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Hi, I'm Lydia from the VICE office
in Brooklyn, New York.

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Despite being very illegal in China
the appeal of guns drives many youth

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to travel outside of the country
just to shoot.

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Our colleagues over at
VICE China did the same

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by traveling to the Philippines
to take a shooting class

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and study the growing
gun culture of China.

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This is Shooting Camp
from VICE China's What We Buy series.

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We're in Nasugbu, Philippines.

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Today, we've followed
a Chinese tourist group here

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for a special tourist experience.

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We've arrived at our destination,

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it's a local military base
in the Philippines.

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We're heading to the shooting range.

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We came here today
for the shooting class.

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To learn how to use a gun.

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Don't put it like this after firing.

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Empty the weapon
and put it like this.

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I think that many Chinese people
such as myself

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rarely encountered guns
during our childhood.

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We never received training on
how to correctly use a gun

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or how to react when facing a gun.

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Try to press it.

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Not you.

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Before we begin
I need to tell you the rules.

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First, as he just said,

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consider that every weapon
is loaded.

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The first of four principles
of the shooting range is:

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assume every weapon is loaded.

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Second, don't put your finger on the
trigger until you're ready to shoot.

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Third, don't point at anything
you don't mean to shoot.

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Fourth, identify the target
carefully before shooting.

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The four rules are standard in
shooting ranges around the world.

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Grab the gun, get ready, fire.

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The three positions.
What are the three positions?

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The gun holster and then fire.

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Wait. Stop.

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Everybody, look carefully.

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As we rehearsed,

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we can't put our finger on the trigger
until we're ready to shoot.

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Take note while using it,
don't put your finger in there.

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Please pay attention to this.

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We need to keep
practicing this today.

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Okay, once again.

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I'm from Beijing, born and raised.

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I went abroad and by chance met

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another Chinese person
who was active in the military.

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Then I had an idea.

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I decided to prepare for one year.

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I studied another language
and improved my stamina.

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I took gun training courses in China

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and then joined a corps in France.

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Weak hand strength.
Ladies, please pay attention.

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You've loaded it, right?

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Take this. Watch this.

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Hold the gun and push it.
Pull it with this hand.

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When I first started handling guns,
I was about 13 or 14 years old.

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My father took me
to a friend's home.

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I remember there were several
pneumatic guns at his home,

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but I couldn't tell the names.
I was very excited back then.

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I thought it was a lot of fun.

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I played with the
unloaded guns for a while.

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After I went to the corps
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I got bored with firing guns.

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Because I needed to wipe the gun
after using it every time.

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And I needed to wipe it carefully.

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I needed to treat the weapon seriously.

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I got a strong sense of awe from it.

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Now I'm retired
from military service,

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and I'm working on
teaching shooting classes.

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So I can make a living from it.

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Just now, we held unloaded guns

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and learned some fundamental
procedures about pistols.

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We learned how to
prepare ourselves before shooting

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and how to recover spent bullets.

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I feel rather nervous.

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I have never experienced this before
and now I have to remember so many things.

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It's going to be hard to remember.

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After a lot of practice we're going to
start using loaded guns.

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And it's quite dangerous.

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I'm particularly worried
about my teammates.

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I going to stay away from them.

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Attention!

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Load real bullets.

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Pull the barrel.

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Ready?

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Fire!

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It's a shooting experience
designed for Chinese people.

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It's about the experience.

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And more importantly
guns are lethal weapons not toys.

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It's more about what you do
when a gun is pointed at your head.

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So for me, it's more like
a responsibility.

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I hope that everyone takes a
well-rounded gun course.

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When you're very excited,
you may underestimate the risks

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of using a gun.

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Don't move. Don't move.

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Let go.

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In the first period of the class,

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I'll teach them
how to correctly operate a gun.

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I'll show them
how dangerous it would be

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if they fire the gun
inappropriately.

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I'll show them some mistakes.

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If you put your hand like this,

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you can easily fire at your hand.

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These intuitive practices
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and show them how serious this is.

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Definitely. Look.

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Adjust the hand
to hold the gun well.

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Don't take it the other way around.

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I've always been a military fan,

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so I'm crazy
about war films and guns.

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But after handling guns for a while,
I actually feel that

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the most important thing is safety.

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Not only do you need to
guarantee your own safety,

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but also the safety
of those around you.

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When you have the gun in your hand,

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it's a responsibility not a right.

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Zheng, you actually trust me.

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I don't even trust myself.

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Wait.

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The balloon's moving.

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Dangerous situations
are always occurring.

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And I've witnessed some of them.

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For example,
I learned trigger control

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which teaches you how to resist
from shooting people around you.

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And under such pressure,

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we still needed to complete
the required operations and tasks.

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This impressed me a lot.

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Go down, go all the way down.

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Touch my hand. Quickly!

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Lift the tire, come on!

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Turn to the side.

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Watch out. Don't fall down.
Use the ice bucket.

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Get up.

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Grab the gun.

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I've got the clips.

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Follow me. Look for the clip.

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Go. Go. Go.

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Hurry up.

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Find the clip.

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Go! Hurry up!

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Load the clip.

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Hurry up!

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The yellow one on the left.

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Forward! Forward!

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Shoot your fucking target

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Blue.

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Out.

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Gun!

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Great! You can focus
through an intense drill.

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It's really great.

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Alright.

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Give your teammates a high five.

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Yeah!

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It's true, when I used to
watch war films,

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I simply couldn't imagine

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the kinds of situations soldiers
faced on the battlefield.

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Once an officer made us
go through a drill.

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Later I found out that
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on the opposite side were clear.
Think about it.

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My sweat poured down my face.

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It went into my eyes
and distorted my vision.

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You hid from it.

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My human instinct took over
in order to survive.

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It's a matter of life or death.

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So it was actually very ruthless.

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What was it like when
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It may be a small wound
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but the wound behind it
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Comrade.

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The environment varies
from place to place.

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I once wanted to film
about border defense in China,

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but it was a sensitive topic

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and they said it's not allowed.

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For them, it might be

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a symbol of the supreme power.

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A gun like

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sunrays as sharp as knives.

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Actually, it's related to our origin.

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It's also an accomplishment
of the human species.

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This is beyond doubt.

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So what's our expression like
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when we have a gun?

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This is rather interesting.

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So we've been collecting
these photos.

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I liked using this type of gun
when I played Counter Strike.

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Everybody, come here.

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Listen to my commands.

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Okay, confront your enemy.

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Take off the safety.

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Are you okay?

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It just sprung up.

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Jixiao.

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Handle this.

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Go find Jixiao.

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War is very terrible.

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And gunshot wounds
are very dangerous.

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Those who have heard
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or who have been shot by a gun
know how powerful and dangerous it is.

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For example, some Hollywood films
conform to the American culture,

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but don't conform
to the Chinese culture.

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American culture has an impact
on the entire world's culture,

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so they influence gun use
around the world.

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They have definitely influenced
gun policies worldwide.

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There was a small accident.

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This wasn't an accident.

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It was a bloody lesson.

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There is...

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a shell fragment here.

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But in a war,
it could have been a bullet

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that could have killed somebody.

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We have to be careful.
Safety comes first.

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I'm in favor of strict prohibition
of gun use in our country.

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Because in a large country like China
misusing guns can be fatal.

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China is very different
from other countries after all.

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China's customs and culture
are very unique.

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Move on.

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Stop.

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You guys are so bad.

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As for the definition of guns,

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there should be a strict one.

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It's not that
we can regard an object as a gun

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as long as it can be used for firing.

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Nowadays, there's a rather controversial
topic related to the fact that

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simulation gun are measured with
the standards of a real gun.

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We've contacted someone who collects
simulation guns online.

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He promised to bring us some of
his guns and show them to us.

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The standard for identifying
a gun fabricated in China,

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is a test where they take
a pine wood board which is 3.25 mm thick

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and shoot it
from a distance of one meter.

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If the bullet
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the instrument
is identified as a gun.

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At first, the standard

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in Hong Kong was 1.75 J.

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Then the standard kept changing.

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Nowadays, the standard seems to
have reached 2 J in Hong Kong.

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But the standard can be 4 J
or 6 J in other countries.

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This standard depends
on the laws of each country.

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As far as I'm concerned,

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I hope that one day gun use is free
in our country because l like guns.

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If that happens, I'll certainly be
the first person to buy many guns.

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But currently, there are
strict gun laws in China,

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and this isn't necessarily
a bad thing.

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It makes us feel safe.

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In fact, learning how to use a gun
doesn't mean using it to kill.

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They teach you the sound a gun
makes and how to identify its source.

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And how to take evasive actions

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immediately after you
hear a gun go off.

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If people learn
what type of actions to take

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when they're confronted by a gun

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it might help save people's lives.