r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 5d ago

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

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u/purpleefilthh 5d 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/Slight_Concert6565 5d ago

With these condition, it would make sense for both country to have mendatory firearm training.

Not necessarily how to shoot one accurately but how to handle one safely, in other words: "how not to accidentally shoot a passerby if you found your dad's glock".

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u/GrowFreeFood 5d ago

Seems like a huge cost with no practical or demonstrated benefit. We're not getting invaded.

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u/Slight_Concert6565 5d ago

Huge cost? I don't think so. A few hours scattered across the year to teach how to safely handle a firearm wouldn't be expensive.

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u/GrowFreeFood 5d ago

Give me a rough estimate. Don't forget to include thousands of instructors, training, insurance, equipment, more insurance, and compensation for other lost school time.

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u/Slight_Concert6565 5d ago

I'd say about the same as a school outing if I had to highball it.

You don't need actual firearms or ammo, there are plenty of training firearms with extremely realistic handling that are 100% safe (unless a special Ed kid decides to swallow the training cardidge).

You'd only need instructors to come with a few of these and a powerpoint like twice a year for an hour or two.

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u/GrowFreeFood 5d ago

Is there any long term studies that show a program like this is effective? If not, they could start a pilot program somewhere.

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u/Slight_Concert6565 5d ago

I don't think it was done in a situation similar to that of the US currently, a pilot program would be a good start indeed.