Sheriff’s Office Offers 2nd Amendment Summer Camp

By Cam Edwards

Okay, it’s not exactly a 2nd Amendment summer camp. There’s no craft session on building your own AR-15, or low-light shoots after s’mores around the campfire, for example. The Bossier Parish, Louisiana Sheriff’s Office did put together something great for kids 10-14 this summer, however: the summer Shooting Sports Program, a free event for local youth to teach them how to be safe and responsible around firearms, while also introducing them to the shooting sports.

“We targeted kids 10 to 14 years old because they become curious about guns,” Deputy James Lonadier explained. “It’s important to teach them how serious guns are to use and their importance.”

But this wasn’t a dry, boring lecture about gun safety. Instead, deputies and firearms instructors taught youth the fundamentals of gun safety as well as marksmanship, with students using bows, air guns, and shotguns. At the end of the course, not only did the kids have some first-hand knowledge of how to be responsible with a firearm, they also had their own hunter education card.

“The main reason why we chose this age group is because this is one of the earliest stages children take an interest in shooting …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms