by David Safier
The Sunflower Fire in Tonto National Forest was started by Steven Craig Shiflet, who fired an "incendiary shotgun shell" during a bachelor party.
Shiflet loaded the incendiary shell, which was advertised to shoot "100 feet of fire," and blasted it into the brush. When the fire flared up, the men unsuccessfully tried to stomp it out, the site reports.
While shooting out "100 feet of fire" around flammable vegetation is incredibly stupid, apparently that's not the only way gunshots start fires. When steel bullets hit rocks, they can send out sparks which ignite nearby brush.
I imagine the NRA would tell us, "Guns don't start fires. People start fires." But when people who are idiots play with guns . . .
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I was going to ask what the point of the post was but AItOawkSDbwj81c4ZyWchzx85FPxYAz3aJIiW8Q made a good enough rebuttal for me.
One may as well refer to:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/Phoenix-multi-vehicle-crash-leaves-woman-dead-2-children-hurt
titled “Phoenix multi-vehicle crash leaves woman dead, 2 children hurt” and throw out the line that auto makers don’t injure people, people who drive automobiles injure people.
The refrain should always be “Use care when using dangerous tools.”
The NRA supports the lawful and responsible use of firearms, and this indeed not a responsible use of firearms. How many fires are started by smokers, fireworks, campfires, or children playing with matches? Certainly, far more than with firearms.
Mr. Safier cannot point of anything the NRA has done to defend the actions of Steven Craig Shiflet, so Mr. Safier’s criticism of the NRA is unwarranted.