California is considering a bill to become the first state to impose a statewide ban on the use of lead ammunition for hunting.
I don’t know… can’t imagine taking down a grizzly with a shotgun full of gummi bears.
California is considering a bill to become the first state to impose a statewide ban on the use of lead ammunition for hunting.
I don’t know… can’t imagine taking down a grizzly with a shotgun full of gummi bears.
Grizzlies are on the Endangered Species List and may not be “taken down” with any ammunition whatsoever. Their status is “threatened,” so it follows that the most you may do is threaten them with your gun. May I suggest the classic “BANG!” flag gun? You’ll want the larger size for a grizzly.
http://www.amazon.com/Bang-Gun-Stage-Size-Prop/dp/B002KV7C08?&linkCode=waf&tag=zpx-20
How about depleted uranium?
Sounds like you’ll have to start hunting deer with AP rounds.
you G damned ^^^#@ing thieves! You Libertarians truly are the scum of the earth.
Not her in Alaska Crabby. Up here we kill the first born Grizzly in every household…er, den.
“Now health-care advocates are taking a different tack, arguing that lead bullet fragments in game such as venison are neurotoxins that can harm children and developing fetuses.” Really!?! So since when do California Liberals give a rat’s behind about fetuses! Total effing BS.
Ah, lead!
At last, something I can afford to horde!
And much more useful than gold or silver when the banks all crash!
Barnes Bullets is the biggest “no-lead” bullet maker, although even Remington is getting into the act. The all copper or all copper alloy bullets work pretty well although like all (fairly) new things there is a learning curve involved. The biggest drawback is their cost and, of course, they are totally unsuitable for muzzle loaders or black powder cartridge rifles.
The real problem is that leftists think total ignorance of firearms is a plus.
@4 – Gummi Bacon to Leo!
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So, you can still use lead to shoot criminals, right?
Just like those bird brains that Californians have elected to go nutso over another bird brain.
Are they afraid of lead poising the bear? The idea is to kill it not wing it. That kind of makes the bear (already cranky) quite unpleasant.
*poisoning* apparently spell check has failed me again.
It makes sense to ban lead ammunition for waterfowl hunting, since the pellets that miss the birds will fall into the water and be eaten by the ducks, geese, and perhaps some fish; that’s the explanation I remember when my state banned lead pellets–or required steel shot, I don’t recall which–for waterfowl hunting. But all hunting? Naw, pointless.
Another aspect of lead contamination I have heard about was an indoor range that my Army Reserve unit that had to be de-leaded, not from the spent bullets, but from the lead in the primer.
But, this law seems like those labels you see: “This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer.” Perhaps the San Andreas faults warps the physics–or the mercury in the rivers from the California gold rush is still warping their brains (or their thinking) so they experience a different reality from the rest of us.
mmmmmmm Gummi ammunition
Use stainless steel flechette shotgun rounds. You might have to do a little sewing up of the lacerated pelt afterwards, but at least the kill will be lead-free and very “green”.