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Military firearm negligence in France
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I don't know much about how the Europeans train, but as far as I know, in the US when we plan on pointing guns at someone and pulling the trigger, we either use things that are obviously not real guns, or airsoft guns that fire plastic pellets.
Blanks may be used for military training to get people used to the sound of gunfire, but you still don't go pointing it at anyone. Blanks are typically pointed at people in cinema and theater, and of course they're dangerous then, too...as Brandon Lee can attest.
Anyway...this just goes to show, the military can screw up just as badly as law enforcement and civilians. Firing range accidents are comparatively few and far between.
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They were planning on using blanks?A military shooting demonstration in southeast France on Sunday left 16 people wounded, including children, when real bullets were used instead of blank ones, officials said.
Four of the wounded were in serious condition, including a 3-year-old child, Bernard Lemaire, chief of the regional administration in Aude, said on France-3 television. Fifteen of the injured were civilians.
A Defense Ministry official said the incident occurred during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at the Laperrine military barracks. The official said investigators will look into why real bullets were used.
I don't know much about how the Europeans train, but as far as I know, in the US when we plan on pointing guns at someone and pulling the trigger, we either use things that are obviously not real guns, or airsoft guns that fire plastic pellets.
Blanks may be used for military training to get people used to the sound of gunfire, but you still don't go pointing it at anyone. Blanks are typically pointed at people in cinema and theater, and of course they're dangerous then, too...as Brandon Lee can attest.
Anyway...this just goes to show, the military can screw up just as badly as law enforcement and civilians. Firing range accidents are comparatively few and far between.
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