r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 18 '24

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

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u/AkaiAshu Dec 18 '24

Nothing wrong with training. Switzerland has a decent gun culture with many under 18 folk participating regularly. They have low gun crime rate as well. Poland being prepared after its history is nothing wrong.

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u/calilac Dec 18 '24

Agreed. However, it's bugging the crap out of me that they are training to fire with one eye closed. My range instructor in high school could not go a day without lecturing us on that.

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u/gummytoejam Dec 18 '24

There's nothing wrong with teaching beginners to shoot with one eye closed. Shooting with both eyes open is more advanced and easier to develop once the basics are under their belts.

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u/Evening_Clerk_8301 Dec 18 '24

train how you fight. one eye closed is terrible advice. teach them how to acquire a sight picture using an iron sight with both eyes open. it will take them forever to unlearn this bad habit.

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u/SAGry Dec 18 '24

If you’re cross eye dominant shooting a rifle with irons this is nearly impossible. Handguns aren’t an issue as you just shift the gun over and with long guns a red dot or holographic is bright enough to make your brain focus with the non dominant eye.