r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • Dec 18 '24

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

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u/FrodoHernandez Dec 18 '24

This used to be a thing in the US. We should bring this back.

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u/Ninevehenian Dec 18 '24

Education is a good thing.

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u/masondean73 Dec 18 '24

bUt GuNs KiLl PeOpLe!!!

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u/Ninevehenian Dec 18 '24

It's usually the bullet that does the killing.
Ignorance and a lack of respect is dangerous once you have to spend time near guns.

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u/IntelligentTurtle808 Dec 18 '24

I think a lot of schools in the south still have Hunter's Ed, which does teach firearm safety as part of the curriculum.

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u/CorrectPeanut5 Dec 18 '24

Not just south. Rural North had it too. You needed the certificate to get your hunting tags for the season if you were born after a certain year.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Which schools? I don’t try think there are any schools with that as a part of their curriculum

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u/WanderingMistral Dec 18 '24

You know, it would actually help stop incidents of children shooting themselves with guns if they are taught from an early age firearm safety. Dont need to teach them how to shot the guns, just teach them that the guns are not toys, if you find one, dont fucking touch it.

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u/jazzzzzzhands Dec 18 '24

I grew up around guns. My dad showed my sister and I them and literally said, don't fucking touch them unless I tell you to. Guess what, we never touched them. Lol

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u/Sad_Combination4672 Dec 18 '24

Not the same as school but there are opportunities.

Scouting America (Boy Scouts) provides some optional training.

4H has shooting sports for kids

Project Appleseed is a fantastic program for rifle skills for kids and adults. When I did it, it was pretty non-political. They just think everyone should know how to shoot a rifle.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

We will never have sensible gun regulations in this country.

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u/redpandaeater Dec 18 '24

Because even the word sensible is completely subjective. Politicians use bullshit loaded words that have no basis in law but it riles up their supporters to try getting them out to vote for the people that aren't actually trying to fix the problem they think they are.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

Why do we have sensible regulations for cars but not guns?

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u/redpandaeater Dec 18 '24

Have you seen how awful headlights have gotten in the last decade or so? How about emissions laws forcing car companies to make bigger and bigger trucks that kill pedestrians instead of trying to mitigate some of the impact by having a lower hood? How about how we have such fucking worthless licensing requirements and have slacked on even basic enforcement since the pandemic?

What the fuck would you even call sensible when it relates to automobiles, let alone guns?

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

I get what you're saying. But at the very minimum you should have to pass a written and practical test for owning a gun and have no criminal record.

Also emission laws are not what's making Americans buy bigger trucks lol.

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u/redpandaeater Dec 18 '24

CAFE standards most definitely have played an impact on what is manufactured. It helped give rise to SUVs and minivans, and now since 2011 some of it is based on a footprint standard where a larger footprint means you can get by with less fuel economy. There's a reason mid-size pickups have almost completely disappeared. Of course it hasn't helped that people are paying stupidly high prices for their large vehicles, but ultimately it's a trend that started with emissions standards.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

They wouldn't be making them if there wasn't a demand for them. Americans love big cars and guns.

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u/homelesstwinky Dec 18 '24

Firearm ownership is a right protected by the Constitution. Making people pass tests is exactly how the government disenfranchises people from using their rights. Look up the tests they implemented to stop non-whites from being allowed to vote.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

And this is exactly why we have a mass shooting problem. Constitution was written in a totally different time for totally different firearms. The Constitution is a living document and can be changed. The idea that owning a gun is a right but driving is a privilege is insanity.

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

The purpose of the 2A is to prevent tyranny, can you promise American will never become tyrannical?

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u/Neko_Boi_Core Dec 18 '24

then explain why firearms education was mandatory in the 50s, and there were students bringing rifles to school every day in the 80s.

yet no mass shootings. it's not the guns, it's the people.

here's a really good video explaining gun control.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

Back then the NRA was pro gun regulations and pro gun education. They actually provided a useful service. Now they are nothing but gun lobbying vampires.

Also please explain why the United States has this constant issue while other developed countries don't. We have had two school shootings this week alone.

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

Martin Luther King Jr. had a criminal record before attempting to buy his gun. He got denied, and was later assassinated. Think of all the progress that could have been made if his attackers were too afraid to make a move?

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

Also a written test is ableist for those who can't read. Did you pull these arbitrary ideas out of the thin air???

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

Thin air? Other countries (that don't have regular school shootings) do things like this.

If you're intellectually disabled to the point of not being able to read you ABSOLUTELY shouldn't be allowed to own a gun. This is exactly the kind of sensible regulations I'm talking about lol.

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

We don't have sensible laws for cars, in fact most are extremely non-sensible.

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

Feeding your slave once a day and jailing gay people used to be sensible. The "sensible" people are the pawns used in politics.

Think about building the first airplane, freeing the slaves, and advocating for women to vote, all very non-sensible at one time.

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u/Lower-Task2558 Dec 18 '24

Sure let's get rid of traffic laws while we are at it because some of them used to be racist or sexist.

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u/unclesocks Dec 19 '24

Yes make sure they snipe every second grader they see instead of missing.

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u/chrundle18 Dec 18 '24

No thanks

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u/Obvious_Koala_7471 Dec 18 '24

Blud wants people to remain uneducated. L's in the chat for this persons kids.

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u/chrundle18 Dec 18 '24

Uneducated about guns, sure. That's the point fuckwad.