Wednesday, February 21, 2024

'Finland has announced it will open 300 (new) shooting ranges

in a bid to encourage citizens to take a greater interest in national defence.

My, I wonder if Putin & Co. considered this side effect of so greatly annoying the neighbors?

4 comments:

Mind your own business said...

If the Finns are smart, this will also help them deter NATO/WEF from ruining their country. THey have more to fear from the culture war and illegal immigration from the EU than they do the Russians.

Anonymous said...

Do you think the Russians remember the winter war?
Ed

Dave said...

Good work Suomi's.

However, I'll note that there is a BIG difference between genuine respect for RTKABA inherent in the citizen, versus mere desire on the part of the ruling class to grant the privilege of being armed at the state's whim and for the state's purposes.

markm said...

Ed: There aren't many survivors of that war left. There should be quite a few that remember "Daddy never came home from Finland", or "Grandpa was twitchy and scared of everything after serving", but even those are getting old.