From: DRGOTWW@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 21:55:57 -0400
To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com
Subject: PUBLIC HEALTH

                  
       CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ENDORSES
           NRA GUN SAFETY MESSAGE

At its March 1995 Annual Session in Anaheim, California the nation's largest
state medical association strongly supported a National Rifle Association
children's gun safety slogan.

The 36,000 member California Medical Association's House of Delegates passed
without opposition the centerpiece of the NRA's acclaimed Eddie Eagle
children's gun safety program. The program's cartoon hero admonishes kids:

    "If you see a gun, Stop, Don't touch, Leave the area, Tell an adult".

Developed by NRA Vice President Mrs. Marion Hammer, Eddie Eagle has now
reached over 4.5 million pre-school through sixth grade children in 50
states. The National Safety Council awarded Mrs. Hammer its national citation
for outstanding community service for creating the program.

The American Academy of Pediatrics greater Los Angeles chapter has also
endorsed the slogan, and the California Department of Justice incorporated
Eddie's simple message in its firearm safety workbook.

For more information contact Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (a Project
of The Claremont Institute).

Timothy Wheeler, MD
Director

Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership
   a Project of The Claremont Institute
P.O. Box 1931 
Upland  CA  91785-1931
     voice message/fax (909) 949-9971
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