Canada lost a soldier in a training exercise today in Alberta.
Does Canada really need to use live ammunition for training exercises?
Sat, 2020-10-31 21:05
#1
Does Canada really need to use live ammunition for training exercises?
Sun, 2020-11-01 00:37
#2
Actually yes they do. The feel of a weapon with blanks (or pretending to fire pew pew) is different than with real ammunition. The weight difference alone would not encourage accuracy. Ièm assuming you think target range live shooting is ok
Sun, 2020-11-01 08:31
#3
Yes, there is a requirement to use live ammunition for training exercises. This is the first live fire training death in Canada in 25 years if I am not mistaken.
Soldiering is a dangerous career; accidents happen from time to time.
Sun, 2020-11-01 09:24
#4
I have no problem with the use of live ammunition in training exercises, as Bacchus and Webgear have commented. My issue is with the use of live ammunition in foreign missions.
Sun, 2020-11-01 09:44
#5
Or shooting at Indigenous people such as occurred at Gustafsen Lake. 77,000 rounds. Hollow point too.
Sun, 2020-11-01 12:16
#6
Or shooting at Indigenous people such as occurred at Gustafsen Lake. 77,000 rounds. Hollow point too.
Yes, sadly, many examples like that... but I was focusing on Canadian Forces. Once you include the cops and the RCMP, there's nothing much to say beyond "defund", "dismantle", etc.
Sun, 2020-11-01 12:29
#7
What does Canada need an army with guns for anyway? Sounds so 20th century. Isn't that kind of passe?
Sun, 2020-11-01 12:48
#8
So unnecessary
B.C.’s Cpl. James Choi ID’d as victim of fatal live-fire training incident at Alberta base
Cpl James Choi, 29, died following an incident during a live-fire exercise in Wainwright, Alta.
The soldier who died in a live-fire training incident at the Canadian Forces Base in Wainwright, Alta., has been identified as Cpl. James Choi, a member of the Royal Westminster Regiment based in New Westminster, B.C.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7435621/cpl-james-choi-fatal-incident-alberta...