thank you for your mail. On 8/28/10, M. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > "The EPA now is trying to figure a backdoor way to ban lead bullets. My > guess is that the Obama administration either is utterly tone deaf and wants > Congressional elections to be a disaster for Democrats, or this is a ruse in > which Congressional Democrats are supposed to jump in and stop this and look > like heroes." -- Bill Anderson > > Environmental Protection Agency Reviewing Petition to Ban Lead Bullets > Will the EPA infuriate gun owners--and seal the fate of Democrats on > November 2? > BY John McCormack > > August 27, 2010 9:57 AM > > Will Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson make a back > door move to ban lead bullets the day before the November 2 elections? > > Several environmentalist groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity > (CBD) are petitioning the EPA to ban lead bullets and shot (as well as lead > sinkers for fishing) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Although > EPA is barred by statute from controlling ammunition, CBD is seeking to work > farther back along the manufacturing chain and have EPA ban the use of lead > in bullets and shot because non-lead alternatives are available. But here's > the catch: the alternatives to lead bullets are more expensive. A ban on the > sale of lead ammunition would force hunters and sport shooters to buy > non-lead ammunition that is often double the cost of traditional lead > ammunition. A box of deer hunting bullets in a popular caliber could be > upwards of $55. > > Although the EPA could have dismissed the request due to a lack of > jurisdiction, it is obliging CBD. The EPA has asked for public comment on > banning lead in ammunition, and an EPA notice was published seeking public > comment that closes on October 31. Jackson would then make a decision to > accept or reject the petition on November 1. You might say that even > considering enacting what is effectively a new tax on hunters and gun > owners--seemingly the only non-liberal group the Obama administration hasn't > yet intentionally provoked--is less-than-perfect timing for the already > beleagured Democrats as the midterm elections approach. > > The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a trade association for the > firearm and ammunition industry, has hit back against the petition sending > Jackson a letter documenting why EPA has no jurisdiction and outlining the > damage that banning lead ammunition would do to U.S. industry and jobs, > conservation, and law enforcement. The NSSF estimates that more than 90 > percent of hunters and sport shooters use traditional lead ammunition. If > all hunters were forced to buy non-lead bullets that are made out of metals > like tungsten, bismuth, and copper alloys, demand could easily begin to > outstrip the supply and prices would go even higher. > > Bill Clinton famously blamed the NRA and gun owners for sweeping Democrats > from control of the House in 1994 after he pushed them to pass the Assault > Weapons Ban. For Democrats, especially those in rural and conservative > districts that are already facing voters’ wrath, gun control could once > again be an issue that helps defeat them and swings control of the House and > perhaps even the Senate to the GOP. > > http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/epa-reviewing-request-ban-led-bullets > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
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