Interesting news on the lead ban front. Looks like Minnesota will not be banning lead shot for upland and small game hunters, despite the support of the State Department of Natural Resources for the ban.
According to this article at Star-Tribune.com, Senator Satveer Chaudhary killed the provision after meetings with Federal Ammunition (which has a shotshell factory in the state) and the NRA. Sen. Chaudhary decided the current research did not justify the ban, and that the research had not considered important factors such as the potential economic impact of banning lead shot.
Wow. Common sense from an elected official?
The DNR will likely continue to do research on the impacts of lead shot on local wildlife, and will also be watching closely as health officials crank up the research on the health effects of lead ammo in game meat. Minnesota is one of the states that advised food banks to remove hunter-donated venison from distribution.
You read it here first folks (unless you read it somewhere else)… the lead ammo ban will become one of the top hunting issues across the country over the next two or three years.
Great coverage and comments Phillip,
I hope that you keep up the good fight for us and continue spreading your common sense logic about the lead ban! (someone of some influence is eventually bound to listen).
In all of these confusing and diversion tactics which are being deployed by persons of agenda minded, special interest politics, “where” are our supposedly true allies whom should be fighting for our rights to a fair and non-biased study to determine if our lead bullets are of any public concern at all?
Namely the: CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMENS FOUNDATION & NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF SPORTSMENS CAUCUSES
Just a simple question from a simple and hardworking taxpayer