WOODHAVEN, Mich. -- A Woodhaven police officer is making sure that children stay safe as the number of handgun registrations in the state have increased by 80 percent, putting more guns in homes with children.

Woodhaven School Police Liaison Chad Donnelly teamed up with the National Rifle Association to teach the NRA's Eddie Eagle GunSafe program to children ages pre-kindergarten through third grade.

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The interactive program, which includes a giant eagle mascot, teaches kids important steps to take if they find a gun in their home.

"Stop. Don't touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult. It's a very simple message but we need to make it a message that's memorable, and with the mascot it's very memorable," said Donnelly.

The program includes a video and several age appropriate gun safety-coloring workbooks.

"It's fun. It's almost like a safe game for the kids to play and it's a very good learning tool," said Donnelly.

Donnelly said that the goal of the program is to make what could be a dangerous and scary encounter with a gun something that the kids can learn from.

Donnelly and Eddie the mascot have done presentations to 900 children at three elementary schools in Woodhaven and the duo plans to reinforce the message and go back to the same schools in the spring.

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