Rob Lowe: Guns part of U.S. formation

[@Mikeonyoutuification]

"The last thing viewers want is another Hollywood actor telling them anything about guns." Wow, a self-aware actor.

[@earlgrey243]

I've liked Rob Lowe for Parks and rec for a few years now but my respect for him has just gone up by a mile. He was balanced. He didn't dismiss either side's points. He wasn't condescending and he has enough awareness to realise that Hollywood actors and actresses telling people what they ought to do, think or say isn't helpful

[@robbiewalesbraniff6668]

😊

[@ciostaaurelia7394]

Rob Lowe's position on this makes me feel nostalgic for the days when people would routinely be polite, reasonable and good humoured in interviews.

[@GplusGains]

@Marcus Straya shadup, princess.

[@lendir1]

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson. This is why. Our forefathers did not believe that we should fear our govt. but be prepared to defend against it.

[@TGMasaka]

Video games do not cause kids to go out and shoot people. Also, young children aren't allowed to play first person shooters. They have mature ratings, so if there are children playing them then blame bad parenting.

[@Preston-hz8gf]

I think that it could have that effect on the mentally ill no?

[@badcornflakes6374]

Yet, little kids get 22s from their parents

[@badcornflakes6374]

@@zacharyp3359 It just seems a bit.. unnecessary? I mean, in a perfect world, we wouldn't really need them to protect ourselves and have to reach out children at a young age.

[@zagorith14]

@@badcornflakes6374 There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. First thing, kids don't just get to keep them in their rooms and use them whenever. Parents who purchase firearms for their kids keep them until they go to the range or to hunt and transfer them over to them as adults. If more children are taught to shoot and the rules of firearm safety, you wouldn't have so many dumbass people who are terrified of guns or idiots who treat guns like toys. It's because people want to separate young children from these tools that they do stupid shit.

[@badcornflakes6374]

@@zagorith14 I'll take your perspective into account.

[@jessy61071]

Piers Morgan - "I totally understand" then proceeds to not understand anything.

[@jamesscott9081]

I admire the Hollywood types that have the balls to admit they are pro-gun. So so many of them claim to be anti-gun because their careers depend on it.. Go Rob!

[@BlackoutPatriot]

And those same anti gun actors will be the first to use a gun in a movie

[@WPowell420]

Rob Lowe has a decent head on his shoulders. Who would have thought?

[@movieman82us]

Yeah, but as someone who enjoys playing first person shooter games, I disagree with him on those video games.

[@AJBfc]

movieman82us Eh, he didn't say it, but I think he meant for kids and he's right, young kids shouldn't play really violent video games.

[@RealTime88]

Watch The West Wing.

[@jamesgarlick4573]

movieman82us with you there. He fails to understand that kids playing FPS and other violent games are able to "blow off heads and then eat a sandwich" because gamers aren't stupid but rather understand fully that the game is a work of fiction. To think that a game makes someone violent is like saying that after reading a scary novel, you believe the monster is really there out to get you. Both notions are absurd and irrational.

[@candirenee74]

He grew up down the road from my dads best friend and he is from the Midwest. Just different values and can see both sides but he nailed it at the end, about ppl not wanting Hollywood actors preaching to the public one way or the other

[@Truth.419]

“Assault rifle”. If I hit someone with a hammer it’s an “assault hammer.”

[@robert0380]

When a civilian buys a semi-automatic AR-15, it's an assault rifle. When a fully automatic m4 is issued to a soldier to use in war, it's a defense rifle. Go figure.

[@johnpoirier5181]

Define an assault rifle

[@nitewatchman1576]

@@johnpoirier5181 Here we go again moron. An rifle with select fire both semi auto and full auto is a military rifle. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ASSAULT GUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrTREEHUNTER22]

@@johnpoirier5181 any gun that goes brrrrrrr instead of pew pew

[@chunkymonkey449]

It's just "rifle" when you're in the military. Rifle, machine gun, submachine gun, shotgun, mortar, grenade launcher, et cetera. If you call it an assault rifle your training staff will give you PT until you're staggering and then ask if you feel assaulted. Seent it.

[@dumbwithmilan]

@@MrTREEHUNTER22 😂

[@BobPopular]

Rock on Rob. Totally new respect for you. Thank you for not backing down to the the Brit coward.

[@mikesuch9021]

Adam C I still think he should be castrated

[@dougclark9921]

I hate PM but guns in the US is poison

[@G33KSPALACEdotCOM]

He just blames it on video games instead, how is that better? If you start going after video games, or any other entertainment for that matter, you infringe on the 1st amendment.

[@badcornflakes6374]

@@G33KSPALACEdotCOM Little kids shouldn't be killing people with guns in video games. I wonder if the founding fathers saw that.

[@briansullivan2664]

lol, it is always the twigs and people who need guns to defend their twig like bodies that oppose them 😂

[@zeke_edits]

Your killing me rob. There’s no such thing as an “assault weapon”

[@scottladewig508]

Anything can be used as an assault weapon. It's after the fact when it becomes that.

[@nitewatchman1576]

THANK YOU

[@jerryvelasco1474]

All I know is I want my weapons to kill, not assault.

[@boofert.washington2499]

You're the firearm version of a grammar Nazi.

[@AntiFascist2011]

As a Brit that's totally true. We can't walk through certain neighbourhoods and people get stabbed to death all the time. There was a craze of stabbings where teenagers were getting stabbed to death every day in broad daylight on London streets a couple of years ago.

[@GabrielKnight666]

I live in germany, we have one of the strictest gun laws in the world, I never had a gun of any kind in my hand, never fired a shot....and even I know that a semi-automatic rifle is not an "assault rifle". This whole word-playing is complete bullshit!

[@carbonno6146]

Gabriel Knight - Come to America and shoot a gun with a responsible gun owner and you will see that guns are very fun when people show respect for them.

[@KokokachoRS]

Hell yes, Rob Lowe just earned respect in my book. There are too many celebrities who try and push their points of view on others, and too many morons who think that those points of view somehow carry more weight because a celebrity voiced them. Most celebrities aren't experts on any of these subjects, they live completely different, priviledged lives than the average US citizen. Why anyone would want to use a famous person's political opinions to support their own is beyond me.

[@stsmma4544]

2:36 piers was about to say video games when there has been evidence after evidence showing video games of any sort of violence has nothing to do with shootings

[@Jaspervision777]

Correction, you do have a assault weapon,anything is a assault weapon

[@r0nb0h0ju]

@zanmirrob I think the idea was that anything can be used to assault. Throw a rock, assault rock. Swing a bat, assault bat. A fancy word doesnt make a weapon more dangerous.

[@r0nb0h0ju]

@zanmirrob assault as an adjective vs assault as a verb.

[@r0nb0h0ju]

@zanmirrob the action of defense is an assault...

[@r0nb0h0ju]

@zanmirrob assault as a charge is not the same, as assault the action. Assualt is a physical attack whether defensive or offensive.

[@r0nb0h0ju]

@zanmirrob firstly you are making huge jumps in assumption. And secondly, self defense is still the action of assault in a retaliatory manner. Look up the definition of the word assault. I have not said that self defense is wrong.

[@DrGrant-jw6xh]

You give an inch, you better believe they will take more than a mile. Just like the hike in gas prices in the early 2000's. Do not expect them to go back to $1.29/gallon. That is why no one is budging or compromising. Trust, like respect is earned.

[@YinzerSteel]

2:56 - A sandwich always hits the spot after I go on a shooting spree.

[@bryanworkman3902]

phuturephunk…it's not a true assault rifle because there's no fully automatic reciprocating bolt…its semi auto. If people could buy an AR-15(M4) with a fire selector for full auto then yes you could call it an assault weapon. The ones available to the public are no different than say a ruger 10/22; SEMI auto. If you're going to throw the civilian AR into the mix its like saying: root beer is the same as beer. They're both brewed… well no its not the same is it? one has a very different process and one is quiet a lot more dangerous than the other. so no it's not an assault rifle. this rifle has no more capability to assault anything or anyone more or less than any other gun…its a gun, it throws little metal rocks really really fast and causes considerable damage to whatever it hits. People are just obsessed with the image of the gun i guess? If you take the quad rails off of AR's and make the stock wooden it looks like any other rifle…if its the form that makes it an assault weapon then bb guns that are shaped like AR's are also assault weapons…we need to stop the assault bb gun epidemic in this country!!!!!

[@rgaud8]

All you have to do is look up statistics of deaths from assault weapons vs literally just about any other kind of weapon. The statistics don't suggest it's any particularly realistic threat. That should be the end of the argument but for some reason it's not. I think the last statistic I looked up from NY was 5 rifle deaths in a year. The problem with marketing is that it works. People see an image of a black gun with a stock and rails and think it's an unstoppable force all of sudden.

[@josephatnip2398]

The real problem the government doesn't want to admit to is a reason why they want to outlaw weapons like the AR-15 just because they are able to be modified fairly easily with drill press and a few parts that you can purchase online although highly illegal it's not hard to modify your lower receiver to drill the proper size hole exactly 500 thousands of an inch north of dead center of the safety selector switch and Mill off some material on the inside of the receiver so a few dollars worth of Parts can be installed into the lower receiver now as far as the bolt carrier yes some AR-15s do have what is referred to as a neutered bolt carrier the bottom of it has been milled off so wouldn't trip in Auto Sear but not all manufacturers use this bolt carrier because it is lighter and causes jams and feed issues so yes if you buy certain AR-15s you do have a full auto bolt carrier already and if you don't you can also order one of those online ...... Just putting that out there this is also intended just for educational purposes only because Manufacturing of a fully automatic weapon after 1986 without a tax stamp which is impossible to get has a minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment but with that also being said if shit ever hit the fan do you really think the civilian public that has the know-how is going to care about a federal law this is what scares the government ...... The only parts missing on a good quality AR-15 to make it a fully automatic is a full auto Sear the auto sear pin the spring and the know-how on some cheaper models you might have to replace the bolt carrier itself to an M16 bolt carrier and the trigger but all of these parts can be purchased online for under a couple hundred bucks a few hand files a End Mill bit and a small bench top drill press that's all you need

[@joerogish3942]

There's no such thing as an "assault weapon". It's just a vague term that the liberals made up so that they could enact a lot of legislation against a lot of different types of firearms. "Assault weapon" literally means nothing.

[@dougclark9921]

The name 'assault rifle' is a military term coined by Adolf Hitler. Nothing to do with the left of politics. Only the right.

[@mikebaxter6771]

Good job Rob. Class act the whole conversation.

[@ThreeWrightKids]

Meth is bad too. The government should ban meth. Then we'd never see it again.

[@mycorona66]

Piers will never understand this topic. It's been explained to him by gun experts 1000 times and he refuses to understand that the AR15 is a very minuscule part of gun violence in this country and that a ban or gun grab on the AR15 would literally be impossible to accomplish and even if you did it wouldn't make this country one bit safe. There are hundreds of semi-automatic weapon variants that can fire just as rapidly as an AR15 in many different calibers some of which are even more powerful. He's ridiculously stupid and uninformed on this topic and continues to prove it almost every day by standing on the graves of the children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary.

[@matt1523]

more people die falling out of bed than killed by "assault weapons", i feel we as Americans should really look into a "bed ban", pass all these regulations that determine what is a safe bed height and how many covers you are allowed to have on it. Its only fair because we HAVE TO SAVE LIVES!!

[@0612Devil]

Rob Lowe just went up a few notches in my book.

[@xxvolcomxx56]

"I shoot skeet, no luck though since I only own pistols."

[@johnpoirier5181]

Lmao

[@ryanrootphoto]

For some reason Ive always liked Rob Lowe, don't know why. Just seems like a level headed chap.

[@FlankerAvila]

Assault weapons... Military grade weapons are illegal and have been for years! I am ok with the ban on military grade weapons without military grade training but a semi auto rifle is not a military grade weapon! These "Assault weapons" only account for about 2.5% of gun deaths. Why is the focus on these? The problem is society, the crazy, ill and criminal culture that leads to murders and deaths involving firearms. Also, their hit on video games making people violent, bullshit. I have played some of the most violent video games known to man and do i want to replicate what i do in these games? hell no! Why? because i was raised right because i was taught what is right and wrong and socially acceptable. You want to fix gun violence, make laws and discuss policies that keep kids in schools and out of a life of crime and have polices that help identify and treat the mentally ill. But do not take away my right to defend myself, my family and my country for the crazies and psychos who will break the laws and obtain illegal weapons to do harm.

[@whazup4751]

Assault rifles are not illegal. They are NFA items and are highly regulated. You can actually own grenades, rockets, and explosive under federal law. It just takes a ton of money, paper work, and having the ATF up your ass.

[@josephatnip2398]

Flanker Avila no they're not if I have $15,000 I want to apply for a class 3 I can purchase an M16 the problem is is an M16 cost you about 15 grand if you're lucky because they haven't been able to manufacture them for civilian sales since 1986

[@watchwait7117]

Do me a favor define an assault weapon? Yes, you come to my house and try to confiscate my firearms and one of us will need to make arrangements with Jesus.

[@CamoNammo]

Thumbs up for Rob Lowe putting a redcoat in his place. There's a reason why Piers lost his show, because he is a terrorist and still thinks to this day that we shouldn't of taken up arms against his terrorist ancestors and separated from the crown. RIP American founding fathers, your actions and words inspire millions still to this day.

[@dougclark9921]

Really you are embarrassingly stupid.

[@theguitarprogresschannel1907]

doug clark how?

[@dougclark9921]

I hate PM but saying he is a terrorist or that his ancestors were terrorists is funny. His, my and most white Americans had family on both sides of the war. You dont get to pick your family based on which side won. Not to mention the fact that it was a war between the CROWN and the North, who would in todays world probably be called terrorists. Most people didnt get to chose if they fought or not in the English Army or through history in most Armies so unless his family was part of the royal family at the time then the original statement is rubbish. The OPs statement is so stupid that I am defending PM, a guy who I wouldnt piss on if he was on fire. Before any other mongs on here jump on the bandwagon, I want to state for the record that I would get rid of the monarchy here too. I would want something better than Trump though as a replacement.

[@cameron7863]

Could I have someone tell me what AR stands for.

[@DethStarGunnr]

ArmaLite.

[@steved4748]

His last statement speaks volumes, even bigger fan of Rob now

[@jitsroller]

Which bill?

[@Dedb0yinc]

I'm only watching this for a lab assignment.

[@BloodofPatriots]

Clips are used to load the internal magazine of weapon systems. See the M1 Garand rifle. Magazines are either internal or removable and must have a feeder mechanism (usually a spring). Yes, there is a big difference between the two.

[@jdziedzic11]

I really dont get this busybody attitude SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE, where you think you can tell people what to do and how to live and what they can and cant own or what they can and cant consume, its none of your fucking business. Just leave people alone.

[@robert0380]

Rob Lowe's last comment was brilliant. He understands that nobody gives 2 chits about what Hollywood actors have to say about anything outside of Hollywood.

[@mattsprayberry0]

ALL I GOTTA SAY IS COME AND GET MY GUNS but when you do need need the whole dam American armed forces not just the local PD

[@wiretamer5710]

Well duhh... haven't you ever seen what happens when an armed gunman is under siege? The gunman ALWAYS LOOSES. If the federal government wanted to 'take your guns' they might ask once... politely.... if they were in a good mood that day. I'd say they would just send a rocket through your front door, and blow the whole thing to matchwood... the US army is very good at that sort of shit.

[@WallStWarrior11]

This is why I have so much respect for Rob Lowe. Not because I agree with him, but because he's humble enough to know that he's not a god just because he's been in a few movies.

[@Murphy82nd]

"I don't get it". No you don't Piers Morgan, that's one thing you've said I can completely agree with.

[@cryofpaine]

The internet was born out of ARPANet, originally a project among US universities and the Department of Defense. The first demonstration was conducted between UCLA and Stanford.

[@sealteamryx6758]

this is why morgan failed on this show he always talked about gun control n attacked people... i mean rob lowe?! why bring that up with him? jesus

[@darrenbradshaw501]

3:47-Smartest thing ever said by any celebrity, ever, anywhere.

[@phuturephunk]

I don't know where you all are getting the whole 'no true assault rifle' thing...The term was created as sort of a marker for the mid point between sub machine guns, which typically fire pistol rounds like 45 ACP and battle rifles which fire full cartridges like the 30 ot 6. They were specifically designed to provide for a firearm that was an intermediate step between the two extremes (and there's other factors like weight saving while still providing an acceptable amount of ranged accuracy).

[@eichbienyermaw]

Tell me, where does it lead??

[@kolecava]

Someone drinks once and becomes an alcoholic, another steals once and becomes a obsessive thief and same goes for certain individual who play violent games. If you can compare this to about 50million+ gamers who play violent games it shows that the ratio to which these gamers become mentally unstable is low.

[@IronHorse2007]

When used by the government the M4 / M4A1 is called a "personal defense weapon" and they have 2 selective fire settings (semi-auto or 3 round burst / full auto, depending on type of carbine), but when a civilian owns an AR15 it's called an "assault weapon" with 1 method of fire, semi-automatic. Now how twisted is that.

[@windumaster14]

I play video games quite often, predominately shooters, and I can say that I've never been tempted to go on a killing spree. I actually abhor real life violence. It hasn't affected my ability to differentiate between reality and fiction whatsoever. So please, stop blaming video games, and stop blaming guns for violence. It's counter-productive to having a meaningful discussion.

[@NintenPizza]

Video games are a heck of a lot more enjoyable to me, when balanced, than watching some beautiful actor who stars in Hallmark movies as a hunky car sales man, business man or fire fighter. :P I don't get it...Then again, I'm not part of the thirsty soccer mom club. These days, I'm kind of done with modern movies and moder pop music. Yet video games, every now and then keep me coming back. Why? Because it's a far more exciting industry that actually evolves and innovatives, and that offers far more bang for your buck.

[@danno321s]

More of the problem is electronic interfacing which takes the face-to-face emotional away and desensitizes response.

[@jpm5243]

The HUGE deceit perpetrated by Piers is the implication that taking away the guns in Britain made it a safer place when, in fact, the murder and violent crime rates went UP, just as they did in Australia after their gun confiscation and people will ill intent simply used other weapons to do their dirty work.

[@LLPOF]

When I purchased my first AR I specifically asked for the pro-piers version because I feared what it would do if I purchased just a regular AR. I was really disappointed afterwards though because it would jam before every attempted shot so I returned it and got a regular model.

[@jitsroller]

(Here is some text out of the gun bill.) All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.

[@jcg3279]

Rob Lowe was great on this, not using his celebrity status to push forth an agenda like Piers wanted him to. A true gentleman.

[@Infidelhere]

Yep your right Rob, we don't want Hollywood saying a word to us about our rights.

[@Prof_Tickles92]

It’s not the gun owner’s fault. Blame politicians for cutting taxes. Social workers have over one hundred cases, classroom sizes are to large in proportion to teachers. The people who should be looking for warning signs of anti social behavior or psychosis are completely overwhelmed and mentally taxed.

[@ReadyRevolver]

gun crime has not "stopped" since they toughened gun laws here in Australia, in fact violent gun crime and death by guns was steadily declining BEFORE the implementation of heavy handed gun control and that trend is simply continuing. I tried to post with a link to references but kept getting an error

[@orsonortheast2058]

Piers is a bright guy the fact he has a different point of view doesn't mean hes dumb

[@joerogaine3093]

Everyone uses the term assault rifle out of context. An AR-15 is a single fire weapon, an assault rifle is a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle. An assault rifle costs tens of thousands of dollars and can takes years to get permits for.

[@ORACLE063]

i was born in 76. we had fps shooters and we played them all the time. We played war. We ran through peoples backyards brandishing realistic weapons. When u think about it FPS' are the same thing.

[@delta7090]

"All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm." that is taken from Dianne Feinstein's website, as you can see, it bans handguns with the ABILITY to accept detachable magazines, such as a glock or sig sauer.

[@ADQAutomotive]

They have not banned semi-automatic rifles in New York.They've banned rifles with arbitrarily designed cosmetic, comfort,and safety features.I know the media has been distorting reality on both the left and the right, but you can read the bill yourself.Basic hunting rifle "style" semi-automatic rifles are still allowed.Before everybody jumps down my throat again,I'M NOT DEFENDING THE BILL,I'm just being honest and rational about what's really going on. Distortions do your own cause a disservice.

[@Ronnieleec]

Ron Lowe is a typical american not steeped in gun culture but he like guns. He deserves credit for standing up to him. He just needs a little education.

[@Mee4458]

”I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense,” he said. ”But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home.” - Ronald Reagan

[@DROPMEADEAGLEBRAH]

I feel so bad for my British friends who had to watch this guy for so many years i now feel there pain and i am so sorry.

[@delta7090]

Ummmmm, the new AWB of 2013 bans all semi-automatic weapons that are able to accept magazines over 10 rounds. Not because the magazines hold over 10 rounds, but because the guns have the ability to hold over 10 rounds. and assault weapons were banned in 1934 from civilian ownership and not a single one has been used in a mass shooting.

[@delta7090]

They are now trying to ban based on function, read the summary of feinsteins 2013 AWB on her site. The 1994 AWB banned upon style but did not specifically go after semi-autos. The new ban specifically goes after semi autos and bans 120 such weapons by name and defines any future weapons to be banned under this bill.

[@bodinmuschinsky3742]

This interview delineates the precise difference between the United Kingdom & the United States of America.

[@dogkok12]

I'm talking about murders, not suicides or accidents. America has four times the murder rate of a country like Australia, and the majority of those murders are commited via firearm. America has a massive problem with homicide via firearm.

[@mayhem_actual]

Raised meaning that's where I learned to be a man - after school. The compound was located right next to a railway track and less than a mile away from the city's largest housing projects area. It was a rough area to say the least. The funny thing was that the only thing separating the compound from the tracks was a short 4 ft chainlink fence. The Army NCO even did social experiments there. Had a bunch of wood to make a fort, broke all the kids up into teams, then rationed the wood out. Genius.

[@mayhem_actual]

Sounds just like me. I'm an 87' guy. We'd pretend to be warriors all the time, even had my own personal legion of the little green army men figures. I was "raised" in a child day care facility (we called it the compound) commanded by a US Army NCO. This was the 90's. Today that Army NCO would have been arrested for what we did there as kids. He trained us well, though. Got my first bloody nose there, never snitched. Did "dying cockroaches" for hours. Best time of my life.

[@deepheart100]

Interesting, Rob Lowe attacks the first person shooter video games but won't attack hollywood who puts out way worse, I guess that's because he won't dare bash what has made him rich

[@crash406]

The last five seconds of this made the most sense to me.... actors DO need to stop talking !!!!! Rob Lowe has made the most sense out of all the 'actors' I've heard say anything about this subject by stating that it's HIS opinion.

[@jesuislhybre]

Thank you Mrs Smorag for bringing me here !

[@incidentalist]

Yes Piers.... handguns will stop a govt coming for you......... 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@ADQAutomotive]

No. I own several of these types of weapons, including AR's, AK's and a Saiga 12 gauge. I'm also a responsible, law-abiding citizen. I really wish they'd stop using tricky terms like "assault weapon" so we wouldn't have this kind of confusion.

[@georgeboros263]

Rob's last statement was the most profound.

[@tedbrooks1677]

Dude. The 2nd amendment isn't about protecting my family against thugs. It isn't about hunting. It's about protecting me from tyranny. From the government. get it?

[@ADQAutomotive]

The United States has had much lower murder rates since not being disarmed in the '90's. Would you then conclude that handing out concealed carry licenses and loosening some restrictions has caused homicide rates to go down in the US?

[@dogkok12]

The murder rate of America is four times that of Australia , the majority via firearm. You just had a massacre where 20 children were murdered with an AR-15. Sounds like a massive problem to me.

[@forevergreyJV]

Really Piers? (2:05) They even took every single gun away from all the criminals, really?

[@dougclark9921]

A surprisingly high number of criminals handed in weapons

[@delta7090]

And in the US where gun sales have skyrocketed the last few years, violent crime including homicide has also fallen.

[@idontcare0953]

you can't really compare the crime rates in the us and the uk fairly, as the us only defines violent crime as murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, whereas the uk defines violent crime as "all crimes against the person" including simple assaults, all robberies, and all “sexual offenses"

[@jimmi161]

Rifles are used in 350 homicides a year. A fraction of those homicides are with "assault rifles". No one ever brings that up.

[@ADQAutomotive]

Right, but it doesn't ban all weapons with the same fire rate. It bans the ones that are scary to her. It also specifically exempts hundreds of guns that would fall under the ban. It's all silly to me.

[@ADQAutomotive]

They're not talking about banning semi-auto rifles. They're only talking about banning the scary looking ones. Also, most crimes are committed with semi-auto handguns.

[@dantro78]

So since it's not mentioned in the 2nd Amendment, people should not have the right to use guns to defend themselves or go hunting...only to fight tyranny, I'm totally with that.

[@SFWarrior365]

There will never be another Assault Weapons Ban in the US. It was a non-starter from the beginning. It it ever does get passed someday it will not survive a legal challenge. With the Heller decision and others (US v Miller, McDonald v Chicago) supporting not only individual gun rights but the right to whatever gun and magazine a law abiding person chooses, as it should be in a free country. Why are people still debating this and calling for bans instead of looking for ways to keep our kids safe?

[@ShootingUtah]

I wish he would have said "No I don't agree with an assault weapons ban because it's unconstitutional" I think he would have if he knew he wouldn't be discriminated against in Hollywood. Which he would be. He would probably have a hard time getting more jobs after saying something like that. For his situation I think he did well on explaining some of the idiocy of a gun ban.

[@ADQAutomotive]

Seriously? Handguns are used in 96.5% of gun homicides in the US (or almost two-thirds of homicides). "Assault weapons" are used in less than one tenth of one percent of gun homicides in the US. Please get informed, guys.

[@dantro78]

The Constitution doesn't talk about self defense. It talks about a 'well-regulated militia'.

[@MrSpeakingrock]

Ask the Koreans in Los Angeles who fended off attacks by using assault rifles in 1992 during the 6-day riots if there is ever a need for these kind of weapons. Maybe you’ll get your answer. The difference between assault rifles and semi-auto hunting rifles is purely cosmetic. Yes they look intimidating and are deadly, but sometimes you may want to simply show such a weapon to scare off numerous attackers.

[@Scorpio391]

My question was essentially what would you do - if you had the capacity to stop or nullify the 'tyrants' you mentioned' - you simply said The "ease of access" = LIBERTY'' and then asked me a question....i take that as 'there is no need for a change' and all is well....is that the case or am i really off base here?

[@yellowbusguy]

Why can't Piers wrap his head around the fact that property confiscation is offensive to Americans? I would imagine many British were upset too.

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

If banning a product makes it go away, why does the world have such a huge illegal drug problem?

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

@Harry Peterson Austria has loads of guns but very little violent crime. Mexico has very strict gun laws and yet leads the world in homicides.

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

@Harry Peterson Getting the entire world to actively enforce any law is virtually impossible, and even if gun manufacturing stopped 100%, it wouldn't affect the billion or so guns already in world circulation

[@toddfritsche92]

Yes, In the u.s. there is a lot of responsible gun owners that own guns, they also own assault weapons. But 90% of crime using guns are hand guns not assault weapons. Look it up.

[@jitsroller]

AR stands for armalite. It's not and assault weapon thats a name that the media has imprinted on your brain. An assault weapon has the ability to fire semi auto or fully auto. Those arent available to the public no one has used one in one of these horrible events.

[@Scorpio391]

If a house in Britain gets invaded - i think we are better off given that it is extremely unlikely that the invader has a pistol, let alone an automatic weapon

[@ADQAutomotive]

I believe that may be so. Everyone started freaking out when I said nobody's trying to ban all semi-automatic rifles. As it stands, not one person has proposed a bill along those lines. I was just trying to point out the stupidity inherent in these bills that base legality on appearance. It would be unconstitutional anyway because the Supreme Court holds that weapons in "common use" by "law-abiding citizens" can not be banned. To me, that means that AR's, which are very popular, are off-limi

[@benner2000]

Nor will you hear Piers talk about how he is a criminal in the UK and he came over to the states to avoid prosecution.

[@Guardiandown895]

Rifles as a whole only account for 2% of homicides. An "assault weapon" ban would only be the start.

[@bigdeal39]

I have a new respect now for Rob Lowe !!