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I'm not sure why you're bundling environmentalists in with anti-gun groups. These are two different areas, even if members of one are also the other
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In the US, at least, they almost unanimously flock together, politically and ideologically. Environmentalists (at least the policy-oriented kind) are almost universally opposed to hunting, gun ranges, and generally thrive on telling other people how to live their lives (typically by making things prohibited or expensive), making them completely compatible with garden-variety anti's.
In any case, tungsten is illegal for use in pistol ammunition in the US, and is not seen in shotgun or rifle ammo, either (though presumably because it is prohibitively expensive). Bismuth is the 'expensive lead-alternative' of choice, seen in the hevi-shot brand of shotgun ammunition --30$ for a box of five shells on Midway. Nice.
Now that we aren't using lead...hardly
anywhere at this point, it is doubtful we'll finally outstrip the world supply any time soon, especially as the world demand moves past lead in more and more areas, as well, for pollution cost reasons. The stuff is so recyclable it will just keep circulating through our industrial systems forever, so getting new stock in the mix will become less and less important as world demand stops increasing so fast (well, unless Africa finally decides to take off as an economic powerhouse)
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