The EGGs (evil gun grabbers) have another harassment issue: lead.  Lead (chemical symbol Pb) is a naturally-occurring heavy metal.  Lead is not flushed out of the body during the normal excretion process and accumulates.  In heavy concentrations, it causes all sorts of nasty side effects including sterility, psychotic behavior, and death.  Lead can be absorbed through the skin, breathed-in (as dust), or ingested through the mouth.

 

Reloaders know the dangers of lead dust and lead fumes.  They wash their hands every time they handle it or use rubber gloves or a barrier cream.  Lead in ammunition is not a problem because most of it is encapsulated by a metal jacket.  The problem with lead dust in the air is a problem peculiar to indoor ranges.  In this case, the range has a positive air pressure that is maintained while shooting is occurring.  The positive air pressure pushes the toxic gun gas and lead dust outside.

 

Ranges typically mine their backstops for lead and sell it for scrap materials to make money.  Some indoor ranges require the use of copper plated lead bullets (pistols) to keep the lead dust down.

 

However, the EGGs have got this burr under their saddles about protecting the public health and game animals from lead -- as a subterfuge.  Well, since lead occurs NATURALLY, isn't that just a little ridiculous?  What this is really about is restricting where you can shoot and what you can shoot so that, in the end, you can't shoot.  The EGGs don't dive a damn about the environment or animals; they want to control their enemies -- and that means anyone who has a personal firearm that they do not control.