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A recent fire outside Salt Lake City erupted when a recreational target practice led to flames that engulfed an area near a dump.
Nine thousand people were temporarily forced from their homes and more than 6,000 acres were charred before the fire was contained.
In a statement to CBS News, Utah's Shooting Sports Council said, "We may concede that the improper acts of some shooters may have in fact caused fires, but to impugn all shooters and the sport is to demonize an activity that is safely done by tens of thousands of Utahans every week."
Gun owner Yetive Jones says, "I don't think the standards should be any higher for any one person who sets a fire," Jones says. "Granted, somebody shooting who accidentally sets it off, they're going to feel bad about it. ... But there's nothing you can do once a fire starts."
More than 110,000 acres have burned in Utah this year.
The majority of the fires have been caused by humans.
The big concern now for state and local officials is that the fire season has just started and could easily go into hunting season this fall.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57465560/wildfires-spark-gun-control-debate-in-utah/?tag=contentMain;contentBody
Nine thousand people were temporarily forced from their homes and more than 6,000 acres were charred before the fire was contained.
In a statement to CBS News, Utah's Shooting Sports Council said, "We may concede that the improper acts of some shooters may have in fact caused fires, but to impugn all shooters and the sport is to demonize an activity that is safely done by tens of thousands of Utahans every week."
Gun owner Yetive Jones says, "I don't think the standards should be any higher for any one person who sets a fire," Jones says. "Granted, somebody shooting who accidentally sets it off, they're going to feel bad about it. ... But there's nothing you can do once a fire starts."
More than 110,000 acres have burned in Utah this year.
The majority of the fires have been caused by humans.
The big concern now for state and local officials is that the fire season has just started and could easily go into hunting season this fall.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57465560/wildfires-spark-gun-control-debate-in-utah/?tag=contentMain;contentBody