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And this story is unfairly associating this lack of common sense with firearms, apparently for some political agenda. 20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

You replied, apparently for some political agenda.

10% of the problem may be less than the other three major causes, but it is still statistically significant.

And this story is unfairly associating this lack of common sense with firearms, apparently for some political agenda. 20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

You replied, apparently for some political agenda.

10% of the problem may be less than the other three major causes, but it is still statistically significant.

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

So what? Just because it happens less frequent doesn't mean it is less bad.

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

So what? Just because it happens less frequent doesn't mean it is less bad.

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

won't face punishment for something they couldn't have possibly predicted

From TFS: The fire was the 20th this year in Utah sparked by target shooting

As compared with the 188 human-cause wildfires in Utah so far this year which were sparked by causes other than target shooting. Not that this lets shooters off the hook, but if you're going to impose regulations to prevent wildfires you should probably start with the low-hanging fruit: campfires.

Correction: I took the 218 total human-caused wildfire figure from another slashdot post. I'm not sure where he got it, but the official source reports a total of 229 human-caused fires this year, at least if you add up the agency totals yourself. The "Grand Total" on the page is inexplicably wrong.

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

And this story is unfairly associating this lack of common sense with firearms, apparently for some political agenda. 20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."

And this story is unfairly associating this lack of common sense with firearms, apparently for some political agenda. 20 fires have been associated with firearms activity. But, there have been 218 human caused wildfires so far this year in Utah, so that's less than 10%. The same, official Utah government website informs us of the "...three major preventable causes of fires in Utah. They are campfires, debris burning, and vehicle fires."