Wisconsin lawmakers argue over gun safety classes in high schools

By Andrew Shepperson

Democrats and Republicans sparred over a proposed bill Thursday that calls for the Department of Public Instruction to help create a firearms education course for Wisconsin high schools.
The heated debate over Assembly Bill 427 took place at a hearing before the Committee on Education in the Wisconsin Assembly, the Associated Press reported. The measure aims to have the state superintendent collaborate with the Department of Natural Resources, law enforcement or other agencies to help develop the firearms safety course.
The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep Ken Skowronski, said Wisconsin school districts, which already have the authority to offer firearms safety classes on their own, need guidance in developing course curriculum as trap and target shooting are becoming more popular.
“More and more students are get involved in clay target and action shooting clubs and associations while in school, it’s important to ensure that these students become more responsible in understanding firearm safety and mechanics.” Rep. Skowronski said in a statement, after he proposed the bill in June.
But Democrats at the hearing said students carrying guns to school would upset community members, even as live ammunition would still be banned in the classroom and schools would not be required to offer the course under the bill.
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Source: Guns.com