On Dec. 23 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by anti-hunting groups petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency to issue regulations banning traditional ammunition with lead components. According to a release by Mike Bazinet of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the refusal by the EPA to consider the petition was challenged by the anti-hunting petitioners in federal court in 2013.
Traditional ammunition represents 95 percent of the U.S. market and is the staple ammunition for target shooters, hunters and law enforcement, with more than 14 billion rounds sold annually.
According to the NSSF, the EPA has consistently denied repeated attempts by anti-hunting groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity to have the agency ban traditional ammunition, and the court had dismissed an earlier case brought by the CBD seeking the same relief. The latest suit simpy added more parties, Bazinet said in the release.
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