Gun Control in America | Start Here

President Biden says gun violence in the US is an “epidemic” and an “international embarrassment”. So what’s he trying to do about it? And are more gun laws the answer? #AJStartHere with @sandragathmann explains.
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[@WalterHildahl]

Punishing the law abiding citizens for what criminals do is ineffective and wrong!

[@CosmoShidan]

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” ― Karl Marx

[@maozk4983]

@@CosmoShidan You know gun control is wrong when even that dumbass commie opposes it

[@spongeintheshoe]

Remember that just because criminals are _willing_ to violate the law doesn't mean that they're completely unaffected by the existence of laws. For one thing, they need to avoid getting caught. (Even if they don't care what happens to them, they won't be _able_ to put their guns to use if they get caught in the process of obtaining them.) And for another, finding an illegal seller is harder and more dangerous than just going to a legal seller, who _does_ care about the law.

[@yodaddy82daddy70]

Nope. Most gun owners are tired of meeting you at the middle ground. So far gun owners have been the only ones being responsible. It's always meet in the middle, then meet in this middle it will eventually be no middle until that right is stripped away. Foot is down and we must not budge

[@crwilliams4597]

"Let's calmly and civilly discuss how I can restrict a freedom you value, take your property, and put you in jail. Oh, and do not expect me or my establishment backers to be honest, consistent in logic, or to give you a proper chance to respond." Gun Controllers.

[@brochestedbs]

This is such nonsense. Private ownership of guns should be banned, or so strongly controlled that there are almost none about. What about the freedom to walk about without fear of gun crime? What about not having to teach little children in school what to do if a shooter enters the school, or to run in a zigzag if fleeing a gunman? Other countries have democracy and freedom - and NO GUNS. In the UK even the regular police aren't armed. Americans are so paranoid about self-defence against gunmen, which has been as a result of the easy access to firearms Ban guns and join the civilised world.

[@brochestedbs]

@Zoog Ancap UK ?

[@brochestedbs]

@Zoog Ancap Prove me wrong.

[@danmeeks193]

@@brochestedbs in the UK you did not have the right to freedom of speech they're you got proven wrong.

[@oscarlindelof1736]

We lose more lives to fast food

[@ClassicFIHD]

“I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials” - George Mason.

[@ClassicFIHD]

@@stephenmaize7705 How so? Were you there in 1791 just after citizens also beat the British?

[@jrrivas2462]

Militia is what Former President Trump used to get a Photo Op with a Bible in front of a church to Rid the peaceful BLM protesters...

[@ClassicFIHD]

@@jrrivas2462 Those were police and government protective service agents.

[@jacobw446]

@@stephenmaize7705 "The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.... Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776

[@purklepanda5574]

the right of the PEOPLE to bear arms

[@benjamindover4337]

Those who turn their swords into plow-shares will always end up plowing for those who did not.

[@benjamindenton9453]

@@pashadyne if you’re a pacifist you’ll eventually suffer the brunt of that idea. There will always be bad men out there so let good men arm themselves

[@benjamindenton9453]

@@pashadyne why do you assume he automatically understands it better? Plenty of stupid presidents Obama for example

[@benjamindenton9453]

@@pashadyne why did you have to bring up race when it wasn’t relevant? Is that a factor for you

[@benjamindenton9453]

@@pashadyne He’s pretty stupid if you ask me. He crippled our country. In 8 years he managed to double a debt that had accumulated for more than 2 centuries before he was born

[@itsme6026]

why even bother watching this propaganda middle east channel? all they do is fight each other & spend petro money on stupid things. these rich middle east nations are so lazy and dumb they need tons of poor migrants to take care of them as well as foreign engineers to build their infrastructure. cause the locals are all lazy from petro money

[@PoormansMachineGun]

NO! START HERE! * Get your facts CORRECT! * STOP calling the conscious decisions of homicidal and suicidal people "gun violence"! * 2:20 "In the 1930's they banned machine guns in response to gangs" WRONG! The national firearms act of 1934 only implemented a registry, and a $200 tax. What you would call a ban on machine guns didn't come until 1986 with the Hughes Amendment. This banned the registration of new machine gun after the enactment date of May 1986. Still to this day, lawful Americans living in 38 states can own machine gun made prior to 1986. *2:37 " In the 90s, President Clinton's crime bill introduced a federal ban on assault weapons" WRONG AGAIN! The 1994 Assault Weapons ban only restricted certain features (flash hiders, bayonet lugs, collapsible stocks) none of which has any effect on how the gun functions. Gun manufactures simply offered the same firearms without these banned features. Magazines over 10rds were still available, just at a premium price! No matter how you spin it, support for more gun regulations after the civil unrest, lock downs, a threat of de funding police, is in a free fall. Especially with Biden's failed withdraw from Afghanistan leaving US military weapons in the hands of Taliban Terrorist who are already using those weapon on their own people who helped Americans, and who do not conform to Sharia law.

[@ct2368]

Well said sir.

[@dr.fishing5740]

Repeal the Hughes Amendment and the NFA🇺🇸

[@Aaron-fh6hd]

6:33 that say that "In the states where you dont need a permit, you don't need a background check." THIS IS WHOLLY AND COMPLETELY FALSE.

[@duxliberty7593]

"The 1994 Assault Weapons ban only restricted certain features (flash hiders, bayonet lugs, collapsible stocks) none of which has any effect on how the gun functions. Gun manufactures simply offered the same firearms without these banned features. Magazines over 10rds were still available, just at a premium price!" ~~~~ Not exactly true, it also prohibited the manufacture, import and sale of certain semi-automatic firearms, meaning it warrants the name "Assault Weapons ban". Indeed it also banned some of the certain features and parts you've mentioned but many of those parts were banned because they came attached to "problem" weapons. That some of these guns continued to be sold with a modified design was merely a loophole, and a criticism of the effectiveness of the law rather than it's intention.

[@spongeintheshoe]

"* STOP calling the conscious decisions of homicidal and suicidal people 'gun violence'!" The conscious decisions of homicidal and suicidal people to use guns to commit violence?

[@BicycleFunk]

Just a reminder that cars also kill over 100 people every single day.

[@ScottishGoldHunter]

I seen the notification “Gun control In America”. Had a wee laugh to myself😂

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

Yes we use both hands here.

[@benjamindenton9453]

Gun control in America should mean holding it firmly with both hands

[@emmittmatthews8636]

@@patrino They used to be sold all over the country in mom and pop stores, general stores, and hardware stores. No background check, no waiting period, dirt cheap too.

[@Sunnysky321]

The fundamental difference between pro- and anti-gun groups is: one promoting self-reliance and personal responsibility vs one relying on government control for everything.

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

Also one base most if not all their decisions on logic, data, statistics, and the fact is a constitutional right. The other base their decisions on emotions and feelings.

[@igorzisky]

@@S1D3W1ND3R015I am largely pro gun but just out of curiosity how do you explain British murder and Australia murder being so low

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

@igorzisky Gang violence. Or lack there of there. The vast majority of our crime and gun crime, homicides etc. Are gang related. Over 33,000 individual recognized gangs and over 1,000,000 members. While I believe combined, Australia and UK have like 50 and less than 10,000 members.

[@Morlock-uc8de]

​@@igorzisky why do mass shootings happen more often now than they did in the past even though our gun laws have only gotten stricker? We definitely have a violent crime problem here in the U.S I just think there are better ways of addressing it than stripping people's rights away

[@igorzisky]

@@Morlock-uc8de i would agree

[@timbattle3415]

Yeahhhhhh, more laws and regulations, just like drugs right? I mean, how is it possible to get something highly highly illegal into highly highly secured places, like prisons? If gun laws worked, Chicago has be the safest place in the world! People, practice your 2a right and arm yourself, keep in mind the average police response time is 10 min. That's a long time to wait for help if you're unarmed!

[@zenegg99]

Gun laws work just fine in Europe where I live. It is completely incomparable to drugs, which can be easily grown/manufactured and cause their users to become physically addicted to them. Plus drugs do not physically harm those around the individual, only potentially the user. Gun laws in Chicago are pointless if you can drive 20 min and buy a gun.

[@timbattle3415]

@@zenegg99 ok, let's do this Barney style. Where in Europe does the UNITED STATES Constitution reside?? Clearly you have no idea how easy it is to make a firearm, I own a few myself. Sure, Europe has no guns, but you have explosions that kill little girls at concerts, trucks plowing through crowds, acid attacks, and knife attacks. But hey! No guns, right? Just a population that can't defend themselves, bravo! That's what you call shooting fish inside a barrel. I just want you to re-read your very least sentence and think about it again. Oh, btw, drugs are victimless crimes unless a strung out desperate junkie doesn't rob or kill you. Please keep your simple mind and flaws logic far away from my country.

[@timbattle3415]

Also, the drug comparison is to highlight how the govt fails when it comes to regulating anything. Highly regulated items, hard drugs some how finds their way into jails. Somehow you look to the govt for more regulations, makes sense.

[@jrbailey3208]

@@zenegg99 You MUST be ON DRUGS to believe that the friends, family, and neighbors of drug addicts are NOT affected by their drug use! MASSIVE violence has been DIRECTLY LINKED to drug use in EVERY European nation, and that includes both within the EU and outside the EU, so how about you get HONEST with the issue (ie drugs) and then apply that honesty to the gun issue! Further, violent assaults in GB are greater in London that pre-Wuhan virus New York City (before bail was done away with and they let loose the prison populations there). Knife deaths in Europe are MUCH higher than in the USA (because here potential victims can defend themselves with guns). Take a look at the FBI Crime Data Stats for the true picture of crime and the origins, as well as the numbers! Cheers from the Oil Patch in Central WY, USA

[@hzxbaby]

This ridiculous system can't amend the constitution correctly. It's useless to do anything.This is American democracy

[@jimkirk9097]

Yes you carry a gun in texas without a license but, we still have back ground checks when you get a new gun in texas

[@hansg6336]

The extremes of universal gun confiscation and rescinding all firearms laws are both irrational and unworkable. For better or worse, the proliferation of firearms in the US indicate a ship that has sailed long ago. Only responsible citizens abide by current gun laws. Violent criminals ignore them. Disarming responsible citizens is a dream scenario for sociopathic thugs or authoritarian governments. That said, more effective methods of tracking guns used in violent crimes goes to the heart of why many good people choose to own firearms in the first place.

[@HateTheIRS]

You can steal a gun and then the tracking stamps and serial. Numbers won’t work

[@edmundkemper1625]

Completely agree, we the rightful citizens will never allow anyone to take away our fundamental rights granted by the second amendment.

[@hckingking]

@@edmundkemper1625 it's the fact that guns are so easy to get ahold of that's the problem.

[@LiNapster]

@@hckingking Then explain why states that have the most restrictive gun laws tend to have the most murders with guns.

[@hckingking]

@@LiNapster simple. Lack of Enforcement.

[@jcksncrmrcrmr6542]

20000 people didn't die because of a gun, they died because someone killed them.

[@emmatraverso]

With a gun

[@an.yeon74]

and who had the bullet the gun or the human ?

[@emmittmatthews8636]

​@@emmatraversoFreedom Congress at a cost, and so does the lack of freedom. I chose freedom.

[@Vladimir.Albutin]

20.000 people has died this year? I will say More safe Afghanistan than America.

[@poochie3457]

Not anymore

[@dividedconquered3784]

40,000 overdoses! Treating people like object's is the problem!

[@hervamiddleton1163]

The US transport guns around the world for the purpose of what?

[@cilmiboodhari4776]

Before your comment really I wondered about your name mr. Al-Burin.

[@1ronin907]

Arm the women of Afghanistan.

[@christianworkman8108]

None of this translates to taking my property, if you want to take em, come get em

[@raleighpi]

Murder is illegal. Start there!

[@Soupcup8993]

No I’m keeping mine thanks for the offer tho

[@spongeintheshoe]

Have you taken gun safety courses?

[@2A_W3ND1G0]

​​​​@@spongeintheshoecontrary to what the media and politicians would have you believe, the vast majority of us understand the rules of gun safety and are actually responsible with our firearms.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@2A_W3ND1G0 But it only takes one person who hasn’t to ruin your day.

[@2A_W3ND1G0]

@@spongeintheshoe Criminals don't care about your laws. They WILL get a gun if they want one, and nothing will stop that.

[@2A_W3ND1G0]

@@spongeintheshoe OK? The majority of US gun owners still aren't irresponsible idiots. The actions of idiots in isolated incidents don't change that.

[@michaelscottland4239]

Finally I get to understand the power of media.

[@scratchd0g]

it's genius. outlawing and banning is EXACTLY how we got rid of all the drugs! good thinking!

[@mrschnider6521]

I think its amazing how much brain washing and propaganda our media puts out and yet americans believe in the 2nd amendment is as important as 300 years ago when it was written. It really shows how core to our culture and identity the values and philosphy of our founding fathers and what this country was founded on is. That spirt has been indoctrinated in all of us since a very young age and by god seeing it unwaivered despite the power medias largest attempts to weaken it is a beautiful thing. This report was quite a bit more honest than the absolute bogus propaganda were used to. Which is a trend i support.

[@Halo2012me]

7:50 those kits don’t come with a receiver which will still need a background check

[@rynewho_dock1262]

You can always buy an 80% finished receiver (rifle / pistol) and then with a few basic tools, finish the receiver.

[@Halo2012me]

@@rynewho_dock1262 when my friend did it it did not come with a lower receiver which would take more than a few simply tools to finish.

[@colbyhurd1506]

@@Halo2012me You can literally finish a P80 Glock pistol frame with a cheap hand drill, a round file, and a piece of sand paper. I’ve got 3 of them I’ve built myself. If you’re mechanically inclined and have a pretty good understanding of how that certain firearm operates it’s pretty straight forward. Plus they’re just as reliable as a factory Glock if done right. I’ve got a couple thousand rounds through each one with only a issue with one that was a simple fix.

[@qwerty.760]

@@colbyhurd1506 so you believe strick gun laws?

[@colbyhurd1506]

@@qwerty.760 Absolutely not. I think we’re good where we’re at now. The government just need to enforce what we already have as laws. Maybe they should allow suppressor to be bought like any other gun though and take short barreled rifles off the NFA.

[@duncanbedford4765]

48,000 gun related deaths in America and growing every year ❤

[@arandomperson-ox1vv]

Half are suicide. There are 40k car deaths a year. If there is a gun death problem there is an equally bad mental heath problem, and then an even greater car death problem. The government does not help mentally unstable people, or try to prevent car deaths nearly as much as they are trying to take guns. It's not about safety. It's about control.

[@ratofvengence]

@@arandomperson-ox1vv You need a license and registration to drive. You can buy a gun privately with nothing but cash.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@arandomperson-ox1vv You need a license to drive a car. Plus, it's not like most adults use guns out in the streets on a daily basis.

[@cybercel164]

What about knives (see London UK)...what about weaponised weather control systems?

[@spongeintheshoe]

Knives are a lot less efficient than guns, and weaponized weather control systems just sound like something out of a comic book.

[@whaleventures6228]

Remember when the alcohol prohibition worked.. stop the criminal and not the tool

[@mrschnider6521]

Drug war is dying down. What better way to roll back criminal justice reform than to make laws that turn millions of people into felons over night simply for exercising a god given state protected right .

[@Sam-hm5hm]

Why does the rest of the civilised country hardly has these sort of mass shootings that the US frequently has. Do they not have criminals? Do they not have mental health problems?

[@dickcastle]

Remember when Republicans say laws dont work... and then turn around and make new laws regarding abortion?

[@5rings16]

@@Sam-hm5hm They dont have our freedom. Have you been to the Muslim world? Are they counting mass shooting deaths? Not

[@user-ke6zv4uo6u]

​​@@Sam-hm5hmAmerica is a place far from perfect, it's a place where getting a shotgun, sacrificing yourself for your country and banging women is ok at 18, but you can't drink, own a pistol or smoke weed. This is my opinion, America is a place that tries to look at itself on paper, it has faults at both on the level of government and it's people. It's a country that can see a mental ill man with an automatic rifle is a bad idea, but would then immediately turn to argue over who's the bigger, smarter man, who then in turn forgets about the man in question as he walks into his local Walmart to "kill the sinners the voices told him to." America had ADHD and even though it has big ideas with major power backing it, drops it because Iraq found more oil.

[@jakejardine4477]

“Gun violence has taken more likes than any other public health crisis of our time” So covid isn’t a Public health crisis?

[@grimtooth5358]

American medical errors 600k/yearly. Covid internationally 4 million. These democrats my country disarmed. Not going to happen on my shift!

[@bradicas5359]

What about the 800k abortions done you since gun debates about protecting children.

[@davidgrover5996]

Or heart disease, cancer, auto accidents, etc. Real issues with much higher death tolls are all ignored by the lying propagandists.

[@crwilliams4597]

If you have not figured it out yet anytime they want to violate your rights they scream "Public Health Crisis".

[@finestfew8546]

Y’all are the same people that say “ my body my choice I don’t have to wear a mask “ 😂

[@richmurdoch8503]

SHAL NOT BE INFRINGED!

[@Eikenhorst]

A well regulated Militia!

[@richmurdoch8503]

@@Eikenhorst theres a coma in there

[@brucecampbell4528]

@@Eikenhorst We the people are the Militia.

[@aolvaar8792]

@@Eikenhorst Vermont constitution, Chapter 1, Article 16 That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the State-- and as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to and governed by the civil power. Because a Militia is necessary, I need to be armed

[@Eikenhorst]

@@aolvaar8792 Yea, back in the days when there was no regular army and in case of war you just ordered ordinary citizens to defend the country with their own arms. But given the extreme defense budget of the USA these days, it is pretty clear that a citizen militia is no longer needed for the defense of the country. The Vermont constitution at least gives a second reason for people to bear arms (other than having to be able to take part in a militia), the right to defend themselves. The US constitution doesn't include that however.

[@dannyzidelis1488]

They kind of framed the Texas vs. Mass thing weirdly RIGHT after bringing up federal gun laws. Pointing out in Mass you need a permit approved by the police, and a background check but in Texas they just passed constitutional carry. Well because of federal laws you still need to get a background check if you buy a gun in a gun store in Texas, and in Massachusetts if you do a private sale you would not need to have a background check run... I do not want to say the purposely framed it to make it seem like Texas does not need background checks but that is the way it comes off.

[@phillip53]

Yeah, idk. I think that was on purpose.

[@stephennovak4624]

“One of the first things the Nazis did in Germany was take away all the guns of the citizens. This meant that the government could do anything it wanted while the citizens were unable to object. As a Jew, I am fearful of a government that has all the guns with the citizens all unarmed.”

[@alexlevinson8629]

Right there with you. That’s why I buy everything I can. Do I think I’ll ever need to use it? Nah. Do I have fun shooting them? Every week. Do I expect to ever have to fight the government? Nope. Am I going to ever miss my mortgage from buying guns? Not a shot. Rather be well armed and ready than off guard and helpless.

[@greyostrich4377]

Owning guns would have made no difference to stopping the nazis whatsoever hitler had taken the German youth put them into uniforms and convince them they were superior to everyone else. And they were going to obey his order unflinchingly. Mansfield a holocaust survivor has pointed this out

[@danmeeks193]

@@greyostrich4377 yes owing going guns would make a difference I don't know if you know this but Hitler was fighting a war and needed to use his resources to the best of his ability sending soldiers to get shot at by civilians is not a good idea.

[@brians7181]

@@greyostrich4377 you mean like Ukrainian grandmothers slaughtering Russians right now?

[@jacobw446]

@@greyostrich4377 "owning guns...made no difference to stopping the nazis"... It tied up dozens of divisions in the cities to maintain control. Whole armies that could not be deployed to stop the allies later in the war.

[@shanemiller5567]

How many of those gun dead’s are suicides more than 65%

[@quantumsneak1773]

NEVER GIVE UP YOUR GUNS !!!

[@johnslugger]

We now have a pretty good idea of their plan. They want police de-funded and the guns removed. They want a crime wave to rip across America and they do not want the criminals stopped during the crime wave. If you have two brain cells to rub together you can see the writing on the wall. Watch Texas carefully as crime rates come DOWN once 50% of the population is carrying a weapon. IT WILL BE TOUGH to get away with a mass shooting when 50% of the people are carrying a weapon. We need to reach "HEARD PROTECTION" as Dr. Fauci would call it. Once 50% of the Texas people are "PACKING HEAT" there will be no more mass shootings. You would have to be crazy to try it.

[@an.yeon74]

then the world will still laugh at you

[@emmittmatthews8636]

​@@an.yeon74Until you need a gun.. there's literally billions of people on this earth that would give anything to be armed.

[@2A_W3ND1G0]

​​​@@an.yeon74We don't care about what the rest of the world thinks. It's our country, not theirs. Its our way of life, not theirs. We will not live like Europeans, Australians or any other disarmed society.

[@antonisp1970]

the fact that Ted Cruz labeled mental health as de facto "bad guys" and ppl that should be "put in jail" is beyond me

[@Corwin256]

Yeah, it's a bit surreal from my perspective in this world. In theory there's a concept of gun rights in this nation, but as someone with mental illness, that has never been directly relevant to me in any way. I think what hit me a lot harder than that, among his comments though, was his use of the word 'scapegoat'. I've spent my entire life as a scapegoat for crimes I've never committed or even contributed to. I'm fairly libertarian in disposition, so I naturally lean more toward fewer regulations than more, but the fact is that people who claim to support 'gun rights' focus much of their energy turning people like me into boogeymen, and I'm just so done with it.

[@davidgrover5996]

The first modern mass school shooting followed the destruction of the mental asylum system by the advocates of the deinstitutionalization movement. Despite the fact that you could order machine guns, explosive devices, and even cannons delivered to your home through the U.S. mail; these mass shootings did not become a common thing until after the deinstitutionalization campaign destroyed the US mental health care hospital and asylum system.

[@d3athperception828]

In the video he clearly said fugitives with mental disease, meaning criminals with mental disease which are the ones who are shooting up schools and grocery stores. He is not wrong. This video is made to entirely discredit those who oppose strict gun laws. The clip even contains some of the context. Maybe you should've realized what he was saying before writing the comment.

[@miker258]

@@Corwin256tell mommy you need a diaper change The victim mentality is in a whole other level these days GOD BLESS YOU ALL

[@mrhello7611]

Imagine having states with the toughest gun laws in the entire country such as Chicago -- observe they have the highest amount of crime and gun violence in the US, and then concluding that laws just need to be even tougher and also extended to the rest of the nation Way I see it, the only people who seriously want stricter gun laws & regulation are: •People who don't own guns/haven't tried buying one/Have never fired a gun (People who don't know guns; or quite plainly "ignorants") •People who don't embrace the American culture/identity enough and are pansies afraid of weapons and can't stand the sight of a person having one, despite it being their right •Tyrants who do not believe you have the right to defend yourself, even if the opposite is what comes out of their mouth, specially when it's something like "I believe you have the right to defend yourself *but...*", you either do or you don't -- if you don't then you don't take effective and efficient self defense seriously enough to understand that one should arm themselves with as much strength as it is available to them to deter their would be assailants, and if you do then you simply recognize I can defend myself with any means available to me God bless the Constitution, God bless the United States and may God have mercy on the ignorant, the fearful and the tyrannical

[@ratofvengence]

"Imagine having states with the toughest gun laws in the entire country such as Chicago" Chicago is a city, not a state... "observe they have the highest amount of crime and gun violence in the US" Lol no, Chicago has less than HALF the homicide rate of St Louis, which has much weaker gun laws.

[@Anon54387]

@@ratofvengence Geez, you again. Try walking around the Chicago neighborhood of Lawndale. If you get out of there alive be sure to share your experiences with us.

[@ratofvengence]

@@Anon54387 Did the facts I stated upset you yet again kiddo? You should grab a box of kleenex before going to YT...

[@ctgslayer]

@@ratofvengence where are your stats coming from? Everything I’m finding shows Chicago FAR outweighing St. Louis in terms of crime.

[@ratofvengence]

@@ctgslayer I don't know about total crime rate, but the homicide stats are from the FBI ucr pages. I'm not saying either place is safe, the US has a horrendous homicide rate overall.

[@longgone9869]

And we lose almost 100,000 lives every year to drug overdose in this country

[@an.yeon74]

Oui mais c'est volontaire la, la personne le fait tout seul s'en emmerder le monde ce qui est différent des tueries de masse aux EUA mais bon vous êtes pas assez intelligent pour comprendre ça.

[@orvos1459]

If people had morals and ethics, this wouldn’t be a problem.

[@iamascoout2673]

I like how the video never stated that according to the CDC guns save anywhere from 500k to 3 million people a year in the U.S alone.

[@ratofvengence]

"according to the CDC guns anywhere from 500k to 3 million people a year in the U.S alone" I'm trying to work out what you're trying to say there...

[@ratofvengence]

Okay, that's better, it makes sense now. It's wrong, CDC doesn't say that at all, but at least it's readable.

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

Also over 60% of total gun deaths are suicides. Yet they include suicides in "gun violence" violence meaning against another person. Suicide is not a crime. Of course they want to bloat the numbers up...

[@TexZenMaster]

@@ratofvengence More context: >200,000 rapes and sexual assaults are prevented each year by guns. If you look up the source they cite in the Northwestern law review (URL BLOCKED BY KZbin) (citing tables 2-3 in particular), the numbers check out: If 2.6 million incidents involve the defensive use of a gun and 8.3% of those incidents involve rape or sexual assault (as table 3 lists), then the math checks out--that's just over 200,000 incidents of rape or sexual assault prevented by gun use. & The VAST majority of firearms related homicides are with illegal handguns (88.3% from Obama's CDC study, 93% from the ATF, and 94% from the Crime Prevention Research Center) and not by legal handguns or rifles. These crimes are not effected by changes in legislation; old or new.

[@5rings16]

@@ratofvengence People use guns to defend themselves and property 500k to 3 million times per year. You dont have to kill someone ususlly, just the threat of force can save you.

[@Regulativeconclusions]

You guys fail to mention that the majority of gun deaths in the u.s are gang related or self defense. The amount of innocent people being killed by a gun is extremely small

[@alexlevinson8629]

Actually, even worse. Most are suicides. Next are people killed by police. Followed by gang violence. Then there’s self defense shootings. And if you look in the tiny corner at the bottom of the graph.. (break out your magnifying glass for this one), you’ll see random mass shootings. We don’t have a gun problem, we have a mental health problem. The gun is just the easiest way. Take them away and suicidal people will suffer. Want to cut the deaths in half? Offer people good mental healthcare without the stigma or long lasting effects from a bad temporary mindset.

[@mrschnider6521]

japan has 0 guns and 0 gun deaths.... yet suicide is the leading cause of death in people 20-44 years of age. not to mention the loads of missing people that just seem to vanish. Suicide is not an issue of having the wrong gun laws. gun control is complete non sense.

[@Chris13345]

Mass shooting victims are innocent people. The number is high.

[@staybraaapin3464]

@@Chris13345 it’s like .0000000056%

[@5rings16]

@@Chris13345 The number is low. Remember they are counting 4 people shot as a mass shooting. Not 4 deaths. $ shooting victims.

[@mesotheliomamike4748]

Shall not be infringed

[@guineapigzed]

I was going to comment but my first amendment permit is not up to date.

[@USBP464]

It's not about the tool of violence, its the man and mind that wields it that's the problem.

[@zairehamlett]

I agree and the fact is that there will always be bad people so in the end the problem will always be there

[@hoserhouse5308]

Oh, So you think it's only men.

[@fathertedcrilley3988]

take the tool away and the problem goes away. how can any rational minded person not see this?

[@USBP464]

@@fathertedcrilley3988 - The means, intent and opportunity to do harm to others lies with the individual, not with the tool of violence. How could any rational minded person not see this?

[@sawconvention424]

@@fathertedcrilley3988 jew

[@christophercowan1156]

So! Mess with my guns and what you fear will come true!

[@grimtooth5358]

@sneksnekitsasnek worthless democrat!

[@Corwin256]

Making death threats as a way of advocating against the passage of new gun regulations seems counterproductive.

[@HiphopAnonymous9]

@@Corwin256 or it shows that we aren't playing anymore. If people would stay in their lane and drop their twisted views on guns while pushing bogus legislation, it wouldnt be an issue. I love seeing people finally growing a pair to threaten politicians and in some ways the supporters of the politicians. We're sick of the nonsense and threats is what happens when they refuse to listen. 🤷‍♂️

[@Corwin256]

@@HiphopAnonymous9 I feel like we're past the point where threats can work, though. Even machine guns are so restricted that while you can technically buy one, they're prohibitively expensive for most. The government has tanks, missiles, an air force, and more. They have the NSA and endless spying. If they want to know your every move, they just order Google to tell you and they will. Tracking mobile phones is how military intelligence finds people to drone bomb on the other side of the world. It would be far easier here. No, you cannot defeat the government with force, so threats seem likely to backfire.

[@rec-reation9620]

@@Corwin256 220 million armed Americans most definitely can take on the government

[@benblapz]

give non violent felons our gun rights back.....

[@bird4816]

Absolutely. If you have paid your debt to society you deserve your rights back.

[@chuckthabuck8557]

Watched this whole thing saying “that’s not true “ 😂😂😂😂

[@JohnnyThund3r]

Seriously, everything was pretty much wrong.

[@crwilliams4597]

Notice how they did not have anyone who was pro-Constitution on that interview? This is why gun controllers get demolished when they have to stick to facts.

[@paulmh8724]

@@JohnnyThund3r no?

[@comm352]

@@JohnnyThund3r no go actually do some research

[@comm352]

research them ig

[@lancecahill5486]

The gun is just a piece of metal (mostly). If left untouched it will do nothing and turns into dust in ten thousand years. A gun needs to be loaded, chambered and fired, all of those activities require a person. Depending on the circumstances when a gun is fired, it could be a good thing (self defense, hunting to feed your family etc.) or it could be a bad thing. Don't blame the gun, blame the people who use it to do bad things.

[@lancecahill5486]

@sneksnekitsasnek Guns have many useful purposes: Hunting to feed one's family, defending one's country etc. Guns are just objects. They can't load, chamber a round or pull the trigger by themselves. It's up to the operator to do all that. Just remember that guns don't kill people, people kill people, sometimes justifiably so.

[@lancecahill5486]

@fab Guns don't kill people, people kill people. How do people kill one another where you live?

[@jagerlionruiz8639]

@@lancecahill5486 so what is the purpose of a gun?

[@lancecahill5486]

@@jagerlionruiz8639 Guns can be used for many things: 1. To defend oneself or his/her family. 2. To defend one's country. 3. To hunt to provide food for one's family. Is this good enough for you?

[@danmeeks193]

@fab well actually pretty good we don't Even place top 20 per capita.

[@gamingthisera6339]

Every individual need guns

[@johnslugger]

We now have a pretty good idea of their plan. They want police de-funded and the guns removed. They want a crime wave to rip across America and they do not want the criminals stopped during the crime wave. If you have two brain cells to rub together you can see the writing on the wall. Watch Texas carefully as crime rates come DOWN once 50% of the population is carrying a weapon. IT WILL BE TOUGH to get away with a mass shooting when 50% of the people are carrying a weapon. We need to reach "HEARD PROTECTION" as Dr. Fauci would call it. Once 50% of the Texas people are "PACKING HEAT" there will be no more mass shootings. You would have to be crazy to try it.

[@gamingthisera6339]

@sneksnekitsasnek why?

[@johnslugger]

@sneksnekitsasnek Why!

[@johnslugger]

@@gamingthisera6339 Maybe her daddy never took her hunting. By age 9 all of my 3 girls could shoot a deer and dress it down for the freezer and make dinner with it. Too few people have dads who will teach them basic survival skills. Every time I meet a liberal I offer to take them hunting and teach them. Most buy a gun afterwards and are changed people forever and finally feel safer and more empowered taking responsibility for their own safety AND have finally more respect for Cops. I think most liberals are just missing a father figure, sigh, I keep trying.

[@spongeintheshoe]

Why?

[@dthreadjr]

These people state that they care so much about human life yet they don't even touch the fact that over 60,000 people died of opioid overdoses

[@sjelucten7150]

And more died of obesity (Diabetic and high blood pressure) and poverty.

[@gennicles2200]

it's almost like that's not the point of this video

[@gennicles2200]

@@sjelucten7150obesity and poverty are directly connected; food deserts, cost of groceries, etc. public aid would be the primary solution, except when people utilize the resources available, suddenly they're "taking advantage of welfare" and "milking the government"

[@spongeintheshoe]

That is absolutely a subject worthy of discussion, but right now, we're talking about gun control.

[@brucecampbell4528]

Defund Gun Control, end the NFA today.

[@brucecampbell4528]

@sneksnekitsasnek Defund Gun Control.

[@SarethZhukov314]

@sneksnekitsasnek Funny, because I was told just the other day that "No one's trying to ban all guns" by a gun control advocate. I wonder why I never see anti-gunners and "gun control" advocates butting heads.

[@brucecampbell4528]

@sneksnekitsasnek People who have banned firearms are responsible for the deaths of millions. Yes people like yourself are responsible for the murders of those people.

[@borisballchinian8431]

drugs are illegal and you can still get them idiot

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@SarethZhukov314 Probably because they're both too busy butting heads against the "no restrictions whatsoever no matter how many school shootings happen as a result" crowd.

[@TC1TheOrginal]

Ironically the NRA could make a fortune, with compulsory gun safety training, and assist with keeping a national register and the training for licencing.

[@edwarddongres7866]

NRA safety courses are there. But not compulsory, as NRA doesn't believe i Dictatorship. Driver's licence is not compulsory either.

[@TC1TheOrginal]

@@edwarddongres7866 if they introduced it. If you own a gun you should be trained on how to use it. A national licence scheme would mean we could prove safely use

[@edwarddongres7866]

@@TC1TheOrginal 1) If you don't know, take a course. And there are millions of info on youtube. 2) Licence and registration are two very different things. 3) There's no bicycle licence, and drive it is way more difficult. 4) In Canada you can hunt - if you are native - from age 12. Because the "elders handed down their knowledge". All others from age 16 under supervision. Alone from age 18.

[@TC1TheOrginal]

@@edwarddongres7866 people are shooting by accident at an alarming rate. I think it is an advantage to train those who don't have the guidance.

[@edwarddongres7866]

@@TC1TheOrginal Just like car accidents. At alarming rate yet you can own whole fleet of vehicles without any driver's licence or insurance. And speaking of alarming rate 250,000 Americans and 26,000 Canadian die every year from medical errors. How many are shot by errors?

[@Dino2GunZ]

So much misinformation you could almost say this is propaganda

[@CosmoShidan]

“Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” ― Karl Marx

[@damiancostello5455]

With American gun insanity, I am very glad I live in Australia

[@TheWedabest]

Hello from America. Don't believe the hype and fear!

[@johnslugger]

Enjoy your high tax rates and 600,000 laws on the books to follow. For the last 10,000 years only "SLAVES" have been disarmed. Your grand children are screwed because your gutless.

[@ratofvengence]

@@johnslugger "Enjoy your high tax rates" You get what you pay for. Here we rank 6th in Quality of Life, the US is way down at 20th. "For the last 10,000 years only "SLAVES" have been disarmed." We aren't 'disarmed', we just don't allow ANY fool to have access to firearms. Oh, as for 'slaves', Australia outranks the US in EVERY freedom index too. Didn't you know? "Your grand children are screwed because your gutless." Our grandchildren come home from school un-shot EVERY time. More than can be said for yours. Want to try again?

[@ratofvengence]

@Ghost Six Bravo "Austraila has had mass shootings after the forced confiscation." A few, but far less. Also, total gun deaths dropped by more than half, and the total homicide rate dropped by more than half.

[@johnslugger]

@@ratofvengence LOL You need to turn off the CNN "socialist brain washing" network. The odds of my kids getting shot are .000000214 to one. But I have a 1.6% chance of shooting a criminal or rapist on my property in my life time, I'll take those odds. (But I forgot you have a soft spot for criminals in your society since your bred from criminal gene pools)

[@vincentcargile5026]

There are 2 types of people. Those that view guns as tools to protect their family &their right to life & happiness form cruds. They feel protected & secure because they own a firearm. And people that view guns as weapons used to attach them. They feel threatened by other people owing guns. “judicious” laws to control & regulate guns so “threatening” cruds won’t have them.

[@scratchd0g]

they can't even fathom a decent person owning one, or 16 in my case .

[@mrschnider6521]

I was thinking the same thing. But my way of feeling protected doesnt infringe on the rights of everyone else, my way of feeling safe doesnt criminalize millions of people and primarly used to arrest people who have had absolutely no intent of harming anyone. I think thats the difference the anti gunners need to understand, along with the fact their are coming from a place of complete ignorance and they should seek enlightenment. But i feel our media and government is mainly responsible for how these people feel i dont blame them, there has been so much disinformation and propaganda put out. most poeple are still under the impression that you dont need a background check to buy a gun and that automatic weapons and machine guns can be purchased the same way as any other gun. When ever they push this propaganda you see all americans move quickly to pass laws to protect these rights and more people buying guns.

[@brochestedbs]

@@mrschnider6521 How do other democratic countries survive without gun ownership?

[@danmeeks193]

@@brochestedbs well Germany collapse on itself during the fifties before reuniting later on.

[@bangbang44500]

People with weak families and mental states are afraid of guns. Yes weak families.

[@DanielMorales-my4ez]

Since when does the qatar government care for US gun policy

[@danieljonhson6367]

The reason I own and carry a gun on me at all times is because when seconds count the police is only minutes away

[@peace4850]

And hunger and famine slaughter more than anything as well

[@andylyon3867]

Yeah or how about those killed by sugar, margarine, and canola oil which is what most people today die from.

[@peace4850]

How about that soy that they pass for school children oh yeah that causes cancer and all kinds of other diseases it's not healthy for you and they passed it for the school children

[@knot_sure4122]

So what.... people die get over it... I support Our 2nd amendment

[@neacienation]

In 2023, 32% of Americans own at least one firearm. There are approximately 259,000,000 adults, which equates to 82,880,000 people who own a firearm in the U.S.. if we had a gun problem we would all be dead what we have is a mental health problem. What we have is a criminals owning guns illegally problem.

[@melvinjennings6424]

I'm calling out the people Willie lion says there's no background check when there is add a gun show

[@bulletn3ctar]

You guys should come down to Commie York and Commifornia. Neutered rifles and fixed magazines. Apparently ergonomics is lethal and defined as "evil features". Seems like the term "infringed" has no meaning to these people.

[@m.daddyd7105]

California has as many or more deadly shootings as any other state. Recent mass shooting are proof these Laws Don't Work.

[@m.daddyd7105]

So the Majority of Mass shooting s are not committed with Assault Weapons 25% you said. So why are Semi automatic rifles the focus or Target to BAN. Stupidity.

[@ManitouGhost]

Ands guns save between 500,000 and 3,000,000 lives a year! Look it up!

[@ZaMonolith1986]

That's around 8000 a day!

[@ManitouGhost]

@@ZaMonolith1986 Yessir…

[@kwasibruce]

I was just discussing this same issue with a colleague at the office yesterday.

[@DireAvenger001]

I ponder how naive this channel could be about the US gun situation and then I realize oh yea, this is Qatar funded. What do they know about freedom?

[@armchairsociologist7721]

Unfortunately the rugged individualism often haunts the US when it comes to not having universal healthcare. Had some of the people who carried out mass shootings received basic mental health treatment, numerous families would not be broken.

[@armchairsociologist7721]

@@pashadyne Stigma or no stigma, if working-class Americans are put off visiting a doctors office (for psych help) due to a fear of not being able to make the payment, that is the single-biggest issue--lack of affordable health care.

[@armchairsociologist7721]

@@pashadyne I'm a non-American but have a vague understanding of both medicaid and medicare; so obviously I know a certain percentage of the American population are covered--which is good. But my main concern is the relationship between poverty--lack of opportunities (incl healthcare) and extreme acts

[@grimtooth5358]

Mass shootings? You mean 9 in 2020? Lol!

[@5rings16]

@@armchairsociologist7721 Theres no excuse! Mental afflictions cant be used as an excuse!

[@5rings16]

@@armchairsociologist7721 Poverty is no excuse. Poverty isnt new.

[@kennethrussell1320]

A teacher throws herself in front of a hail of bullets to protect the children and ONLY a Democrat says gee... I'm glad she didn't have a gun!

[@88Expert]

Teacher should not hold a gun. What happen if she open fire at the kids

[@kennethrussell1320]

@@88Expert Wow! That's got to be the dumbest thing I've heard in awhile. Teachers probably want to shoot students every other day but they don't.

[@arandomperson-ox1vv]

​@@88Expert If anybody is given the ability to be a teacher, they are pretty responsible and would never do that. If it does happen (1 in a 1000000) it's a freak accident. But you people will point to it as a real problem as an excuse to keep pushing your failed agenda.

[@melvinjennings6424]

Having the freedom to carry a gun all right just because you don't have to have a permit you still have to have a background check to buy the gun and they know this

[@DireAvenger001]

No more gun control. We got plenty as is

[@fish578]

@sneksnekitsasnek I’m willing to bet you don’t know half of the federal gun laws in this country. You can literally get 10 years in federal prison for putting a foregrip on a pistol…. Too many gun laws

[@HiphopAnonymous9]

@sneksnekitsasnek good luck, buttercup.

[@HiphopAnonymous9]

@sneksnekitsasnek give what time? Be our huckleberry.

[@ClassicFIHD]

When a bad guy kills someone with a gun, they blame the gun. When a drunk driver kills someone, they blame the driver.

[@CustardCup]

Blame both, the car too.

[@5rings16]

@@CustardCup ?

[@missjXiao]

this didn't age well for May 24..2022

[@bresy3793]

Why do all these people have armed security guards.

[@azerjinn9160]

I have control of my guns, thank you!

[@qwerty.760]

What about other lunatics and crazy people with guns

[@azerjinn9160]

@@qwerty.760 then I am thier huckleberry

[@grimtooth5358]

@@qwerty.760 you mean criminals that don't obey any laws? Good luck Libtard!

[@spongeintheshoe]

Then reasonable gun control laws would only be an inconvenience for you.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@the_dingle_berry_inspector The criminals won’t be able to buy from legal sellers.

[@kaliskunkog2255]

Guns are great for America. It all depends on your perspective.

[@justdogood7413]

Ban them and see violence dip to record levels. GUARANTEED!

[@nramorrisg8415]

@@justdogood7413 Oh so that's why more people are killed with knives then rifles I love that IQ. Hey did you notice the UK they have a 50% killing rate with sharp objects now epidemic they're calling it? I wonder why can you tell me why?.

[@watahwilly5133]

America is just filled with idiot perspective

[@eaubert1]

"Guns are great for America." ..... no explanation given, just making it obvious that "Guns are great for your perspective"!

[@eaubert1]

@@pashadyne ...... well, "there" would be an America without guns - it would simply be part of the commonwealth; kind of like Canada.

[@loubob9789]

no your wrong you guys only take one sentence of it it say the people a have right to have a gun thats why it says it should not be takeing away from people i agree with that thank god we live in america were can own guns and the goverment cant take it alway from us

[@ImageLoX]

RIGHTS ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS - MEANT FOR LAW ABIDING CITIZENS - WHAT GIVES ME THE RIGHT TO OWN A GUN? THE FACT THAT I OWN A GUN, AND THAT ALONE. FORCE GIVES PEOPLE RIGHTS AND THIS IS WHY WE ALL MUST OWN GUNS AS A PEOPLE. THIS IS FACT AND THIS IS HOW THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS WORK.

[@joesilva1849]

Second amendment

[@tiredox3788]

@Helen Pauls I highly doubt it. Because it takes more than a President to change it.

[@Nick-hv5tt]

I own guns a few and they never killed anyone, weird almost like evil people using them not the actual gun.

[@an.yeon74]

bah oui biensur c'est bien connu que l'arme déclenche tout seule la détente mdr vous êtes des vrais clowns les ricains

[@spongeintheshoe]

So don’t let the evil people have guns.

[@ImageLoX]

@@spongeintheshoe because that's not possible and we live in the real world - owning a gun as a force equalizer is the only way to combat the situation. Also, define evil. According to the bible? Or according to your own opinion? What is evil and what does it look like? How do you seek out and identify evil people? The answer is you can't.

[@spongeintheshoe]

@@ImageLoX Which is why we just want _restrictions_ on gun ownership, not an outright ban.

[@ImageLoX]

@@spongeintheshoe Absolutely not. It is a sliding slope. If you remove the gun statistics from inner cities that have the most gun restrictions in place, there is virtually no gun crime in the US. So these types of restrictions do not work. It is extremely easy for anyone with basic machining skills to make firearms. Restrictions only work against citizens that abide by the rules. Adding more rules will do nothing.

[@dp97303]

Even if the AR15 wasnt there someone would get another gun or a weapon of some kind

[@2A_W3ND1G0]

*AK-47 has joined the chat*

[@melvinjennings6424]

People who buy guns from dealers and from gun shows have to go through the exact same checks and balances

[@simontaylor9425]

I'm glad I live in a society where guns need a license, are not the norm and you can walk around and be safe in any situation whatsoever New Zealand.

[@audi.6106]

Living like a slave lol, enjoy that

[@chaseviking5096]

Keep telling yourself that lie. All you are is a soft target and fact is your country still has a crime problem and still has mass shootings. Those who give up rights for safety deserve non.

[@ratofvengence]

@@audi.6106 Go look at a freedom index. ANY of them. You might just notice NZ outranks the US in ALL of them 🤣

[@ratofvengence]

@@chaseviking5096 Is that why the US has over six times the homicide rate? 🤔

[@ClassicFIHD]

Population 5 million? Dohhhhhh!

[@karankapoor2701]

Next topic should be about trans rights in Qatar 😀😀😂

[@theresa_lili]

AH YES!!!!

[@theresa_lili]

@Sith Lord 🧝‍♀️

[@SarethZhukov314]

I mean why not? They have a right to live happily and in peace.

[@5rings16]

Save the queers!

[@KP-Pro2A]

Moved to a different country if you don’t like it

[@blackdrop3844]

Stop doubting US constitution .

[@bigjermanprepared3164]

Whare is the most gun violence in the U.S. answer is the large cities with the most restrictions gun laws anyware.

[@orangeoblivion]

Because the guns come in from outside the cities where the restrictions should also exist.

[@bigjermanprepared3164]

@@orangeoblivion same all story punishment for all when its a small segment of society causing 99% of the problems.

[@dieufool2391]

Then why do the places outside the cities where ALL the guns come from not have even higher murder rates??

[@bigjermanprepared3164]

@@dieufool2391 because there good citizens. If they make guns illegal then only criminals will have guns. Mexico has the most restrictions in the world but the drug dealers rule the streets and have all the guns they need .

[@andylyon3867]

USA govt does not enforce existing laws. Poor people die because of criminals. Govt uses this to say legal guns must go. This does not work because the legal gun owners have guns so can not take them. It is that stupid and murderous.

[@halfcockedhobbyist]

I appreciate the attempt to appear to argue both sides of the debate on guns, but this video has just too many lies about guns, gun laws, and gun owners. These lies are repeated over and over until many anti-gun and/or left-wing people probably believe them. Yes, we need to work on violence in this country (NOT gun violence, but violence). None of the suggestions that Biden has proposed will do anything to stop the violence. Take this for example: if 25% of the cars on the road are Toyotas, which cars do you think are going to be involved in a large number of crashes? Toyotas, of course, because they're heavily in use. Such it is with AR-15's, the most common rifle in the United States (except for possibly common .22 rifles). Simply put, it's not specific guns that are causing the incidents, but that the incidents involve the most common gun available. If you ban people from buying Toyotas, it's not going to stop car crashes--people will just buy different cars. Such is it with the AR-15. It's not rocket science.

[@Chris13345]

What about other democratic developed countries where no civilians can use guns and there are significantly fewer crime rates and substantially lower murders occur than the USA. The fact is that gun is the easiest way to kill someone. So if there are a lot of guns there are more crimes and murders. No gun no killing, no death. Only police can have guns, not a man who is going to kill somebody for no reason.

[@davidtangitau3771]

Humans are both the sharpest tool in the shed, and also a missing tool. We’ll never get it right.

[@pandora8478]

Absolutely what I’ve thought. Human’s are most intelligent animals but also the most stupid. Prob is the latter outnumber the former.

[@davidtangitau3771]

@@pandora8478 under the right circumstances we could be way sharper than we currently are. But those up top don’t want us to be.

[@andrewgedeon1527]

in what state can you purchase a gun without a background check. Confusion?

[@larakangabam741]

Remember the movie''The Purge''. That might be the future of America.

[@johnslugger]

@Ghost Six Bravo No because the left will no longer be able to steal at will. Who do you think is going to get shot? THE CRIMINALS!

[@grimtooth5358]

I sure hope so! Socal comment. Lol!

[@sitaroutreachministry6289]

Thanks, Al Jazeera! For taking on what our media is so reluctant to.

[@kristintheartist]

Propaganda financed by a tyrannical, oppressive monarchy where women can’t legally defend themselves, women can’t drive, work or gather. Yeah, good job Al Jazerrra!

[@OverlordAlpha]

Al Jazeera is known to cooperate with America's enemies. Our enemies would love nothing more than for Americans to be unarmed and defenseless.

[@carguy3028]

You have to look at violence not just gun violence. Some people will murder people with blunt objects, knives, and anything you can imagine. In the marines we learned of weapons of opportunity meaning you can use many objects around you to kill somebody if you have to. If you did manage to get rid of guns all you would do is disarm the victims who are physically weaker than their attackers. To limit violence you need to look at root cause, most gun violence is gang violence and most gang violence is socioeconomic. I think we have an issue of toting the party line too much in this country. I am for gun rights but also realize not everyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, some don’t even have boot straps so social programs are needed. I think many who support gun rights need to realize that people born in a disadvantaged environment need to be helped and are incapable of overcoming the barriers they were born into. Many jobs that pay well require education, and if you can’t afford that education you are locked into low paying jobs. Given that many choose to sell drugs and since that is an illegal activity they can’t litigate problems so they turn to violence. This isn’t about equal results, it’s about making the starting line equal, it’s not socialism to give everyone a fair chance at the start. Most gun violence is committed by poor people, middle class people don’t commit gun violence.

[@matthartshorne8710]

"shall not be infringed"

[@ratofvengence]

"Well regulated"

[@matthartshorne8710]

@@ratofvengence oh true. We should have more organized militias. And Being as it’s necessary to the security of a free state, They should be armed with military grade weapons and equipment

[@ratofvengence]

@@matthartshorne8710 I know the 2nd claims it's necessary, but funnily enough there's plenty of free nations proving that isn't the case. I guess it's yet another thing the 'founding fathers' were wrong about, like slavery...

[@emmittmatthews8636]

@@ratofvengence Do you know what that means? No... no you don't. You're ignorant AF. If well regulated meant what you people imply that it means, you would be able to cite a court ruling where "wELl rEgUlAtEd" was argued to give the government the power you think it has.

[@emmittmatthews8636]

@@matthartshorne8710 👍

[@roberthesse157]

Guns are not the problem, the fact that murderers have been released from prison after a few years is the problem. Life in prison for armed robbery or assault might be a deterrent for using a gun to commit a crime. There's people who've done less time in prison for murder then drug possession. Guns are not the problem, getting a slap on the hand if you use one to commit a crime is.

[@allysonhanks9159]

hello Robert how are you doing😊

[@roberthesse157]

@@allysonhanks9159 I'm doing great how about yourself?

[@allysonhanks9159]

@@roberthesse157 hi Robert I’m doing good thanks for writing back. I’m looking for new friend ok 😉

[@johnslugger]

Well you only mentioned 56 people. You never tell how many CRIMINALS are killed by guns and Innocent lives are saved.

[@morningglory2129]

That makes way to much sense to do. How else am I gonna push the agenda?

[@spongeintheshoe]

It's actually pretty rare that such a thing happens.

[@MrEEShooter]

The landscape is shiffting and many states are loosening restrictions which haven't been effective. Background checks are already required, but Democrats are slow to enforce laws that impact their constituents and Republicans are quick to roll back laws which aren't moving the needle.

[@ratofvengence]

"Background checks are already required" Not in most states for private gun sales. No checks at all required.

[@jacwaku]

What have you been told is the first thing You do if your life is in danger? ... That's right you call for a man carrying a Popsicle.

[@rhinoleveling]

cars kill over 40K people per year. nobody's trying to sue the Alcohol industry because they can't ignore the personal responsibility aspect of the decision to drink and drive. (the same exists for misusing a firearm)

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

In the UPSA the words "gun" and "control" will never be written in the same sentence.

[@MichealJACKSON-ly6cd]

Whats strange is no matter how many gun videos i see on you tube and wether the video is for or against firearms the overwhelming majority of the responses are from people supporting guns. So who is this minority that thinks thay can stop people from exercising their 2nd amendment right.

[@gregmayo6987]

Who need a AR15 for protection ? Should only be able to buy single shot guns

[@donnyhelmuth5112]

🇺🇸 We’re never going to give them up! Come try🇺🇸

[@accountantasia125]

Did you miss the point that gun manufacturers are creating a lot of jobs and also contribute a lot to the presidential election funding?

[@Jakewolf69]

I knew that this video is good for a laugh.

[@Infernoz04]

A backg check wouldn't have stopped any of those horrible acts soo then what? The answer to that question is why law obeying citizens don't want to hear it

[@TheBasedZoomer]

6:32 if you live in a constitutional carry state, you still have to get a background check to buy a gun. Idk why she said that.

[@TheObserverDMZ]

“Gun violence has taken more likes than any other public health crisis of our time” No it FUCKlNG HASN'T