SC lawmaker fighting to bring gun education to classrooms

A South Carolina lawmaker is fighting to bring Second Amendment education to classrooms. Representative Alan Clemmons proposed the bill to change the zero tolerance gun policy in schools across the state.

The bill proposes that three weeks out of a school year schools will teach students gun rights and gun safety. Representative Clemmons said students will benefit from this curriculum.

They can learn about sex, so why can't they learn about guns? I think whenever it's appropriate they learn about that, they should be able to learn about guns," parent Iva Lands said.

Lands is on board with the Second Amendment Act of 2015.

If you teach a child how to use it properly, you're not going to have the accidents. If you educate them, you're going in the right direction," she said.

Others said it's not the school's responsibility to educate students on guns, nor teach them how to use it.

Those that do grow up around guns, the parent should be responsible enough to teach them up until old enough to understand. I really like my child taught that in school," parent Sandra Hodges said.

Rep. Clemmons said the purpose of the bill would allow students to express the second amendment at schools without fear of punishment.

If anything comes up in a school setting that has to do with firearms, then it's a suspendable offense and criminal charges can ensue," he said.

He believes if the state doesn't educate students on their right to bear arms, and teach them how to practice the amendment safely, there will be repercussions.

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SC lawmaker fighting to bring gun education to classrooms