Produce the evidence
Your magazine asked us to send feedback about the proposal by the shooting organisations to phase out lead ammunition over the next five years.
I for one feel betrayed and manipulated by our so-called representatives. BASC used to say “no change without evidence”. They say they now have evidence but I am not convinced. This is not the same as lead water pipes, lead paint or leaded petrol, for which there were good grounds for changes. From what I have read and understand, evidence has not demonstrated the widespread and routine poisoning of our wildlife from lead shot. I gather that the farmland battlefields of France and Belgium yield quantities of lead ordinance from World War I with no demonstrated deleterious effect on the wildlife there. I…
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Sporting Gun (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2020