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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
Unless rounds load themselves into magazines now, you still have to touch every single one of them, and in a profession that deals with live ammo on a daily basis, that adds up over time. It's not like touching one round is going to kill you, (or one x-ray, or huffing one can of spray paint) but you touch the shit long enough you get lead poisoning. Do you think they stopped putting lead in things like gasoline and paint just arbitrarily?
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Most rounds are coated... however lead poisoning can happen if you get shot, normally if the bullet or fragments are left in the person for long periods of time. As we know, not only criminals get shot and anything near a major organ can't be removed.
As well.. some lead shotgun rounds are now illegal, like in the early 90's or about that, don't quote me on that. But many other Countries (I think America has a few minor restrictions) have various types of lead banned, from personal use to hunting. Lead poisoning in animals from rounds (often shotgun) has been widely documented too.
While I don't really agree with a ban, I do think trying to replace lead with something that is comparable in cost and has the supply made to take over, could work.