Help Support Montana’s Own Be Safe, Gun Safety For Kids

By Gary Marbut

Montana – -(AmmoLand.com)- Dear MSSA Friends,

Montana Shooting Sports Association needs your active help. We need to crank up delivery of MSSA’s Be Safe, gun safety program for kids, to the children of Montana.

We have a very functional Be Safe program working in the schools in the Missoula area. We need to clone this effort statewide, with your help in your local area. Here’s how it works in Missoula:

A local entity, the Western Montana Fish and Game Association (WMFGA – owns and operates the Deer Creek Shooting Center) appropriates money each year to pay someone with Montana teaching credentials to get into classrooms of first through third grades and present the Be Safe message to kids. This person is paid a flat rate per classroom to approach school administration, to schedule presentations with regular classroom teachers, and to deliver the Be Safe presentation.

Be Safe is approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) and the Montana Legislature (documentation provided). Be Safe is *highly* acclaimed by school teachers in whose classrooms it has been delivered. On an after-presentation critique form, we ask teachers to rate the value of Be Safe …Read the Rest

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