We regulate lead paint - so why not lead bullets?

[Straw Man]

11. What problem is being addressed?

n 2007, California condors were being poisoned by lead ammunition in carcasses left behind by hunters. To save them, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill banning lead ammunition in state wilderness areas. Do Republicans believe in regulating ammunition to save condors but not children? I don't think so.

Well, unless we are seeing cases of children dying from the lead they ingest while eating carrion, I don't think we have an actionable issue here.

The idea that restricting ammo is the way to reduce gun crime is laughable. Ammo as a commodity is extremely fungible. It is easy to smuggle. It is even fairly easy to produce in a garage or basement. Criminals actually need very little ammo -- even spree killers use less to achieve their nefarious ends than the typical sport shooter will expend in a single afternoon. It only takes one cartridge to commit suicide, which accounts for 2/3 of the gun deaths in this country.

Nope. Ludicrous overreach and culture war. Nothing to see here.