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A bill that would prevent the Biden administration from enacting a policy that prohibits the use of federal funds for hunter education and scholastic archery programs was introduced yesterday in the U.S. Senate.

Last week, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) announced his intention to introduce the “Defending Hunters Education Act,” legislation that would force the U.S. Department of Education to reverse their decision to “defund” programs that teach safe gun handling, outdoor skills, and popular archery-in-schools competitions.

Tester, a Democrat, introduced the bill yesterday as an amendment to a key Senate spending package. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Bob Casey (D-Penn.), making it a rare piece of bipartisan legislation that addresses firearms.

“In Montana and across rural America, our schools have long offered shooting sport and hunter safety classes that teach our students safety and personal responsibility,” said Tester, who is in one of the most hotly contested re-election campaigns in the nation. “But bureaucrats in Washington who don’t understand our Montana values decided to block funding for these important gun safety programs. I won’t let that decision stand, and neither will the hundreds of students and gun safety teachers who benefit from these resources every year.”

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Tester’s bill would require the Department of Education to restore school districts’ ability to use federal resources for school archery, gun safety, and hunter education programs.

The funding comes from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), federal legislation passed in June 2022 following mass shootings in Texas and New York. It was intended to provide funding for programs that addressed what’s been called America’s mental health crisis, attempting to solve underlying social and psychiatric illnesses that express themselves in gun violence.

But bureaucrats in the Department of Education determined that a provision of the bill that prohibits funding for school resource officers and for programs that involve “training in the use of a dangerous weapon” would be ineligible for federal funding.

School administrators are worried that, by hosting programs like National Archery in the Schools and state-delivered hunter education classes, their schools could lose federal funding. The Senate bill is intended to preserve the federal funding source for schools that host firearms training and outdoor-skills programs.


Andrew McKean
Andrew McKean is Outdoor Life’s hunting and conservation editor, drilling into issues that affect wildlife, wildlands, and the people who care about them. He’s also OL’s optics editor, helping readers to make informed buying decisions.

Coincidentally he has a re-election coming up


I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire, and I wouldn’t [bleep] in his mouth if he was starving.

Scum of the earth.

As are his supporters on here.

He's always been supportive of public lands, public access, hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation.

Fact.

Here we go...

What was his net worth when he was elected, and what’s his net worth now?

Also really good for unions, public land agencies, fire fighters, veterans, etc.

I can't vote for him, but I support his campaign financially.

Jimmy crack corn...

The only thin Test could do to make me happy is quit.

Fugggg that didn't take any time at all!

LOL.

Scum of the earth.

Piece of shiet

Point proven on first page.

Game Set Match

Maybe he’ll make public appearances with Busse lol

The only "point" you've ever proven is the one on top of your noggin'.

The Fire has rules.

You are not allowed to make negative comments about politicians unless said politicians are fro your own state. You must clean up your own cess pool first.

You being from Canada means you are not allowed to comment on anything or anyone.

yep, if buzz supports someone you can be sure they do not have your best interests at heart,

Tester's wealth comes from being a politician3. In 2019, his net worth was estimated to be $18 million4. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, his net worth has increased five times over to nearly $4 million while he's been in office5.

What?

Tough to type with his helmet on, he makes as much sense as a soup sandwich.

Buzzie wouldn't say if he would support Busse or not.

An endorsement, so to speak.

Busse won't reciprocate with exclusive hunts on private ground for Buzzie.