{"id":20247,"date":"2014-01-11T09:29:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20247"},"modified":"2014-01-10T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T02:48:10","slug":"county-officials-team-up-for-firearms-safety-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20247","title":{"rendered":"County officials team up for firearms safety course"},"content":{"rendered":"

D.A., sheriff want gun owners to be educated, responsible<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh (right) is teaming with Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan to offer citizens a firearms safety course.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Chester County, the right to bear arms carries a responsibility for safety, according to Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan and Chester County Sheriff Carolyn \u201cBunny\u201d Welsh, who are jointly sponsoring a basic firearms safety course.<\/p>\n

The course will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15, at the Chester County Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, Room 171, West Chester, 19380.<\/p>\n

In the course, certified firearms instructors and prosecutors will teach the basic knowledge, skills, and conduct necessary for the safe and proper use of firearms for sport and self-defense. In short, the instructors will cover how to shoot a gun and when to shoot a gun. The course will stress fundamental techniques and current Pennsylvania law.<\/p>\n

\u201cSheriff Welsh and I are proud to sponsor this firearm safety course,\u201d said Hogan. \u201cIn Chester County, we understand that the right to bear arms includes the obligation to be a responsible gun owner. Our instructors will cover the nuts-and-bolts of properly using and securing firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Welsh said she felt the collaboration would \u201cprovide this important education and share this valuable information with our citizens. Training like this can save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

To register, people should contact Deputy Sheriff Noah Hughes at nhughes@chesco.org or District Attorney Chief of Staff Charles Gaza at cgaza@chesco.org. Space is limited. Please note that personal firearms are not permitted in the Government Services Center. The instructors will provide all necessary equipment for the course.<\/p>\n

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D.A., sheriff want gun owners to be educated, responsible In Chester County, the right to bear arms carries a responsibility for safety, according to Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan and Chester County Sheriff Carolyn \u201cBunny\u201d Welsh, who are jointly sponsoring a basic firearms safety course. The course will take place from 6 to 9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[1961,4221,4752],"class_list":["post-20247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county-district-attorney-tom-hogan","tag-chester-county-sheriff-carolyn-bunny-welsh","tag-firearms-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}