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Kindergarteners could learn gun safety in school under a bill gaining momentum in Utah

  • A bill in Utah requires students as young as kindergarten to learn about firearm safety in schools, passing the state House with a 59-10 vote and now awaiting Senate approval.
  • The lessons will focus on safe gun handling and storage, and parents can opt out their children.
  • Gun violence prevention advocates express concerns that this approach places the responsibility for gun safety education on children instead of adults.
  • Rep. Rex Shipp, the bill's sponsor, argues the initiative aims to prevent accidental shootings involving young children.
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Le ParisienLe Parisien

United States: Firearm lessons from kindergarten for Utah's children?

Widely adopted by the House of State, a bill aimed at setting up private lessons about firearms from kindergarten class must pass before the Senate before it is officially enacted. Sensitive, the issue is subject to debate in the Senate.

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TwitchyTwitchy

Teach the Children Well: Utah Legislature Advances Bill to Teach Gun Safety in Schools

·United States
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StuffStuff

Kindergarteners in US state could learn gun safety under a bill gaining momentum

The effort comes a year after the state’s Governor signed a bill funding training for teachers who want to defend their classrooms with guns.

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Kindergarteners could learn gun safety in school under a bill gaining momentum in Utah

Utah students as early as kindergarten would be required to learn about firearm safety in the classroom under a bill that passed the state House. The Republican-controlled chamber approved the

·United States
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The Washington HispanicThe Washington Hispanic

Kindergarten children could learn to use weapons safely

Utah students from kindergarten would be forced to learn about the safety of firearms in the classroom according to a bill that was passed by the state House of Representatives with overwhelming support on Friday. The Republican-controlled chamber passed the bill in a 59-10 vote and sent it to the Senate, despite concerns from some advocates of armed violence prevention that it places an undue burden on children. According to the proposal, publi…

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Kindergarteners could be taught gun safety in school as part of new Utah bill

Utah's House of Representatives has approved a new bill that would require students to receive mandatory gun safety instruction in public schools every year from kindergarten through to 12th grade

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