• Maternitus
    +6

    The title of the article is not entirely correct, since the NRA gave the in-school shooting club [sic] 10k for equipment and not just for training Cruz. Still sad that gunclubs promote the use of weapons at schools and subsidize it.

    • NinjaKlaus
      +7

      It was given to a JROTC program, not exactly the school, most JROTC programs are approved by the US Government usually Air Force but other branches as well, I did a year of Army, and they are overseen by retired commissioned officers, in our case a Colonel and two Lt. Majors. JROTC marksmen programs are bb guns with scopes, not exactly what this person used or fired, think sniper training.

      • Maternitus (edited 6 years ago)
        +6

        Aaaah, okay. But it helps with efficiently shooting people.

        • AdelleChattre
          +9

          You say that like it's a bad thing. Sound practice around safety, discipline and training in the use of firearms seems not all that far a cry from swim, driving or CPR instruction. Would you say even knowing how to use weapons responsibly well is inherently evil?

        • NotWearingPants
          +7

          It teaches gun safety and proper firing technique. Transferring that to efficiently shooting people rather than paper targets is more of a "Bring your own mental illness" to the situation.