Posted on 03/19/2009 6:47:57 AM PDT by yankeedame
From a National Park Service press release:
“Our goal is to eliminate the use of lead ammunition and lead fishing tackle in parks by the end of 2010,” said Acting National Park Service Director Dan Wenk. “We want to take a leadership role in removing lead from the environment.”
Individual states may have something to say about that, however. For example, from The Charleston Gazette:
West Virginia fish and wildlife officials said they "have serious concerns" about the Park Service's lead-free goal. . . .
Paul Johansen, the DNR's assistant wildlife chief, said he and other DNR officials "would welcome a dialogue with [Park Service officials], but I would hope they would not come to the table with a preconceived notion that banning all lead ammo and fishing tackle . . . is the only way to go. . . ."
This will come down to the powers of the states versus the power of the federal government," [said DNR chief Curtis Taylor]. "I'll be in Washington next week for a meeting of the North American Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and you can bet [the lead-ban proposal] will be a hot topic."
Your reaction?
Just a way to get around the ruling that CCW is allowed in national parks.
The Park Service goal is to get all of the lead AND PEOPLE out of all the parks.
Guess they wanna reduce the periodic table of elements by one........for now.
The Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Administered by the NPS)is in the lead belt!
You can walk around and find lead ore.
How about the law of unintended consequences. Wouldnt it be awful if every condor was found shot to death? No more need for the stupid restrictions.
How about the law of unintended consequences. Wouldnt it be awful if every condor was found shot to death? No more need for the stupid restrictions.
I like the ruling because I prefer steel shot. This woukd make steel shot easier to purchase as well as non-lead ammo for other firearms.
That is well and good for you. The guns that I an many others choose to use will not work with steel shot or non lead ammunition. I prefer to hunt birds with an 1850 vintage muzzle loading shot gun and an 1880s black powder shot gun. I do have a modern gun but it was not built for steel shot either. About 2/3 of sporting shot guns in the country will fall into that non=steel category. Muzzle loading rifles and black powder cartridge arms will not accept non lead ammo.
You make your choice and let me make mine.
Forget the sarcasm tag?
Well I must admit that I didn’t know there are firearms that can’t handle non-lead ammo.
So, with this new information I must recant my position and support yours.
One othe very big problems with this is that a fall in fishing and hunting can have a very big effect on conservation agencies. Much of their funding comes from fees for licenses etc.
In Missouri, for instance, it is traditional to buy a full set of licenses, whether you will use them or not, in order to pump more cash into the conservation dept.
That could go a way and it is a huge sum of money. This is an ill considered program with potentially huge effects on states that have a large amount of Federal land.
Sureee
Don’t tell me what you think might happen, SHOW ME THE DATA!!!
There are several civil war battlefields where millions of rounds were discharged. Show me the degradation of the environment from those!
There are hundreds of WWII battlefields where millions of rounds were discharged. Show me the degradation of the environmentin those areas!
If there is no data, it ain’t science. And if it ain’t science, then get off the stage - I got important things to worry about.
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