[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: California bans lead hunting bullets

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Gov. Brown bans lead ammo in hunting, vetoes other gun control bills


By Patrick McGreevy and Melanie Mason
Los Angeles Times
October 11, 2013

SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed 11 gun control bills  
including a ban on the use of lead bullets by hunters, but vetoed  
seven measures restricting firearms that were introduced in response  
to the massacre last year at a Connecticut elementary school.

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The ban on lead bullets was proposed by Assemblyman Anthony Rendon (D- 
Lakewood) because the substance is toxic and can poison those who eat  
animals shot with the ammunition.

"We are thrilled that Governor Brown has made AB 711 the law of the  
land," Rendon said in a statement. "There is simply no reason to  
continue using lead ammunition in hunting when it poses a significant  
risk to human health and the environment." That bill goes into effect  
in July 2019.

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For the entire article, see
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77760475/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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