Technically, if you are firing rounds in a remote area even in California you should be free to do so. The claim that they were firing at campers is unsubstantiated. People in CA who hear shots go “OMG!!” but.. YOU’RE IN A REMOTE AREA, DUH!
Imagine if 15 FReepers got together and started shooting guns and yelling Yahweh or Jesus is Great?
reporters would get trampled running over each other. I figured it was difficult, though, in CA to get rifle licenses etc.