Teachers And Nonprofit Encourage Fourth-Graders To Stage Anti-Gun March

posted on April 23, 2016

In Philadelphia, Pa., the fourth-grade class at Samuel Powel Elementary School has sad experience with violence—one of their instructors, “Teacher Chris” Powers says that 75 percent of them have experienced someone they know being killed by means of a gun. But instead of learning about gun safety or examining the root causes behind such violence, the students—presumably with encouragement from their teachers and nonprofit Need in Deed, which participates in a “service-learning project” with the kids—have opted to take time off school to hold a public demonstration, with blame being directed against guns themselves.

“I matter! You matter! We matter! Guns don’t matter!” was the refrain that the Samuel Powel fourth-graders chanted. While it’s wonderful to see young children being inspired to make a difference in their community, it’s a tragic waste when their own educators fail them by providing such a simplistic and wrong-headed target for their anger.

Latest

Ruby Huang Jtam4d0gc2y Unsplash
Ruby Huang Jtam4d0gc2y Unsplash

Taiwan Has a Gun-Control Problem

Despite a surge in interest in urban warfare training and emergency medical courses among civilians, the Taiwanese government remains stubbornly attached to one of the strictest gun-control regimes in the world.

Why Gun Control Has Always Been a Battle Between Elites and the People

Gun-control elitists are now, and have always been, focused on subjugating the American citizenry.

NRA Praises Supreme Court Decision in Smith & Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos

The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in this closely watched case.

Gun Skills | Warship Game

Try this fun, competitive way to hone your marksmanship skills.

Stephen Halbrook on How the American Revolution had a Lot to do With Gun Control

As Stephen Halbrook explains, this attempt to disarm Americans is reflective of the unconstitutional intentions some in America have today.



Get the best of America's 1st Freedom delivered to your inbox.