Embarrassing Clown Show
And here is the video… maybe funded by Jenny Craig.
Her mission will be to be used as cover. And I am sure that at the first detection of incoming gunfire, the fearless civilians will make a beeline (some faster than others) to the farthest and deepest hiding corner they can find.
I have no idea who thought this was a smart thing to do. I will tell you that none of the ammo-less weapons remained in the hands of the “milicianos” after the clown show was over.



Self deploying sandbag.
Didn't work very well for the Japanese training their mainland civilians with sticks near the end of World War II.