Guns blamed for sparking some wildfires

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"We're not trying to pull away anyone's right to bear arms. I want to emphasize that," said Louinda Downs, a county commissioner in fire-prone Davis County, Utah.

"We're just saying, target practice in winter. Target practice on the gun range. When your pleasure hobby is infringing or threatening someone else's right to have property or life, shouldn't we be able to somehow have some authority so we can restrict that?"

The state's Republican Gov. Gary Herbert took the unusual step of authorizing the top state forest official to impose gun restrictions on public lands after a gunfire-sparked fire.

Herbert said his decision doesn't limit gun rights, but is a common-sense response to dry conditions.


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57466270/guns-blamed-for-sparking-some-wildfires-in-west/



Imagine, if you will, what the JPP righties might be saying if Obama had ordered a ban on shooting on dry public lands...
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What do you imagine they would have said?
 
Guns rights advocates are skeptical that firearms use can cause so many wildfires.




Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Sports Shooting Council, said that perhaps 5 percent of the wildfires in the state have been caused by target shooters this year.




"I don't know how much of a problem it really is," he said.


State officials have said they were powerless to ban gun use because of Second Amendment rights...





http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57466270/guns-blamed-for-sparking-some-wildfires-in-west/
 
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