NRA Gun Safety School Program Drawing Controversy

[SuperiorDG]

Saw this and it looks like a good bill, but the antis are all over it. My kids were taught this when they were like 2 and 4 and still remember it 3 years later.

Video in the link
http://fox4kc.com/2013/01/30/nra-gun...g-controversy/

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “If you see a gun, STOP! Don’t Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an adult.”
That’s the message from “Eddie the Eagle” – a gun safety mascot that could be in Missouri first grade classrooms by next summer.
The Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program for students was developed and is funded by the National Rifle Association. Missouri Senate Bill 75 says the program teaches kids what to do if they ever encounter a firearm. It also says children would never come into contact with a firearm while taking the class.
But, some metro residents say they don’t want their kids learning anything about guns.
Aimee Patton, a local blogger and gun control advocate, says the NRA has no place in a classroom.
“I think that having a pro-gun lobby implementing programs in our schools does not effectively deal with our nationwide problem which is mass shootings,” Patton told FOX 4.
Patton says she doesn’t own a gun and doesn’t want her 6-year-old daughter learning anything about firearms. She also says she doesn’t think the program will work.
“The study from the National Institute of Medicine in 2004 showed the only thing that the Eddie Eagle Program did was effectively teach kids a nice jingle – so I think if we’re about funding music in schools, that’s great,” said Patton.
The bill from Rolla Senator Dan Brown requires districts train teachers how to respond to an active shooter on school property. It also mandates the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe program for students. The bill states, “the purpose of the program will be to promote safety and protection of children and emphasize how students should respond if they encounter a firearm” and that “firearms are prohibited from the teaching of the program.”
The NRA says the program works- it says fatal firearm accidents among children pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade have been reduced by more than 80 percent since the program started. The organization also claims that the purpose isn’t to teach whether guns are good or bad.
The bill is currently in committee.

[StagLefty]

I did Eddie Eagle presentations for years to Cub Scouts. It really does make them aware not to touch guns if they find them and to get an adult. The jingle serves a purpose with the younger kids
and stays with them a long time. Great program JMHO

[TFOGGER]

Replace "guns" with "sex" and you'll see the true mentality of the opposition.

But, some metro residents say they don’t want their kids learning anything about guns.

Because ignorance is an effective tool for dealing with potential danger...

[jhood001]

“I think that having a pro-gun lobby implementing programs in our schools does not effectively deal with our nationwide problem which is mass shootings,” Patton told FOX 4.

It doesn't, Patton. But it might keep the child that you are intentionally keeping ignorant as a part of your brilliant parenting campaign from accidently killing themselves or a friend should they ever encounter a firearm. Stupid fuck.

[TheGrey]

Well, Patton's opinion is just plain stupid and dangerous.
With a head-in-the-sand mentality like that, all her six-year-old will learn about guns is what she sees on TV.
Oh, and whatever Patton herself tells her.

So, in essence, her child will not know what to do if she encounters a gun, because her momma doesn't agree with the NRA?

Yeah, that's the way to give the child a well-rounded education.

[Great-Kazoo]

Saw this and it looks like a good bill, but the antis are all over it. My kids were taught this when they were like 2 and 4 and still remember it 3 years later.

Video in the link
http://fox4kc.com/2013/01/30/nra-gun...g-controversy/

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — “If you see a gun, STOP! Don’t Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an adult.”
That’s the message from “Eddie the Eagle” – a gun safety mascot that could be in Missouri first grade classrooms by next summer.
The Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program for students was developed and is funded by the National Rifle Association. Missouri Senate Bill 75 says the program teaches kids what to do if they ever encounter a firearm. It also says children would never come into contact with a firearm while taking the class.
But, some metro residents say they don’t want their kids learning anything about guns.
Aimee Patton, a local blogger and gun control advocate, says the NRA has no place in a classroom.
“I think that having a pro-gun lobby implementing programs in our schools does not effectively deal with our nationwide problem which is mass shootings,” Patton told FOX 4.
Patton says she doesn’t own a gun and doesn’t want her 6-year-old daughter learning anything about firearms. She also says she doesn’t think the program will work.
“The study from the National Institute of Medicine in 2004 showed the only thing that the Eddie Eagle Program did was effectively teach kids a nice jingle – so I think if we’re about funding music in schools, that’s great,” said Patton.
The bill from Rolla Senator Dan Brown requires districts train teachers how to respond to an active shooter on school property. It also mandates the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe program for students. The bill states, “the purpose of the program will be to promote safety and protection of children and emphasize how students should respond if they encounter a firearm” and that “firearms are prohibited from the teaching of the program.”
The NRA says the program works- it says fatal firearm accidents among children pre-kindergarten through 3rd grade have been reduced by more than 80 percent since the program started. The organization also claims that the purpose isn’t to teach whether guns are good or bad.
The bill is currently in committee.

Nor does sex education, same sex teachings or any language besides ENGLISH.

So her reasoning is, better her daughter be shot in the face by lead, than seaman.

[trlcavscout]

My son has to learn spanish in the 5th grade and that pisses me off!!! But to say teaching kids safety is wrong? That hag needs to go blog in some other country, maybe mexico!

[10mm-man]

My son has to learn spanish in the 5th grade and that pisses me off!!! But to say teaching kids safety is wrong? That hag needs to go blog in some other country, maybe mexico!

He "has" to or it's a choice? We could choose other languages and Spanish was one but it was not a "requirement" to learn Spanish.

[Gman]

It doesn't, Patton. But it might keep the child that you are intentionally keeping ignorant as a part of your brilliant parenting campaign from accidently killing themselves or a friend should they ever encounter a firearm.

+1

[alxone]

i only went to one school without armed guards and that place got shot up ..... i think they have guards now