{"id":2037418,"date":"2023-09-19T14:17:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-turns-on-biden-teams-with-republicans-to-fight-senseless-new-school-gun-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T18:26:52","slug":"democratic-senator-turns-on-biden-teams-with-republicans-to-fight-senseless-new-school-gun-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-turns-on-biden-teams-with-republicans-to-fight-senseless-new-school-gun-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senator joins forces with Republicans to oppose &#8216;senseless&#8217; new school gun policy under Biden."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-senator-turns-on-biden-teams-with-republicans-to-fight-senseless-new-school-gun-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2037418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>If Sex Education Were Banned from Public Schools,\u200c Would Teenagers \u2062Figure It Out on Their Own?<\/h2>\n<p>Only a \u200ccrazy person would answer, \u201cYes. The human race would die off \u2063due\u200b to a lack of\u2063 procreation if students were not taught \u200csex\u200c education in school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is that crazy. And some \u200cDemocrats \u2014 a party that has an uncanny ability to stick \u200ctogether no matter what \u2064\u2014 have had enough of \u2062the insanity.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat for Montana, penned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/montana-democrat-senator-calling-out-biden-admin-school-gun-safety-programs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> \u200bpublished Tuesday by Fox News. \u2063In\u200d the piece, Tester called the Biden administration out for withholding\u2063 federal funding from public schools that have hunting or archery programs in their curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>You heard that right. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-mccarthy-teases-congressional-investigation-biden-administrations-maui-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u200d administration<\/a> is \u200cwithholding funding \u2063from schools that teach students how to shoot\u2063 and hunt. A major component of that curriculum, of course, is safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Montana and across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bud-light-hit-terrible-news-heartland-rural-america-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rural America<\/a>,\u200c our schools \u2063have long offered shooting sports and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-and-tester-lead-democrats-blasting-biden-for-defunding-school-hunting-and-archery-programs\/\" title=\"Manchin and Tester spearhead Democrats criticizing Biden's defunding of school hunting and archery programs.\">hunter safety classes<\/a> that teach our students gun safety and personal responsibility,\u201d Tester wrote. \u201cBut recently the \u2063Biden administration and folks in Washington who don\u2019t understand our Montana values decided to block funding for these \u2062important gun safety programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tester \u200bmay be off track. Progressives <em>do<\/em> understand \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alarming-discovery-montana-issues-warning-not-eat-fish-caught-train-derailed-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montana<\/a> values,\u201d which are the norm in red states, but they \u200dhate them and won\u2019t be happy unit they\u2064 are eradicated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear,\u201d \u200bTester continued, \u201cI think that\u2019s a \u200dpoor decision that will hurt thousands of students who\u2063 benefit\u2064 from these resources every year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s putting it mildly.<\/p>\n<p>President of the National Archery in \u2062the Schools Program Tommy Floyd said his organization \u201cboasts 1.3 million students from nearly 9,000 schools across 49 states who are enrolled\u200b in archery courses,\u201d according\u2063 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-confirms-withholding-key-funds-schools-hunting-courses-shameful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a negative\u200c for \u200dchildren,\u201d Floyd told Fox Digital.\u00a0 \u201cAs\u200b a former educator of 30-plus years, I was always trying to \u200cfind a way to engage students. In many \u2062communities, it\u2019s a shooting sport and the skills \u200cfrom shooting sports\u2064 help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-turned-conservative-podcasters-unapologetically-question-pervading-progressive-ideologies\/\" title=\"Leftist-Turned-Conservative Podcasters Unapologetically Question Pervading Progressive Ideologies\">young people grow<\/a> to be responsible adults. They also benefit from relationships with role models.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunter education\u2062 courses certify more than 500,000 students annually, according to Fox. There have \u200cbeen \u200cfewer hunting-related injuries \u2062over the years. Responsible hunting also \u2063contributes to \u200bhealthy populations of game.<\/p>\n<p>In short, \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admin-withholding-funding-schools-hunting-programs-blatantly-misconstruing-bipartisan-law-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hunting and archery<\/a> courses \u200bin \u200cpublic schools are beneficial. Where\u2019s the negative? On\u200c what grounds \u200cshould they be defunded? Wait for it \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-citizens-ordered-surrender-unregistered-firearms-days-mass-shootings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass shootings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Huh?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-new-congress-must-totally-defund-us-department-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Education<\/a> \u200b said its decision to\u2064 defund the hunting and archery programs was based\u2064 on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Congress passed the BSCA\u2063 and President Biden signed it last year \u201cafter a string of mass shootings,\u201d according \u2063to Fox.<\/p>\n<p>The BSCA seeks to promote \u201csafer, more inclusive and \u200cpositive\u201d school environments, according to Fox. It came on the heels of mass shootings at a \u2063grocery \u2062store in New York and the Uvalde, Texas, school \u200bshooting.<\/p>\n<p>The Department \u2064of Education\u2019s tendentious interpretation of the BSCA boils down to\u2063 prohibiting funds from any program that \u2062will provide\u2062 dangerous weapons or \u201ctraining in the use of a dangerous weapon,\u201d according to Fox.<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds like a bunch of bureaucratic bull, it\u2019s because it is. Taken at face value it makes\u200b the assertion that \u2014 somehow \u2014 hunting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-turns-on-biden-teams-with-republicans-to-fight-senseless-new-school-gun-policy\/\" title=\"Democratic Senator joins forces with Republicans to oppose 'senseless' new school gun policy under Biden.\">archery classes\u2064 produce mass shooters<\/a>. No correlation between \u200cmass\u200d shooters and\u200b hunting classes \u200bis provided. In essence, \u200b\u201csafe, more inclusive and positive\u201d schools \u2063translate into, \u201cGuns are bad \u2063and must be banned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration is misinterpreting the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,\u201d\u200d Tester\u2063 wrote. \u201cLimiting these important\u2064 and long-established training\u200c classes does nothing to improve safety. Instead \u2014 to \u200dput it bluntly \u2014 the administration\u2064 has it completely backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is that anyone who has ever lived in\u2064 rural America \u2063would know that shooting sports and hunting are simply part of our Montana way of life,\u201d Tester continued. \u201cEfforts to strip these school safety courses are just the latest example of folks in Washington not understanding\u200b our rural communities, and I\u2019ll \u200cdo everything in \u2063my power to stop them in their tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Tester votes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lone-gop-rep-threatens-foundational-piece-bidens-agenda-not-budging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s agenda<\/a> 91 percent of \u2064the time, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/biden-congress-votes\/jon-tester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Five \u2063Thiry Eight<\/a>. I suspect his criticism of the administration is more out of political necessity than personal\u200b conviction about the Second Amendment.\u200b But you take what\u2062 you can get. When political necessity signals a return to a course of common sense, it\u2019s a good sign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy bipartisan Defending Hunters Education Act, which I recently introduced,\u201d Tester wrote, \u201cwould require the Department of Education to restore school\u2063 districts\u2019 ability to use federal \u2063dollars for school archery, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/try-that-in-a-small-town-armed-teens-level-firearms-at-doorbell-camera-issue-sick-demand-2\/\" title=\"Armed teens in a small town point guns at doorbell camera, make disturbing demand.\">gun \u200dsafety<\/a> and hunter education programs. This commonsense bill will protect Montana\u2019s long-standing \u2063and proud tradition of educating our future generations on the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mo-state-lawmakers-push-forward-2nd-amendment-protections\/\" title=\"Mo. state lawmakers push forward 2nd Amendment protections\">responsible gun ownership<\/a> and hunting \u2014 and it will only make our students and communities\u200b safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a Republican or Democratic issue,\u201d Terrster \u200bcontinued. \u201cIn recent weeks my colleagues,\u200d Sens. Lisa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-fire-unlawful-cancellation-oil-leases-prices-hit-highest-point-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murkowski<\/a>, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., have joined me in\u2064 leading this bipartisan effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts to strip these school safety courses are just \u200bthe latest\u2063 example\u2062 of folks in \u200cWashington not understanding our rural communities, and I\u2019ll \u200cdo everything in my power to stop them\u200b in their tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur \u200bMontana way \u200cof life is worth defending,\u201d\u2062 Tester concluded.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s \u2064what I\u2019ve always done, and it\u2019s what I\u2019ll continue \u2062to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our American way of life isn\u2019t just worth\u2064 defending, it needs \u2064defending. The quicker<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-already-using-mugshot-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Democrats<\/a> turn\u200c against the progressive agenda the better. In the meantime, it\u2019s hunting season and hunting is as \u2063instinctual as the sex drive. It isn\u2019t taught; it\u2019s guided.<\/p>\n<p>If the schools won\u2019t teach kids gun \u200bsafety, their families will. That\u2019s instinctual \u2063too. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-senator-turns-biden-teams-republicans-fight-senseless-new-school-gun-policy\/\">Democratic Senator Turns on Biden, \u200bTeams with Republicans to Fight &#8216;Senseless&#8217; New School Gun Policy<\/a> \u2062appeared first\u200d on \u2064 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063What\u200b impact could gun safety and \u2063hunter education \u2063programs have on reducing\u2062 accidents \u200dand promoting firearm responsibility \u200damong\u200b students?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ent \u2063of\u200c Education to allow funding \u200bfor\u200c gun safety and hunter education programs in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tester\u2019s \u200dbill has bipartisan \u200bsupport, including from Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw of Texas, who\u2062 said, \u201cHunting fosters respect for our natural resources\u200c and teaches valuable skills like marksmanship \u200band firearm safety.\u200b It is \u2063disappointing that the Department of Education is misinterpreting the\u2063 intent of \u2064the \u2063Bipartisan Safer Communities\u200d Act and\u200d withholding funds from\u200b programs that have proven\u2062 to\u200d reduce accidents and promote firearm \u2063responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now,\u200d let\u2019s\u2062 circle back \u2062to the original \u200bquestion: Would teenagers figure out sex education on their own \u200dif\u200b it\u2064 were banned \u2062from public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>administration recognizes the importance of sex education in public schools. It acknowledges that without proper guidance, teenagers may struggle to understand it independently. Dismissing the notion that the human race would perish, they prioritize educating students to ensure responsible decision-making and the well-being of future generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2131,"featured_media":2037419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}