[TheRealThing]

When I first posted the thread, I was worried that the lead smelters air pollution standards imposed under the administration would lead to more ammunition shortages. According to the article cited in the thread starter, during November of 2013, "Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) “on behalf of President Barack Obama and the people of the United States.” "Article 3 of that agreement outlaws the buying, selling, trading, or transferring by civilians of all “ammunition/munitions fired, launched or delivered by the conventional arms.”

According to the article, under yet another multinational agreement, the "Trans-Pacific Partnership", the eventual trickle down aggregate of lead production being outlawed in the US, would be that of our eventual reliance on China (of all people) for the lead necessary to make ammunition.

However none of that would make any difference in the US, if the EPA can reclassify and thusly regulate lead bullets as a hazardous substance. It's amazing that they might be able to classify a naturally occurring metal that has to be mined out of the ground as a threat to the environment.

Both articles were written within 30 days of each other. Hopefully, the NRA-ILA article is right.