Monday, March 6, 2017

Lead shot

Why I don’t get about the Trump administration is the gratuitous changes in regulations that seem to have no justification other than some kind of spite.

Anybody with a passing knowledge of the environment knows that lead shot and lead bullets can accidentally poison wildlife.  When an animal is wounded with a lead bullet and then dies, other animals that eat the carcass will be poisoned.  So why lift the ban on hunters using lead bullets and shot on 150 million acres of federal lands.  

For that matter, why lift the restrictions on the pipeline crossing Indian land? Why allow individuals with mental health issues to buy handguns?  Why lift the requirement that Verizon and AT&T need to take “reasonable measures” to ensure that their customers’ Social Security numbers are not stolen or accidentally released?


Are these reasons that Trump voters supported him?  I don’t think so, and I think it is time they speak up.

1 comment:

  1. I posted this on Facebook and called Matt Cartwright's office:
    https://www.thedodo.com/bald-eagle-ammunition-refuges-2306402071.html

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