Small_Arms_Collector
Regular Member
Awhile back I was invited by my sisters forensics teacher to give a presentation on ballistics, gun laws, and just guns in general, and I was finally able to do it yesterday.
I brought in a ton of promo materials that Glock sent me, enough to fill one gift bag for each of the 25-30 students in the class, along with my binder of Michigan gun laws, my instructor stuff, a few different holsters, safety glasses, ear protection, a few spent casings, posters, a sand filled bucket that I had been using as a backstop with more than a thousand rounds in it (mostly .22LR) that I was donating to the class to use for some projects, and some other miscellaneous stuff. I spoke for about half the class, mostly about gun laws, specifically focusing on carry laws, both concealed, and open, it went very well, and the class was fairly responsive, and interested, the second half we started digging through the bucket, and the students had to do some sketches under a magnifier.
Unfortunately though zero tolerance raised it's head, and because my gift bags contained the little Glock keychain the teacher got nervous of the fallout, and asked the admin if they could keep them, and was told that they had to return the entire bags. The students were not happy, and their was much grumbling as the bags were passed back forward. I did however give them instructions on how to contact Glock, and ask for more. I was pleased though that some of the students defied instructions, and some of the bags were returned "light".
It was refreshing to find a school that despite the silly zero tolerance issues was open enough to let me do this, and actually present a strong pro gun opinion.
I brought in a ton of promo materials that Glock sent me, enough to fill one gift bag for each of the 25-30 students in the class, along with my binder of Michigan gun laws, my instructor stuff, a few different holsters, safety glasses, ear protection, a few spent casings, posters, a sand filled bucket that I had been using as a backstop with more than a thousand rounds in it (mostly .22LR) that I was donating to the class to use for some projects, and some other miscellaneous stuff. I spoke for about half the class, mostly about gun laws, specifically focusing on carry laws, both concealed, and open, it went very well, and the class was fairly responsive, and interested, the second half we started digging through the bucket, and the students had to do some sketches under a magnifier.
Unfortunately though zero tolerance raised it's head, and because my gift bags contained the little Glock keychain the teacher got nervous of the fallout, and asked the admin if they could keep them, and was told that they had to return the entire bags. The students were not happy, and their was much grumbling as the bags were passed back forward. I did however give them instructions on how to contact Glock, and ask for more. I was pleased though that some of the students defied instructions, and some of the bags were returned "light".
It was refreshing to find a school that despite the silly zero tolerance issues was open enough to let me do this, and actually present a strong pro gun opinion.