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General Category => National/Breaking News => Second Amendment => Topic started by: txradioguy on April 18, 2017, 07:01:31 pm

Title: North Carolina Bill Calls for Firearms Education Class in High Schools
Post by: txradioguy on April 18, 2017, 07:01:31 pm
A North Carolina lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow a firearms education course to be taught as an elective in Tar Heel State high schools.

Sponsored by Rep. Jay Adams (R-Hickory), House Bill 612 calls for a class that incorporates “history, mathematics, and science related to firearms and firearm safety education as recommended by law enforcement agencies or a firearms association,” the language of the bill says.

It’s important to note that the class, which would be developed by the North Carolina Board of Education, wouldn’t involve the use or presence of live ammunition. In addition, the course would be taught by an adult who has been approved the school principal where it is being held.

The firearms education bill has drawn mixed reaction from parents.


“I think education, first and foremost, is essential, before actually obtaining a firearm,” Allen Shaw told WSOC.

Sales of handguns are prohibited to people under the age of 21. But in North Carolina, 18 is the minimum age for purchasing a shotgun or rifle.

“If they have the opportunity to buy, they should have the opportunity to be educated,” Shaw added. “We’ve got too many people out there right now that are wanting to buy guns that don’t have any background with them.”

http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2017/04/north-carolina-firearms-education/
Title: Re: North Carolina Bill Calls for Firearms Education Class in High Schools
Post by: NavyCanDo on April 21, 2017, 12:28:06 am
My high school had shooting as part of their sports program, and they competed àgainst other high schools as with any sport.   In our Year Book they were even posing on the school steps with their rifles for the photo.  We never gave school shootings a second thout.  The weapon of choice for the tough mostly black inner city kids that were bussed in, were cake cutters and switch blades.
Title: Re: North Carolina Bill Calls for Firearms Education Class in High Schools
Post by: Elderberry on April 21, 2017, 12:43:39 am

the course would be taught by an adult who has been approved the school principal where it is being held.


So can the principal  do away with the course by "Not Approving" anyone?
Title: Re: North Carolina Bill Calls for Firearms Education Class in High Schools
Post by: txradioguy on April 21, 2017, 01:00:16 am
So can the principal  do away with the course by "Not Approving" anyone?

Yup...some of the more blue cities will probably do just that IMO.