US state weighing gun lessons for schoolchildren

[DSF Guest 8]

Hillbilly's or Rednecks if you prefer, gotta love 'em

"West Virginia is considering a bill to teach schoolchildren how to handle a gun and hunt safely its proponent hopes will increase state revenues from hunting licenses, a state lawmaker said Thursday....Children 10 years and older can already apply for a hunting license in West Virginia, which makes 1.5 billion dollars a year from hunting-related activities, the senator said."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080201/od_afp/usweaponsschooloffbeat_080201141120&printer=1;_ylt=AncOrPaM7dZR.2uY0kbGHyOhOrgF

[goonarms]

10 years and older... damn i had to wait until i was 12 to get a license!

[DSF Guest 1]

I would rather them teach gun safety than take guns away

[goonarms]

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I agree with that... the only people that will have the guns taken away are the common...semi-law abiding citizens

[Deak]

More gun users != safer Americans. :rolleyes:

[steyr]

Kinda like sex ed. - better they at least know how to safely handle a gun than have someone hurt simply through ignorance of safety.
My daughter never professed any interest in firearms, but I made sure she at least knew the basics of safe gun handling on the off chance she and her friends ever found one on the street or something.

I also stressed the importance of bringing said gun home to daddy :p

[Randal Graves]

I personally don't care for guns because I think they're dangerous in the hands of morons, but just about everything can be dangerous if someone is dumb enough. I do agree with the above posters in teaching it kinda like sex ed. Hopefully kids will be smarter if ever put in that situation.