SCHOOL KIDS TO “SHOOT” FOR DIPLOMA
Governor Signs Bill, Teaches Actual Gun Safety
"Educating kids on the constitutional roots of the right to keep and bear arms."
For Immediate Release (2005)
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More at link providedArizona has enacted a gun-safety bill for children that breaks new ground. Worth one credit toward a high school diploma, the course requires students to safely discharge a firearm at a target to pass. American high schools used to have firing ranges in the basement, but the tradition began fading in the late 1960s. Gun-rights proponents believe that training and education leads to increased safety and responsible behavior.
The bill’s designers, concerned that “gun safety” could be turned into “gun avoidance” by gun-control politics, included statutory rules like the “shoot safely” requirement, to prevent unintended change. Other requirements include: Instruction in the role of firearms in preserving peace and freedom; the constitutional roots of the right to keep and bear arms; the history of firearms and marksmanship; the basic operation of firearms; practice time at a shooting range, and more.
The Arizona Game and Fish Dept. (AGFD), specified by law as the course instructors,......
