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  • Gun school where students stand next to targets being shot at..?

    From Peter Franks@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 5 18:15:18 2018
    I heard a while back, can't remember where, and now I'm trying to
    determine its factual status.

    The story was, as near as I can remember:

    There was a gun training school that would have students stand next to a
    target while someone (a student or an instructor?) shot at the target.
    The training 'justification' was that it shows students what it is like
    to be shot at (but not hit).

    Seems pretty far fetched to me, but who knows...

    Anyone ever heard anything like that? Have a substantive reference
    either way?

    Thx

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  • From Arthur Erhardt@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 5 21:45:34 2018
    Hi Peter,

    Peter Franks <peter.franks@cox.net> wrote:
    # I heard a while back, can't remember where, and now I'm trying to
    # determine its factual status.

    # The story was, as near as I can remember:

    # There was a gun training school that would have students stand next to a
    # target while someone (a student or an instructor?) shot at the target.
    # The training 'justification' was that it shows students what it is like
    # to be shot at (but not hit).
    I have never heard of any civilian school or other institution doing
    anything like that. Here (Germany) it would be seriously illegal to
    offer such a course except for military and police students.

    I have heard that our special forces do something like that as part
    of their firearms training. Both to get accustomed to being shot at
    as well as a team trust building exercise.

    The source of that information is from public media: Our current
    secretary of defence wanted some senior officers disciplined when
    she learned about such things happening, until somebody told her
    that it was a standard part of special forces training.
    Unfortunately, I can't find that report anymore.

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  • From mvwickerhauser@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 7 21:28:29 2018
    On Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 3:45:36 PM UTC-6, Arthur Erhardt wrote:
    # Hi Peter,
    #
    # Peter Franks <peter.franks@cox.net> wrote:
    # # I heard a while back, can't remember where, and now I'm trying to
    # # determine its factual status.
    #
    # # The story was, as near as I can remember:
    #
    # # There was a gun training school that would have students stand next to a
    # # target while someone (a student or an instructor?) shot at the target.
    # # The training 'justification' was that it shows students what it is like
    # # to be shot at (but not hit).
    # I have never heard of any civilian school or other institution doing
    # anything like that. Here (Germany) it would be seriously illegal to
    # offer such a course except for military and police students.
    #
    # I have heard that our special forces do something like that as part
    # of their firearms training. Both to get accustomed to being shot at
    # as well as a team trust building exercise.
    #
    # The source of that information is from public media: Our current
    # secretary of defence wanted some senior officers disciplined when
    # she learned about such things happening, until somebody told her
    # that it was a standard part of special forces training.
    # Unfortunately, I can't find that report anymore.

    Russian Special Forces.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2dOioMoBE

    -mvw

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  • From Peter Franks@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 8 00:38:45 2018
    On 12/5/2018 10:15 AM, Peter Franks wrote:
    # I heard a while back, can't remember where, and now I'm trying to
    # determine its factual status.
    #
    # The story was, as near as I can remember:
    #
    # There was a gun training school that would have students stand next to a
    # target while someone (a student or an instructor?) shot at the target.
    # The training 'justification' was that it shows students what it is like
    # to be shot at (but not hit).
    #
    # Seems pretty far fetched to me, but who knows...
    #
    # Anyone ever heard anything like that? Have a substantive reference
    # either way?

    Thx for replies. What I heard was US domestic civilian.

    Some more searching turned up this:

    https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f2e_1357876182

    Videos are gone, but description is somewhat similar to what I remember.

    Anyway, was just trying to see if anyone else had heard of this story
    (or stories like it).

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  • From Martin Eastburn@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 22 22:01:05 2018
    Might have had spyware attached to the video.
    Stranger things have happened.
    Martin

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