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| NRA gets results |
| 2010-08-28 |
| Responding to a grassroots outcry from gun owners, the Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and other radical groups that had sought to ban the use of lead in ammunition. Agreeing with the position of the NRA and the firearms industry, the agency explained in a news release that it “does not have the legal authority to regulate this type of product under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).” Further crushing the hopes of anti-gun and anti-hunting activists, the release added: “nor is the agency seeking such authority.” “It’s outrageous that this petition even went this far,” said Chris W. Cox, NRA-ILA Executive Director. “We applaud the EPA for its understanding of the law and its common sense in this situation -- both of which were totally missing in the petition filed by these extreme anti-gun and anti-hunting groups.” Because the EPA has no power to regulate ammunition, it will not move ahead with a public comment period on the petition. However, a comment period will remain open until September 15 on the other part of the petition, which asks EPA to ban the use of lead in fishing sinkers. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #5 However, a comment period will remain open until September 15 on the other part of the petition, which asks EPA to ban the use of lead in fishing sinkers That's OK, fisherman can substitute something REAL DENSE - like liberals. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-28 16:54 |
| #4 Background on Center for Biological Diversity. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-28 16:52 |
| #3 So the EPA folded under pressure from the NRA. What is wrong with this picture is that the EPA should have folded under pressure from the Republican leadership, as soon as they proposed this crap. Call it "The 5% rule for bad bureaucrats". A standing threat from the Republicans to bureaucrats that every time they propose such unconstitutional, overreaching, obnoxious, and radical programs, that their agency will lose 5% of its budget, when the Republicans are back in power. This, they will listen to. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-28 09:16 |
| #2 Center for Biological Diversity and other radical groups - Pb Shoe Company should measure these guys for a free pair of overshoes. |
| Posted by: Goodluck 2010-08-28 09:04 |
| #1 which asks EPA to ban the use of lead in fishing sinkers. I recommend depleted uranium as a substitute (sarc on). |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-28 08:14 |