NRA Launches Pro-Lead Website

ideonexus writes "The National Rifle Association has launched a website defending the use of lead ammunition against scientists and environmental organizations who argue that lead bullets are poisoning the environment and tainting game meat with a known neurotoxin. The rise and fall of lead levels from gasoline and lead-based paint are strongly correlated to the rise and fall of crime rates in communities around the world."

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[dutchwhizzman]

The amount of lead you need to get into your body to get a negative effect is extremely small. The same applies to wildlife. The "dust" coming from firing bullets in the shooting range could very well be in significant amounts. Being on the range once a week and inhaling the air there for thirty minutes may just be more than enough for permanent damage to your health. This is not even about the environment, this is your personal health and safety as a shooter. I don't know the exact amounts we are talking about here, but you seem at least as uninformed about this as I am. It may be wise to actually check the data before proclaiming it's not a problem, like you do here.

What I do know, is that wildlife, the very game you are shooting and the animals that pray on them, actually do suffer from the lead that ends up in nature from hunting. Birth rate and deformed newborn animals are clearly influenced by the amount of lead entering the environment from hunting. There are plenty of studies that will support that.

I'd like to see studies that support the absolute link between the number of gun holders and the crime rate in an area. I've seen gun ownership numbers per country and there doesn't really seem to be a clear correlation between the two. Canada has way lower crime rate than the USA and has a similar gun ownership number. Several European countries have low crime rates and a low gun ownership percentage. I haven't seen one serious study so far that proves that more gun owners gets crime rates down, only correlation/causation statistically flawed comparisons.

THIS JUST IN: LEAD MAKES YOU STUPID

[SlippyToad]

For example, the NRA.