I was surfing around the net last night, going through some of the anti sites to see if anything was afoot regarding the NJ AK thing, and came across this site.

 

Gun Free Kids.org

 

Their mandate is obvious from their name, but feel free to visit. It's irrelevant.

 

I got so pissed off at how so many anti sites are socially or demographically targeted (kids, gays, vets, etc.), that I went ahead and registered gunsmartkids.org.

 

I don't know that I'll ever do anything with it, but it feels like a moral victory. If anyone has any ideas for an issue advocacy organization, let me know. I don't have any experience with nfp orgs, but hell, I'm willing to learn.

I was surfing around the net last night, going through some of the anti sites to see if anything was afoot regarding the NJ AK thing, and came across this site.

 

Gun Free Kids.org

 

Their mandate is obvious from their name, but feel free to visit. It's irrelevant.

 

I got so pissed off at how so many anti sites are socially or demographically targeted (kids, gays, vets, etc.), that I went ahead and registered gunsmartkids.org.

 

I don't know that I'll ever do anything with it, but it feels like a moral victory. If anyone has any ideas for an issue advocacy organization, let me know. I don't have any experience with nfp orgs, but hell, I'm willing to learn.

 

There was a satirical web site up about 10 years ago called gunsforkids.com that had a whole bunch of bliss-ninnies roaring. It was setup as an online gun store targeted at children with a scrolling real time comment section on the front page set up to receive "testimonials". It was hysterical to read some of the moronic comments people would leave actually thinking the site was for real. If you look around you can still find some of the archived boards at the time where people talked about some of the details of the site. It was quite funny. Even made the national news before the it went away...

 

One of the archived boards commenting on it can be found here: Forum Topic: Guns For Kids! 8/14/01 02:59 AM

I was surfing around the net last night, going through some of the anti sites to see if anything was afoot regarding the NJ AK thing, and came across this site.

 

Gun Free Kids.org

 

Their mandate is obvious from their name, but feel free to visit. It's irrelevant.

 

I got so pissed off at how so many anti sites are socially or demographically targeted (kids, gays, vets, etc.), that I went ahead and registered gunsmartkids.org.

 

I don't know that I'll ever do anything with it, but it feels like a moral victory. If anyone has any ideas for an issue advocacy organization, let me know. I don't have any experience with nfp orgs, but hell, I'm willing to learn.

 

GunSmartKids.org sounds like a good idea. I would start building it up by basing it on safety and try to find ways to make it more fun and interesting. Anyone good with flash? Maybe put a flash game up there on how to handle it if you find a gun or something. Or we could do a video.

GunSmartKids.org sounds like a good idea. I would start building it up by basing it on safety and try to find ways to make it more fun and interesting. Anyone good with flash? Maybe put a flash game up there on how to handle it if you find a gun or something. Or we could do a video.

This was pretty similar to what I had in mind. Unfortunately, I am already out of +1's for the day

I was surfing around the net last night, going through some of the anti sites to see if anything was afoot regarding the NJ AK thing, and came across this site.

 

Gun Free Kids.org

 

Their mandate is obvious from their name, but feel free to visit. It's irrelevant.

 

I got so pissed off at how so many anti sites are socially or demographically targeted (kids, gays, vets, etc.), that I went ahead and registered gunsmartkids.org.

 

I don't know that I'll ever do anything with it, but it feels like a moral victory. If anyone has any ideas for an issue advocacy organization, let me know. I don't have any experience with nfp orgs, but hell, I'm willing to learn.

 

I am currently teaching an 11yo girl to shoot. My wife's friend's daughter. She really wants to go hunting and she was not kidding. I am currently teaching her on a crossman pellet rifle. I think its a great idea to teach the kids early.

I have slowly begun to expose my kids to Eddie Eagle. Currently they are 3 and 5. Not that big of a deal currently as everything I own is either locked up or boxed in the attic. I figure a few more years before I take the big one out shooting with a BB gun and by the time they are each 9 I will take them shooting with the Crickets I bought for each of them on their first birthdays (they don't know they exist yet but it sure rilled up my wife when I bought them ). I think a free resource that provides guidence and materials for adults to assist them with their teaching firearms respect would be a very good thing.

Videos and educational materials. Both good, and both doable. I have a couple of other things churning around in the back of my head as well.

 

I think Cricket is doing a spectacular job committing so much of their manufacturing resources to developing guns for young shooters. I think they're missing a great marketing opportunity by not advertising their entry level line of rifles in more places.

 

It seems like every time I see their name, it's in the context of an article or review, but I see very little direct advertising anywhere.

see below

Anyone good with flash? Maybe put a flash game up there on how to handle it if you find a gun or something. Or we could do a video.

Please, no flash!

NRA Mole Exposed

On July 30th, Mother Jones magazine broke a story that a longtime gun violence prevention activist known as Mary McFate, is actually an undercover freelance spy working for the NRA and the gun industry.

 

What a bunch of idiots.

 

What is gun violence?

A cop shoots a mugger trying to beat his victim with a baseball bat. This is gun violence,

but I'm pretty sure that no ones sees a problem with the cop using his weapon.

 

I would venture to guess most if not all NRA members are against the illegal use of a gun. And I'm pretty sure I've never seen a gun company ad that says "My product was used by a 3 year old to shoot his brother". Improper use of a gun can only hurt a companies sales.

 

So why wouldn't someone working for the NRA and the gun industry try to stop the improper use of a gun?

This is just another tactic adopted by the anti-gun people. Who could be against gun violence against children? The catch phrase for anti-gun legislation during the Clinton administration was "gun safety".

It's no different than the pro-life people calling their opponents pro-abortion, when those people call themselves pro-choice.

kenw, good idea on registering the site name. Educational games for safe use of guns by kids at an early age will bring them into the 2A camp. Also, education of adults in teaching kids to use guns with the utmost safety is the side benefit ...

education of adults in teaching kids to use guns with the utmost safety is the side benefit ...

THIS. there's already that Eddie the NRA Eagle - but every little bit helps. I know in a few years I'll be doing the "gun talk" with my kids. So having instructional videos that involve kids and whatnot for them to watch would be a great help.