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Monday, September 27, 2010

Everything You Need To Know About The Eddie Eagle Gun Safe Program

By Billy Green

The Eddie Eagle Gun Safe Program is an academic program which started in 1988. This program was built in order to teach children the 4 important steps on what to do when they see a gun such as pistols for sale and shotguns for sale. Obviously this program focuses on children from the pre-K up to Grade III level, teaching them 4 simple ways of what to do when they encounter a gun at home or anywhere.

Nowadays, the program has taught more or less 21 million children in about all the 50 states. It was developed because most people see the importance of imparting this knowledge to kids as there are accidents happening due to improper handling of guns, and ammunition for sale, involving them.

This program was created mainly because of the efforts of qualified professionals in the academe, psychology, urban housing safety and law enforcement combined. In fact teachers who want to teach the program, even if they aren't NRA members, can do it as there are materials available for teaching easy to do ways on safe gun handling such as guides for the instructor, student handbook, 7-minute animated video which is available on DVD or VHS, and pamphlets. Students are given stickers as rewards given in class and the program materials are also available in Spanish.

The program is easily incorporated in the existing school curriculum, taught following a one day or 5 days schedule format. This program is offered at a nominal fee, but schools, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, daycare centers, and libraries may be eligible to receive grant funding to help defray costs for implementing the program. The funding is available to these groups to cover the cost of all program curriculum materials in all states.

The program's objective is not to teach the children that guns, like pistols for sale and shotguns for sale, are bad, but focuses on promoting their protection and safety. It doesn't give judgment on the use of firearms negatively since these are not even shown and used in the program. It just mentions that it is an ordinary thing common to most of them, and this is exactly true, since most households own guns as a means of keeping safe and protected especially from intruders and burglars at home. It does not encourage them to buy guns, and ammunition for sale, nor persuade them to become NRA members, but this program greatly helps them as it discusses gun accident prevention for their utmost safety and protection.

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