California School District Promotes Brady Campaign Message at Taxpayer Expense

By Dan Zimmerman

It’s the most wonderful time of the the year – the second half of August, when kids going back to school. That means more morning traffic and sometimes getting stuck behind those frequently-stopping big yellow land barges. In California, that also means taxpayer-funded government schools promoting the agenda of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership. The Fremont Union High School District recently sent the above letter to about 10,000 students and their parents. A reader who wishes to remain anonymous had a few questions . . .

* Did the Brady Campaign help fund the photocopying and mailing expenses?
* Is it appropriate for the public school district to be endorsing, let alone promoting, a partisan advocacy group that engages in political lobbying?
* It seems contradictory to propose that they’re “helping keep students safe by keeping guns out of the hands of students.” The only real way to teach gun safety is to have students see and touch a real gun, otherwise your teaching is superficial and based on paranoia.
* With all the misinformation students now get about guns from movies, television shows and videogames, you would think this is one area where the schools and parents could and should correct …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns