Exposing young men and women to firearms

[kenny]

I was reading an article about the young girl that was killed by an idiot in Indiana with a gun that he thought was unloaded.

It got me to thinking that we as a gun community should get a program going to expose, and educate young men and women to firearms, and firearm safety.

I'm not sure where to go from here, but I'd like to mimic the 40 hour POST firearm training, aiming it at kids 12 and up.

The MSF does a program for motorcycle riders that teaches them the basics, and if you pass you get discounts from certain retailers, and a you don't have to test to get your motorcycle endorsement from the DMV.

I would think that we could get something going that would satisfy the requirements for hunter safety, and concealed carry.

I understand this may step on the toes of folks offering classes, but I'm not talking about filing paperwork for anyone, just a class at a very cheap price. Something done on a community level like youth association sports.

I want to see young men and women who may not be exposed to firearms at home learn to respect firearms, and hopefully become interested in them.

There are plenty of kids out there that live in homes that do not have firearms, and parents that do not educate firearm safety. These are the kids I'd like to reach out to. The ones that won't be involved in 4H, or boy or girl scouts, take up hunting, or ever get a Daisy Red Ryder as a kid.



I don't know how to approach getting this idea out, or even getting vendors on board to make this happen.

I feel very strongly that something like this is what we need to turn the tide of children growing up with irrational fear of firearms, and work toward eliminating foolish "accidents".

Thanks,

Kenny

 

[enutees]

The NRA has several beginner type courses that are pretty reasonable in price. I don't think they are marketed enough but most people refuse to believe they need instruction. I just got a coworker started with her first pistol and set her up with some basic instruction from Alan at Geaux Shooting. I definitely think the basic classes could be marketed more to first time buyers at the point of purchase. It's not something I want to see being required but it would be a great suggestion.

 

[kenny]

The NRA has several beginner type courses that are pretty reasonable in price. I don't think they are marketed enough but most people refuse to believe they need instruction. I just got a coworker started with her first pistol and set her up with some basic instruction from Alan at Geaux Shooting. I definitely think the basic classes could be marketed more to first time buyers at the point of purchase. It's not something I want to see being required but it would be a great suggestion.

I want to start earlier. I'd like to focus on middle school kids. That's when I took hunter's ed.

I want to see something that appeals to soccer mom's with 2.3 kids at home, not necessarily to sportsmen.

I see this as a white collar problem, kids that grow up in neighborhoods and subdivisions. The folks who grew up in the sticks tend to get exposure to firearms, as they aren't something taboo.

 

[drpc]

There's a desperate need to teach urban utes how to aim a pistol. If someone could accomplish that Times Picayune headline would read "One shot at second line parade" instead of 'Eight shot at second line parade"