A Kentucky eighth-grader and a national scholastic archery organization leader spoke out after Fox News confirmed the Biden administration will withhold funding for elementary and high school shooting sports, which it considers the proper interpretation of a 2022 gun safety law.
Following the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in the wake of mass shootings in Florida, New York and Texas, the Biden administration confirmed it has interpreted the law to prohibit such funding.
The Education Department, under Secretary Miguel Cardona, said it believes the law means funding earmarked for scholastic shooting sports under a 1965 public education law should be blocked nationwide.
The development was met by concern from National Archery in Schools Program President Tommy Floyd, as well as a young archer from rural Kentucky.
BIDEN ADMIN WITHHOLDING KEY FUNDING FOR SCHOOL HUNTING, ARCHERY PROGRAMS
Tommy Floyd, Kimber Collins, and Fox News correspondent Rich Edson (Fox News Channel)
“I…
