Bans on lead hunting ammunition

... the anti-gun agenda surely has come out of the woodwork now that the election is over. From Sebastian and Ahab comes this press release from the Humane Society of the United States, seeking a ban on lead-based hunting ammunition. They claim there is a health hazard involved in eating meat killed with lead bullets or shot. Unfortunately for them, the study they cite for their proposition explicitly concludes that there is no health risk at all:

Participants [people who eat game meat harvested with traditional ammo] in the study had readings lower than the national average and well below the level the CDC considers to be of concern.

Children in the study had readings that were less than half the national average and far below the level the CDC considers to be of concern.

The study showed a statistically insignificant difference between participants who ate game harvested using traditional hunting ammunition and the non-hunters in the control group.

The Humane Society here is simply lying, and hoping that no one will call them on it.

Posted on 2008-11-12 14:22:07.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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