What legal basis, or enforcement authorization, or funding allowance does a 'secretarial order' have anyhow?

And, I always get a kick out of the dozen or so bozos standing behind the desk of the signer -- smilin' and laughin' man, like they were on the cover of the Rolling Stone. Don't they have anything better to do?

Why was this a 'yuck-it-up' event?  I agree with rongone.

Common Sense wrote:

“This was a reckless, unilateral overreach that would have devastated the sportsmen's community,
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— it was a last second attack on traditional ammunition and our hunting heritage.”

What malarkey.

Lead ammo, or fishing tackle is NOT some icon to tradition, or heritage. That's laughable.

Lead was a cheap, and abundant substance with a density that was viewed as ideal for the purpose. It wasn't a sacred mineral.
It was only later that the extreme toxic nature of lead was learned.

Replacing lead with other substances will NOT "devastate the sportsmen's community".
Other substances are readily available. I know this because I AM a member of the sportsmen's community.
I have been an avid fisherman my entire life, and I moved away from lead in tackle decades ago.
And guess what? I continue to enjoy the sport as much as ever. I just do it without releasing toxic substances into the water.

And Waterfowl hunters have been successful using lead-free ammunition nationwide for decades, ever since lead shot was phased out in 1991.
And, waterfowl hunting continues to thrive.

You get too caught up in the binary nature of American politics.
I swear, if they started building kindergartens out of lead, you would  be for it just because Obama, or "elitists" were against it.
 

Last edited by Goose (4/07/2017 10:06 am)

I'd like to know how banning lead fishing tackle and ammo would 'devastate the sportsmen's community'.  Who believes this crap?

I own several fishing rods ............. maybe a few hundred dollars worth.  So I guess I'll have to give up fishing because I can't spend a couple extra bucks to buy lead-free sinkers?  What a pile of guano.

Last edited by Just Fred (4/07/2017 9:52 am)

I can't wait to take my grandchildren fishing on the bay down at Stone Harbor, NJ. We'll fill up the boat with fishing rods, bait, something to eat & drink, plus a tackle box full to the brim and overflowing with hundreds of lead sinkers. I'm pretty sure that just because the kids are handling the lead weights and eating a sandwich won't have any detrimental affect on them. I mean, I've read reports about lead poisoning causing some health problems or even death in some cases, but I'm pretty sure a little lead in their systems won't do too much damage. At least that's what the executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative action says. He asserted that the order to ban lead was "not based on sound scientific evidence". And he should know . . . because of his scientific background (of which he has none, nada, zilch). So, if you just ignore the thousands of scientific studies that verify the dangers of lead based materials to the health of living things -- like young children -- you can say idiotic things like Chris Cox's statement in Common Sense's post #5.

Want to come along on our fishing trip, Common ?    We'll make sure there's plenty of lead based products that you can stick your hands, face, and whatever other body parts into.