Copper Head 
The real value of lead will come when the above mentioned laws don't matter. If the stuff hits the fan, lead will be a fantastic trading item. It has a low melt point and you can literally cast bullets with it over a campfire.
Run the numbers. You can hoard 100 pounds of lead smelted into ingots in a relatively small space. 100 pounds is a good amount. It can make an awful lot of bullets, but is worth only $50 or so in the scrap market. It is potential income that is small enough that you will not miss it, but if things go awry, it becomes an insurance policy that pays off pretty well. Looking at it in this light makes it an easy decision to keep it set aside.
I am not saying that the world will go into upheaval anytime soon, but weighing the dollar return of selling 10 pounds of lead, vs. the insurance policy that it affords just seems obvious to me.
Take this all for what it is worth. I am not an end of the world guy, I just like DIY and being prepared. I get it from my mom and dad.
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