Many gun owners are facing steep gun replacement costs if proposed EU restrictions on lead ammunition are introduced. The new rules will ban the use of lead ammunition over wetlands and moved closer to enactment in recent days. Under the new regulation, simply being in possession or using lead ammunition, a farmer or their agent will be breaching the regulations and open to prosecution. Shotguns which have the correct safety requirement or which are proofed to fire steel shot have a replacement cost of over €2,000, it said. IFA Environment and Rural Affairs Committee Chairman Paul O’Brien said he has serious concerns regarding the proposed restrictions on lead ammunition over wetlands.

Source: Irish Independent September 10, 2020 07:30 UTC