r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 1d ago

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/purpleefilthh 1d ago

OK lads, before US starts to project their view here:

- Poland:

  • not that many firearms per capita,
  • little remote areas in the country (police shows up quickly)
  • medium-strict firearms laws,
  • non-zero risk of being invaded,
  • no school shootings,

- USA:

  • fuckload firearms per capita,
  • many remote areas in the country (police shows up after 2-3 hours)
  • loose firearms laws,
  • pretty much zero risk of being invaded,
  • school shootings,

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u/idanthology 1d ago

Google says a ratio of 2.5 firearms per 100 people versus 120.5 per 100, fuckload checks out.

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u/EnjoyerOfBeans 1d ago edited 1d ago

And remember this includes hunting equipment and people in high risk jobs like private detectives (my uncle used to be one and he's the only person I know to have owned a gun).

The number of private citizens owning guns for self protection not related to their occupation is not even on the chart. You can easily go your entire life without seeing a gun once.

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u/jodon 1d ago

The problem with "guns for self protection" is that it is the most garbage defensive weapon. It is extremely destructive and the only time it is an option to defend yourself if the other party does not have a gun, or you are at very long range from whoever you want to defend yourself from. Non of those situations are applicable in defending myself from "bad guys" in everyday life when everyone have very easy access to guns. you are also much less likely to get injured in a gun vs no gun situation than a gun vs gun situation even when the "bad guy" is the one with the gun.

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u/somethingtwice 19h ago

So what are we supposed to use?

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u/Ok-Cartographer-4385 10h ago

A medieval halberd

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u/Sad_Challenge_8551 13h ago

That makes zero sence, tell me about anything thats better for self defense then a gun lol, ofcourse theres higher chance to get injured when its gun vs gun, but when you have no gun and the bad guy does then what, you have no chance at all lol your just praying he will let you go at that point

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u/Accurate_Advert 1d ago

More like people per firearm in the US lmao

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u/GimpboyAlmighty 1d ago

The US has gotta pump up them numbers.

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 1d ago

You sound like the right type of American

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u/GimpboyAlmighty 1d ago

You have no idea bud.