Seattle Democrat promotes NRA gun safety program

BY Tim Haeck  on February 21, 2013 @ 1:26 pm (Updated: 1:58 pm - 2/21/13 )

A Seattle lawmaker is pushing a gun safety program for children developed by the National Rifle Association.

The NRA has little love for State Senator Maralyn Chase, but she likes the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program that features the motto: "Stop. Don't touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult."

Chase, a 32nd district Democrat, is sponsoring a bill that would require the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a gun safety program based on Eddie Eagle that schools could adopt by the fall of 2014.

The measure gets a hearing in the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee Thursday evening in Olympia.

A separate resolution in the state Senate would urge all schools, day cares, preschools and child care programs to teach firearms safety.

Tim Haeck, KIRO Radio Reporter
Tim Haeck is a news reporter with KIRO Radio. While Tim is one of our go-to, no-nonsense reporters, he also has a sensationally dry sense of humor and it will surprise some to learn he is a weekend warrior.
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  • adiru wrote...
    Finally!
    February 21, 2013 1:47 pm
    Real education about safety without relying on Hollywood to teach everyone the finer points of unsafe gun handling.
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