Ammoland
Starting July 1, 2015, nonlead ammunition will be required when
hunting on all California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) lands
and for all Nelson bighorn sheep hunts anywhere in the state.
CDFW reminds hunters who plan to hunt bighorn sheep or at any CDFW
wildlife area or ecological reserve where hunting is allowed on or after
July 1, 2015 to acquire nonlead ammunition well ahead of their hunt.
Hunters are also encouraged to practice shooting nonlead ammunition to
make sure firearms are sighted-in properly and shoot accurately with
nonlead ammunition. Nonlead ammunition for some firearm calibers may be
in short supply so hunters should plan accordingly.
This is indicative of the gun control advocates' mentality. Eight years ago they banned hunting with lead ammo in the condor regions. When they found it had no effect, they decided to go ahead and ban lead ammo hunting where the condors aren't.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's what we're up against. When something fails, do it harder. There are no facts that can help us.
Who said it didn't work. You made that up, didn't you? It seems to me that the more limited ban might have worked so well that they decided to expand it based on that proven success.
DeleteLead has been found to be dangerous. It has been banned in paint and other products. Why should bullets be any different?
ReplyDeleteBullets are supposed to be dangerous.
DeleteBesides that, lead is certainly not banned in all products. Like your car battery (Electric storage comprises 88% of commercial lead use). Plus we use it to shield ourselves from X-Ray radiation at dentist and doctor’s offices, and [gasp] even drink wine from glass mixed with lead. Oh, the horror! Why hasn’t the government saved us from that yet?
But my point is the California government identified a problem of condors suffering from lead poisoning. They blamed this on hunters leaving behind entrails that condors ended up scavenging on. So their solution was to ban hunting with lead ammo in condor inhabited regions. Eight years later, they find that lead poisoning in condors remained the same, and in some cases even increased. So rather than admitting that hunting with lead ammo wasn’t the problem, they doubled down on the ban by expanding it to cover the whole state- as in the places where there are no condors. It’s a perfect example of how immune the gun control movement is to data that are contrary to their pre-conceived beliefs, and using whatever excuse they can glom onto to push an anti-gun agenda. The ban wasn’t implemented with the goal of saving condors- the ban was the goal, and the condors were the excuse.
Doesn't matter. Lead is a known danger and therefore not a problem to ban, and if it is banned, then one product should not be excused from that ban over other products.
DeleteSo you think car batteries should be banned because lead?
DeleteAnd crystal stemware should be banned because lead?
And those protective lead shields? Screw 'em- let people get radiation poisoning because lead.
Additionally, you helped make my point about condors being an excuse to implement a ban. To you this doesn't have anything to do with hunting. You want to see lead ammo banned for all applications like target shooting- not just hunting. The condors are a convenient way to incrementally reach that goal, so the fact that it hasn't helped the condors is immaterial.
This is what we have to deal with.
So you are suggesting we need to ban lead batteries Anon?
Delete"Besides that, lead is certainly not banned in all products. Like your car battery (Electric storage comprises 88% of commercial lead use). "
DeleteUnlike bullets that end up in the environment by the billions, those other products have strict methods of safe disposal.
"Besides that, lead is certainly not banned in all products. Like your car battery (Electric storage comprises 88% of commercial lead use). "
DeleteUnlike bullets that end up in the environment by the billions, those other products have strict methods of safe disposal.
yes
ReplyDeleteI bet your the type who wants to see dihydrogen monoxide banned too.
DeleteI'll bet your the type who thinks slavery is OK depending on which State laws you want to adhere to. Keep flying that Confederate flag.
DeleteHow did we go from you wanting to ban all commercial uses of lead, to me being southerner who wants to go back to the days of slave plantations?
DeleteYour comments. As usual they diverted from the point. Typical for a dishonest gun loon like you.
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