The Times tested the blast waves of several popular civilian guns at an indoor range and found that repeated firing could add up to potentially harmful exposure.
Lead exposure with certain ammo and certain guns is also an underappreciated problem. People shooting cheap, non-jacketed ammo from semi automatic rifles in particular, are basically stabding in lead dust clouds while they shoot. It gets on their hands, clothes and equipment, and that gets carried into their car and home where a steady concentration of background lead will build up over years. I seriously believe that if studied seriously, we’d see a direct inverse correlation between the most active hobby shooters and IQ.
It’s slowly becoming more known. The indoor ranges in my area have started installing ventilation systems, banning pregnant women from entry, providing lead-removing soap in the bathrooms, encouraging people to use it, and posting signs about it in the bathrooms.
But still, many people either don’t know or, even worse, know and don’t care because “I ain’t no sissy” or whatever.
Most effects of lead exposure are reversible with time though.
I think an even bigger problem that even more people don’t think about is the fact that leaded gasoline is still used in airplane fuel (avgas). If you fly for a hobby or live under a flight path, you very likely have more lead in your blood than the most avid of shooters.
Wut??? Where are you from that indoor ranges aren’t required to have proper filtration and ventilation? That shits the law here in the states. You can’t open a indoor range without passing a ton of safety shit, and the fire Marshal will check it regularly.
Lead exposure with certain ammo and certain guns is also an underappreciated problem. People shooting cheap, non-jacketed ammo from semi automatic rifles in particular, are basically stabding in lead dust clouds while they shoot. It gets on their hands, clothes and equipment, and that gets carried into their car and home where a steady concentration of background lead will build up over years. I seriously believe that if studied seriously, we’d see a direct inverse correlation between the most active hobby shooters and IQ.
It’s slowly becoming more known. The indoor ranges in my area have started installing ventilation systems, banning pregnant women from entry, providing lead-removing soap in the bathrooms, encouraging people to use it, and posting signs about it in the bathrooms.
But still, many people either don’t know or, even worse, know and don’t care because “I ain’t no sissy” or whatever.
Most effects of lead exposure are reversible with time though.
I think an even bigger problem that even more people don’t think about is the fact that leaded gasoline is still used in airplane fuel (avgas). If you fly for a hobby or live under a flight path, you very likely have more lead in your blood than the most avid of shooters.
Wut??? Where are you from that indoor ranges aren’t required to have proper filtration and ventilation? That shits the law here in the states. You can’t open a indoor range without passing a ton of safety shit, and the fire Marshal will check it regularly.
is that a federal regulation? sounds like sissy states rights that aren’t patriotic enough confound it tarnation etc
Lead is in primers too. Not just in the non jacketed bullet.
There sure is plenty empirical evidence to support your theory