Instead of sitting by, Passively, Waiting for the crazies of this world to outlaw lead shot, or all lead, as back-door gun control, why don't you become involved in fighting them? The Science is in our favor- not theirs! Lead ingested by adults is NOT toxic- the body has the ability to pass it on out the system quickly enough. Its only toxic to infants, whose brains are still developing, because our digestive system tends to store heavy metals in fatty tissues. The Brain is made up of lots of fatty tissues when we are young. It takes prolonged ingestion of lead-- usually lead paint chips--- ( because lead tastes sweet!) ---- to cause permanent brain damage, and lead based paint has been outlawed since the 1950s.
After 60 years, and Billions spent on lead based paint removal and abatement, its just not a problem that is was back then. All VA home loans, for instance, require a lead paint inspection, and removal of the lead from the floor to at least 4 feet above the floor before the loan will be approved to buy an existing house. Considering how many older homes have been bought( or apartment buildings) with VA loans, in addition to all the older structures subject to very strict City Codes requiring similar paint removal, and its very difficult to find a home that is not " historic" that has lead based paint still in it. Even those homes now have acquired several layers of modern, lead-free, latex paints on top of the old stuff, giving them a modicum of protection. Its now been years since I have seen a house sold here that had a lead paint issue. Mostly,They are old Victorian homes in the country, that have stayed in a family for years, without much interior work done, and are sold very cheap, because they require extensive work, that will remove all the lead based paint from the old plaster, and woodwork. Its not unusual these days for the land to be worth more than the house, and the house is either burned, or bull-dozed, and replaced entirely with a new structure.
As for lead shot being a danger to wild life- even Glen Sanderson, the original author of the preliminary study used by Anti-gun forces in Congress to ban lead shot for Waterfowl hunting, has since testified that there were errors in his calculations of mortality, and false assumptions in his models, that were caught and found to totally explain his preliminary findings. In short, even he no longer believes that ingested lead shot contributes to mortality of ducks and geese!
Stop " Exploring " lead shot alternatives, and recognize the nature of the battle over your right to own a firearm.
Do something about it.
Educate your friends and family about the lies being told. The more people know that Congress passed oppressive legislation based on false data, and lies, the quicker people will resist more such legislation and begin to understand the real agenda of the people pressing to outlaw lead shot, and lead bullets.
