Park County is in a Stage II Fire Bans recreational shooting WHY?

[Bill]

Park County is in a Stage II Fire Bans recreational shooting WHY?

[Zundfolge]

I think this is the latest thing the antis have discovered ... blame wild fires on shooting and you can ban shooting.

[Bailey Guns]

The Park County sheriff is very pro gun.

[Inconel710]

Ease up on the tin foil, it's f'ing dry out there. All it take's is one idiot with some tracers or some tannerite and we get another wild fire right now.

[mutt]

I think this is the latest thing the antis have discovered ... blame wild fires on shooting and you can ban shooting.

I agree. Too many people get their gun knowledge from TV and Movies. Non-incendiary rounds do not spark and are no fire danger. Sensible shooters don't cause fires. Idiots with tracers are a different matter.

Ease up on the tin foil, it's f'ing dry out there. All it take's is one idiot with some tracers or some tannerite and we get another wild fire right now.

Tannerite does not cause fires. Just because something goes boom doesn't mean it contains flash or fire. Tannerite will actually put out any surrounding fires because it robs oxygen from the surrounding air.

[longrange2]

[QUOTE=mutt;515558]I agree. Too many people get their gun knowledge from TV and Movies. Non-incendiary rounds do not spark and are no fire danger. Sensible shooters don't cause fires. Idiots with tracers are a different matter.


Non-incendiary rounds can cause fires. Any ammo that has steel core bullets (or steel penetrator tips) can spark when impacting rocks or steel targets. The steel jacketed bullets could be an issue as well.

[Bill]

[quote=longrange2;515736]

I agree. Too many people get their gun knowledge from TV and Movies. Non-incendiary rounds do not spark and are no fire danger. Sensible shooters don't cause fires. Idiots with tracers are a different matter.


Non-incendiary rounds can cause fires. Any ammo that has steel core bullets (or steel penetrator tips) can spark when impacting rocks or steel targets. The steel jacketed bullets could be an issue as well.

So do you have a web site for me to check out where a study was done to make this a Fact?

[Chad4000]

Ease up on the tin foil, it's f'ing dry out there. All it take's is one idiot with some tracers or some tannerite and we get another wild fire right now.

I thought those things were essentially banned anyway... I know tracers are...

[00tec]

I thought those things were essentially banned anyway... I know tracers are...

Regular Tannerite is not banned. USFS consensus is to not allow it during any fire restrictions. The way tannerite detonates does not produce enough heat to start a fire itself. In fact, it removes the oxygen from the area and creates water vapor. Now the .22lr sensitive stuff produced by some places containers sulfur, which can cause fires.

[Zundfolge]

No, I agree, during these high fire danger times it makes sense to limit shooting temporarily (and this is likely the case in Park). However mark my words, the antis are ramping up to use wild fires as a reason to start permanently banning shooting on public lands.