Schools

[the skrat]

hello wheelockhunter i think its a wonderful idea but if you have problems with the public schools why dont you look for a home school group in your erea. my wife and i home school our children and are always looking for intresting ideas for a field trip. with home schooling laws like you encounter with the public schools dont apply because we are not funded by taxes we have to pick up the costs ourselves but we can have guns pray to GOD say the pledge and learn about our freedoms the way our forefathers intended. there are over 2 million children being homeschooled right now and a lot of these belong to support groups that share curriculums plan field trips play sports and a lot of other things. i am a logger and have given talks and demos to homeschoolers and the boy scouts and really enjoy oppurtunities like this i hope you do this and you will probably have just as much fun as the kids.

curly maple

 

[fho]

We did a show for the Boy Scouts. Had a rifling bench and a bunch of muzzleloading guns, I had a slug gun that i was showing the boys. They thought that it was a sniper rifle.It had a scope on it.

 

[adbranaman]

If you really want to get into something rewarding then try 4H Shooting Sports.We teach the kids safety and how to actually shoot a gun.We start out with BB guns indoors.I teach Pistol,but we also have rifle,shotgun,and archery.For some reason the 4H leader doesn't seem to think Muzzleloading is nessaary.Which is odd as most of these guys are like big game hunters and such. I also realize a lot of communties(cities) don't allow these kinds of activities for children.I'm in a rural area where carrying guns is more common.Many children hunt small game and deer around here.Teaching pistol I find half of my students to be young women.By the way it's easier to teach children the right way to shoot then adults. :front:

 

[soquili]

Just wondering if anyone does anything with the local schools in their area. I know when I was a kid that seeing a reenactor in period clothing from any era would have been something I would not have likley forgotten.

Good idea except for one thing, weapons in school...
You couldn't bring your muzzleloader, tomakawk or knives...

I did a Native American demo a couple of years ago for my friend Lisa's classes in Bremond TX and brought all sorts of stone weapons - bows, knives, tomahawks and atlatls - to school. But this was a small town, it was TEXAS ::, no guns, and she cleared it with the pricipal first. Did demos for 1st-4th-7th grades. Saved the weapons for last to keep the boys attention and the girls liked them too, once I told them that Native American girls had their OWN weapons.
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Patsy

 

[Al Bateman 1]

The 4H shooting Sports is a good idea, also check with your local American Legion Post. The Legion has a Junior Shooting Sports program. Maybe your local post sponsors one. Good luck which ever way anyone goes. MOST kids really eat it up.

Al

 

[oomcurt]

I wonder....really...is it not possible that today for one to be a principal of a school or some 4H leader...that they will only hire one that is anti gun? Sure seems like it.

 

[cj5luke]

Having grown up with living history (my dad started when he was kid around the 100th anniversary of the Civil War) I