MVACA Strongly believes that it is every Gun Owners responsibility to educate others about Gun Safety. For Children we recommend the NRA Eddie Eagle Program. For the Midwest Regian we sponsor the Osage Valley Vigilantes. They are an all volunteer Old West Gunfighter group that believes we can teach the general public History and Gun Safety and at the same time have Fun by performing family oriented Christian valued plays. The Osage Valley Vigilantes, a Cass County Missouri based Old West re-enactment group, are the current reigning Champions of The Old West Living History Foundation.
The Vigilantes have performed their Gun Safety Program, sponsored by Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association, for over 2900 children from Missouri and Kansas during this past year. The Vigilantes have found that a Gun Safety skit both entertains and educates. "Watching the audiences faces while we perform the Gun Safety skit is most rewarding. We observe both adults and children alike as they learn first hand the potential dammage firearms can and do create. " Says G.W. Poe President of The Osage Valley Vigilantes. At the end of their demonstration they stop and deputize each and every child who will take the fallowing oath:
" I (your name) Do Solemnly Swear that if I see a Gun or a Bullet, unattended by an adult, I will Run and Tell an Adult and they will buy me Ice Cream."
After taking the oath, they then are proclaimed Osage Valley Vigilante Special Deputies and each child is given an American Flag lapel pin, a Junior Osage Valley Vigilante badge and a signed certificate with their oath, with a place for their name to be entered, to help them remember their oath..
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For more information go to click here or send e-mail to G.W. at e-mailto:washpoe@sprintmail.com
