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Lars Larson: A ban on bullets

by In the news Sunday, August 29. 2010

Lars Larson: A ban on bulletsI’ve been hearing about this threat for the last several months—that the Environmental Protection Agency might try to backdoor a ban on bullets.

I’ve always expected the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric Holder or the President himself, to try to ban guns. After all, that’s been the President’s history back when he was an Illinois state lawmaker. But, instead of going about it that way, environmental groups have petitioned the EPA to ban lead bullets.

That would make all ammunition much more expensive. It will make it more expensive for folks to own guns, practice with guns, and even shoot guns. It will make it more expensive for folks to arm themselves as the Constitution guarantees.

Well, it turns out it didn’t work. The EPA had to turn it down and turn down the petition to ban lead bullets. Why? Because there was so much public outcry.

Another win against the Obamanation.

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  • Founding Fathers

    Lars,

    Can you provide any evidence of the Obama administration instigating the move toward banning lead bullets?

    By the way, with a name that’s easily mutated to “Liars”, you might want to back off on attacking people in a similar manner.

    • Cliff Bastion

      Lars, there are other metals you can make bullets out of. Tungsten, steel, and copper, to name 3. There have been well over 500 studies done into the effects of lead on wildlife, and an estimated 10 million birds die of lead poisoning each year. That’s not to mention the fish and other wildlife that perish. Lead was one of the three main reasons for near extinction of condors. If you’re out shooting stuff, you spray lead everywhere, or maybe you’re the type of hunter that litters shell casings. But there are responsible hunters, such as the ones in Project Gutpile who try and educate other hunters and anglers against the use of lead. In North Dakota they found that people eating hunted game had 50% more lead in their bodies then people who didn’t. And you know what kinda human gets particularly poisoned by lead (a neurotoxin)? The fetal kind. Seems like I heard something somewhere about the right wing wanting to protect fetuses. And if you can make bullets out of steel and copper and tungsten and rubber and plastic and, if you’re the Pentagon, depleted uranium, then I guess that’s not really THE END OF ALL GUNS AND THE END OF MANKIND that you’re saying it is, eh?

      • Jon Jegglie

        Bullets cannot be made from steel, tungsten bullets would be expensive (exactly what Lars said) and all copper bullets do not reliably produce humane kills.

        Lets make sure we have the proper perspective here. 15 condors are alleged to have died of lead poisoning since 1996, and this proposed ban which will cause hundreds to thousands of job losses is meant to protect 22 sorry birds (the 24 in CA are already “protected” by that state’s law). Its utterly disgusting that you support such action.

      • Rupert in Springfield

        >Lars, there are other metals you can make bullets out of. Tungsten, steel, and copper, to name 3.

        Oh good Lord would you stop with this.

        This has nothing to do with fish and wildlife. Its about trying to ban all bullets.

        Under Clinton we had a ban on armor piercing ammunition. Basically you make a bullet out of what you are suggesting, it is then armor piercing, thus banned.

        We had steel core ammunition from China for years. It was cheap and worked well. It lessened, but did not eliminate, the amount of lead that got into the system. Banned under the armor piercing rule.

        Your argument is not with bullets, but with the Clinton ban. You want to get rid of lead in the food chain? Get rid of the ban on armor piercing bullets.

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  • Larry

    Lars is playing with words and inciting due to his partisan preferences.

    Here’s what happened – a hunters group petitioned to ban lead bullets because of their damages to wildlife that are hunted. Yet somehow Lars makes it sound as if Obama and the EPA were trying to do it. Instead, Obama and the EPA stood up for lead pollution. It’s ridiculous, but Lars should be thanking Obama for standing up against hunters and protecting the rights to use lead.

  • Jeff

    Cass sunstein – tried to set policy. Pull your head out and do your research.

  • Joey Link

    This issue raised a lot of concern among gun owners here in the Northwest. Goes to show a campaign of phone calls, emails, and letters does work from time to time. I suggest all of you Northwest firearm owners get involved in my site to stay aware and coordinate with other gun owners when this kind of threat is posed.

    http://www.northwestfirearms.com

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