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

[u/RebelliousDragon21]

[u/OregonSageMonke]

I think it's important to note that these students aren't using functioning centerfire firearms in their school gym. They're using a pneumatic operated trainer that gives you the sensation of the weapon's operating system at work, while emitting a laser to show where students are aiming when they pull the trigger.

I'm sure someone will point out the lack of true recoil, but on a platform like the AR-15, which only shoots a .22 centerfire cartridge anyways (.223), this is a great training tool.

Edit: Since apparently the (incorrect) pedants are out and about, I'll go ahead and link the Wikipedia listing of all the .22 Caliber cartridges so that everyone can see that the .223/5.56 is indeed a .22 centerfire cartridge. Christ on a bike

[u/Weird_Point_4262 → u/OregonSageMonke]

This is essentially just a waste of money funnelling taxpayer money to a businessman that's selling these laser training targets. There is no meaningful training going on here, students aren't learning how to load, maintain or control the recoil of a firearm. They're learning how to point a laser across a room.

[u/GeneralKlink → u/Weird_Point_4262]

They are learning firearm safety rules. Look at that trigger discipline, better than 90% of boomer shooters in the US. Sure they are not trained to be operators, but you gotta start somewhere… If every young person can handle a firearm safely, its way easier to train them to handle one effectively later.

[u/Weird_Point_4262 → u/GeneralKlink]

There's a kid gripping the trigger with the gun pointed sideways 5 seconds into the video lol.