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Gun Control & RKBA

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16. Of course there are opponents ...

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #10)

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 04:15 PM

Sep 2015

Look at this DU thread about "Eddie Eagle" which is a safety only program for young children advising they NEVER TOUCH A GUN and to leave the area and tell an adult right away. You would think it was a Nazi re-education program from some of the comments:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x1353#1406

Thinking gun safety leads to kids using guns is like thinking sex ed leads to sex. The reality is with 1 in 3 homes having a firearm it is possible for any child to encounter a gun. If not at home them possibly at a friend's house. A lack of education isn't going to make them safer but many gun grabbers want to just pretend they don't exist.

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To date, has there ever been a review of the NRA's instructional program to teach new shooters? [View all] Big_Mike Sep 2015 OP

This is the wrong group to discuss hunter safety SecularMotion Sep 2015 #1

hunter safety is a different class gejohnston Sep 2015 #2

I'm not going to quibble about safety courses. SecularMotion Sep 2015 #3

Reading comprehension. It's FUNdamental. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #12

Locking krispos42 Sep 2015 #4

Unlocking krispos42 Sep 2015 #5

The OP says the question is not related to CCW or gun politics SecularMotion Sep 2015 #6

Your hypocrisy is astounding hack89 Sep 2015 #7

Bravo Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #11

controllers wanna control. ileus Sep 2015 #18

Pssst, you're not the boss of anything here, behave politely if you can DonP Sep 2015 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #21

Lemme guess -- Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #23

SM, the reason I said less concerned with CCW is that it varies in 48 or so of the 50 states Big_Mike Sep 2015 #25

There is no mention of "self defense situations" in the OP. SecularMotion Sep 2015 #27

Why don't you write a nice long letter to the editor of your local paper about it DonP Sep 2015 #28

It's like anywhere else. MountainDewed Sep 2015 #29

Thank you, Krispos42. Big_Mike Sep 2015 #26

Short answer, the courses are still pretty good DonP Sep 2015 #9

Good to hear Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #14

As for politics, does any controller/banner oppose these courses? The answer... Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #10

There's one in this thread. Tried twice to get it locked. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #13

Yep Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #15

Of course there are opponents ... Statistical Sep 2015 #16

Total BS claims on their part DonP Sep 2015 #17

That's because they live off shootings...their support and cause would dry up otherwise. ileus Sep 2015 #19

The Brady Campaign program mentioned in that thread is now down the Memory Hole: friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #22

"I wonder why?.....snerk" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #24

My hunters safety course (taught by NRA instructors) was all I needed for Va CHP. ileus Sep 2015 #20

k&r discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #30