I remember going to my firearm saftey class after school in the school building, do they still do this? It was probably 02 when i went i was 12 and i think my mom wanted me to take the class before my first year hunting. Still have the firearm saftey stamp on my drivers licence. I really liked the class as it was taught by local LEOs and we learned all about different types of weapons, revolvers,semi autos, riflea in pump lever and bolt action. Also how the safteys work on all of them. Glock saftey was discussed at length. We did things like dip your hands in a bucket of ice water and try to put a cocked model 94 on half cock. After you shot the 22 safely like 15 shots the LEOs brought all sorts of pistols and rifles and ARs to shoot.it was great fun and i hope this tradition is still going, the youth these days are being told guns are bad and the second amendment is just for militias.. not in minnesota!
Firearm saftey after school.
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Not so much, here !!
Currently, most of our classes are held at conservation clubs and L.E. location. It's refreshing to see that some schools still support the 2A. ...
Be Safe !!!
Sadly, in our neck of the woods, you are seeing less and less of our schools, sponsoring these classes. We also use to teach in church basements. All you need, is one parent complaining that a school is "sponsoring" and "promoting" firearms and it get shutdown fast. The school administration would rather not face the hassle. .....
Currently, most of our classes are held at conservation clubs and L.E. location. It's refreshing to see that some schools still support the 2A. ...
Be Safe !!!
oldgunsmith
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The world has changed. In high school we had a school sponsored rifle club and a .22 range in the basement.
Times change...
My parents lived in a rural area of western PA.
Their high school & junior high had rifle clubs and target matches.
That would be nearly unheard of today in some places.
My cousin & I did a hunter safety class as kids. He got 100% I just got 98%.
The safety class cards were bright orange. Lol.
In my teens, our school district set aside the hunting days for deer.
I doubt they still do that but who knows.
Times change.
My parents lived in a rural area of western PA.
Their high school & junior high had rifle clubs and target matches.
That would be nearly unheard of today in some places.
My cousin & I did a hunter safety class as kids. He got 100% I just got 98%.
The safety class cards were bright orange. Lol.
In my teens, our school district set aside the hunting days for deer.
I doubt they still do that but who knows.
Times change.
Sure Shot Mc Gee
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Public school administrators in this area won't allow firearms or the teaching of safe handling on school property since Columbine. I doubt attitudes will change for years to come concerning our area schools. {especially so in the large metropolitan cities of this State.} That's just the way it is here. But as everyone knows there are alternative ways available for those seeking that training for their child.
Never heard of it around here and wife's a retired school teacher. I didn't have it when I was in school either. I doubt it'd go over very well around here.
Schools seem to have a zero tolerance policy that extends to play guns. A year or two ago a 4th grader's mom brought some gifts for his class on the kid's birthday. School doesn't allow b-day parties but allows kids to hand gifts out. A small plastic pistol was in the boys' bag and someone's grandmother blew up and made a big deal of it at the School Board meetings for 2 straight months. This was in the newspaper and made the tv news on all Nashville stations. Can't hand out toy guns anymore. If the school doesn't permit toy guns I doubt they'd allow gun safety classes.
Schools seem to have a zero tolerance policy that extends to play guns. A year or two ago a 4th grader's mom brought some gifts for his class on the kid's birthday. School doesn't allow b-day parties but allows kids to hand gifts out. A small plastic pistol was in the boys' bag and someone's grandmother blew up and made a big deal of it at the School Board meetings for 2 straight months. This was in the newspaper and made the tv news on all Nashville stations. Can't hand out toy guns anymore. If the school doesn't permit toy guns I doubt they'd allow gun safety classes.
Chocolate pistols....
In elementary school my mom got me a few chocolate shaped pistols around Easter. I ate them & had them at school w/o any incident.
About 5/6 years ago, I heard of a local school district in the same area that I lived in having a huge dispute over the same candy.
The chocolate guns were made by a small business for years but they had to end the limited runs due to political pressure.
In elementary school my mom got me a few chocolate shaped pistols around Easter. I ate them & had them at school w/o any incident.
About 5/6 years ago, I heard of a local school district in the same area that I lived in having a huge dispute over the same candy.
The chocolate guns were made by a small business for years but they had to end the limited runs due to political pressure.
Andy Blozinski
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It makes sense in a community where hunting is a big deal. A lot of people aren't anti or pro. They just don't give a crap about the subject at all. We had .22s for our ROTC rifle team when I graduated in 1986, but we didn't have any special gun safety class for the general student populace. Galveston is a fishing and tourist community. It's just not that relevant of a subject to many.