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Regarding the “Rust” shooting.
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Having been in the military does not mean that you're an expert on firearms safety. The military does all kinds of dangerous things with gun, and people can and do get killed with negligent discharges in the military because they don't practice adequate safety.
So that's really not the flex he thinks it is.
This is the same mentality that goes into army veterans believing that they're a good shot because they qualified as '"expert" with their rifle. Well, bad news; I surpassed "expert" and went straight to "sniper" the first time I tried the old Marine Corps field of fire with my rifle (timed shots, standing, kneeling, prone), and that was functionally untrained. "Marksman" is the qualification that you want if you're going to claim to be a good shot.
Sniper isn't a rifle qualification, what are you talking about??
He isn't talking about being a good shot, just comfortable and intimately familiar with firearms, and, importantly, has been in charge of a squad of idiots with guns.
Also, army rifle scores go marksman > sharpshooter > expert, marksman being the lowest passing score.
Also worth noting, to qualify for sniper school you need to shoot expert on M4 qual, BUT we've all seen snipers bomb their M4 quals once they've spent a couple months on their long guns with no M4 work 😂
I was trying to do work and your stupidity started living in my mind rent free so I'm back. I've already addressed how dumb you sound claiming to have gotten a sniper qual so I'll skip over that one. The dude in the post didn't even claim to be an expert at weapon safety. The question was "have you ever taken a weapon safety course" and the response answers that perfectly. I was a marine so I know all of us received training and to my knowledge so does every soldier. But he didn't stop there, he said he was also a squad leader in the airborne which means he's probably GIVEN weapon safety classes. Nothing you said makes any sense.
Whilst I agree with you, please refrain from name calling and insults. It’s against the rules of lemmy, the lemmy.world instance, and this community. Thanks.
Expert is literally the best ranking you can get in the Marine corps rifle test: https://www.liveabout.com/marine-corps-toughens-rifle-qualification-3354415
"Sniper" isn't one of them, and "marksman" is the lowest qualifying ranking.
So, you're full of shit.