Posted on 03/04/2009 11:51:38 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
(CNN) -- Three years ago, Phillip Loughlin made a choice he knew would brand him as an outsider with many of his fellow hunters:
"It made sense," Loughlin said of his switch to more environmentally friendly ammo, which doesn't contain lead. "I believe that we need to do a little bit to take care of the rest of the habitat and the environment -- not just what we want to shoot out of it."
Lead, a toxic metal that can lower the IQs of children, is the essential element in most ammunition on the market today.
But greener alternatives are gaining visibility -- and stirring controversy -- as some hunters, scientists, environmentalists and public health officials worry about lead ammunition's threat to the environment and public health.
Hunting groups oppose limits on lead ammunition, saying there's no risk and alternatives are too expensive.
The scope of the trend is difficult to measure. Americans spent an estimated $1.08 billion on ammunition in fiscal year 2008, according to tax reports from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. But the bureau does not track ammunition sales by type.
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Yes these Idiots do not realize that!
No, but I have some blue-tipped ones for my Glock.
Leftist Parents passing on the Room temperature IQ.
Exactly. This is a stealth way of eliminating bullets - declare lead ones “poisonous”. You can’t use steel because that’s armor piercing. So you’re left with copper and tungsten.
Copper will be preferred (being about 1/100,000th the cost of tungsten), but will be dropped after 3-4 years for the same health reasons.
Leaving tungsten bullets as the only choice. And of course, no one can afford $35.00 per .22LR bullet, let alone a $150.00 230 grain 45!
And then we have the stealth repeal of the 2A. All done via environmental regulations, not a single limit on firearms needed!
This reminds me of the unintentionally hillarious TV ad for that hearing aid that looks like a cheap bluetooth. In one sequence, the announcer says, “It lets hunters hear game before the game hears them.” The camera then pans-down an actor wearing jungle camo (!) until you see he has nothing in his hands. This guy hunts bare-handed! What a guy! No evil guns for him! PeTA wants all weapons banned in hunting — just you and the animal and your bare hands. LOL! Let’s start with lobster dinners. Just you and a live lobster in your plate. No silverware, just you and nature!
This is all about infringement and incrementalism using enviro concerns as a straw dog.
I live in the lower central valley in CA. Almost all my hunting grounds have come under a lead ammo ban. I have three .17 cal rifles that are completely useless to me now due to theis ban.
That sucks. What model rifles are they?
“Three years ago, Phillip Loughlin made a choice he knew would brand him as an outsider with many of his fellow hunters:”
WTH do I care what type of bullets a hunter uses unless he tries to force me to use the same?
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I see pine wood in our future followed by a switch to balsa wood.
Seriously,the frickin' gun grabbers will use any trick they can to disarm us. Don't fall for this sh**!
“Lead is a toxic metal that can lower the IQ’s of children”
Yep,it sure can, if the children are EATING the bullets. And frankly, if the kids are eating bullets, their IQ’s are already too far gone from the git go.
I hit a pheasant out at 50 yards once. I thought I was the best shot alive. I couldn't see where I had hit it, but when it was cooked up and served I found out, one pellet had hit it, most likely in the heart, and I found that pellet!
The thing is, and I know you meant this for your point, lead pellets, lead bullets, are not hurting the game or the people. It is just another way to try and stop people from owning guns.
Of course they will have to ban lead in police and military use.
Then the perps will be the only ones with lead.
Lead...the modern asbestos!
An old hunter checks in. Hunting since I was 9 years old. Loved it then and love it now.
Thompson Contender carbine in 17m2, Marlin 917Sss in 17hmr and Savage 9317 in 17hmr.
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