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.
parents need to revolt – they have that right – boycot the schools
UHM no.
Bull$#%&!@*.
It’s parents job to correct teach the child the book is wrong!
And do is the teacher pimping this siht
If they can’t do it one way they will try anything they
Can to get it shoved down our throats!! We need to wake up America!!! Our freedoms are slowly being taken away. I just don’t get
Why people do not see this!!
trying to brainwash kids
Someone altered the book. My book on the Second Amendment says I don’t need to register no firearm. Quit lying to our kids. These are your kids that we trust you are educating not conditioning.
Idiots
WTH ?–is this some of the “common core” teachings??–altering the constitution –Bill of Rights– unreal hoe the teachers are trying to change our children–will never let my grand children be changed in this manner–
Total horse $#%&!@*, this c**p has to be stopped!