I was reading about how the EU is thinking of reducing the lead used in ammunition because itโs polluting the environment. I wonder if regular lead exposure at the firing range is addling peopleโs brains.
Thereโs no lead in gunpowder. Much anno is jacketted in copper, or is solid copper. So the only time thereโd be lead exposure from firing a gun is if you were fring lead bullets, and even then youโre exposed to tiny amounts.
What the EU is concerned about is soil contamination. The folks shooting the guns donโt have to worry about it, but thousands of people shooting millions of rounds, some percent of which have lead that gets exposed when the bullet hits something, and thatโs all going into the soilโฆ thatโs an environmental hazard. Itโs also a little more of a worry for indoor ranges, but I havenโt seen one in the US that didnโt have positive pressure air filtration in years, so itโs not an issue there, either.
