A recent statewide poll shows that California voters of both parties overwhelmingly support requiring non-lead ammunition for hunting by well over a 2:1 margin. These polling results were consistent across every major demographic segment of California voters.
AB 711 (Rendon/Pan), a bill to implement this common-sense and popular idea to require the use of non-lead ammunition in hunting, was passed by the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife earlier this month and will be heard next by the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Below are a few other highlights from the survey:
- California voters offer consistent support for proposals to limit the use of lead ammunition for hunting, with roughly two-thirds consistently in favor.
- A majority of gun owners support limits on lead ammunition in hunting.
- More than 3 in 5 voters support requiring non-lead ammunition for hunting in every region of the state.
- Lead is just as serious a concern for voters as other prominent toxic substances like mercury and arsenic.
The polling results come on the heels of a scientific study released in March authored by 30 nationally renowned scientists in the field of lead poisoning, which found: “Lead-based ammunition is likely the greatest, largely unregulated source of lead knowingly discharged into the environment in the United States.”
Read the polling memo for a more complete summary of the findings.
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