Why America (Still) Loves Guns

[@HorsesOnYT]

Hello: This is the exact type of video that KZbin chooses to demonetize. If you want to support my work , check out the Patreon: www.patreon.com/HorsesPT Best, Michael S.

[@ΛλρληΛαρλωμ]

We desperately need and want more content like this

[@AndrewHeisey]

Thanks for making it, despite knowing it would be demonetized.

[@amywill9185]

I joined your Patreon because I'm quite smitten with your work. Of course, I expect a shirt any minute.❤😊

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Saying guns is part of the colonization culture doesn't explain why guns have special status in America. The British colonized ALL of North America with gun, but some how USA citizens recognize gun ownership as a right while Canada recognizes gun ownership as a privilege.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

Also your explanation of the revolution is wrong. The main factor that caused the revolution is slavery.

[@lukewi7186]

$12 in 1850 had the buying power of $465.26 in todays value. 18 cents in 1900 had the buying of $6.55 in todays value

[@GaxMiu]

also, there are way more people than back then... waaay more technologies and hunger and stuff like that... its not "everything is expensive now"

[@scottbogen1168]

Everything else about money has changed, too. If I need to come up with $500 by the end of the week, I have a lot of options. I can sell something on FB Marketplace, or take out a loan, or put it on credit, and so on. If I’m living in 1850, coming up with $13 could be an impossible task.

[@secondhandsmoke10]

_I’d buy _*_that_*_ for a dollar!_

[@semi_silent]

Also don’t forget that a big part of a guns cost, is all the costs of the red tape needed in the production. Such as lawyers, federal permits, auditing, unreadable taxes and further costs.

[@JohnDBloch]

The other thing he did was compare apples to oranges. 22LR firearms are almost always less expensive than firearms that shoot a heavier load, this is because less pressure is involved. A walker colt revolver needs to be much stronger thing than a 22lr anything. Also, if you look at all of the earlier colts, he was tooling up to produce them, which costs money. New tech is more expensive than old tech, we all know that. He was producing cutting edge firearms and demanded cutting edge prices.

[@signoguns8501]

Guns are a huge part of american culture. Like they are integral to the national character. Firearm possession is literally enshrined in their founding documents, their nation was built on rebellion and revolution, which would not have been possible without guns. So asking them to give up guns is like asking them to give up everything that makes them American. In Europe, firearms arent a significant part of their culture. Barely a part of it at all. Thats why its so difficult for non-Americans to understand the fascination. Thats my interpretation as a British person anyway. Its the fundamental aspect of their identity, the American way of life, maybe the most important part.

[@Null94]

Idk, wasn't the UK "saved" (built) on weapons during the two world wars? Built on violence and force with colonialism? Why isn't your society's identity based on them? What perpetuates the idea that America needs weapons but the UK doesn't?

[@FeverMutt]

This was said perfectly and is likely the only sane comment here. My boyfriend (Who is also from the UK) said pretty much the same thing many times. Freedom of Speech and Expression as well as the RIGHT to own Firearms is what makes the United States what it is and it is a complete and total fluke that we are still able to practice such individual freedoms in our modern age of government over reach and control. I hope we still are able to do so long into the distant future. ~ A Pro-Gun LGBT person

[@disconnection7]

The nation was also built on genocide. Very important omission there.

[@GaxMiu]

hyperconsumism culture... thats the problem, usa has no real culture, but capitalism and consumerism

[@tyballard8195]

Yes sir, but it is the right that all other rights are built on. The second amendment was written to protect us against government oppression, which is a reason we can have funny memes on our phones and yall can’t.

[@jrmbvn]

Oh boy , I cant wait to read all the wonderful and civil comments this video will bring...

[@MichaelBecker93]

just wait for the completely sane person to argue that having assault rifles at home does in fact not raise risk for kids "you just have to educate them early enough" 😂😂😂 delusional

[@implausibleimpossiblehypot4006]

​@@MichaelBecker93 unsafe because they are out in the open all of my firearms are in a attic in a gun safe all with barrel and trigger locks and empty mags in another location and ammo in another locked location.

[@wtice4632]

​@@MichaelBecker93youre actually wrong tho 😂. Youre so arrogant.

[@verxw74]

​@@wtice4632and so it begins 😂

[@MichaelBecker93]

@@wtice4632 elaborate

[@9vHeart]

Horses fails to note that there is a widespread belief that there are many more gun owners than is recorded by pollsters since owners have become increasingly wary of discussing such matters with random callers.

[@calholli]

Also, many of those "viol3nt" stats are from good people stopping bad guys.. Yet it shows up on the statistics as if it was a bad thing, when it's not.

[@johnfyten3392]

@calholli Absolutely correct. Also, if you take the liberal cities with the strictest gun control measures out of the equation, then the violent crime rate is miniscule. Horses made himself an extremely biased, manipulation of the facts here. It just goes to show that even someone intelligent like this creator, can be badly brainwashed in leftwing colleges

[@johnfyten3392]

Very much correct. Also if you take away the blue cities with the strictest gc measures, the crime stats are actually extremely low

[@patricknowak7509]

@@calhollithat is completely false. There are been countless studies that show a very small percentage of total gun deaths are in self defense.

[@calholli]

@@patricknowak7509 PoI^ce shoot^ngz aren't considered self def3nse-- yet it's nearly always taking out bad peopl3 and saving lives.. granted, they make plenty of mistakes also.

[@JoeyJ1984]

Imagine living the past 4 years and still believing the government will protect you.

[@scottbogen1168]

The weirdest thing for me was seeing some of my progressive friends saying we were inching towards fascism in 2020-2021, only to then go back to being anti-gun as soon as the next president took office. I’m not even conservative, either. I just don’t understand some people’s thought processes. If you don’t trust the government, it doesn’t make sense to want to give them more power.

[@juststop022]

​@@scottbogen1168 They don't believe anything they say. It's all gaslighting.

[@NukeTelAviv]

Ong bro

[@TheUnholyPosole]

​@@scottbogen1168The same people will tell you about how Israel has lasers they can use as weapons...but the boat that took out that bridge, is a conspiracy.

[@hotspalling]

100 years* e: actually like literally all of history but we're just chronologically close to a lot of good examples. never forget wounded knee

[@MyopicMickey]

Mid-video ad was for a gun holster. After-video ad was for the Sandy Hook Promise organization.

[@rockstarofredondo]

Ugh, that Sandy Hook Promise ad comes up so much. Ambulance chaser disgustingness.

[@glitchtime404]

KZbin plays all sides, what can I say?

[@AKguru762]

It’s about the duality of man.

[@jakethejeweler3092]

Show me your war face

[@JS-ol4dx]

​@@rockstarofredondo that AJ lawsuit money putting in work

[@free_at_last8141]

"Hello American, I am conducting a survey on behalf of the US Government. Do you have any guns?" A flawless means of collecting valid statistics.

[@KaiserV-2]

No, I don't.

[@sevironside4073]

Nope not at all, can’t stand those fully semi-automatic grenade launchers

[@davidrobinson7260]

Lol is pew government funded? I didn’t know that

[@garrett3108]

It’s a bit irrelevant, honestly, seeing as the number is 120 guns per 100 citizens… all it means is the actual number is likely much higher

[@prncrx]

@@garrett3108​​⁠the actual number is definitely higher, though it's worth noting, at a large scale there's 2 fairly distinct groups of gun owners: people who own one gun (a handgun or shotgun in a drawer/closet for defense), and people who own a lot of guns (enthusiasts, collectors, etc.)

[@QuartuvLarry]

We certainly deserve the right to privately own fully armed battle tanks. A tank crew, being more than one person and working in tandem with each other, is quite literally a well-regulated militia.

[@terminator572]

The urbanite will tremble at this realization

[@saucevc8353]

Yeah but only the rich will afford tanks. This is how you get corporate death squads, not community run militias armed by average citizens.

[@PatrickThreewit]

He was right by saying that grammar was different in 1789 than it is now. Words have different meanings. In the 1890's a gay person was a happy person but now he or she if gay is a homosexual. We need to update the meaning of our Constitution. I grew up learning gun safety and target shooting. I wasn't ever really into hunting as I don't like killing an animal. From my reading the book, "On Combat", I can see that very few people can actually kill another human being, but the NRA and the GOA don't care. They just want kickbacks from firearms manufacturers as more and more guns are sold. I think we need universal background checks plus checks on person to person gun sales. I don't have much in the way of guns compared to what online SHTF guns sites recommend, and most of my handguns are single action, meaning not made for a civilian civil war.

[@Beldaross]

I live in a suburb and want a tank in my front lawn tyvm ​@terminator572

[@AJadedLizard]

@@PatrickThreewit Boy, you sure did spend a lot of time typing this when you could've just said "I know nothing about guns and am scared of them." Your line about "single action handguns" alone proves that. You understand the M1911 and Browning Hi Power are SAO, _right?_ Even if you hadn't broadcast your ignorance that way, you hold up the NRA as if the average gun owner doesn't hate that organization more than the ATF. We don't have much time in this world, and we weren't meant to spend it this way.

[@BigAl9117]

18:17 The passage talking about gun violence increases between 1958 and 1968 mention Glock being introduced the the civilian market. Glock didn't start manufacturing firearms until 1982 and they didn't hit the American market until 1986.

[@sureokk]

Yep

[@SilverState99]

Horse is a Left winger, its no suprise he uses bad data

[@nickbrowning3270]

It’s sad the politics are clearly getting to him

[@sunnohh]

Rofl, two facts not necessarily the same fact. Lol reading.

[@nickbrowning3270]

@@sunnohh pills. Now

[@scarab0b]

As a Georgian, many people here have a similar attitude towards gun ownership. Even though we have pretty strict (and frankly, foolish) concealed carry laws, many civilians still have guns, often more than one. Gun ownership, as well as the right to bear arms of any sort, have a history that dates back centuries here. Ironically enough, the only time in its history when Georgians were made to give up their arms was in 1917 (we all know how that fairytale went lol). Even that happened after a brief war against the Red Army. There's a street named after the young Junkers who fought the Russians in the capital Tbilisi. Nowadays, the legality of gun ownership has become a much more politicizes issue, even in Georgia, with most opposition parties trying to revert the current government's gun laws and allow concealed carry after passing a psych evaluation. If it does materialize, Georgia will be the first post-Soviet country to legalize cannabis AND civilian gun ownership. Funny how things can change in a realtively short period of time

[@gurgel1746]

Idk why but i thought you meant Georgia The state at first and became confused when you started talking about The red army 😂

[@johnfyten3392]

You are on the right path. Communists and fascists alike, are both very pro gun control. I'll stick with the opposite

[@scarab0b]

@@gurgel1746 lol

[@Iron-Bridge]

"Georgia. Sweet sweet Georgia on my mind"

[@swagmundfreud666]

@@gurgel1746 We really should rename Georgia the country to Sakartvelo in English.

[@kevinwilson8077]

A well balanced breakfast, being necessary to the productivity of a healthy person, the right of the people to cook and eat bacon, shall not be infringed.

[@co2gonzo]

Finally, some said what needed to be said

[@haywoodjablomie587]

I don't know if this is satirical or not, but I unironically agree.

[@willbaker8505]

Oy vay goy, it's not kosher

[@rickwrites2612]

2 delicious slices of the bacon Is the due of every human on the earth (on the earth!) 2 delicious slices of the bacon Is what we get instead of social justice (justice!)...

[@gmyza4849]

NOBODY NEEDS A DOZEN EGGS

[@alexcarter8807]

The term "Well-regulated" in the 2nd amendment means "sighted-in and regularly trained" not "regulated" in the modern sense of being controlled by the government. Old shooting manuals will talk about the "regulation of the sights" which means getting the sights zeroed in. Now, in old England, it was standard to require every Englishman to regularly practice with the long bow, as it was crucial in times of war to have plenty of well-trained archers. In the US, while no lesser a personage than Ben Franklin Himself said that training in the bow might be best, it was generally recognized (and more and more so as gun technology advanced) that it was a good thing to have plenty of trained shooters on tap in case of war. So when the US became a country, the founders made it very clear that everyone (may not apply if female or POC) who wants one may have a gun because this way there would be lots of trained shooters. I personally may or may not agree with this, but this is how we got here.

[@JohnDoeTheTroll]

@@S1ipperyJim Wrong!

[@thurin84]

@@S1ipperyJim wrong. in 18th century vernacular "well regulated" means "functioning properly" and has nothing, what so ever, to do with government oversight. my favortie example is a man writing to his brother celebrating his watch being "returned to a well regulated state.". not to mention supporting clauses in no way limit or restrict subject clauses.

[@ErikHammack-p8c]

According to George Mason, "well regulated" meant of sound mind and body. If you don't know who George was, might want to learn.........

[@warweasel2832]

@@ErikHammack-p8c Able bodied, yeah. Basically, let's not have a militia that's kneecapped by restriction and red tape.

[@judahboyd2107]

This is exactly right. It was originally the intention of the founding fathers that the US exist with a militia alone and no standing army. For the miniscule federal budget of the time a militia was much cheaper, and they feared the possibility of a military takeover. They eventually realized that a standing army was necessary to secure American interests.

[@PracticalNeuron]

that m4 with a scope in the thumbnail is absolutely foul

[@splinky1633]

Thought the same thing

[@dynomitejec]

I didn't notice that one, i was looking at the tec pointed at their arm...

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

​@@dynomitejec#metoo

[@calholli]

It's not an M4.. It has an A2 stock and looks like an 18" barrel... That, plus the fact that it has a long range scope says that it's most likely an SPR. That picture was taken before the M4 even existed.

[@calholli]

@@thinkharder9332 It's not a carbine stock.. it's fixed M16 style stock.. and that barrel looks quite long.. It sticks way out past the FSB. If you look close-- it actually looks like it's an 18" heavy barrel with nothing on the end of it. You can see the threads at the end of the barrel. My point was, it is more of a SPR/ DMR "setup"-- for long range. The longer barrel/ the heavy barrel/ the fixed stock/ the variable optic. It's not a "foul" setup. It's just not an Mforgery; but instead: it's setup for longer range shooting. It's fairly common for the time; especially how companies would only sell them for "sporting" back then.. So the fact that it's fixed stock, no bayonet lug, no muzzle device, etc.... It's probably around the "assault weapons ban" time frame.. Anyway, it's just funny how people think it's "foul" lol.. It's just a sign of the times, back then. You can thank Bill Clinton for that loadout. lol.. It doesn't look like an M4 because the concept wasn't even a thing yet.. At least they were showing innovation and deviation away from the M16.. It just wasn't perfected yet.. It's on an A4 flat top upper receiver.. But that mount is made to mimic the carry handle and float high so that you can still use the iron sights below it. It's a pretty sick retro setup if you ask me. ;)

[@Euph0rical]

11:25 The Spanish conquistadors considered firearms “extremely advanced” weapons, just like their swords. They were armed to the teeth with them when they conquered the Aztec and Inca empires. So saying that early Americans didn’t look at a gun as a weapon is ridiculous. They were “not efficient” weapons, sure. But they were weapons.

[@tzar9395]

They were much more efficient when it came to production and training though. Also the conquistadors armed their allies, who were rival kingdoms and tribes to the Aztec Empire with firearms. They were really advanced to almost all of Europe during the times of the Spanish conquests of the Americas and were used to full effect in every battle.

[@burtbiggum499]

It was efficient as part of a weapon system. Bayonets and other melee weapons were often used in conjunction with a musket

[@Userhasbeenbanned0]

@@burtbiggum499it was used for individual self defense on a daily basis on the American frontier. So that argument is completely baseless

[@burtbiggum499]

@@Userhasbeenbanned0 Did you even read my comment?

[@Userhasbeenbanned0]

@@burtbiggum499 I’m referring to the video creator’s argument that it wasn’t used in self defense by individuals during colonial America

[@pizzatime8404]

4:30 it’s also important to note here that not only colonial leaders required firearms ownership, but the Crown itself did as well. A major reason for the failure of the Spanish claims of North America was the nomadic tribes that were able to avoid the Spanish military. Since the Spanish troops could not be everywhere at once, and the Spanish explicitly barred its citizens from owning weapons in the New World, Spanish power in the Americas dwindled. The British solved this by encouraging hun ownership, thus reducing the military spending and logistics needed to manage such a massive claim. Their biggest mistake was assuming that this policy would’ve eventually backfire on themselves.

[@RockStock6]

Allowing private pwnership of guns was something that was uniquely British before it was uniquely American. The French, Spanish, Portuguese, Danes, etc did not allow it, preferring instead for their colonist to depend on their militaries for protection. Britain however incentivized colonists to protect their own land to have a firmer foothold on said land particularly in the frontier. So the idea that American see guns as a way of protecting "you and your own" us okder than the country itself

[@DanielJones-oj5ol]

For your reference about the increase in gun violence between 1900-30 I feel like it’s disingenuous to not bring up the Great Depression

[@kommando5562]

1900-30 was a huge wave of Italian immigrants and the mafia aswell as prohibition(banning of alcohol) which brought lots of power to said people And 1955-1968 was also the “civil rights” era which involved lots of violence and cities burning tbh He sights Winchester and Glock in this era but Glock didn’t exist and Winchester didn’t make pistols

[@aether6500]

The first battle of the Revolutionary War was about gun confiscation. Colonists had been talking about revolution for many years. It wasn't until the British rode to Concord, MA to take our cannons that we met them in Lexington and stopped them. That was OUR military (we were British colonists) trying to take our guns. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was April 19, 1775. 2A was supposed to guarantee that no government, foreign or domestic, can never point a bigger gun at us than we can point back, if we can afford it.

[@GulagBear]

and yet US basically make it impossible for civilians to get a warhead that will truly bring some shit if the government turn tyrannical

[@greenvelvet]

I can't tell if this statement is pro-gun or anti-gun. You're talking about a period where AR-15s didn't exist. It was the time of single single shot muskets and we're not fighting the British anymore. We have become the colonizing power.

[@greenvelvet]

Do you think the government really wants to take away your gun? They own you. they control you you've already lost. Only an idiot thinks they're going to have a gun fight with the Government

[@sathancat]

As always you create a thoughtful discussion, worthy of hearing out. I'm glad you did this video and I think the like to dislike ratio itself says quite a lot about the subject

[@knox6382]

its disliked because its insanely biased and full of obvious lies

[@dolcelty]

@@knox6382lies like what 😂

[@S1ipperyJim]

@6:32 It's interesting that US founding fathers can change their mind so drastically on the issue of not having a standing Army (calling it 'antithetical to American Liberty') yet people still cling to the belief that the 'right to bear arms' originating from the same period (which was due to not having a standing army) is so set in stone in the constitution that it can't be changed in the modern day. Yet today US has gone from not having a standing army to having the largest most powerful military in the world by a LONG way. I think this is purely due to the extreme capitalist mindset in the US which has led to US economy and weapons industry simply making too much money to allow a change for the better for their society.

[@ZIEMOWITIUS]

Another example of a non-capitalist knowing nothing about economics. The firearms industry is quite small. No defense contractor even breaks the top 50 biggest companies in the U.S. Money that goes into weapons lobbying is miniscule compared to other issues that lobbyists get involved in.

[@S1ipperyJim]

@@ZIEMOWITIUS Its fascinating that you view the firearm and ammunition industries US$90B as 'miniscule' 🤣

[@ZIEMOWITIUS]

@@S1ipperyJim Yeah because it is by national standards. Like I said, not one single defense contractor or gun company breaks the top 50 largest US companies. Many US individual companies are larger than the entire gun industry.

[@kommando5562]

They just fought a government And won a war of secession Many states would not join without the second amendment or many of the amendments in the bill of rights. The right of the people means exactly what it does in the first amendment It makes zero since for a document based entirely on limiting government to be about Limiting the citizen

[@BVaecs]

Kind of feels odd at 2:58 when gun homicides are compared to countries where they are illegal and not just all homicides committed

[@stiofanmacamhalghaidhau765]

all of europe, north africa, much of the middle east and south asia rate better than the US using that metric also

[@a-dolphin]

​@@stiofanmacamhalghaidhau765you might want to rethink the middle east aspect, they have a massive firearm culture there, and much more loose on safety than American gun culture. I've seen some videos.

[@wesleygibson8039]

@@a-dolphin do you really think the average person in the Middle East can buy a gun?

[@NukeTelAviv]

Yeah that's intentional.

[@borisbeltev7214]

Yes its quite easy and cheap

[@the_rippah]

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[@katyusha9319]

I'm awake

[@KittensShotJFK]

Literally

[@agoogolofgeese]

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[@Strahlendersonnenlicht]

absolutely

[@TheUnholyPosole]

... nevermind, go back to sleep, he hasn't figured out the purpose for the second amendment.

[@rlb1198]

I think you were a little misleading on some points. Suggesting that Southerners, Prospecters and Xenophobic Urbanites are the only people who would have a gun seems to put people in a box. And suggesting the gun ownership primarily is a way to "settle dsiputes" is a little narrow minded. Guns are definitely used in that manner but that's not really the core of American Gun Culture. The best way to describe it would be more in line with romanticism around the revolutionary war. The more modern POV is more associated with Cold War survivalism, Anti-government sentiments, Distrust of the government, and popular culture. The idea that gun owner ship is more linked to racism, is a bit divorced from reality. As for the NRA, they have all but disintegrated. The real thing you should have addressed should have been the intent behind the creation of felonies as a way to disenfranchise minorities and strip them of voting and gun rights. The proliferation of Firearms is more or less linked in increased central federal power, and the subsequent incompetence to deal with the consequences of removing local powers over the subject. It is at this point though, and uncontrollable power as the equipent to manufacture firearms is readily and freely available without necessitating federal overwatch as making a gun is relatively easy. The path forward is likely a stalemate.

[@THE_MOONMAN]

He's misleading on a bunch. This is their first shitty video I've seen. This is one of the worst videos about guns I've ever seen

[@rayke0627]

When youre settling the apalachian mountains a gun is in fact needed for defence against wild animals and such. You cant use a hatched as the law guy said

[@BeardOperator]

Yep, Greetings from WNC, a couple years ago we had a really bad bear problem. Bears are usually a lot more scared of you than you are of them, but imagine waking up with a mad or sick one on your porch or getting trapped inside your fenced in yard with 3 cubs and a protective mom. Guns are a must, my nephew has hit two dear and had to humanly put them outta their misery. Everyone in my family carrys a rifle and a pistol with them at all times. Shall Not and Will not be infringed.

[@thekamotodragon]

True, everyone who makes anti-gun arguments, i have noticed at least, are not real outdoors people who LIVE there. They might visit or go hiking or something, btu they've never had to build their own cabin or hunt for their food or survey their own land. If they were, they'd know how important a firearm can be for your survival in these situations. City people think that they're so protected from these scenarios, but society is very delicate, and someone might not always be there to sell you food, you might have to grow or obtain it yourself 1 day. Plus, there is no reality where I'm gonna walk through say, the Smokey Mountain wilderness, without being armed. Bears and Mountain Lions are common.

[@warweasel2832]

Also, self defense against highwaymen and fending off attacks by Native Americans was ABSOLUTELY what was in mind for those colonists. Not just "warmaking". Ridiculous.

[@Oblivisci........]

​@@thekamotodragonI sincerely doubt you, either, have "built your own cabin" or live off the grid. Lol

[@Oblivisci........]

​@thekamotodragon Also how often do bears and mountain lions kill people in the Smokey Mountains? Not even one a year.

[@craigbenz4835]

Re your text @18:13 Winchester did not make handguns, and Glock wouldn't sell handguns for another 15 years.

[@burtpenguin]

what the ACTUAL FUCK is on top of that AR-15 in the thumbnail they damn near put the whole hubble telescope on it

[@letsplay2bros679]

That’s what I’m saying it looks like shite and no sane man would have that

[@Recreationaltrespasser]

The very large objective lens scope was popular as a tactical item In the 80s and 90s due to the large field of view it provides. Sunlight tubes were similarly popular, and is just a plain tube 2 or 3 inches deep that threads on the front of the scope to act as a visor. They're actually pretty nice to use, weight and bulk aside.

[@Jdmking-kp1mu]

Yeah my uncle used to have a 20x magnification optic on his fixed carry handle AR. After he gave it to me I replaced it with a 3x magnification prism. It’s so much easier to use now lol.

[@Jdmking-kp1mu]

@@Recreationaltrespasser I don’t think it would be very useful though. 5.56 only has an effective range up to about 600 yards.

[@empel1584]

The Girl in the Tumbnail is Gabriella whited, you can see her talking about it briefly in her 3 minute arm workout video.

[@vacuumsleeve]

"Do Americans really love guns?" while showing a MP5. Yes, yes we do. Give me a MP5.

[@microsoftpain]

real af 🍻 u a real one

[@anicca9959]

Your not a real American if you don’t enjoy your guns period point blank

[@Andy_Hikes]

Ww love our guns

[@Dulex321]

❤

[@calebcase80]

Why America loves German supermodels.... I mean mp5s😂

[@ColonelSanders17]

I appreciate that the 2nd Amendment acknowledges that the government should not have the monopoly of force.

[@frug5629]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Our ancestors thoroughly understood that and thus wanted the playing field to be even. An armed society keeps the government in line.

[@Boozer112]

@@frug5629That quote is from the 19th century and is anti-monarchical + do you really think that if every hillbilly with an AR in their closet got together to resist the government, the government would be perturbed at all? Our ancestors understood that, in a loose union of small colonies with no real government oversight, you needed to invoke nationalism at the smallest levels to have any chance of staving off the British. By leaving those doctrines in place, we allowed for half of the country to attempt to secede from the country all because they disagreed with a policy. If that is what our ancestors understood, I’d say their idea of democracy is more aligned with anarchism, where the power is in the hands of individual unions who could at any point violently protest the central government.

[@nuclease2739]

The idea that you '' keep the government in line'' because you have guns is so laughable. What ? you are going to go into civil war because they want to regulate guns ? I'm sure you will do fine vs the usa's military.

[@dennisrounds1996]

Yes It’s as simple as that and the creator seems to have missed that point. This country was founded on a “fire”fight against our oppressors the British and no longer felt part of the Kings Dominion. That still remains in our collective consciousness, the ability to defend ourselves against tyranny or an invading army. People both left, right and everywhere in between should understand and support this

[@shwah8299]

​@@dennisrounds1996Our country kills more children than civilized countries. Explain.

[@enderwolf3588]

He didnt speak on how the first and second world wars, or even korea and nam, changed firearms form factor and braought on a new age of semi and fully automatic firearms. This was a big change to the culture, similar to the change from muskets and flintlocks to revolvers and lever guns. I appreciate not talking in length on the wars, though something may be said about americas veiws towards guns and violence in general during vietnam. I fully advocate gun ownership, but i comes down to the individual to be smart, aware, safe and ready. No one derserves to die for someone else, dont put yourself on either side of a gun in a violent or stupid mindset, but be the good guy with the gun, get training, and i cant stress it enough, dont be stupid. Ps. Remember, violent felons "arent allowed" to own guns!!👍

[@psterud]

The "don't be stupid" part is certainly the hardest.

[@enderwolf3588]

@psterud but the most necessary.

[@tacticalmattfoley]

The National Firearms Act was enacted in June of 1934 in response to the perceived threat of the mob's use of Thompson submachine guns. Before this act, you could buy a Thompson through mail order and have it delivered to your home...that being said, most of the people buying Thompson submachine guns were homesteaders who needed it to protect livestock and property from vermin and predators....not the Chicago mob.

[@cricker1998]

Spot on. Common sense and individual smarts are hard these days

[@Somerealtomfoolery22112]

How is all that being said by a furry

[@fran2627]

Your videos are something I would save for later as a treat and get excited about to watch because they make me think. I like how long they are without being inflated for, good videos to watch while eating, You bring topics and ideas that I wouldn’t have really given much thought other wise, and I thank you for that. I like learning.

[@Stellar_Politics]

But when the Black Panther Party wanted black communities to be self-policed with guns, Reagan took the right to open carry firearms illegal.

[@MORE_BEANS_PLZ]

Lol self policed? Just like in Seattle where they had their own police and ended up killing a black kid 😂???

[@Stellar_Politics]

@@MORE_BEANS_PLZ No. Not like a disorganized mess.

[@connerkelley6906]

I'd rather not support any kind of racial nationalists.

[@Stellar_Politics]

@@connerkelley6906 They weren't. Consider this, the terms "white power", "all lives matter", and others came after the existence of terms "black power" and "black lives matter" but in both of the latter's cases, they did not mean what white supremacists twisted them mockingly into being. Do search this up yourself if you don't believe me, because in both of the black's instances they were meant as empowering slogans for freedom and recognition, black power because they had no power so it was a movement to gain their rights and lose their oppressions. Black Lives Matter became the name to emphasize the blacks who feel injustice and have not been feeling mattered. But with that aside I don't even know what is wrong with large black communities having their own type of representation after all we brought them here, we failed to treat them decently for 200+ years (slavery, segregation, private schools to loophole around desegregation, racial profiling etc) to this day. If you ain't afraid of white-majority countries having power then what is wrong with black-majority countries having power? Afraid they'll shoot you for being racist? Settlers afraid they'll be deported or have vengeance brought upon them for all their ancestors have done? There are for sure ultranationalist and reactionary groups of color but they do not represent the majority in the same way the Taliban does not represent the majority of Islamic people.

[@quigglyz]

womp womp

[@whart4613]

thank you for convincing me to pursue a career in gunsmithing

[@dannydanumba]

That’s awesome dude, wish you the best of luck

[@Pewpew1789]

@@dannydanumbayea he going to need it I would personally wait until Bidens out and see if a gun friendly president comes because a man who did literally nothing but buy gun parts is resting in a cell right now in New York FJB but this is a free country just be careful of the crazy uncle in Washington he found the mushrooms again😂

[@dollarstoreloudiamondphillips]

Sonoran Desert Institute. Sorry, I watch too much Garand Thumb.

[@amhuman5138]

@@dollarstoreloudiamondphillips Ha, I'm in that boat, saw this and my mind was immediately thinking SDI

[@dollarstoreloudiamondphillips]

@@amhuman5138 it’s funny how Mike crops up in your brain when you least expect him to. lol

[@CNYKnifeNut]

Those 3 kids in the thumbnail have better trigger discipline than 95% of adults.

[@joelfett4739]

Going to have to agree with you on that one

[@empel1584]

The Girl in the Tumbnail is Gabriella Whited, she talked about it briefly in her 3 minute arm workout video

[@BoopsOG]

I love guns because I think the history behind them and the way they work is incredible.

[@EternalKorvo]

Same

[@greenvelvet]

So does a painting.

[@Rangerforyou]

@@greenvelvetyep, I like paintings and I like guns.

[@shwah8299]

The way they kill so many children in the US is "incredible"?

[@joshybo7]

"It was you, it was me, it was every man, We've all got the blood on our hands We only receive what we demand, If we want hell, then hell's what we'll have" Cookie Jar by Jack Johnson

[@BruTheThreat]

The criminal under ground market of firearms has to be factored into our estimated statistics of American gun ownership. We have enough guns for every American with ~20 million to spare. Just imagine how much are out there that we aren’t are of. Criminals aren’t going to turn in their guns if a ban is passed. So don’t expect me to turn in mine either. Stay strapped or get clapped.

[@Boozer112]

Criminal underground? like unlicensed gun vendors at conventions selling weapons totally unregulated? Like 3D-printed, unregistered firearms? Like people who live near the border buying weapons legally and trafficking them to cartels? If you’re talking about criminals with weapons, where do you think they got them, they didn’t just spawn out of thin air? If your belief is that the issue of gun violence is the result of criminal networks, what is your solution to that?

[@ChronicAndIronic]

@@Boozer112I can tell you know nothing about what you’re taking about.

[@joeburnover4110]

​@@ChronicAndIronic nice avoidance of making valid points

[@ChronicAndIronic]

@@joeburnover4110 imagine liking your own comment loser

[@ChronicAndIronic]

@@joeburnover4110 don’t need to make points. what he said was objectively wrong

[@_-pf_gd-_]

In Mexico Article 10 of the constitution allows any civilian to own firearms that are deemed "acceptable" by the government (Hint, none of them are), but even with that restriction already in place, more draconian laws were implemented in 1972, 4 years after the government had massacred students in Tlatelolco for the crime of assembling (They weren't even protesting at the time). No one spoke against gun control and now we live in a country where organized crime is free to kidnap and rape our families while corrupt military and police institutions look away and also engage in crimes against their own citizenship. If you give away your gun rights you are condemning your people to live in a dystopian anarcho tyranny.

[@StainsStainsStains]

Drugs flow north into the US, guns flow south into Mexico. Been like that for decades but I do wish some of those guns would find their way into the hands of the citizens instead of the cartels.

[@thurin84]

@@StainsStainsStains only because of the atf lol. cartels dont need american guns, they manufacture and import their own just fine.

[@BrorealeK]

"This thing happened. Then this thing happened. Thing 1 made Thing 2 happen. I proveded it."

[@_-pf_gd-_]

@@BrorealeK If you seriously don't think Tlatelolco + El Halconazo + the subsequent guerrilla movements that formed inside the country aren't what moved the government to pass that law then you suffer from a mental disability.

[@Midwestemoisme]

pinning all that on just “they took guns away” is so reductive it’s actually stupid

[@keithgordon4153]

Lost all my guns and ammo in a tragic canoe accident.

[@burritoman5567]

😔

[@a.r.4822]

Thats what you get for shooting fish with guns

[@LBKXiLo]

Why weren't Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, or any cartel controlled country in the list? You're picking and choosing what stats to use to make it fit what you want it to say. Guns are our rights and that will never change.

[@truly_infinite]

i mean, it makes sense to just pick countries with working governments/societies when talking about firearm bans. Taking cartel controlled countries into account would be like taking WWII into account when talking about infant mortality*, the results would just be meaningless *(in my example, infant mortality was analyzed to look at medical progress)

[@shwah8299]

Nice list of countries with militants armed by America. You people really don't understand anything about the outside world, do you? Here is an opportunity to learn. Go research where those places got their guns.

[@riedlerhotzenplotz4819]

Man I love your voice. I could peacefully Fall asleep while you talk about gun violence.

[@CrazedJoker86]

The second amendment is only difficult to understand if you are TRYING to misunderstand it.

[@drewgon13]

How anyone can come to the conclusion that a post revolutionary state with a clearly stated purpose of creating a decentralized government would want to disarm the populace in subservience to the military (a force the founding fathers famously fought against paying) is beyond me.

[@shwah8299]

So all the right wing gun nuts are trying to be so dumb? Thought it came effortlessly.

[@mightymayo121]

“Shall not”

[@farqueueman]

Shallots! Yumo.

[@trajanfidelis]

​@@farqueueman*crickets*

[@shadowpriest3359]

"Well regulated"

[@mightymayo121]

@@shadowpriest3359 regulate these nuts fedboy

[@shadowpriest3359]

@@mightymayo121 Aww poor Clay somehow thinks he's more powerful than the united states government. Showing off your room temp IQ there buddy hahahahahaha

[@DlK69]

3:36 There is no need for a justification. There is nothing wrong with people wanting to own guns just for the sake of it.

[@frug5629]

Comes naturally with the hobby. You're gonna get curious how different platforms work. It's just not always wallet friendly though...

[@frederiksrensen6116]

@@frug5629 I mean, do people ever do anything for the sake of it?

[@inspector2559]

@@frederiksrensen6116 Yes some people out there most likely do. as to the validity of that claim that i do not know. but it wouldn't surprise me at all to say the least.

[@k__k___]

The rest of the world looks at you and laughs, poor Americans, how funny. Once the power of the world flails and tears.

[@DlK69]

@@k__k___ i'm german you bozo

[@Jerimiah10]

I liked it, but it seemed to miss a very important part of the argument. Defence. The snake eats it's own tail. We fear gun violence, and the only real deterent is guns. They exist, and there is no unexisting them. There is alot of truth behind the statement; if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns. Beit, swords, spears, fairarms or laser guns, gun violence isn't the issue. Just violence. Americans are simply used to having the right to even the playing field. The "culture" is just a byprouduct.

[@parkerpaterson3601]

Might as well legalize all drugs since outlaws can will get those too.

[@Jerimiah10]

@@parkerpaterson3601 Or we can make them all illegal to stop people from abusing them. Or will it? See how that works?

[@ZIEMOWITIUS]

@@parkerpaterson3601 Funny you say that. The drug epidemic didn't get really bad until they were all outlawed.

[@sasiorn8789]

If its not guns, then why is gun violence only as big of a problem in the USA. There are guns everywhere and as you put it "outlaws" are always going to have them, but in no way does this make it safer for there to be more guns. While there are massive issues in america mostly connected to capitalism, having everyone armed is not going to make it safer, it will do the oppisate. More weapons = more capacity for murder

[@ZIEMOWITIUS]

@@sasiorn8789 It's not only in the U.S. though. There are scores of other countries who have higher rates of homicide than the U.S., but with more restrictive gun laws. In fact, most of the gun crime in the U.S. occurs in just a handful of big liberal cities (cities which also happen to have the most gun control). When those cities are taken out of the equation, than the U.S. actually becomes safer than most of Europe. More guns does mean more security. Shooters deliberately target areas where guns are not allowed like schools. They never target areas where they know they are likely to face armed resistance. Thus, the solution is to abolish gun-free zones so that nobody will ever be defenseless. As for Capitalism, it's great. No other economic system allows for such class mobility. Certainly better than the slavery that is Socialism.

[@AlfieVsLion]

I love my KZbin , consume content constantly , but yours is the only channel I support through Patreon because I don’t ever want you to stop . Thanks for what you do Micheal , i hope you are very proud of what you’ve created here ✌️🇮🇪

[@rooster5228]

“By the mid 19 century guns were clunky and unreliable” my hawken from the 1830’s is one of if not the best rifle I’ve ever owned

[@thurin84]

yep, you can tell this video was made by someone with little firearms knowledge.

[@bro918]

@@thurin84 Its a common trend among the types of folks who make videos like this, lol

[@thurin84]

@@bro918 yet they feel qualified to tell other people what guns they can have and how to use them lol.

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

@@thurin84i swear i’ve heard that exact phrasing from an uneducated politician during a conference

[@militaryflixclips9386]

I really like the 4:3 aspect ratio the video took. It’s an interesting form that just has a different tone to it. Keep up the work and thanks for an informative video and not misleading information

[@pistabacsi462]

I think we should also realize that many other countries don’t allow guns. It’s hard to say Americans love guns and compare it to the rest of the world when other populations are banned from owning them.

[@kommando5562]

There are actually some countries with similar laws to America with less issues but their ethnic demographics are different…

[@cpufreak101]

​@@kommando5562only one country has remotely comparable laws and they've been in a state of civil war for decades. And the US still has a higher percentage of gun owners than them.

[@kommando5562]

@ no honestly off the top of my head Estonia, Czechia, and Austria are not too different All you can get many guns you can't get in us even. And they have shall issue concealed carry like US and defense is a reason for ownership on shall issue basis Switzerland is similar too but lacks self defense like those countries All countries it's easier to get machine gun legally even tbh These countries are much more racially homogenous so less issues Sweeden you can even own ars and stuff but theyve had huge problems with Somali crime

[@kommando5562]

@@cpufreak101 all of which I will say though have less clear cut self defense laws as the American system is based off English common law of stand your ground and castle doctrine. In most of these countries you can’t even carry hollow points so if you defend yourself there is possibility it goes through and hits someone which is silly. Also most all of which common people are unaware of this. And they don’t stand as much of a chance in having large people fight for the preservation of these rights grand scale

[@cpufreak101]

@@kommando5562 so in those countries I require zero training or licensing to be able to just walk into a gun store and walk out with anything as long as it isn't legally a machine gun? Cause that's the status quo in at least half of US states rn

[@plaguepandemic5651]

When discussing gun violence in America, I think the size and diversity of the US is an important and understated factor. The State of Texas alone is larger than several European countries put together, and that's only 1/50th of the Union. We also have citizens from all countries, all races, all cultures and backgrounds, all religions, and all political backgrounds, whether moderate or radical. Other places in the world can't even share a border without decades of warfare and conflict but communities in the US get by more or less just fine despite there being so many differences present. Honestly, it's surprising that there isn't much, much more gun violence. It's also totally unrealistic to compare gun violence in the US to any other country because no other country is even remotely like the US.

[@robertflanagan6168]

I'm from Ireland and live in Florida, never had a gun, shot one once back home. I got an ad for a holster during the video but then I get them everyday lately

[@herbiehusker1889]

You should get a gun. They're fun.

[@JohnDBloch]

I think firearms related content only has a certain number of advertisers that want to run ads over it, and it would make sense that firearms adjacent companies would be ok with advertising on something tagged as firearms content. I also think that geolocation plays a big role in what ads are served. I get all kinds of ads that seem targeted but for someone else. 😂

[@gooftroop505]

Sounds like you need a gun my man haha

[@SweetArmadillo361]

That's a sign to buy one ;)

[@brassmonkey7566]

Friend you live in Florida just walk up to a random car in traffic and ask for a gun everyone has one or two. ...😅

[@jdbearden8435]

As a “gunlovin American” I boil it down to this. I believe people will always have guns, whether or not they are illegal. Therefore I want guns to defend myself.

[@princeCustos324]

At this point it's pretty much impossible to keep hands out of ther american public like i mean i could go down the hardware store and buy the stuff to build shotgun.

[@alyssarichardson2544]

as an Australian who was abducted at gunpoint from my own home, I can confirm you're 100% correct.

[@jdbearden8435]

@@alyssarichardson2544 sorry that y’all’s government did that to a beautiful country

[@alyssarichardson2544]

@@jdbearden8435 Thanks mate, means a lot...

[@BrassTheBarbarian]

@@alyssarichardson2544 i pray for your people down there. your government is full of tyrannical goobers.

[@kingeternal_ap]

Outstanding essay! I wish there where Nice creator like this in this side of America

[@DinggisKhaaniMagtaal]

Saving this one for later Mr. Horses. I’m in the midst of struggling with grad school work and while your content is usually so intriguing it makes my cogs turn, this is one of those topics I will have to put aside for better days. Besides, I have a few of your videos to catch up to!

[@user-mn8lz7gf6d]

love the graph at the start listing other countries while leaving out crime rates as factor, truly amazingly helpful information... 9:25 how would you come to that conclusion? self defense is not the only reason for gun ownership after all. Especially considering that the US government is regularly murdering it's citizens. The 2nd amendment is really *quite* clear and I don't see how there is any room for interpretation. The NRA is not exactly well liked in the firearm community. I personally don't believe in giving up rights for perceived security. America has a crime problem and a lack of empathy, without addressing the underlying issues even 'Thanos snapping' all firearms will not stop the violence.

[@user-mn8lz7gf6d]

@NathanHigger Poverty is a neverending cycle, but race hasn't got all that much to do with it.

[@tuskiomisham]

the supreme Court didn't enshrine the right to keep rifles in 2008, way before that in fact.

[@cameron8619]

I really appreciate this guys narrative perspective on these videos. He always seems to be able to keep a fairly unbiased perspective.

[@2Ahthelphi]

Not wanting a gun is survivorship bias. " Nothing bad happen to me therefore it wont and I dont need protection" I guarantee you, everyone who was being murdered wished they or someone around them had means of protection

[@JuamanUwU]

Great argument! Except its a two way street. Much accesibility to guns allows a perpetrator to access them too.

[@2Ahthelphi]

@@JuamanUwU research has shown they get them regardless

[@JuamanUwU]

@@2Ahthelphi They get them regardless? Well please, direct me to such studies. Its just very curious that no other developed country has such issues, with some heavy gun regulations in place.

[@2Ahthelphi]

@@JuamanUwU gun violence goes down by 60% Knife violence goes up 2000% aggravated assaults' sky rockets extortion skyrockets, kidnappings, rape... every other crime skyrockets when there is no defense

[@Jetiix]

@@JuamanUwU can i introduce you to my country of mexico and the southamerican country of brazil? Both countries with overbearing regulations on gun ownership

[@LittleMorrie]

Just bought my first AR-15 today! Feels good man.

[@nickolasthefrog]

Did you get a sling?

[@Spit823]

That thumbnail picture goes so hard. You already know those kids dad rocks.

[@CortezEspartaco2]

I like the 4:3 aspect ratio. This will look great on my CRT TV.

[@brentsrx7]

Nobody is going to admit to owning guns in a survey.

[@nickolasthefrog]

That’s blue states. In the rest of the country we’ll invite the surveyor to meet us at the range and let them try out almost anything in the collection.

[@SuperDrake85]

Yeah had to stop watching when he said that early European colonists brought with them a new technology, rifles. The colonists had muskets. Rifles were extremely rare and were used only in sport hunting, not warfare.

[@rjob15]

🤓 erm ackshully

[@nullname0]

​@@rjob15 nobody cares

[@genevieveyork7275]

"If I didn't have this gun, the King of England could just walk in here any time he wants and start shoving you around, you want that? Huh? Do you?"

[@elijahwallace5300]

This, but unironically.

[@jordancostello1674]

I appreciate your focus on "gun violence", your video is concise enough to stimulate discussion. That being said, I find that so many voices discussing "gun violence" seem to ignore the general function of "violence" in the rest of human society/history/nature. It starts to feel like violence is perpetuated by the gun exponentially; when the instances of "gun violence" can be seen to overlap with regular cycles of societal instability. I suspect that many people's opinions are swayed by their own shallow interpretations of the term, especially when we ignore the duality of it.

[@luislanga]

In contrast, Brazil seems to hate guns and we have more gun related deaths per year than some countries fighting wars. People who want to use firearms in a tyrannical manner will find a way to acquire them anyway, gun control only serves the purpose of keeping law abiding citizens as sheep. I'd be a proud gun owner if I had the chance.

[@humanvoicemail5059]

The point is this. If the cops and robbers have guns. Then so shall common man. Especially when the “cops” or government, are the biggest robbers there are 😂

[@Tony-mw-533]

It's not hard to understand😂😂

[@WadeH-v8k]

*corporate wolves are the biggest robbers there are

[@humanvoicemail5059]

@@WadeH-v8k any type of wolf in particular?

[@briananderson9164]

I live on a rural area in America and from my experience it's not a love of guns that perpetuates their sale, its a mistrust of the federal government, the dissolution of law and order in metropolitan areas and the desire to defend one's self. When you look at what's going on in this country and elsewhere, it seems pretty sane to me my friend.

[@tefky7964]

Wouldn´t it be better to do something against that dissolution of order and your quality of life?

[@briananderson9164]

@@tefky7964 Why would you make the assumption they dont? They're usually the most civic minded people who are involved in their communities and vote in every election. Real talk, what do YOU do?

[@Nocturnal808]

Damn u should move sounds like it’s rubbish there

[@trevor2133]

"perceived" dissolution of law and order in metropolitan areas. Actual crime and murder rates have been falling for decades - what you might be referring to is internet and cable news fearmongering.

[@Boozer112]

I love this take on gun violence because it’s based on literally nothing but personal experience. Rural southern areas have the highest gun death per capita rates anywhere in the country. You live in a rural area of America, why would crime that takes place in cities influence your decision at all? Do you think that the reason there is more crime in cities than there is in rural areas is because of your way of life? The true disillusionment is with the core of the issue and the contributing factors; poverty and mental health. In reality then, we’re kind of attacking the same points from different angles, the federal government and self defense. I want the federal government to provide more resources to mental health institutions and better infrastructure in impoverished communities. You want the federal government to remove all taxes and “send the inner-city folk back to where they came from”. There’s probably some compromise here.

[@matthewmelson1780]

As a reenactor that regularly uses flintlocks they are not as "clunky and inaccurate" as you say they are. They are slow yes, but they are reliable. Granted you know how to use one.

[@411hippieCO]

The biggest problem with guns is the inherent constant responsibility that we as a society must maintain to keep them; all contingent on mental health, laws, the economy, and etc... Something with such potential destructive capabilities must take a lot of discipline that many are not capable of. This is why countries with the least amount of gun deaths either have very strict laws or complete bans. Gun owners will taunt education, but they don't know if they will always be of sound mind to responsibly own them. People will always face adversity and struggle; and every gun owner is not going to triumph. Sadly, it will seem like an easy answer to problems...

[@payleryder45]

Countries with the least amount of gun deaths were historically and otherwise generally peaceful anyway (mass immigration has changed this to some degree). The United States, for all of its virtues and faults, has never been exceptionally peaceful compared with First World peers.

[@kommando5562]

Idk I know of other countries with similar laws to America (looser in some ways) and they lack the issues and I belief that is due to racial/ethnic demographics

[@nickolasthefrog]

I taught first aid as part of my previous position. The topic of consent and “implied consent” (of a nonresponsive casualty) features centrally in that subject. As I cannot square consent and bodily autonomy with a program of intervention against suicides, I am distrusting of any firearms argument that includes mental health. If you want me to temporarily store the bolt of your weapon, fine, but I’m not going to seize it and may question another who does.

[@PETEYBOY954]

Love it or hate it, guns aren’t going anywhere. Your best bet is to take a firearms safety course and move to a county where the police don’t play games.

[@shwah8299]

The same people who support guns support a violent police state. Cons are not smart.

[@green41011]

Little nitpick, saying there were only long guns before colt is ignoring flintlock pistols and dueling that was common since the 1800s.

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

It wasn't as common as you think

[@green41011]

@kujojotarostandoceanman2641 Andrew Jackson dueled in 1806, not that it was an everyday occurrence, but it still happened

[@zyhkes3155]

One thing that I must always mention whenever watching a video discussing firearm related crime statistics is how the statistics are gathered and then presented; it is a well known fact that depending on which foundation or organization you look at, they will use which statistic they want to present the narrative they want. In all my research into what I categorize as “mass shootings in a school,” the statistic always changes as they include incidents such as the Kent State Shooting from 1970, which differs significantly from an incident such as Columbine. And before it is mentioned, yes, there is a small level of bias on my part due to me owning several firearms and me being an American citizen.

[@thevillager8339]

I can think of few other channels where i can remember what each and every last video is about without having to look it up or think much. That is how one knows that a channel means something.

[@roboticle117]

Never give up your rights, no matter what.

[@RockStock6]

The mythology of firearms is so prevalent that my firend who literally said "no one will steal from me becuase i have guns" and yet within a month of buying a gun the gun was stolen still was unshaken by his belief that guns inherently made his house more safe

[@atenthunderbolt4215]

How does a man get his gun stolen…

[@RockStock6]

@@atenthunderbolt4215 contrary to gun owners beleifs theifs dont announce when they're on the way

[@BillyTheKidder]

Was it kept in a vehicle?..

[@trollfacedomi]

@@BillyTheKidderthat’s my thought too

[@jb76489]

@@RockStock6that $100% happened, I was the thief

[@CommunityMartyr]

terrific and important video, thank you

[@trajanfidelis]

2 reasons: 1.) Guns are cool. 2.) Self defense is a human right

[@Analog-to-digital-cotinual]

Self defense is a human right but not every human can express that right freely without a mountain of ridicule and disdain from the public/lawmakers anywhere on earth, in some cases it has the potential be classified as assault to fight back against an attacker during a robbery or physical attack on a person (this often happens in places where firearms are explicitly illegal anyways so you're mostly dealing with knife, car, improvised weapon attacks) which is a leap in logic in and of itself, this world we all live in is truly mad when you see it for what it is

[@It-me-gog]

If crazy people didnt get guns you would cut the rate of needing self defense while still keeping that right (aint no way gun control is based????)

[@epicbroom4life319]

Self-defense against fucking what? Everyone in America claims it for self-defense, but no one ever talks about the time having a gun on them saved their life. It’s always this future all seeing evil coming for their families lives. If some stranger pulls a gun on you in an alley, I doubt they’ll wait patiently for you to get your gun out for a fair duel. They’ll shoot you the moment you reach for it. Just be fucking honest with yourself. You like guns and you fetishize the potential violence you could “save yourself” from

[@tuto-1319]

Let me Guess, u dream with a situation in which u get to use ur gun, so violent

[@nullname0]

​@@tuto-1319 no?

[@essvd2524]

“The right of the people to keep and bear arms” sounds pretty clear to me

[@ALFMthembu]

It is safe to say America will always have an affinity to guns. What better way can the government convince its people to endorse mass weaponry and wars than to convince them they need protection .

[@BH-qs7vo]

What country do you live in and how much does America protect you?

[@jb76489]

What a dumb thing to say

[@BrainEatPenguin]

Our government hates that people can own guns, what?

[@lordmaster546]

Well they make millions off of it so makes sense no?

[@nickolasthefrog]

The government certainly sponsors media and sporting events to promote support for military action. They get more bang for their buck supporting the NFL and Top Gun than gun ownership, however 4H and CMP do exist.

[@terminott3161]

As Turkish man ı can say regulations don't work.We cant even buy handguns(only 9mm is allowed) for self defense,shotguns and bolt action rifles(very expensive,and need permit) but if you go villages you can see ak's,pkm's even aa guns.Talking from the experience.

[@hannibal_thecanibal93]

7:12 if you can't understand old English Then you won't understand British people the Bible and cowboy movies jus saying

[@universome511]

if guns were prohibitively expensive in the 1700s then why were there laws saying every house had to have one

[@captainjules6033]

Soldiers for most of history were expected to purchase their own equipment. It’s simple: the government mandated that people spend a ton of money on a thing.

[@jgalt91]

That part was funny to me for a few reasons "You're going to jail!" "Why?" "For not having a gun!" "I shouldn't be in trouble for that!" "What the fuck are you going to do about it without a gun? Bitch."

[@universome511]

@@captainjules6033 Now that's not Prohibitively expensive then is it

[@captainjules6033]

@@universome511 what? No something being very expensive does not mean that people can’t be forced to buy it anyway. Health insurance is prohibitively expensive and it’s illegal not to have it

[@thurin84]

hey, how dare you notice a contradiction in this "unbiased" video!!! just drink the koolaid!

[@knox6382]

0:33 the graph says selected european countries as in hand picked to make the usa look alot worse. also mexico has 3 times the murder rate so this stat is bias and all around wrong

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

Base on what?

[@m.z6610]

Mexico isn't a European country...

[@101-cesaraugusto7]

Brazil has 15 gun homocides per 100k and weapons are outlawed (they gun homocides increased after the ban). That graph is 100% cherrypicked. And it's not like it's comparing the US to Europe since Chile is on it, there's no excuse for it to be misleading.

[@chrisehly3325]

Something not included in the segment about laws created in 1934 is that the regulations on firearms included the laws we have to this day on barrel length. Any rifle under 16’ is deemed a short barreled rifle which needs a tax stamp, same for shotguns under 18’ this also put a tax stamp on suppressors. The reason for the 16’ was directly correlated to the Thompson Submachine gun with a 10.5 inch barrel.

[@DianaMarroquin-bx6tf]

...as a non US citizen, the US is scary

[@payleryder45]

Good. Stay away.

[@handlessuck777]

Only in the cities.

[@elijahwallace5300]

Just stay out of major cities and you'll be fine/have fun.

[@LittleMorrie]

^What they all mean is, stay away from inner city blacks. Aside from that demographic the US is one of the safest countries in the world.

[@hydra8138]

@@LittleMorrie calling people “blacks” like it’s 1960 is insane

[@lukerbs]

Whether you agree with it or not, the language and intent behind the 2nd amendment are not confusing if you have a reading comprehension level above elementary school second grade.

[@kommando5562]

Right? Like the 1st amendment right before it also uses the term the people for freedom of speech. So I don’t get the argument it’s for a government milita especially when it’s from people who just fought a government. And since British soldiers were called British regulars. It’s pretty clear that it just means standard issue well equipped. Just like how us soldiers used to be called g i’s for “general issue”

[@TheOriginalShoneBoyOnYT]

approved kosher rage bait

[@N238E]

got'em!

[@nullname0]

>"how shall i insult this person?" >"hmmm, ah yes." >jewish

[@quinkledinkle3760]

I really dont think just banning guns is enough, or adding restrictions will be enough to curb gun violence in america considering how complicated the issue is, and how much needs to be represented above just "data points" Not only can the way data is represented be manipulated, but it tends not to be fully representive beyond, oh gun was used to kill. Why was it used to kill? Was it gang related? An accident? Self deletion? Etc etc I think social issues play a bigger part in gun violence in america than politicians want to give credit for, and figuring out the causes on the reasons why someone would use a gun to commit acts ot violence would be a monumental task but a more effective measure in curbing gun violence. How we do that though is well beyond my ability to express.

[@quinkledinkle3760]

On top of that why the fuck would I give up my right to have a chance at defending myself from an opposing entity, when you know for a fucking fact rich people will still have that right with their own private security forces. Cops are practically worthless in some areas of America, whether through their own idiocy, beauracratic pressures, or just not having enough resources. I lived in a place where violence/gang related violence started to ramp up more prominantly, and the police force in that area is strained, or just don't give a shit. So as someone who would want that type of security where would the average law abiding citizen go to? Let alone with how corrupt our government has gotten in its own self interests. Idk. I think owning a gun is an inalienable right when the government can't/doesnt want to provide the same level of security.

[@Leebo13]

The view that it's just caused by guns is an extremely myopic one, the attitudes and the horrendously erroneous fallacies that are proven to be completely false that are used to propogate the preservation of these draconian laws are also playing a huge part in making sure that proven controls which are proven to improve public safety are never being as much as considered as a viable measure to save lives, this is why many of us living in the rest of the world just shake our heads at these senseless wastes of human life.

[@warweasel2832]

14:19 You forget to mention that, for just as many slavers, an equal amount of abolitionists and slaves took up arms against the institution, much of it in Bleeding Kansas. If individuals didn't own firearms, you'd still see hired or government armed guards at plantations, just like any other slave nation in history. At the time, there were many states that banned freedmen from possessing firearms, in fear that they'd foment a slave revolt, like John Brown almost achieved. Earlier in the video, you also forgot to mention that the first gun law in history was that of punishing any colonist who knowingly provided muskets, powder, or musketballs to Native Americans. This is because, if Europeans were "proficient" at firearm usage, Natives were "advanced". Often they had better equipment, training, and tactics than European militia. Within a generation, the primary tool for resisting colonialism was the musket, and the tool the colonizers used to stop this was gun control. Ultimately, any gun control is based around and achieves one vision. "Rich, mostly white, pro-government, pro-capitalist men as the only ones who can be trusted to enact violence." Guns will always be used to settle disputes; Government is nothing but the threat of violence written down on fancy paper. The only question is, who gets a seat at that negotiating table?

[@Jetiix]

Beautiful

[@SkitGaming]

I wish the NRA was half as cool as Liberals make it out to be

[@The-future-is-in-the-past]

Don't we all brother.

[@rookie4582]

After for a video that is supposed to be neutral, I would have expected a statistic in firearms used in self defense. Thats disappointing. Big reason Americans (still) love guns. The police have no legal obligation to save your life. Best way to preserve your life is to have the mindset of no one is coming to save your life. I don’t care how fit or well you fight, criminals aren’t going to fight fair. The are the equalizer. Regardless of sex, fitness, etc.

[@DlK69]

When Seconds count the Police are just Minutes away...

[@greenvelvet]

You're going after the Shadow and not the substance. If you want to fight crime it's not going to be with a gun it's the underlining causes of crime, not that you're actually interested in real solutions

[@ibnfawda6275]

Great video. Thoughtful and well presented as always.

[@CarbideShrapnel]

The vast majority of gun violence is a particular section of the population in particular places. Not from the vast vast majority of legal gun owners.

[@calholli]

Exactly.. many of those "violent" stats are from good people stopping bad guys.. Yet it shows up on the statistics as if it was a bad thing, when it's not... All the rest are from poIice, bIack gangz and mexlcan carteIz all fight^ng each other.

[@ratshave4748]

I myself have a fondness of guns not because of what people with them have done, but because of what has been done to people without them.

[@jlsgarage872]

Gun statistics need to be separated from gang violence and radicals. Your average small town heavily armed America has little to no gun violence or violent crime at all

[@Oblivisci........]

That's simply not true. Some rural counties, in the south especially, have just as much gun violence (per capita) as cities with serious gang violence.

[@PhosPhryne]

Stats prove that wrong. The most dangerous places in America are the places with the most guns and laxest gun laws.

[@evilpandakillabzonattkoccu4879]

....because they are fun and functional. That's why I love them still. I enjoy the "power I feel when I fire them" ...and when I say that, I mean that actual energy released from the round when I fire it. I *_do not_* feel like it gives me power over anyone or anything. Instead, if I'm carrying (just my personal opinion), I have to be the best citizen I can be. I can't be getting into ego battles, road rage nonsense, anything like that....nor can I be dumb enough to act like I'm some cop or authority figure. If I had the money, I'd have a private armed security force to protect my family and myself. I can't afford that, so I do the job myself. I'm not a sheepdog type. If there is a shooting, I'm getting my family to safety. I'm not running from them towards the gunfire, hoping to play hero. Sure, if I feel I am in a position to stop something like that, there is a moral obligation to do so....but the safety of my family comes first.

[@colinmckay5228]

lets start an honest discussion. I believe that this video used false data. The repeated citation of the book "The Violence Inside Us" by Chris Murphy should call into question the validity of this video and the arguments made within it. The Book was written by Chris Murphy, who is a Democrat Politician from Connecticut. This book repeatedly makes false claims to try and further the author's argument. For example claiming that gun manufactures began making and importing guns into the the United States before said companies were (10+ years in fact). Multiple blatant factual inaccuracies from a politician masquerading as a truth teller. As a result of the repeated use of false data it is my opinion that the arguments and conclusion of the video are ill conceived and incorrect.

[@kommando5562]

It was funny when he said Glocks were responsible for crimes in 1955-1968 when Glock didn’t even exist And Winchester also didn’t and I think still doesn’t make pistols

[@mothhut8637]

It is because they are so cool

[@teru797]

hell yeah brother

[@Jaggerbush]

2:03 "The majority of America believe gun ownership is a Right" It IS protected under the Right to bear arms so maybe a better sentence would have been "The majority of Americans support gun ownership as it's historically been protected under the 2nd amendment"

[@stuffystuffsityas6302]

Maybe he should have included the rapid change in guns from way back then to now. They weren’t necessarily granting them the right to a firearm that could load and fire in seconds lol

[@mccad00]

@@stuffystuffsityas6302 the second ammendment protects ARMS, not firearms, but ARMS in their entirety. It's clear that the principle behind it was to ensure americans could be armed, own and bear weapons. And for context, many americans owned war-ships and cannons at the time of the founding, which were used to fight the revolutionary war. You also need to keep in mind that even though muskets are slow, the military had the same slow obsolete weapons that the people did. Allowing the people to be armed with muskets at the time of the founding would be no different than allowing modern citizens to be armed with M249s and M16s

[@BrorealeK]

@@mccad00 "many" Which many, dude.

[@mccad00]

@@BrorealeK what do you mean which “many”? What I’m trying to say here is that private citizens owned war-ships and cannons which were used in the revolutionary war

[@UnknownGamer40464]

​@@stuffystuffsityas6302 The puckle gun, averaging 9 shots per minute (3x faster than conventional muskets) and with an 11 round magazine , was created in 1718 and used as ship guns by the British. This was included in "arms" The Ferguson rifle was a breech loading rifle the British used literally during the revolutionary war against them, was also way faster than a musket and "light infantry troops could continue loading and firing without breaking cover, even when lying prone". Like a modern gun, able to be quickly loaded and held prone while remaining concealed. The Belton Flintlock was a repeating flintlock rifle presented directly to the Continental Congress in 1777 and could fire 8 shots before reloading. Literally a repeating rifle in 1777. A century or more even before this they had guns with multiple barrels that could fire as many times as there were barrels, or could fire a devastating 8 .50 caliber rounds at once. And within the founding fathers' lifetime percussion cap repeating weapons more similar to what we have today, and are in fact still used today, were born (1820s, ~40yrs after 1776). Yes. They. Did. Know.