Unethical marksmen shooting sport in the foot

SHOOTING — Shooters have a widespread issue to deal with, regardless of their perspective on the mind-boggling surge in firearms sales in recent years and movements that have liberalized the application of firearms in national parks and college campuses.

No one can deny that there’s an unethical element out there trashing public and private lands with their makeshift shooting ranges.

Most recently, the jerks have eliminated places to shoot in Spokane County and they’re on the verge of eliminating a traditional shooting site in Idaho’s Kootenai County.

• See the current no-shooting zones map for Spokane County.

It’s little solace to learn that Canada is having the same issues:

Makeshift shooting ranges in S. Alberta anger cattle ranchers
Target shooters are setting up targets around southern Alberta, putting ranchers, their herds and backcountry hikers and riders at risk of stray bullets, but law enforcement officials said there few regulations on firearms in Kananaskis Country, making shutting down such ranges difficult.
— Calgary Herald