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Feel That? Another Lead Ammo Ban attempt is in the wind...
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<blockquote data-quote="deleted_account" data-source="post: 79735" data-attributes="member: 300"><p><a href="http://www.barnesbullets.com/blog/2012/01/09/barnes-vor-tx%C2%AE-ammunition-awarded-the-2012-american-hunter-ammunition-product-of-the-year/" target="_blank">copper VOR-TX bullets won</a><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'calluna'"> the American Hunter Ammunition Product of the Year Golden Bullseye Award from the NRA Publications. Despite that honor, the winning manufacturer, Barnes Bullets, opposes banning lead. The company acknowledges that after 30 years of making copper bullets, starting well before longstanding concerns about lead had translated into policy, they've found that copper bullets "deliver the best terminal performance on game” (although it's hard on the manufacturing tools). And yet, "</span></span><a href="http://www.barnesbullets.com/images/Barnes%20Position%20Statement%20CA%20non-lead%202008a.pdf" target="_blank">Barnes has not funded or supported efforts to further the advancement of <em>any</em> lead ban</a><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'calluna'">, nor will we ever."</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'calluna'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'calluna'"></span></span><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">“We don’t support the legislation. We think this type of legislation is bad for hunting, bad for the base. People shoot lead-core ammunition because it’s cheaper to shoot. I know some hunters in California who have put their guns up over this. That’s not good for our sport. Bans like this hurt the future of the sport for everyone.”</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deleted_account, post: 79735, member: 300"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=calluna] [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://www.barnesbullets.com/blog/2012/01/09/barnes-vor-tx%C2%AE-ammunition-awarded-the-2012-american-hunter-ammunition-product-of-the-year/"]copper VOR-TX bullets won[/URL][COLOR=#333333][FONT=calluna] the American Hunter Ammunition Product of the Year Golden Bullseye Award from the NRA Publications. Despite that honor, the winning manufacturer, Barnes Bullets, opposes banning lead. The company acknowledges that after 30 years of making copper bullets, starting well before longstanding concerns about lead had translated into policy, they've found that copper bullets "deliver the best terminal performance on game” (although it's hard on the manufacturing tools). And yet, "[/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://www.barnesbullets.com/images/Barnes%20Position%20Statement%20CA%20non-lead%202008a.pdf"]Barnes has not funded or supported efforts to further the advancement of [I]any[/I] lead ban[/URL][COLOR=#333333][FONT=calluna], nor will we ever." [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT=Georgia]“We don’t support the legislation. We think this type of legislation is bad for hunting, bad for the base. People shoot lead-core ammunition because it’s cheaper to shoot. I know some hunters in California who have put their guns up over this. That’s not good for our sport. Bans like this hurt the future of the sport for everyone.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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