Paul Bedard reports:
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The EPA had planned to solicit public responses to the petition for two months, but this afternoon issued a statement rejecting a 100-page request from the Center for Biological Diversity, the American Bird Conservancy, and three other groups for a ban on lead bullets, shot, and fishing sinkers. The agency is still considering what to do about sinkers.
The NRA’s chief lobbyist Chris Cox says: “It’s outrageous that this petition even went this far…. We applaud the EPA for its understanding of the law and its common sense in this situation — both of which were totally missing in the petition filed by these extreme anti-gun and anti-hunting groups.”
EPA press officials did not return phone calls or emails from THE WEEKLY STANDARD on Thursday.
