Gun Safety should be part of schools curriculum

          In today's society there are many people who are unaware of how to use or handle a firearm safely. This lack of knowledge has caused fear and mystery around the concept of guns, and in a situation where these people are handling a firearm it could be a danger to them and the people around them. By teaching basic gun safety in school we could lower the danger of handling firearms incorrectly and immensely reduce the danger for untrained individuals and those around them. "Proponents and foes of gun control say they want gun education and avoidance programs taught in public schools from kindergarten through middle school or even high school. “ Says Claire Moore of ABC News. "Spurred by the series of school shootings in recent years, school districts and state legislatures across the country are pushing for gun education in the classroom." In Moore's article she writes about how, after several school shootings, school districts and legislators everywhere are pushing to make gun safety training part of school curriculums to help students understand guns and how to be safe around them. There are two different strategies to how to teach gun safety in school referenced in this article, one is a NRA program called Eddie Eagle that uses the slogan “Stop, don’t touch, leave the area, tell an adult” to encourage kids to avoid guns. The second program, called STAR or straight talk about risks, teaches kids about how to manage anger, resolve conflicts non-violently, and the consequences of handling a gun or using a gun to resolve a conflict. If either of the referenced programs were implemented in schools, they could teach students about basic gun safety. Then, if the student wishes to continue learning about firearm safety for a hobby like trap shooting, target shooting, or hunting they could continue learning about firearm safety in a DNR gun safety class or other similar programs. The programs could have a tremendous effect how students handle and think of guns, which would help make schools safer from gun violence by educating children about the reality of firearm safety.

Logical Fallacies

Studying fallacies has taught me that during a debate or argument, you have to make sure that neither you nor your opponent is using opinions or fallacies. Many people use fallacies so they can avoid having to have any knowledge on the topic of an argument, and still sound credible. They are often used in political debates, news stories, and even arguments between typical people. They make it much easier to convince an audience about an idea, since some fallacies can be as convincing as actual evidence when they are used in the correct situation. Even though logical fallacies are usually used to present false information, they can still be used correctly to convey true information. For example, the fallacy ignoring a common cause is a fallacy in which you assume that because one event happened right before another, the first caused the second event though a third event could have caused them both. This fallacy could still be used to present correct information, if the second event actually did cause the third, and the first event was unrelated. Almost every fallacy has a situation where it actually true, but still are most often false.

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