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Residents urge Randolph County to enforce noise ordinance, investigate lead risks at local gun range
Summary
Multiple residents told the Randolph County Board of Commissioners that a nearby gun range is producing persistent, high-decibel noise and may be contaminating surface water with lead; speakers asked the board to enforce the county noise ordinance, require decibel limits, and consider environmental testing.
Several Randolph County residents used the meeting’s public-comment period to press commissioners to act on noise and pollution concerns they attribute to a nearby shooting range.
Amy Wang, a resident, told the Board of Commissioners that recordings show persistent gunfire “for over 2 hours” during rainy afternoons at a distance she said is about a third of a mile from the range. “This has been going on for over 2 hours now,” she said. “We cannot take this any longer.”
The speakers said the complaints are not about guns or Second Amendment rights but about sustained noise and potential environmental contamination. Isaac Hoffman, who identified himself as a neighbor, said the issue “is about 600 people plus coming to our neighborhood and shooting me hours…
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