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Gun safety program planned for schools [Eddie Eagle]
NOLA.com ^ | May 30, 2004 | Brian Friedman

Posted on 05/31/2004 12:32:05 PM PDT by Gun142

Edited on 07/14/2004 1:00:41 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Local elementary school students will be visited by a big bird this fall, but not the oversized canary of "Sesame Street" fame.

Eddie Eagle, The National Rifle Association's feathered gun-safety expert, will be making the rounds of pre-kindergarten through sixth-grade classrooms, thanks to a $4,500 grant from the NRA Foundation.


(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bang; eddieeagle; nra
"This is one of the better things I've found that they do, that's not been publicized.
Huh, I read the news and headlines almost every day; I was under the impression the NRA was only interested in killing our babies.

Really, I'm glad these folks are doing the right thing with kids who may never be taught what to do in certain situations where a firearm and much ignorance is present.
1 posted on 05/31/2004 12:32:05 PM PDT by Gun142
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To: Gun142

Let's hope they exclude the DEA from giving any lessons...

http://www.onlinepot.org/misc/deashootsself.htm


2 posted on 05/31/2004 3:59:17 PM PDT by Spottys Spurs
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To: Gun142

Ok Class, What is a Gun?

Always loaded sir!

Ok Class, dismissed.


3 posted on 05/31/2004 4:00:57 PM PDT by antaresequity (This is not the "War on Terror"...we don't fight tactics.)
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