Florida Mom Livid After School Teaches NRA’s Gun Safety Program

By Jenn Jacques

One Florida mom is livid after her child was taught a valuable, potentially life-saving lesson in his school.

The Jacksonville parent, who is choosing to remain anonymous, claims Mandarin Oaks Elementary and the National Rifle Association’s gun safety program Eddie Eagle are responsible for informing her 7-year-old son that the message she’s been proclaiming all these years is wrong.

“’Mommy, you’re wrong. Toy guns are okay. See, guns are okay, mom. See? It says so right here,” the mother said her son told her.

“They’ve just undone seven years of parenting in one hour,” the mother told reporters.

Duval County Public Schools said parents are usually notified when resource officers are presenting the program to Mandarin Oaks students and given an opportunity to opt their children out, but the parents of students in one classroom did not receive a letter.

The Eddie Eagle gun accident prevention program is responsible for educating 29 million children on what to do if they ever come across a gun: STOP!, don’t touch, run away and tell a grown up.

The outspoken mother said regardless of the message, because it came from the NRA, it’s “propaganda”.

“It sends a message that Duval is NRA-affiliated,” she said.

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Source:: Bearing Arms