Meeting the Brits with guns - BBC News

When you mention guns, the UK is definitely not the first place you'd think of. But, there are more than 700,000 firearm owners in Britain, and nearly 2 million guns. Some describe being a British gun owner as being part of a “secret community”, due to the stigma that is often attached. Benjamin Zand goes on a journey to meet Britain’s legal gun owners, and finds out why some of them want more access to guns in the UK.
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[@samlodestro2850]

"I don't know anybody with a gun... I know people who have been shot!" UK gun control in a nutshell

[@GhostOfBillCooper]

@iuvenis animo Cool now all you need is to ban all the knives and hammers and you will live in utopia.

[@MisterCOM]

@iuvenis animo what about london

[@kdrapertrucker]

Why don't you try Satan just about everyone I know who owns guns and I don't know anyone who's been shot. I know a few people ought to be who shot.

[@wildfire160]

@@GhostOfBillCooper And cars vans and trucks...

[@peterdragon6367]

Most people I know here in the US have some sort of gun but I don’t know anyone that’s been shot. Except one idiot that shot a hole though his hand

[@markvillanova654]

“This gun’s almost as tall as me” *looks down barrel

[@lostlogics2658]

Never look down barrel

[@C8Z51Scott]

Mark Villanova I thought the same thing.😁

[@DirtyRobot]

That was really the other peoples fault. He should have be told the rules several times before even touching a firearm. As soon as he did that, everyone should have taken that gun away from him and sat him down for a good sanity check.

[@TheCrushenator]

right... i flinched.

[@thegreatoutdoors1075]

The only way to know that a gun is clear is to look down the barrel sooooooooo.....

[@Ladjoke]

Usually when you do documentaries you send someone with basic knowledge of the subject. But for gun documentaries it is always a person with the mental capacity of a kitchen table.

[@sumvs5992]

Far too much credit too their intelligence if you ask me

[@conesinker_4209]

@J take the tinfoil hat off Haha

[@conesinker_4209]

@@rokopanokopa632 I'd rather criminals use knives than guns less chance of people getting caught in the crossfire

[@justmeagaindownhere2504]

@@conesinker_4209 The common argument against that is criminals already don't abide by laws, why would they abide by gun laws? Many criminals will still be able to get ahold of guns anyway. Note the woman in the interview that didn't know anyone who owned a gun, but did know people that have been shot by guns. Food for thought.

[@conesinker_4209]

@@justmeagaindownhere2504 well when you compare the amount of guns owned by gangs in the U.S to the numbers in U.K the stats speak for themselves

[@tonycj7860]

1:46 "The majority of gun deaths done by illegal guns" You don't say.

[@1jackct]

never saw that coming

[@Jason-mv4go]

How many deaths by police officers using guns , getting mistaken for a terrorist. lucky for me Fife constabulary cant shoot for shit. the marksman on the roof of the old Mc donalds Kirkcaldy missed their mark twice and the armed responce team ran right passed me.

[@sumvs5992]

Ah, but strengthen the laws and that'll stop. Wait...

[@gabrielsnotdead6912]

Well exactly....... yet were not allowed to protect ourselves..... someone breaks into our house were what we refer to as "fucked"

[@thisisntfine6729]

@@gabrielsnotdead6912 5 steps to kick the shit out of a guy with a gun 1.get up against the wall 2. get a blunt object like metal bat or fire extinguisher 3. Jump them a hit them in the head 4. Now 3 things happen 1 he gets knocked out, 2 he dies 3 you get the gun from him. If first 2 options call the cops 5.if you get gun from him step back and aim it at him. If he jumps at you shoot him, if the safety is on (the gun won't shoot) hit him in the head with the gun 6 call police Note if you have people with you stack up and give the guy in the front the biggest most damaging weapon Other I learned this in school........ 6th grade Optional (very recommended) Buy a American flag and get a pet Bald Eagle as a pet

[@mattnasty559]

The “we don’t call 911 we call 1911” went right over their head lol

[@jonathanmaclean2731]

what's the joke?

[@BazamO]

@@jonathanmaclean2731 M1911 is a pistol, I think that's the reference.

[@subscriberswithoutanyvid-ns9vo]

Lol

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Don’t the Brits use 999 instead of 911 for their emergency number? That’s what it was in Hong Kong.

[@sabakochadze5393]

Their*

[@jowarnis]

Every self respecting citizen should have a gun.

[@haydnoliver7034]

Go back to the 1800s

[@regondi]

+Haydn _ go back to your ignorance...let the adults talk.

[@iseeicyicetea]

+jowarnis that's silly. why would i spend money for an additional accident hazard in my home? i'm not at all worried about being assaulted, i don't hunt and i highly doubt there'll be a tyranny in my country anytime soon. my self respect is fully intact, i'm just not an idiot or conspiracy theorist.

[@regondi]

iseeicyicetea actually according to studies a bathtub is more of a dangerous accident hazard than a firearm.

[@LittleLion93]

+jowarnis I agree that a citizen should be able to have a gun, but I don't think that you are not "self respecting" if you have not one.

[@methatguy]

Everyones got guns round here.... Oh yeah? Like Who? Farmers. Who else? Farmers Mums. - Hot Fuzz

[@robwalsh9843]

Mustache...... .....I know!.....

[@methatguy]

@@robwalsh9843 Yarp!!!🤣🤣🤣

[@SamHodgson1999]

You could've at least quoted the film correctly. You know, so the joke actually works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKbVp4N8d8x4ftU

[@methatguy]

@@SamHodgson1999 why don't you go do that instead of criticizing? I'm not here all day and nothing wrong with a bit of improv....is there. Edit* besides it seems to have worked.....didn't it? And my interpretation fits THIS video....or did you not understand that?

[@danielfinch362]

Loads of people have guns in the countryside.

[@T13HS]

As a police firearms officer told me when I first got my shotgun licence at age 18, “It’s easy to get a licence, but it’s even easier to lose it.”

[@raccoontickler7744]

How's that?

[@T13HS]

@@raccoontickler7744 Well for example, if you go to your GP and say you’re feeling depressed, they’ll have your licence taken away. Same if you’re involved in a violent crime, such as assault. Basically if you do anything that might make you less suitable to have a licence, chances are you will lose your licence as a result

[@raccoontickler7744]

Makes sense

[@italianboyz12345]

@@raccoontickler7744 not really

[@italianboyz12345]

@@T13HS do you want to come live in America? We have some room in the rural areas.

[@maxie706]

"this looks like a proper machine gun"... holds up bolt action hunting rifle

[@TYRES1987]

I think he said "this looks like a proppa machine thought" it's just that his accent is strange.

[@maxie706]

ah makes sense

[@swiggityswag1034]

It might be a joke, and a pretty funny one if it is.

[@dudeman5_889]

-_- he said "this looks like a proper machine"

[@solowpolo]

maxie706 he didn't say "machine gun" he just said "machine"

[@Im_Interested]

The cringe factor when he pointed that shotgun at his own face. 4:32

[@naurunappula1]

Yup

[@bradenmiller4356]

Seth Thompson oh god, that’s just simple logic

[@bobschmical7882]

I SAW THAT AND I WAS LIKE YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING

[@jimbojimbo7103]

I paused it there to look for this comment.

[@blkstrai]

But it's empty

[@MGTZreal]

British self defense laws have always blown my mind. Why should I not be able to defend myself from someone who is on my property.

[@englishcrumpit4878]

You can. You dont need to be blasting away constantly. Call the police let them arrest them rather than you get a manslaughter charge at worst.

[@pandaboss5085]

You're allowed to protect yourself there's nothing stopping self defense, you don't need a gun to protect yourself.

[@TheOnlyTYRE]

@@englishcrumpit4878 ok so what if the police get there and the owner of the house is dead and the suspect is gone.

[@englishcrumpit4878]

@@TheOnlyTYRE That just isnt something you need to worry about in the UK. People arent running into people homes and executing them.

[@pandaboss5085]

@@englishcrumpit4878 they all share a single braincell I swear

[@Benjamin-cu8wi]

L love how they are portraying air rifles and gas guns as actual guns

[@rpajay]

Still a firearm though isn't it

[@cristianabraham384]

@@rpajay No

[@turogamer-oi4nq]

@@rpajay its air there is no explosion to fire the round

[@rpajay]

Wrong you have one of these on fac here in uk. So anything that fires over 12ft.power has to go on fac. Yes it doesn't use gunpowder but air. But its still classed as a firearm. Hence its on a firearms ticket

[@warmonkey3216]

@@rpajay the thing is in order for something to be a firearm fire has to be involved. Hence the name

[@BondReagan]

Looks at bolt action 22lr rifle "Woah, oh my God how can you own this"

[@malcolm3664]

Reagan Bond lol 😂 from Australia we have most things the US has ARS the lot just no selection switch to full automatic semi bolt lever pump etc all fine but this is so sad Englandstain

[@jediael9906]

Fully semi automatic military style assault rifle weapon of mass destruction

[@m9rsm284]

Lad he said it himself it’s a bloody machine gun fella 😂

[@tireachan6178]

Yeah it's like anything equipped with a suppressor comes across like serious hardware for eliminating tangos stealth operation style to people who aren't gun savy. They don't realise that bunnies have big ears and you don't want to send your future targets four fields over underground.

[@gungan5822]

@@m9rsm284 No he didn't. He said "this is a proper machine though".

[@boogerguy1697]

Imagine thinking that self defense is morally wrong.

[@moefritz6225]

In Canada my self defence is a machete against a gun because I am not allowed a gun... And if I attempt murder the invader(s) I will still go to jail and be on trial.... Sounds about right.

[@llamamusicchannel7688]

Someone tried to argue with me that it's bad either way because even moral uses like hunting and self defence end with the death of something. Idk what they were getting at, when no shit something dies when you hunt it, and anyone threatening your life has given up their right to live.

[@GrantH2606]

Imagine thinking that owning a tool designed to kill is morally right.

[@llamamusicchannel7688]

@@GrantH2606 spot the lib

[@GrantH2606]

@@llamamusicchannel7688 Not at all into politics, but presuming you meant liberal could you explain to me what is bad about that?

[@talos2384]

“Criminals don’t follow gun laws anyway” he’s got a point!

[@markpalmer8083]

Most shootings in the USA are not by criminals. They are by loons who can just go to the local shop and arm themselves to the teeth. And by the routinely armed and trigger happy police.

[@Yoghurt_UK]

Being from the country myself and having everyone and their mothers owning a gun, I was surprised seeing people shocked that guns are legal.

[@pandaboss5085]

It's people from the city, I'm from east London myself so I didn't even know you could legally own a gun but I'm not that surprised it's people in the country and it's strict

[@moggtheboss3087]

City dwellers rarely understand the actual laws regarding guns

[@mrgobrien]

in the uk the gun laws are stricter in cities than in the countryside - 2 main reasons - there are more legitimate reasons to own one there (hunting game and guarding livestock from vermin etc) and also the much sparser population means any maniac can't shoot as many people than if running amok in a city. muhammad ali said he didn't like britain because of its narrow urban streets - and we are a crowded little island too - imagine someone firing guns along the centre of york or chester etc? they'd hit about 8 people with 1 bullet by chance alone.

[@jwoods1732]

@@moggtheboss3087 City Dwellers are the ones pushing for tougher gun laws when the guns used in crime are the guns you cant legally obtain anyway lmfao

[@jwoods1732]

@@mrgobrien Theres firearm ranges there and you dont even need a license to shoot the guns you only need it to own them (you can obtain a firearm license when you are 13 and shotgun licence when you are 16). Getting a shotgun license is a matter of having a gun safe and telling the police you want one, they aren't allowed to deny you unless they have a valid reason not to (your mental health etc) Getting a firearms license (rifles and shotguns with bigger tubes/magazines) is when you need to have a valid reason and being part of a gun club is reason enough. If you look are firearms offences shotguns and rifles are the lowest.. BB guns and air rifle offences are higher. The most common gun type used in crime by far are handguns and they are the hardest if not second hardest type of firearm to legally obtain in Britain with pretty much only museums and dodgy politicians being able to obtain them. The criminals make their own (sometimes 3d printed) illegally import them, or more commonly they steal them from the army and police. You can also obtain some firearms in the UK without a license at all namely a lot of guns that were made before the 20th century but criminals don't use them, I think in my entire life I've only heard about 2 people trying to rob a shop using guns from the 18th-19th century. At the end of the day its a cultural thing, even when guns were much easier to legally obtain they weren't used in that many crimes the only time that spiked was when they banned the use of firearms for self defence which led to a surge in violent gang crime in the 1950s and 1960s if I remember right.

[@Procraseighter]

"This gun is as big as I am" *Aims it right at his own face

[@LANCEtheBOIL]

Dude should have told him " um son that's the dangerous end"

[@2thewilderness]

Yeah, I noticed that. What an idiot.

[@robertgrant4683]

That is exactly what I was thinking when I saw that LOL. That is the type of person who has no business owning a gun LOL

[@sgtcaco]

Yeh I got instinctively nervous seeing that. It’s strange how most people who know nothing about guns, treat them like there just toys. But if you are a a gun person you have a lot of respect for that open barrel and we’re it is pointed at all times. The first time I went hunting I saved my self from getting my head blown off by a young bloke. Thinking his 22 pump rifle was empty as proceeded to squeeze the shot off at point blank to my head as an immature joke. I pushed they barrel away just in time. Scary stuff

[@magigooter2096]

People who know nothing about guns are the most dangerous to possess them. Education is imperative.

[@elijahporbin9005]

The lack of firearms intelligence in a gun information video is incredible

[@SamuelHorler]

He's going at the pace/level of the regular Brit. We generally don't have firearms, as outlined in the video. Brits are who he's broadcasting to, therefore he speaks at a level we understand. Duh.

[@SamuelHorler]

@@Elliott2001 What misinformation?

[@arieson7715]

It's british, what do you expect?

[@johnathansmall1899]

It’s a good thing though

[@bartosh2865]

It isn't a gun info video. If you want to see those you hop over the atlantic and watch some Fox news.

[@trevorbarrows8446]

“This gun looks as big as me!” *points it at his face*

[@skedtm]

"And have a good reason to own a gun" I live in London

[@urmum-oe1qw]

No offense but London is such a shithole

[@bensymons]

@@urmum-oe1qw depends what part you go too

[@mallardofmodernia8092]

@@bensymons the part where ur mum lives.

[@bensymons]

@@mallardofmodernia8092 good joke

[@urmum-oe1qw]

@Qween agreed I hear they are a real problem in fact when I went it was really bad

[@draco2023b]

so um can i trade anti gun us citizens for pro gun british citizens?

[@thomasmyers6000]

Amen

[@redeye118]

Sure 😂

[@awhiskyintheevening8408]

Sure, ever hear of a little place called Chicago? Illinois outside of Chicago would trade it with you. 😃

[@docp6325]

This

[@TD04_Trav]

Please

[@mixflip]

so the UK has the strictest gun laws in the west and criminals are exploiting loopholes in the laws? let me get this straight....criminals find a way to get guns regardless of the law???????? wow....who would have thought that would happen....

[@iwasrightonce1403]

+mixflip Works pretty well, though, doesn't it? As per person, England still has less deaths from guns than the USA.

[@byrysh]

+I Was Right Once But your violent crime by other means as skyrocketed Moron, look at all the facts!

[@OliverOlding]

+byrysh violent crime is defined differently in the UK and the US, here all sexual assault is classed as a violent crime and in the US only rape of a female is, along with many other statistics skewing the data

[@CROWVOSHOW]

+mixflip No, criminals in the UK can't get guns in the UK easy, as there is many laws including getting a license and having a meeting with a Representative and criminal background ect... but even if you pass that stage it can still take many months to years for the licensing to actually go through, The way criminals are exploiting our citizens is by coming into, our homes and stealing things, but the citizens can't do much in terms of self defense because they know, if they step the mark they could go down for causing unlawful harm to the perpetrator.

[@r.weaver3769]

no way that could ever happen

[@TheJosephB333]

This is just propaganda, they cleary had an indented message with this "documentary." To incite fear.

[@seconds-js7pf]

True, all media is biased, the uk is the one of the safest countries gun wise in the world

[@kp4576]

Right at the start they try to pull a fast one by giving the impression that you only need two forms of id to buy a gun, thus painting a picture of an American gun culture. Trouble is most people are lazy thinkers and simply fall for the propaganda.

[@Aima952]

Or the BBC is assuming an intelligent audience for what appears to be an abridged version of a larger segment. Most of my family has, at some point, owned the type of 'gun' you can get with two types of ID and we're not even country side people!

[@Bluetrekkie]

Jason Paul - That was for air rifles and they stated that very clearly. You can absolutely buy an air rifle with just two forms of ID.

[@dragzgaming]

Faking machine gun 😂😂😂😂😂😂 only thing scary here is they make us brits look like complete idiots

[@urhumbleservant]

5 seconds into the video, BBC puts a slide racking sound effect for a double barrel. Omg...

[@Jeremy0320]

It pains me to hear him call an air rifle a real gun

[@ZoeyP95]

I'm about 4 months late, but by the looks of it, it's actually a 22lr.

[@myleshulmes2059]

Same

[@tays8306]

If some will take down a feral hog, i wouldnt want it pointes at me. Real enough

[@luciusquinctiuscincinnatus6627]

Jeremy Sotomayor Well technically they are not wrong, if you go by the dictionary definition of "gun" then they are correct. Also "air gun" or "air rifle" uses the word gun or rifle because by definition it is. I agree with you tho, an AR15 to a air gun are leagues apart. Plus i want to own an M4 and M16 with an M203, a few pistol, MG42, MKB42, M249 and many more. But I'm Scottish so you think i'll ever own a fraction of just the guns i mentioned. I do wish to visit a country where i can at least be able to go to a gun range

[@tikityler1386]

@@garycarraigeacha8794 I can pick like 5 ranges near me to fire full auto in UT, there is a massive range in Las Vegas well known for it, there is well... all of Texas. You can find a place to shoot full auto in any state but as someone who grew up in Pismo Beach, CA is not where I would recommend to go if you want to do some shooting at a nice range. Pick UT, ID, NV, TX, ect

[@ThatTallGuy0]

Picks up bolt action .22 YOOOOOO “PROPER MACHINE “

[@cyco781loco1]

McFlipsPies 😂😂😂

[@tle1015]

Lololol

[@cyco781loco1]

wonder what he'd think if he saw my custom Daniel defence 300 blackout

[@JuniorJuni070]

looni toonz his head would blow up

[@cyco781loco1]

I’m crying in a corner While i count my money 😂 I bet it would that's just the Daniel defence he'd be in his feelings if he saw the whole of my AR'r or my new glock 42 in 380

[@ssj704]

3:35 "offer you a cup of tea" love it.

[@sharpe.1775]

'A lot more powerful than I expected' holding a over and under shotgun.

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

Shotguns are very powerful and threat stoppers.

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

@Independent Mind My point is that they are indeed powerful. A shotgun will stop any threat in a single well placed shot.

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

@Independent Mind A lot of people don't realize that one shot of buckshot from a 12 gauge causes significant damage and stopping power, much more then a single shot from an AR-15.

[@sharpe.1775]

@Independent Mind My point is why get someone doing an interview who knows nothing about firearms.

[@E6EES]

@@sharpe.1775 He didn't cry at the recoil of a 12 bore.

[@davec.3198]

"Oh this is a long gun,,big as me." Then looks right down the barrel. Can't fix stupid.

[@Wheelchair-bear]

So they implemented stricter gun laws after 25 people were killed in two separate incidents years apart; and how many hundreds were killed what's knives last year? Obviously it's way worse to be killed with a gun than a knife or a bomb according to the BBC.

[@TheCharleseye]

@@Wheelchair-bear London banned pointed knives. I'm not kidding. Even kitchen knives have to be rounded over or turned in. It's insanity.

[@jackluminous4573]

Lol.. i said the same thing

[@Wheelchair-bear]

Sometimes stupid fixes itself, when handling guns ... but then they just blame it on the gun

[@Beerissmoke12]

As a texan looking at this, I want to know why no one took the gun right out of his hand as he did that. I would have been pissed and let him know not to do that under any circumstances.

[@ninjaslash52_98]

“Semi automatic rifle” *Shows the image of a beretta handgun* He got the first part right it’s semi auto

[@Diabetic_Chicken69]

timestamp?

[@Diabetic_Chicken69]

@@pie-sn3nd I think thats just what it said in the script and then post production, the visuals were added. I also noticed plenty of people saying he said "thats a proper macine gun" when he was looking at the bolt action, in reality he said "thats a proper machine though". British people aren't this oblivious to guns, and this wasn't a wanton attempt to make guns look bad. It actually put British gun owners in a positive light, and didn't blame them for gun crime.

[@Diabetic_Chicken69]

@@pie-sn3nd Nah you good, was just using that a point to elaborate. Thanks for the timestamp

[@greengay4924]

I read this comment as soon as some guy said “semi automatic rifle”

[@Krytern]

You realise he records the voice over before any post production is done right?

[@thndr_5468]

Self defense is a human right

[@spagbol4475]

Not allowed to use them for self defense - I think it's questionable lawfully even if you access your gun cabinet while an intruder is in your home

[@geezerp1982]

@@spagbol4475 wrong

[@spagbol4475]

@@geezerp1982 is that all you’ve got to say? Nothing to back it up?

[@MayumiC-chan9377]

i’m from Japan but now i’m an American citizen. My husband is an ex-soldier working for a security contractor company and i’m a pediatrician living in the Southwestern United states. I admit it i was scared to even touch firearms until my husband taught me. From .22lr to 5.56 to 7.62x39 to .308 my husband and his family taught me well. My husband brought me a 5.55 Galil for my birthday day and a Bersa pistol. I’m very glad i live in the USA i love to visit Japan to see family but i’m more happy i can defend myself and family.

[@itsthatoneguy5]

Dang I’d love to own a Galil! I’ve never actually shot a 22LR. I remember going trap shooting with my dad and some of his coworker, who were semi professional skeet and trap shooters, and having a lot of fun! I remember hitting my first target on my first try and being super excited! I just got into firearms owner ship back in 2022 and love it!

[@ayirsawft]

BBC Logic: GUNS ARE EVIL! *Covers up Jimmy Saville rape scandal*

[@geezerp1982]

unless in the hands of the state then its ok !

[@MrAngryCanadian]

+geezerp1982 I am from Alberta Canada often called "Canada's Texas" I know a few people who have not shot guns... There is something not right with most of them!... Some just never have, I change that when I can. More times then not they own guns within a year. Firearms are not the problem we have guys hunting deer with M14s here in Canada never a problem. All kinds of modern sporting rifles and other semi auto rifles that Look like Military rifles but any real person will know only morons call semi auto rifles "assault rifles... Because they are not in anyway one.

[@cupmeister9354]

Big British Crap

[@damarekonayaro5781]

As UK gun owner and shooting enthusiast, I found this a reasonable balanced piece. Many people in the UK have little understanding of guns and gun ownership, our licensing laws are proving effective and we are more sensible regards suppressors than for example many US states. It is possible to discuss fire arms without ranting.

[@ScoopDogg]

Damare Konayaro Not only barbarians would want it gone, but the child victims of sex abuse that went on in the BBC building, and was hushed up, they will want it gone too. And people who hate companys that allow sex abuse to go on and be talked about, yet do. Nothing about it, so that's me hates it too.

[@pietniacud6460]

Watching Brits handle guns is like hearing virgins talk about sex...

[@jackhobbs9691]

No its not they just go to a bunch of weird old people who even I can't stand listening to, most Brits know a lot about guns and in Country areas 10 year olds go shooting with 410s.

[@jean-lucpicard8943]

Considering we conquered 23% of the world with them, that's a pretty stupid statement.

[@jackhobbs9691]

Jean-Luc Picard Ikr, and during wars we used just as many as the Americans.

[@nemesi8800]

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/nov/06/british-invaded-90-per-cent-world

[@liamvanvel1996]

Watching same goes for any person not used to Guns... I'm british but was raised around guns, I physically cringed when he "measured" the gun to himself by standing over the barrel.

[@Jimmyjimjim]

"Derrick Bird killed 12 people with a licensed rifle", no, that was a shotgun. the quality of the output from the BBC is really just staggeringly low.

[@Jimmyjimjim]

@Afzal Mohammad You know, that'll teach me for commenting without checking. I'd forgotten that - probably because the majority of the shots fired were from the shotgun. Still, as at least half of the deaths were from his shotgun, I stand by my comment regarding the BBC :)

[@frazerhardstaffwinstanley3006]

To be honest, I think the UK should have far more relaxed gun laws. I genuinely believe you should have the right to own a full-auto machine gun if you want to.

[@matthewtasman]

No bad idea as a United States citizen we found out years ago that owning an automatic rifle it's a bad idea send me automatic I agree with full auto is bad years ago in 1989 before concealed carry was legal in Texas there was a shooting in a place called luby's cafeteria a madman with a fully automatic weapon that he legally bought before the 1985 automatic gun ban drove his pickup truck through the window of the place and he started shooting bang bang bang bang bang bang bang Susanna hup and her family was in there now misses hup had been carrying a handgun in in her purse for protection even though it was illegal it wasn't until 1995 it was legal and she said to herself I got him but then she realized that she made the foolish mistake of a lifetime instead of carrying her gun in her purse three months earlier she had stopped doing that because as I stated that in Texas at the time it was a felony offense to carry a gun in your purse or any other thing you were only allowed to use them at home for defense a bunch of people died she told her mom come on we have to get out of here somebody broke a window and said get out of here come on follow me while all that was going on Susanna got out but her mom didn't make it police told her later that her mom had crawled over to her dying father and hugged him and she was murdered the weapon the murderer used was a legal 1984 M16 a fully automatic M16 the same type used in the Vietnam war I am against full automatic weapons for civilian use Ronald Reagan side of law back in 1985 to ban them unless it was before the ban luckily most automatic weapons are now in the US cost over $4,000 semi-automatics are just effective as fully automatics with one good thing semi-automatic rifles eventually your finger will get tired and you'll have to pause it will never fire the same rate as an automatic I'm also against bump stocks if you remember the Las Vegas shooting in 2017 it was 100% legal to buy a bump stock which made a semi-automatic a fully automatic weapon I'm glad that they're now illegal as for the future of civilian automatic weapons in the United States the prices are only going to get higher and eventually only Donald trump money level people will be able to buy them and I'm glad

[@panzerman9247]

Mathew Tasman, your facts on the Luby's shooting are completely wrong. There were no automatic weapons used.

[@LordxCurry]

Not far more. I'd say they should still require a licence, but the variety of guns which are legal to own should increase. For example, shotguns with a magazine capacity of more than 3 should be allowed. Semi-auto pistols should also be allowed. All pistol calibres larger than 22LR. should be allowed. All of this should be under a licence of course. But machine guns aren't really necessary. Even in America, the laws of owning a machine gun are very strict.

[@displeasedgentleman7360]

We should just teach the people on how to use a gun safely and have more focus on mental health in our schools, seeing as most ‘gangsters’ are underage and delusional

[@freezy2755]

this is the kind of attitude that causes constant mass shootings in the us

[@Godowar100]

Watch out boys, the BBC will start calling forks knives next

[@Grodd70]

Actually look at some of their knife laws. Apparently you can't carry a folder with a lockable blade without a lawful reason. No Benchmades or Spyderco's in the UK

[@sumvs5992]

Surprised we're allowed plastic knives in the canteens anywhere

[@tomsoki5738]

Oi u got a loicence for that mate??

[@conorstewart2214]

@@Grodd70 yeah it sucks, all we are allowed are non locking knives with a blade length of less than 3 inches and there are restrictions on where we can carry them, that puts out most knives except swiss army knives and some non locking opinels. Even multitools with pliars on them, if it is possible to have the blade out but you need to unfold the multitool to put it away again then its illegal too.

[@marcomarkproductions]

its easier to get a gun illegally than legally

[@PrototypeBMX]

sadly yes i want to own a gun and i cant but i know where i can get one illegally

[@SluggyBoi]

@@PrototypeBMX Ill give you one.

[@thebidstar26]

Michael Kilpatrick tell em you’re going country tho you’d need a real address. It’s honestly not that expensive to own a property in places where there’s wildlife.

[@ceceb6264]

And that is the problem in all countries

[@davenolan5709]

@Have-a- Cigar Yep, it's easier to buy a gun illegally than to buy a gun legally if you're a good model citizen that has no criminal record. Wait?...What!?

[@theilluminati7287]

Its honestly sad how restricted guns are in the UK.

[@hugo8500]

People should be lucky you can still get some in the UK.

[@geren546]

I think you'd be less "sad" about how strict it is here if you'd have seen someone shot to death bro. I grew up in a country with far more lax gun laws, and I saw alot more gun crime, and misuse of firearms than I have in the UK. Don't get me wrong, guns are fun, and hunting, as opposed to supermarket meat, should be encouraged. But the less people have access to em, the happier I am. And sure, If someone really wants a gun to mess someone up, theres ways to go about it, laws or not. But the way I see it, the less we put on the market, the safer we are. Just my opinion.

[@theilluminati7287]

@@geren546 guns are a free society's best defense against tyranny. Without them, or even without very many of them, a population is completely at the mercy of their government. Then when you compare misuse of guns to how many guns there are, it becomes clear that we shouldn't punish law abiding citizens for the actions of an extreme minority of the population. There are 30,000 gun deaths in this country every year, 2/3 of those are suicides, in comparison to around 150 million gun owners and 400 million guns. Thats 1 gun homicide and 2 gun suicides for every 15,000 gun owners and 40,000 guns. Now take into account that 60-80% of gun homicides in America are gang related. And if someone is so dangerous that they can't be trusted with a gun, why do we let them walk free to begin with? It is far easier for someone to use a car, which are used to kill people far more often than guns. Or knives, hammers, or hands and feet, all of which are used to kill more people than rifles of any type.

[@gtxlucid6630]

The way he holds the bolt action rifle and calls it a machinegun hurts my heart so much 😔

[@TheAngelo854]

Who else cringed when he looked down the barrel of that shot gun at 4:35?

[@dbkarman]

i dont get it cuz im not american

[@evmanbutts]

@@dbkarman Never looking down the barrel of a rife for any reason is one of the rules/guidelines of gun safety in the US and Canada, and the same guy that goes on and on about how dangerous they are doesn't know shit about gun safety.

[@dbkarman]

@@evmanbutts We dont carry guns for fun, we dont even have them so there is no point in guide lines, i get why america and canada might give doing that as suicide but we just dont need safety tips, i dont know anything about guns other than that the 50 cal is the largest you can have and 9mm is the smallest, and know somethings from ww1 and 2 but that the absolute it thanks for explaining thou

[@hiru39]

@@dbkarman there are even smaller cal than 9mm

[@videoheap]

I yelled out OH GOD!

[@davidfowler374]

BBC are really out here trying to make Greg from Cheshire look like a gang member 😂

[@iamcrawlingbeneathyourskin]

david fowler they really weren't

[@Jam-gk3kv]

Stick to having cocktails in Wilmslow Greg 👍

[@SearchingForPixels]

This is painful to watch. I worked in a gunshop for around 1 year, and my father has owned one for around 7. 1. This guy grabbed a shotgun and placed it next to him with the barrel pointing to his chin. Ridiculous. 2. A big chunk of the B-roll on this was air rifles. Which when under 12ft/lb you can own without a license. If one of those guns looked big and scary, it was probably an air rifle. 3. Most people who can get a gun in the UK can only get a small caliber bolt action rifle. Or a shotgun which can hold a maximum of 3 rounds. Above that it is classed as a section 5 and you pretty much can't get that license. 4. A good chuck of gun shops don't bother selling out dated caliber weapons. It is often a route criminals go down, shops now that, and they stay clear to avoid trouble. If anyone has any questions let me know!

[@bluestingray8955]

What cal rifle can you get before it’s a section 5?

[@benjimusicandgamimg9773]

You’re wrong about shotguns. If it holds more than 3 rounds, it’s a section 1 firearm, not a 5, unless it lacks a stock.

[@benjimusicandgamimg9773]

@@bluestingray8955 it’s not by caliber its capability. If it’s above .22LR /WMR, and semi automatic or pump action it’s section 5.

[@MilitantBlackGuy1]

You're not correct about what kind of guns are allowed. You can literally get a .22 rimfire semi auto AR15 with a class 1 licence

[@alganhar1]

What are you talking about? You can get a .50 cal BMG rifle on a Section 1 FAC SO LONG AS ITS MANUALLY CHARGED. Anything above .50 cal no, but at least one of the guys at my club owns a .50 cal bolt action. As for small bore rifles? I personally own several WWI and WWII rifles, all of them 6.5mm or above in calibre. Hardly 'small bore'. They ARE however ALL bolt action.

[@Dillon6479]

Not having the fundamental human right of self defense is absolutely disgusting.

[@OliCM3]

Of course you have the right to defend yourself, just not with a firearm.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

​@OliCM3 That's crazy. What is the logic for that exactly? Serious question from a Yank.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

@NextOuttaOblivion No, seriously. What is the logic please.

[@SethMcFartlane]

Oi mate do you ave a licence for that denim jacket?!

[@Ardass486]

Uh

[@marcd7332]

Lmao

[@jonathantan2469]

Tactical assault jacket with concealed compartments.

[@sobek]

oi me ole mucker...you got a license for making that comment?

[@Supermarine-iv1tb]

Sorry boys we won’t be allowing free speech in this comment section, pack it in

[@AquinasAssociate]

As an American, this was very sad to eatch

[@AquinasAssociate]

Watch*

[@CantResistGaming]

+Frost_20160 Agreed. It makes me sad that they are so restricted from owning firearms for protection.

[@TimeLimey]

+United States Truth Brits are crazy. Ever seen kicking out time after pubs and nightclubs in cities across the UK? If we could all legally buy guns, it would make American guns deaths seem silly.

[@TheWyoCoyote]

+Frost_20160 Yes it is sad when you think that even after WW2 when they had no guns to defend themselves against the Nazi invasion they STILL do not arm themselves. The US sent thousands of donated private guns to England at their request because they had none. pathetic. Can you imagine a foreign country attempting to invade the US? We are very heavily armed, and have about 20 million veterans like myself who are fully equipped and ready to roll.

[@rronaldreagan]

+Richard Miller a case with a primer counts asa round, you cant have more than 150 rounds total in your home independently of their caliber... thats the future where clinton wants to take you, americans. dont be as pathetic as we are, please

[@iilluminumooconfirmed1676]

All the "this looks like a proper machine gun" are plainly wrong. He said "this looks like a proper machine", not referring to it being a fully automatic firearm.

[@LordxCurry]

What's the timestamp I wanna laugh too.

[@Ice-ev8si]

@@LordxCurry 4:03

[@iilluminumooconfirmed1676]

@@LordxCurry 4:02

[@silent_march8130]

iIlluminumoo confirmed He said “ It’s a proper machine though? With accent

[@dragzgaming]

"This is a proper machine gun. Could do some serious damage with this" uhmm sir, please put the BOLT ACTION rife down I suddenly dont feel safe you holding it

[@titaniummetroid]

I like how half of the guns they show are air guns that your average teen gets as a birthday present.

[@arthurtwoshedsjackson4336]

To the UK public those are sniper rifles or machine guns . They are largely stupid however .

[@iidd13iii]

Air rifles are class 1 firearms in Scotland now

[@theXEN0KID]

iidd13iii Wait, class 1 as in top class or class 1 as in lower class????

[@iidd13iii]

Not 100 percent, but it's easier to get shotgun certificate than it is to get an air rifle

[@jamieknight7366]

Arthur twosheds lmao I’m 15 and have a pcp air rifle I guess I’d better not go out in public

[@sirroxalot]

I'm from the Southern part of The United States and I don't know anyone who HASN'T shot a gun. I met some friends in Greece and they couldn't believe I got to carry a gun on me. They thought it was a movie/TV stereotype.

[@MrAngryCanadian]

+digital1911 But in Canada we can buy a .50 BMG Barrett or Lynx 50 in Vancouver and drive through every province to our home in Halifax and not get it taken from Is by some gun pincher in a hippy province... But then again we have some stupid laws here.

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

same I'm just from the more northern part of the country

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

MrAngryCanadian can you have a SCAR17 with 50 round drums?

[@jordanmedlin8764]

I'm from the south to almost everyone has a gun my neighbors do, I do and most everyone I know has shot one but I know a few who have not

[@StAlchemyst]

God bless states like Georgia. I live in Kentucky and we have fairly common sense gun laws too, but I say state like Texas, Georgia, Arizona, and my own. Did you know that G&A magazine ranked VERMONT in the top ten for overall gun owning freedom among the fifty states and the District of Colombia? Arizona is #1 and even allows permitless concealed carry. I didn't until now! The more you know! If Arizona wasn't so damned hot I'd seriously consider moving there!

[@thatsnodildo1974]

Wow criminals dont follow gun laws. Imagine my shock

[@1JamesZ]

Miles is a great instructor to initialise the process of owning a firearm, was always very professional and rational with his teaching, no amount of law will change the mindset of someone wanting to use a firearm to harm someone Tougher laws don’t affect criminals, I feel this short documentary really portrays the correct etiquette of firearms and shows how solid our laws are considering most of the public aren’t even aware it’s legal to own one

[@geezerp1982]

most of the public are government boot lickers, if a MP said to the public , "i am going to codify freedom of speech in the bill of rights " he would get more screaming against that by the sheep then if he said "i am to pass a law that makes crime to utter any hate speech" whch he wold get more support for

[@ianmather7602]

~1,000,000 guns? Those are rookie numbers You gotta get those numbers up

[@pastorspringfeel7722]

Myself at least.. buys 3 guns a day

[@supervillainJ]

ian mather I want to bump those numbers up!

[@thegameroftheyear4751]

drew deez nuts i buy 9 no wonder i havent been robbed

[@eeroh4728]

supervillan Eventhough UK has 13 times more people than Finland, Finland has about the same amount of guns, which i find kind of weird

[@benbeatty2923]

Excatly ian I'm from Texas, we have more long guns here than the rest of the United states combined

[@mikejarrett3431]

12 of those deaths on Christmas day were in Chicago-the state with the strictest gun control laws in all of America.

[@911beats]

What does chicago have to do with the UK, you bum

[@Metro32]

@@911beats LOL why's he gotta be a bum though

[@pauldavies7786]

@@911beats as the video mention gun deaths in the u.s. him referring to Chicago which is in the US has very much to do with the video troll

[@youngthrash9207]

You mean Illinois,Chicago isn’t a state dumb ass💀💀💀💀

[@connor5658]

England is my city

[@davidcharles141]

Here in America,there are a large amount of us,who eat what comes from the woods,as often as we eat from the grocery store

[@chinavirus4436]

I like British people 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇬🇧

[@d11.66]

🇬🇧❤🇺🇲 same here from a brit

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Same

[@MrHenry123456789]

“So I can actually come in here now and grab one of those with my passport and driving licence” - queue the slow-mo shot of the big scary air rifles that can just about kill a rabbit.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

Think you need a proper firearm permit to own the most powerful air guns (FAC) because they're above the 16lb/ft power limit.

[@Zillawill]

@@crazyfroggie6546 12lb/ft but most are just under due to variables with PCP and springs

[@crazyfroggie6546]

@@Zillawill sorry yes 12lb ft.

[@PDZ1122]

He had no clue what an air rifle is. Idiot.

[@tris1452]

1:44 EXACTLY. Criminals will get their hands on guns either way, so why are law abiding people being restricted so heavily?

[@cathode4731]

The problem is that the people who make the laws have little to no understanding of what the role of a firearm is. Because the majority of the law makers are from urban environments, they are usually introduced to guns by hearing about them in the media as being an anti-personnel weapon rather that a tool or a 'toy'. We are having the same problem here in Canada with the government now trying to ban handguns and further restrict semi-automatic firearms of all types.

[@spam7942]

Right before that he said gun deaths are rare here. Our gun control is for the most part working and would be working even better if we weren't handing 7 billion pounds worth of revenue over to organised crime every year with our failed prohibition of drugs experiment. You might think the punish everyone to stop the crazyness of the few method of gun control is daft and unfair but the unfortunate truth is it's working better than anything anyone else is trying.

[@Ironbuket]

I agree with your point, but my personal view is that more guns in society would make criminals more likely to feel they need guns themselves whilst performing a criminal act and so create an arms race. If you were a criminal planning to rob a house and knew there was a high chance the person inside might have a gun (e.g. USA situation), you would pack a gun yourself and raise the chance someone is going to get shot. It's the same problem with arming the police, if all cops were armed then criminals would be obliged to be armed even for petty crimes also (USA again). As a criminal you can do plenty of damage with a blade, hammer etc. but you are far less likely to kill someone without that being your true intention.

[@agent2861]

+Ironbuket Actually, that's a really good argument. I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone else use it. It makes sense that criminals would be more likely to be armed if they were more likely to run into someone else with a gun.

[@LeeDavisonYo]

Then the police need guns, then you get a spike in police shootings... It's a vicious cycle, and America is living in it. The amount of fear and distrust about anyone walking on the street. Really doesn't suit the UK to have laws like that.

[@dustinb4286]

"This is a proper machinegun" - holding a bolt action rifle.

[@ducklord3604]

He said "This is a proper machine though". You are wrong.

[@johnwayne6775]

Love how he just stared right down the barrel of that shotgun when comparing his height to the gun🤦‍♂️ proof that in country’s where fire arms are only taught as bad scary things, idiots are then created, and god forbid those idiots find themselves in a situation with a gun bad shit happens accidentally. Glad buddy still has his head on his shoulders and not splattered on the ceiling

[@greycatturtle7132]

Yea

[@johnbellison2589]

Some 20 years ago four of us who were regular game shooters here in the UK went to USA for shooting holiday arranged by some American friends who had been here to shoot with us on and off. We all took advantage of the cheap prices at Walmart and bought semi automatic shotguns of various types and calibers. All perfectly easy and Legal. Declared at the airport, locked in a hard case. No problem. But British airways obviously thought otherwise despite us all having the correct certificates etc. Arriving back at Birmingham airport special branch and a platoon of uniformed police officers put us all in a restricted area and started to ask pertinent and non-pertinent questions about items we had bought back with us, it was obvious they were only interested in the firearms that we had. We all answered very politely and helpfully every question put to us and were able to satisfy them completely with the paperwork that we carried. I was very very surprised to see a special branch Firearm "expert"take the semi-automatic 2o bore shotgun I had purchased, from its hard case and without checking the weapon to make certain it was indeed unloaded, proceed to put the muzzle of the weapon to his eye and peer down the barrel. I immediately shouted at him inform him that he was an idiot, but in very impolite language I'm afraid, and his response was that he was checking to make sure response was

[@cascy123]

When it comes to guns and gun crime why do you always compare the UK to the US??? There are other countries with very high number of guns amongst people (even automatic guns) and virtually zero gun crime... e.g. Czech Republic, Switzerland. It's not about guns, it's about the mentality.

[@FeedMeChaos1]

Well the Americans are mostly known for guns and obesity, that's just the stereotype

[@displeasedgentleman7360]

That’s the point that all the news stations turn a blind eye to

[@shamw0w63]

"I don't know anyone with guns I know people who have been shot". Hmmmm... HMMMMMMM .......

[@jarodtutton2721]

samuel privett Londoners

[@hardinmichael1981]

It’s almost as if criminals don’t care about gun laws... hmmmm.

[@bear8ful]

Michael Hardin Jesus christ haha

[@FakieStreams]

Or any laws, almost like it's part of the job...

[@CharlieRasch]

Stabbed?

[@theworldofpanda6559]

Uk dosent suffer gun crime heavily enough to really know about it, dont fix what aint broke

[@samuel10125]

Look up Britains gun past you'll find we actually used to have the Right to bear arms but the government took it away because they felt threatened.

[@samuel10125]

@Will wrong we lost our right to bear arms in the 1700s

[@noahhughes2501]

@Will Shows you know nothing about the matter. The first restrictions came in the 1920 firearms act, because the government was threatened by a communist uprising. Only a year before, there was a communist uprising in Glasgow. Before 1920, many people used to carry a handgun for defense if they wanted, and a very large amount of rifles were kept by people, many of whom got rid of them when the 1920 firearms act said they would need a license.

[@joshspencer830]

Oh my god how can anybody in Britain say they need more gun control

[@stephengoldie8337]

People don't like guns or want them. If there was a referendum to ban all gun ownership tomorrow there wouldn't even be a debate.

[@DeputyPatriot]

Dude pulls out a hunting rifle... "You only ever see this with the police, or in call of dewty".

[@CommissarGamza]

Man it is sad to see a government treat its citizens like little children.

[@CommissarGamza]

***** "weapons" I assume you mean firearms? or do you mean the action of using an object as a weapon?

[@CommissarGamza]

***** Hi ;D

[@3506Dodge]

+Seph Krow 'better' than what?

[@thatguy-fc7vk]

+Seph Krow yet by disarming the citizens we give government the power to do so instead...

[@pancho1993]

it is indeed. I hate being restricted from my right to do as I please.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

I love how the reporter confused homicide with total deaths which is not the same.

[@HalfCrazy520]

"Looks like a proper machine gun" -- While holding a bolt-action rifle.

[@donhuynh5186]

Imagine an American, from Texas moved to U.K. is going to be a long while for them to adapt.

[@Barias316]

No Texan would ever move to the UK.

[@TNASTY6688846993]

+Barias316 seriously haha they'd probably sooner eat a shell out of their own 12 gauge.

[@sdg1970]

+Barias316 thankfully....

[@shawnryan2197]

+Stuart Gray Why?

[@shawnryan2197]

+Stuart Gray Why?

[@harvenat0r2]

our gun laws are so strict they forgot to mention in this clip that the team GB Olympic pistol shooting team can't even practice in the UK, they have to go to France where the laws on pistol shooting are more relaxed in order to practice their Olympic sport... this country makes me sick sometimes.

[@swiggityswag1034]

France is a nice country.

[@reklaw3444]

Swiggity Swag With its terrorist attack every other day

[@swiggityswag1034]

Eh, it's still a nice country.

[@Shad0wMonkey5]

Oooh blimey a few elitist athletes can't practice their sport that only 2% of Olympic viewership watch! Ahh such a first world problem

[@clockman5472]

Shad0wMonkey5 Realistically, the only people in the UK that'd be interested in pistol ownership would be gun owners. Ans since the vast majority of people in the UK hate guns, would it really be a problem to relax the law a little bit?

[@travisdeines17]

A proper machine gun...the American in me just vomited

[@nope6908]

It’s a gun and they’re doing fine

[@travisdeines17]

@@nope6908 Brits can't handle guns, look at them fumbling a 50+ year old shotgun. There is videos out there of Brits literally "accidentally" looking down the barrel and end up missing there brain five seconds later because nobody over there understands gun safety unless there babied by some government led organization. Get two people, a Brit and an everyday liberal American. Whatch who passes the test

[@corruptcape2776]

@@travisdeines17 The amount of IQ on display is the same as the temperature of my room.

[@travisdeines17]

@@corruptcape2776 eat your beans and toast monarch, before we beat you in war again

[@wade6523]

This is what happens when you're subjects rather than citizens.

[@eljay5009]

Yeh - we don't get gunned down in our thousands. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal actually.

[@crashbangwallop2619]

So with today's terrorist attacks in Europe involving a truck shall we know blame the vehicle that was used in the terrorist attack in just the same way as we blame guns for murders?

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

I recall CNN calling the Nice attack a "truck attack"

[@Karsliyu]

Based on the current proposals for stricter gun laws going through the EU backrooms, we would never think about banning commercial trucks! Following the same logic as used with firearms, we would start a campaign to ban the SUVs we dislike for their high fuel consumption (and therefor already wanted to ban even without terrorism) claiming that they absolutely have to be banned as the tires are very similar to those scary large ones a commercial truck. And cars in shades of gray and green should also be banned because the look like military vehicles, as well as neon green ones, just as a precaution, we all it's common sense the color makes them more deadly. .. after all, the current proposals are based on the black market availability of cheap full auto AKs as used in the recent terrorist attacks, which have nothing to do with the regulation of privately owned firearms, will not be affected by any new law targeted at currently legal gun owners, and mostly come from the vault of 750'000 fully automatic military guns that got stolen in Albania in 1997... on a side note, In case people want to blame the UK gun bans on the EU. The UK has always been a driving force in pressuring the EU to adopt stricter directives on firearms, countries like Germany, France or the Czech Republic have much less restrictive gun laws when it comes to the types legal to own ...

[@damarekonayaro5781]

what part of license confuses you so much ? You require a drivers licence to legally drive, you also require a gun licence to own a gun. We have already worked out both, in the wrong hands are very dangerous but should be available to those who require, its not especially complicated.

[@SilverStarHeggisist]

Damare Konayaro driving isn't a protected right. Owning weapons is. Your licence to buy guns is being a US citizen. Also... A license is little more then a tax and registration. It would serve little more purpose then to make it easier to round up all the guns because then they know who has them.

[@Karsliyu]

Damare Konayaro Do you need a drivers license to own a car and petrol?

[@kdennany957]

Nothin gives you experience like just putting the barrel of a gun you haven't checked up to your chin 4:30

[@TheMrdent]

never presume its not loaded.

[@samlastname9460]

I, out loud, said “oh my god”

[@danielmoore2622]

Samuel same

[@samlastname9460]

Lei P we can only hope

[@danielmoore2622]

@Lei P it's still very bad practice though, even if you know for sure that the weapon isn't loaded. You could be suspended from a gun club I know for even doing it accidently. The standard for safety and "gun control" is usually much higher within the gun community than without, and it's mostly people who are ignorant or stupid who judge the standard by their own mentality or practices and perceive the ownership to be much more dangerous than it is. I do think that this may only be true for the UK though, and have no idea about gun safety in other countries.

[@DTreatz]

If you're not *armed* you're a _subject_ , not a *citizen*

[@andrewbazeley7274]

It was common back in the 50s and 60s to have a shotgun, because then my late father would go rabbiting and the local copper would pick up his brace and remind my dad when to renew his license,

[@antonrosenback163]

6:44 My guy clearly doesnt know anything about guns BBC back at it again

[@User-gd5un]

Anton Rosenbäck That’s normal. He is supposed to ask questions for us

[@BluTrollPro]

You miss the bolt action machine gun 4 minutes in? :D

[@jakesmith-bw1yc]

He probably did know the answers to the questions he asked like Peter Collin said he asks these questions for the viewer

[@renatosanches1091]

CAElite he didn’t say that. He said its looks like a “proper machine” not machine gun.

[@mrdarren1045]

Yeah cause knowing about guns is a real source of pride

[@normsti000]

So you may have a neighbor with a gun and don't know? Seems to establish pretty clearly that most guns aren't a problem despite what the political class says.

[@cb7340]

cogsys cogent my step dad has a shotgun lmao

[@beachboss7320]

I can agree with that, and im sure the vast majority of people who own guns do so responsibly, but doesn't that mean the laws are working now and we've struck a balance? There's no demand for wide-reaching gun rights in UK beyond a small minority, gun deaths are incredibly low and most uk citizens would prefer to have a minimum amount of guns in the country. I have no problem with people sport shooting or even keeping them in their homes as personal protection, but I don't want any old idiot able to get one, carry them around town, to able to buy ridiculously powerful guns and I want those who already own guns to be responsible with them. I think the laws in place do just that and strike a good balance. The issue is there are gun extremist who will never be content unless any kind of weapon is publicly available with no restrictions or checks, that to me is utter madness as a gun is a powerful machine. Gun laws are a balance between freedom, culture, saftey, geography and specific to each country. In a country with a very small fringe gun culture where the vast majority of the public would rarther go about there lives without ever thinking about guns then kind of tough regulation is what has to be done to democraticly please the populous. the 95% are not gonna want to feel in danger for the 5%

[@PaintballerReviews]

“ this is a proper machine “ * shows a bolt action rifle *

[@ducklord3604]

I don't see the mistake

[@josephstalin7389]

4:05 yes a machine at fire one round

[@thatsnodildo1974]

Criminals don't follow the law. that's why they are called criminals. blaming law abiding citizens and restricting something they safely use own and store is so unfair and ridiculous.

[@dicktheaspergeron4988]

EXACTLY ! The gun laws are designed to disempower the populace and mirror the reasoning behind the second amendment. Law abiding citizens aren't the people who commit the vast majority of gun crimes but the exceptions are always used to shut down the debate (Hungerford, Dunblane and Cumbria)

[@usbtnt]

still though, in all mass shooting the guns were bought legally. and will your second amendment (guns to protect against tyrannical governments) is null and void because you don't drones, Apaches and f-22s and you ain't taking them down no matter how many rounds in your ar-15 you have. yet still have the second most tyrannical and corporate sponsored government in western civilisation and your in strong support of the most fucked up, Israel. plus the rest of the world takes the piss out of you for being a nation of school shooters. as for the whole protection thing, you wouldn't need guns so much if you had less guns in the first place.

[@snipajohn101]

All those helicopters and jets really helped against those farmer hicks in Vietnam. You know, because we totally didn't withdraw from that war

[@dicktheaspergeron4988]

We're talking about the UK, so a polite suggestion from the rest of us would be to read and inwardly digest what's obvious to the rest of us before making up your angry narrative and throwing it at us with spittle-flecked fury. Cheers old boy.

[@DG_427]

Well, in Finland for example, school shootings have been done with legal weapons (handguns). They had no criminal records, just people with mental health issues. If we had stricter gun laws maybe not as many people would have died, or maybe nobody would have died.

[@Figgy]

"Most people don't even realize their neighbors have got a shotgun" I'm not sure what impression that comment was supposed to make but it shows that gun ownership isn't as much of an issue as some people would like you to believe. Gun violence is a terrible thing but I don't see how making it even harder for law abiding citizens to legally obtain a gun would stop criminals.

[@dogsnads5634]

+Figgy Have a look at the UK gun crime statistics. They're utterly undeniable. There is practically no gun crime.

[@ChasseurKGB]

Same with Switzerland and Canada, but we haven't turned our population into one step above a prison.

[@davidgreen5099]

In a country where gun ownership is a right and not privilege, there will be more gun deaths.

[@davidgreen5099]

Rizzle Dizzle no argument there. I wasnt speaking from an anti gun position. I own several and target shoot whenever i can. I was just making the point that with the freedom to own guns as we have here, more people will be prone to abuse it. Just as with any other right. I apologize for not making that clear.

[@hiddenknowledge2012]

Where the fuck do you think they get guns? There isnt some imaginary black market or stall around a back alley, restricting access to guns, restricts access for all. I mean, come to the UK and try to find a gun, good luck on that one because you are going to have one hard time. This is why it works, a criminal wants to rob a store, he knows he cant get a gun because where is he gunna get it from? There's no stores, there's no stall inside Tesco (like walmart has). Unless you are a very hard, mafia style gangster and have extreme connects, it's not happening. I have never seen a gun in real life and my town has 30,000 people and there hasnt been a shooting in over 20 years, the UK also has the highest concentration of CCTV that leads directly to the police stations, if you have gun out in the open, expect the armed response units to be pointing G36's and MP5's in your face within 5 minutes. Gun controls works.

[@deanmoncaster]

"callum keeps all his guns at home but didn't want to show me them there in case it worried his neighbours" But being on a BBC documentary, showing his face, giving his name but showing you the guns in a gun shop knowing the guns will travel home afterwards to be next to the neighbours put all his neighbours minds at rest? What a stupid thing to say.

[@deanmoncaster]

@@harrier331 you didn't understand what I said.

[@deanmoncaster]

@@harrier331 I understood, had you, you wouldn't have written what you did. It's a joke!

[@deanmoncaster]

@Andrew Howe I know. I spoke to him about this a while back. Basically now they just ban you as soon as you start being an idiot which is a good idea because he shouldn't be punished for others actions.

[@deanmoncaster]

@Andrew Howe read what I said again. Then edit your post. When you are in their chat if you start saying stupid stuff they ban you from their channel. He shouldn't be punished for others idiocy.

[@PlottwistTShorts]

Points at sniper rifle... "ye looks exactly like a sniper rifle"

[@bradleytaylor9712]

13 minutes of a biased BBC interviewer trying to make guns look scary while owners debunk him "This could do serious damage" "yeah would put a hole in a box" xD

[@adamjacob5369]

Fox

[@zachhoward9099]

Same as a CBC piece that was done just after Sandy Hook, totally biased anti firearm reporter trying to bait some responsible gun owners and being made to look foolish as a result

[@jackcoolidge8123]

Zach Howard these reporter’s only problem is they never actually interview the people who need to have their guns regulated

[@masonharris9166]

@@jackcoolidge8123 Thats because they dont exist. Firearms should be a right, not a privilege.

[@ethan3282]

Fox*

[@Jaanikins]

"I believe you have a licence for that firearm?" "I du fur this'n" "What do you mean by this one?"

[@samueldavis7820]

Then proceeds to open a whole barn of guns plus a random sea mine

[@shanemaguire7874]

Elite comedy

[@caboose9364]

in real life the guy would have gotten life in prison for that collection

[@Daza-La]

@@caboose9364 considering how he ended up in the movie I think life in prison would have been his preference 😂

[@Sammyhasbigmuscles]

Hot fuzz

[@69Southernman]

"I don't know anybody with a gun but know people who have been shot!" - Gun Control

[@dennislosee]

If you’re unarmed you’re a peasant

[@anuar.m.y]

*shoots AEG airsoft gun with a 8.5 battery ""this looks like a proper machine gun"

[@theracingline6999]

watch it again, he said "proper machine that"

[@anuar.m.y]

@@theracingline6999 potaito potato..the point is most brits see knife and say " thats a proper sword right there"

[@scadwea9109]

@@anuar.m.y no you just do not understand the northern lingo

[@lilfrontgarden]

@@anuar.m.y no ur dumb

[@355daz]

He said it looks like a proper machine. Not machine gun.

[@angelop.3803]

*americans laughing*

[@wongchester2005]

Dont laugh, it is happening in CA and NY. Soon it will spread to the whole country as well.

[@Lancer498]

This is just sad.

[@lukethedrifter4445]

Angelo P. hell even as a Californian, I feel lucky.

[@IndianPrince04]

+Tekkno Guns need to be taken away from the hands of crazy white people. Its no laughing matter.

[@lukethedrifter4445]

IndianPrince04 or crazy people from all backgrounds.....

[@Benjamin-cu8wi]

“Looks like a proper machine gun that” *has a hunting rifle* BRUH

[@lcplfingers9997]

Pretty sure he said "looks like a proper machine that".

[@rogersmith8339]

It is so lucky cars don't kill people in the UK otherwise you would need a license to buy and own one and be over a certain age, you would also need a license to buy fuel.

[@daanbogaard884]

"air rifles" are something very different from normal guns!

[@razorrecon9323]

“Oy, mate we goot a illegal butter kniofe at the back if ye need one”

[@darkworlddenizen]

@Dave Klonpenberg He doesn't seem Arabic to me.

[@jjcruz750]

Dave Klonpenberg like we still do?? Or did you mean we did. Because everyone did in the past including the uk.

I didn't see Dick Van Dyke in the video, timestamp?

[@radicalleavemealone-ist7751]

Cant forget the spoon

[@Alex-px9oy]

Buh’uh’*

[@generalgrievous6689]

Wait, I had no idea you could get a personal defense pistol in NI. Makes sense.

[@joseph1505]

Wow, here in America you could go to a local super market (Walmart) and buy chips, soda, and a rifle in the same store! I love America.

[@pollos4157]

While I do admire the freedoms that Americans have with regards to firearms, I would not desire to see people being able to purchase firearms without a license in the U.K. because I know too many people that would be downright irresponsible and jeopardise our sport.

[@pollos4157]

@Richard R Pepper spray was classed as a section 5 firearm last time I checked.

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

I like how at 8:20 you went from homicides to deaths because you wanted to include suicides in the number.

[@brooke9192]

Right? I'm sure that Christmas would have a lot of suicides due to depression.

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

@@brooke9192 Most major holidays.

[@Matthew-Anthony]

@@brooke9192 MOST firearms deaths in the U.S. are suicides. That is a fact.

[@bradycarlson8891]

spot on!

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

@@Matthew-Anthony Something along the lines of two thirds usually. CDC's most recent numbers are 14,542 firearm homicides in 2017, including all justified homicides done in self defense by regular citizens and law enforcement. Firearm suicides in 2017 23,854. About 67% more. Which brings the total killed by firearm in 2017 to 38,396 , 61% of which were suicides. So excluding suicides, the US had 4.47 gun homicides per 100,000 in 2017. Now beating us out but staying under 10 per 100,000 is Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, South Africa and the Philippines. Even Venezuela, which only has 18.5 guns per 100 inhabitants compared to the US's 120, has a gun homicide rate of 26.48 per 100,000. So clearly, it isn't the gun that's the problem.

[@mattvic4617]

Looking at an average hunting rifle, "The majority of people looking at this would be like whoa that is scary". I'm so sorry for everyone that lives in the UK..

[@tatterz__]

Matt Vic the game that is shot in the uk does not require bigger guns, thats why we dont have massive rifles like in the us

[@NoName-hh5nq]

Jo Muther I mean a Barrett 50 bmg is wayyyy bigger than what they can have so of course they consider stuff like that massive

[@harryflashman8996]

No Name I’m pretty sure 50 cal Barretts are legal in the UK, so long as they’re bolt action. There’s probably only a handful of shooting ranges that are large enough for them though.

[@dasy2k1]

No Name you can own a .50 BMG bolt action rifle no problem in the UK with a section 1 firearms certificate if your safe is large enough to store it and you can find somwhere to actually shoot

[@tacticalwaffle2520]

you are right to feel like that

[@majesticuncasual186]

PLEASE... anyone with knowledge could you please do an update or rework this video to let us know if this info is outdated or not. Been increasingly difficult to find accurate info. many cheers !

[@johngraham3035]

Hi I watch a lot of your videos and was wondering could you tell me what air rifle you can have on a shotgun license thank you

[@GiuseppeSimonetti]

I don't think it works that way. Usually a specific license is for that specific firearm. Check Google and research to find out the answer they aren't gonna know here