The federal government has cancelled a tender for a study on the environmental impact of lead shot and bullets. […]
“We know that the Liberals and the NDP probably would have continued this study on the grounds that the environmental impact of bullets on the forest floor would have been a good pretext for onerous environmental restrictions on the use of bullets,” Calandra told the Commons.
Write your MP and thank them – particularly if your MP also happens to be a hair-pulling, anti-gun leftist.
“[A] study on the environmental impact of lead shot and bullets.”
Words fail.
Indeed!!!! And who would have done the “study”? Climate “scientists”? I.e. fourth-
rate politically driven hacks?
That was my first thought.. all those lying enviro-tards getting to boot after the glow-bull warming scam did a face plant need to find work.
go full metal jacket , takes awhile till the lead leaks
Even with a few minor screw ups, conservatives are extremely well served by this government.
They truly do, “get it” in a way that Mulroney-era politicians would’ve been staring blankly.
Harper is the most right-wing Pm we’ve ever had, the “centrist” B.S. is just tactics. Enjoy it while it lasts, because another majority is unlikely and the Harper-era will be finished.
Oh,I thought it read,”the impact of lead bullets on environmentalists”,which isn’t good.
And thank PM Harper for this,I wasn’t looking forward to the price of solid copper bullets.
My brother makes bullets out of old planer bearing babbit, I don’t think it contains any lead,but is very hard,too much penetration.
Thank you PM Harper.
Even more reason to stock up on lead.
You’re confident assertions are entirely misplaced and given the recent by-election results are quite unfounded.
Cheers
Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Wheel weights put more lead into the environment than bullets, and they’re in populated areas.
This is nothing but more BS from greenwashed hoplophobes.
Different grades of Babbitt alloy contain varying amounts of lead; it’s not a significant problem.
I wasn’t aware of this as an environmental issue so I did a little check. From my reading, there is a valid reason to restrict lead where large amounts may contaminate waterways. Apparently previous legislation outlawing lead shot for hunting waterfowl has already taken care of this problem. Secondly, lead leeching is more of a problem in acid than lime soils but, regardless, leeching is quite slow. Finally, the CDC has already determined that lead in venison is not a health hazard for humans. So the value of the lead study is likely not worth the cost since studies are already available and the major issue has been resolved.
I honestly don’t think that every environmental issue is a scam or has ulterior political motives. OTOH, this lead study cancellation feeds the media’s “conservatives are anti-science” narrative but, ironically, I doubt most reporters will bother doing any basic research. They seem satisfied to just reword whatever material environmental activists give them.
This issue is not going away. In ontario you are not allowed to us lead shot to hunt waterfowl, even if you are shooting geese over corn stubble. The alternatives are very expensive and don’t really work all that well. I understand that California (surprise) has banned lead bullets and the US army is looking at issuing “environmentally friendly” ammo. I read an article about the “enviro ammo” and it destroys rifles, doesn’t hit targets and doesn’t kill the targets is does hit. If I was in the army and they sent me to war with ammo that doesn’t work I would mutiny.
How about doing a more relevant “environmental” study on the CO2 pollution generated by moonbats. Large numbers of moonbats could be easily captured in their favored environments of Vancouver and Toronto. A simple CO2 capture apparatus consisting of a large size leaf bag and breathing nozzle with a one way valve attached to the moonbats head and the moonbat would be released after first having an RFID chip implanted. Once the leaf bag on the moonbats head had reached its maximum size, the moonbat would be recaptured and the amount of CO2 in the expired air measured.
Considering that moonbats view CO2 as a dangerous pollutant, informing the captured moonbats of their personal role in destroying the environment would make it far more likely for the moonbat to engage in self-apoptosis for the good of Gaia. While some might criticize this study as overly disturbing to the study population, one doesn’t have to be very bright to know in advance the results of a “study” performed by individuals who are both plumbophobes and hoplophobes.
I believe that is nation wide. Lead shot is only allowed for “clay” pigeons. 3 1/4″ shells and shotguns became the new norm when lead shot was banned.
In short, the lead ban turned out to boost more powerful gun sales. I’m sure the left didn’t see that future consequence.
Regarding whether lead shot is legal or not, the Ontario MNR website refers to the federal Migratory Bird Convention Act which can be found here
//laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/M%2D7.01/
I believe the relevant clause is 5.1(1)
No person or vessel shall deposit a substance that is harmful to migratory birds, or permit such a substance to be deposited, in waters or an area frequented by migratory birds or in a place from which the substance may enter such waters or such an area.
So it is legal to hunt non migratory birds such as grouse with lead shot as long as you are not near a place frequented by migratory birds.
There’s a summary here.
//www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/default.asp?lang=En&n=99FDEC59-1
“The federal government has cancelled a tender for a study on the environmental impact of lead shot and bullets.”
Good idea. Because there is no environmental impact from lead shot and bullets. Why? Because lead and lead oxide are not water soluble.
Duh.
That’s why lead has been used for pipes since Roman times. Easy to work and doesn’t corrode.
Nuts. The most conservative PM of whom I have memory was Louis St. Laurent, who
was way to the right of Stephen Harper.
Alternatives to lead shot currently are bismuth and steel. Bismuth is expensive and steel is too light, too hard and doesn’t pattern well. Bismuth was adopted many years ago to placate the greenies, but turns out to have its own environmental problems.
The US armed forces have indeed been looking at non-lead bullets. Their answer to date has been tungsten. Which is -extremely- expensive, extremely hard on gun barrels and only comes from China. Also it makes little .223″ holes in things because tungsten is so hard the bullet doesn’t deform. At all. Doesn’t mushroom, or shed bits, or tumble, or do anything else other than drill a quarter inch hole through whatever it hits. So the guy you shoot with a tungsten bullet is liable to not notice he’s been shot and may continue with kicking your @ss.
Awesome for punching through armor, glass and concrete, not much use for a soldier on the usual battlefield.
As well, it develops that tungsten is bad for you. There is such a thing as tungsten poisoning.
So to recap, too expensive, doesn’t work right and is poisonous. No wonder greenies love it.
Uh lead does dissolve. It is in very minute quantities but that’s all it takes. Lead is cumulative and poisonous in the parts per billion range, which is really poisonous. There’s good reason it isn’t used in pipes anymore. That being said, I wouldn’t worry about ammo in the environment.
tungsten. … only comes from China
I had no idea that Canadian tungsten mines dumped the ore instead of refining it. Thanks for clearing that up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tungsten_mines_in_Canada
Phantom, under the Geneva Convention military bullets are not allowed to deform or break apart, because it causes terrible wounds. Mil-spec bullets have a jacket of guilding metal which is quite hard. A hard bullet that does not deform will still tumble when it strikes flesh, creating a stretch cavity.
Tungsten is mined in more places than China and while there is such a thing as tungsten poisoning, I’ve never seen anyone call in a hazmat team when an incandescent bulb is broken.
I went fishing at the lake once, and was casting a red-and-white, and it got tangled in a branch, and the split-shot fell off into the water, even though I bit down hard on it
under the Geneva Convention military bullets are not allowed to deform or break apart. Posted by: Al_in_Ottawa
Actually that was the Hague Convention of 1899
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907
This declaration states that, in any war between signatory powers, the parties will abstain from using “bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body.” Ratified by all major powers, except the United States.
@nothof60, Don’t tell them that, then they will just want to ban wheels.
Joel
The eco nutters never see the consequences.
DDT ban – millions dead. Oops
The idea of sending this to my dipper MP fills me with delight.. The vision of his quivering jowls and indignation is a joy..
Notwithstanding the impact on military ammo, in the hunting realm, we need lead bullets,to expand and shock and bring the animal down in as humane a fashion as possible.
Of course,the people who commissioned this “study” would ban hunting in a second if they could.