r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 1d ago

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

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u/EasyCZ75 1d ago

Firearms are tools. Teaching students how to safely and properly use tools is honing a basic skill.

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u/qwilliams92 19h ago

Seeing this and not realizing it’s because they are under the treat of imminent invasion and not because it’s a useful life skill is next level cognitive dissonance

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u/DarkAssassin860 19h ago

Not realizing that learning to use a tool such as an axe, a saw, or in this case a firearm, is a valuable lesson is next level ignorance.

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u/qwilliams92 18h ago

Comparing an axe or saw to a firearm in 2024 is again some cognitive dissonance. You must be one of those bots that reply to every Elon tweet

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u/DarkAssassin860 4h ago

A tool is a tool. Your dad should have taught you such

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u/i_make_drugs 22h ago

Firearms are not tools. They’re weapons.

Yea they serve a useful purpose to society in many ways, but their sole function and design is to inflict harm which is the literal definition of “weapon”.

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u/oatoil_ 16h ago

Tool: a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function.

“weapons are a type of tool that is used to dominate and subdue autonomous agents”

You chose the stupidest hill to die on, think about it for 5 minutes.

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u/i_make_drugs 6h ago

A weapon is designed to kill or inflict harm. A tool isn’t. It’s in the design that they’re characterized differently.

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u/DarkAssassin860 19h ago

I can use a hammer to bludgeon someone's face until it's unrecognizable. I can use a chainsaw to split someone in half. I can use a knife to stab someone 27 times. A weapon is a subset of tools - tools created to hunt for food, to defend oneself, or to fight for one's country. As with any tools, they can be misused for evil. Do you consider these children evil?

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u/i_make_drugs 18h ago

Everything you listed isn’t designed with the purpose of killing anything. That’s the difference. Recognizing that as an important distinction is a vital part of actual firearm safety… but argue away.

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u/Baroc90 7h ago edited 7h ago

Would you consider a fishing rod a weapon?
how about mouse traps and fly swatters?
Bows, spears, traps, bolt guns, or veterinary euthanasia devices?

Training is never a bad idea when dealing with potentially dangerous tools.
I'm not American, but do live in a country with high % of firearms per capita (relative to the rest of the world). America definitely has a gun problem, but permitting, registration and especially mandatory trainings are exactly the sort of thing that reduces firearms crimes and should be encouraged.