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dacalla@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago

Most gun owners use lead ammunition, yet half don’t practice hygiene behaviors after shooting

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Most gun owners use lead ammunition, yet half don’t practice hygiene behaviors after shooting

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dacalla@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago
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Most gun owners use lead ammunition, yet half don’t practice hygiene behaviors after shooting | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Most U.S. gun owners use lead-based ammunition and primers, and nearly half don’t engage in any post-shooting hygiene behaviors such as changing their clothes or showering, a study found.
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    I think the irony would be in legislating the material bullets are made of because of health concerns. The purpose of a bullet is to kill.

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      And not to harm the person shooting it. Lead does that.

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        Yeah, tbh it’d be pretty immoral if someone gets lead poisoning just because they shot up an elementary school. Big Gun really needs to be taken to court over this scandal.

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        If you don’t see the irony in any of that, that’s fine. I guess you’re just not a fan of Alanis Morissette. Oh well.

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          No, no, not iron. Lead.

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      Basically like mandating the electric chair have sufficient lumbar support

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      The receiver, not the owner. And also it doesn’t kill him but turns him dumb. But you’ll also breath vaporized lead in, washing does little to prevent that.

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        The receiver, not the owner.

        Incorrect. Most gun deaths are suicides.

        https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/new-report-highlights-us-2023-gun-deaths-suicide-by-firearm-at-record-levels-for-third-straight-year

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          That still makes them the recipient of the bullet.

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            And the owner, no? (We’re just gonna go in circles here.)

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      Except lead ammo is ecotoxic and dangerous to the firer as well. Our national bird is having issues with lead poisoning from ammo

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