Shooting Sports Center construction eyed for fall

Facility could train Olympic archers, host NCAA rifle team competition

Statesboro attorney Michael Classens, left, speaks on the history of gun rights in America. GSU Associate Vice President Vince Miller, right, gave an update on planning for the GSU Shooting Sports Education Center, and Bulloch County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Herring, second from right, was emcee at the Guns and Politics forum. - photo by Al Hackle/special

W Gun Forum — Statesboro attorney Michael Classens, left, speaks on the history of gun rights in America. GSU Associate Vice President Vince Miller, right, gave an update on planning for the GSU Shooting Sports Education Center, and Bulloch County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Herring, second from right, was emcee at the Guns and Politics forum. - photo by Al Hackle/special

Plans for a $7 million Shooting Sports Education Center at Georgia Southern University could go to the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents within two months for construction to begin this fall. As planned, the complex will feature a 16-lane indoor firearms range and a 16-lane indoor archery range, plus an Olympic-class outdoor archery range. Measuring more than 28,000 square feet, the building will also include classrooms and coaches’ offices.

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