Kids Receive Real-Life Gun Safety Training to Prevent Accidental Gun Deaths

By Jenn Jacques

Kids receiving gun safety training to prevent accidental shootings? What a great idea!

At the Summer Youth League Gun Camp offered by Shoot Smart Gun Range and Training Center in both Grand Prairie and Fort Worth, TX, kids from 8-15 years of age meet with instructors to learn about gun safety.

“All of our classes are full at both locations,” Cassie Shockey, Shoot Smart Gun Range’s customer and programs manager, told reporters in late July. “They all go through the new shooter class the first day of the league and then they get to go down to the range and shoot. We pair them up, so it gives the kids a chance to try the fire arm out in a fun and non-threatening way.”

In June, both Shockey and Shoot Smart’s Jared Sloane were named Local Champions of Gun Safety as part of the NSSF Project ChildSafe’s S.A.F.E. Summer Campaign for their efforts to promote community firearm safety.

“If we can keep just one kid from accidentally accessing and discharging a firearm, we’ve succeeded. There are too many accounts of kids getting hurt or killed because they found a gun and played with it,” said Sloane. “We cannot teach or …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms