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Like clockwork, the media runs with these “studies” with breathless coverage that hunters are killing bald eagles with the same lead that is found in nature.
Anti-hunting activists were ready to pounce with another round of calls to ban traditional lead-based ammunition used by millions of America’s hunters.
The problem with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s argument is that her so-called “facts” come from gun control activists and anti-hunting apostles set on eliminating hunting and restricting gun use,…
The rule bans the use of traditional lead ammo on 8 National Wildlife Refuges & fishing tackle on 7 NWRs in exchange for opening hunting & fishing opportunities on public lands.
“This is a devastating blow to the anti-gunners. Red tape & state database errors made it impossible for hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Californians to purchase ammunition.”
Given the drastic changes caused by AB 711, its provisions were decided to be phased in over time, up until July 1, 2019, when they will be expanded to apply to all hunting with firearms in California
“This isn’t about conservation. This is about reducing Americans’ ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights. “
Director’s Order 219 was published on the last full day of President Obama’s administration, without industry input and without scientific reasoning.
Like so much of what Barack Obama claimed as “accomplishments,” it will hopefully amount to little more than a symbolic act of defiance…
The case for banning lead ammunition has always been based on exaggerating tiny levels of risk in an attempt to manufacture scare stories.
The letter confirms that the Food Standards Agency will not be changing its advice on the consumption of game shot with lead ammunition and notes that “the report does not provide evidence of…..
Minnesota state legislators last week moved to rein in a Department of Natural Resources that was trying to use the rulemaking process as a means to circumvent lawmakers.
As we’ve told you before, the DNR is pushing a ban on lead shot for hunting in over half the state.
I need your help tomorrow. A few months ago, the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, along with our friends at the National Rifle Association (NRA), led the charge in getting gun owners and sportsmen…..
Last fall we made you aware of a proposed lead shot ban in farmland Wildlife Management Areas throughout Minnesota from the MN Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR).
As previously reported, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) opened a 60 day public comment period on October 13, 2015, for multiple proposed rules, including a misguided ban…..
The measure requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to issue a ruling within 60 days of receiving a waiver application…
A set of laws adopted in 2013 known as “AB 711” drastically expanded California’s ban on the use of lead ammo for taking larger animals within the “California condor zone” to the taking of……
We expect CBD to continue their relentless, though futile, pursuit to ban traditional lead ammunition filing more lawsuits that do nothing but waste judicial resources & taxpayer dollars…
The bottom line is that BATFE has virtually interpreted the “sporting purposes” exemption for ammo out of the law. As intended by Obama, this will result in disaster for gun owners….
An important provision protects the rights of Americans to choose the type of ammunition they prefer to use for hunting and target shooting…
As expected, the California Fish and Game Commission this week began the formal process, to implement AB711, the state law banning the use of traditional lead component ammunition in hunting…
By a nearly unanimous 5-1 vote, denied a citizen petition requesting a regulation to prohibit the use of traditional ammunition for hunting all game wildlife within the state…
As previously reported, the Oregonian newspaper recently published a series of articles about California condors and the use of lead ammunition for hunting…
The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s ongoing effort to have California Attorney General Kamala Harris act on our official complaint…
This is the type of legislation inverts the traditional approach to the law. The traditional approach is that everything is legal unless it is prohibited. The statist approach is that nothing is legal unless it is approved…
Brown has vetoed SB 374, a measure that would have classified any semiautomatic center-fire rifle that does not have a fixed magazine…
California is the first state in the nation to take such unnecessary action and harmful action against hunters and shooters…
Governor Brown needs to understand that California has millions of law-abiding gun owners, sportsmen and Second Amendment supporters as residents and voters…
The Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County recently sent a letter to members of the California State Legislature opposing two bills that would severely limit hunting and recreational shooting…
