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Should first graders take a gun safety course by law?
Posted: 01.31.2013 at 10:00 AM
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Missouri Senator proposes mandate
Should first graders in Missouri be forced to take a gun safety course?
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (AP) --
That's a question that some Missouri parents will have to wrestle with if a new bill under consideration becomes law.
The bill proposed by Senator Dan Brown from Rolla, Missouri would make it a mandate to teach the NRA Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program in ever first grade classroom in the state.
Teachers would also be required to atttend 8 hours of training that would include tactics on how to respond to an armed intruder inside their school.
The measure is now before a Senate committtee but no action has been taken on it.
Surprisingly Brown filed the measure just one day before the shooting in Newtown on December 14th, 2012.
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