The bigger problem is the money they make selling scrap is financing their continued existence in the gene pool.  Sure some may die, and still others may become seriously injured, but this is simply not enough of a weeding out process.  We need to proactively sterilize the entire desert region starting with Riverside County and working eastward.  It's the only way!!

You know it's true baby.

"Bombing ranges have become prime hunting grounds for so-called "scrappers," who are motivated by soaring commodity prices to take greater risks in their quest for brass, copper and aluminum. The scavenging causes headaches for the military, which cannot patrol every inch of the remote bases where spent ammunition, shrapnel and unexploded ordnance are easy to find"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/military_scrap_metal