Will the EPA Ban Lead Ammunition? [Updated] - Granite Grok

Will the EPA Ban Lead Ammunition? [Updated]

Hot Air has the link from Mark Hemingway.  EPA has opened up a public comment period on the non-issue of lead ammunition and the environment. 

Just another stupid idea courtesy of democrat leadership and all its ugly bureaucratic side effects.

[Updated]

 

After two days of comment, the EPA decided that it did not in fact have authority on this matter. 

Agreeing with the position of the NRA and the firearms industry, the agency explained in a news release that it “does not have the legal authority to regulate this type of product under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).”  Further crushing the hopes of anti-gun and anti-hunting activists, the release added: “nor is the agency seeking such authority.

 H/T Hot Air

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