Les Jones

[...] is the reason, they say, that guns shouldn’t be in parks. To which Les Jones says: Park rangers carry guns, so what kind of bullets do they use and do they contain lead? I think I [...]

What about the lead bullet contamination in Civil War Battlefield Parks? Surely those sites are contaminated with lead and have been ever since the battles…

If lead bullets are really the issue then prohibit DISCHARGE of firearms except within specified parameters (such as self defense), not the carrying of firearms. Undischarged firearms do not emit lead.

So remember folks. Do not get shot or you might die… of lead poisoning.

I think what is really offensive about this approach is how completely ball-less it is. Okay, you guys are classic gun-control libs. So be a man about it and just make that argument. don’t do this weenie-ish “lead” issue.

There’s a joke I can’t quite remember or dredge up about the mobster who died of lead poisoning.

Lead in the dirt is not a problem. The rifling of the bullets used at the Battle of Little Big Horn can still be determined.

The problem is the lead in the air (from firing, and kicked up while walking through a firing line at a range). Not really a issue in a National Park

I have a bunch of lead that has been floating around in my head for years. It only causes a problem to the MRI tech…

There’s more lead in a single 12V car battery than in a thousand rounds of ammo. Are we going to ban all motor vehicles as well? The risk of a car accident that releases lead and/or sulphuric acid into the park seems just as likely as an accidental discharge of a firearm.

There are plenty of commercially-available brands of copper-only bullets.

I think we all need to keep our powder dry (pardon the pun) and see what they really propose. I think even the dimmest democrat wishes this issue would just go away as it has been a net loser and even they don’t think complete and udder gun control would make that much of a difference. So why keep losing elections over it?

Sure, Michael. Tin, steel, bismuth–lots of choices. And they should all be on the rack of the ammunition shop we will require every NP to have at each entrance, where everyone who wants to carry in the park will need to make a stop. And if that venture should by any chance lose money, a right-minded activist judiciary would extract that amount from the hides of every astroturf Soros front group backing this goofy nya-nya rule. Hey, fair’s fair.

“How do you think he feels now–better, or worse?”

gk1–udder gun control!? “Oh George–not the livestock…”

Why not ban vegans? They might chew up the scenery. Bad for the environment.

I fully support the carrying of guns with lead ammunition in the parks. But to respond to the following comment Glen posted about lead for fishing, fishermen are not allowed to use any form of lead weighting when fishing in Yellowstone, I don’t know about other parks though.

Mother of God… just how often are Park Rangers discharging their weapons? If it’s to the point that I have to worry about environmental contamination, then I’m not going to the parks this summer!

Can we resurrect this discussion now that the Dem controlled house passed a bill allowing concealed, loaded firearms in national parks?