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Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:09 PM Jan 2016

We regulate lead paint - so why not lead bullets? [View all]

When I chaired the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, I was grateful that we had authority to regulate lead in household paint. Banning the use of lead-based paint in homes has prevented brain damage in countless children over the years.

So why wouldn't Congress allow us authority over another dangerous consumer product often made with lead?

Specifically, why not bullets?

On Tuesday, President Obama unveiled a package of executive actions that he hopes will reduce gun deaths in the United States. I urge him to put one more proposal on the table: regulating ammunition. The idea is workable, and Americans could support it.

http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/we_regulate_lead_paint_-_so_wh.html#incart_river_home

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We regulate lead paint - so why not lead bullets? [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2016 OP

We do, actually. Lead shot has been banned for waterfowl hunting for years and ... Scuba Jan 2016 #1

She mentions those regulations SecularMotion Jan 2016 #2

I could get behind some ammo sales limitations, but banning lead would only lead to ... Scuba Jan 2016 #3

There is some serious research into composite projectiles and solid copper as well. flamin lib Jan 2016 #13

Solid copper bullets for handguns and the most popular rifle calibers benEzra Jan 2016 #14

No, they're legal. sir pball Jan 2016 #17

Question, GGJohn Jan 2016 #15

probably because lead in bullets is not all that dangerous Travis_0004 Jan 2016 #4

I like these, no lead Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #5

Ahh, the "Polycase loophole" DonP Jan 2016 #6

Didn't the EPA close down the only lead mine in the U.S.? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #7

It was a smelter that smelted virgin lead from ore gejohnston Jan 2016 #9

but.....bullets kill people. ileus Jan 2016 #8

Careful what you ask for DirtDart1319 Jan 2016 #10

What problem is being addressed? Straw Man Jan 2016 #11

Paint right? GreydeeThos Jan 2016 #12

Because we don't line babies' cribs with lead bullets, benEzra Jan 2016 #16

alternatives mog75 Jan 2016 #18

I've seen good reports on copper bullets. Like non-toxic waterfowl loads... Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #20

"Put one more proposal on the table." Oh, just let it all hang out. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #19