Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 5/30/19

The state's annual farm bill would let more farmers across the state open rifle ranges, skeet shooting and other sports shooting operations on their farms, blocking local governments from stopping them. The measure raised alarms Thursday from neighbors worried noise and bullets will spill onto their land. The wide-ranging farm bill also provides the next battle in an ongoing fight between hog farmers and environmentalists who disagree, widely, over just what key sections of the legislation would do.

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