My son saw Eddie the Eagle at school today!

[geegee]

My first grade son came home today and told me "Dad, we had a gun safety program in school today." I asked him if it was Eddie the Eagle and he said it was, and then pointed out the Eddie the Eagle sticker on his shirt. He told me it was a presentation to the entire school! All three of my kids have seen the Eddie the Eagle presentation and the tape (which is in the personal film collection), but I am impressed to say the least about this event.

There are two officers that presented it, and one of them ("Officer Mike") is an officer I've spoken with before. It seems he's gotten quite involved in this town's activities, and last week also gave a Saturday morning seminar on "Identity Theft," a pretty timely topic for these times. You can be sure I'll be writing a thank you letter to him, his superiors, and our school's principal for allowing this important event to take place.

For the record, I live in Trophy Club, TX, and the school is Lakeview Elementary. Finally, feeling good about my tax dollars being put to work!

 

[Andrew Rothman]

God bless Texas!

 

[DorGunR]

God bless Texas!
And the NRA.

 

[sturmruger]

I think it would be allot of fun to be able to dress up in a Eddie Eagle costume and go around and teach safety to all the little kids. I am thinking about volunteering with our local hunter ed program they do really good work and could use more help I am sure.

 

[Wildalaska]

That disgusting!

Its not the purpose of schools to give lessons in violence by presenting guns in any favourable light. The purpose of schools is to build responsible citizens in our diverse ssociety. That includes of course lessons that encourage multicultural, and multi sexual internationalism that teaches our young minds self esteem and raises their level of progressive consiousness.

Heres the slogan for the good school (especially for 1st graders)..Condoms not guns!!!

WildNEAAlaska

 

[Kodiak AK]

You crack me up sometimes Wild .

 

[Wildalaska]

Im serious!

WildwildalaskahastwodaddysAlaska

 

[buy guns]

you know whats sad? i didnt even know who eddie eagle is until i started coming here about a month ago.

 

[geegee]

you know whats sad? i didnt even know who eddie eagle is until i started coming here about a month ago.

Don't worry about it. There are approximately 80mm gun owners in this country, and on our best day, only 4mm of them belong to the NRA. :banghead:

It's not like we can expect all gun owners to know who Eddie the Eagle is, but if you own a gun and value your Second Amendment rights, and still won't join the NRA....

 

[spacemanspiff]

WildwildalaskahastwodaddysAlaska

that explains a LOT!

 

[Mulliga]

As much as I like the Eddie Eagle program, it's also important to replace it with "The Four Rules" and trips to the range once the children get to their teens. If every kid did this, a lot of tragedies would be prevented.

 

[sfhogman]

The Eddie Eagle program works.

Years ago, when I decided to keep guns in my house, I ordered up the Eddie Eagle kit from the NRA. My girlfriend and I presented it to her boy and girl- it consisted of a video and some printed material.

A couple of years later the boy and his grandmother were going through the belongings of a deceased uncle that had been stored in their garage. The granny lady was of on one side and the boy (8 years old ) on the other. It's a big garage and was packed absolutely to the gunnels with the belongings (furniture, etc) of an old man's lifetime. Looked like the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The boy found what appeared to be a shaving kit and opened it. Inside he found an S&W J-frame revolver, stored with a box of ammo. Had I been the eight year old, the first thing I would have done would have been to pick it up. He didn't.

He stopped
Didn't touch
Left the area
Called an adult.

His grandmother looked and asked him if he thought it was loaded. He told her he didn't think so, but if they didn't touch it, it couldn't hurt them...
Grandpa later verified the gun was empty, and had me put it in my safe. On the boy's eighteenth birthday it goes to him.

The Eddie Eagle kit was the best $10 I've ever spent.

By the way, the boy is now 11 and becoming a very good shot with the 10/22 I bought him.
Jeff

 

[ScottS]

True Story:

When my daughter was in Second Grade, we were visiting relatives who had younger children. One of them emptied some prescription medication onto the floor in the other room. Fortunately, no one ingested any, but the parents were all a bit freaked by the possibility.

I was explaining to my daughter she should never put pills into her mouth, and decided to try the EE approach. We haven't had "the gun" talk yet, as I thought she might still be a bit too young to understand. (All fathers think this of their first daughters, trust me.) I told her, if she saw something like that she should STOP, not touch any of it, leave the room, and come get an adult.

She said, "Just like a gun, Daddy."
I said, "Excuse me??"
She said, "Eddie Eagle says, if you see a gun:
STOP!
Don't Touch!
Leave the area!
Tell an adult!"

She does this complete with choreographed hand motions. Floored me.

I asked, "Honey, how do you know this?"
She said, "Eddie Eagle came to our school last year, and again this year, to tell us."

God love NH Public Schools, too.

Scott

 

[PromptCritical]

It brings a tear to my eye to see that there is still some sanity left in some of the school systems in this country. I don't think Eddie could ever come to a public school here or back home in Portland. Parents would be outraged at the mere photo of a gun, even though they're displayed all over the media.