I also highly doubt that lead shot on upland hunting grounds poses any threat to humans or wildlife. Unfortunately, from a politician's standpoint it's a no-win situation to try to defend the spreading of toxic material to the public. As a practical matter, on it's face it's just as difficult an argument for us to make. Most voters don't want to spend much time working to understand this, and faced with different views will opt to err on the side of no-tox.

On the political scorecard, I wonder if we don't lose more than we gain by fighting this battle. In the long run I don't think it's winnable. I just hope the ammunition companies can bring down the cost of no-tox shot with higher volume production.