Eddie Eagle
If you don't know who he is, he's the "spokesbird" for the National Rifle Association. He is used to teach children what to do with guns. You can get his training materials and other things here.
His message is simple, meant for kids in the preschool to 3rd grade range.
The message goes thusly: STOP! Don't Touch! Leave the Area! Tell an adult!
No reading anything about guns being "evil" or anything like that. Just a simple message that beats anything that anti-gun groups could teach.
Well, Fox News has this article, Program Teaching Kids About Guns Draws Fire.
Most of the article is spent explaining the Eddie Eagle message and how effective it is. Then comes this paragraph:
But others disagree. Local emergency room doctor Art Kellermann has treated his share of juvenile gunshot victims. He’s skeptical of any plan that puts the burden on a young child to make a critical judgment about firearms."Nobody should trust Eddie Eagle to make their child any safer than before they took the program," Kellermann said. "Rather than try over and over again to gun-proof our kids, I think we ought to child-proof our guns."
This is not a critical judgment. It is meant to be a reflexive action. And the words decry his standing. How many 6 year-olds were shot by another 6 year-old? Usually the 6 year-old is shot by an older kid who is playing with the gun. If we can get the younger kid to leave the area, he can't be shot.
And I'll tell you right now it's impossible to "child-proof" anything, let alone a firearm. When kids get old enough, they can figure out how to get around the child-proofing. It is way better to properly train the child how to deal with the firearms.