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To: smokingfrog
Fox had Governor Herbert on earlier today and he made the "now is not a good time.." allegation on air.

Someone will have to show me a fire started by shooting anything normal into dry grass.

After about 35 years involving deserts, handguns, and rifles; I've seen dirt, rock chips, wood chips, and sometimes nothing at all but never a fire.
You can make sparks hitting a steel plate, I presume a derelict car body could make sparks as well, but I'd also guess it would take a miracle for either one to light the of driest kindling.

(That said; any responsible target shooter will predetermine that his or her backstop is safe, for the shooter, for other people, and for any natural risks. And, I've never heard of a fire started by a hunter pulling the trigger on Bambi.)

18 posted on 06/24/2012 8:36:43 PM PDT by norton
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To: norton
You can make sparks hitting a steel plate, I presume a derelict car body could make sparks as well, but I'd also guess it would take a miracle for either one to light the of driest kindling.

Only with steel-core military surplus ammo. That is now as scarce as the tracer and incendiary rounds - statistically unlikely to cause any fires.

40 posted on 06/24/2012 10:14:12 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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