Seven six two millimeter..... Full metal jacket...
US range operators are armed in anticipation of exactly this from our trainees.
They do have very restrictive gun laws BUT also have a very unforgiving capital punishment law. If your found guilty of capital crime you are not told the date of your execution until the execution. Less than 24 hours if I am not mistaken.
“This kind of incident should never have happened at an organization that handles weapons,” he said. “As the GSDF’s chief of staff, I take this very seriously.”
it was a deliberate act, better recruit screening maybe
If only the Japanese Army had Common Sense Gun Control.
This wasn’t terribly unusual during the Vietnam War, the sergeants were very alert to any recruit changing the direction of his rifle and were very ready to shoot.
Narrative injected where it doesn't belong ...at least until the facts are known.
This was during military training at a freaking firing range. I think you would expect to find guns there.
It is not unheard of, for a new recruit unfamiliar with handling guns, to point it where he shouldn't be pointed. When I was in basic, the red hats were standing on more than a few necks over muzzle control issues.
I wonder if the shooter was a follower of the Religion of Peace.
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In the old days, he would’ve met a samurai sword that afternoon.
Occasionally one of the US services will have accidental shooting at the range because hot brass from the guy the next shooting point over will go down some other guy’s blouse collar. Which makes him twitch reflexively, jerking the trigger and waving the muzzle around like he’s directing an orchestra.
A guy who used to work in DoD’s M-16 program told me these incidents had become substantially more frequent since the fielding of the M16A2 because brass ricocheting off the brass deflector tends to take a higher trajectory than off the non-deflector A1, and the higher trajectory makes it more common for the flying brass to make it to the next shooting point over.
I’ve heard of it happening at civilian ranges, too, but in those cases it’s usually some guy shooting himself at a range where there are screens between pistol firing points that flying brass can bounce off. He shoots, the brass ricochets off the screen and goes down his own collar.
https://myfox8.com/news/video-man-accidentally-shoots-himself-in-face-at-gun-range/
When reflexes take over, muzzle discipline goes out the window.