EPA “surrenders.” If only it was unconditional.
Maybe I’m just being sensitive today, but this headline:
EPA Surrenders to NRA on Gun Control Issue
The noble but tragic EPA, finally succumbing to the overwhelming dark and brutal strength of the NRA, those jerks. I dunno. Maybe I am being too sensitive.
Anyway, it’s good news:
In a swift and unexpected decision, the Environmental Protection Agency today rejected a petition from environmental groups to ban the use of lead in bullets and shotgun shells, claiming it doesn’t have jurisdiction to weigh on the controversial Second Amendment issue.
But:
The agency is still considering what to do about sinkers.
So stock up, fishermen.
Okay, one more thing, and tell me again if I’m being oversensitive:
The decision was a huge victory for the National Rifle Association which just seven days ago asked that the EPA reject the petition, suggesting that it was a back door attempt to limit hunting and impose gun control. It also was a politically savvy move to take gun control off the table as the Democrats ready for a very difficult midterm election.
NRA: mean ol’ bullies. EPA: politically savvy. Am I reading too much into this? At the very least, aren’t political considerations like that supposed to be outside the EPA’s wheelhouse?
More: Ed Morrissey:
Had the EPA pursued this in this electoral cycle, they would have risked inspiring a bipartisan effort to defund the agency, which a Republican House may do anyway to stop enforcement of their ridiculous carbon-dioxide endangerment finding.
If the EPA actually thought this would make a great trial balloon, they found yet another use for lead.
Via Memeorandum.
I don’t usually cross-post, but I’m feeling lazy today.