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Bill Introduced to Allow Ohio Gun Safety Program Course in Schools |
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Written by Daniel White
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Friday, 06 January 2006 |
HB 460 was recently introduced by Representative Ron Hood (R) in the Ohio House with twelve sponsors.
This bill would authorize all schools to be able to offer as an elective course a one-semester course in firearm safety and marksmanship designated as the Ohio gun safety program course.
This is similar to an Arizona bill passed last year.
Under the bill, the Ohio gun safety program course would include at least the following:
(1) Instruction on the rules of gun safety;
(2) Instruction on the basic operation of firearms;
(3) Instruction on the history of firearms and marksmanship;
(4) Instruction on the role of firearms in preserving peace and freedom;
(5) Instruction on the constitutional roots of the right to keep and bear arms;
(6) Instruction on the use of clay targets;
(7) Practice time at a shooting range;
(8) Demonstration of competence with a firearm.
Education is the key to decreasing firearms accidents. Teaching kids to safely handle firearms not only helps to demystify them, but also ensures that when a firearm is handled, it is handled in a safe manner.
We wholly support and endorse this legislation, and hope to see it passed into law.
(Click 'READ MORE' to see the entire bill as introduced...)
As Introduced
| 126th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2005-2006 |
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Representatives Hood, Reidelbach, McGregor, J.,
Schaffer, Fende, Fessler, Hoops, Brinkman, Blasdel, Aslanides, Law, Willamowski
A BILL
| To enact section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| authorize public and nonpublic schools to offer a | 2 |
| course in firearm safety and marksmanship. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
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That section 3313.6013 of the Revised Code be | 4 | | enacted to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 3313.6013. (A) The board of education of a school | 6 | | district, the governing authority of a community school | 7 | | established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, or the | 8 | | governing body of a nonpublic school for which the state board of | 9 | | education prescribes minimum standards under section 3301.07 of | 10 | | the Revised Code may offer as an elective course a one-semester | 11 | | course in firearm safety and marksmanship designated as the Ohio | 12 | | gun safety program course. | 13 |
| (B) The course of instruction prescribed in this section | 14 | | shall be developed by private firearms organizations and may | 15 | | include materials provided by private youth organizations. The | 16 | | Ohio gun safety program course shall include at least the | 17 | | following: | 18 |
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(1) Instruction on the rules of gun safety; | 19 |
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(2) Instruction on the basic operation of firearms; | 20 |
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(3) Instruction on the history of firearms and marksmanship; | 21 |
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(4) Instruction on the role of firearms in preserving peace | 22 | | and freedom; | 23 |
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(5) Instruction on the constitutional roots of the right to | 24 | | keep and bear arms; | 25 |
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(6) Instruction on the use of clay targets; | 26 |
| (7) Practice time at a shooting range; | 27 |
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(8) Demonstration of competence with a firearm. | 28 |
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(C) A school district, community school, or nonpublic school | 29 | | that offers the Ohio gun safety program course shall arrange for | 30 | | adequate shooting range time by pupils at an established shooting | 31 | | range. | 32 |
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(D) To satisfactorily complete the Ohio gun safety program | 33 | | course, a pupil, in addition to meeting any other criteria | 34 | | established by the school district, community school, or nonpublic | 35 | | school for satisfactory completion of the course, must demonstrate | 36 | | the ability to discharge a firearm safely. A school district, | 37 | | community school, or nonpublic school shall give each pupil who | 38 | | satisfactorily completes the course a certificate of | 39 | | accomplishment. | 40 |
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(E) Every instructor in the Ohio gun safety program course | 41 | | shall be certified by the national rifle association, the | 42 | | executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission | 43 | | pursuant to section 109.75 or 109.78 of the Revised Code, or a | 44 | | governmental official or entity of another state. | 45 |
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(F) Nothing in this section limits or expands the liability | 46 | | of any person under any other provision of law. | 47 |
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