A story on the Explorers program--an affiliate of The Boy Scouts of America--which trains kids to bust marijuana fields, catch illegal immigrants, subdue shooters and engage in all manner of high-powered assault rifle chicanery. Surprisingly, no one has complained about engendering bloodlust in kids:
Cathy Noriega, also 16, said she was attracted by the guns. The group uses compressed-air guns — known as airsoft guns, which fire tiny plastic pellets — in the training exercises, and sometimes they shoot real guns on a closed range.
“I like shooting them,” Cathy said. “I like the sound they make. It gets me excited.”
Though maybe that sort of delight explains this:
There have been numerous cases over the last three decades in which police officers supervising Explorers have been charged, in civil and criminal cases, with sexually abusing them.
Fortunately, they've taken steps by requiring adult Explorers to take an online training course on sexual misconduct. Whew. Crisis AVERTED!! *slaps some high-fives, maybe a few crotch-fives*
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