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Or is it just the cheapest?
As a technical matter does anyone know: is lead uniquely suited, as the OP suggests, for the purpose?
Or is it just the cheapest?
The EPA discovered they have no authority to regulate lead derived from ammunition.
Nevermind.
Thank God. Sneaky little bas s.
So if the point of banning lead for bullets is because lead is harmful to people
and wildlife, doesn't that sort of ignore the issue of "bullets made of ANYTHING for hunting are not going to be very good for whatever it is that is being hunted?"
I mean, really. If you are okay with shooting something, what the difference does it make if the bullet is made out of something that is harmful?
Bullets=harm, no?
Still, the fact that those in the EPA are trying to exceede their mandate, is very disturbing.
I was all for the EPA until they condemned CO2 as a pollutant. This is when I noted them going astray.
Damn you guys love to get worked up about absolutely nothing.
lead is bad for you. but a bullet is worse.
Christ... Election year news is nothing if not tediously turgid with fear-mongering.
Damn YOU love thinking others are getting worked up over something.
I ain't even worked up. It is just common sense that going after the 2nd amendment will most likely go through this route. Just as the EPA is used for the enviroemos to control our beloved chariots of destruction.
Yes, you ain't worked up at all.
Without reading anything on the subject other than this thread, my guess is that the concern is not over what the lead might do to the animal that was shot, but over what it could potentially do to the person(s) who later eats the meat from that animal.
Not only lead in the killed animal, but lead that could be pick up from the ground or water bottom.
Also, scavengers eating meat with meat from shot animals that escaped the shooter.
This seems to be a relatively minor problem, way down my personal list, compared to the much bigger pollution that EPA/USDA allows from oil/chemical/fracking/fertilizer companies, and to coal mining/burning, toxic coal ash. And of course the biggest polluter is US military, but they're untouchable.
Seriously people. At any given time there are special interest groups pe ioning for the most absurd you've ever heard. The only time you hear about it is in election years, when the parties bring these wingnut ideas to your attention in an easily-digestible package meant to stoke your fears. This is no different than the "Obama's coming for your guns!!!" nonsense of two years ago. Just misdirection and manipulation to get you in the voting booth for the team that's pressing your buttons.
Car batteries put more lead into the environment than bullets could ever hope to and you can damn well be sure they won't be going anywhere.
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