Date: 20 Jan 1995 10:01:04 -0800 From: "Johann Opitz" Subject: EPA bullet ban To: "Firearms Alert" reposted form t.p.g. Clinton Regs. Could Ban Lead Bullets -- Response needed to your Congressman & EPA by Gun Owners of America 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151 (703)321-8585 (January 18, 1995) -- New rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency could lead to the banning of lead bullets. The EPA will investigate whether it deems lead bullets as toxic to the environment and will then consider implementing either a complete ban or partial restrictions on the manufature of such bullets. This is nothing but another one of Bill Clinton's attempts at gun control! The EPA will begin studying this issue to determine whether lead bullets should be banned or regulated. But clearly, the EPA has no constitutional authority to make these determinations. To make matters worse, the EPA could ban the bullets, even if they never complete their environmental-impact study. The EPA states they can issue "an order to prohibit or limit the manufacturing, processing, or distriblition" of lead bullets while they continue their risk evaluation. This is clearly an outrageous attempt -- once again -- to infringe upon our Second Amendment liberties. Legislators like Sen. Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) have made it clear that the way to ban guns is to dry up the supply of bullets. This is just another chipping away of our rights. If they can claim authority over lead bullets, where will it end? In Texas, this type of environmental tyranny has recently led to the closing of a shooting range. State authorities used local environmental regulations to doom the bullets as toxic waste, and thus, closed the range. You need to speak out before they ban our bullets, close down our shooting ranges and leave you with guns that serve no other purpose than as bulky paper-weights. Your Congressman and the EPA need to hear from you before January 27, 1995. HERE'S WHAT YOU MUST DO: * Call/fax your Representative (202-225-3121) and urge him to express his opposition to this new gun control attempt. He must contact the EPA before Jan. 27. Tell him that Gun Owners of America will be circulating a letter (signed by Rep. Bill Emerson) opposing the regulations. Ask your Representitive to call Rep. Emerson and sign the letter. * Send a message to the EPA and ask them under what constitutional authority can they consider baning or regulatiiig lead bullets. Tell them that the Second Amendment prevents ANY infringement, and that means bullets are protected. Remind them that in the recent elections, voters rejected the "Nanny Government" view, and that if they persist in violating the Constitution, you will demand that your Congressman press for disbanding the entire EPA. The EPA must receive your written comments before January 27, 1995. You may send your comments to the EPA by the following means: 1. Letters: OPPT Document Control officer (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. E-G99, 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460. All written data and comments should be identified by the docket number OPPTS-50618 and should be submitted in triplicate. 2. Electronic Mail (3 ways): (a) By sending electronic mail (e-mail) to Docket-OPPTS@epamail.epa.gov; (b) by sending a "Subscribe" message to listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov and once subscribed, send your comments to RIN-2070-AC37; or (c) through the EPA Electronic Bulletin Board by dialing 202-488-3671, enter selection "DMAIL," username "BB-USER" or 919-541-4642, enter selection "MAIL," user name "BB-USER." All comments and data in electronic form should be identified by the docket number OPPTS-50618. Note: The EPA's proposed regulations on lead bullets are part of a larger "advance notice" on lead in general. The EPA will also be studying the "dangers" of lead solder, gutters, fishing sinkers, motor fuel and much more. =============================================================== {As a side note, lead solder is now considered hazardous material and can not be shipped by air.} == Johann Opitz e-mail: johann_opitz@smtp.svl.trw.com == == All Disclaimers Apply (so as to protect my employer) ==