EPA Denies Anti-Hunting Petition to Ban Lead Ammunition

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday denied yet another frivolous petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) — an established anti-hunting group — calling for a ban on the traditional ammunition (containing lead-core components) for hunting and shooting.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, applauds the EPA’s latest decision and called upon Congress to immediately pass the Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Sports Protection Act (S.838/H.R.1558). In the House of Representatives, the bill is also included in the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012 (H.R. 4089), an important piece of legislation that combines three other legislative priorities for sportsmen. The bill (S.838/H.R.1558) amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to clarify that the Congress has excluded traditional ammunition from regulation by the EPA. The legislation is supported by more than 35 national conservation and sportsmen’s groups. The bill is even supported by the Fraternal Order of Police because a ban on traditional ammunition would apply to law enforcement and the U.S. military.

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[Reca]

Go EPA!

[dorminWS]

Go EPA!

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I don't know that I'm willing to applaude the EPA just because for some reason they did not overreach for a change.

It is more appropriate, I submit, to observe (as my old pappy would have said) that even a blind hawg will root up an acorn every now and then.

[Reca]

I see your point. Guess I am just glad to see an anti gun group get shutdown. I don't like the idea of anyone taking away my right to

[dorminWS]

I see your point. Guess I am just glad to see an anti gun group get shutdown. I don't like the idea of anyone taking away my right to

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[VBshooter]

I wouldn't trust the EPA in this case either...It looks more like a case of them telling that group to shut up and to not dare tread in the EPA's backyard... Wouldn't put it past them to try this crap themselves at some time in the future

[Kreutz]

Its an election year.

[VBshooter]

For true there,, Wonder if they are trying to make nice with us?? Hard to believe ain;t it?

[Diomed]

I think it's because this is the sort of thing that would get Congress to get off its collective ass and start slapping EPA around. Hunters have sway out of all proportion to their actual numbers. Bureaucrats like to expand their powers, but they also dislike getting spanked (and losing money and power in the process).