NO Lead

[Yes, 357_SIG]

                                   

"Environmentalists Seek National Ban on Lead Ammo: Lead, for centuries the core ingredient of ammunition, is now coming under attack itself. As the American military begins to embrace “green bullets,” environmental groups are pushing state and federal officials to ban the use of lead in hunters’ guns and fishermen’s tackle. Their goal is to protect both the animals that scavenge the carcasses of hunted prey and the people who consume meat from hunting expeditions. On Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity and the American Bird Conservancy plan to file a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency seeking a comprehensive nationwide ban on lead-based sporting ammunition and fishing tackle… (The military may find itself on the wrong end of unintended consequences with its shift to tungsten-core bullets – tungsten is suspected, in some quarters, of being a carcinogen.)"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/science/earth/03lead.html?ref=us

[Dill45]

Welcome to California.

[PawPaw]

It's older than the ban in California.  Even here in Louisiana, courtesy of the Fed Fish and Wildlife guys, we have a ban on lead shot for waterfowl.  The ducks might eat lead shot, grind it in their gizzards, and get sick.   Whatever.  I quit duck hunting when they banned lead shot, although I'm thinking about buying a couple of dozen decoys and trying it again.

I think it's wrong-headed, because lead is a naturally occurring element, on of the earliest metals that man ever worked.  We've been using lead a long, long time and we're fairly cognizant of the hazards.  This ban on lead is an end-run around things they can't ban, and they're upset that we continue to buy and use guns.  All shooters should remain vigilant and not be complacent in the face of such nonsense.

[Yes, 357_SIG]

                                                                                                          

NSSF Opposes Lead-Bullet Ban: The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has announced its opposition to a petition filed today with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking to ban the use of traditional ammunition, containing lead-core components, by America's sportsmen and women. The petition, filed by several agenda-driven groups including the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), erroneously claims that the use of traditional ammunition by hunters is inconsistent with the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976. The petition goes on to suggest that the use of traditional ammunition poses a danger to wildlife, in particular raptors such as bald eagles, that may feed on entrails or unrecovered game left in the field. "There is simply no scientific evidence that the use of traditional ammunition is having an adverse impact on wildlife populations that would require restricting or banning the use of traditional ammunition beyond current limitations, such as the scientifically based restriction on waterfowl hunting," said NSSF President Steve Sanetti. Helping to demonstrate the validity of Sanetti's statement are recent statistics from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) showing from 1981 to 2006 the number of breeding pairs of bald eagles in the United States increased 724 percent. And much like the bald eagle, raptor populations throughout the United States are soaring…

http://www.thetacticalwire.com/story/221976
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                       Leadphobia"                               
What really frosts me about this lead free mania, is that at least half of the homes in this country ...
even in in Kalipornia ... have lead flashings and roof jacks.

Somehow, squirrels and other critters like to nibble on them [tasty ? ]; and of course, ...
hawks, coyotes, dogs and other carnivores eat those.