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Show WORLD OUTDOORS "There U treat need for a better education program." Make this remark anywhere, and you can find plenty of people who will agree with you. Schoolteachers School-teachers will say, "You bet there is we need to evaluate our whole educational program." Law enforcement en-forcement officers will say, "Sure Is half the people who drive automobiles auto-mobiles do not know half as much as they should about traffic laws and regulations." But, the remark above waa made by the public relations manager man-ager of a leading firearm manufacturer manu-facturer and the "education" that he was talking about had to do with the correct use and proper handling of his company' products prod-ucts firearms. . The problem, as this man sees it," is that It's much too easy for people to say that all we need to do is "pass a law" to prevent firearms fire-arms accidents. This, of course, is not true, and those who favor a law outlawing the private owner-ship owner-ship and use of firearms know it as well as any sportsman. The need is for an educational program pro-gram that would make all firearms fire-arms owners safety-conscious and this need is being realized. It must be agreed that there are often notable examples of abuses of the right to own and bear firearms. Gangster, robbers, and irate or Irrational "average citizens" use firearms to commit crimes. But, they also use automobiles, auto-mobiles, knives, and, sometimes, baseball bats and hundreds ot other tools not ordinarily considered con-sidered "weapons." But, we can't outlaw automobiles, or baseball bats and it is just as foolish U think that we can outlaw firearms For this twenty million, tht need is for an educational pro gram, to teach new gun owners how to use their guns safely Many states have recently adoptee such training programs. |