Eddie Eagle is no alternative to gun control

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We will leave most of the responses to the National RifleAssociation’s callous, cynical statement about the Newtown tragedy to groups like AFJmembers the Violence Policy Center, and States United to Stop Gun Violence.
But we couldn’t help but note that the NRA once again toutedits “Eddie Eagle” program as supposedly promoting gun safety for children.
AFJ examined the Eddie Eagle program more than a decade ago,as part of Deadly Business, our FirstMonday documentary about how the gun industry markets its product.  In this excerpt from Deadly Business, Prof. Marjorie Hardy discusses the strong evidencethat the program is a failure.  She saysthis of the NRA:

 I think they don’tcare if it works.  I think this is theirway of redirecting attention from gun laws and legislatures to saying: Look, wehave this way of keeping kids safe so we don’t need all these laws on thebooks.  

When we checked the NRA website today we found all sorts ofmaterial touting the Eddie Eagle program – butno studies indicating that it actually works.
The full videos of DeadlyBusiness and our other First Monday documentary on gun control, America Up in Arms, are available here.

And on our Bolder Advocacy Blog: A look at the nonprofits leading the fight against the gun lobby.