Comments on: Lead Ban Chronicles – More On Montana

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Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:16:59 +0000

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By: Beastslayer

Beastslayer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:04:20 +0000

Pardon my too simple approach to the issue. If lead is indeed toxic as everyone already have concluded and agreed, why not agree to have it eliminated where it may potentially contaminate and harm. Then the question becomes when and not just if. Thence we can sit on a table and negotiate to a reasonable phase out.

The only reason why there is no such definitive scientific conclusion that it actually poisoned or caused debilitation to anyone is because of the rigor of cause-and-effect correlation demanded by a scientific inquiry.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:21:39 +0000

I think that the longer we let ammunition companies think we’ll fight for their special interests, they will keep ammo. prices at price-gouging rates, and continue to provide few alternatives. Right now, seeing how many non-lead alternatives there are, and the way they trickle out new ones (like the chip-makers in computers, who we’ve recently found out had been gaming the market), hunters have got to realize that the manufacturers will do everything they can to milk us dry.

By pushing non-lead to the front, we will then get the chance to reward those companies that actually compete in a clear market, and we will see prices come down, accordingly. The supply side of the market won’t do it on their own.

By: T. Michael Riddle

T. Michael Riddle — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:29:33 +0000

Well executed Phillip,
I agree that there should have been more conclusive proof that lead bullets were, without a doubt (through scientific evidence) the leading cause of the California Condors decline.

This whole thing just simply smacked of special interest groups and their “ant”i agenda, and how quickly it was pushed through is evidence enough of that for me!

I still do contend that lead in “any” form needs to be eliminated entirely from use in our consumer products, because there are many alternatives available right now as we discuss, that would fill the void left from such an exclusion.

But, these special interest radicals have irked me so far beyond reason that I would just love to see them soundly trounced and throttled!

Now, that last statement really does have scientific validity to it, because then we would just swiftly and efficiently be eliminating those special interest groups right out of the gene pool!