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ISRA: NRA's Eddie Eagle Breaks Political Sound Barrier
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ISRA: NRA's Eddie Eagle Breaks Political Sound Barrier Wed Jan 16,10:00 PM ET ISRA: NRA's Eddie Eagle Breaks Political Sound Barrier U.S. Newswire 16 Jan 22:00 ISRA: NRA'S Eddie Eagle Breaks Political Sound Barrier, Makes First Appearance In Chicago Public School To: State Desk Contact: Richard Pearson of Illinois State Rifle Association, 815-635-3198; Web site: http://www.isra.org CHICAGO, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): The National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle swooped down on Chicago's Duke Ellington School today, wowing students with his simple, yet effective gun safety message. Spearheaded by ISRA member Reginald Vaughn, today's event is believed to be the first time that the actual Eddie Eagle program was presented in a Chicago public school. Vaughn first became interested in bringing the Eddie Eagle program to the West Side school approximately 2 years ago after a student was accidentally shot by another student playing with a gun. To his surprise, Vaughn found himself faced with hostile opposition from the Chicago Board of Education when he first proposed bringing the award-winning Eddie Eagle program to the school. Even his personal plea to Chicago mayor Richard Daley was rebuffed. After being elected to his local School Council, Vaughn lobbied his fellow council members -- ultimately gaining unanimous support for an Eddie Eagle presentation at the Ellington school. Today's groundbreaking event consisted of three assemblies -- one geared for grades 1 and 2, one for grades 3 and 4, and another for grades 5 and 6. Each presentation was delivered by Chicago police officer Roman Matthews. In total, 750 students were exposed to the Eddie Eagle gun safety message. "All the kids left the assembly with Eddie Eagle's message of 'stop, don't touch, leave the area, tell an adult' in their heads," said Vaughn. "They now know what to do when they see a gun -- I think we made an impact." "Reginald Vaughn is to be commended for his perseverance," commented ISRA President Richard Pearson. "He wouldn't take no for an answer, and successfully pushed ahead for something he believes in. The 750 kids at the Ellington school can now be added to the tens of millions of American children who have been exposed to Eddie Eagle's life saving gun safety message."
The ISRA is the state's leading advocate of safe, lawful, and responsible firearms ownership. For nearly a century, the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law abiding Illinois firearm owners. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020117/180/z0xp.html
The ISRA is the state's leading advocate of safe, lawful, and responsible firearms ownership. For nearly a century, the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million law abiding Illinois firearm owners. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020117/180/z0xp.html