Inside Story - What are the roots of gun culture in the US?

Americans are in mourning after 29-year old Omar Mateen walked into a gay nightclub in Orlando and shot 49 people dead. The alarming frequency with which mass shootings occur in the U.S. does little to blunt the trauma of each act.
But the facts of the case raise uncomfortable questions for those who seek to defend the country's gun laws. Mateen carried out the bloodiest mass shooting in recent history despite being on the FBI's radar.
He was investigated at least twice for suspected ISIL sympathies. But had no trouble buying a military-style assault rifle. A weapon that has been used in several mass shootings in the U.S.
The number of gun-related deaths in the U.S. are high, especially when compared to the rest of the world. Americans make up less than five percent of the global population, but they own more than 40 percent of the world's guns.
But why is it easy to access and own guns in the U.S.? And what's preventing change to laws on gun ownership?
Presenter: Dareen Abughaida
Guests:
Scriven King, national security analyst
David Burnett, former president of Students for Concealed Carry
Leah Gunn Barrett, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
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[@johnf.kennedy4650]

What about 7.62, .308, .44 or .50 AE??? There are far more deadly calibers than a tiny .223 bullet.

[@localblackman5970]

Bruh a bullet is a bullet doesnt really matter what you get shot with

[@Timeless1976]

Do your homework. AR-15 is NOT a military gun. (single shot gun). AR-15 was not used. It was a different gun. Get your facts right.

[@dexterlacroy4132]

But it's black and adjustable! Thus making it 25000 times deadlier! (according to liberal fantasy)

[@theweirdrobot]

Don't believe I've ever seen a "semi-atomic rifle" before? Are they common? What a complete joke. . .

[@ken1139]

"Semi-Atomic"?! Oh, I really, really want one! I missed that comment; I've gotta watch again.

[@Outlawdeputy23]

LMAO an antigun person named Gunn-Barrett. Oh the irony.

[@williamburnette588]

It's not an assault rifle.....

[@dexterlacroy4132]

SJW's with emo haircuts and tofu lunchboxes would mistake a crossbow for a battleship

[@jcarter3238]

Hahaha THIS IS RICH!!! Gee I don't know, what is the root of gun culture, explosives and extremism in the Middle East? Glass house, anyone?

[@britishjohn04]

Someone without enough evidence against them to arrest and charge them for a crime should not lose constitutional rights. Gun ownership is a right., flying on an airplane is a privilege.

[@ken1139]

18:15 Leah, sweetie, you're absolutely hilarious. "The AR15 is known as the spleen shredder"?! Really?! That's comedy gold. You are absolutely hilarious. Not at all credible, of course, but definitely hilarious!

[@dexterlacroy4132]

Shotguns should be banned because I heard someone call them "chestbursters" which sounds scary. Please let me ban hunting rifles a.k.a "deer doomsday devices"

[@trollpolice]

how does someone sneak in an ar15 into a club the thing is to big to conceal even a ar15 pistol. were the bouncers not padding people down or did he just force his way in and start spraying?

[@seanberthiaume6909]

M16s and AR-15s are not identical!Outright LIE!M16s are FULL AUTOMATIC AR15s are SEMI Automatic only FOOL!

[@Alkafeltser]

This woman has no idea what she's talking about. An AR-15 is not identical to an M-16. M-16s are either 3-round burst or fully auto. Ar-15s are only semi-automatic. Also, gun sales are not on the decline. During the Obama administration, the estimated number of guns in the country (calculated by sales) rose from 250 million to 350 million. They started keeping track in 1900. So she literally has no idea what she's talking about.

[@Graham6762]

If you try to get rid of the gun show so called loophole then you would have to register all guns. That is basically confiscation.

[@paganpoet3]

HOW ABOUT: 'WHAT ARE THE ROOTS OF HOMOPHOBIA IN THE MUSLIM CULTURE?'....HOW ABOUT THAT AL-LIEZEERA?

[@ArtSmosh1274]

will that would be in most countries

[@myguyhasrizz_9210]

Is she British or American? She sounds both at the same time in my opinion

[@joestampsiii5956]

372 MASS SHOOTINGS! Seriously?! Oh this is an impartial journalist.

[@22Mypain]

What about deaths not by guns ?

[@SlashDrago]

We need guns to fight government suppression. Being in the police or military should not give you special rights to bear larger arms and to kill without any percussion.

[@darioildiario3001]

In 2016? Really?? Bah...

[@JewTube001]

lets give nukes to everyone

[@dashjay4904]

percussion?

[@JewTube001]

MachOverspeedsPlace you should air drop them millions of guns. im sure that'll stop em from fighting eachother.

[@MachOverspeedsPlace]

dario il diario Whatever, kid. Adios. MachOverspeed

[@Lieu3C4]

6:40 It were not a question of forced compliance; it were a question of the ease with which.

[@tekkphear]

Leah Gunn Barrett has incorrect facts on firearms, namely the Ar15. It is not the same as an M16 or M4. It cannot pop off 30-40 rounds in a matter of seconds on semi auto. And it is actually a modern sporting rifle. Just look at IPSC 3-Gun. Also different projectiles do different things and hollow point projectiles do tend not to go straight through, but i can't see somebody being shot in the ankle and it splitting the spleen. She needs to check her facts a little. Whether you are for gun control or not, you cannot go from her arguments, because they are uninformed. A lot like Donald Trumps. The presenter also says "semi-atomic rifles" in one sentence.

[@nickyg3244]

Would have liked if the moderator clarified some of the empirical points being made on each side, to strip the facts of their biases. Instead there were a lot of questions that felt repeated rather than pressed

[@nevada5249]

This is painful.

[@britishjohn04]

Does anyone else find it amusing that the crazy woman has the names Gunn and Barrett?

[@raulrios158]

How many Muslims have died from gun violence in Islamic countries?

[@ArtSmosh1274]

I don't think they said so

[@seanberthiaume6909]

SOT license to deal in full autos/suppressors..special occupational tax...

[@themainman2827]

All these people think they will be the heroes of their own personal action movies.

[@mscarolynnigro]

3 hours? That sounds fishy?

[@hui-lingchang287]

Apparently they thought that he had or was wearing a bomb vest. . . .

[@richA1492]

Her stats include suicide by gun. If you look at per capita rates of gun homicide the US looks much more reasonable. Also if you look at per capita rates of gun death at mass shootings the US ranks below countries like Norway even. Check out data from the Crime Prevention Research center.

[@krnpowr]

This wingnut from Kentucky is totally off his rocker.

[@Doober987]

Clearly emotions over take rational thought

[@phillip53]

Semi auto olny are not military weapons. Also, i dont care what they are doing in Australia.

[@hui-lingchang287]

Thee "specialists" quote stats of a state that is doing worse off than the state they are advocating for, cause there is 50+ states to choose from in the United States. These specialists are so "credible".

[@WinstonSmith6]

Al Jazeera is like don’t you want to live under a feudal system like us.

[@turnerwright]

I'll just post my opinion on here, and I'm sure it will be taken with a grain of salt. Doubtful that any death threats will be issued. Yeah...

[@darielzuniga6123]

click bait af son WTF~!!!!!!!!!

[@JewTube001]

muh gunz

[@8301989]

Make me wonder if L knows what she's talking about firing off hundreds of rounds and mere moments really The AK47 only shoots fully on manic 12 rounds in a single minute to she really know what she's talking about I don't think so and civilians only allowed to purchase similar type rifles that are not full auto every single time you had to pull the trigger just to be able to shoot the gun not pull it and hold it in trigger happy one shot every single time we pulled a chair where her to these people get the idea that it's fully auto with the guns said these people get I have no idea where they get that

[@fludog1]

wtf

[@darioildiario3001]

NRA: that's the name.

[@danbanks7930]

Its this simple the gun technology is so old people with very little skill and a little determination can produce a crude gun in there garage Evan the ammo can be made from scratch so how do you stop that now 3d printed guns and bullets can be made in your garage you can't take back the knowledge now

[@MachOverspeedsPlace]

That's exactly right. I've been saying it for YEARS. The only real way to ban guns, is to un-invent them. Otherwise, ten thousand guys just like me will get richer than Halliburton making them in our garage. MachOverspeed

[@thefoxdoctor1072]

The roots come from the 2nd amendment and from our god given freedoms of the Constitution.