from Damaso Torres
SF2A Executive Director

August 8, 2002

I just read your article Guns on Campus.

I wanted to give you an update on the other side of the debate and the progress we are making on campuses here in Texas, and now in other states as well.

Students for the Second Amendment recently received funding for our Collegiate Firearms Instructor Program. The goal of the program is to train college and university students to become NRA Certified Firearms Instructors.

The Certified Instructors will then go back to their campuses to offer training to their fellow students, and others interested in learning more about the safe, competent, operation and handling of many types of firearms.

The instructors will also be volunteering their training services to programs outside of the academic community, such as Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4-H Shooting, Youth Hunter Education Programs, and JROTC organizations.

We are in the midst of holding our certification classes and preparing for the school year. We have not yet held a firearms class on a campus but we plan to soon.

We will keep you updated.

...from my cold, dead fingers.

Damaso Torres
(210) 674-5559
dtorres@sf2a.org
www.sf2a.org

Collegiate Firearms Instructor Program:
http://www.sf2a.org/cfip.html