Posted May 29, 2015 5:00 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

Eddie Eagle

By Andrew Scott, A&A Ammunition, CEO

Eddie Eagle
A&A Ammunition
A&A Ammunition

Tucson AZ – -(Ammoland.com)- As reported by Guns.com on May 21st, a bill is moving through the Louisiana State Congress that would allow schools to teach basic gun safety to children through the NRA’s “Eddie Eagle Gunsafe” and similar programs.

It passed through the House with flying colors, with a 93-3 vote after minor changes were made to the original bill.

It now moves on to the Republican controlled Senate and then to Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, so it’s looks like the bill stands a good chance to become law.

As well it should. The “Eddie Eagle Gunsafe” program isn’t about teaching children how to properly handle a firearm, instead it teaches children that, if they ever come across one, to “stop, don’t touch, run away, tell a grown-up”.

Basically, this is about the most non-partisan message surrounding guns possible, and yet there were still 3 representatives, all Democrat, who voted against it.

Rep. Barbara Norton was one of them. She said “There any many parents who don’t even allow their children to touch a gun or even see a gun” as her reason for …read more

Source:: AmmoLand

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