How US Gun Laws Affect the Rest of America

Over the past year, over 44,000 individuals lost their lives due to firearm-related incidents in the United States. This tragic toll is equivalent to the population of a small city being wiped out, underscoring the ease with which firearms can be acquired. The impact of America's pervasive gun ownership extends beyond our borders, as these firearms don't remain confined within the US. Over the course of nearly a year, we embarked on a journey following the path of the 'Iron Pipeline'-a conduit through which weapons flow from the US into Latin America.
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[@Hamisback]

Let's ignore the ATF allowed the Sinaloa Cartel, to procure the majority of their firearms in operation Fast and Furious. Only seizing a few hundred of the few thousand guns that they allowed to cross the border.

[@__K__B__]

They put shitty GPS trackers in the guns and the batteries died before reaching the destination. They are idiots. One of the guns traced back to the death of a border patrol agent too. It's unbelievable nobody is in jail for that BS.

[@yrntmoney3745]

They allow the whole shipment to be sold to them then lie like they lost tracking it

[@nick3d155]

This ^^^^

[@cup0fjoe_788]

The sec I saw vice mention atf and a few other statements…I thought there goes the legitimacy in this video

[@samwrought5650]

FBI allied with Cartel De Sinaloa

[@cwilliams808]

I love how this whole comment section is just people fact-checking Vice 😂

[@YungBeezer]

Gun owners need to fact check the anti-gunners. The 2A is the most important right that we have.

[@ashash4tube]

Exactly what I was thinking vice is just a shill their word is worthless nowadays

[@maxkirchgessner468]

Nah its mostly just brain dead rednecks

[@Jalenlane93]

It's just gun nuts who value gun rights over human lives. We're the only country that has hundreds of mass shootings yearly. People like you don't care how many people die as long as you can carry a weapon.

[@mobilusinmobili8321]

​@@YungBeezer They just want their opposition disarmed. Thats all. No biggie.

[@Shaddowbanned]

The real question here is why does the ATF have a searchable gun serial database when it's forbidden??

[@mikebergman1817]

This is a very good/valid question.

[@mikebergman1817]

@@Will_JC Evidence does not matter when armed thugs have been given permission to stop you and shake your down and financially penalize you for not having your permission slip to drive. Most law enforcement doesn't know what is law and what isn't. If they are told to pull people over and slash the tires on anyone's vehicle who does not have a license, they would do it without bothering to consider if the law is on their side.. As long as they can fall back on "I am just doing my job," your situation is irrelevant. Not all, maybe not even half. But a whole lot are new, unseasoned morons. This whole demoralization of current times requires good, seasoned police to be cycled out specifically for fresh recruits who will not question their salary/pension dealers. Don't forget, every genocide begins with military/police who aren't willing to gamble their salaries and/or pensions to speak up and stop an inhumane cycle that they know is wrong.

[@Will_JC]

@NYOTA By the way, what evidence exists to support the claim that a man is obligated to have a license or registration in order to use a car on the roads?

[@aolvaar8792]

Let me explain: serial number>>manufacturer>>distributor>> retail store>>1st retail purchaser. That person is in the FFL's Bound Book. NOT a database, simple review of the FFL's records.

[@ggoohhnnjjaalltt]

Wrong, BATFE has been illegally databasing bound books for many years from FFLs that have closed down voluntarily or by BATFE order. @@aolvaar8792

[@HSSANITO]

México needs to be like Brasil where people are starting to take up arms to protect themselves

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Y'know where they don't have a problem with gun violence? In countries that have strict gun laws. Japan, England, New Zealand, Switzerland, the list goes on and on.

[@kameronjones7139]

​@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 They are also island or aren't next to violent cartels

[@HSSANITO]

@@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 maybe because the government isn’t corrupt in those countries so it’s doable

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

@@kameronjones7139 Really? You're going to use the armed-cartel-at-our-gates argument when you JUST WATCHED a video that shows you those cartels are armed because of US gun manufactures are arming them? Nice try, but our gun violence problem is not armed cartels across the border, it's Americans shooting other Americans, and it's only happening because the gun laws and the attitudes toward guns in our country guarantee that violent criminals will have easy access to their death toys of choice.

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

@@HSSANITO The only corruption preventing the same success in the US is the influence that the firearm industry has over government and the control of the minds of the rightwing base, which it keeps locked up in the basement, catatonic with fear.

[@VGYugo]

Yet US government exchanges one of the world's biggest arms dealers for a basketball player.

[@lucasromero9377]

Right!! By an anti gun president 😂

[@tylr3669]

damn....

[@RonnieRawdawg]

"world's biggest arms dealers" who should have never been arrested in the first place, hes nothing more than a venture capitalist whom is based.

[@vladtheimpaler7375]

I love how Vice can make an entire documentary about illegal guns going to Mexico and South America and somehow the message is that we need stricter gun laws and not better border control. Progressive ideologues will never cease to amaze me.

[@Empkemp]

Well said

[@TheDkb427]

Yeah they pushin TF out that narrative yo

[@helloimclaudio]

Or both

[@tetroxo394]

and somehow its the guns that are the problems... and not the massive cartels

[@codeinecowboy8607]

Conservative “thinkers” are even more amazing. If they can’t get guns from us then they don’t have the means to continue pushing drugs. The southern border is already the most militarized border in the west if not the world. Money talks, that’s why guns and drugs flow through it

[@Contest4Freedom]

I feel this proved one thing and that is criminals will do whatever means it take to gain firearms. While the average citizen who is unable to is left defenseless. How Vice doesn’t realize they’re making that case is beyond me.

[@johnsmith-tb7pd]

How you think everyone having more guns will result in fewer deaths is beyond me

[@Contest4Freedom]

@@johnsmith-tb7pd I think it’s a matter of perspective. I’m of the opinion people have the right to self preservation. As well believe that there are larger consequences of firearms being out of control if they were to be banned. We’d see an influx of those owning firearms illegally with no background control. I’m certain you have your reasons to disagree with me. And you’re welcome to share them. I hope you well.

[@randallwalkerdiaz1002]

@@johnsmith-tb7pd guns were used approximately 1.67 million times per year in self defense, and in 2023 there were only approximately 200 mass shootings.

[@GrimOrdnance]

​@randallwalkerdiaz1002 Have you ever defended yourself with a gun? Was it actually needed? Not saying it doesn't happen, but there are some absurd fantasies people have.

[@Contest4Freedom]

@@GrimOrdnance I know this is addressed to Randall, I wanted to chime in on that question. I used my firearm once in self defense protecting my home when a man broke in. As for fantasies I’ve met several individuals like that. However I would say a good majority lack fantasy and recognize the reality between being a liability and an asset to society.

[@dv8322]

14:58 Universal background checks presuppose a national gun registry. There are well over 400 million firearms already in circulation in the United States. The idea that the government is going to compel its citizens to register all those guns is absurd.

[@pabloescabar1038]

The ATF agent is lying, if you purchase more then one firearm in a five day period, it requires a special report sent to the ATF and the Local law enforcement department. Once again, the ATF misrepresented the facts.

[@rainman10912]

That’s why you buy privately 👍🏼

[@SomeBody-rm6hf]

He's a SAC, of course he is. They're SES, just below political appointees. You get promoted in the govt by fucking up or fucking people over.

[@thatmillionthman582]

This is true because I have bought two at once before. I'm now on someone's list.

[@Baseballismature]

its only for handguns

[@pabloescabar1038]

@@Baseballismature no, I’m an FFL, so I know, it’s for all firearms

[@johnpierce1470]

It is truly mind-boggling that ViceNews still genuinely believes that the solution to reducing crime is introducing more laws.

[@benwilson5893]

Just look how great it's working in Mexico!

[@JustAnotherHuman33]

Agreed

[@OrganNLou]

Its truly MIND BOGGLING that people like you believe having MORE GUNS makes us safer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@johnpierce1470]

@@OrganNLou guns don’t kill people, people kill people. You think it is a coincidence that the US has more guns than people and is one of the safest countries in the world?

[@sammetzel608]

It's specific people in VICE not all

[@dv8322]

33:33 Brazil has only 4 million firearms in their country yet has over 40-thousand-gun homicides every year while the United States has over 390 million firearms in the country and only 13-thousand-gun homicides a year. That tells me guns are not the problem.

[@mitchluce9418]

ATF officer talked alot about illegal trafficking without bringing up that the ATF has been caught supplying the cartels more than once.

[@Chiefpoke]

Universal background check requires a national registration. Registration leads to confiscation.

[@roseblite6449]

Every single time.

[@mobilusinmobili8321]

​@@roseblite6449 Yep. The Left will go for broke.

[@j_rainsgoat3929]

In my state you don't have to even report if your gun is stolen. Hand gun or other.

[@raulthepig5821]

History has taught us that this is so true.

[@presdude]

Universal background checks don’t require registration

[@deadlyta]

Having the abilty to protect yourself is a human right I have no issue with other humans having that right

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

So long as everyone has that right. Some people have it taken away from them despite having never committed a crime, and never will.

[@deadlyta]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l maybe but without that right a person is either dependent on others for protection Or defenseless It would be better for everyone to be armed and there fore able to defend themselves Then to be dependent on someone else Especially a corrupt government in the pockets of the cartels Or worse defenseless

[@daviddevault8700]

The Bill of Rights is meant to enshrine some of the sacred rights granted by God

[@notlogical4016]

@@user-gz4ve8mw9l and that is one of the greatest injustices of humanity.

[@yojimbo3681]

But do you also support the right for criminals to arm themselves too? Because that's what the US lack of personal defense gun laws do. The 2nd Amendment has been abused to no end.

[@ott0matic359]

You don't sue your fork for making you fat, you don't sue a car company over a wreck, you don't sue your pencil for a bad grade, why in hell would suing gun makers make any sense?

[@robertross45]

The point is to ban guns.

[@steampunker7346]

I mean you technically could sue a car company over a wreck if it was due to faulty manufacturing or bad engineering, but I see your point.

[@ott0matic359]

@@steampunker7346 but you could sue the gun/ammo company if the gun blew up and hurt you, which is essentially a faulty product

[@themadgatter8326]

You can’t just walk into a gun store and buy a gun, everyone gets an fbi background check and has to fill out a form 4473 as well as produce a drivers license. If they just walked in somewhere and bought it then either the person who bought it was a us citizen (and those guns serial numbers are attached to their name) or they bought it from an individual person. If you buy a gun from a store it is registered there is no such thing as an unregistered firearm unless you built it in your home and I don’t think there are a lot of people building Barrett’s in their basement.

[@MrGA555]

You can at gun shows. I saw another documentary a guy went to a guy show to see how easy it was. He came out with three guns. Almost immediately a black truck pulled up and offered them cash for the guns they bought. It's not that hard to get a gun.

[@John-mf6ky]

Private sales in most places don't require a background check just like gun shows in some states.

[@PhilipVanCleave]

Machine guns, grenades, RPGs that the cartels have do NOT come from the US - they are not available in gun stores. Machine guns made before 1986 can be purchased after a government background check, a $200 tax, photos, fingerprints. Not something that cartels are going to waste their time on, as approval can take 6 months or more.

[@MrClownDroid]

You must be new here. They check the serial numbers on seized guns. I don’t know what makes you think they wouldn’t do that. And second of all it’s super easy to convert any AR to have select fire.

[@PhilipVanCleave]

@@MrClownDroid They are not buying machine guns here legally. Sure, semi-automatic guns can be converted illegally to machine guns. So, where are the RPGs and grenades coming from? Some serious hardware is coming from places outside the U.S. into South and Central America - Russia and China come to mind, as well as stolen military guns.

[@thetexassaint6571]

I’ve lived in El Paso much of my life and grew up here. Cartel buying guns legally here is the most ridiculous thing anyone here could imagine. Never happening. They get theirs from other countries in bulk and military grade.

[@TheSundayShooter]

@@MrClownDroid Not that you know how but well done demonstrating the pointlessness of banning them!

[@armynurseboy]

@@thetexassaint6571 They get that stuff from the Mexican military.

[@learnshareevolve1842]

"The violence stems from decades of poverty (caused by corruption) and corruption, allowing criminal gangs to thrive." That was the most truly accurate, and not misleading, statement in this piece.

[@alexanderstrickland9036]

Centuries, not decades.

[@chevyboyforlife4234]

Don't you just love the democrat ran cities..that's where the vast majority of gun violence happens

[@BrassBashers]

Anarcho-tyranny. Allowing violent riots and thievery to occur while locking up people for much lesser crimes, allowing violent criminals back into the streets with reduced sentences instead of putting them to death like they deserve. Yes, it is corruption from life-long politicians who profit from legal crime that they perpetuate. TERM LIMITS, NOW!

[@brendanposey265]

Agreed.

[@theoracleprodigy]

100% yes and it doesn't matter the laws. Even in the states some of the strictest laws around guns have the most violence. Disparity causes issues more than anything else.

[@PanhandleFrank]

"Over the past year, over 44,000 individuals lost their lives due to firearm-related incidents in the United States." ~21,000 of those were murders. The rest (the majority) were suicides. Meanwhile, there are over 1.6 MILLION defensive gun uses a year: "2021 National Firearms Survey" by Prof. William English, Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3887145; PDF available free online. So why don't disarmists ever tell you about how many crimes are stopped or prevented with guns??

[@conservativeperspective366]

Almost all of the rifles the cartel uses are automatic. Something Americans can’t own.

[@deletedaccount612]

The AK the Sinaloa cartel guy had is a full auto Chinese AK. We did not get those in the US because full auto was effectively banned in 1986 and those are worth $30k plus along with being federally registered.

[@2468whodoweappreciate]

ppl are getting them bc there was a kia dealer that was near mr who had them illegally and he shot his wife or something

[@alexgil852]

I AGREE , MINUTE 2.26 I NOTICE IT ALSO, CHINESE AK'S HAVE HOLES IN THE GAS TUBE, YOU CAN ALSO TELL ITS CHINESE BC OF THE WOOD

[@dawgwiddaglasses]

Maybe the Chinese supply them with more than just fentanyl.

[@lilze69]

They're modifying them to be select-fire.

[@chompachangas]

@@alexgil852 The wood, you say? Is it bamboo?

[@BigBushFarms]

How many did the ATF, CIA, and FBI decide to give to cartels?

[@Marxlikesmavs]

Can’t cope with the fact that unregulated guns is a bad idea

[@hatchetwound666]

​@@Marxlikesmavscan't cope with the fact that you'll never get rid of the 2nd amendment.

[@steadly3668]

@@Marxlikesmavs or the fact that the Obama administration gave cartels machine guns.

[@jeremyvigil4138]

​@kashisharvey7792 oh really, all this will do is make law abiding people suffer. Criminals don't fallow law there for they will always have guns.

[@Marxlikesmavs]

@@hatchetwound666 no one ever mentioned getting rid of the second amendment. Average brain dead conservative.

[@RecklessAndroid33]

Weird how you can buy a 50 cal with no background check but when I bought my Springfield hellion I had to fill out a 4473

[@alexh4436]

The assertion that US guns are arming the cartel is vastly overblown. First, it is well known that over 30% of the weapons imported by the Mexican army go "missing." Second, if the Mexicans thought that arms smuggling from the USA was a big deal they would try to stop it which they absolutely do not. I have been driving into to Mexico for over 50 years and not only has my car never been searched, it has never even been stopped. Not once has a Mexican border guard asked deep and probing questions like "What is the purpose of your visit?" or "Are you smuggling guns?" Cartels don't need to buy civilian legal weapons that are mendaciously labeled by the left as "weapons of war" when they can easily bribe the local comandante and get the real thing. This lie persists because it allows the US left cast dispersions on legal guns and gun owners and allows the corrupt Mexican government to deflect blame away from the true suppliers of the murderous drug cartels which are themselves.( and maybe win a huge chunk of cash from their BS lawsuit to boot).

[@blackriflerepublic8174]

This is framed as a US gun law problem, but it is really a border and law enforcement issue. And seeing that Mexico has only ONE gun store and sales are highly regulated and controlled and yet the Mexican cartels and criminals are STILL able to acquire them illegally.....It is almost as if laws are not followed by those who choose not to, so what does more laws that only harm the law abiding accomplish?????

[@TeranRealtor]

..... no. It's lack of technology in Mexico. They are limited in how effective of fonts they can use for their No Guns Allowed signs.

[@DelightfulOne323]

If the US had only one gun store and highly regulated sales, would all these killings still be happening??

[@deadlyloyalty8927]

@@DelightfulOne323yea, the guns are already there bud

[@antigroomer804]

@@DelightfulOne323 CHINA is selling the CARTELS these guns ..Vice is PAID propaganda

[@benwilson5893]

​@@DelightfulOne323yes, just like in Mexico, more innocent people will become easier victims if we're disarmed.

[@Brofallo]

Why does every new vice doc feel like a cooperate sales pitch on why I need to give up more of my rights

[@MrClownDroid]

Because this is what happens when you have loose laws (The wrong ones) from people who would trade lives for the luxury of convenience from politicians with ulterior motives who don’t inspire confidence for an already skeptical (understandably so) and selfish gun community (also true) It’s not a good mix.

[@wedgeoflemon]

Because you've spent too much time listening to corporate sales pitches from the NSSF

[@Drocks0]

Because Fox News told you everyone is out to get you, OH MY GOOD LOOK OUT ANTIFA!!!

[@RichardsCranium]

Trans rights are valid! 😂

[@racp9mm419]

Cause Vice is one of the most biased, far left leaning news outlets in the USA. Always filled with propaganda and pushing their narrative upon their viewers. I like some of the documentaries but most are just bs biased news reporters asking questions to things they already have their minds made up about them push back when they get an answer they dot like.

[@SHOCKTROOPER115]

Bro looked way too excited when the Mexican official said “you can only have one gun for the rest of your life”

[@knallis.hjemmelading]

I am not even from the US but it's strange that Americans believe that it is so easy to get a fully automatic rifle in the states, bye the way, how many of those deaths are suicide or illegal guns

[@EstevanBonilla]

Yet the government gave them an ass load of guns to be able to “track” them as they were smuggled and then lost them 😂 smh

[@kgoutdoorsolutions430]

Mexico needs to make it legal for citizens to protect themselves from the cartel. The cartel has it made knowing that the government makes sure the citizens are unarmed and vulnerable!

[@svenvaltik5657]

Way to admit you have no idea how any of that country works.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@6Diego1Diego9]

You would immediately be killed by the cartel.

[@Hakunamatata51101]

Come and take it!!!!

[@Hakunamatata51101]

Guns save lives! We should be allowed the same protection as politicians!

[@littledennis2009]

😂😅I know!!!!! Let's build a border wall so crap can't be trafficked and put some kind of border control officers down there😂😅. Wait... wouldn't that be xenophobic??😂😅

[@TheSlickmelon]

How can people realistically be safe without a means of self protection equal to that of your attacker? We can't.

[@cbeaudry4646]

"The Americas" "The Western Hampshire" "The New World" would have made more sense for the title

[@ak9989]

As a cop in Southern California we don't respect or like the ATF. They come down here and guess what, there harassing liquor stores!!! Our sheriff got mad at them and told these imbeciles to go away! We refused to help these clowns with anything. And tobacco stores, yeah that's what they prioritize too. A big joke.

[@PMickeyDee]

It's easier to catch a clerk, making minimum wage forgetting to ID a narc than it is to bring down a gun trafficking ring

[@wolf17238]

@ak9989 😂😂😂 You are not cop. Police are required to have a high school diploma and pass a reading comprehension test. Your grammar is terrible.

[@RONPEE-STINGER]

Nah the arabs and indians be selling to minors drunk teenagers is a danger for society now a days

[@John-86]

Those guys need to look for a reason to exist so they make up crap to maintain and increase their. They need to be disbanded

[@6Diego1Diego9]

I can tell you're a cop because you can't spell.

[@JBran-un8jm]

I love how the comment section basically debunks this whole video. Like one guy can go buy 10 .50 cals and sell them across the border without getting flagged.

[@maxkirchgessner468]

Yes, because obviously some red necks whos highest form of education is a highschool deploma are much smarter than a government agency and trained reporters

[@josedorsaith5261]

Meanwhile the ATF and FBI have been caught multiple times supplying school-shooters and cartels with illegal firearms

[@TRUBLU13]

Or buying 47 aks in a gun store in Oklahoma and nobody's going to know about that🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@linuxuberuser]

or make gun in home deopt using the concrete blanks as ammo to push something like a marble. If they ban guns do I need a permit to buy a lathe or drill press on HomeDeopt? @@TRUBLU13

[@witcheshour9718]

Vice is full of shite. They always pushing the leftists agenda.

[@brent450R]

Dear vice, if you havent noticed, WE ARE AMERICA.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

16:41 Why would a Cartel member tell you how to stop them? That is ridiculous.

[@joshuanetherton220]

The ex-ATF agent says the border guards are unarmed when there is clearly a gun in the guard’s hand in the lower left of the video frame.

[@andersonrodriguez8258]

They all corrupt even the atf lol

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

What will that do

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

They would be dead before they even got their hand on it

[@benwilson5893]

​@@squibbelsmcjohnsonand they won't get their bonus pay if they hinder.

[@4000marcdman]

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.

[@maxkirchgessner468]

And the right of dumbasses to post dumb ass comments shall not be infringed either

[@piratepat44]

everyone loves a good old religious text

[@DrakeWilt]

​@piratepat44 religious? Naw Bubba that's patriotic

[@peeks7165]

​@@DrakeWiltTreating a document that was written over 200 years ago by white racist wealthy men as gospel for contemporary America is absolutely religious fanaticism

[@jb-vb8un]

@@piratepat44 thanks for admitting ya support the CRT / KKK party

[@gil-sx9yh]

"The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed." ~ Patrick Henry

[@wz5046]

How would stricter gun laws help keep these criminals from getting guns? If they are willing to break one of Gods cardinal rules why would they care about our laws?

[@deletedaccount612]

9:58 ATF maintaining an illegal gun registry. How shocking.

[@Sir_Vex_DestroyerOfSemenDemons]

Curious as to what you mean? He said the people were being investigated already by the ATF. No different than an FBI investigation. US gangs get investigated by the ATF all the time

[@Trve_Kvlt]

@@Iwishiwasanoscarmeyerweiner We ArE fOlLoWiNg YoU nOw

[@ThesupremeEDGElord]

We're talking about the same organization that sold guns to the cartel and lost them

[@RA9U1]

@@ThesupremeEDGElord They should always be remembered and never forgiven for Waco and Ruby Ridge, it was them and the FBI.

[@apathyguy8338]

When journalists add music to a story to instill an emotional reaction it ceases to be journalism and becomes propaganda.

[@rogerwood5228]

That's what Vice does, state media propaganda

[@wolfof]

americans are delusional

[@matteframe]

that's true. It doesn't take any special production to demonstrate how insane gun ownership and manufacture in the US is.

[@fukkyoutube]

and its not even subtle or good

[@fukkyoutube]

@@matteframeits not just american citizens theres tons that were shipped by the atf and an unmeasurable amount that came from china or russia

[@Mdsotelo12]

Everyone wants to talk about “take guns away” “ban guns” “no one needs a gun” go try telling that to your local gang member and see how that works out.

[@CJandPJcangivemeaBJ]

The NICS background check system flags any purchase of more than one gun. This is so dishonest.

[@AwesomeBlackDude]

06:35 Did he just say Oklahoma? Hmm... 🤔

[@MrDeereman27]

i love how all the ways these weapons leave the country are admitted to already be illegal... so obviously more laws will fix everything... and just wait till they hear about operation fast and furious

[@marcweisi]

You didn’t watch the video clearly (or maybe didn’t pay attention). They talked about US private gun sales (which have v. little oversight/regulations) being the source of most of the guns being used in these countries.

[@MrDeereman27]

@@marcweisi knowingly selling firearms (privately or not) to a prohibited person, or a person you know will commit prohibited acts is............ you guessed it, illegal. So, my comment therefore still stands correct. and I will continue to add that i find it very unlikely that "universal background checks" will suddenly sway these people to no longer break the law

[@zvotaisvfi8678]

youre right you should go out and try and stop them thanks

[@deadlyta]

​@@marcweisishouldn't be any regulations But arms snuggling is illegal Selling to a felon is illegal More laws won't stop any of this Let people be able to protect themselves

[@wrdwdwrd]

@@MrDeereman27 do you understand what the word knowingly means

[@cornfed6105]

You know, I am tired if the blame being put on the U.S. Mexico and other countries have a responsibility to be thorough with what passes through their border as well. Accountability needs to happen on both sides irregardless of who, what, why, when, where or how. Pointing the finger is just an excuse. That is only my opinion. The narrative always points to the U.S. not being accountable.

[@kevinhouston8950]

UTTER BS WHEN THE AGENT TELLS HIM THAT THE FFL DOES NOT HAVE TO REPORT A SALE OF 40- AK-47 TO THE ATF. IF MORE THAN 3 ARE SOLD TO THE SAME INDIVIDUAL AT ONE TIME OR OVER A COURSE OF A SEVERAL DAYS, THE FFL MUST SEND A REPORT TO ALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS THE ATF ITS SELF. The only exclusion is if the buyer is a Licensed FFL HOLDER himself. TELL THE TRUTH INSTEAD OF LYING TO EVERYONE> PICK UP A COPY OF THE CURRENT ATF RULES AND REGULATIONS and educate yourself.

[@CivilianTactical]

The algorithm fed this video to the correct people.

[@pozhar3287]

no way it’s civtac

[@codyharney2997]

Definitely. The comment section knows what's up

[@bigbones916]

@@RaveInsideBurstedGlitter The ignorant scream the loudest for its all they know to do.

[@welllettsgetitdown]

@@RaveInsideBurstedGlittervital? Hell no. Your heart is a vital organ, Mexico ain’t our heart

[@colemanfoster7378]

@@welllettsgetitdownThe heart isn’t the only vital organ dipshit

[@GuardianComplex]

"AND HIT TARGETS OVER A MILE AWAY" Most rifles can do this. Most people cannot, and that is your limiting factor. An average deer rifle with an above average commercial scope can hit a target a mile away if it's being operated by the correct person. Maybe one in 500,000 people is the right person to make that shot.

[@dianapennepacker6854]

I'm a liberal and damn I wish they would stop. One we have bigger issues to fry like mental health. Ya know the systemic issue with violence in America. Two, laws don't stop people from doing a damn thing. You'll just create a bigger black market for law-abiding citizens. Three not everyone is a stones throw from a police officer. They also have wild animals that can be a danger to their family and animals. Four - ATF is the worse law enforcement agency by far. Five - my biggest fucking gripe with anti gun folks? They don't ever include the massive amount of times a firearm or weapon for that matter has stopped a crime from happening through brandishing! Just the show of force to deescalate happens all the time yet isn't reported. Should take away suicides. Guns are just an easier to way to do it that is all, but won't solve the core issue.

[@redbullbundy]

Agreed. A 7mm mag or 338 mag are super fast flat shooting guns. They easily can shoot a mile shot. I think they spew stuff like that for shock factor. People that don’t know guns do not understand a 22lr can shoot insanely far.

[@Mr.JoeMontanya]

@@redbullbundy you people literally just fucking ignore what is actually happening seriously

[@OslaTheWalrus]

As someone whose shot shitty rifles my whole life, I was about to hit a target over a mile away when I used a computer assisted 6.5 creedmore, with an optic worth as much as the rifle (probably 15k in gear total). I had never shot past 200 beforehand. You'd be surprised how quickly a gunman can get talented with 15 rounds and a high powered weapon

[@Hakunamatata51101]

We should be allowed to protect ourselves with the same guns all the anti gun politicians do!!!!

[@dirtydan8472]

"but its still easy to buy guns like the barrette 50 Cal without a background check". uhhhhh, sorry to break it to you bud, but every gun requires a background check. this is why you dont listen to certain media outpost.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

So can we also sue the U.S. government for "fast and furious"?

[@PigRipperLAW]

“These guns are criminal guns…” 😂 That is the dumbest thing ever.

[@noco7243]

The proper term is undocumented firearms. "illegal" is offensive.

[@PigRipperLAW]

Comments need to be more clever. I have at least two replies but KZbin won’t let me see them.

[@PigRipperLAW]

Can someone paraphrase what they say if you can see them?

[@redbullbundy]

Well over 100,000 Americans died last year form fentanyl from Mexico. Maybe they should tighten up their border. .

[@MrClownDroid]

You realize both countries are responsible for how it affects the other right? This what aboutism isn’t the gotcha argument you think it is.

[@enviouscreationscarclub1]

Supply and demand. Maybe if we didn't abuse drugs then ....... ?

[@redbullbundy]

@@enviouscreationscarclub1 exactly. Maybe if they did not want guns so bad they would not come up here and get them.

[@EdmBassHead]

@@enviouscreationscarclub1how could you abuse drugs if they never entered the country? But nothing is being done to help border

[@enviouscreationscarclub1]

@SuperAtomiczombies I just said it supply and demand . People die for drugs to get here because they are so valuable. If no one used them they would be worthless . I also doubt that tons come in without help . We have the tightest border in the world.

[@garymattischannel6207]

Guns don't lie to you like cop's and politicians !

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

How do you control guns without borders?

[@vladimirlenin3942]

Is this titled correctly? Shouldn't it be "How US Gun Laws Affect The Rest of America"? The added "Are" makes it a weird sounding sentence.

[@lunarocks6659]

Yeah - it should be "How US Gun Laws Affect The Rest Of America"

[@randybernhard8437]

Diversity Hire moment

[@breadman32398]

I guess asking the intern to repost old stories is still too difficult.

[@futurevintage4720]

Really it should be "How US Gun Laws Affect The Rest of the Americas"

[@millennialsecularandauthri3338]

I thought it was about ARs moving from NH to MA or ID to CA.

[@RepEvox]

Federal NICS background check is mandatory in every state for new gun purchases. Straw purchases are illegal, as admitted in this video.

[@JayLista]

Current federal law requires background checks to be performed for anyone purchasing a firearm at a federally licensed gun dealer-however only 40% of guns sold in the US are sold through a federally licensed dealer. 30% of guns involved in criminal trafficking are connected to gun shows, where background checks aren’t required. The trafficking of guns generally involves a highly efficient, organized, and profitable business that moves guns from legal manufacture to dealers to criminals and young people who can’t buy guns legally.

[@RepEvox]

@@JayLista Did you just conveniently ignore the second sentence? It's illegal to sell a gun to people who can't buy one. How do you add a law or a background check to prevent this when it's already illegal and the burden to sniff out straw purchases is placed on the FFL holder?

[@JayLista]

@@RepEvox "The trafficking of guns generally involves a highly efficient, organized, and profitable business that moves guns from legal manufacture to dealers to criminals and young people who can’t buy guns legally." Unlicensed sale > trafficker > illegal sale. UBC = tracing the chain of ownership.

[@RepEvox]

@@JayLista Thank you for the explanation I didn't ask for. If you're done copy-pasting, maybe answer my question?

[@RepEvox]

@@JayLista What are you going to do when they scratch off the serial? Who are you going to trace when the trafficker is the US government during fast and furious? Who is going to enforce the laws on the book when the guns are in Mexico?

[@venturewise6662]

Whoever sold that guy a Barrett 50 for $100,000 ripped him off big time. 😂

[@pelagicdesperado9875]

I've seen them for 10K. Dude paid a big tax on that thing 😂

[@Carlos-yq5wn]

The way he smiles at the one gun for life shows how over his head everything going

[@JWick-tm6eh]

Guns are not legally given to Mexico they are distributed by the CIA see " Operation Fast and Furious." They are also obtained illegally as you cannot buy a gun in the US if you are a felon since there is a back ground check that goes directly to the FBI database and if you lie on your check you are arrested at the gun store by the state police and any gun shop will tell you this when you get to section on adjudication and felony charges.

[@raulthepig5821]

There is an exception for Hunter.

[@JWick-tm6eh]

@@raulthepig5821 of course there is, called sweet heart deal which if I were to go to DC even though I have CC in another state if police found out I would be arrested in though it violates the 2nd amendment.

[@austinknowles7331]

Yup, Obama gave the cartels tons of guns when he was in office as well.

[@aolvaar8792]

Restored gun rights felon and mentally ill There are many States that do it Automatically.

[@richlopez5896]

That was the ATF

[@adamrhymer878]

The atf guy with the 50 cal would have shot a much tighter group if it was a dog or pregnant woman on the target.

[@Mia-yq1mx]

It's truly mind-boggling that anyone who even halfway understood the gun laws on books currently. Could say with a straight face, that more gun laws are going to make any difference whatsoever. To honestly believe that, you are either truly ignorant or just absolutely in denial. I truly urge anyone who thinks that I'm wrong. To spend a couple hours doing some research and figuring out what the actual laws are in your state, and not to get your information from some media hit piece.

[@notlogical4016]

how much did the feds pay yall?

[@dv8322]

7:09 Maybe Mexico should secure their border.

[@rogerwood5228]

May have Border Wall for $1000, Alex?

[@travistucker7317]

​@rogerwood5228 and the answer: our Daily Double! What'll it be?

[@rogerwood5228]

@@travistucker7317 Let's make it a true Daily Double, Alex!

[@ctr6051]

To ever think guns are just gonna go away and violence will stop, is such an ignorant statement... thats the same idea that people have about drugs... neither are going anywhere... so we need to adjust and evolve. Give citizens all the knowledge and training in both.. knowledge and information along with experience correlates to safety.. ❤❤ stay safe and protect yourselves ❤❤

[@Jalenlane93]

You idiots value gun rights over human lives.

[@owenasmr.m2743]

This! Prohibition doesn’t work, it just creates more criminals

[@Hello-tj2cp]

I'm with you. It can be infuriating when someone who doesn't even know what a gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) agonist is or mu opioid receptors are tries to tell me "you are not a doctor, so you aren't knowledgeable enough to make choices about what chemicals you ingest." I'm not trying to insult them or imply they are stupid, but IMHO they have no right to tell me (or others) that I don't know what I am talking about when they can't even pronounce cyclobenzaprine or carisprodol (or think fentanyl is spelled with an o). Just because someone does not have MD or Pharm D behind their name does not ipso facto mean that they are ignorant on the topic and should have their autonomy taken away. I put them in the same camp of people that don't know the difference between automatic and semi-automatic firearms but seem to have the loudest voices on what firearm policy should look like. It doesn't take more than an hour or two to learn the basics of firearms if you feel that strongly about the issue. It is hard to take someone's opinion seriously when they can't even perform a Google search to educate themselves.

[@JohnSBodle]

Remember when VICE wasn't a joke? Pepperidge Farm doesn't either.

[@krnpowr]

The clearer and more grammatically correct way to title this clip would have been: "How US Gun Laws Affect the Rest of The Americas".

[@danielcontee7851]

but uh, the drug market has shifted to China, South America is outta wack, they need guns in order to revolt, the USA makes and sells fire-arms to Ukraine, and uh, comes back to us, the USA needs drugs because we are basically in poverty, and work 24-7. we are proud when we don't live.

[@MrClownDroid]

They’re actually grammatically and geographically correct. It is one America made of multiple americas. Neither is more correct than the other.

[@alexhydell3608]

I'll bet you guys are super fun at parties

[@joshuanetherton220]

@@MrClownDroidnearly everyone outside of the US understands they’re talking about the US and refers to it that way.

[@krnpowr]

@@MrClownDroid Wrong. There are two continents. Not to mention, when I posted this, there were other grammatical errors. The title originally read like: "How US Gun Laws Are Affect the Rest of America".

[@twofortydrifter]

Sounds like Mexico needs to "just legalize it".

[@ademirsegura6307]

Then that’ll put the cartels outta business

[@lambda2857]

You mean the drugs? Okay, in some respects, I have no problem with that. Just as long as the druggies don't move into my neighborhood.

[@ryantabak7269]

Abolish the ATF

[@jarrettcole3975]

I’ve only watched the first 5 minutes but there’s so much anti gun bias. Why not compare gun death to legalized drug death?

[@stephensmith7122]

1 round of 50 BMG is $10. Lets not get too crazy thinking these are extreme. The framers had canons in mind. If we apply the constitution according to the text, history and tradition, our rights have been infridged.

[@6Diego1Diego9]

Turns out the old white guys from 250 years ago got some things wrong.

[@kgoutdoorsolutions430]

Infringed*

[@waypasthadenough]

The commies want you disarmed so you can't exterminate them as our ancestors should've done. That's all. The problem is simple: We're not hanging our domestic enemies, our greatest enemies. We’re winning the gun battle(sort of) and losing the war. We have 400 mil. guns and NO MEN to use them. Why is western civilization being intentionally collapsed and who or what profits from this? The commie globalist trash want us disarmed so we can't hunt and exterminate them as should have been done generations ago. The SECOND AMENDMENT was written as a statement of MILITARY purpose to ACKNOWLEDGE our NATURAL BORN right to possess ARMS SUPERIOR to those carried by the standing army our Founders rightly feared. But we have NO MEN to enforce this. Why don't we have an engraved in granite copy of the Bill of Rights and the Bill of Rights of that state in front of EVERY govt. building beside a granite gallows to be used on the demonscat and republicrat trash that breaks their Oath as soon as they take it?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See what the evil goolag doesn't want you to: kzbin.infoabout

[@lambda2857]

Your rights have been infringed? In what way?

[@DoubleGoon]

The framers were concerned about having a permanent standing army and the ability to form a militia. We have both and it’s the best military in the world. Your personally owned firearms are superfluous and costly.

[@reptocilicus]

Regarding universal background checks, why would illegal gun traffickers, who are already breaking multiple federal laws in the process of illegally trafficking guns, care if they have to potentially break another law during that process? Additionally, if they are buying guns in the amount required to effectively act as an illegal gun trafficker, then--by federal law--those purchases would already require background checks, even if they are illegally not being performed already.

[@RepEvox]

Shhhhh don't tell the lefties that a even more useless questionnaire will not solve all of the problems somehow. I rather have that then a complete ban a la Mexico City style.

[@twistymcslide2]

because they arent buying them new from stores, they're buying them 2nd , 3rd , 4th hand because of the ability to private sell , and not have to transfer . if US citizens had to legally transfer through an FFL , that would lessen the amount of weapons sold to those criminals who then get it back to mexico and beyond . . . problem with that , having to register firearms , and the inability from the right to offer anything of substance , while complaining about how gun laws arent working, and then refusing to compromise because its seen as concession . . . it's also the same way most guns end up in US criminals possession . . . its weird to ask a question you already know the answer too . . but won't be a part of resolving the problem . . . . .i'm all for guns rights , beyond what we currently have , but i'm also for registration , and all private sales being done through an FFL .

[@mburton6187]

OP you want to arm the criminals by making it easy for them? Gtfo

[@jamesmitch9792]

illegal gun traffickers are just called republicans lol

[@markpeter9186]

Do you realize the fallacy in your question? Right now, they just go buy the guns legally because it’s that easy to get them and drive them back across the border. So, zero background check is contributing to illegal gun trafficking and deaths. If there was a background check and a waiting period, they would have to find another way of getting them. The 10 deadliest mass shootings of the past decade all involved legally purchased guns. Illegal purchases were made by 13% of those committing mass shootings. In cases involving K-12 school shootings, over 80% of individuals who engaged in shootings stole guns from family members. The conservative idea that bad people get weapons illegally is obtuse when anyone can just go buy them without hassle. Its flat-out asinine to think that background checks wouldn’t have any affect when it has been proven beyond any doubt that no background check is a root cause.

[@holden_tld]

2:23 "i bought it in the us" >three pins

[@vinnymigliore2810]

if you buy 15 gun from a dealer they are in your name. if you sell it to a person on the street guess who door they are coming 2. yours

[@worldofdoom995]

the propaganda gets rushed out so quick you can't even get a proper title done huh?

[@lazymp9046]

Name one thing in this report (besides a typo in the title) that isn't true. "Propaganda"? For the love of f**k, the data, trends and facts outlined in this report, have been reported by every news outlet, academic study, US gov initiative and South American counterpart for DECADES! It is a disgrace. It isn't like this in ANY modern European democracy.

[@Alex_1400]

Referring to North and South America as just “America” so 1 billion people can all identify as “Americans” is a little linguistic switch to justify endless mass immigration to the US.

[@Jordan-X]

Thank God for the second amendment, if Mexico had one, maybe they wouldn’t have this cartel problem

[@lbtgdbtg]

Lollll for real

[@enviouscreationscarclub1]

Mexico has a cartel problem because of drug users, if we educated our kids and stopped being a drug thirsty country we would slow down the cartels .

[@dansmith5859]

@@enviouscreationscarclub1 the drug problem is a little more complex than just educating children.

[@enviouscreationscarclub1]

@dansmith5859 trust me I know, but it is a start . We can't always blame our problems on 3 world countries. What do I know .

[@kani6855]

This made me laugh Maybe u should educate yourself the reason Mexico has all its guns is bc of America there’s one gun store in the whole of Mexico that is controlled by the government😭😭😭😭 maybe if people stopped caring more about guns and more about society and growing we could get somewhere we are stuck on blm and guns for the older generation 😭😭

[@Tbusx]

I would never sell or let any of my 50. calibers fall into any other hands at the time of my shelf life, they will be destroyed

[@BG-st2dp]

People are getting fatter and fatter every year because of how easy it is to buy spoons in America. It's definitely not a lack of self-control, diet, and exercise. It's the spoons, ban all spoons.

[@eazybreezye]

Is it just me or is that Video Title hard to understand. 😂😂😂

[@Alejandrosoprano]

If you went to school you will know that america is a continent not a country.then you probably only made it to 3rd grad the most

[@eazybreezye]

@Alejandrosoprano notice I had 24 likes because the title was incorrect. You're obviously not that educated to be upset over a youtube comment. Just so you know the original title was "How US Gun Laws "Are" Affect the rest of America" 🤣🤣🤣 YOU SOUND IGNORANT. Typical Karen's.

[@eazybreezye]

@Alejandrosoprano 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just check other comments mentioning the exact same thing. I have a feeling... you won't respond. Hahahahahahaha I love silencing Karen's.

[@Allen667sjja]

“America is a continent not a country! 😡, technically we’re American too!” yeah no one cares Pablo lol

[@OrganNLou]

Pretty easy for me to understand!

[@rando55540]

Wow, criminals commit crimes that's mind blowing

[@dv8322]

10:59 This clearly demonstrates what gun control accomplishes. Gun control affects those that obey laws. In other words, gun control empowers criminals and their activities while leaving law abiding citizens defenseless.

[@PhobiaJunior]

Ah yes, vice back at it telling me how dangerous my second amendment right is. Time to build another AR. Get fucked.

[@stevetrojano1595]

This just seems like one more reason to secure our borders.

[@linuxuberuser]

Secure them? - they need to be locked down.....

[@Dingusdongus257]

Great wall of Mexico coming soon 2024

[@518trey1]

I would love to see that dislike ratio right about now. Do better Vice stop the biased reporting. People see this and will discredit your credibility only further…..

[@roseblite6449]

I have the APP for that, currently it's 1.7K Likes, 1.1K Dislikes. Every time Vice puts out this type of Propaganda, they get Fact Checked in the comment section.

[@AxelCross]

3.7k likes 7.9k dislikes now

[@liltidepodgod]

“The Barrett .50 caliber” 💀 gotta love it when people that have no idea about guns makes videos about guns

[@linuxguy1199]

5K dislikes in 5 days, good job VICE!

[@rustleshackleford1553]

Guns are not legal or illegal, only the actions of people are criminal....or not.

[@maxkirchgessner468]

black tar heroin is not legal or illegal, only the action of people are criminal....or not.

[@jb-vb8un]

@@maxkirchgessner468 ya got no facts

[@maxkirchgessner468]

@@jb-vb8un exactly, and neither do you. But tbh it was kinda an unfair comparison because guns are significantly more dangerous and kill way more people than heroin

[@jb-vb8un]

@@maxkirchgessner468 HAHAHA HOHOHO HEEHEEHEEHEE - - - your phony attempt at comparisons lacks validity - - - OCT 2017 , During a speech Thursday on the opioid epidemic, President Donald Trump said that “more people are dying from [drug] overdoses today than from gun homicides and motor vehicles combined " In 2015, deaths in the U.S. from drug overdose surpassed deaths from gun homicides and motor vehicles combined. Although finalized overdose death data have not yet been released for 2016, estimates indicate that overdose deaths are again set to eclipse total deaths from motor vehicle accidents and gun homicides.

[@OrganNLou]

Yes and the GUNS make it happen!

[@jmommy991]

Hell no on universal background checks!! So many Americans are so ready to give up our constitutional rights! WTF?

[@GarrettGuerra]

Lmao where did they say that

[@DelightfulOne323]

You must have a sketchy background if you are worried about that.

[@peeks7165]

Honestly insane how far gone Americans are that they think a universal background check is any admission to their "rights". America is the least free OCED nation and yet you all think the idea of freedom is owning a gun and not living a life without debt, medical care and parental leave

[@OGKOfficialChannel]

@@DelightfulOne323 no universal backgrounds will lead to registration then confiscation you certified goofy

[@benwilson5893]

No we're not lol.

[@g1mmedatdome284]

Maybe stop letting Non-Citizens purchase guns... that might help. Or make not keeping personal records of private sales properly, a crime. Then you complete both tasks, without infringing on anyones rights. Penalties for those trying to evade the law and engage in illegal activity, and protect those who are legally able to keep and bear arms. People try to make straw purchases all the time. If a person has no alibi for how they purchased weapons, and are no longer in posession of them, did not file police report, and can't give a name of those they sold to, who is legally elligiable to buy them... go after them.

[@RocThaDon]

Thinking making guns illegal in the US makes less violence in Mexico is insane 💀💀💀

[@vagus1280]

1:40 No way they used that spongebob ass music bro

[@robertreynolds6057]

Anybody else remember when the ATF was trafficking said "illegal" guns to Mexico? Pepperidge farm remembers....

[@poindextertunes]

Iran Contra…

[@johnbigelson7471]

I'm so tired of seeing the exact same misrepresentation in all gun documentaries, citing the death toll including suicides as the problem, then spending the entire time talking about murder.

[@kh8655]

...like 3x more people die from car crashes, and the vast majority of firearm deaths are within a few very restricted cities...

[@kpocalypss3596]

You always have to do a background check, on all firearm purchases that are not muzzle loaders or black powder. So you just lied about being able to buy a barrett without a background check. Now if the purchaser has a CCW permit, FFL 1-3, or an SRO permit ,you don't need a background check because your permit number is on filed with the government...

[@user-hg6ce7bh9b]

At 6:20 the atf agent lies and says theirs no requirements for them to identify the individual who buys over $100'000 worth of .50. The FFL HAS A a 4473 form that's needed.

[@Zangreten]

A 4473 is only required from an FFL you said it yourself. P2P sales require no ID

[@benwilson5893]

​@@Zangretenbut your required by existing federal law to obtain a FFL if you sell guns with the intentions of making a profit.

[@Nondescript69]

Not my problem. They could always build a wall.

[@indoorkite651]

"crime did drop 30% during this time, but that was likely due to a truce between gangs" LMAO wow thats a legitimately good joke

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

the two gangs were probably like: "uhhh so ummm, the people we used to bully all have guns on them now...maybe we should not target them anymore"

[@warwhiskers]

The amount of times you mention the 50 cal really thought you were gonna call the ar a 50 shooting rifle