Gotta Love Wyoming!

[Buckaroo]

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2011/Bills/SF0071.pdf

(h) Not later than the 2011-2012 school year, all
16 school districts shall provide instruction in safety and
2011 STATE OF WYOMING 11LSO-0386.E1
2 SF0071
1 competency in handling firearms as provided in W.S.
2 23-2-106 to students in grade 5 or grade 6...

Buckaroo

 

[Kase]

Wish IN would try this. I think it's great.

 

[turnandshoot4]

I went to high school at North Newton and we had firearms instruction in 8th grade.

I graduated in 02

 

[ljadayton]

Wish IN would try this. I think it's great.

I went to high school at North Newton and we had firearms instruction in 8th grade.

I graduated in 02

I think Kase meant statewide like it looks like Wyoming is doing. I doubt my son will receive any type of firearm's instruction in any school in Indy

 

[chraland51]

When I was a kid in the 50s up in Bluffton, it was nothing to see a kid riding his bicycle in the summer with his bolt action 22 being held across his handlebars and going to marksmanship training in the summer recreation program. I doubt if anyone ever wasted a second thought about it. I would like to see the reactions today if a group of boys were riding their bikes down the street holding their rifles across the handlebars.

 

[JJGatesE30]

Ya, that's pretty cool.

I actually lived in WY during my high school years (late 90's). Kids old enough to drive would have thier trucks in the parking lot with gun racks, nobody cared and there was never an issue.

 

[Bill of Rights]

When I was a kid in the 50s up in Bluffton, it was nothing to see a kid riding his bicycle in the summer with his bolt action 22 being held across his handlebars and going to marksmanship training in the summer recreation program. I doubt if anyone ever wasted a second thought about it. I would like to see the reactions today if a group of boys were riding their bikes down the street holding their rifles across the handlebars.

The reaction today would likely consist of at least one arrest:

IC 35-47-10
Chapter 10. Children and Firearms
IC 35-47-10-1
Exemptions from chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) A child who is attending a hunters safety course or a firearms safety course or an adult who is supervising the child during the course.
(2) A child engaging in practice in using a firearm for target shooting at an established range or in an area where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited or supervised by:
(A) a qualified firearms instructor; or
(B) an adult who is supervising the child while the child is at the range.
(3) A child engaging in an organized competition involving the use of a firearm or participating in or practicing for a performance by an organized group under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that uses firearms as a part of a performance or an adult who is involved in the competition or performance.
(4) A child who is hunting or trapping under a valid license issued to the child under IC 14-22.
(5) A child who is traveling with an unloaded firearm to or from an activity described in this section.
(6) A child who:
(A) is on real property that is under the control of the child's parent, an adult family member of the child, or the child's legal guardian; and
(B) has permission from the child's parent or legal guardian to possess a firearm.
(7) A child who:
(A) is at the child's residence; and
(B) has the permission of the child's parent, an adult family member of the child, or the child's legal guardian to possess a firearm.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.1-1995, SEC.78; P.L.203-1996, SEC.2.

IC 35-47-10-2
"Adult" defined
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "adult" means a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.

IC 35-47-10-3
"Child" defined
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "child" means a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.

IC 35-47-10-4
"Loaded" defined
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "loaded" means having any of the following:
(1) A cartridge in the chamber or cylinder of a firearm.
(2) Ammunition in close proximity to a firearm so that a person can readily place the ammunition in the firearm.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.203-1996, SEC.3.
IC 35-47-10-5
Dangerous possession of a firearm
Sec. 5. A child who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly:
(1) possesses a firearm for any purpose other than a purpose described in section 1 of this chapter; or
(2) provides a firearm to another child with or without remuneration for any purpose other than a purpose described in section 1 of this chapter;
commits dangerous possession of a firearm, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Class C felony if the child has a prior conviction under this section.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.203-1996, SEC.4.

IC 35-47-10-6
Dangerous control of a firearm
Sec. 6. An adult who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly provides a firearm to a child for any purpose other than those described in section 1 of this chapter, with or without remuneration, commits dangerous control of a firearm, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class B felony if the adult has a prior conviction under this section.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.203-1996, SEC.5.

IC 35-47-10-7
Permitting child to possess a firearm
Sec. 7. A child's parent or legal guardian who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly permits the child to possess a firearm:
(1) while:
(A) aware of a substantial risk that the child will use the firearm to commit a felony; and
(B) failing to make reasonable efforts to prevent the use of a firearm by the child to commit a felony; or
(2) when the child has been convicted of a crime of violence or has been adjudicated as a juvenile for an offense that would constitute a crime of violence if the child were an adult;
commits dangerous control of a child, a Class C felony. However, the offense is a Class B felony if the child's parent or legal guardian has a prior conviction under this section.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.203-1996, SEC.6.
IC 35-47-10-8
Term of imprisonment in addition to criminal penalty
Sec. 8. (a) In addition to any criminal penalty imposed for an offense under this chapter, the court shall order the following:
(1) That a person who has committed an offense be incarcerated for five (5) consecutive days in an appropriate facility.
(2) That the additional five (5) day term must be served within two (2) weeks after the date of sentencing.
(b) Notwithstanding IC 35-50-6, a person does not earn credit time while serving an additional five (5) day term of imprisonment imposed by a court under this section.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.

IC 35-47-10-9
Consecutive sentences imposed
Sec. 9. A court shall impose consecutive sentences upon a person who has a conviction under this chapter and a conviction under IC 35-47-2-7.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.

IC 35-47-10-10
Rehabilitation of child; placement in quasi-military program
Sec. 10. When sentencing a child who has committed an offense under this chapter, a court may elect to place the child in a facility that uses a quasi-military program for rehabilitative purposes.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.

Note IC 35-47-10-1(5) in the context of IC 35-47-10-4. If the child is riding his/her bike with the rifle and has ammo on or about his/her person, s/he is committing a crime under 35-47-10-5 and his/her parent has likely committed one under 35-47-10-6.
I suppose it's technically possible that if two or more kids were on bikes, they could remain within the law if one took two rifles while another who had no rifle on or about his person transported the ammo.

Anyone think it's likely the kids would even think of this, let alone do it?

Nah, me either.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[smccabe17]

We had firearms safety class also when I was in 8th grade. It was just going over a book, nothing else. That was 1996 for me.

 

[kevinj110]

That is great maybe if they teach kids that firearms aren't toys or look cool tough man threatening machines there will be less and less problems involving irresponsible firearm owners.

On a side note I remember kids having guns in the racks of their trucks at school and I also remember there being a a group that went coon hunting and fishing as class credit while the other students took ISTEP.

 

[fergie22]

this should be the law in every state that and a law like kennasaw ga. has if you live there you must own a firearm my kind of place jmo




semper fi

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

I would have loved to have had that in school, we didnt and I even went to a hillbilly school (Dekalb 98)

But then again I am not really sure I want my school teaching kids firearm safety, they taught us sex ed and it seemed like a third of the girls were knocked up.

 

[octalman]

Start educating kids early and they usually develop into responsible adults. Take away some of the mystique and mis-understanding. Much less likely to later do something stupid.

 

[figley]

Start educating kids early and they usually develop into responsible adults. Take away some of the mystique and mis-understanding. Much less likely to later do something stupid.

firearms education or sex ed?

 

[04DarkShadowGT]

firearms education or sex ed?

Both

 

[INyooper]

I remember my fifth-grade teacher (he was also the school principle) bringing his shotgun to school and showing it to the kids who were interested. ...no police were called out, the news media weren't covering it, parents were calm. We also had hunter's safety classes ...and no one much cared if you had a jack knife on you or not (and most boys did). ...and in the back window of nearly every truck on the road (and off the road, I'm sure!) was a gun rack; usually with a shotgun and/or rifle or two; sometimes a fishing pole in the summer. ...whatever happened to those days???

 

[Gun Bunny]

I went to Brown Co. High School and we had "Outdoor Education", which also included hunting safety and firearm safety. That was back in the late "70s".