Lead Poisoned Deer
Planting the Seeds for future restrictions on Firearms & Hunting.
There have been a few news reports about deer shot with lead bullets may pose a lead poisoning hazard. Paraphrasing the articles, deer shot with ammunition from high velocity firearms causes bullet fragments – that is deadly poisonous lead, Oh My! - to splinter through out the animal. Thus when the tasty organic animal flesh is consumed, the diner also consumes the lead and runs the risk of lead poisoning. Interesting how there is not a study that has examined hunters and people whom have consumed rifle shot game their whole life. Such a study may prove the mentioned study wrong.
All I need to say about all these reports is they’re a load of Bovine Excrement. The reported study has nothing to do with informing, and keeping people safe from rifle shot venison. It has everything to do with fear mongering and planting the seeds for future restrictions on Firearms & Hunting.
I could just hear all the concerned wives who were never keen on their husband’s weekend hunting trips in the first place, nor having guns in the house, flipping out about this new food scare. “No, neither I nor the kids are eating that thing”. “I don’t care if you cut that part out – You want junior to get lead poisoning?” And “No more hunting for you, and since your not hunting anymore, you can get ride of those guns too”.
Wives flipping out are the lesser of the possible evils. The greater evil is when the anti-gun and anti-hunting lobby uses this bogus study as a tool – A tool to pass laws placing restrictions on hunting, ammunition, and firearms. These anti liberty liberals are always finding creative ways to attack, restrict, and cause other free people to lose their liberty.
Mark my words; this stupid study will be used as evidence, and an excuse, to harm the rights of hunting and firearm enthusiasts.
Wake up America! After the rights of Hunters and Firearm enthusiasts are gone, things you like to do are next!
Here are the links for the two stories:
November 11, 2008 at 7:05 am
I think this whole lead thing is fear mongering too. If it really bothers you use copper bullets.
I don’t believe this study was done correctly. From what I’ve read, they found slightly elevated lead levels in people and asked them if they ate venison. They did not consider other vectors such as lead paint in the homes, lead solder in the pipes, lead in the soil (where produce comes from), maple syrup taken from trees that grow along side the roads(sorry didn’t mean to fear monger), bottled water, Chinese made ceramics (yes the glaze)arzacon and greta,(for upset stomachs)…. can’t think of any more..