GOA Says Proposed Lead Ammo Ban Part of Larger Anti-Hunting Agenda

By Erich Pratt

The goal of a proposed federal rule to ban lead ammunition from national wildlife refuges has nothing to do with protecting wildlife, Second Amendment advocates say.
“It is not based on science. I believe this is designed to drive up ammunition costs to discourage hunting,” Mark Jones, national director for hunter outreach for Gun Owners of America and a wildlife biologist with 30 years of experience, told The Epoch Times.
“I believe that’s the goal of many people.”
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Mr. Jones said much of the data presented comes from studies of the California Condor. According to the FWS, citing a U.S. Department of the Interior report (pdf), between 1990 and 2020, approximately half of the 213 condors that died from a known cause were killed by lead poisoning. But he said that the California Condor isn’t typical of the animals found in a NWR.
“Condors are getting access to lead from sources other than ammunition,” he said.
NSSF officials agree with Mr. Jones’s assessment.
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Mr. Jones said that, in time, it became clear that was the case.
He said that, unlike raptors, ducks must ingest gravel so that their gizzards can grind up their food. According to Mr. Jones, the waterfowl would scoop up residual lead shot from

Source: Gun Owners of America