
It is right down the road from VA Tech where that foreign kid killed a bunch of people.
Both the high schools I attended had rifle teams and rifle ranges on campus. But this sounds more extensive since they're covering all shooting sports. HS teams had .22s.
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