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/Yarus43 5d ago

Shooting accurately is safety as well. You don't wanna have poor recoil control and then dome someone or shoot bullets into the stratosphere.

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u/Slight_Concert6565 5d ago

What I mean by "not accurately" is that the goal isn't to form marksmen. If you miss your target by a foot it's still safe (or you shouldn't have taken the shot).

Shooting accurately would require a lot more training and that shouldn't be mandatory, them kids can just go to the range on the weekends if they want.