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Today is “Youth Day” at the #NRAConvention in Dallas. I’ll be speaking with parents at the convention to find out what that means. #nraam2018pic.twitter.com/EAlfsfcpEh
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Kids were shown a safety video that tells them to “run and tell an adult when you see a gun.”
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Kids get cards to visit booths as part of a scavenger hunt. #NRAConvention #NRAAM18 #youthdaypic.twitter.com/0KUXIB50z0
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The kids participating in youth day must stop at every booth in the kids room to get a stamp on their scavenger hunt card. If they get all the stamps, they get a ticket into a drawing to win something. No one I’ve spoken to knows what the prize is.
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There is a “mountain man” with a snake and a Revolutionary soldier carrying a bearded dragon.
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Youth Day also gives kids the chance to shoot air guns.
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Josh from TX on bringing his kids to Youth Day: “We wanted them to know guns aren’t something to be afraid of. But they’re something you have to respect. They’re not toys.”
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This mom & daughter drove 8+ hrs for Youth Day. “We came from the shooting range. I loved doing it. They have stationary targets...moving targets...different kinds of creatures...different kinds of guns. And I shot the whole time because she [mom] doesn’t want to shoot.”pic.twitter.com/Es8RlhYw9x
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“I was working at the
@NRA...when she [my daughter] was born. So she has been literally brought up in all of this. She’s learned gun safety since the day we brought her home.”#NRAConvention#NRAAM18#youthdaypic.twitter.com/NRsrhigBPLShow this thread -
I asked 9-year-old Devin what he learned at the NRA’s Youth Day today: “How to load it [a gun] and shoot it.”
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Jacob is a pistol instructor. He brought his four and five-year-old sons to NRA’s Youth Day. “I wanted to bring my kids out for the event. It’s huge. There’s so much stuff to look at. Lotta fun.”
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Lorelai learned her gun safety from the
@NRA’s cartoon mascot. “Eddie Eagle says, ‘When you see a gun, stop. Don’t touch. Run away. Tell a grown-up.’ I’ve had to use that twice.”#NRAConvention#NRAAM18#youthdaypic.twitter.com/nxf3hzWvZ8Show this thread -
Even though Youth Day took place in its own room, there were plenty of children walking through the main exhibition halls with their parents.
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