Influencing the Future - Lawmaker Wants to Ban School Sport over Gun Fears

in #politics6 years ago

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I wrote about the relative disconnect the millennia generation have from us dissenters, and how certain groups have been proactive in trying to directly influence their thinking. Barely 24 hours after that write-up, another example rears its head.

New York Democrat Linda Rosenthal introduced legislation to ban shooting sports from New York schools Friday, claiming the sports “spread gun culture.”

If the legislation is passed, high school shooting teams, including air rifle and even archery clubs, would be disbanded, Time magazine reported on Thursday.

“Schools should not be supporting the spread of gun culture in society,” Rosenthal told reporters. “If parents want their children to have shooting instruction, there are opportunities that have nothing to do with the school.”

Not only is the insinuation that shooting competitions lead to violence unfactual and complete balderash, also disturbing is the brazen political assault on the Gun culture on what is supposed to be a sacred, apolitical ground of freedom and tolerance.

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Ban all School-books - those things destroy lives !

Don't know air rifles, but archery definitely shouldn't be banned.

I like shooting arrows in the sky and see how far they go...

No matter what your opinion is on the gun culture, I highly doubt that archery or air rifles lead to violence any more than contact sports. I just think it's ridiculous

Exactly my point,

It’s like saying football promotes injuries and for public safety we should ban it.

😂. We may have to start considering that

Definitely

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