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See link below: Proposing ban on Plastic-tipped bullets and synthetic firearms parts: BPA leaching Risk September 03, 2010, 5:08 PM EDT- 1 hour ago;
CALIFORNIA - A new study is examining hunting and military firearms stocks/parts (the part of a firearm that comes in contact with the hands and face) and plastic-tipped bullets to determine if there is leaching of potentially harmful bisphenol A, an endocrine-disrupting chemical.
Although environmental scientists maintain that the forms of plastics that can leak out bisphenol A may not be found in certain firearms, plastic-tipped bullets and other parts, they bring in to question whether arms and ammunition manufacturers have looked into the matter and how much Government intervention there should be to protect public and private firearms users and the environment.
The toxicity for our military and hunting fraternity, as well as, wildlife is still very much in debate since the amounts found in some plastics were well below the Environmental Protection Agency�s standards; however, a few scientists maintain that this type of chemical could cause behavioral and neurological problems if exposure is frequent, long-lasting or if it can leach into the skin during recoil (high friction to skin when a bullet is fired).
Furthermore, the plastic-tipped bullets could pose environmental concerns to wildlife like the California Condor. For instance, a similar study on lead hunting bullets resulted in a banning of the use of lead bullets in California by the State's Senate when it was found that the lead could harm the California Condor and other wildlife. Assembly Bill 821 bans the use of lead bullets for hunting within California. The bill was sponsored by Assemblyman Pete Nava and has letters of support from a number of conservation and environmental groups.
Any established link to potential harm for humans or wildlife, some environmentalists argue, is unacceptable and would imply support of the use of BPA-containing plastics that are currently being recalled by some plastics manufacturers.
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Yet cornholing another dude is considered perfectly safe and healthy.
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This is total junk science masquerading as "health issue" which is just an excuse to impose a de facto ban on some ammunition and gun parts, its so obvious its sad just looking at the real motivation behind this. Time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China.
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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If I found out I had 6 months to live I'd kill a few condors with a [bleep].
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You gotta understand, folks, in California, the communistnazis have long been in control. They never, ever, disengage. Step by step by step by step, they intend to eventually ban the use of, the possession of, firearms and ammunition, by the worker peasant rabble.
It is the communistnazi way.
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does anybody have the original link to the quoted statements?
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If I found out I had 6 months to live I'd kill a few condors with a [bleep]. LMFAO...  This state is so [bleep] up words cannot describe...
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WOW,...! I gotta give an applause to the Anti's this time for being creative.
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The trouble with CA is that the good people there are outnumbered and surrounded by IDIOTS!
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I wonder what the carbon footprint is, of say................. a fired 30-06 round?
Can't be good.
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This is total junk science masquerading as "health issue" which is just an excuse to impose a de facto ban on some ammunition and gun parts, its so obvious its sad just looking at the real motivation behind this. Time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China.
If they did find that any gun frames were leaching BPA they'd only have to switch to a different plastic. I'd actually be curious to know if modern synthetic handgun frames leach BPA, especially when heated. That chemical actually mimics human hormones in your body and can mess you up.
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This is total junk science masquerading as "health issue" which is just an excuse to impose a de facto ban on some ammunition and gun parts, its so obvious its sad just looking at the real motivation behind this. Time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China.
If they did find that any gun frames were leaching BPA they'd only have to switch to a different plastic. I'd actually be curious to know if modern synthetic handgun frames leach BPA, especially when heated. That chemical actually mimics human hormones in your body and can mess you up. They've already done a study on just that subect. The findings of exposure to BPA were very similar to the effects of floridated water on minorities. Go figure. 
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Guessing your laptop keyboard has been leaching BPA for YEARS.
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This is total junk science masquerading as "health issue" which is just an excuse to impose a de facto ban on some ammunition and gun parts, its so obvious its sad just looking at the real motivation behind this. Time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China.
If they did find that any gun frames were leaching BPA they'd only have to switch to a different plastic. I'd actually be curious to know if modern synthetic handgun frames leach BPA, especially when heated. That chemical actually mimics human hormones in your body and can mess you up. They've already done a study on just that subect. The findings of exposure to BPA were very similar to the effects of floridated water on minorities. Go figure. That's not good. Anyone interesting in buying some plastic framed handguns?
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This is total junk science masquerading as "health issue" which is just an excuse to impose a de facto ban on some ammunition and gun parts, its so obvious its sad just looking at the real motivation behind this. Time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China.
If they did find that any gun frames were leaching BPA they'd only have to switch to a different plastic. I'd actually be curious to know if modern synthetic handgun frames leach BPA, especially when heated. That chemical actually mimics human hormones in your body and can mess you up. Health consequences from exposure to BPA are based on daily exposure and the amount of exposure. I seriously doubt plastic gun parts or plastic tipped bullets are a significant risk factor unless one spends a lot of time playing with your guns and bullets everyday. As I said, time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China or other types of plastic all of us are exposed to on a daily basis. This proposed study is nothing more than a thinly disguised excuse to go after guns and chip away at the 2nd amendment.
Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual.
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I have no doubt that exposure to plastic-tipped bullets traveling at high velocity is a significant health risk.
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
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I have no doubt that exposure to plastic-tipped bullets traveling at high velocity is a significant health risk. When they ban them they can come and get mine. And I will gladly give them the end of the gun that spits those nasty plastic tipped bullets out. May be I will start with my Marlin 3030 with the plastic bullets. I do not want to disapoint them. with one with out the plastic.
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Health consequences from exposure to BPA are based on daily exposure and the amount of exposure. I seriously doubt plastic gun parts or plastic tipped bullets are a significant risk factor unless one spends a lot of time playing with your guns and bullets everyday. As I said, time would be better spent and more productive testing plastic toys made in China or other types of plastic all of us are exposed to on a daily basis. This proposed study is nothing more than a thinly disguised excuse to go after guns and chip away at the 2nd amendment.
Oh, I have no doubts about that at all.
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