Sounds like they want to teach actual firearm safety. Every high school in America should offer a class like this. Maybe there would be less kids dying because of their negligent parents.
Sounds like they want to teach actual firearm safety. Every high school in America should offer a class like this. Maybe there would be less kids dying because of their negligent parents.
I think that the boilerplate Eddie Eagle kind of stuff is fine and probably a good idea. Teaching how to handle firearms without maiming yourself or others, and impressing the lethal consequences if you do not respect them. I’m quite soured on gun culture but the reality is that guns are ubiquitous in this country and this training would save lives.
But I don’t think marksmanship or shooting sports should have any place in modern public schools. Beyond the possibility of a disturbed child enrolling specifically for access to firearms, it just gives paramilitary, Hitler youth vibes.
If you read the article, the classes are for middle schoolers and high schoolers. They’re too old for Eddie Eagle stuff. And quite a few at that age are wanting to hunt with their parents.