havesomeseichel,
The article I cited about consumption of lead-shot animals & blood lead levels was a summary of study results released by the Centers for Disease Control and the state Department of Health. The article was written from the perspective of the CDC and the state DOH, based on their scientific research. I’m not sure if you’d consider that leftist or not.
I understand your point that gun ownership is a right, and I don’t want to take away that right. All I’m trying to say is that lead shot bans are not an end run around gun ownership rights. People can and still do hunt waterfowl even though they’ve not been allowed to use lead shot to do this in the US for almost 20 years. Therefore I don’t think a ban on lead shot for hunting land animals uses will end hunting, and I’m not sure why anyone would think that it would.