Arkansas public school students will soon be required to take gun safety courses

FoxNewsFlashtopheadlinesarehere.Checkoutwhat’sclickingonFoxnews.com. TheArkansasstateSenatepassedabilltoprovideage-appropriatefirearmssafetyinstructiontostudentslastweekandtheArkansasDepartmentofEducationwillbeworkingwiththeArkansasGameandFishCommissiontodevelopaplan. Act229,alsoknownasHouseBill1117,willrequirepublicschooldistrictsandopen-enrollmentpubliccharterschoolstoannuallyprovidestudentswithinstructiononfirearmsafety. Thebill’ssponsorssaytheideacamefromconversationsamongneighbors. PUBLICSCHOOLSTUDENTSINTHISSTATECOULDSOONBEREQUIREDTOTAKEGUNSAFETYCOURSES ArkansasGov.SarahHuckabeeSanderssignedthebilltoprovideage-appropriatefirearmssafetyinstructiontostudentslastweek.(AlDrago/PoolPhotoviaAP,File) “Allofourchildrenplaytogetherandinvadewhateverhomehappenstobetheplayoftheday.Andinthatprocess,theymaygointoaneighbor’shomeanddiscoverthatunsecuredfirearm,andhowwouldtheyreact,”saidRep.ScottRi