The elimination by the EPA of lead in bullets will not effect the USA military. The military uses 'Full Metal Jackets.'
Lead in bullets is used as a 'soft tip' that will expand on impact. They are considered more damaging to flesh than steel or copper. It is lead in the environment. I am quite confident lead is distributed widely in nature / woodlands / wildlands where hunting is allowed. That would include some of the National Parks. There are families that camp in national parks, so the idea there is lead in the environment is a bit outrageous. Water contamination and a threat to wildlife.
As a matter of fact, metals have been substituted in bullets to improve their impact on the environment.
Tungsten for hardness and ecological sensitivity in military rounds
Bismuth for eco-sensitivity
So, it isn't as though sportspersons and the military aren't conscience about the environment where they hunt or work. They do worry about it. They have actively sought changes in bullets to make them more safe. The USA EPA needs to finish cleaning up the mess. That's all.
No one is saying bullets can't be produced, they just have to be environmentally responsible. The Right Wing is complaining about nothing. MORE RHETORIC. Didn't Senator Tester try to pass legislation to accomplish this, but, McConnell filibustered it for the benefit of the paranoid NRA? I thought he did.
JAN 24, 2013
(Washington, D.C.) - Montana's Senators Jon Tester (click here) and Max Baucus today introduced the Veterans Employment Transition Act or "VETS Act" of 2013. Baucus announced this would be his first bill of the new Congress during a speech to the Montana Legislature in January, where he "declared war" on veterans unemployment....
He worried about re-election, too. Oh, well.
