poll re shooting in schools as an extra-curricular activity NSW Australia

[bukijin]

Mods please move if this is not the appropriate place...

Any Highroaders care to give us a hand on the poll being conducted by the "Daily Telegraph" regarding an initiative by the Shooters and Fishers party in NSW to have target shooting included as an extra curricular activity in public (government) schools in this state ?

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/se...r-school-pistols/story-fn6bm6am-1226157684699

Personally, I was lucky enough to have parents who could afford to send me to a private school that had not 1 but 2 ranges on campus - where shooting was compulsory for 2 years in high school and which had (has) a thriving shooting club. But this initiative is to offer target shooting to less privileged students in public schools as an extra curricular activity. Highroaders may find the comments section interesting - regarding the large "anti" community here - as well as the strong and (growing stronger) shooting community which has elected 2 pro-shooting representatives to state parliament.

Thanks for your help from "down under".

 

[mortablunt]

I don't think it lets Americans vote.

 

[esheato]

Done. Good luck.

 

[Rail Driver]

it let me vote, and I voted yes.

 

[JEB]

voted. +1 vote for yes

 

[Mike1234567]

I voted yes.

 

[PONTIACDM]

Voted yes, firearm safety will likely be part of that program. Safety is always a good thing.

 

[Danb1215]

"Yes" alone on that comes off a bit creepy. I don't think anyone who wants to learn to shoot should be kept from it and I don't think anyone who does not want to shoot should be forced into it. Even so I voted yes as I think pro gun results in these polls are a bulwark against the "gun r bad" herd mentality.

 

[bukijin]

Thanks for that.

I should probably have provided more information. The proposed scheme would take only students who wanted to and who were at least 12 yrs old to local ranges to learn target shooting during school hours. They would need parental permission and would be constantly supervised by teachers for general behaviour but instruction would be done by range safety officers. Firearm safety and safe handling would be the priority and given before any student was allowed near a firearm. The cost would be bourne by the state.

 

[Danb1215]

I didn't mean to suggest that I thought a forced shooting program would be in place. I was just being knit picky about the wording. Either way I think youth shooting sports are a great thing to promote across the board. Hopefully we'll see a rise in interest in shooting sports in general down under.

 

[wannabeagunsmith]

Voted yes.

 

[oneounceload]

Another yes vote - yes is winning at the moment 55-45%

 

[zorro45]

Just like in Chicago, I voted twice!

We had a program when I was in hs where the local very exclusive private school allowed the "townies" to shoot one afternoon per week, and with very beautiful and expensive Anschutz rifles. I really got spoiled and could not understand why I could not score 47,
48, or 49 routinely out of 50 when I shot later at scout camp with a relatively crappy
rifle. We did not run amok and terrorize the town. It was a nice program sponsored by the local "Y" and I'll bet the rifle range is closed now.

 

[ilbob]

Where I went to HS, the ROTC had a 22 rifle range in the basement. I learned to shoot there.