[BushMeister]

I think that fire must have been started by a tracer round, if a firearm was indeed involved. It's hard to imagine an ejected round being hot enought to start a fire, even if the shooter was going full-auto.

[joesnuffy]

Did the forest service knew they were gonna close off the 'public land' (and I use the term loosely) BEFORE the the licenses were sold?

[lonewacko_dot_com]

" Some complain the new rules and other forest restrictions across the Southwest are blocking their right to enjoy the outdoors"

I don't have a problem with people engaging in activities that could cause massive damage as long as they post a bond 10 times the amount necessary to clean up the damage. There are ranges they could go to, there's even a range in the San Gabriels outside Irwindale.

[TigersEye]

But they are particularly concerned about the sprawling San Bernardino forest, east of Los Angeles, where hundreds of thousands of trees killed or weakened by drought and insects are clustered outside cities like Lake Arrowhead and Idyllwild.

I don't suppose they are allowing anyone to cut these diseased trees for firewood. No, that would make too much sense.

[Redbob]

I know you're going to find this hard to believe, but last night, shooting my son's Daisy BB gun just at dusk, I saw the BB strike a spark off an aluminum Coke can!

I can well imagine the kind of spark a jacketed .308 could strike off a rock.