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Show Qualify through safety course, juveniles told With the first of Utah's 1965 big game hunting seasons sea-sons close at hand, the Utah State Department of Fish and Game issued a reminder to all juveniles that they must qualify qual-ify through a gun safety rtain-ing rtain-ing course before they may purchase a hunting license. The law requires any person under 21 years of age to show a proper certificate when applying ap-plying for the first hunting license. li-cense. This certificate is issued at the time the course is successfully suc-cessfully completed. Juveniles over the age of 16 years may present a certificate showing they have successfully passed the equivalent training in the armed services, ROTC, NRA or show their hunting license li-cense from the previous year. The Department said instructors instruc-tors are available and classes are being tught in communities throughout the State. The gun safety traning law for juveniles was designed to reduce hunting accidents. Since the law became be-came effective in 1960, there has been a steady reduction in gun accidents each year. |