CraigC
Sixgun Nut
Doesn't have a single thing to do with being resistant to change. I'm the one advocating copper solids out of handguns for dangerous game, in staunch opposition to the cast bullet traditionalists. It has to do with not believing the "science" behind it. Coupled with heaping skepticism about anything even remotely related to a degradation of our rights. It wouldn't be the first backdoor attempt. The opposition has taught us that. My BS meter is always at full alert.
What we know about lead poisoning in humans is that it typically does not come from ingestion. The biggest risk comes from breathing vaporized lead from priming compound. Fact is, it is very difficult to get lead poisoning from ingestion. I also have a hard time believing these critters are ingesting much to begin with. It pegs my BS meter.
Around here, there is a HUGE populace that hunts and we have no shortage of buzzards or birds of prey. This further pegs my BS meter.
It seems to me that they are finding lead in these critters and just assuming it comes from bullet fragments. If it can be PROVEN that this is causing the issues, I'd be glad to consider changing regulations to require disposal of gut piles from critters shot with lead core bullets. NOT legislation banning them from use. Repeat, that is hunting regulations based on PROVEN studies. Not legislation based on half-assed assertions from dubious sources. So until it's proven, my BS meter will remain fully pegged.
What we know about lead poisoning in humans is that it typically does not come from ingestion. The biggest risk comes from breathing vaporized lead from priming compound. Fact is, it is very difficult to get lead poisoning from ingestion. I also have a hard time believing these critters are ingesting much to begin with. It pegs my BS meter.
Around here, there is a HUGE populace that hunts and we have no shortage of buzzards or birds of prey. This further pegs my BS meter.
It seems to me that they are finding lead in these critters and just assuming it comes from bullet fragments. If it can be PROVEN that this is causing the issues, I'd be glad to consider changing regulations to require disposal of gut piles from critters shot with lead core bullets. NOT legislation banning them from use. Repeat, that is hunting regulations based on PROVEN studies. Not legislation based on half-assed assertions from dubious sources. So until it's proven, my BS meter will remain fully pegged.