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  Oregon State Shooting Association

Oregon State Shooting Association
News Bulletin

Lead Ammo Ban Hearing Scheduled

9/9/2014

 
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Bloomberg already has an organized campaign of letter writers attacking Starr.

You can help us defeat Bloomberg with a donation to OFFPAC and you can  get a tax credit.  Or you can help Starr directly by making a donation to his campaign.The anti-gun left, always eager to assail the funding of Republican candidates by affluent out-of-staters, has been very quiet about California billionaire Tom Steyer's attempt to buy the Oregon Senate.

A May 22, 2014 New York Times article stated that Steyer's goal is to spend $100 MILLION to "defeat those who question or deny the established science of climate change."
 
Leave it to the tolerant left to want to punish anyone who even "questions" their orthodoxy in spite of the fact that "climate change" is far from the "established science" the New York Times says it is.

It's this sort of "established science" that has "scientists" calling for a ban on lead ammo while admitting that such bans have produced no results. 


 "A partial ban went into effect in July 2008 and was later expanded. So far, however, researchers have found no evidence that the ban has resulted in a reduction in blood lead levels in condors."We've been warning for some time that an attempt to ban lead ammo would be coming. Now the first hearing on the subject has been scheduled.

On Sept. 16 in Hearing Room D at the State Capitol at 2PM, the House Interim Committee On Agriculture and Natural Resources will be holding a "informational meeting" on lead ammo.

Governor Kitzhaber is reported to be behind a push to ban lead ammo. At this point there has been no proposed legislation made public so it's unclear if this will start as a ban on lead ammo for hunting, or a total ban on lead ammo. You can rest assured that if it starts with hunting it won't stop there. Make no mistake, this is a political effort, not an environmental one.  The anti-gunners see this as one more way to attack the rights of gun owners.  Having failed in Oregon to ban firearms, this is yet another attack on possession of ammunition.

 This hearing is open to the public, however only invited testimony will be taken. We still encourage you to attend.

 The Chairman and Vice-Chair of the committee are both pro-gun and pro-hunting so the fact that this hearing is taking place at all before any bill has been made public may be an effort to get in front of the issue. However, it is still a dangerous policy. It's unlikely that anything said at this meeting will prevent a lead ammo bill from being drafted and introduced. So now, even before the elections, we need to start letting legislators know that we will oppose any effort to further curtail ammo supplies.

Please contact Chairman Brad Witt Rep.BradWitt@state.or.us and Vice Chair Sal Esquivel Rep.SalEsquivel@state.or.us
 
Urge them to oppose any effort by the environmental extremists and the well funded anti-gun lobby to ban lead ammo.

You can find an excellent source of information and talking points here.


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