California Regulations Ban Hunting with Lead-Component Ammo
On April 9, 2015, the California Fish and Game Commission (CFGC) adopted regulations to ban the use of traditional lead-component ammunition for all hunting in the state by July 1, 2019. The Daily Caller reports: “In a unanimous vote, the Commission opted to phase out lead bullets, which hunters’ groups are calling a de-facto ban on hunting in the state.” The new regulations will be implemented in multiple phases, starting with the 2015 hunting season. These tough new regulations were issued pursuant to legislation passed in 2013 by the California legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is worried that California-style ammo bans will be adopted in other states. To some observers, California’s ban on lead-based ammunition was designed more to reduce gun sales and halt hunting than it was ever intended to help the environment. The NSSF has shown that the elimination of traditional lead ammo will do little, if anything to improve the environment in any meaningful way. What such bans WILL do is raise the cost of ammo and make it more difficult to hunt. The NSSF explains: “Anti-hunting groups use the supposed harm caused by traditional ammunition as a wedge issue to further their ultimate political agenda of banning hunting across the country.” The NSSF has provided the real facts via an infographic and the YouTube video embedded below.
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Here’s the regulatory language – http://www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/2015/250_1regs.pdf
Here’s the page to check for the final doc (presumably just the formal doc) – http://www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/2015/index.aspx#250_1 Click on “Phasing out…”
Projectile certification process:
f) Nonlead Projectile and Ammunition Certification Process.
(1) Any person or manufacturer requesting to have their projectile(s) or ammunition
certified as nonlead shall submit the information identified in subsection (2) below to the
Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Wildlife Branch in Sacramento. The department shall
certify or reject the request within 60 business days of receipt.
(2) Information required for consideration of certification:
(A) Name of manufacturer of projectile or ammunition, address, and contact information;
(B) For projectile certifications, information shall include the following: caliber, weight in
grains, product trade name or marketing line (if established), product or catalog number
(SKUs or UPCs are acceptable), composition, percent content of lead by weight, and
detailed unique identifying characteristics;
(C) For ammunition certifications, information shall include the following: caliber,
cartridge designation, weight in grains of the projectile, product trade name or marketing
line (if established), product or catalog number (SKUs or UPCs are acceptable),
composition of projectile, percent content of lead by weight of projectile, detailed unique
identifying characteristics of the projectile, and any unique identifying characteristics of
the cartridge;
(D) Signed statement verifying all information provided is accurate; and
(E) Digital color image of the projectile(s) or ammunition.
(3) The department shall determine, based on the information supplied, whether the
projectile contains no more than one percent of lead by weight.
(4) The department shall update the list of certified projectiles and ammunition not less
than once annually and make it available on the department’s web site.
(5) The department shall decertify and remove from the list any projectile(s) or
ammunition it determines does not meet the standards set forth in this section.
Second link above, page 2, for the:
(f) Nonlead Projectile and Ammunition Certification Process.
Did you vote? I’m guessing here, but like the survey passed around at the SAFE act rally, 70% didn’t vote and is probably the same as those who frequent here.
Who “you”? I’ve voted in every election (local, state, and national) since I was old enough to do so. I’m also a life member of the CRPA and NRA.
It’s a lousy law but it’s just not that big of a deal as the projectile makers (and already loaded ammo) are making a variety of non-lead bullets.
The bigger problem for hunters is the lack of public land available and the lack of game therein.
Most hunt on club-owned land or preserves with the exception of the northern part of the state which is as rural as anywhere in the country.
But, yeah, friggin’ Condors….
have you read the stuff this crap is based on? I didn’t think so.