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Should outright ban this primitive and archaic hobby.
Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales
Submitted 8 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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BroBot9000@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Indeed!
This is not to say that separately they shouldn’t separately and sooner (more easily) ban lead - as another reply would suggest is a ridiculous suggestion.
Photuris@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
[deleted]karma@feddit.uk 8 months ago
The solution to the gun problem is always more guns
GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Especially if they start throwing clay pigeons.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Wuss
Uranium_Green@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I mean regardless of your position on hunting, it’s also good to do this in general as it’ll also mean those who clay pigeon shoot and similar won’t be polluting specific areas with lead.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Legislation sounds very positive for the environment. The article does say that shooting ranges are exempt as they have lead/bullet recovery systems in place and this legislation is more about protecting waterways and forests from being (further) polluted with lead shot. Military and police are excluded probably for the same reason as almost all their shooting is on-range.
The article doesn’t mention and I was hoping someone knows - what’s the common alternative metals used for rifle rounds and shotgun shells? Steel balls for shotguns?
Does it make a big difference to shooting/ballistics, as the alternatives would be less-dense than lead?
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 8 months ago
A quick search says steel, tungsten and bismuth or composites including those metals are the typical replacements. Steel is cheap, and the other two are dense but more expensive.