Lead shot use — the EU and beyond
For advocates of lead ammunition, the arguments have become academic. The leaders of our major shooting and countryside organisations have signed a statement in support of the removal of lead — and single-use plastic — from all ammunition used for hunting game, within five years ( News , 4 March).
Critics will not see this as final. However, my nose for historical momentum tells me that their voices will go unheeded and they will become increasingly less relevant, essentially disenfranchising themselves politically from the process of dealing with a new reality.
It is important to be clear on what has, and what has not, happened. Lead has not been banned and our organisations have not come out in support of a legal ban on lead shot.
They have expressed a desire for a
