Posted on 12/11/2021 12:14:23 AM PST by blueplum
LACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with starting a massive California wildfire that destroyed many homes and forced tens of thousands of people to flee Lake Tahoe communities earlier this year pleaded not guilty in court Friday.
The El Dorado County prosecutor's office charged David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, with reckless arson. The office also charged the son with illegal conversion or manufacture of a machine gun and both men of illegal possession of a firearm silencer.
...The criminal complaints do not specify how the machine gun and silencer tie into the Caldor Fire and the DA's office has not offered an explanation. The fire started Aug. 14 and crossed three Northern California...
...The complaints said both men illegally possessed a firearm silencer between Aug. 11 and Sept. 23 and that Travis Smith converted or manufactured a machine gun between Aug. 9 and Aug. 14.....
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Irresponsible use of tracer ammo has been the cause of wildfires in the past.
Simple defense... Blame it on climate change, or global warming or both.
IT gets better:
Most of Grizzly Flats was burned to the ground.
Calif won’t let them rebuild their homes UNTIL they REMOVE all the burned trees....
Calif is banning chain saws.....
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