India Training School Girls to Fight Militants
Updated: January 9th, 2013
India military personal in Jammu and Kashmir are teaching school girls how to use rifles and heavy weapons so that in the event of a militant attack, they will be able to defend themselves.
The below video from Reuters (via. WSJ) …
[ Many thanks to S’burg for emailing me the link. ]
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You can get a gun in India, with enough money and people in yuor pocket. Air rifles are common, and the sport is growing fast, especially after Indias Gold Medal in shooting at the last Olympics.
Most guns will be antiques or shotguns for hunting. Once in a while you come across a rifle or handgun people use for target shooting. Any club or area where it's legal to shoot will cost people ridiculous amounts of money.
In rural areas, old British Enfields, Sten's, Sterlings etc. are common for defense against wildlife, bandits and such.
bit of a odd thing when you have to train women to defend thire home something i would have thought thire father,s would be doing oh that,s right this is a country where women are supost to get marryed at 12 and pop out SON,S at 15 i mite be odd in my thought,s but you can,t beat or rape a armed women and if any thing makeing shure a lady kniow,s how to use a wepon to defend herself and her comunity is a dammm good thing