Is There a Gun in the House? Gun Safety in the Home.

Autor/in	Keller, Rosanne
Institution	Literacy Council of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Titel	Is There a Gun in the House? Gun Safety in the Home.
Quelle	(1977), (31 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lernender; Accident Prevention; Adult Education; Alaska Natives; American Indians; Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Influences; Equipment Storage; Family Environment; Guns; Illustrations; Literacy Education; Mechanical Equipment; Outdoor Education; Safety Education; Skill Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Accident statistics; Unfall; Statistik; Unfallstatistik; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Inuit; American Indian; Indianer; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Familienmilieu; Bildliche Darstellung; Freiluftunterricht; Sicherheitserziehung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Written in a conversational style with illustrations, this booklet from a series of home literacy readers is directed at the Alaskan environment where guns are a way of life, used for food and defense from animals. But more than 10% of the 1,300 U.S. deaths from gun accidents occur in Alaska, and more than 70%, at home. Nearly half the victims are under 21. Gun safety is a matter of knowing when and how to handle guns. It is important, for example, to store guns and ammunition away from children, to teach children not to play with guns, and to teach them how to shoot when hunting. Guns should be kept unloaded whenever possible. When carrying guns, one should keep the safety on, fingers outside the trigger guard, and uncocked (open actions of shotguns), especially if jumping or climbing. Guns, instead of being packed loose in travel gear, should be disassembled and the pieces wrapped. Alcohol should not be consumed when hunting or gun cleaning. One should never shoot at flat hard surfaces or water, and always make sure of the target. People should be warned of loaded guns at fishing camps or when trapping. Children should be forewarned to stay away from strange guns. A gun should always be treated as if it were loaded. (SC)
Anmerkungen	Environmental Health Branch, Alaska Area Native Health Service, Box 7-741, Anchorage, AK 99501 (free to Native Americans)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC