{"id":3968,"date":"2008-05-05T23:19:31","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T03:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=36"},"modified":"2008-05-05T23:19:31","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T03:19:31","slug":"eddie-eagle-turns-thirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/eddie-eagle-turns-thirty\/","title":{"rendered":"EDDIE  EAGLE  TURNS  TWENTY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tThe National Rifle Association\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrahq.org\/safety\/eddie\/\">\u201cEddie Eagle\u201d<\/a> gun safety program for children has just turned twenty years of age. Geared for younger kids, it features an instructor in an eagle costume who teaches the little ones a mantra for safety when they encounter potentially dangerous objects, such as an unsecured firearm that might be loaded.<\/p>\n<p>\tSTOP!<\/p>\n<p>\tDON\u2019T TOUCH!<\/p>\n<p>\tLEAVE THE AREA!<\/p>\n<p>\tTELL AN ADULT!<\/p>\n<p>\tThis widespread program is one reason why accidental death of children by firearms has decreased dramatically in this nation since just the 1980s, even though there are millions more guns in America now than there were then. In addition to the popular Eddie Eagle, NRA has worked with fish and wildlife departments at the state level to make gun safety classes widely available at little or no cost to the public, and hunter safety classes mandatory before a hunting license is issued.<\/p>\n<p>\tIt is said that the Eddie Eagle \u201cfour-step\u201d program came from a young firefighter in Idaho who was an NRA member. There had been a spate of tragic accidents around the country involving children who had found unattended blasting caps.  Our nation\u2019s fire service had great success in mitigating future tragedies of that nature with a program that told kids,<\/p>\n<p>\tSTOP!<\/p>\n<p>\tDON\u2019T TOUCH!<\/p>\n<p>\tLEAVE THE AREA!<\/p>\n<p>\tTELL AN ADULT!<\/p>\n<p>\tThe young firefighter suggested to NRA that it would be wise to adopt the same concept within the context of firearms safety for young people. Wherever it came from, it obviously worked.<\/p>\n<p>\tIt\u2019s tough to argue with success.  It\u2019s sad, though, that some schools have refused to allow the Eddie Eagle program, because it is sponsored by the NRA, and in some circles the NRA is seen as politically incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>\tWhether or not it\u2019s taught in the schools where you live, Eddie Eagle\u2019s four steps to keeping kids from getting hurt by powerful, adults-only objects left unsecured is something that should be taught to all our little ones.  Don\u2019t wait for Eddie Eagle: teach it to them yourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\tAn easy way to remember it, guys, is to realize that it\u2019s the same four things your lady is likely to say to you when she sees you ogling a particularly attractive member of the fair sex.<\/p>\n<p>\tSTOP!<\/p>\n<p>\tDON\u2019T TOUCH!<\/p>\n<p>\tLEAVE THE AREA!<\/p>\n<p>\tTELL AN ADULT!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Rifle Association\u2019s \u201cEddie Eagle\u201d gun safety program for children has just turned twenty years of age. Geared for younger kids, it features an instructor in an eagle costume who teaches the little ones a mantra for safety when they encounter potentially dangerous objects, such as an unsecured firearm that might be loaded. STOP! 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