I don't see why it should be an issue of government teachers. They can't teach the average high school graduate how to work basic math problems, why do you think their gun education is going to be any good either.
This makes the error of painting with far, FAR too broad and distorted a brush. It should be self-evident that the great majority of kids in public education do indeed learn "basic math" and a lot of other important things at the hands of "government teachers" ... (whatever that loaded name is supposed to imply).
(Though I certainly understand why certain groups use language like this to hammer on the teachers' union and other champions of the public schooling
status quo.)
Now, I cannot believe I find myself, of all people, defending public school teachers -- I mean the thought would be hysterical to anyone who knows me personally. But, if we say that "they can't teach the average high school graduate how to work basic math problems" as part of the foundation of our argument against public school gun training, then that statement needs to be
true, not a hugely out-of-proportion hyperbole. Truth is, most students come through public school learning how to read, learning how to do basic math, at least, learning a few things about science, a little history, and the rest. Certainly not at the levels we would wish, and absolutely there are tragic numbers of students who do fail to learn these basic skills, -- public education has a lot to answer for -- but nothing in the actual record of public instruction would indicate that basic firearms safety training would be unsuccessful, or (as is pretty baldly suggested) would make kids MORE dangerous around guns.