A seventh grade required reading assignment at a Springfield, Ill middle school actually states that Americans must register their firearms in order to have a Second Amendment right.
From the workbook: “This amendment states that people have the right to certain weapons, providing that they register them and they have not been in prison.
Provided to the Illinois Gun Owners Rights Facebook page by a local parent, the required reading makes several blatantly false statements regarding the right to gun ownership.
“This amendment states that people have the right to certain weapons, providing that they register them and they have not been in prison,” the workbook states.
Along with an open ended statement regarding the right to “certain weapons,” the assignment also excludes mention that Americans have the right to “keep” and bear arms.
The parent, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the assignment to Storyleak and detailed their child’s initial reaction.
“My son was given a workbook at school that is a compilation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. When they covered the 2nd Amendment, he saw that they were stating that only ‘certain guns’ could be owned and that they had to be ‘registered,’ which he knew was false,” the parent said. “He bought this to my attention as he felt it was wrong to teach these things that aren’t true. I’m extremely proud of my son for his actions.”
“Me and my children are active gun enthusiasts and supporters of the 2nd amendment. I have discussed the 2nd amendment with them several times and explained what it meant and its importance to our country.”
While the parent confronted several school administrators, the workbook is likely to stay in circulation for young students across the state.
“I even told the school officials I talked to that you can’t reword the Constitution to what you think it should be and you should only teach what it is,” the parent said. “We live in a society where children are being taught to fear firearms instead of embracing them and our shooting sports. Heck 50-60 years ago you had police officers coming into schools teaching firearm safety and now we have schools teaching false information and fear. It’s a sad time.”
Unfortunately for young minds across the country, false information regarding the Bill of Rights and Constitution is rampant throughout the public school system.
Matt Landry, it’s none of your business and dang sure not the business of the gov to know how many I have. The only way my guns will become deadly, is if, you or anyone else breaks into my home to harm my children or myself. Your ignorance is the fall if America, I hope you can cope with what’s to come as your freedom is stripped from your country on a daily bases.
That is not what the Constitution says….All teachers in this country need to read the entire Constitution before they open their ignorant mouths.
This is criminal! These people should be arrested for teaching our kids such propaganda!!!!!
Matt Landry why bother to got to school if your that ignorant! More harm has come to this country thru Toyota then lawfully owned guns! The Japanese have killed tens of thousands of jobs forcing people into welfare and poverty through the selfish acts from people like you! Now stfu!
Way too many dumb ass do gooders in our country now. Need to send them all to the places where they (DON’T) have these rights
OBOMA SAID WE DO NOT HAVE TO HONOR THE CONSTITUTION ANYMORE
Some stupid liberal wrote that!!
You DO NOT have to register a gun you own.
That’s a DEMOCRAT LIE!!!
Mr. Fredrick, Obama OWNS this fiasco NOT the Japanese! Toyota hires Americans with great benefits and treats them very well.