California bans all lead ammo for all hunting

[Frank Allegra]

Here is an interesting read on what started the lead ban in CA....the California condor

http://www.huntfortruth.org/wildlife...fornia-condor/

[Bindlestiff]

The duck debate is an old one. This is a bit different if what was printed in the L.A. Times is accurate (big IF). It printed:

The ban on lead bullets was proposed by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) because the substance is toxic and can poison those who eat animals shot with the ammunition.

“We are thrilled that Governor Brown has made AB 711 the law of the land,” Rendon said in a statement. “There is simply no reason to continue using lead ammunition in hunting when it poses a significant risk to human health and the environment.” That bill goes into effect in July 2019.

I can see the argument on ducks but not this one on humans. I don't know the number of people that have been poisoned by eating a 30-30 lead bullet, or even some #6 shot, but I'll bet the house its negligible or zero.

I think this law is a simply a win for the anti-gun and anti-hunting groups and has nothing to do with the health of anything.

[King Brown]

I grew up in a Nova Scotia fishing village of fierce gunners. Most of the duck hunting was done in the harbour from rock blinds on perhaps a dozen woody points with hard bottoms. Blinds were made where birds "tended."

For generations lead shot has fallen in tons within gunshot of these blinds. It didn't disappear in the muck. It's there in skeet and trap club concentrations. Ducks were a central part of our village's subsistence living.

[Dean Romig]

A bird's gizzard is a strong muscular organ which can not grind a bird's food solely by itself. It requires the bird seeking someplace where it can find grit or gravel to fill the gizzard. This is where the lead shot comes from... not necessarily from mud but from sandy or gravelly areas in somewhat shallow water. The lead shot will not sink away as readily in these areas as it would in mud.

I believe lead shot is a far more serious concern to waterfowl than lead ingestion is for any other creature, including man.