To Keep And Bear Arms - The Big Picture

Since the discovery of America by Columbus, the rifle has played a significant role in helping our great country fight for and maintain its freedom. This week's issue of THE BIG PICTURE, narrated by Craig Stevens of "Peter Gunn" fame, offers a moving insight into the history of the rifle and the part it has played in our nation's development.
National Archives and Records Administration
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Big Picture: To Keep and Bear Arms
DVD Copied by Thomas Gideon - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984).

[@Paladin1873]

In the later 1980s a National Guard armorer and I arranged for his unit to conduct a weekend M-60 shoot near his rural home in New Hampshire. All the commotion attracted the curiosity of nearby landowners and soon we had entire families joining in the fun as the parents and kids were given some trigger time behind the machine guns. I doubt they'll ever forget it and the sense of community bonding that resulted.

[@dmutant2635]

We used to invite folks we worked with to join a few of us at the nearby shooting range. We had really good turn outs. Rifle, pistol and shotgun. Fun times.

[@SysOpQueen]

That sounds so fun, im honestly jelly i didn't get to go!

[@anothermax420]

God bless NH. Just don't let Massachusetts catch you having any fun.

[@rapman5791]

Imagine trying that today?? You’d be brought up on charges of being a terrorist with the FBI and ATF showing up en masse ready to do battle. You’d be booted from the service for promoting violence and firearms charges. What a difference when there is civic responsibility versus media indoctrination making firearms universally derided.

[@echohunter4199]

You did something great, well done!

[@YELLTELL]

"The CONSTITUTION shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." ~Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention 1788

[@jakelambert4693]

Thanks for sharing that quote I knew a lot of pro 2a quotes from the founding fathers but I didn't know that one

[@Invictus357]

And I’m sure they would be horrified to see so many school shootings too.

[@YELLTELL]

@jake lambert "The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times Armed." ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824

[@YELLTELL]

@@jakelambert4693 "What country can preserve its liberties if it's rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let Them Take Arms. "Thomas Jefferson,letter to James Madison, December 20th 1787

[@YELLTELL]

@jake lambert "If circumstances should at any time obligate the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of ARMS, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist. " ~Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No.28 January 10th 1788

[@The2ndFirst]

Every man should be a rifleman.

[@Invictus357]

Why?

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

@@Invictus357 Every Marine is. You ask why? The founding fathers knew governments can become oppressive. There are hundreds of examples in history of this. Also, it is a requirement of every American. 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes: (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are- (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. THAT IS WHY.

[@fredbowles4721]

​@Lootus Maximus it's 2023... our military would say every person, including birthing persons, should have a rifle.. as long as they have read the 1619 project. Otherwise, it should be outlawed... 🙄

[@gamerboi5651]

@@fredbowles4721 Birthing persons? you mean women? dumbass

[@SuperColonel91]

Every American Should Be!

[@bikecopjoe]

Another example of the importance of Constitutional freedom

[@TomTermini]

More like, another example of government-funded propaganda!

[@SnarkyArkyLibertarian]

I can honestly say that this is the first and only time I've heard the M14 referred to as "lightweight".

[@lightningcrush7795]

any gun is lightweight if your strong enough.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Ronnie Coleman must’ve picked it up 😂

[@mikehenthorn1778]

Well compared to a cannon

[@The2ndFirst]

I just bought an M1A It's not lightweight. lol

[@michaeldoe4805]

Lightweight compared to what it has replaced...

[@jimchambers7548]

Should play in congress everytime they want new gun laws

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

You mean where lies are told, and bought & sold

[@jayr.9266]

Then it would be playing in a constant loop.

[@flouisbailey]

In memory of all that served and those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. Memorial Day 2023 never forget.

[@johndaugherty4127]

This is what we were taught in school in the 70's and 80's.

[@chriscarter1177]

I graduated in the 90s and still remember this

[@sticksnstonespatriot1728]

Instead, the ✡️ media push propagandized debauchery, self hayte, and anti patriotic brainwashing. They want the west to fall😢

[@TomTermini]

"taught" ... never say "indoctrinated" spelled that way!

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

​@@TomTermini waht are you talking about retard.. They were taught gun safety and hunting safety and regulations in school.. It was normal before everyone turned into piss drinking homos

[@salamonrobert2584]

That's why you are extinct

[@gskaloyan]

America has come so far in accepting others and different lifestyles but in the same span of time we've lost so much of the national spirit that made the country great and strong.

[@tylerjay532]

are you seeing the correlation??

[@cympimpin20]

You can't bring there to here without here becoming more like there.

[@anvilsbane]

Well said.

[@mikehiggins946]

It's true. It's amazing how you can screw a country up by trying not to offend anybody. We believed them when they told us they just wanted equality. Now every month is dedicated to praising how superior another group or idea is.

[@billsmith9711]

accepting other and different lifestyles is the prescription for decay and downfall.

[@cryhavoc9748]

"We will not comply".....Rhymes with "Shall not be infringed."

[@danielescobar7618]

No it doesn't.

[@marcusjohanson1064]

I will die before I give up my firearms.

[@danielescobar7618]

@@marcusjohanson1064 probably true.

[@marcusjohanson1064]

@@danielescobar7618 definitely

[@danielescobar7618]

@@marcusjohanson1064 they won't feel bad exterminating us. Look at history repeating itself. In the 30s was the media campaign of blaming all societies problems on us constitutionalists.. next comes the confiscations of property. Camps.

[@jkon156]

I learned to shoot with my Father, first with a pellet gun, then with my first firearm, a Nylon 66. his first lessons on both were always how to handle them safely, trigger discipline, and keeping the barrel pointed in a safe direction. I to this day cherish those moments, and being a father now, I hope to do the same with my son down the line. Firearm ownership has always been a key point in our family, in all generations. I plan to keep the tradition going

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Thank you. Please do. Firearms teach responsibility and self-reliance.

[@Paladin1873]

The Nylon 66, despite its plastic frame, stamped parts, complex arrangement, and crappy trigger never seemed to stop working and provided many a child and adult hours of recreational fun.

[@jamesalexander6417]

I learned to shoot on a Nylon 66.

[@TheWest400]

This gave me a flashback of when my dad showed me how to use one in the garage. It took a lot of conversations for him to let me actually just hold it

[@kingginger3335]

Any man between the ages of 17 and 45 are automatically considered members of the United States Militia. You don't have to be in the military to be considered a member. Therefore every citizen of United States has the God given Right to own firearms. Thank God, the Founders, and all people who have fought to protect the greatest country to ever exist.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Not only do they have a right to firearms but also body armor and camouflage. That’s something certain states argue against as not being protected

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

The right to arms comes from the Natural Right of self-defense. It's the right to stay alive. That right comes from nature or G*d and is not created or granted by government or even the Constitution. The Bill of Rights recognizes some pre-existing rights under Common Law and Natural Law. It does not create them. The right to form militias comes from the right to self-defense. It's a collective form of defense, and America's founders intended it to be a check on government tyranny. Reference: Federalist Papers 29 and 46 by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. All able bodied adults (who are not in the military) are in the militia. Militia members are expected to bring their personally owned arms to militia duty. Reference: United States v Miller, Heller v District of Columbia, etc.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 The right to arms includes any arms that are useful for self-defense or militia duty. That basically includes any arms from rocks to missiles.

[@scowler7200]

Let's add women to that.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@scowler7200 Really it's all adults.

[@3Pillers]

“If someone asks you to give up a little bit of your freedom for the greater good, remember freedom is the greater good.” Buffalo’s Outdoors. “The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic” - Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution

[@Anonymouz1490]

Don't forget the. Minutemen

[@Dubyah_B]

While most of my views might be left leaning but when it comes to guns, im always on the right. Everyone should have the right defend themselves, their loved ones and their property.

[@gs1100ed]

The reason for the 2nd amendment is to allow people to defend themselves from a tyrannical government. The constitution of the United States (and Texas) were both written shortly after the people had a revolution against their own government. The Americans fought the British and Texans fought Mexico. An unarmed population can be easily overpowered by their own military.

[@Xapp69]

All U.S. citizens should watch this video. It might be old school, but the sentiments are important. We're all supposed to be on the same team.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

"Ooh mah gaaaawddd! "He" and "man" only? Sooo sexist! Fuck. This. Shit!"

[@thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303]

"A RIFLE IS ALONE AS GOOD AS THE SOLDIER USING IT!" Our military had it wrong the entire time! According to our current administration, the RIFLE by itself, is dangerous, and the law a'biden' citizen is useless!!!🤯

[@Hotrodford]

Bringing in all these illegals and the WOKE Left you can forget about being on the same team.

[@anvilsbane]

@Sus Scrofa all part of the Plan. A disgrace.

[@stevenmc56]

Well said

[@blank557]

In early Britian, it was mandated that every able male citizen should practice frequently with the bow. The value of such paid off at Poitners and Crecy. The British navy ships were not as good as the French, but they made up with it with constant cannon drills that made them the best at broadsides. America won its independence because its citizens had access to firearms, saving training time when recruited in battle.

[@Invictus357]

The training of Bowmen was in a time when a large standing army was at enormous expense, and citizens were literally conscripted by their vassal lords, to fight for them, or the King. The sailors of the Royal Navy, didn’t have to bring along their own cannon, all their weapons were provided by the state, same with the Army, all firearms were provided by the state, same thing now, all weapons are supplied by the state. Even the 2nd amendment, starts with the words “A well regulated militia” being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, why? Because the founding fathers didn’t want a standing army, because they were afraid it would be used against the states for nefarious purposes, to gain power. Yet, it was President George Washington, at the head of a 13,000 strong militia force, who went to put down the Whisky Rebellion, and that was over taxation, “no taxation without representation”, sound familiar? And America won its independence by the help of a French King.

[@justforever96]

Except combat soldiers needed to know drill more than shooting. Marching and moving as a unit, knowing the drum or horn commands for each maneuver. The only shooting you learned to do was how to load in the proper sequence. In the field you were supposed to level arms in the general direction the officer indicated and fire into the wall of smoke. After a few volleys, you fix bayonets and charge. The amount is time saved by leaving out marksmanship is negligible. Not to say experienced men didn't have an impact on the war, but but not as infantryman.

[@angrydragonslayer]

​@@justforever96 imagine having rifling in the civil war The best shots got (or already had) precision rifles while some (the goobers as the army folk says) still got muskets in the civil war I'd be pretty comfy with a kentucky rifle at ~150 meters and a whitworth? I found myself hitting 15 cm groups at 750 meters when i tried my buddys.

[@paulhunter6742]

True, but that was when Country just being formed, you need firearms in open wilderness. Also, the founding fathers never imagined average citizens using assault milti-round weapons.

[@paulhunter6742]

Oh Lord, that Leave it to Beaver music background really oddball for this topic

[@Boppinabe]

It is the God-given right of all people to that of self defense, be it with pointed sticks, dueling pistols, rifles, or flamethrowers and any who attempt to disarm the people are not to be trusted.

[@ORflycaster]

And we should be asking ourselves WHY those want to disarm the people are so determined to do so.

[@Boppinabe]

@@ORflycaster they are ill-intended without exception and are to be shunned and shamed.

[@ORflycaster]

@Boppin Shunned and shamed isn’t enough. Kicked out and replaced is more like it.

[@blondequijote]

​@ORflycaster at the ground level, shunning is how we draw the line between us and them. Politics won't change until ppls perspective does.

[@hubertwalters4300]

@@ORflycaster The WHY is easy, just look at the history of what happened in countries like the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, North Korea,and Venezuela when the civilian population are disarmed, the government rounds up tens of millions of people that it considers to be enemies of the state and murders them.

[@MegadethTillDeth]

You know what hit me the most watching this? What they've taken from us.

[@billjenkins5693]

Never trust anyone who wants you defenseless

[@FourbrrlGrabber]

A Brief moment in time when the adults were abundant. Common sense was actually COMMON !

[@tdublove9558]

Warmed my heart ❤️ i remember watching this before my first hunters safety course . Still have my certifications for rifle, pistol and shotguns from the sixth grade 😊

[@Jameskenomis3]

What I would give to live back when America was something to be proud of, and still had men running it.

[@walkaboutsteve]

When exactly was that?

[@justinhorn2864]

@@walkaboutsteve 1950s

[@justinhorn2864]

@@walkaboutsteve forgot mean old America was always bad

[@Homebody662]

We should be making America something to be proud of throughout history there have been many injustices that we neglect to mention when we rem-anise on simpler times.

[@justinhorn2864]

@@Homebody662 no country is perfect but it's one of the better ones

[@YELLTELL]

"The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times Armed." ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824

[@marcusjohanson1064]

I never leave home without it.

[@combativeThinker]

@@marcusjohanson1064 “Stay strapped or get clapped.” -George Washington

[@ravewarrior6775]

Now if you carry your rifle in to the capital even a Kentucky one you’ll be arrested and have the book thrown at you can we invent a time machine yet

[@ernest9606]

Hell yeah. And as an American and kentukian I approve this message to all Americans

[@Rtb323]

As a Californian I approve this message:.. even tho It’s a Anti Gun state sadly

[@aaron_brown7324]

As I fellow Kentuckian I second this

[@angeldesigns1385]

@@Rtb323 as a Tennesseean, we are welcoming people just like you, if California isn’t.

[@andrewbrady3139]

As a redneck from Downeast Maine, I’ve been shooting a rifle since I could hold one. And now my kids do the same. Even though I’m in California after getting out of the navy. And the Air Force. Ya, I’m a redneck who has done (and still doing) a lot!!

[@dmutant2635]

@@angeldesigns1385 Learned to shoot as youngster in Tennessee. It's a great state.

[@k1mgy]

29 minutes of sanity in an otherwise nutso world. Amazed that the censors have yet to delete it.

[@jayr.9266]

Give them time. Save the video to your favorites and come back in 1yr. for the screen to read "Thos video is no longer available, it violates yootuube policy"

[@wolfie1979]

With such wonderful history and traditions, how have we lost our way:-(

[@patrickshea5955]

Well hey man in the last 15 years 25 states have enacted constitutional carry. The people want their second amendment

[@Puppy_Puppington]

America was the greatest from 1940s-1980s. It has evil beginnings though… I mean to start we stole and killed to take this country LmFAO. I’m not one for nationalism but when others are attacking I understand. Wish humanity could all be on the same team and focused on betterment and respecting each other. Haha oh boy. The sun will die before that happens. You can’t blame certain people like native Americans and African Americans for feeling resentment… hell even women were oppressed for a while. Today is nothing compared to the last centuries…

[@dovydasvaiksnys3807]

Who knows how wonderful history actually is. No history is as it appears. It's always down and up played. History is written by Victors too. I find it so troubling and many times frustrating even I see current politicians accusing innocent people of wrongdoing that they are doing themselves - and justify further wrongdoing to destroy completely those who done nothing wrong, but public got convinced lies thus justified purge of innocent. And seeing this corruption so out in the open - with piles of evidence against corrupt versus only the wicked tongue of corrupt without any real proof AND STILL many people die to their ignorance to check facts and fear to find very hard to accept truth and possibly their own involvement in helping those bad ones in the past due to ignorance. Seeing how this evil in light of all truth still prevail and seem to be unstoppable. How can then anyone rant be sure the history isn't wrong. How can anyone be really certain that evil doesn't win in past, and was simply turned upside down. Just seeing how people these days can be convinced their own lies- how can we ever be sure people didn't just convince themselves lies in the past.... it isn't by itself evident at all that good always win. What if opposite the truth.

[@uncleTedK]

Look at the last names that have run the US treasury for the last 70 years. That will answer your question.

[@Henry_the_Eighth_]

What a sophisticated civilization, shooting guns for fun and protection

[@Everythingallthetime666]

Hard to believe that government is so different from government today. It's like night and day. Oh how far down we have fallen...

[@klasv7174]

its not the guns, its the people that use them, I agree 100%

[@charlesrandolph8441]

SORELY NEEDED IN 2019! PAY ATTENTION, PEOPLE!!

[@thinkinsidetheboxsquarecir3303]

"A RIFLE IS ALONE AS GOOD AS THE SOLDIER USING IT!" Our military had it wrong the entire time! According to our current administration, the RIFLE by itself, is dangerous, and the law a'biden' citizen is useless!!!🤯

[@brotherbrovet1881]

In 1940, British Agents were begging US citizens to sell/donate to them their civilian firearms! They ran ads in cities like Chicago and New York.

[@stever8776]

Yup they left everything at Dunkirk when the Germans chased them off. The British had long lost their love of Rights. The Declaration of Rights Back in 1689. But they didn't have a Constitution.

[@008Birdman]

Makes me want to join the NRA if I wasn’t already a member. This is the heart why I love guns. It is such a fun and challenging sport that teaches self control, mental clarity, and foremost safety.

[@Sarconthewolf]

Those that don't abide by the constitution, are in fact treasonous. Especially those in our government.

[@matthewnoah1814]

Whether or not makes no difference what the government says! My right to keep and bear arms to defend myself is God given! The USA constitution acknowledges this fact!!!

[@issintf925]

Time to abolish the ATF

[@BenjiMann-yr6en]

All alphabet agencies

[@NikovK]

Someone always says, "There oughta be a law."

[@jasonhathaway9746]

Great video of how it should be still. I have taught my daughter marksmanship with a little CV scout. Just as the video shows, we have to teach our loved ones the importance of 2nd rights. I also try amd take a non shooter out to shoot and lean the basics as much as possable. I battle is never over, there is still plenty of hope.

[@buellboy007]

Gun control is about racism and slavery This Patriotic Veteran approves this mesg Gun deaths There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. The U.S. population is 324,059,091 as of June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.00925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of those 30,000 deaths, to put them in perspective as compared to other causes of death: • 65% of those deaths are by suicide, which would never be prevented by gun laws. • 15% are by law enforcement in the line of duty and justified. • 17% are through criminal activity, gang and drug related or mentally ill persons - better known as gun violence. • 3% are accidental discharge deaths. So technically, "gun violence" is not 30,000 annually, but drops to 5,100. Still too many? Now lets look at how those deaths spanned across the nation. • 480 homicides (9.4%) were in Chicago • 344 homicides (6.7%) were in Baltimore • 333 homicides (6.5%) were in Detroit • 119 homicides (2.3%) were in Washington D.C. (a 54% increase over prior years) So basically, 25% of all gun crime happens in just 4 cities. All 4 of those cities have strict gun laws, so it is not the lack of law that is the root cause. This basically leaves 3,825 for the entire rest of the nation, or about 75 deaths per state. That is an average because some States have much higher rates than others. For example, California had 1,169 and Alabama had 1. Now, who has the strictest gun laws by far? California, of course, but understand, it is not guns causing this. It is a crime rate spawned by the number of criminal persons residing in those cities and states. So if all cities and states are not created equal, then there must be something other than the tool causing the gun deaths. Are 5,100 deaths per year horrific? How about in comparison to other deaths? All death is sad and especially so when it is in the commission of a crime but that is the nature of crime. Robbery, death, rape, assault are all done by criminals. It is ludicrous to think that criminals will obey laws. That is why they are called criminals. But what about other deaths each year? • 40,000+ die from a drug overdose-THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THAT! • 36,000 people die per year from the flu, far exceeding the criminal gun deaths. • 34,000 people die per year in traffic fatalities(exceeding gun deaths even if you include suicide). Now it gets good: • 200,000+ people die each year (and growing) from preventable medical errors. You are safer walking in the worst areas of Chicago than you are when you are in a hospital! • 710,000 people die per year from heart disease. It’s time to stop the double cheeseburgers! So what is the point? If the liberal loons and the anti-gun movement focused their attention on heart disease, even a 10% decrease in cardiac deaths would save twice the number of lives annually of all gun-related deaths (including suicide, law enforcement, etc.). A 10% reduction in medical errors would be 66% of the total number of gun deaths or 4 times the number of criminal homicides ................ Simple, easily preventable 10% reductions! So you have to ask yourself, in the grand scheme of things, why the focus on guns? It's pretty simple: Taking away guns gives control to governments. The founders of this nation knew that regardless of the form of government, those in power may become corrupt and seek to rule as the British did by trying to disarm the populace of the colonies. It is not difficult to understand that a disarmed populace is a controlled populace. Thus, the second amendment was proudly and boldly included in the U.S. Constitution. It must be preserved at all costs. So the next time someone tries to tell you that gun control is about saving lives, look at these facts and remember these words from Noah Webster: "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed." What ever happen to up hold the Oath of office to protect and up hold the CONSTITUTION of the USA....NOT MAKE YOUR OWN RULES/LAWS... please stand for America

[@l.k.371]

@buellboy007... EXCELLENT POST !

[@combativeThinker]

HEAR HEAR!

[@rjust2297]

I love the rifle as the narrator. Seems the rifle is in it for the duration There's a backstory to that fellow.

[@stang3787]

The NRA film is timeless but needs to be updated and done in HD Color. The NRA should spend money on items like this and not suits for Wayne.

[@MAGA-Brad]

NRA is in bed with Democrats. NRA is trash and only a fool donates to them. GOA is the group that does what the NRA claims to do.

[@joetrey215]

The Big Picture was a series of films produced by the US Army. This is not an NRA film. The NRA and the US Civilian Markmanship Program have had a great deal of cooperation and varying relationships over the years which was the relevance for this particular film.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

👍🏽

[@GangstaFarts]

I'm Trans and this video is so offensive! Just kidding I'm a normal person and I enjoy this classic.

[@Lmr6973]

Hard to believe now that we had a government like this at one time in our history.

[@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo]

Yes, and then you went from this to the Clinton administration and later Obama PAYING companies to shred M1 Garands, including pristine M1-C's and M1-D snipers, rather than sell them through the DCM/CMP to actually make a profit. They hate the idea of citizens owning firearms that much.

[@balancedfordaylight1]

The part about the M14 being "Lightweight" cracks me up

[@BenjiMann-yr6en]

Before AR's and women in the military, back when Men were Masculine. Like carrying a 1911A1 isn't supposed to comfortable, but comforting.

[@arthurchadwell9267]

Well, it was a little bit lighter than the M1...

[@E.L.RipleyAtNostromo]

2:12, managed to fire that flintlock without priming the pan! 🙂 The "new" M14, so this had to be from around 1959. They made a big deal back then about the M14 being selective fire, and show a guy firing it that way here starting at 1:25, but full auto and the extractor would almost always break. Fire them semi-auto all day, no problem. (I'm not 100% but I think they eventually made it semi-auto only.) Imagine a video like this being shown in schools now, they'd have to bring in counselors for all the snowflake teachers and then fire the person responsible for "threats." Not to mention, can you picture what would happen to that old guy today in Washington D.C. if he were seen carrying a flintlock around? He'd be swatted and in the corrupt D.C. jail in solitary confinement getting his butt kicked in about five minutes. Can't have our Government masters feeling "unsafe!"

[@franklyanogre00000]

"Waste no more time arguing what a good man can be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius

[@aryanson]

Should be required viewing in every school in America!

[@mikehiggins946]

Good luck with that. They're too busy being indoctrinated in the ways of the left.

[@nigel900]

If you were to show this in a public school, you would be purp-walked out in leg irons and put on the FBI’s terrorist watch list…

[@Ja2808R]

It probably use to 60 years ago. How far we’ve fallen.

[@nathannavarro6702]

They would actually learn something if they showed this in schools… 😂

[@scottmaclaren4695]

They would get through the introduction and blow a gasket that the narrator says rifleman and not rifle Zim zer

[@danielmarshall4587]

Fantastic film THANK YOU for posting it, all the love from the UK.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

I hate that they never educated us in firearms at school, public school that is in the USA, I had to re-search myself and educate myself, and treating myself once I turned 18.

[@dayaninikhaton]

That's the one addendum I would add to the 2A. Back in the 1700s you learned to shoot and safety at 6-7 years old. These days most people I think grow up with no education or experience other than movies and videogames. So I think there should be classes that teach safety at first to youngins so they know to respect and be safe around them.

[@joegoldman3065]

You have people who want to make it illegal for anyone to carry a gun well I say that there should be a lot of it everybody everywhere all the time must be carrying a gun that's right the entire population always having a gun ready on their hip

[@royjohnson7211]

An armed society is a polite,and safer society.

[@Invictus357]

@@royjohnson7211 You keep dreaming that, and pigs fly as well.

[@royjohnson7211]

@@Invictus357 ,that is a verifiable fact. 100% of mass shootings occur in "gun free zones". Not one single time has a mass shooting occurred at a gun show,or a shooting range,or anywhere else where there were known gun carrying citizens. See,that's the problem with anti gun libtards... They are simply too stubborn/stupid to gather facts.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

These people would be very disappointed to see what happens today

[@roywall5231]

They would have turned around on D Day.

[@berbtheherb]

​@@roywall5231 *should

[@Invictus357]

Yes, I agree, too many school shootings. They would be appalled.

[@TuesdaySFD]

@@Invictus357 Of course. They'd be asking themselves why we depend on the police so much.

[@tommyk5690]

@@Invictus357 It’s very strange how obsessed with school shootings you are, when you’re in fact statistically more likely to get struck by lightning than to die in a school shooting.

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

Every US Marine MUST be qualified with a weapon to become a Marine. If you fail in the rifle range, you will never earn the title! Targets are 200/300/500 yards away. Every Marine regardless of MOS, is a rifleman FIRST.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

To be fair the targets used in rifle qualification in the Marines are larger than that of the Army I feel like most people could hit a Jeep size target at 500. It does a good job at instilling confidence in the shooter but I wouldn’t say it makes them a rifleman

[@TheJBerg]

​@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 the target carriage is indeed large, but the target is human size with the scoring area being the chest.

[@greedisgood827]

Plus you really don’t need to make a wind call 300 and in. Aiming at the target next to yours in order to hit yours can be challenging.

[@americanman4508]

I love being a American, and I love being a rifleman. Every American adult should own and be sufficient with a rifle.

[@The2ndFirst]

Aye. We are great. Beyond what the old world thought us to be.

[@NamorVendetta]

During hunting season, the state of Wisconsin has the largest standing army in the world.

[@sirgags2738]

12:47 is so important. “Someone always says their ought to be a law” Fast forward now and there are so many laws in place that it would make the founding fathers head spin.

[@revbobmartin]

I am very glad to have found this video again. Been over 55 years since I first watched it. Very much needed to be taught in the every school systems of the United States 🇺🇸 again.

[@Anonymouz1490]

Remember

[@jamesslick4790]

Guns were ALWAYS part of my family. Just routine things that were around. (Revolvers and shotguns were in just about EVERY home) And I'm from Pittsburgh, PA (The actual CITY, not a suburb, nowhere NEAR "Rural"). In our family firearms were no more "unusual" than a saw or, hell, a toaster. (To me as a kid, they were like the car, something "grown-ups" had and one day, you would too! And I'm not even that old (Born in 1962). I always thought it was weird that people are "freaked out" by guns. Today, it's WORSE. The fear of, (and thus the subsequent "fetishization") of guns is what leads to the problems we see now. Guns ARE dangerous. So is a bicycle, or WORSE the aforementioned toaster! I'm actually surprised that this film even HAD to be made BEFORE I was even born! I raised MY kids with "guns as normal things" too, Neither with "hype" Nor with "fear", Just as normal tools for fun or defense.

[@recondrone6826]

Born and raised in Kentucky with rifles, shotguns, pistols' fishing poles and traps we were taught as children about firearms and the responsibility and safety of firearms first! Then we were taught how to aim and hit targets with extreme precision, by our early teens we were hunting and shooting on our own. The firearm was just another tool to be learned in its use. I don't remember anyone in fear of firearms or having a snowflake like meltdown if they were near one or seen a firearm. As we grow older we learned the history of those firearms and their importance in protecting family community and country! You must understand the history of firearms to remotely understand world history in the past 400 years! We are still American riflemen if needed and ready to protect the citizens whether the enemy is domestic or foreign! We chose freedom with the power to protect it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jobHfKNmn72YfNE

[@Blitz9H]

Politicians abuse their freedoms, but no one seeks to ban or restrict them.

[@jasonshults368]

Inherent in the concept of freedom is the concept of responsibility. No one is holding the politicians responsible, either.

[@Blitz9H]

@@jasonshults368 With freedom comes responsibility. Banning freedom doesn’t make responsibility

[@martytrueblood5902]

too late US is a dictatorship with armed juvenile mass shooting each other vote harder enjoy the kool aid in the meantime

[@yipperskipper]

Oy Vey!

[@johnrice1943]

They abuse powers, not freedoms

[@WhuDhat]

couldn't help but thinking just how disappointed these men of the past would be, to see what their beloved sport and country has become today

[@johnwood551]

I’m so glad I grew up back in the era of even Hollywood backed shooting sports and America and the 2nd Amendment. We had rifle clubs at school and walked across campus with guns and NO ONE was ever shot. But we also allowed prayer in the schools, taught morals and the HISTORY of the U.S. and of oppressive countries.

[@CowboyJakel]

Texas Bell Tower... there have always been shootings, dig through the archives and you will find them. I graduated College in 2010 and my University still had a rifle club and indoor range. I also was taught the history of the U.S. and of oppressive countries. So I don't think our lives are much different other than the media says they are. There is one moral to follow: treat others the way you want to be treated

[@gandalfthegrey6592]

@@CowboyJakel That was then, Firearms are being progressively strangled by politicians. You couldn't step within 100 feet of my college without getting tackled by policemen (given that you possessed a firearm). The anti-gun sentiment in this country is growing, the number of people on social media who actively oppose it is ridiculous, of which, nearly all have never operated a firearm even once. We need to educate the youth on how firearms function, the cardinal rules of gun safety, as well as how to be an ethical firearm owner.

[@KingPBJames]

@@CowboyJakel I was not aware of that event. Thank you. Clearly a sick and twisted individual.

[@marcusjohanson1064]

The type of families our ancestors escaped from being controlled by have infiltrated the most important institutions in America.

[@modakkagitplugga]

​@KingPBJames wait until you find out about the Sagamihara stabbings in Japan 2016. One man, one night, one kitchen knife. 19 murdered, 26 injured. He was only caught because he turned himself in the next day.

[@jakeprater03]

Incredible how we seem to have forgotten all this...

[@warrenwalker2665]

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it...

[@colemair5367]

What the NRA Should be today.

[@landryjones5816]

Amazing video. Encapsulates so much about how I want to feel about our country. This is “common sense” gun regulation. Safety and competency are of the highest importance, while giving importance to sovereignty and the individual. Love it! Times change, it’s time for us to adapt to them with legislation that actually addresses the atrocities committed, not restricting those who responsibly exercise their rights.

[@charletonzimmerman4205]

"Peter Gunn", yeah @ that Police range, "NO HEARING" protection, nor safety glasses, AMAZING !

[@scubaguy007]

It's sad to see how far the NRA has fallen. Learning about guns and training to use them can't be overstated.

[@mugsydoo7635]

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED

[@phantomtroubleshooter2793]

M-14, Lightweight... Back when Men were Men and sheep were nervous

[@rightwired]

From my dead, cold hands.

[@FUNshoot]

14:45 A General with a Distinguished Rifleman badge, not a mere qualification badge. Just to emphasize how much the military has regressed in marksmanship over the years.

[@USARvideo]

Truth!

[@spehhhsssmarineer8961]

Marksmanship is not important in warfare. The US Military has known this since the SPIW program.

[@USARvideo]

​@@spehhhsssmarineer8961 The SPIW program failed but plenty of low-knowledge people like you continue to bleat this nonsense.

[@FUNshoot]

@@spehhhsssmarineer8961 SPIW was dropped because it failed to produce results.

[@spehhhsssmarineer8961]

@@FUNshoot The reports still prove my point: marksmanship doesn’t matter. The weapons in SPIW didn’t work because they didn’t work, but the point still stands: suppressive fire, pins-down infantry so that artillery can target it. ROF and squad machine guns do all the killing and the rifle is support.

[@acme_tnt8741]

Lol, he said an M 14 is "lightweight." Back when men, were men. They were just more sore.

[@walterbar3118]

Protect your right to arm bears.

[@ajorsomething4935]

I very much appreciate all the work that the NRA does to encourage sportsmen and safe practices, however, a lot of the curriculum and the instructors themselves are oldschool and can spread a lot of old misinformation. Also, though it's a good organization for the sportsman, that's also it's downfall. They look after the interests of the hunter and people who take part in a lot of older fashioned shooting sports. They don't put up substantial resistance to import bans, or ammunition bans, since they care more about US made rifles and shotguns, and hunting and target ammunition isn't classified by politicans as "armor piercing". They don't care about bans for more tactical weapons because hunters and sport shooters tend to use shotguns and more traditional rifles. The closing of the machine gun registry, the need for registration of suppressors and short barreled rifles, and modern infringements on gun rights that the ATF lawlessly decides on are totally ignored. If you appreciate gun rights, support Gun Owners of America, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and other modern, legislation focused, organizations if you'd like to keep your rights.

[@brenttesterman3171]

I'm almost afraid to like your comment, for fear of being put on some list, given the current state of affairs. God bless you for having the courage to post your comment. At some point regular folks are going to say, "NO! I'm not going to do that!", to our so called leaders.

[@chriscarter1177]

Now that is a statement in which I can listen to and appreciate. Thank you for not being the normal " take all guns" sort.

[@adrianmizen5070]

curious, can you name any gun control that actually has been stopped by GOA or FPC, ever, at any point in their history? These are dark days for the NRA for sure, but their track record is far stronger than those mickey mouse groups whose only accomplishment seems to be that they give gun owners warm fuzzies.

[@grigorirasputin5020]

I grew up with a biological father and grandfather who were proud NRA members. Over the years in my adulthood, I too was a proud NRA member until I realized those initials stand for "Negotiating Rights Away". Since at least 1934 (NFA 1934), the NRA has supported some pretty bad infringements on the one right our forefathers said, "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED". They supported GCA-68, the Hughes Amendment, and supposedly gave Trump the green light for his betrayal with his bumpstock ban. Some years ago, I noticed how NRA ILA was endorsing candidates who might have done something nice for us years earlier, but had since flipped on us, over more strongly pro-gun challengers. This got to be to the point of ridiculousness and I said goodbye to Negotiating Rights Away.

[@chriscarter1177]

@@grigorirasputin5020 good eye ! I agree

[@brenttesterman3171]

I'd like to see an updated version of this.

[@KingPhilipsRideshare]

It would fucking suck and have someone with abhorrent views speaking

[@jayr.9266]

Me too, except it would probably be nothing but negativity and propaganda mixed in with a sprinkle of racism and anti-American sentiment. I'm afraid we have a corrupt government who is more likened to a tyrant that hates its citizens.

[@slaytanicsabbath]

No need

[@matthewjones39]

What do you mean?

[@slaytanicsabbath]

@@matthewjones39 he wants more diversity and rainbow flags

[@philpyung4831]

Never underestimate the power of one man with a rifle

[@oahts5906]

‘The Axe, The Plow, and Rifles kept this country moving’.

[@BenjiMann-yr6en]

Amen

[@jchoneandonly]

I mean the nra stopped doing it's job decades ago. Still

[@blueduck9409]

What a great video! Still relevant even today!

[@JohnStark72]

THE ULTIMATE WEAPON is the slogan on the base of a statue at Fort Dix of a charging infantryman.

[@BrianClarkpharmd]

The "new m-14" 🤣. Still a sweet rifle though

[@thurin84]

this was back before firearms ownership and shooting culture in general had been demonized. beck when firearms safety was widely taught in schools and youth organizations. before so called "gun safety" organizations hounded and legislated such programs away. pretty strange thing for a so called "gun safety" organization to do.

[@MR.IceCreamMan93]

The government grew and we the people didn’t 😅 sad reality

[@Mr-Eleven]

Did time in the corps, love my 2a, I feel like I renewed my vows to america

[@ggwoutdoors2a]

This film should be played for all grades, every year, not just once, in all elementary schools from first to 6th grade. Children will pick up something new the older they get and understand what's being said every time they watch it. It would have to be updated to grab their attention at first. Then the original version in the 6th grade. Hell all the way through high school. Mandatory. and no "please excuse"... notes either.

[@Robnord1]

Should, but it'll never happen in today's environment. Our beloved country is too far gone, and moving backward at an alarming rate I'm afraid. The Marxists, feminists, and globalists are unified, well funded by the powerful, and winning. The days of sanity, morals and values, and national pride are rapidly dwindling. Clearly their long term goal is disarmament and subjugation. Like Australia or the EU. In little tiny steps, it's happening. I was 8 when this film came out. This was my world, so the depth of our demise as a nation is clear to me, not something just seen in films or history books. A sad Truth.

[@ggwoutdoors2a]

@@Robnord1 I was 2 so right there with ya. You speak the truth. The infiltration has happened slowly but surely. Nice to see parents getting involved in school board meetings, where the indoctrination starts, and telling these boards to stop overstepping their boundaries. It can be turned around, but the battle will take great efforts on the American people.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

I'm starting to think that the only thing that could fix this country is a nuclear war. That would give an opportunity to really clean house. Look at Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They came out of it doing better than before.

[@adamwsaxe]

Not a fan of parental rights then, huh?

[@combativeThinker]

@@adamwsaxe Parents have a right and a duty to teach their children what it takes to be a member of the militia.

[@saltyhuckleberry]

SHALL NOT MEANS SHALL NOT. THOSE WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHTS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SAFTY DESERVES NEITHER SAFETY OR RIGHTS -BEN FRANKLIN

[@kenmeuse2226]

Actually Paul revere yelled to arms to arms the red coats are coming.

[@uncleTedK]

“The M14…..is lightweight”.

[@JamesEvans-ow1wc]

For it's time it was. The 308 weighed less than 30-06 ... also back then men were MEN 😅

[@tugspeedman8277]

@@JamesEvans-ow1wc you sound like an antique.

[@stever8776]

Yes but back then masculinity wasn't considered Toxic!

[@combativeThinker]

@@tugspeedman8277 Antiques are valuable and timeless. You can learn much from them and should treasure them before they’re gone.

[@keithplymale2374]

Firearms mean to me security and freedom. What do they mean to you?

[@tylerwest4756]

I love the voice of the Kentucky Rifle itself. That rifle definitely sells moonshine.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Mexico like the U.S. has privatized gun ownership written into its Constitution. Unfortunately for the Law-Abiding Mexican Citizen that Right has been successfully chipped away at, till now only the very rich and well connected, and the criminals in the form of ultra-violent Cartels have access to firearms. You only have to tour the morgues and cemeteries of Mexico to find out how that's worked out.

[@herewardthewatchful1014]

Funny how a generic term for all weapons like "arms" can be interpreted into meaning simply just "rifle".

[@CheefSmokealot64]

I’m proud to have been raised by the greatest generation, vets that won WW2. They were a special people. They were the opposite of todays selfish melenials.

[@blondequijote]

"The M14 is lightweight" - I bet it was for these winners who beat up the great depression before kicking axis' ass. Good Wizard believes in America.

[@ubcroel4022]

You parented, taught and instilled values in said selfish millennials

[@lalaboards]

Me too !!!!

[@yipperskipper]

Ah yes, the "greatest generation" that went off to die like cattle for the interests of certain hook-nosed bankers.

[@HalIOfFamer]

Who made the millennials greedy and selfish?

[@respectamerica2382]

M14 is still a damn gun rifle today!

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

It’s heavy and the action is known to jam in unfavorable conditions. For a rifle to shoot, sure it’s good. I wouldn’t want to put my life on the line with one however

[@StarlightEater]

God bless America. Thank you God, for being born in America.

[@egmjag]

Wow, San Gabriel Valley Gun Club! My friend lives nearby. That's between Duarte and Azusa. It's sad that SoCal was once a pro-gun area. There were at least 5 gun manufacturers that produced Saturday night specials in the 60s and 70s. Now communists and leftists have taken over, creating a crime haven utopia.

[@dudley5658]

No one really needs a so called “assault rifle” to kill a deer but everyone needs one to protect their liberty. - me.

[@aaaht3810]

How times have changed.

[@robertengland8769]

Reminds me of the little green army men I played with as a kid. Lol. 2nd. Amendment is still valid.

[@ziplo]

Was worried there would be a large amount of crazy people saying we don’t need guns but the unity in the comments is a nice change usa baby let’s keep it free