Heads up: This is gonna sound stupid, but it may be worth a thought.
I was watching a YouTube video about POGS
(remember those? The milkcap game with the slammers?)
Just for keks. Memory lane can be fun.
In the video, there was a mini-interview with a lady from "Z Comics".
She and her husband run the place.
They claim to be "comic book artist agents".
For those that remember, POGS took off in the 90's, it was a huge craze.
More than a fad, it lasted years and years.
(the 90's were full of fads)
So Z comics became a maker/distributor of POGS. They were known at the time. I remembered hearing about Z comics back then.
They were wholesome (or appeared so) in that they tried to get graffiti artists off the streets and give them something wholesome (comics) to apply their art to.
When POGS took off, and Z comics adopted them as part of their business model, the artists they pulled often made art for original POGS.
One of the POGS series' they made was called Safety And Firearms Education.
S.A.F.E
Remember that? Soon as I heard it, I remembered it.
What it was was an organization for kids that were afraid that they knew someone at school who had a gun.
The POGS had a 1-800 number on them for the kids to call so they could 'anonymously' report the name of the kid that had a weapon in the attempt to get it taken away from them.
There were 2 1-800 numbers, one on the east coast and one on the west.
There was a '15 minute program' in New York in Long Island that Gov. Mario Cuomo (at the time) was heavily promoting
The program was successful at taking away weapons (assuming guns) from the youth.
Why did I bring it up?
It's interesting.
BUT
I remember S.A.F.E being something completely different, and it came about way later.
Not calling for a dig, but Cuomo and Cuomo and Cuomo have been/are heavily influential people in New York (and now the whole country).
I can't seem to find anything on S.A.F.E or it's origins except this POGS lady.
It might be the beginning of a dig or something.
Just thought I'd mention it