What can we do to stop the government(s) from taking lead away from us for clay pigeon and upland shooting? I can sort of understand the ban of lead for migratory birds but it just baffles me for any other shooting venue. I just think it is ridiculous and I for one abhor the thought of banning lead! Could the NRA help oppose any sort of ban? We need to do something before it is too late....I just don't know what.
Buzz, there's only one federal agency with the writ to totally ban a substance for environmental reasons. That's the EPA, and Congress has expressly taken away their authority to regulate lead in ammunition. That leaves the USFWS, which can ban lead on migratory species and on federal land. But they're almost out of migratory species at which we can still shoot lead, doves being the big exception--and that ban may eventually come. Regulating ammunition for other upland species falls to the states. And lately, at the state level, sportsmen and shooters have been making their voices heard to their politicians, and have been beating back increased nontox requirements. It's only inevitable if we allow it to go that way.
