| you want to give a fresh out of high school, runny nosed youth a functional weapon. as the first 3 weeks or so of basic military training consists of shocking the kids it is'nt really a time for them to have a functional firearm. for several of the kids entering BMT they realize within about 1 day that they were'nt cut out for the military. from there i personally witnessed one guy offer everyone in out unit $100 bucks to "accidentally" slam his arm in a door. what do you think that kid would have did with a real gun?
the whole point of theese it to get them used to them. the responsibility of keeping tabs on it(think a high school running back made to hold a football after he fumbled in a big game)proper carrying, muzzel direction ect. just becuase they enter the armed services does'nt mean they came in with a wealth of knowledge about weapons. it's just the same as the "redguns" hell, most every federal law enforcement trainee(FBI, marshalls, ect) carry dummy guns during training |