“There’s no sound science that show lead ammunition having an impact on wildlife population.”

— Larry Keane Senior Vice President & General Counsel National Shooting Sports Foundation

“To the extent that the states placate hunters and ignore the wishes of non-hunters, there will be increasing numbers of wildlife policy questions settled by politicians and voters.”

— Wayne Pacelle President and CEO HSUS

“It is astonishing to me that after more than a dozen years of condor releases, during which time the major risks to survival relate to what condors ingest, there has never ben a published assessment or detailed account of feeding observations and reports.”

— Ron Jurek Wildlife Biologist Retired 2008

“Determination of the source(s) of lead hazards for wildlife, such as condors, cannot rely solely on isotopic composition analysis...”

— Dr. Molly Church Author Ammunition is the principal

“I’ve been concerned about these killing contests for some time. They seem inconsistent both with ethical standards of hunting and our current understanding of the important old predators play in ecosystems.”

— Michael Sutton California Fish and Wildlife Commission President

“Ammunition prices are already on the rise and imposing a ban on traditional ammunition and fishing tackle would result in the number of Sportsmen participating in the outdoors, and funding the future of our fish and wildlife habitat.”

— Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla)

“I want to be clear that I do not support the effort to ban lead ammunition being considered in California. It is unfair to the sporting community that has a vested interest in enjoying healthy game populations. It is also unclear that there would be demonstrable benefit to the condor.”

— Senator John McCain (R-AZ)

“Lead isotope tracer techniques are best applied in cases of lead exposure with other supporting evidence…lead isotopic ”

— Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla)

“Lead isotopic signature is a tool to look at lead exposure pathways in organisms or in people, it does not provide a unique singularly unique tool to do that,….the lead isotopic signatures of different sources of lead in our environment are not singularly unique to those sources. ”

— Dr. Donald R. Smith Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology University of California, Santa Cruz