I am sure many of the shooting organisations who want a ban on lead ammunition would wish the controversy would go away, but there are no signs it will.
It is still making the news and letter after letter from our readers tell me that they are flatly opposed to the transition. I have yet to hear from one person who is pro steel. I hope I do.
Shortly before closing this issue I was made aware of a document published in 2013 by the Countryside Alliance called ‘The Case for Lead’. It is doing the rounds on social media and robustly defends the use of lead shot for game shooting. It would seem that since then the Countryside Alliance has done a volteface when it comes to its views on lead shot.
I am sure there is a good reason for its change of view. After all, the person who never changed their mind never changed anything. That is a lesson for us all, perhaps.