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Don't Pollute Where You Shoot

2,014 views · Published 4 March 2012 · 5:50 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: The Late Boy Scout · 2012 · People & Blogs

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On a recent shooting excursion, I was visited by a ranger whose job it is to clean up some of the larger trash left in the desert by shooters. It's left to him to also enforce no-dumping laws in those areas. After conversing with him briefly I was reminded of the need for all of us shooters - who use public lands for firearms training and recreation - to keep those lands clean. Large swaths of land that were previously open and free for this kind of use have been closed off. Rangers now patrol those areas, and the remaining open areas to cut down on dumping. Larger areas will be closed down if the dumping continues, so it's up to us - the people who use these lands - to take our trash away when we go, and "leave no trace". 

I freely admit that I have left trash in those public lands in the past, but I learned quickly how harmful that behavior is to everyone that uses those lands, so I don't - and won't - do it anymore. Open, public land is such a valuable resource to shooters, since so much of the defensive training we need to do can only happen out there. If we're left to local, controlled ranges, we'll be so limited in the type of shooting we can do, that our defensive rights will really mean very little. I hope I'm preaching to the choir here, and to the rest - I'm sorry for nagging, but this is something that we all really need to do. When you go shooting, please take your shells and your trash home with you.

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