Re: BB belt loop
Kevin Williams (akhwts1@PEABODY.SCT.UCARB.COM)
Wed, 3 Jul 1996 22:42:16 EDT
I agree with the liability issue, that still needs to be addressed.
We require all scouts to wear safety glass with side shields, when I went thru t
raining, this was stressed as a requirment.
We are in the middle of chemical town (10 major plants), so finding someone to d
onate glasses for the district, and council, and pack was not a problem.
Thanks for the reply
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07/03/96 22:42:16
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The opinions expressed are my own,
Let everyone else speak for themselves!
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On Tue, 2 Jul 1996 21:52:30 -0400 Susan Ganther wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, Jess Olonoff wrote:
>>
>> I believe if you go outside of these norms for any reason you are placing
>> yourself in a difficult position. I hope this info will get you out of
>> any difficulty with the boy and his parents.
>>
>I agree, as an example of the kind of difficulties that can arise, we had
>a cub at day camp a few years ago, who had trouble pumping the bb gun. To
>get the leverage he needed to pump it, he placed the stock on the ground
>and was pushing down on the lever when the bb gun discharged right into
>his eye. He was lucky, it struck the flesh of his eyelid. He looked like
>he had been stung in the eye by a bee, it could have been much worse.
>
>If you were to certify that this child knows how to handle a BB gun, and
>then the boy breaks a safety rule and harms himself or someone else,
>might your having awarded him the achievement imply liability? How about
>if he claims that you never told him that safety rule? I would not want
>to be in a position to have to defend myself on those grounds without the
>full support of having explicitly followed the program behind me.
>
> YiS, Susan
>
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