The AEO was primarily set up to educate all aspects of air gun shooting, BB guns, replicas and knife crime to schools by dedicated shooters.
Our mission is to encourage young people of all ages and abilities to be educated in the safe use of guns and knives.
We believe this can be enhanced by giving the appropriate education to young people to show the use of guns and knives without harm, or injury to persons or wildlife, or any detriment to the environment.
This education needs to start at an early age to focus youngster to the dangers of misusing guns of all types and the laws and legislation that can be broken, so to this aim the AEO has set up a schools program to help inform youngsters to the law and how the use of this equipment correctly can be a way to control some pest species with out risk to other species that other methods can cause and how some of these pest species can be used to provide a organic and health food source.
Since its inception the AEO has visited many schools in Cheshire and Staffordshire. The AEO also helped along with Staffordshire police to highlight the dangers of misuse in the “No Buts” campaign helping to reduce the reported misuse in the areas that was covered.
If you would like more information on visits to your school or youth organisation or would like to help take this into school please contact Dave Mills at AEO@ateo.org.uk
