Tools In Schools

Recently, one of the M.I.L.T. staff made a shocking discovery. While going through her son's desk, she found a tool catalog hidden underneath a stack of American Rifleman magazines.

"Naturally, I was shocked," exclaimed the mother, who preferred- for obvious reasons- to remain nameless. "I never thought my son would be interested in this sort of thing- after all, we've had a talk!" But another, more shocking surprise was in store.

"When he got home I asked him about it, and he very nonchalantly told me that he got it from a boy in his Industrial Arts class. When I asked him what he did in Industrial Arts class, he told me they make things... WITH POWER TOOLS!"

Yes, parents, tucked away in a separate building, far from the watchful eyes of the cummunity, your school district is probably coaxing your children towards the Jaws of Industrial Injury! Cleverly named "Industrial Arts" or "Vocational Arts" courses, there's nothing artful about the way they lure impressionable children into the maw of dangerous power tools.

That's why M.I.L.T. is sponsoring the Tool Free Schools Act of 1999, designed to keep tools away from schools. Scenes like the one at left are becoming more commonplace across America, where tool pushers set up shop mere steps away from impressionable youth. The Tool Free Schools Act of 1999 will help keep tools out of schools, by making it illegal for any tool retailer, wholesaler, or distributor to operate within one mile of any school..