I agree with fighting it
But the fight is a very broad scale one.
In Colorado,some years back,we had a situation where forest firefighters died because the helicopter supporting them was denied permission to take water from the Yampa river due to some little fish.
My brother once had a multi-million dollar project to pave an airport parking lot.There was one tree in this field.A pair of owls found it.The project was delayed at great cost to the taxpayer.
Agreed,lead is naturally occuring.As a kid,I had paper routes in Aurora,Ill.There is a Galena Street there.galena is lead ore.I would find ice cube sized cubic lead crystals in the sides of dirt banks.
I support taking reasonable care,but this card is played so often when it is not truly about the spotted owl in the tree,it is about using the spotted owl for another political agenda.
Just as "But,it's for the children..." The line "But,it is for a species,the earth,etc ,has profound legitimacy in some cases,when the card is overplayed,it loses credibility.
The incandesant lightbulb is to go away,as those carbon dioxide spewing,lentil methane passing bicycle peddling folks,demand we all go to flourescent lights,while the mercury content of our fish keeps going up.
Lead can be used as a means to an end,and making shooting very difficult can be the hidden agenda.There is lead in the wonderfully stable and accurate primers we use,also.
It is forgotten,or denied,that hunters,fishererfolks,and other outdoor folks were taking action for the environment ,earth and species a long,long time before it was trendy.
The sinister part of much "green" politic,it is put in place by "czar" figures,in a regulatory way,which bypasses a great deal of legislative process
It all reminds me of Tolkiens middle earth,and the dark forces of mordor are destroying everything that has to do with Freedom.