Girl Scouts To Meet With Ohio Senators To Push For Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

A Girl Scout troop in Ohio is looking to sit down with their state senators. While it sounds like a dandy thing for Girl Scouts to do, in and of itself, it also provides clues into why their fellow organization–the group formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America–felt the need to open its doors up to girls.

You see, this isn’t about citizenship or government, but about politics. Anti-gun politics, to be precise.

Girls from Sherwood Elementary are leaving Thursday morning for Washington D.C.

When they get there, they’ll be meeting with Ohio senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman to talk gun control.

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“We don’t think we should have to worry about that. We should have to worry about the math test tomorrow,” Mary Ganim said.

They’ve raised a lot of money to make this trip happen and they have a question ready for Portman.

“We’re going to ask him why he voted the way he did. And we are going to talk to him about having tougher background checks and raising the age from 18 to 21,” Claire Wagner said.

This is why girls are wanting to join Boy Scouts and why the group ultimately capitulated.

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Source:: Bearing Arms