NRA Story
Hello! I found this story refreshing because it is about an 8 year-old who finds a gun and knows how to respond safely. It is imperative we all teach our children what to do if they stumble upon a gun, whether it is ours or someone else's.
Tennessee 3rd Grader Finds Gun,
Follows Eddie Eagle's Safety Message
Last month, eight-year old Billy Thornton was with his father, Daryl, at the TVA Employees Credit Union in Knoxville when he encountered a potentially dangerous situation. While his father was waiting in line, Billy went to the restroom and spotted a handgun in plain view pointed directly at him. More than a year before, Education Officer Katy Davis of the Knox County Sheriff's Office had taught Billy's class the Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program, which teaches children in pre-K through the third grades that if they find a gun, they should: STOP! Don't Touch. Leave the Area. Tell an Adult. And that's exactly what Billy did. He returned to his father and told him what he had found. Mr. Thornton retrieved the loaded gun and turned it over to the credit union's manager.
Accidental deaths with firearms have been decreasing for decades and are now at an all-time low in the U.S. Among children, fatal firearm accidents in the Eddie Eagle age group have been reduced by more than two-thirds since the program's inception, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. NRA feels that gun accident prevention programs such as Eddie Eagle® are a significant factor in that decline.
Past NRA President Marion P. Hammer created the program in consultation with child psychologists, elementary schoolteachers, and law enforcement officers. Now in its 17th year, the program has reached over 18 million children nationwide. The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program has been endorsed by The National Sheriffs' Association and recognized by the National Safety Council. It is also a recipient of The American Legion's National Education Award, and has been praised by a host of national and community organizations, governors and state legislatures for its effectiveness.
The NRA encourages citizens nationwide to participate in heightening gun safety awareness within their local communities. Schools, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, and others interested in more information about The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program should call the Edd
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The NRA is destructive to our country! Read on.
Editorial: The NRA And Why I Hate It
by Dan Young
If there’s one organization that I can’t stand, it’s the NRA. The National Rifle Association argues that’s it’s trying to protect our right as stated in the second amendment to the Constitution, which is to “keep and bear arms”. Sadly, what they’re really supporting is an exponential increase in violence within the American society.
In the recent election the NRA was clear in their support of only one of the candidates, that being George W. Bush. They were against Gore on the basis that he wants to make gun owners register their firearms. This begs the question: what’s wrong with registering firearms? Granted, I’m not a hunter, nor a gun owner of any sort, but I see no reason to object to the registration of guns. The only people who should be concerned with this proposition are people who are using their guns for illegal means. Why should the common man be worried about letting the government know if they own a gun, unless they’re planning on killing someone with it?
The second amendment to the constitution states that a citizen has the right to keep and bear arms. When this amendment was created, our founding fathers based it on the need to keep a militia. During this period there was far more need for guns, because the common person acted as a member of the army. These people would be called on to fight in a time of war. Currently, this is obviously not the situation. People aren’t in immediate threat of being raided by irate British, or being attacked by the French. Our founding fathers weren’t envisioning a world where you could walk to the local Wal-Mart and purchase a handgun at an absurdly low price. They saw a need to defend society as a whole, not for a family who “needs” a gun to blow away anyone who might be an intruder.
Violence is out of control in America. How many times a day do we turn on the news and hear about a murder in Philadelphia? A boy who was accidentally killed by his dad’s handgun? A student shooting and killing another student because they were getting teased? The situation is outrageous, and all the NRA does is support legislation which will make access to guns even easier.
The NRA has supported varying legislation, including legislation which would have legalized Teflon coated bullets. These bullets would be able to penetrate the vests worn by the police. OBVIOUSLY, unless you plan on shooting a police officer, there is absolutely NO reason why these bullets should be legalized.
Many people use the argument that they want to collect guns, and legislation is preventing them from being able to. Is there a need to buy more than 1 gun a month? 12 guns a year? I certainly hope not. As a friend of mine put it, “collecting guns is just stupid... it's like keeping a collection of rare tropical illnesses in your medicine cabinet just so you can say you have them.”
Europe is the prime example of the success of gun control. In Europe handguns are outlawed completely. Consequently, there are extremely few gun deaths which occur each year. The NRA argues that “If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.” Well, what’s wrong with Europe? Don’t they have any outlaws?
The NRA is an absurd organization that contributes to the gun deaths in America. I hope gun owners will look at the situation objectively. Do gun-control laws really affect you? It won’t prevent hunting or collecting guns, but merely make America a safer nation for all the people within it.
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