The "Super gun owners" account for only like 3% of Americans. And a lot of those still don't shoot enough to meaningfully manifest the symptoms of lead poisoning on its own.

It's probably just medical advances letting bitter racist old fucks live longer.

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Old fucks who grew up with so much lead in the atmosphere from burning gasoline that the lead from a few recreational bullets is just noise.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

And the paint, don't forget the leaded paint. And the ceramic tile. And cosmetics. And costume jewelry. And pipes/plumbing. And pottery. And older vinyl, like blinds. And almost all older strained glass uses lead to hold the panels together. And even older plastics often contained lead to soften the material, and we all know how badly old plastic often deteriorates.

There's a shit ton of lead in products made before the turn of the century.

[–] klankin@piefed.ca 2 points 1 week ago

9 million people is still a lot of people, much less the kids playing with the 'bb pellets' in their closet and other exposures due to those 9 mil.

[–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

And all that lead in gasoline they had kicking around everywhere growing up.