More ammo bans

Guns Magazine, August, 2009

The National Park Service last week announced a ban on using traditional ammunition with lead components, and lead fishing tackle, on NPS-managed lands seemingly without input from conservation groups, hunters, anglers or ammunition manufacturers. "The decision is arbitrary, over-reactive and not based on science," said Steve Sanetti, NSSF's president. "Studies show traditional ammunition does not pose a health risk to humans, or wildlife populations as a whole."

The US Sportsmen's Alliance called on sportsmen to contact their US representatives and senators to voice their opposition to the ban, and the American Sportfishing Association said the park service's decision ran counter to President Obama's executive memo advocating transparency in government. In a West Virginia news story later in the week, the park service's public affairs director was quoted as saying the ban applied only to park personnel, although Acting Parks Service Director Dan Wenk is quoted in the NPS press release as saying, "Our goal is to eliminate the use of lead ammunition and lead fishing tackle in parks by the end of 2010."--Courtesy NSSF