Global Sports: What You Should Know About The Eddie Eagle Gun Safe Program

Monday, September 20, 2010

What You Should Know About The Eddie Eagle Gun Safe Program

By Billy Green

The Eddie Eagle Gun Safe Program is an academic program which started in year 1988. This academic program primarily focuses on children from pre-K up to Grade III level, teaching them the vital steps on what to do when they see a gun such as pistols for sale and shotguns for sale at home or anywhere.

Recently the program has taught more or less twenty-one million children in about all the 50 states in US. It was developed mainly because many people see the significance of imparting this knowledge to children as there are accidents happening due to improper handling of guns, and ammunition for sale, involving them.

Actually this program was created because of the efforts of qualified professionals in the academe, psychology, urban housing safety and law enforcement combined. As a matter of fact, teachers who wish to teach in the program, even though they aren't an NRA members, can do it as there are materials available for teaching easy to do and understand such as guides for the instructor, student handbooks, 7-minute animated video which is available on DVD and VHS, and brochures. Of course, students in class are given stickers as rewards 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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