Posts Tagged environmentalism

Anti-Lead Petition Rejected By Fish and Wildlife

From Guns.com:

In a surprise to many, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently rebuffed demands from a series of environmentalist groups to phase out the use of traditional ammunition and fishing tackle on public land. 

The FWS, part of the Department of Interior, reports to Debra Haaland, a former Democrat lawmaker from New Mexico who was backed for her current position by well-known anti-hunting groups such as WildEarth Guardians and the HSUS.  In 2022, the agency was presented with a 63-page petition from the Center for Biological Diversity – an activist organization that pro-gun groups have characterized as one that “fights against regulated sport hunting at nearly every opportunity” – to ban lead ammo and fishing gear on the more than 500 million acres of federal lands by 2024. 

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Is It Time To Rethink The Excise Tax On Guns and Ammo?

From The Truth About Guns:

These taxes on guns and ammunition sales provide a growing share of budgets for state fish and game agencies. But as scholars of environmental politicsconservation and wildlife managementwe have found that the growth in conservation funding driven by exploding guns sales presents at least three critical moral and ethical issues.

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