Posted on 03/03/2017 2:08:19 PM PST by billorites
On his first day full in office, Donald Trump’s new Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke literally mounted his horse and rode roughshod over former President Barack Obama’s final spiteful attack on American gun owners.
On his first full day in office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued an order Thursday reversing a last-minute action by the Obama administration to ban lead ammunition and fish tackle used on national wildlife refuges.
Gun-rights supporters condemned the earlier order — issued a day before Obama left office Jan. 20 — as nakedly political. The order was intended to protect birds from lead poisoning, the Obama administration said.
Zinke, a former Montana congressman and avid hunter, said the new order would increase hunting, fishing and recreation opportunities on lands managed by Fish and Wildlife Service.
Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, said Zinke’s order “represents an important check on executive abuse and reverses what was a deliberate attack on Americans’ fundamental rights and privileges” by the Obama administration.
The order reverses a decision by the Obama administration to phase out use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle on wildlife refuges by 2022.
Zinke, who rode to work on a horse Thursday as a sign of solidarity with U.S. Park Police, said the hunting order and another order directing agencies to identify areas where recreation and fishing can be expanded were intended to boost outdoor recreation in all its forms.
“Outdoor recreation is about both our heritage and our economy,” he said in a statement. “Between hunting, fishing, motorized recreation, camping and more, the industry generates thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.”
Lead shotshell ammunition and fishing tackle (typically BB-sized or smaller sinkers) have been banned in many places over concerns that wildlife were ingesting them and giving them lead poisoning. Obama went well beyond that, however, and attempted to ban lead rifle and pistol ammunition, even though the science backing such a ban is dubious at best. Obama’s lead ammunition ban was nothing more or less than a spiteful parting shot by a failed gun control advocate wanting to make life miserable for hunters and other outdoorsmen.
Interior Secretary Zinke’s decision to reverse Obama’s hatred-fueled ban was clearly the right response.
Boy, are you a killjoy.
Obama’s Spies will leak that Zinke met Russians in a day or so ,LOL
Love it!
Would you like to personally ask him?
There are more birds than ever and we’ve gotten spoiled by limiting out in only a few hours. The real problem is finding land to hunt. Old connections are fading.Farmland is being consolidated and the cash money that pheasant hunters bring is king. Gone are the days when you could just ask a farmer if you could hunt the land. They will let you— but it will cost you at least $100 for the privilege. Public areas are hit hard and some outfitters make a point to work them very hard during the resident-only period before the regular season begins. Still, the third weekend in October is always an awesome one!
Nice!
Spread 4280 grains around just 2 1/2 hours ago.
Well not all around, within a couple of inches of each other.
I thought it was a her. Anyway why should I be afraid?
Time to end the gun ban on Corps of Engineers land. Why is there one?
WINNING! is sooooo much fun. I just love laughing-at and ridiculing LIBs.
No but you should be embarrassed for yourself.
Thank fricking god 22 ammo will be reasonable again soon.
Image just confirms little girls love unicorns.
“Now he needs to carry a 45 revolver like McCloud.”
...or a 1911 like Walt Longmire...
Got to say, I love his horse.
I just smiled from ear to ear all day long when I saw these pictures. My God, the adults are back in town. Standing O!
“On his first full day in office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued an order Thursday reversing a last-minute action by the Obama administration to ban lead ammunition and fish tackle used on national wildlife refuges.”
Very good news!
This needed to be done.
Here is the constitutional issue at stake. It is a current process problem that has to be remedied. I know how this will eventually play out though. But here we go.
A law is created by Obama administration, simply by issuing an order.
A new administration gets put into place. And the previous administration law get rescinded, simply by issuing an order.
What next?
Whittling the pencil dick down to obscurity.
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