Surprising No One, Gun Grabbers Hate ‘Eddie Eagle’

By Patrick Richardson

The National Rifle Association’s “Eddie Eagle” program is a long running firearms safety program first conceived in the late 80s as a way to teach children how to be safe should they ever come across a loaded firearm.

The precepts were simple: “If you find a gun, stop, don’t touch, leave the area, tell an adult.” These days it’s been changed to “Stop, Don’t Touch, Run Away, Tell a Grown-Up.”

Utterly non-controversial right?

Well, apparently not. Eddie Eagle has been stirring up controversy for decades.

According to an article from Splinter News, Eddie Eagle was conceived as a trojan horse.

To really understand the NRA’s agenda with Eddie Eagle, it’s important to go back to the beginning. Eddie was essentially conceived as a Trojan Horse. The character and program was developed in 1988 by Marion Hammer, the ultra-powerful Florida lobbyist behind a string of infamous gun laws, including the “Stand Your Ground” law. According to the Violence Policy Center—which released a report in 1997 describing Eddie Eagle as “Joe Camel with feathers”—Hammer created the program as a way to deter lawmakers from passing Child Access Prevention (CAP) Laws, which criminalize keeping firearms easily …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms