Gun Violence | Gun Safety Education Can Help Reduce Gun Violence

You don’t necessarily have to back the National Rifle Association’s political goals to applaud the gun safety training conducted by local hunting clubs. My premise is based upon recent experiences in a two-day Hunter-Trapper Education Course at the Logans Ferry Sportsmen’s Club in Plum, Pennsylvania.

As I took a seat among 60 classmates in a crowded meeting room for the program’s opening session, my attention was drawn to a large NRA poster that bore a message equating gun control efforts with the loss of civil liberties. Eleven hours of instruction loomed ahead, and...

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