Quote Originally Posted by .455_Hunter View Post
The shooting community often does itself no favors. So the brain trust responsible for this incident thought shooting steel (my guess with steel jacket or steel core 5.56) was a good idea on essentially a red flag day in the same immediate area that had fires just days prior? They probably had the tanerite ready to go for the next series. I hope our Sheriff throws the book at them. This is exactly how permanent shooting bans take hold.
"Throw the book at them"? Jeez... I hope you've never made a mistake...

As Irving mentioned, LOTS of people shoot steel targets, but I'd venture a guess that the majority have not done low-light or night time steel shooting to see how many sparks even just jacketed lead can/does throw when shooting steel.

Poor judgement on shooting steel there? Maybe, I'd guess it's more likely ignorance of the risk of fire.