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Shot and slugs are generally made of lead alloys. Most high velocity and “sports hunting” rifle bullets are made of lead with a copper alloy coating.

While coating is advanced as a means to improve the internal, external, and terminal ballistics of ammunition and to increase its resistance to corrosion, it poses a number of health and safety concerns.

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I think the good news I’ve heard across the Commission . . . is that there is unanimity that everybody wants to have all of the data to make the right decisions. — California Fish and Game Commissioner Daniel M. Richards
There's no sound science that show lead ammunition having an impact on wildlife population — Lawrence Keane of the National Shooting Sports Foundation,
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Ammunition prices are already on the rise and imposing a ban on traditional ammunition and fishing tackle would result in considerable reductions in the number of sportsmen participating in the outdoors, and funding the future of our fish and wildlife habitat. — Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.)
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