Originally Posted by
Lewdogg21
Ding, Ding! We have a winner. The lead ban was pushed through due to a flawed study showing a disproportiantely high levels of lead in the California Condor which is a gigantic flying buzzard. I have a buddy in the condor range and he frequently has them on his property. In fact in July I was at his ranch in the condor zone, shot a pig, and we dumped the guts out for the scavengars. WHile I was napping in the Air conditioned trailer he watched a condor on the gut pile with some turkey vultures. Point is they are around his place a lot. He's told me of watching them eat so much that they can't fly. He says they appear to be a particular type of "stupid" in the animal kingdom. They eat batteries and other junk as well.
In the end the "study" that kicked off the condor zone was found to be flawed as lead levels INCREASED after the lead ban was in place. Turns out those dumb birds were eating naturally occurring lead, paint chips, or something else. While the performance of copper is impressive at this point of their development having it forced down your throat literally is not something I am in favor of or approve of.
California, leading the US in stupidity one law at a time.