Actual GunSense: Toledo Students Learn Gun Safety in School

By Jenn Jacques

Third grade students at McKinley Elementary School put down their common core to pick up some common sense gun safety in the classroom this week. Toledo Police Officers Joe Okos and Duane Isabell stepped into the classroom to teach students firearm safety and what to do if they encounter a gun.

“You see the gun you stop, don’t touch, run away and we tell an adult,” Officer Okos told the children.

The Toledo Police officers are utilizing the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program developed by the National Rifle Association. The gun accident prevention program program is designed to help parents, law enforcement, community groups and educators navigate a topic paramount to our children’s safety: what to do if kids come across a gun.

STOP! Don’t Touch Run Away Tell a Grown Up

“Since 1988, the Eddie Eagle GunSafe^® Program has reached more than 28 million children in all 50 states with the help of more than 26,000 schools, teachers and law enforcement officers. It’s because of partners like the Toledo Police Department, who pass along Eddie’s life-saving message, that unintentional firearm …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms