LOL Like I said about the ammo market manipulation running deep right down to raw materials. If all else fails destroy the ammo supply. The president and EPA have far too many powers that they can wield in a destructive manner. The sheer magnitude of shipping ore out of country and shipping it back as a finished product will send lead prices skyrocketing. Then again I have seen the mentality of sitting on our unused reserves of materials while we use up the cheaper foreign reserves (i.e. oil, natural gas, rare earth metals). China is doing a pretty good job of destroying their own environment and health. Smelting all our lead will just help them along.

I also don't doubt that in the name of the environment all lead will be banned from ammo sometime near future. I could live with that as long as there is a viable, cost effective alternative. The "green" military ammo is certainly not cost effective and is costing tax payers a fortune.