A new firearm safety program for teens could soon be coming to Michigan schools after Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation allowing districts to offer the courses to middle and high school students.
- Michigan schools can now offer optional firearm safety classes to middle and high school students under new legislation signed by Governor Whitmer.
- The program was inspired by concerns about accidental shootings among young people who don’t know how to safely handle firearms when they encounter them.
- The courses teach both accident prevention and hunting practices, and can satisfy requirements for obtaining a hunting license in Michigan
The Village Lansing already offers a 2A teen firearm safety class, sparked by concerns from community leader Micheal Lynn Jr., who noticed young people were getting hurt in accidental firearm incidents.
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“I’d recognize we had a lot of young people come in that had instances firearms that were accidental—that didn’t know how to handle a firearm when they encountered one—people got hurt,” Lynn Jr. said…