Posted on 04/25/2005 5:57:10 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Firearms course in schools legal but not likely yet
PHOENIX A new law will let Arizona students set their sights on a new frontier in high school education, but the gun safety course isn't likely to appear in course catalogs anytime soon.
The bill, recently signed into law by Governor Napolitano, allows Arizona school districts the chance to offer an elective in marksmanship and gun safety alongside those such as ceramics and yearbook.
But many administrators in the Phoenix area say their budgets and schedules are over-taxed as it is, and offering an elective that doesn't relate to life skills or state standards isn't in the cards.
State law already allows the Arizona Game and Fish Department to provide training in safe handling of guns and bows at schools requesting the training.
Glendale Community College, in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, offers firearms training classes.
"doesn't relate to life skills... " until someone climbs in your back window at 3 AM and tries to kill you and you have to shoot him or convince him to leave at the point of a gun to save your life.
The Boy Scouts in Arizona offer gun safety classes to the Scouts. http://www.grandcanyonbsa.org
Nice excuse. If gun safety isn't a "life skill" today, I don't know what is.
Butch vetoed the bill today.
Oops--So sorry. I was thinking of the bill to allow people to carry firearms into bars and restaurants.
Was that restaurants that serve alcohol, or all restaurants?
Was that restaurants that serve alcohol, or all restaurants?
Marksmanship is not a life skill but ceramics and yearbook are? Hmmm that is interesting. I had a situation in 1999 where I had to defend myself with a gun.........according to this I could have thrown a piece of ceramics or a yearbook and survived? Glad I had the gun and wish I would have had the marksmanship course, would not have to worry about the creep getting out in a couple of months.
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