kelpdiver 2 #51 June 9, 2009 Quote Now that we have that straightened out - what is YOUR experience in training people in firearms safety that your OPINION that guns will "still be cool and attractive" trumps the experience of others that have provided firearms safety training? I've trained somewhere between a dozen, dozen and a half friends. Basic handling, then at range experience. Probably a half dozen were Canadian. None were bored. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhaig 0 #52 June 9, 2009 Quote As for firearms education, I just wonder what kind of training the "Boy Scouts" does these days?? depends on the unit. Cubs can shoot BB or pellet (I think) but that's it. Scouts (11-17) can shoot .22rifle or shotgun. Venturers (coed 14-21) can shoot anything. All shooting activities have to be supervised by an NRA certified instructor. none of these activities are required for any ranks in any scouting program, so you can't say that anyone exiting a scouting program would have any sort of firearms training under their belt. But I don't personally know of any scout camps without a .22 range on them. It's a favorite spare time activity. (mostly I think because they don't get to do it at home) I do believe that training would remove the mystery surrounding firearms. It might not remove the desire to want to shoot them, but I believe would make kids less curious about their operation.-- Rob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #53 June 9, 2009 QuoteQuote Now that we have that straightened out - what is YOUR experience in training people in firearms safety that your OPINION that guns will "still be cool and attractive" trumps the experience of others that have provided firearms safety training? I've trained somewhere between a dozen, dozen and a half friends. Basic handling, then at range experience. Probably a half dozen were Canadian. None were bored. Good - there's nothing that say training *has* to be boring. However, if they still thought that a gun was some sort of magic talisman, afterwards, you might want to re-consider your syllabus.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #54 June 9, 2009 A good thing. Hope it passes: "In an effort to keep hunting alive in Wisconsin, state senators were scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would allow children as young as 10 to hunt with a rifle." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525573,00.html "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #55 June 10, 2009 they aren't allowed to at this time? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #56 June 10, 2009 Quotethey aren't allowed to at this time? Pretty sure it's 12 YO for a license now. "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #57 June 10, 2009 The NRA has offered time after time to give schools the Eddie Eagle program and materials. When I was in the 6th grade in FL we had a week where we learned about nature and during that week we learned how to build a fire and shoot bows and learned how to handle a firearm and shot BB guns. A good program that would be a great addition to any school IMO"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #58 June 12, 2009 I'm calling for mandatory firearm training in all schools, the younger, the better. Make it a required class, and that will take the thrill out of it for almost all kids. I would no more want the public schools to teach my kids how to shoot than how to pray. Period. That said, when I was young, we found a BB gun in the basement of a house we had just moved into. My dad set up a basement target range and taught us all safety and marksmanship according to what he'd been trained in the Navy. And although I've never chosen to own a gun myself, I've always valued his instruction. I just don't want the government shoving ANYONE's program down school kids' throats. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #59 June 12, 2009 QuoteI just don't want the government shoving ANYONE's program down school kids' throats. So, you're against global warming being taught in the schools?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,111 #60 June 12, 2009 >So, you're against global warming being taught in the schools? Only if you're against teaching american history. You can directly observe global warming; no one alive can directly attest to Washington crossing the Delaware. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #61 June 12, 2009 Quote I would no more want the public schools to teach my kids how to shoot than how to pray. Period. I think a 30 minute safety lecture is more in line with AIDS education and the DARE program than it is with religious indoctrination. We're not trying to make shooters out of them, we're teaching them the firearm equivalent of looking both ways before you cross the street. Big difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #62 June 12, 2009 Quote I'm calling for mandatory firearm training in all schools, the younger, the better. Make it a required class, and that will take the thrill out of it for almost all kids. I would no more want the public schools to teach my kids how to shoot than how to pray. Period. That said, when I was young, we found a BB gun in the basement of a house we had just moved into. My dad set up a basement target range and taught us all safety and marksmanship according to what he'd been trained in the Navy. And although I've never chosen to own a gun myself, I've always valued his instruction. I just don't want the government shoving ANYONE's program down school kids' throats. In a case like this, it would be very simple to allow parents to opt out of the instruction. Schools do that in other cases already.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 26 #63 June 12, 2009 Quote>So, you're against global warming being taught in the schools? Only if you're against teaching american history. You can directly observe global warming; no one alive can directly attest to Washington crossing the Delaware. There is real debate amongst scientists about global warming. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be discussed in schools--it means that evidence supporting the varying positions should be examined and discussed, to allow students to (a) learn to consider various evidence and (b) think about issues for themselves and form their own opinions.-- Tom Aiello Tom@SnakeRiverBASE.com SnakeRiverBASE.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #64 June 13, 2009 Let's hope that the sex education teacher is the one teaching firearm saftey. Be sure not to run around half cocked. Make sure that your barrel is clean, before and after firing. Is he carrying left or right. Be sure that you hit what you are aiming at. This is your rifle, this is your gun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
