[Jeff Higgins]

The use of lead shot on waterfowl has been banned for a couple of decades. It was actually a much needed ban, with lead concentrations in marshes open to public hunting just flat skyrocketing, and documented cases of its affects on waterfowl populations (not to mention everything else that lives with them).

Lead bullets are another matter. Other than some very, very dubious cases involving the California condor, no one is even claiming any observed affects of lead bullets on any kind of wildlife, save for the ones they hit (like the old westerm tombstones that say "cause of death: lead poisoning"). Big game hunters simply do not sling enough lead to ever be a concern. If one looks at hunter success rates on big game, it becomes apparent that most hunters never get to fire a shot when afield.

The motives for this one a pretty darn transparent. This has actually come up before, and cooler heads have always prevailed. At least outside of "condor nesting areas" in California.