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| Virginia May Bring NRA Gun Safety Classes To Elementary Schools |
| 2010-05-03 |
| In addition to budget issues, Virginia lawmakers are looking at changes to various bills during Wednesday's one-day session, including a bill that brings gun safety programs to elementary schools. One of the bills calls for the Virginia Board of Education to "establish a standardized program of firearm safety education for students in the elementary school grades to promote the protection and safety of children." Once the program is created and made available, it will be up to individual school divisions to determine if they want to incorporate it into their classrooms. The legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of this move. According to the text of the bill, lawmakers require "that the program objectives incorporate, among other principles of firearm safety, accident prevention and the rules of the National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program." "Nothing about this program should make children curious about firearms, and we don't encourage children to own a gun. So, as to any of those kind of fears, I would say they're totally unwarranted," says Alexa Fritts, a spokeswoman for the NRA. The NRA program teaches kids if they see a gun, not to touch it, leave the area and to tell an adult about it. A spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Education says employees haven't started putting the program together yet since lawmakers were still debating language of the bill Wednesday. The spokesperson says it's unlikely the board will have a program approved in time for next school year. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #15 Pragmatically, IMO it also a good idea becuz they will be MIDDLE SCHOOLERS-N-OLDER AFTER 2012, WHEN RADICAL ISLAM + OTHER MILTERRS ANNOUNCE THEY HAVE NUKULAAR WEAPONS [Terror goes Nuke-WMDS]. * Lest we fergit, "DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK" > PARSON dur SUNDAY CHURCH > [paraph]"The MILITIA announces they will be holding a mandatory Company Drill in the Yard, to learn Protection agz Indians, Tories, Raiders, Crooks, and His Majesty's British Army. ALL MEN + BOYS WID MUSKETS, FLINTLOCKS, ETC. ARE ORDERED/REQUIRED TO ATTEND - ANYONE WHOM FAILS TO ATTEND WIDOUT GOOD CAUSE WILL BE PROMPTLY AND RIGHTEOUSLY HANGED.....AMEN". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-03 21:02 |
| #14 Yes, gun sex. Often seen in videos from the ME with various participants spraying rounds indiscriminately into the air [usually during a funeral procession] or any particular direction for that matter. Generally, not considered 'safe' for anyone else in the immediate area [or for the trigger puller if the intended object of his/her affection happens to be a member of the American armed forces who usually put a quick end to such and any future behaviors]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-03 19:30 |
| #13 I can hear the class now, "This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun." Combining the classes should solve both concerns. |
| Posted by: Flapper Scourge of the Algonquins4926 2010-05-03 18:46 |
| #12 If you push 'safe sex' education [to include gay indoctrination] in schools, it's somewhat interesting to see the argument that 'safe gun' education isn't also applicable. Accounting for the number of people killed in the last couple decades from AIDS and those killed with guns, the interests of safety should be consistent if that is the consideration. Given that sex ed is NOT working, it's downright stupid to let the same folks teach gun ed, the homicide rate would triple, minimum. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-05-03 17:05 |
| #11 There are a few heads exploding, as always. And like most liberal head explosions, they are caused by erroneous perception and not reality. So their counterattacks are rather silly, including that the program doesn't work. However, they have a problem in that quite a few schools across the country do use the Eddie Eagle program because it does help and the NRA helps cover most of the costs, if not all. Personally I think there needs to be a "Take your kid/friend/SO/Wife to the range day". It's always so fun to watch someone that 'hates' guns learn a little and realize how much fun they are. Trap shooting is an easy way to make them enjoy it too. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2010-05-03 15:39 |
| #10 Last month, I saw a few Eddie Eagle gun safety posters at the elementary school in which my wife teaches. They do not have full fledged training programs there but still it did my heart good. |
| Posted by: GORT 2010-05-03 14:22 |
| #9 Heads have got to be exploding somewhere about this. The gun-control nimrods do NOT want people believing that firearms can be handled safely. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-05-03 14:02 |
| #8 This is a fantastic idea. I can remember when middle schools (junior highs) had rifle clubs. Gun safety and marksmanship were taught. This would have been late 1940s-early 1950s. In fact, a friend of mine said he used to routinely carry a firearm in his attache case on an airplane. There were no prohibitions against such. This would have been early 1960s. It seems that many of the gun regulations came about after the Kennedy, and MLK assassinations. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-03 13:16 |
| #7 First aid, CPR. However, since none of these very useful skills are tested for under programs like "No Child Left Behind", there is little reason to implement their teaching. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-03 12:57 |
| #6 basic cooking, fire safety, rule of 72. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-05-03 11:30 |
| #5 on the list of things schools currently do not teach that might aught to be added in reading, writing, arithmetic |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-05-03 10:57 |
| #4 If you push 'safe sex' education [to include gay indoctrination] in schools, it's somewhat interesting to see the argument that 'safe gun' education isn't also applicable. Accounting for the number of people killed in the last couple decades from AIDS and those killed with guns, the interests of safety should be consistent if that is the consideration. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-05-03 10:52 |
| #3 "establish a standardized program of firearm safety education for students in the elementary school grades to promote the protection and safety of children."About time someone professed responsible gun handling and its subsequent respect. Every person in the USA needs to go through gun safety training. Why does this seem so Obvious to me. The time has come to quit being afraid of guns and simply accept them for what they are, tools. dangerous ones that require training and respect....... |
| Posted by: 746 2010-05-03 10:45 |
| #2 I, yes I teach MY children aout guns, I, yes I teach the things Schools don't, such as basic plumbing, Basic Auto maintenance, How to shoot straight and safely, Where Water we drink comes from (Well), not The faucet, and such other things they need to know, example, how the old "Shell Game works (And don't play) The list is endless, such is life. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-05-03 10:43 |
| #1 This is a fantastic idea. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-05-03 10:39 |