Posted May 23, 2015 6:55 am by Comments

By Tim

Photo courtesy of AP

Photo courtesy of AP

A proposal that provides for firearm safety and accident prevention training for elementary students is winging its way to the state Senate after flying through the House in a 93-3 vote this week.

The measure, introduced by Republican lawmakers last month and passed through the Education committee by unanimous vote could bring gun safety instruction to youth across the state.

“The goal is to save children’s lives and protect our youth,” explained bill sponsor, Rep. Blake Miguez, R-Erath.

Miguez is a competition shooter and former contestant on the History Channel’s Top Shot television program.

Miguez’s legislation, HB 446, allows for public school districts to allocate time and funding to administer gun safety lessons modeled after the National Rifle Association’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe program and fold such instruction into existing curriculum. While the bill allocates no funds, a fiscal note prepared with the legislation outlines that grant monies may be available.

The bill as introduced would have made attendance by elementary school students in the state in the program mandatory, and only authorized the NRA program. However, in order to pass committee the lawmakers stripped the arbitrary language and made the …read more

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