Posted on 04/16/2021 9:48:18 AM PDT by Kid Shelleen
The Philadelphia Police Department is ending its use of a youth gun education program created by the National Rifle Association following immediate blowback over the gun rights organization’s involvement.
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw had announced police officers were using the “Eddie Eagle” curriculum to teach children about guns in city rec centers, as part of the Kenney administration’s larger anti-violence unveiled Wednesday.
Studies found the 33-year-old gun safety program to be ineffective, and the NRA has used it to argue against new gun regulations, Billy Penn reported this morning.
Gun safety advocates and city leaders pushed back. CeaseFire PA gathered hundreds of signatures from people calling for the department to drop the NRA-connected program. Councilmember Isaiah Thomas called it “two steps backwards,” and Councilmember Jamie Gauthier tweeted that “these are the last people we need to be partnering with on gun violence.
(Excerpt) Read more at billypenn.com ...
Eddie Eagle works every time it’s tried. It’s so simple, and logical, and easy for kids to learn and remember.
If you find a gun, or see a friend with a gun....
Stop!
Don’t touch!
Leave the area!
Tell an adult!
Nothing political there, nothing pro-gun or pro-NRA that any (logical, rational) person could complain about. And “33 years old” program? Like it’s outdated???? Some things are universal and timeless—
Look both ways before crossing a street.
Don’t try to beat a train at a crossing.
Treat every gun as if it’s loaded, and never point it at anything you don’t want to kill or destroy.
Etc.
These liberal idiots! I have no hope for them and their children.
Eddie Eagle has been VERY effective. Fatal gun accidents among children are way, way down. But that doesn’t help their hoplophobic narrative. They need kids to kill themselves, so they can tell lies to get political tyrants to ban guns.
Nah
Let 'em learn gun handling from video games and rap music.
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Isn’t she the BLM commie who moved from Portland, Oregon? Yes, as a matter of fact, she is. Guess the bribes from the black thieves in Philadelphia were better.
Studies found the 33-year-old gun safety program to be ineffective
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