Center for Media and Democracy Alec Model Legislation Resolution on Child Firearms Safety
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Exposed D I D Y O U K N O W ? Corporations VOTED to adopt this. Through ALEC, global companies ALEC EXPOSED Search ABOUT GO MEMBERS LOGIN | LOGOUT | HOME | JOIN ALEC | CONTACT EVENTS & MEETINGS “ALEC” NEWShas long been a secretive collaboration between BigLegislation Business and Model “conservative” politicians. Civil Justice Behind closed doors, they ghostwrite “model” bills to Commerce, Insurance, and Economic be introduced in state Development capitols across the country. This agenda--underwritten Education by global corporations-includes majorEnvironment, tax Energy, and Agriculture loopholes for big industries and the super rich, Federal Relations proposals to offshore U.S. jobs and gutand minimum Health Human wage,Services and efforts to weaken public health, International Relations safety, and environmental protections. Although Public Safety andmany Elections of these bills have become law, until now, their origin Tax and Fiscal Policy has been largely unknown. With ALEC EXPOSED, the Telecommunications Centerand forInformation Media and Technology Democracy hopes more Americans will study the bills to understand the Print this Page depth and breadth of how Text-Only Page big corporations are Email this Page changing the legal rules and undermining democracy across the nation. By the Center for Media and Democracy www.prwatch.org Home work as “equals” in “unison” with politicians to write laws to govern your life. Big MODEL LEGISLATION TASK FORCESaccording ALEC INITIATIVES PUBLICATIONS Business has “a VOICE and a VOTE,” to newly exposed documents. DO YOU? Model Legislation Public Safety and Elections Resolution on Child Firearms Safety Did you know the NRA--the National Rifle Association-was the corporate co-chair in 2011? WHEREAS, our children regularly face situations in the home, and in other children's homes, that could place them in potential danger if they are ignorant of the hazards; and WHEREAS, these hazards are many and serious, among them: unsupervised swimming pools, power tools, household chemicals, and electrical appliances; and WHEREAS, parents and educators across the country realize that children should be taught responsible ways to deal with potentially hazardous household objects and situations; and WHEREAS, education programs for our children on these common hazards should be available in schools and, in fact, programs such as bicycle safety, fire safety, and traffic safety are already integrated into many schools' curricula; and WHEREAS, seventy million law-abiding Americans own and keep firearms in their homes and unsupervised children may encounter these firearms; and WHEREAS, the National Rifle Association has developed the innovative and ALEC’s’Corporate Board straightforward NRA Gun Safety Program that leaves children with this simple message: "If you see a gun, leave it alone, don't touch it, tell an adult;" and --in recent past or present • AT&T Services, Inc. • centerpoint360 • UPS • Bayer Corporation • GlaxoSmithKline • Energy Future Holdings • Johnson & Johnson • Coca-Cola Company • PhRMA • Kraft Foods, Inc. • Coca-Cola Co. • Pfizer Inc. • Reed Elsevier, Inc. • DIAGEO • Peabody Energy • Intuit, Inc. • Koch Industries, Inc. • ExxonMobil • Verizon • Reynolds American Inc. • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. • Salt River Project • Altria Client Services, Inc. • American Bail Coalition • State Farm Insurance For more on these corporations, search at www.SourceWatch.org. WHEREAS, the NRA is recognized widely as the authority in teaching gun safety and marksmanship, having trained millions of Americans through training and marksmanship courses, Police Athletic Leagues, gun clubs, scout troops, 4-H programs and American Legion posts for more than a century; and WHEREAS, the NRA Gun Safety Program was developed by educators to present a balanced, factual message, and neither encourages nor discourages gun ownership; and WHEREAS, the NRA Gun Safety Program has been endorsed by educators and law enforcement officers; and WHEREAS, teachers and police departments in 42 states already have implemented the NRA Gun Safety Program in some elementary schools; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the American Legislative Exchange Council endorses the NRA Gun Safety Program and recommends that state and local education officials implement this worthwhile program in the schools as soon as possible. ALEC's Sourcebook of American State Legislation 1995 About Us and ALEC EXPOSED. The Center and Democracy reports on corporate Aboutfor Media Members Login Logout Events & Meetingsspin and government Model LegislationWisconsin, Task Forces ALEC Initiatives Publications Home propaganda.! We are located in Madison, and publish www.PRWatch.org, www.SourceWatch.org, Join ALEC Contact News and now www.ALECexposed.org. For more information contact: editor@prwatch.org or 608-260-9713.