The National Shooting Sports Foundation released the following statement (February 7, 2013) regarding firearms safety.
NEWTOWN,
Conn. -- Since the beginning of the New Year, demand for the National Shooting
Sports Foundation's (NSSF) safety and education materials has increased
substantially.
Orders
for NSSF's popular educational brochure "Firearms Safety Depends on
You" were up 110 percent in January compared to the same period last year.
There were 217,486 copies of the brochure ordered during the month, up from
103,431 last January. Orders for NSSF's firearm safety DVD compilation jumped
1,700 percent, with the majority of the 2,250 copies being ordered by educators
and childcare professionals.
"Firearms
Safety Depends on You" reviews the ten rules of firearms safety every
shooter must know and obey to ensure safe and responsible use of firearms. The
brochure is popular with manufacturers, who include it within the packaging of
their products. It is also popular with state agencies, retailers, hunter
education and firearms safety programs and other groups or individuals involved
in the shooting sports, hunting and firearms industry.
The
firearm safety videos help teach students how to react when encountering a
firearm in an unsupervised situation. The DVD offers these four videos --
"McGruff the Crime Dog on Gun Safety" for students in kindergarten through
grade 6; "It's Your Call: Playing It Safe Around GunsSM" for students in grades 6
through 9; "Firearms Safety Depends on YouSM," which covers the ten
commandments of gun safety and is for audiences of all ages; and
"Introduction to Range Safety and Etiquette." The first two titles
help teach students how to respond if should they encounter a firearm in an
unsupervised situation at school, at home or at a friend's home.
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