You're so disorganized in your thoughts.
Obviously no one hunts deer with shotguns, but the typical rifle shot used to kill deer often has a lead core. Because it's cheap. if you actually read the article, it went on about how venison donated by hunters has been found to have elevated levels of lead, and that hunters have 50% more lead in their system after eating deer they kill.
You sure you haven't breathed in too many lead fumes?
It only seems that way because you are ignorant of hunting and firearms. A layman and reactionary like you doesn't care about the distinctions between cheap varmint loads and those made for larger game, they're all bullets! why care?
No one hunts deer with shotguns? Are you familiar with the term
buckshot? Are you aware that some states have laws where you can only use guns above a certain caliber, or shotguns for deer? Are you aware that shotguns by and large are much cheaper and easier to clean, maintain and replace than those nice walnut stock magnums with Leupolds?
A small fast bullet doesn't make much sense if you're shooting inside of 100yards and in thick brush.
Just so you know, the idea when hunting medium to big game is to have a bullet that mushrooms and stays together, penetrating and maintaining it's energy, causing a deep wound channel.
I'm
not saying that lead isn't harmful. I
am saying you don't know wtf you are talking about in regards to firearms and their use in hunting. You clearly have an axe to grind with firearms, even though in your own MotherJones link:
"
Old bullets (or paint or gas or any other cause) leach lead into the soil; from there the metal gets into groundwater and plants and the bodies of animals."
What was that about reading the article?
Troll harder dude. If you want to warn people about the dangers of heavy metals, a thread on sushi might be more appropriate (even though it won't pair as well with the national tragedies of late, bummer).