Summer baseball team holding ‘Second Amendment Education Night’ – CBSSports.com

There’s going to be a “Second Amendment Education Night” in Battle Creek, Mich. on Friday, June 24. The event is sponsored by Freedom Firearms, who are actually calling it “Second Amendment Appreciation Night.”

The Battle Creek Bombers are the host team.

Though the Second Amendment is a particularly hot button topic due to what is going on in Congress right now, a local report indicates that this event has been in the works for months. Some of the details, via fox17online.com:

“It’s a celebration of responsible gun ownership and learning, if you do have a firearm, how to do it safely,” said Bombers General Manager Tony Lovieno.

The event is sponsored by Freedom Firearms, and organizers say it’s promoting firearms safety and education. Open carry is permitted at the game, however anybody caught drinking while carrying will be asked to leave immediately.

“There’s going to be some booths underneath the bleachers set up showcasing the education portion,” said Freedom Firearms co-owner Joel Fulton. “We’re going to have some gun safe stuff for the kids there, basic safety stuff for kids so they know how to be safe around firearms.”

No guns will be sold at the game, but trigger locks will be given away.

The Battle Creek Bombers play in the Northwoods League, which isn’t affiliated at all with Major League Baseball — or, obviously, by extension Minor League Baseball either. College baseball players continue playing in the summer once their school league has concluded and this league boasts that it has some of the top collegiate players in the Midwest.

As for attendance, it appears they actually draw (some college summer leagues don’t), because the official website says that it is the first ever summer collegiate baseball league to draw one million fans in a season.

Hat-tip: Sporting News