Guns and Wildfires
I read a AP article in the paper yesterday about the wildfires in the West being caused, investigators said, by shooters and that the state fire marshal in Utah was "banning" the use of steel jacketed ammunition under his emergency powers. The article went on to say that fires in New Mexico were caused by a rancher's shooting, and mentioned the guy in Arizona shooting "Dragon's Breath rounds at a batchelor party. It was suggested in the article that plinking and target shooting should be restricted to the winter months so as not to risk starting a fire when a bullet strikes a rock and causes sparks.
I've asked other shooters I know, and nobody has ever seen it happen. Has anyone ever been present when something like that has happened? Is this something like "pilot error"; a catchall excuse when no other cause can be found?
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Drago,
2012-07-05, 12:24
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- it's a convienant anti gun ploy. BOLSTERED by the 2 dumb - Rob Leahy, 2012-07-05, 13:14
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bj,
2012-07-05, 19:28
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