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EPA's Gun Control
IBD Editorials ^ | August 26, 2010 | Investors Business Daily staff

Posted on 08/26/2010 5:32:42 PM PDT by Kaslin

Regulation: The U.S. Supreme Court says Americans have an individual right to keep and bear arms. The EPA says the bullets for those guns may be banned as an environmental hazard.

The endless power grabs by the federal leviathan know no boundaries of law, science or even common sense. The Environmental Protection Agency of Lisa Jackson is seriously considering a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, a leading anti-hunting group, to ban all traditional lead ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) of 1976.

If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a ban on all ammunition containing lead-core components. Bullets made of material other than lead are often considered armor-piercing by law and are banned. So this amounts to gun control by stealth. Where permitted, it increases the cost of gun ownership and use.

The comment period on this proposed ban has just opened and will last until Oct. 31.

The EPA must accept or reject the petition by Nov. 1, the day before the midterm elections. As if Democrats don't have enough troubles, the Obama administration risks provoking all those townsfolk bitterly clinging to their guns.

There are a couple of problems, the first being that when Congress passed the law it specifically exempted ammunition. So what the EPA proposes to do is illegal. The second is that there is no scientific basis for restricting lead ammunition on the basis of protecting the health of humans or wildlife.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; ammunition; banglist; bullets; epa; guncontrol; guns; hunters; hunting; lead; nra; secondamendment
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
The current non-lead .22 ammo is 50 yard plinking ammo only.

Seems like someone needs to do a short "infomercial"-type PSA and run out a couple of targets shot at, say, 200 yards, one with lead .22 ammo and one with the other PC alloy stuff, and just show people how badly EPA's people and ideas suck.

Even city people know to appreciate marksmanship in others, and they'll see what EPA is trying to do -- screw with people again.

61 posted on 08/27/2010 2:47:08 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: oyez

Only way these types of actions will be declared unconstitutional is from a Supreme Court where the majority has a common sense approach to interpreting the law.
If we (conservatives) lose one seat, we are doomed under Hussein Obama.


62 posted on 08/27/2010 4:49:23 AM PDT by Mr. Wright
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To: FreedomPoster

No, this will nit end well. Oh, Eastman’s on Sunday?


63 posted on 08/27/2010 5:53:35 AM PDT by ATLDiver
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

I want the EPA totally defunded when the Repubs take over the house and eliminated as soon as practical after that. I will write my representatives regularly to remind them.


64 posted on 08/27/2010 5:58:58 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: jospehm20
I want the EPA totally defunded when the Repubs take over the house and eliminated as soon as practical after that.

EXACTLY!!! All spending must originate in the House and that includes all funding for agency operations. DE-FUND the idiots and no matter what they say they will be unable to enforce. If the Republicans take the House, a huge number of OHHHBABY'S projects and initiatives will come to a crashing halt. That has to be the first target. Nearly as important is the Senate to deflect his appointed commissars and stooges in the courts and elsewhere.

65 posted on 08/27/2010 7:02:44 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: lentulusgracchus

It would be too brittle. Now, combine tungsten and inconel and we are starting to get somewhere.


66 posted on 08/27/2010 7:41:57 AM PDT by BCR #226 (07/02 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: lentulusgracchus
I'm not sure in this day of pray and spray. A good rifle can make the 22LR an amazing little critter way down range. It is inherently accurate, but not likely to be if they mess with it.

What are the muzzleloaders going to do? Nothing but pure lead works really well for them.

67 posted on 08/27/2010 9:39:30 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
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To: tubebender; happydogx2; glock rocks; SouthTexas; Grampa Dave; B4Ranch; SJackson; Eaker; ...

Ping


68 posted on 08/27/2010 11:10:53 AM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: tubebender; happydogx2; glock rocks; SouthTexas; Grampa Dave; B4Ranch; SJackson; Eaker; ...

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69 posted on 08/27/2010 11:13:39 AM PDT by raptor22 (The truth will set us free)
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To: Yackma; Kaslin

Already an issue. It’s for the birds.

http://www.bigtentackle.com/bt/ceram.htm

Scroll down to see places that have banned Pb.


70 posted on 08/27/2010 11:26:01 AM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
What are the muzzleloaders going to do? Nothing but pure lead works really well for them.

Follow the bronze valve-seat crowd among car enthusiasts into the wilds of molybdenum?

71 posted on 08/27/2010 12:20:48 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: Kaslin

10# lead weights on sale at Amazon.com for 28.50, how many rounds can be made from 10# of lead.


72 posted on 08/27/2010 12:39:42 PM PDT by sniper63 (I am the leader of the TEA Party, I, myself am the leader of me, myself for I am the TEA Party!)
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To: stevie_d_64

I was thinking about investing in precious metals.....

.......so last night I went out and made a substantial investment in lead.


73 posted on 08/27/2010 1:20:18 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Stimulus. 0bamaCare. Cap and Tax. 9/11 Victory Mosque. TARP. Amnesty. Summer of Recovery.)
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To: Kaslin

Incredible gall. Why do voters believe Democrats?


74 posted on 08/27/2010 1:52:09 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: Uncle Miltie

Lead might become the new gold...


75 posted on 08/27/2010 6:54:31 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus' sayin')
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To: BCR #226

“We will come for you in the worst way through the courts.”

Too late for that.


76 posted on 08/27/2010 11:46:08 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Squantos

How many old car batteries does a fellow NEED; anyway?


77 posted on 08/28/2010 5:11:10 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: Kaslin

Where in the world has the government caused biological diversity?

Have you ever seen the marine life at a Gulf oil rig?

The logical contortions liberals have to go through...


78 posted on 08/28/2010 5:26:23 AM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: Elsie

Agree.....:o)


79 posted on 08/28/2010 7:15:05 AM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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