{"id":54883,"date":"2016-03-18T14:52:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=54883"},"modified":"2016-03-18T14:52:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T13:21:31","slug":"middle-school-gun-training-appleseed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/middle-school-gun-training-appleseed\/","title":{"rendered":"Colo. Middle Schoolers Get Gun Training, Attend Appleseed Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/colorado-middle-school-appleseed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"middle-school-gun-training-appleseed\" title=\"Colo. Middle Schoolers Get Gun Training, Attend Appleseed Event\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Colo. Middle Schoolers Get Gun Training, Attend Appleseed Event\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/colorado-middle-school-appleseed.jpg\" alt=\"colorado middle school appleseed\" width=\"900\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/colorado-middle-school-appleseed.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/colorado-middle-school-appleseed-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/colorado-middle-school-appleseed-400x220.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>A group of Colorado middle schoolers was given what is becoming a rare opportunity to handle and fire guns as part of a classroom-taught gun safety program with help from the NRA and Project Appleseed. As part of the program, the students were also given a history lesson on firearms in the U.S. and why we have them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re teaching them about the firearms so they are familiar with them, they can be safe with them,&#8221; said the program&#8217;s coordinator Jim Heath <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaa.com\/story\/31479441\/guns-brought-into-a-colorado-city-middle-school\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"middle-school-gun-training-appleseed\" title=\"Colo. Middle Schoolers Get Gun Training, Attend Appleseed Event\">to KOAA news<\/a>. &#8220;I think that it&#8217;s better for them to have a respect for it [and] know how to handle it,&#8221; Heath said. &#8220;Not that they should, but that they are aware about the firearm. It&#8217;s not, &#8216;Oh, what&#8217;s this? What can we do with this?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The firearms safety program was held at Craver Middle School in Colorado City, Colo.<\/p>\n<p>Heath is a Project Appleseed volunteer and state-level event coordinator. An outgrowth of the Revolutionary War Veteran&#8217;s Association, Project Appleseed teaches shooters of all ages traditional marksmanship through multiple-day workshops across the country. The middle schoolers were given a day in firearms history and safety instruction then treated to a two-day shooting event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are teaching them how to hold and aim the rifle, how to fire a shot correctly, how to be safe in their handling and how to think about what they&#8217;re doing so they can tell they&#8217;re doing it right and know they&#8217;re being safe,&#8221; said Appleseed instructor Pete Lessler to KOAA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koaa.com\/story\/31489980\/middle-school-students-practice-shooting-loaded-guns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"middle-school-gun-training-appleseed\" title=\"Colo. Middle Schoolers Get Gun Training, Attend Appleseed Event\">at the shoot<\/a>. Lessler stressed that above all Appleseed is focused on safety.<\/p>\n<p>Many students were excited about the program, although not all were new to shooting. &#8220;I feel OK, because I&#8217;ve been shooting a lot when I was younger with my parents,&#8221; said 8th-grader Courtney Proctor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s pretty cool, it&#8217;s something that you don&#8217;t get to see everyday. It&#8217;s something that you just get to come in and say &#8216;Wow, look at all these just nice, awesome firearms,'&#8221; said 7th-grader Tristin Baker. &#8220;You should never be afraid of a gun, never, ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You should have confidence around the guns, you should say, &#8216;this is a gun, we&#8217;ve gotta be careful with them,'&#8221; said Baker, adding &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of hard but pretty easy as long as you know what you&#8217;re doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Several parents attended the Appleseed event to watch their kids shoot. &#8220;It is definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity for a lot of kids,&#8221; said one mom, Brandi McKinney. &#8220;I&#8217;m actually very excited, we are new to the area so this is kind of new but our son is very, very interested and I&#8217;m actually very encouraged that the school has decided to teach these kids how to do this type of stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McKinney admitted that she was a little apprehensive about the event, but knew that it was essential for kids to learn gun handling and safety, saying &#8220;Knowledge is important, and for the kids to be able to learn how to properly deal with them is definitely important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you don&#8217;t have to be a kid attending Craver Middle School to attend an Appleseed event on your own. 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