JEFFERSON - Neighbors concerned about exploding targets last month may have some recourse through a town ordinance, according to an ATF (Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms) agent who explained how a ...

NORTH BLENHEIM - Following a public hearing last Tuesday the Blenheim Town Board adopted a local law drafted by Supervisor Shawn Smith, to ban the use of exploding targets in the town. The law, which ...

Two Pennsylvania Game Commission Food and Cover Corps employees were injured on Monday, Oct. 1, while responding to a burning target backstop at a shooting range on State Game Land 183 in Palmyra ...

DENVER – The U.S. Forest Service announced a ban on exploding targets Monday, citing them as a major cause of wildfires. Shooters who use exploding targets have ignited 16 wildfires since last year, ...

The Bureau of Land Management is proposing prohibiting the use of exploding targets on land it manages in Colorado because of the wildfire threat they pose. The prohibition is one of a number of ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The federal government said Thursday it is collecting $168,500 to cover fire suppression costs after an Illinois man ignited a 440-acre blaze in central Idaho in 2012 while ...

Exploding targets consist of two inert components that, when mixed, blow up when shot by a high-velocity projectile. Online videos demonstrate that explosions from the targets can be large and ...