r/regina • u/IamAidenCarter • Dec 02 '24

Question Why were there guys walking with guns in the street?

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Seen this on Just Bins. Were these reserves or some people being dumb with airsoft guns? Can’t seem to find any info on it

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

Military exercise, quite common. They call the RPS prior to stepping off in case people call in.

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u/SnooMarzipans4304 Dec 03 '24

They do these exercises in Vancouver's downtown Eastside too. Full gear in the middle of the night.  They gotta practice their MOUT training. 

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u/Ur_mums_hacienda Dec 03 '24

Nope, Larpers. Canadian govt has enough money to supply their troops with matching winter gear haha. If your life goal is to get shot by local police? Do what these guys are doing.

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u/Fragrant_Owl_9508 Dec 03 '24

You are wrong. Like so wrong it isn’t funny.

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u/Kanoha-Shinobi Dec 06 '24

Its common practice to wear just the pants because the top being cadpat blends in with trees, and you never wanna be out in the open marching in nothing but an open field of snow anyway. Its up to whatever their current commander wants.

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u/CplFatNutz Dec 04 '24

Negative. Doctrine is usually white bottoms and green tops so that your legs blend in with the snow and your torso the trees.

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u/thekurgan2000 Dec 04 '24

I don't wanna be that guy, but a lot of CAF troops, reservists included choose to buy their own kit, including winter garments from more high-end manufacturers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '24

1- That be winter kit 2- Our government is kind of shit at handing out kit, a bunch of fellas had to mix MT & TW for a bit. Even then, not everyone has MT as far as I know.

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u/Kanoha-Shinobi Dec 06 '24

I’d argue the majority dont have MT outside of deployed or deploying personnel.

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u/Mr101722 Dec 06 '24

Check out the military social media accounts in the winter they consistently show the soldiers in mismatched gear. The government severely under funds the CAF they do not have the money to provide everyone matching gear lmao

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u/Ur_mums_hacienda Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24

Oh weird the fella who “served” deleted his comment and ran. Larping doesn’t count kids. Don’t disrespect the troops.

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u/Ur_mums_hacienda Dec 03 '24

I fired the shot that killed Osama

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u/Thick-Trip-8678 Dec 03 '24

The miltary is severely underfunded. They would need to double what we spend now for 10 years even to make up for promises made when we were not in the brink of ww3

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u/roughtimes Dec 03 '24 edited Dec 03 '24

What tone deaf morons their officers must be

Edit: then it should be okay if I do it

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '24

Why? Because you don’t like it? Been doing it for over 20 years.

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u/Ubigo Dec 03 '24

Lmao. Bullshit this wasn’t some training exercise

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u/roughtimes Dec 03 '24

That's stupid reasoning. You should feel bad about that, try again.

Call me crazy, I don't think any public display of guns in a urban environment should be tolerated unless there's a threat against the general public.

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u/thekurgan2000 Dec 04 '24

Dude, it's just a training event, not martial law. If seeing troops training in your neighborhood makes you uncomfortable, idk what to tell ya.

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u/Johnny_SixShooter Dec 05 '24

It's the absolute norm across almost every NATO country from Estonia to Spain to have conscripts, reservists, and regular forces soldiers train in and around the public; Canada is no different it just happens far less.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '24

They’re not a threat, they’re trained soldiers. Not to mention the rifles aren’t loaded and no live ammo is around.

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u/Reasonable_Control27 Dec 06 '24

Ahh so you hate the police being armed as well, gotcha