American Gun Violence: How We Got Here

[@viperblitz11]

Every time I watch a video like this talking about one of America's problems, there's always a section about how Reagan made it worse.

[@shirley444]

It leads to my saying ‘everything goes back to reagan’

[@chellefell1331]

@@shirley444 facts. Reaganomics for the downfall.

[@kyle6899]

Killer Mike said it best "Ronald Wilson Reagan is the devil" legit didn't incalculable damage

[@ThorMan91587]

Every. Single. Time. The man had the reverse Midas Touch. Everything he put his grubby paws on turned to sh!t

[@I_like_turtles_67]

@@ThorMan91587 We can say the same about FDR.

[@jamesrichie7844]

Wisecrack "What Went Wrong" videos in 2017: this comic book blockbuster could have turned out better. Wisecrack "What Went Wrong" Videos in 2022: Societal collapse

[@widdershins5383]

Personal growth is important lol

[@FredEdeXIII]

🙃🙃🙃

[@kendomyers]

2027: comic books and blockbuster movies about that societal collapse that happened and left us all in a post apocalyptic hellscape.

[@XSilver_WaterX]

War and R3pe for its own sake!

[@metaouroboros6324]

Bloomer to doomer

[@sandyqbg]

With enough learning, one realizes that American 'culture' is basically one long commercial. The answer to most "Why does America do/like this?" is basically "Because some guy started a company and did a big marketing campaign."

[@AizakkuZ]

Yeah its actually sad

[@Zybran93]

Why does America has such a big problem with drug related deaths- some guy did a big marketing campaign and subscribed drugs to people. Why does America has such big problem with crime - some guy made a big marketing campaign and wanted cheap labor in prisons. Basically every problem of America originates in creedy people making stonks with peoples life's. That's why most of western counties view the USA as a third world country.

[@applejuice9468]

That literally every fucking thing dude lol

[@ericv7720]

That's because the country was founded as a money-making scheme, by slave-owning white men who didn't want to pay taxes.

[@nerdwisdomyo9563]

One big racist commercial

[@610610billy610610]

"Where bumbling cops surely couldn't be relied on" the Uvalde cops probably think that sarcastic statement is hilarious.

[@zakf2929]

Honestly I'm thinking the main issue is everyone thinks the gun violence is one issue, rather than 100's of different issues tangled in a huge variety of culture.

[@jlee479]

You are not wrong of course, but the fact is that every other country has all sorts of similar issues but nowhere near as much incidents that happen regarding guns. Take a guess why. Stop trying to downplay the gun problem in america. There are 100s of different issue but this is definitely one of the bigger ones, entangled with bunch of the other ones that are just as big.

[@kendomyers]

The guns are the issue.

[@jpm5772]

@@kendomyers than why is this gun violence issue such a recent problem?

[@lainiwakura1776]

@@jlee479 It's not guns, it culture.

[@Iamwolf134]

@@lainiwakura1776 We have a culture similar to others across the western world. So your comment is very much pedantry at its most obvious.

[@javidaderson]

My sister is paramedic in Chicago and see first hand the effects of gun violence on society but she still owns a gun. I ask her why and she told because the walk from her firehouse to her car is the most terrifying part of her day.

[@caleb5194]

“But still” No, not “but still”. She has a gun, because gun violence exists. And gun violence exists, because some ppl are evil. And these evil got guns, before we understood how evil ppl are, and because we need guns to secure individuality from the state. Essentially, we are screwed if we do, screwed if we don’t.

[@memdic6987]

And how strict are gun laws in Chicago?

[@ytivarg5371]

@@memdic6987 the problem is they give guns away right over the border in indiana, so the conservitards there have been pushing guns hard into Chicagos gangs. Also chicago isn't as scary as people think, its ranked 28th in most dangerous cities, not number 1 like most people think

[@memdic6987]

@@ytivarg5371 >Conservatives there have been pushing guns hard into Chicago gangs. Bruh. The last people to support gangs are pro gun conservatives. And we were not talking about who is on the top of "the most dangerous city" chart, we were talking about feeling safe. If I lived in Chicago, I would not feel safe. Not because of people "pushing guns into Chicago" (however that works), but because of the gangs. And because it is a pain in the ass to get a legal gun in Chicago to defend myself against any of those gangs.

[@BushidoBrownSama]

@@memdic6987 does it matter if they are undermined by lax gun laws outside of Chicago? Most of the guns that are used in Chicago gun crimes were straw purchased outside of Illinois.

[@JoelReid]

As an Australian secondary teacher I once had a student threaten to shoot me in the head... not a single student, nor myself thought he was being serious. i still got a letter from the state government asking if i was stressed from my experience and saying that they would support me if I had a problem (the government in my state provides psychological support and work leave if necassary). Think on that.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

I think it's crazy anybody needs support for that.

[@JoelReid]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 i believe they are checking for counselling. Workplace safety is really important in Australia and if I were to suffer trauma in my line of business and my employer did not offer such services then they could be liable in court. My workplace offers free counselling services through an independant operator for that reason.

[@richardcostello360]

And that's why I left Australia......Land of Socialist Snowflakes 😆

[@JoelReid]

@@richardcostello360 yeah, it is terrible getting free healthcare. Absolutely terrible.

[@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-ω7ξ]

Perfect description of a nanny state!

[@ACGreyhound04]

During the Civil War, anyone with enough money to raise and equip a regiment of soldiers (about one thousand men) could be commissioned as “Colonel of Volunteers” whether or not that benefactor actually led the unit in battle. That’s probably how Samuel Colt got the title “Colonel”.

[@lawnmowerdude]

I’m starting to see a trend here. A lot of the problems in the USA are rooted in advertising lol. If someone can make a buck off of something they will sell the ever loving shit out of it regardless of the consequences. They all seam to start as a noble gesture and then they get sick and twisted.

[@catdogmousecheese]

But the companies that sell the guns would argue: "Our guns are only meant to be used for self defense, if someone uses it for murder than we are not responsible."

[@MattAlan01]

@@catdogmousecheese especially funny because if guns were not used in murders and shit, we wouldn't need them for self defense so...

[@APDS-Akin]

That’s a great point which makes me wonder how advertising regulation in Europe is dissimilar

[@Katastrophe9009]

You're about halfway there. It's not the ads themselves that are the issue, it's a symptom of the real problem which is the consumeristic society we live in. Everything is work, work, work, buy, buy, buy. Not a whole lot of critical thought going on when everyone's trying to have that next new device or this year's latest model of whatever.

[@nriyo3]

@@catdogmousecheese People kill people with cars, you going to sue Ford for murder machines? And you most likely want unarmed cops responding to you when you call 911 as a person tries to kill you??

[@ThorsShadow]

As a guy from Germany (here, the whole discussion about "gun violence" almost never comes up, because we don't have a lot of it), thank you for this video. Seeing the history of guns in the US and everything that followed, was really enlightening to me as an outsider.

[@19ars92]

well to be fair the US exorcized Germany from its massive gun manufacturing industry, only to get possessed by the same evil, now weapons assembly corporations hold so much political power in america than the voters electors.

[@Averagegunenthusiast]

Not trying to start a fight or anything but do you have violent crime? Murder is murder regardless of the tool used. I feel there is a huge effort to mislead people into thinking if you get rid of the guns you get rid of the violence which is not going to happen. I will give you the fact that due to your country’s social safety net you have fewer people who resort to violence out of desperation or out of having to be involved in illegal business that use violence as a form of recourse. In America most gun violence deaths are not gun violence but suicide, they do this to pump up the numbers. Suicides although tragic are a different issue that require a different approach. Most gun violence is gang violence related to drug trade, take out suicides and gang violence and the numbers really drop. The mass murders although horrible they are also different, mass murderers could also use explosives or other tools. Most gang violence is socioeconomic and unless you address that the problem will persist. I am not against all gun control, I don’t think an assault weapons ban is effective because it focuses on features not on functionality. The fact is the most effective gun for self defense is also the most effective gun to kill people. Knowing that there are violent people out there most people will not give up their guns because they are the best tool of self defense. With all that said I will also say that I remember growing up around guns and the culture was different. People weren’t into the tacticool side and owned guns for recreational use and self defense. Typically this would look like a semiautomatic handgun for self defense, a pump shotgun, bolt action rifles and low capacity semiautomatic rifles. The ar craze is more recent, and although I am not in favor of banning them I do worry about the culture of I don’t know how to describe it but wearing plate carriers and carrying ar15s out in the open. All these people looking like they are ready to fight a war except for their massive guts that would prevent them from actually fighting, there is more than just shooting, there is a lot of moving. I believe in the right to bear arms but I feel that some take it too far and I feel the attempts by the left to mislead people make it hard to have a serious conversation on it. There are some who want to ban guns entirely, and those who want to ban semiautomatic guns which would ban all modern guns, those are too far. I am for banning untraceable guns, red flag laws, and things that curb behavior of the individual.

[@jamesmorgan3623]

@@Averagegunenthusiast Germany's murder rate is 0.8 per 100 000 compared to 6.3 per 100 000 for the United States - so significantly lower. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate Just to pick up on something you said, I think the big difference for most western Eurpoeans is the idea of needing a gun for self-defence is pretty unthinkable.

[@Cube210]

I'm not trying to argue but without giving you a wall of text I'm sad to say that this wisecrack video is feeding you half truths and false information at times to paint a false picture of U.S. firearms history. I'm actually really disappointed to see this from them.

[@lainiwakura1776]

It didn't stop that guy from making a shotgun and killing Shinzo Abe. And look what happened with Canada and Trudeau's tyranny with the truck protestors. The government should be scared of it's people, not the other way around. Making guns illegal means that when someone obtains one illegally and is going to use it on you, you are unable to defend yourself back.

[@heatherwagner9644]

Mental health underfunded but the overall stigma mental health concern is just as much of a barrier as lack recourses

[@talideon]

You can thank the Republicans for that too, Reagan in particular, as he destroyed what little mental health supports the US had.

[@selalewow]

They love saying the problem is not guns, but do not offer any viable solutions to what they claim is the problem.

[@fourleaf7570]

@@selalewow Part and parcel of urbanisation, good luck finding a "solution" to the inner city

[@selalewow]

@@fourleaf7570 OH, there is a solution, but you would not like it.

[@fourleaf7570]

@@selalewow Are you proposing gentrification or even a "finale" solution? Would make sense if so considering that "gun control" is racist

[@Denidrakes69]

That John Howard quote, "we don't want to be like America," was so common in Australia. I remember first hearing it in the mid 80s in relation to healthcare and the possibility of privatising some of our system; education and in particular access to higher education; advertising and where and when it shouldn't be allowed; wealth inequality; and consumerism and what we viewed as a selfish culture generally. It was never a one side of politics kind of thing. It was about our country and civilians. I'm sure part of the reason our gun buy back policy worked so well, is that we had feared for over a decade that we could become like the US. Whatever went wrong in the US, seems to have begun seriously gaining momentum in the 80s.

[@rohanking12able]

Gun by back isnt a thing

[@Denidrakes69]

@@rohanking12able what do you mean? What would you call paying people for voluntarily handing in their guns?

[@arloadams2865]

Mark McGowan said it recently after that gun incident in perth a couple weeks ago, and it's still a valid quote

[@joshuagharis9017]

Capitalism. Sole root of every problem in the USA

[@distortdhype5825]

It wasn’t a voluntary buy back, it was a forced buy back. Either hand your guns in and get some money back or we confiscate them in a couple months when the buy back window is over. There wa no choice. I think you will find majority didn’t want to give up their guns. Our gun crime rate was also pretty much zero compared to Europe, the us and other countries where you can own guns. We had 1 mass shooting and the government jumped the opportunity. I love quotes like we don’t want to end up like America because look where we are now, not that far off. We have minuscule gun crime rates now and always have had but criminals turn to other weapons, look at blade crime statistics and blade deaths. Those are as illegal to carry and use than guns are but doesn’t stop them or the crimes from happening

[@MyNameIsJ3ffrey]

It should also be noted that Ruby Ridge and Waco played a huge role in galvanizing the pro-2a contingent of American politics. The notion of government overreach kind of was very apparent after those 2 incidences.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Also it galvanized the anti-gun contingent, because Waco and Ruby Ridge showed the rest of America about the crazy gun-nut culture and how it intersected with extremist beliefs.

[@SunShine-xc6dh]

You mean when the government murder one guys family in front of his eyes, or the time the government burned women and children alive. Both Thier crimes simply owning unapproved guns according to the alphabet agencies

[@kendomyers]

The white militia movement, which had its roots in the racial terrorism of Reconstruction, definitely blew up during the Clinton Administration, but it did start up before Waco and Ruby Ridge; but that is compelling indeed, those two events do serve as a rallying cry.

[@jarod2828]

Felt it was very disingenuous to mention Timothy McVeigh's NRA membership and not his stated motivation, that his actions were motivated by Waco.

[@kendomyers]

@@jarod2828 And white supremacy. McVeigh was connected to the violent white supremacist movement.

[@dannyvillar6615]

It kinda makes you re-think whether we need a policy change or a culture change. The glorification of guns mixed with ignorance and an incredibly polarized political climate are a recipe for violence, anger and a gridlocked government that’s to divided to agree on whether oxygen is good for humans or not.

[@littlebunse5]

The fastest way to force a culture change is a policy change. We need to end the two party system and super pax and we need to punish misinformation from people who claim to have irrefutable truths they feel the need to peddle to dumbasses

[@slimguy94]

Its always been a cultural thing

[@zecaoalfredo4242]

Its a cultural thing, from an european point of view its kind of funny how people debate polítics in the US

[@agarrandoviaje5425]

The problem here is, pulling a trigger is quite faster than a police officer's responds time. Especially if you live in a low income area.

[@teamhammerbros8466]

We literally have tens of millions of people who are “anti government” philosophically. All educated people know-All human society has been solving it’s problems through public or private means. To completely work with an arm cut off, is retarded. Needless to say Americans lack basic access to public necesseties as a result-like UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE. Americans die every year by the tens of thousands due to a lack of healthcare. Medical Debt is a normalized insuranced plagued concept. And 40,000 more, die to gun violence. Young Students go into debt to seek a higher education-a punishment. But when the Jets fly over, they are proud to live in mud and blood; and stand on the skeletons of dead children and fellow countrymen. And they cheer.

[@Notllamalord]

1) guns are awesome 2) guns are dangerous 3) we are very dumb

[@peacewillow]

i fail to see the awesomeness. guns are loud, they're destructive and they were created for no other reason than to kill. what is "awesome" about any of that? guns don't make people feel powerful, you know. the feeling of power comes from the fear others feel about you, not knowing whether or not you might choose to shoot them at that moment. fear is not respect.

[@bubla2659]

This is the best explanation of the issue

[@reaver11122]

Swords are way cooler

[@meangreen320]

@@reaver11122 someone hasn’t shot dragons breath out of a Benelli m3 or made a mile shot with 6.5 creedmore

[@meangreen320]

@@reaver11122 someone hasn’t made a mile long shot on tanerite with 6.5 creedmore, gone night vision shooting with suppressors and nods, or shot dragons breath out of a good semi auto shotgun

[@Loctorak]

As an Australian, it just makes me sad cause I've met so many really good people from America, so when I hear you guys have had another shooting it's like hearing that one of my siblings has started self-harming: it sucks, I wish I didn't have to hear the news in the first place and i feel powerless to do anything to help cause its ultimately not my battle to fight. Whatever you do, stay safe you beautiful bastards. 🙏

[@martthesling]

Keep your commie opinions to yourself. We have a Constitutional right to bear arms. Keep walking.

[@shootingshitaustralia4036]

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[@TakaMitsukai]

God dang this warmed my heart. Thank you kind stranger. Here’s hoping that my fellow peeps can do better.

[@Plisko1]

Many of us are trapped in the system. Trying to vote our way out of collapse... but a whole lot of other people seem determined to vote for entertainment and spite...rather than self government. So... pray for us.

[@aaronbono4688]

I live and vote right here in the heart of America and I feel powerless to stop it too.

[@Paul94096]

The 1960s Texas shooting is insane. He went up to a tower Ann opened fire. I can’t imagine how confused the students and victims must have been, having no idea what a mass shooting was at the time.

[@iamwhoimnotimnotwhoiam4431]

The students grabbed their rifles and shotguns out of their trucks and kept him suppressed at the same time the austin police sent some officers up to the top of the building to end the threat. The truth is, it's the glorification of the gangbanger culture that is causing most of today's issues, on top of Obama administration bringing racism back to America.

[@nodiggity9472]

I think they probably figured it out as soon as he started shooting people.

[@CkiCrruptn]

Yo my grandpa's cousin got shot during the UT Tower attack, he's even in a documentary bout it

[@nodiggity9472]

@@CkiCrruptn The things people will do for 15 minutes of fame.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@nodiggity9472 I think this is also something that really needs to be addressed in our culture (and others as well), especially with the internet and social media being as prevalent as it is today.

[@MyNameIsJ3ffrey]

It should also be noted that gun deaths dropped dramatically between the 80s and 2010s… despite the amount of guns sales rising significantly.

[@tenkenroo]

Wasn’t that also around the same time as the assault weapons ban?

[@CarePackage-ut3tt]

@@tenkenroo Fully automatic ban unless it was manufactured before 1986(ish cant remember exact year). There was already a fully automatic ban from the 40s when WW2 soldiers brought home their Thompsons and sold them to the mafia. The 80s ban essentially meant if gun manufactures wanted to sell fire arms to citizens they had to make a "civilian variant". With out getting super technical, there was a list of specs and mechnisioms that had to be incorporated to be legally sold. However much like tuning cars, people "tuned" their fire arms. Only those with HEAVY and I mean HEAVY experience in firearms could pull this off and make homemade suppressers, full auto triggers, bump stocks, etc etc etc you get the idea. With the 2010s the internet allowed any wackjob with a computer to basically find information on how to "tune" or modify their own fire arms. The only reason the information cant be taken down is due to outsourcing the web links to countries where this type of information isn't considered illegal. Mostly Southern America, these servers are outside US jurisdiction and cant be taken down legally. It also means the NSA. FBI, CIA, or ATF cant track this websites history and raise red flags (Until super recently. "Traffic Shaping Loophole" if you are interested) Either way, most shootings excluding suicides are done with illegally owned or illegally modified fire arms anyways. Super interesting really looking at how the internet has added to all of this but no ones talking about it.

[@martthesling]

@@tenkenroo No.

[@Hasshodo]

Gun deaths dropped because the 90's were actually pretty good - we had a debt surplus, the military budget was cut in half, things were cheap, and movies were great. Then 9\11 happened, which actually brought the country together for the most part. Obama was the fracture point, because it brought out the old hatreds we forgot existed: the rampant racism. Fox News got crazy because they had enjoyed 8 years under Bush, and then lost their minds over a black president. 2008 housing\financial crisis, the culture war kicking off in 2012, social media on its way to its final form, and then the real moment when things collapsed: 2016 and (fucking) Trump. It's not wonder gun deaths ramped up once the culture war started in earnest.

[@CarePackage-ut3tt]

@@Hasshodo I can’t even have a discussion with someone who blames our lack of mental health treatment on racism and Republicans. It had nothing to do with his race that made the right dislike Obama, it was because he led us to recession by over regulating banks and mandating banks to allow anyone the right pull a ridiculously large loan at horrible interest rates. Accompanied with a war neither side wanted to be apart of, he failed to bring everyone home. Then starting another territory war less then 500 miles away from previous 20 year long war, once again losing and making gas historical highs (well for the time historical high). I don’t even need to explain how your whole point that “gun deaths went rampant” because the data in the video shows your wrong along with hundreds of other data sets. I’m not even left or right, I’m libertarian as can be but it’s people with your hate fueled ideology against the right that pushes people away from these conversations in the first place.

[@Red1Ahmed]

I've been following wisecrack since 2013 and learned and grew so much from their content. From their pop culture analysis, humorous entertaining video format to diving down into philosophical and political theories with citations! This channel has been nothing short of amazing.

[@henri4356]

Agreed they don’t get enough credit

[@realhvmanbeing]

Bruh

[@MostHighEmperorPalpatine]

Wait for it he's gonna edit and comment "wow I can't believe I have so many likes!" LOL

[@Red1Ahmed]

@@MostHighEmperorPalpatine lmao stop self projecting, it's pitiful

[@chrispuhl6094]

Atleast it was till Jared left. Atleast he was honest and shared both sides of things he discussed. Now it's just on sided liberal narratives after liberal narrative.

[@ZephyrusAsmodeus]

It's actually quite amazing and tragic how often evolving weaponry leads to war and conflict rather than the other way around

[@DeeZeePeezee]

There was once a man named Hiram Maxim, and he was an inventor. He wasn't seeing huge success with his quality of life inventions. Then, a friend of his suggested to him that if he could invent a way for the Europeans to slaughter each other more effectively, he'd be rolling in cash. And that's how the first machine gun came to be and just in time to show its devastating capabilities in the Great War. Maxim's machine was so well designed that many of them have been dusted off and oiled up for use by Ukrainians on the front lines over there

[@Francois_LHC_]

As a French guy, I think that it's important to differentiate a tool and a weapon. In France, most of the accidents with weapons are because of hunting accident or police violence. I am not a specialist in American gun history but the facts leading to America's situation today are well described. It could be interesting to look for psychological behaviors which lead to this kind of violence, especially the question: How the culture of fame affects this?

[@sizor3ds]

I have no specific source for this, but apparently simply sharing the name and face of mass shooters brings them fame and ends up creating more mass shooters. The simple solution to this is to stop broadcasting the names and faces of the shooters but to instead bring more fame and attention to the victims. However, broadcasting the name and face of the shooter makes people pay more attention and increases ratings and ad revenue, so that problem isn’t going to be solved anytime soon

[@AstinCrow]

The issue with mass shootings is definitely rooted in a psychological issue, and I wish we could have objective research put into it that isn't skewed to any specific outcome. We need a better solution that will keep people from going off the deep end, not putting padding around them if they do.

[@flatgas5130]

Crawl in a hole and raise that white flag again

[@normaaliihminen722]

@@sizor3ds In other comment chain One guy claimed to live in Baltimore where POC have done also mass shootings but it doesn't get reported as much as these acts done by European descendants.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

It's a lot simpler than it seems. They are arse holes. Only arse holes would be happy to kill people.

[@ProfessorPuppet]

The Hunting Boomerang was different from the returning boomerang. It was bigger and thicker - picture a heavy, half-size hockey stick with sharp edges. The Aboriginal people would throw it side arm, and it would spin like a helicopter blade to knock out the legs of an emu or the like. The returning boomerang-shaped boomerang is useless as a weapon. Though bats will attack it mid-flight and knock themselves out. But there is very little meat on a bat.

[@kaltaron1284]

I also didn't understand why the clip showed a frisbee. It was funny though.

[@acenull0]

LMAO I'm still laughing but I'm so glad you wrote this 😂

[@PyckledNyk]

So it’s like Sokka’s from Avatar?

[@kaltaron1284]

@@PyckledNyk Or Sangp frp, Inuyashi if we want to go further back in time.

[@velazquezarmouries]

If you got hit by a proper hunting boomerang or other throwing stick you'll be done

[@GubekochiGoury]

I wonder what the ratio of "this won't make it to the final cut" bits that makes it to the final cut vs those that do not. I'd totally watch a compilation of those.

[@dinozorman]

you might not like some of the crime statistics you would find

[@KC-vs7wp]

I grew up in a heavily pro-gun culture (rural American Midwest), but not as much of having guns to protect homes and much as having guns to hunt wildlife as a means for acquiring food. Growing up, my parents (who were overly conservative in literally every other way) taught us that guns were just a tool that was needed to be used in certain situations, not something to be bragging to others about, showing off, or treating lightly. They were kept in a large heavy locked safe that we weren’t allowed to touch. My siblings and I weren’t allowed to point toy guns at each other, make jokes about shooting things when playing, etc. We were also taught that when hunting, hunting purely for sport is disrespectful. If my father was tracking a deer he wanted as a trophy, he’d already have a lower income family in his mind that he could donate the meat to. Having a respect for the wildlife and treating weapons with the gravity necessary was a huge emphasis. In spite of growing up around a bunch of rednecks who didn’t necessarily have that perspective, I’m glad that my family didn’t shove the bizarre gun culture down my throat. I think that if America’s current gun culture changed to something like that we’d be in much better shape.

[@kiefershanks4172]

The whole collapse of public institutions thing seems spot on. The cost of living is also probably a big influence, along with lack of basic life supports like socialized healthcare, etc. As an outsider looking in, the priorities of the country seem oddly misplaced. Years of pulling one's own bootstraps has led to a society of individuals who's hands are too preoccupied to pull up anything or anyone else.

[@johnmullholand2044]

So, by your own words, the American idea of INDEPENDENCE is incomprehensible? Or are you so indoctrinated that the idea of personal independence and responsibility is unthinkable? Government is not there to be "Big Mommy", or worse, " Big Brother", to provide for our every need and tell us what we can or cannot do. As George Washington said, "Like fire, government is a good servant, but a fearful master."

[@richardcostello360]

You've got it wrong..... When you live in a socialist "paradise" for 25 years then finally get a chance to come to America, where you have a weak government and low taxation....... you'd realise that America is truly the best country 😁

[@kiefershanks4172]

@@richardcostello360 Definitely debatable but I respect your opinion.

[@AizakkuZ]

@@richardcostello360 No thanks, I think I’ll pack my bags for the sake of my future children. You can have the freedom to be forced to buy a car to get around and a gun to protect yourself though. Keep on enjoying the most profitable country in the world! 🦅

[@TheGreatOne-gw7xh]

​@@richardcostello360 No such thing as best country, all countries are garbage.

[@TomMcMorrow]

"Guns don't kill people. Blood loss and organ damage do" - Welcome to Night Vale

[@rhodeislandfirearmsownersl9916]

I guess I have an issue with how the prevalence of firearms and violence is one of the few social issues analyzed like a physical science rather than a social science. Too many variables to draw a simple cause and effect relationship. There are plenty of places in the US where gun regulations are almost nonexistent yet gun violence is rare. Not to mention, high gun ownership may be a derivative of a high crime rate. It's all equally plausible.

[@wyattbottorff2473]

This is exactly the point I made in my comments. There has been no evaluation of WHY gun violence is so high, sociologically and psychologically. There is a goal in mind when people make videos like this, or an assumption rather, to blame the guns of white males or whatever instead of exploring the state of the culture itself that these actions are borne from.

[@johnmullholand2044]

@@wyattbottorff2473 "Gun violence" really isn't quite as high as the liberal lapdog media tells you it is. At a time when gun ownership has increased, the crime rates and shootings have DECREASED by a huge margin. The media, however, continues the drumbeat of "gun violence, guns bad" over and over, focusing on the crimes, and all but ignoring the incidents of lawful self defense, or calling it vigilantism.

[@CharlieNoodles]

The problem isn’t about gun ownership per se. it isn’t even really a question of guns at all. The real question is should citizens be allowed to own/carry lethal weapons on the pretense of self-defense. The answer, which most of the rest of the world has already figured out, is no. Carrying weapons does not reduce crime but rather exacerbates crime and often escalates otherwise non-criminal incidents into an actual assault. Guns (and other lethal weapons) have a priming effect that makes people more likely to choose violence to respond to or resolve even mundane altercations. The fact is that while effective gun control won’t prevent all crime, it does make the effects of crime far less worse.

[@CrazyRider751]

The guns are against the government imbecile, America is one of the newer countries and its founders learned a lot from old countries where the rulers would get tyrannical on your ass, guns prevent the government from out right pulling your pants down, bending you over, and going to town on you. Reason why most countries 'figured' out no, is because most are old countries and guns were never a big part of the society and they were never allowed to get to that point by the gov. Guns don't create violence, look at Czech Republic, gun culture biggest outside of US, yet, minimal gun crime, why? According to you it must be some different magical guns that don't make ppl wanna shoot each other like in the US. I've got a simple answer for you, ethnic homogeneity. czech and many other nations states are one big old tribe, why would you attack your brethren. US though, has so many different people in it that benefit from the system yet don't agree with the principles of the country that gave them those benefits. They're aliens that don't share the American spirit, and instead of dealing with them, they're allowed to tear down the republic. You know what exacerbates crime? not guns like you say, racial tensions/divide Single parenthood and lack of fathers in the black people. there is also the 13% population yet over 50% crime, can't be all just lack of fatherhood but you people in the west are too brain fucked to even consider that. There is already adequate gun control in the US, you can't just waltz up into a store and willy nilly get one, there are background checks, fees etc, but most people just hear about a shooting and get hooked on the media agenda to disarm people futher by putting up more laws which won't help cause people will always slip through the laws, take the vile female Shooter recently killing 3 nine year old kids and 2 adults. Gun laws don't make effects crime less worse, they make them more worse, a Shooter walks into a mall and starts blasting you think police will just spawn behind him and cuff him up? No he's gonna get a decent body count before police shows up, the answer is not stricter laws because ppl will malicious intent will still aquire them through illegal means if they want it bad enough, the answer is proper education on the responsibility of guns, and giving citizens more guns, so when a maniac does show up he will get instantly clapped by John, Bill, and William who are carrying a gun for their own defense and happen to be in the same mall, how many times a Shooter has been stopped by a citizen with a gun befere the death toll even started, not enough times because of stigma surrounding guns spread by idiots like you. that's what saves lives, citizens with guns stepping up to the call and defending others. Founders made the constitution and the amendments for a reason.

[@9090ruby]

@@CharlieNoodlesyea um no sorry that entire statement is wrong. Take a look throughout all of human history and tell me that only the people in power having some sort of weapon is the best option for the citizens. You dont even have to look through history go look through the world now. You people are delusional to think that some sort of government will keep you safe and sound. For every country you talk about having gun laws and less violence i can show you a country with strict gun laws and tons of violence. Guns have always been available in this country but if you look and see when spikes of crime happen you see 2 things prohibition and then the war on drugs weird.

[@purpledevilr7463]

You have countries like Switzerland with more guns (per capita) than america but virtually no crime. Some moderate checks/controls and training. That’s all that’s needed.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

It's really not that though. Swiss society is functional and healthy for the most part. American gun violence is almost 1:1 with social dysfunction in this country. The more people are poor, mentally ill, alienated from their loved ones and community, the more you see all types of violence. Guns are just readily available here, so out of all the sick societies, ours is famous for manifesting that sickness via gun violence. Gun violence is higher in sicker societies with lower ownership rates, or in some countries, mass knifings instead of mass shootings are the common issue. Gangs, the deranged, and the disaffected are the perpetrators of violence. Switzerland doesn't have many of those three, but America does.

[@videonlyn]

Wisecrack be like: NEW VIDEO! - Which straw hat member has the best diet ✨ NEW VIDEO! - How to juxtapose a dissident discourse to the mass media post-truth in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

[@GhostedJackal]

I'd listen to them do a commentated read-along of Das Kapital at this point.

[@Brownyman]

There is an interesting phenomenon in elephant culture. Whenever due to poaching a large percentage of elder males are killed for their tusks the young male elephants who grow up without elder males around them tend to become killers targeting particularly rhinoceros and water buffalo when they reach adolescence and experience “must”, a huge release of testosterone, for the first time. The Pilanesberg national park first noticed this in the 70s with many news stories reporting on this being titled “The Delinquents”. Eventually the game wardens figured out what was going on and were able to coordinate with the Kruger national park, and in an effort to quell the violence 6 huge elder male bulls were brought in to act as role models for how to deal with aggression without killing other animals; throwing rocks, knocking over trees, kicking up dirt. Shortly after these elder bulls were brought in the killing stopped and in less than an elephant generation.

[@kendomyers]

Good thing pro guns types have so many level headed, not crazy men who never call for violence. Its not like I could flood this thread with examples.

[@Iamwolf134]

@@kendomyers Unfortunately, they're even crazier than that.

[@larymcfart4034]

@@Iamwolf134 ?

[@Iamwolf134]

@@larymcfart4034 As in believing fear that government becomes tyrannical, which is patently unlikely considering that the Supreme Courts can simply strike down whatever tyrannical measures the government can take and the Constitution is designed to ensure that such tyranny never happens in the first place, so I really don't know what they're afraid of.

[@darthplagueis13]

Instructions unclear, imported 2 million elder elephant males into the united states.

[@johnnygreenface]

I don't understand the argument that gun violence rates are insane, but the rates are so low you'll almost never need to defend yourself

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

They are insane, compared to literally everywhere else on the planet. But you've made a pretty big error... it's not that the rate is so low you'll never need to defend yourself, it's that guns literally do not help you defend yourself.

[@joshgriffith7554]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 I think one of the mistakes being made is to separate gun crime into it’s own category because knife crime in Europe is a lot more common than in America. for me in gun loving Texas everything is great because I don’t want to murder my neighbors and they don’t want to murder me all the major strife seems to come from the poor people every society has and the disgusting public school system which can’t be fixed because the government wants retarded slaves.

[@ryanpereira8133]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 are you serious? 🤦🏼‍♂️ you can’t be serious..

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@ryanpereira8133 Weapons aren't for defense, they're for offense. It's pretty self-explanatory. You aren't going to save a life by pulling a gun on someone. You're only making sure someone gets hurt, or worse. The "ah shit, at least it's not me" mindset isn't exactly evil, but lets not pretend it's noble either. It's petty and selfish. But, a lot of people think petty, selfish and alive is better than well-meaning, selfless and dead, and I can't exactly fault them for that.

[@godsbuilder4656]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 So if someone breaks into my home with a gun and I shoot them, I'm not defending my home and loved ones? Any weapon that's ever existed has been used for offense and defense. Also, simply brandishing a gun in the case of stick-ups saves millions of lives every year, without even firing a shot (CDC study on lives saved from defensive use of firearms).

[@benfurstenwerth]

It is interesting that all the places with high gun violence also happen to be economically poor. I honestly think violence is caused more by poverty than by any factors regarding guns.

[@heydude4193]

…did you miss the part where most shooters are white men that come from households with money? 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Lastluke]

Good point. Poverty leads to crime and gangs (organized criminals), and they commit violence. The US is only the wealthiest country for a few people at the top, and the wealth gap continues to grow larger.

[@skyelindsey687]

This. I was in a poorer community for about 5 years due to our living situation and unforeseen life events. Those parents were literally teaching their children “if they’re not gonna see you as anything else then be exactly as they see you.” Not to mention they were more interested in hooking up with people as opposed to actually paying attention in school. This one boy said I could ride his bike if I sucked him off and when I obviously rejected that he ran and lied to my mother that I was making out with a boy by the dumpster. Then there was the number of times they broke our window and stole our bikes/scooters. They even tried to steal mother’s car after some hoodlum kids broke the back window and their mother refused to pay and of course the cops in that area did nothing. Then at school a kid pushed my brother down a flight of stairs and the camera was magically not working that day. Mother withdrew him after that because it wasn’t the first case of bullying overlooked, just the most severe that could’ve killed him. And that’s not even including the ingrained racism in that area towards anyone not black. A teacher straight up asked a Mexican boy if she needed to check his green card status. So glad we were able to get out of there.

[@Tacom4ster]

Whoa a super long episode, I would like more long essays

[@thor9563]

There are many attempts to explain this 'exceptional' phenomena of mass shootings in America, so I will take a stab at it: Carl Jung, preeminent psychologist of the 20th century focused on the 'collective consciousness' aspect of human behavior. He classified several main categories that describe behaviors of, say, men vs women. These categories he called 'archetypes' or dominant themes acquired by men and women over the millenia of human existence. Since the beginning the male archetype 'Man' was dominant over the female 'Woman' by necessity of brute force to acquire and maintain territory for the preservation of the basic family unit and later, the primitive community. This patriarchal arrangement remained unchallenged for many thousands of years. If you use a twelve hour clock to represent the entire history of humanity, 'five minutes ago' technological changes drove tectonic upheaval to the patriarchal arrangement. Not brute force and territorial competition but modern organization and political forces have thrust Woman into direct competition for leadership and dominance 'over' Man'. This Thucydian struggle, while a natural and desired result of modernization, has produced at the margins the refuse of males unable to roll with the requirements and expectations of modern life. While at the same time the American idea of 'Freedom' has not caught up with this reality, causing this combustible combination of 'lost' men who while 'free' fail to accept Freedom's tether - Responsibility. They are not FREESPONSIBLE, or truly and fully Free. Instead they are confused, disconnected, disoriented and DANGEROUS. Their murderous actions are a final 'finger' to the changing world order as they step off of the carousel of life.

[@Tacom4ster]

@@thor9563 cool essay

[@mkphenix5392]

I'm glad you referenced the black Panthers, because it's a perfect representation of why the government shouldn't have the power to disarm the general population.

[@NotADuncon]

Why is it a perferct representation of why the government shouldn't have that power?

[@EvanAnderson64]

@@NotADuncon because it's basically the one time a Republican led anything wanted to disarm a population. It probably was for racist reasons. Rights shouldn't be at the whim of a government that has its own bias and my want to disarm those it doesn't agree with.

[@hungedteddy7971]

@@NotADuncon Because at any point the government violates civil liberties, it's a sign of corruption in the government by power hungry individuals in certain offices.

[@NotADuncon]

@@EvanAnderson64 regulating guns doesn't mean taking away rights. I get the push for regulation from Reagan was racist but we have normal sensible regulation in Europe and it's not because the governement doesn't like some groups. You can still protest and influence the government without guns. Hell it happens all the time. Have you ever seen the French people protest? DeGaulle considered escaping the country in the 60s and that's a low gun ownership country... Also generally just make gun regulation sensible. You can still get a gun but maybe it should be annoying so you can't do it quick when angry. Maybe we should check who gets guns so people with a history of violence can't get them. Or abusive husbands with restraining orders. Maybe to get a gun you should get REAL proper training like in Switzerland? Maybe people with certain mental ilness classifications can't get guns and need psych evals to get them if they are "cured" and if someone wants to buy more guns than it's reasonable for self defence then it should not be allowed. Normal sensible laws so that people still have guns but also so that crazy people can't shoot others and so that it's not super easy to transfer guns from the legal market into the ilegal market. It's simple. USA is the only developed country that has a problem with guns. USA claims it's not the guns that are the problem but yet it's the only developed country that does nothing about the guns and is averse to regulating it.

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

@@NotADuncon Um that's exactly what it means. If something is regulated that means it's no longer a right. Also what other developed country has 40% of the population being minorities? Other countries don't see violence like the US because they are all ethno states

[@johnstanczyk4030]

They weren't all self-hating baldies. Thomas Jefferson was a self-hating redhead.

[@London_Mule]

off topic but didn't the founding fathers get schwasted and throw crazy parties at the White House? You can buy George Washington's cookbooks and there's some serious alcohol content in the recipes that call for beer/liquor

[@brookejon3695]

A self-hating redhead with syphilis, which causes hair loss.

[@jenniefelix2283]

As a redhead I completely understand

[@bootstrapbill98]

Can confirm we're just as bad 💀🧑🏻‍🦰

[@cadethumann8605]

what does being bald have to do with this? Several shooters like those in columbine had hair, and many bald people are cool.

[@juanmanuellatorre6779]

I just need a big dose of brandon herrera's content after watching this

[@gustavesoucy-breton6841]

me too, brother.

[@yaboi4473]

Me too

[@johnsmith-oh9is]

Finally some people with brains.

[@ZeroFate643]

This video was excellent, putting a number of pieces of American history together. And it serves as pretty much the origin story of the Military-Industrial Complex.

[@nenmaster5218]

The Video 'geens War on Things She Said' has a grandios section about the Gun-Issue. I recommend it much.

[@writingref]

what's sad is I have friends who are "history teachers" who think they know better about our history . . . and then they teach it wrong with arrogant confidence.

[@erica.7231]

Yea but he also brought 73% of gun deaths when it came to industrial countries but then brings up our percentage of the population in the world. I'm not against the message but that very dishonest of this guy

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

It's also full of massive historical inaccuracies and anti-gun biases

[@ChadRFoltz]

There's something surreal about seeing the Dayton shooting mentioned in this Wisecrack video. I currently live in Dayton and worked as an editor at a local university newspaper when the shooting happened. It actually started in the alleyway next to the bar that I regularly play trivia at every Wednesday night. Not really trying to get in a debate with anybody or make a statement, just find it very surreal. Me and one of the other editors actually walked down to where the shooting happened on the day Trump was scheduled to arrive. Giant news vans and people were arguing right next to where they had put up a memorial for those slain. Having written about it and all of the people who died I still remember various parts about their lives. Like how one of the guys was eating a popsicle with his grandma (if I recall correctly) shortly before going up. DeWine, Whaley (our mayor), and Tim Ryan all came during this big memorial the day after and I was close to one of the fathers. It was intense and a very strange, depressing month. Still really makes me sad when I think about it. Especially how some people were treating the site when the president came. They had flags out and were driving down the street yelling like it was a tailgate. But yeah, seeing your town used as an example of how quickly guns can kill and injure people on a KZbin video for Cracked is just bizarre.

[@smoraptor]

My girlfriend is from dayton and went to that bar all the time. I visited it just recently... it is really weird standing there. Just like you, not trying to start a debate, even though I am very pro-gun, but it is surreal that these shootings happen and affect so many people

[@peterthegreat996]

Here in Vegas we try to forget our mass shooting .

[@joshoconnor9666]

"largely seen as an instrument of war" so many people hunted for their food at that point in time my friend. This is a real high IQ statement. Couldn't help but notice this video is riddled with them.

[@Alertacobra12]

As a Portuguese I can tell you the last 40years have been a rollercoster on this front, after the revolution we had bombings, terrorrist attacks that were swepped under the rug then we got into the EU and everything suddently stopped, turism came and made citiessafer but ever since the covid lockdowns it has been rough. We barely have guns, we barely have knifes, I can't even own pepper spay without a license but somehow violent crime and sexual crime is on the rise. Since the cities are more empty a lot of crime has been happening and it's becoming scary to think that at any time I can be robbed and if I punch the robber too hard I'll go to jail expecially now that my city has a maniac beating people with a bat and a lot more armed robberies thanks to ilegal weapon sales You guys think it's a gun issue I see a worldwide people issue, algorithms that make us hate eachother, a growing uncaring culture and lack of empathy it'll just lead to our demise

[@kyrkwalters964]

Facts

[@markb7913]

Don't know when/why Wisecrack started covering the big issues, but I am hella down for it!

[@b-r-a-i-n-r-o-t]

You guys used a clip of domino's employees when talking about "much less dangerous jobs", and say explicitly that cops experience danger "not infrequently". I would say they do, in fact, experience danger infrequently, and that being a pizza delivery driver is much more dangerous than being a policeman. The data bears this out -- 24.7 annual deaths per 100,000 in the US as a delivery driver compared to 14.6 for police. Being a cop is actually relatively safe, almost twice as safe as a delivery driver in fact.

[@Schimml0rd]

Oof moment

[@gamingsqaud22]

Being a cop is somewhere between 4-8 times safer than an arborist.

[@komali2]

Top killers of cops are COVID and car crashes.

[@leach_]

thats because traffic is so dangerous

[@yoloman3607]

If only police officers spent more time out on the road keeping it safe...

[@dolphinsupreme1697]

Well of course you couldn't keep a load musket in Boston buildings, you know how unreliable early firearms were especially near any kind of open flame?

[@isurcantu5560]

"Smash that subscribe button like a satanist destroying butter Jesus", you killed me with this joke, I was serious most of the time during the video, I think it was very well done and delivered but when I listened to this, I couldn't avoid but laughing my ass off, hehehehe. Great way to end the video!!!! Kudos!!!!

[@than217]

The violence of the Old West is basically like the Florida Man hysteria of today. A hyper focus on incidents that happen everywhere but Florida is just a larger state where newspapers are more free to use police blotter than other similarly large states, etc.

[@jakekrupicki]

Spoken like a Florida man 🧐🧐(joke)

[@CharlieNoodles]

I love how people point to the “Wild West” to back up pro-gun arguments. Literally the first thing Wyatt Earp did when he took over as sheriff was enact gun control 😅

[@Nick-Nasti]

Mostly, but not entirely true. Florida had laws like "stand your ground" that invite violence. It also has a large redneck population in the panhandle.

[@joshhoehn]

​@jranderson123 I love how you point out that he enacted gun control but completely ignore the fact that it wasn't there to protect people. Instead, it was there to disarm political opponents and people he deemed undesirable (You know what discriminating against people solely based on their sexuality, age, race, and financial stability)

[@chairmanmaoio9937]

@@joshhoehn Funny, the gun control in Germany that the anti-gun juden like to talk about was also not put in place by Da Yahtzees. It was put in place by jewish communists to disarm the German people, who they openly called for genocide against. It was Da Yahtzees that reversed those gun laws, literally the opposite of the lies of the judeo antigun historians tell us.

[@r_9077]

I’d bet he will never move into a rough neighborhood and post a sign saying he doesn’t believe in gun rights.

[@pedgewehr]

ikr the bias level of this video dude

[@BlueJayWaters]

A little late to the party, but I do want to share some insight. A brief background, I was born and raised in Chicago, had a bad childhood, was in the military, diagnosed with PTSD and bipolar, had domestic dispute issues, and I own 2 firearms. I ticked a lot of boxes for mass shooter and gun violence backgrounds. Yet, never committed any firearms related crimes or even contemplated shooting someone (outside of self-defense, which I'll go into soon). So what's the difference between me and say the Uvalde shooter? I'm going to say something that people don't want to hear, but the difference isn't because of me having access to some mental help. It's because I know that shooting people won't change my situation. I don't want glory or fame, I want change. I want to make enough money to live comfortably. I want to have access to proper insurance so me and my wife can get our medications to function in society. I want our government to care and listen to its constituents problems and actually try to solve them. We have a problem with gun violence because we are pissed off and feel helpless. And America was founded by the same feelings we have today, 300 years ago. It's not the normal everyday people who should be the targets of this violence, it's the government. But we are afraid of repercussions. Rightly so. So instead, without a proper outlet for this frustration, people use what they have relatively easy access to, and when they snap, that's all there is. And the reason we still buy guns is because there are bad areas in this country that require it. I live in NM, and within the 2 years I've been here, I've had more break-ins and car thefts happen to me than 27 years in Chicago. I unfortunately need to own and carry firearms because of the risk to me and my wife. I can't honestly say I won't snap like so many others and use my guns for nefarious purposes, but I can tell you that risk is worth it, when my life and my family's life is in danger frequently here. And that means it's a perpetual cycle which many Americans fall victim to. Feel threatened, buy a gun, get angry, use gun. Cycle repeats. And it will keep doing so because America is a flawed country compared to many others with loose firearm control. And until (obligatory 'Murica statement) we the people, try to change it, gun violence will just get worse.

[@StephenSiu]

Read your own story. Thanks for sharing and being transparent about the fact that you and the killer isn't that different. That takes guts.

[@BlueJayWaters]

@@StephenSiu it's not easy to come to terms with, let alone talk about, but we keep wondering why this all happens, and why it's so pervasive in this country specifically. We want change but can't do anything about it. Willpower and self-awareness is literally all that keeps people from doing these shootings.

[@jerrym1218]

@@BlueJayWaters The real war of human beings is Good vs Evil no matter how it is spun. There will always be those who commit evil acts because they want to, and there will always be someone good out there to try and create love, hope, art, culture and history. The real struggle human beings go through is just living, trying to create good times, and not succumb to creating bad times by causing destruction, pain, misery, hurt and death. “The moment we stop seeing each other as human beings, is the moment that we have truly lost our humanity”. Peace, Love and Godspeed my friend.

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@BlueJayWaters In other words arse holes do bad things and better people don't?

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

@@jerrym1218 Yes. I don't see how any of this can be the fault of the advertisers. Only bad people want to kill other people. Maybe Americans need to consider that maybe there are just more bad people in the US. We get sick of interacting with Americans here. We do not feel this way about... pretty much anybody else.

[@egecatakli]

I’m far beyond even trying to fix this problem. I’m first trying to get these politicians to ADDRESS the problem as a first step.

[@chairmanmaoio9937]

Ok. Let's address who commits over 80% of all gun crime in the country. Tell the truth and maybe we'll start to listen.

[@hcolli]

I'd disagree about the reason for gun purchases going up after mass shootings. Everyone I know that's bought guns right after a highly public mass shooting thought that they were getting their last AR-15 before Obama took them all out of the stores. This was in the deep south.

[@Overlandjon]

The Democrats sell more AR-15s than any Republican.

[@hcolli]

@@Overlandjon Yeah I remember being really bummed after Sandy Hook and just sitting outside with some co-workers who were fired up about buying as many AR's as they could, so they could turn around and sell them for a huge profit after Obama outlawed them. And these weren't hillbillies, these were tie-wearing office workers.

[@ChurchsPinkfuzzy]

Of course you do...

[@Overlandjon]

@@hcolli Welcome to capitalism. A more sad thing is look who is buying up war stocks as soon or even before as this type of stuff happens. Its also not the hillbillies. Red or blue they both don’t care about you and only live to virtue signal.

[@brickphone2570]

The rate also went up after the whole george floyd riots

[@davidmouser596]

Considering the number of civilian owned firearms and that owning a firearm in the USA technically makes you a member of a local militia, why does the USA bother with a military or a police force?

[@tacioob2337]

Because someone has to travel to coup etat other countries, and steal OIL

[@FirstnameLastname-yk2js]

Idk, f the police

[@Taruby]

The police are, for all intents and purposes, tax collectors. I believe they originated from banks needing people to round up the individuals that need to pay up. The military is just a larger form of this so companies can ensure foreign powers don't disrupt their businesses abroad.

[@nickloven6728]

I've read the militia is a subcategory of the military, which also includes law enforcement. The military is a countries nation defense and can be regulated by the government for that purpose, while the militia in the context of our the US constitution is the right of the people to form a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State. That's my interpretation so I could be wrong.

[@kavky]

Because simply being a gun owner doesn't mean you are qualified to defend an objective from foreign threats or solve a domestic dispute. Those require the training of a full time job.

[@shanicestella2226]

In Denmark shooting incident , I ever shocked , angry and disgusted with the American Politicians that seem to be leverage on this tragedy for the sake of political clouting

[@gamdore]

Let's see the gun laws of places like Switzerland, and see their gun safety records and then continue wondering why there is so much gun violence here in the U.S.A.

[@vahemkrtchyan577]

beautiful thumbnail, huge work. Much learned. Thank you

[@colmcorbec7031]

Totally not gonna smoke up the comment section with this one.

[@FigureOnAStick]

I like how spicy Michael has gotten lately with his ad libs

[@zikkery6798]

22:09 this quote is absolutely mind-blowing. Amazing how there are multiple degrees of consequences regardless of intention

[@jamesb9894]

I will always think Michael has a little Gen z in him, his dark jokes are too relatable

[@ATLASNEVERSHRUGS]

Great.... Do a Part 2... Seriously and Please. as you said - there's SO MANY ASPECTS to it. IT ALL NEEDS TO DISCUSSED.

[@amariwilliams8233]

Even in the time of the Mafia, Tommy guns were vastly undersold until made popular in Hollywood as a marketing campaign

[@freelanceangel8962]

As a former copywriter who works in journalism and marketing, all I can say is "advertisers ruin everything." >

[@MorbidEel]

Can it be solved? Yes. Will it be solved? I have very little faith in that happening for the time being. As the video points out there are a multiple issues. Unfortunately people seem more interested in getting into endless debates than solving the problem. Restricting access to guns probably won't solve anything with 3D printing and CNC becoming more easily accessible. Hopefully you guys will make a follow up video with expanded coverage on those other underlying issues.

[@sqeaky8190]

Buying a printer and learning to print a gun is harder than just buying a gun. Every step to make a shooting harder prevents a huge number of shootings when you look at it statistically. Look at the recent Shinzo Abe shooting in Japan, the shooter *needed* machine skills, special tools, resources, and the will to do it, he took the easiest route for the assassination and still didn't have multiple shots. Compare to the US and how I can buy a gun for $100. These are factors in why we have had more mass shootings in than days this year and why Japan has about 1 shooting per decade.

[@dipanjanghosal1662]

Making a 3d printed gun is way more difficult than just buying a gun from local store. That difficulty itself will turn away lots of people.

[@kavky]

@@sqeaky8190 You can buy a gun for $100 but don't expect it to not blow up in your hand when you pull the trigger.

[@quinnholloway5400]

That and any form of a Gun Ban that involves taking guns from gun owners... Is likely to end up leading to more violence and even straight up Riots Gun violence is a problem, and there's a lot of things that need to be put in place But the thing is, handling it is a massive case of walking on eggshells, especially when here in America, The parties are so aggressive towards eachother nowadays, it's lead to families and friends fighting over leanings, even minor leanings This form of Two-Sides and people fighting more then compromising or finding civil ground to talk, has left America thinking it's the only way, and it sucks The Gun stuff is just a extra layer of gunpowder in a already stuffed pot of issues that america has been stuck with for years

[@a.t6066]

@@sqeaky8190 its false that it takes technical skill to make one. Homemade guns are ludicrously easy to make. With access to actual ammunition, you can build a machine guns with ease with minimal tools and knowledge. Look at the stuff made by drug cartels. Made with a hand file and a hammer. But assuming i have access to none of this stuff then... With access to stuff readily available in the average hardware store, I could build a pipe shotgun out of iron piping, firecrackers, a drill and ball bearings for like 70$. No tools needed and minimal assembly. Mind you this would be completely to do in the USA too. Also I've never seen a gun for 100$ before in 2022

[@brentsrx7]

That "250 mass shootings in america" includes cops shooting at someone when other people are present, even if no one is injured by a bullet. The statistic includes a whole lot of other broadly defined "gun related" and mostly defensive incidents.

[@benjaminpeck2482]

Mass shootings are generally defined as the killing of four or more so no it doesn’t.

[@Lastluke]

The media has also been terrible about calling gang shootouts ‘mass shootings’ also. Career criminals shooting at each other for street cred is very different from the manifesto type gunman shootings like Columbine or Sandy Hook. Both are terrible, but have very different motivations and solutions.

[@johnsmith-oh9is]

I love the use of the stat there are more children killed by firearms than anything else. They always fail to mention the fact that study includes 18 to 19 which last i checked are adults.

[@dextyr_4290]

Man... I'm just a gun nerd and I just don't want my hobby and main source of income to be stripped from me. Firearms are my life now and I would rather die than give them up.

[@benjaminpeck2482]

People are already dying. Children are dying in school. Should you be able to keep your “hobby” in expensive of child lives.

[@rannenw6207]

​@@benjaminpeck2482 The US has tried the whole ban all of one thing and it caused the biggest crime spike in our nation's history. It was prohibition, and it gave raise to some of the biggest organized crime syndicates in the US. Now imagine instead of running booze the are running guns.

[@angoankhachai9333]

Oh boy a video about US gun culture, i'm sure the comments will be full of civil people offering constructive arguments and facts

[@neverendingparty2060]

I ended up giving up my gun once I realized my mental health was too bad to own one 😓😓

[@zeitgeistx5239]

@Reaper's Scribe not really that’s just you being an American. Go immigrate to another country, learn the language and culture. Then come back to america and see your mindset totally changed. As a naturalized citizen I never talk about guns with white people. You get circular logic as white Americans can’t fathom or comprehend anything I explain to them because of their programming since infancy.

[@sammyruncorn4165]

@Reaper's Scribe Well it's also the guns. But yes mental health is an overarching problem (2nd leading cause of death in adolescents). With doctors it's pills, they have the means to aquire the 'necessary' medication to snuff themselves so most suicides by doctors are commited with that.

[@sammyruncorn4165]

Smart choice Never Ending Party :). Hope you will get better

[@youngchubito3252]

Lmao weak

[@neverendingparty2060]

@@youngchubito3252 man it almost killed me. I shot competivly and I miss it a lot. Been thinking of getting a nice little .22 and 12 guage to keep at my dudes house

[@convincingmountain]

thanks for always putting in full closed captions. it takes a lot of work, but it's worth it!! great vid

[@dillonbarlow8046]

A mass shooting is defined as 3 or more people being fired upon. This includes drive byes and gang related hits

[@danielland3767]

You are doing a False Equivalency Fallacy. By comparing School, Theater, Supermarket & Parade mass shootings means you are trying to justify those shootings. Gang shootings & Drive-by shootings are dont to targeted people with only innocent bystanders that are the affected. The Mass Shootings as mentioned in this video are by design aiming at a particular group of people or innocent people that are not actively involved in violence. Please stop justifying Mass Shootings like this, it's a bad look & offends those victims

[@darlalathan6143]

Fair enough! We worry about those, too!

[@dinozorman]

yea he made it a point not to get into those statistics lol, america would actually rank much higher in safety if you take out the gang violence

[@theeviloverlord7320]

@@dinozorman "if you remove the violence we don't have much violence"

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

Yep, gun control advocates will include those shootings (which typically happen in places like Chicago and Detroit) in order to claim mass shootings happen every day in the US, but also claim that white men are the ones who commit most mass shootings. Really makes ya think 🤔

[@ThatDrummaDave]

Props for bringing up the domestic violence link. Banning DV offenders from owning guns would be so effective and it feels like no one is talking about it.

[@shaun7142]

DV offenders are already banned from owning guns. Look up the Lautenberg Amendment. However, you'll note that the amendment includes misdemeanor DV, which can include "violence" so low scale that rationally it should only merit a slap on the wrist, not a lifetime ban. Remember, domestic violence is just violence that happens in a home. There is a range of behavior there.

[@PittySinn]

This was fantastic!! I’m about to move to Australia and had to sell my gun and I was sad about it but idk why! And I honestly only have a gun because I was robbed at gun point and only had a knife to protect myself so I have a good reason to have one, but like you said it’s only because other people have them. And I grew up shooting with my grandad so I guess that’s why I also was in with it. But honestly I can’t wait to be a place where I don’t have to carry a weapon on me because if I don’t have my gun then I have my knife and that’s just not a way to live…

[@firefly9838]

It's sad you think you can't be robbed at knifepoint in Australia. I was.

[@logangriffin2014]

Valiant effort wisecrack. We're never giving up our guns.

[@makkerfelix]

damn right brother, im not gonna let joe brandon turn my guns gay!!!

[@logangriffin2014]

@@makkerfelix what's wrong with gay?

[@firefly9838]

@@logangriffin2014othing is wrong with "gays". I'm gay and I'm pro-2A. All groups should protect themselves.

[@dylanwight5764]

@@logangriffin2014 You ever been shot with a blunderbuss loaded with skittles? I tasted the rainbow and it was pretty gay having to explain what happened to the ER receptionist.

[@illsaveus]

From diamond rings, jaywalking, car culture and guns themselves, American culture has ALWAYS been corporate created for consumer consumption.

[@Leslie-es5ij]

When kids are bullied and the bully gets more protection than the victim is when kids feel helpless, and hopeless, and feel they have nothing to lose, anger builds up , until it explodes, could be inward, or outward. We need to allow kids to deal with bullys in a constructive manner, even if it means we step in or we let them fight.

[@luminouswolf7117]

Does it make any sense That bullies aren’t stopped when people see it happening?

[@luminouswolf7117]

No one likes being bullied Even bullies don’t like being bullied

[@luminouswolf7117]

So why don’t people stop it when they see it?

[@Leslie-es5ij]

People are bullied from daycare to nursing homes, the bullies get more protection than the person they are bullying

[@HavanaSyndrome69]

That kind of gun violence is a pittance compared to the overwhelming majority of gun violence which is inner city gun violence. Most school shootings, mass shootings, murders with firearms are committed by inner city youth. Enough to the point where you can say that it's the core issue with gun violence.

[@goneracin9028]

The U.S. has a population of 330 million and twice that number of guns since records began a few decades ago. Making up half the worlds privately owned guns and coming in as the third largest population on earth. While all forms of violence had been dropping for decades only recently has that steady decline been reversed to an incline starting roughly in 2019. High profile events on or near a campus have repeatedly folded all prior historical records in the few short years since education facilities were disarmed. Of course I could go on for days but someone would complain it was long and nobody would ever see my comment. The U.S. is in fact not number one in high profile cases even after the definition was manipulated to artificially inflate the numbers. The "study" that made that claim was found to be malpractice. Despite being quoted for years. Almost all of these events occur in a restricted zone. The Capitol has the strictest gun control in ye country and over 20 times the national average murder rate. Chicago, LA, DC, NYC, the list goes on and on of cities plagued by violence that have strict gun control and in all cases the state is still imposing strong prohibitions that enable a dangerous black market. Like how alcohol prohibition led to violence which brought about the NFA.

[@mrasianfolks]

Lol “strict.”

[@goneracin9028]

@@mrasianfolks Incredibly. NYC until the latest court ruling was a may issue state that made you prove you had an immediate need for a gun. The only people who got gun permits were people who wore 10k dollar suits. DC has the strictest gun control in the nation. Stricter than NYC or California or Chicago and yet their murder rate is 20 times the national average. You can't! rally against the government and then beg them to be the only people armed. Duh..

[@dinozorman]

@@mrasianfolks yea its only strict for people that actually care about obeying the laws lol

[@Mrjohnnymoo1]

Bro I’m the first 6 minutes you skipped like 70 years of history, which is over a quarter. You went from 1740’s to 1860 by the 6 minute mark… you missed stuff like citizens legally owning cannons, and not only could the government take your gun, but they could take you. Quotes from Thomas Jefferson that said,”It’s not only a man’s right to be armed, but his duty.” And so much stuff… 4 minutes for 1860-1900? Wtf, what. At this rate you’ll be at the 90’s by the 15 minute mark, and rant about modern guns for 20 or 30 minutes instead of the actually history…

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

America is not inherently violent... it's inherently self-centered. Individual liberty is given higher priority than what is morally righteous or even helpful to society. That, to me, seems to be the greatest contributing factor to this issue.

[@DarthVaderTheSithLord]

Individual liberty is helpful to society.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@DarthVaderTheSithLord Only if the value of others' individual liberty is equal to your own.

[@DarthVaderTheSithLord]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 Yet, various state governments don't believe that, as they constantly infringe on the individual liberty of bearing arms. So what point are you trying to make, exactly?

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@DarthVaderTheSithLord Gun control isn't a matter of individual liberty... in fact, it's one of the easiest examples to point to the fact that one person's liberty can directly interfere with the liberty of many people. Simply put, your comment is stupid, irrelevant, and off-topic. It has nothing to do with anything being talked about, simply inserting your political agenda into an idea that isn't even remotely connected to it.

[@EmpReb]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 only when you pull the trigger.

[@bellamaz1972]

I appreciate your referencing past shootings by their location instead of the name of the shooter.

[@wortwortwort117]

The real issue is that politicians can outright declare to actually take away your rights (2nd amendment) and get SUPPORTED instead of immediately removed from office.

[@colelippa5305]

Just to clarify, “gun control” does not mean taking away amendment rights.

[@XM8A1]

​@@colelippa5305"The right of the PEOPLE" "Shall not be infringed."

[@ChaotiX1]

​@@colelippa5305 Any "control" of civilian firearms is an infringement of our 2A rights to own them

[@benjaminpeck2482]

You realize foundering fathers made the constitution with the idea that modern society could change and abolish amendments. For example change an amendment that is vague and leads to the weekly mass deaths of literal children.

[@__-nd5qi]

I do believe it’s called over my cold hands and that sentiment isn’t uncommon

[@holstatt6896]

Perhaps we should oblige them, then. People like that should not have guns.

[@__-nd5qi]

@@holstatt6896 you want to send the police out to merk their friends I don’t think that will go well

[@cuzynot1]

This is honestly the first video that I've seen about guns that isn't super biased. Good job

[@tw1n5nak39]

Lol your kidding right? Half of the stats and facts are glossed over quickly since anyone who doesn’t think “reasonable” gun control measures are reasonable would know that those same stats are used against gun control all the time.

[@draglovsk7279]

And this is how greed manifests into violence and suffering.

[@DK6Marius]

Ignoring blatant historical precedent for personal protection in favor of a nebulous "collective defense" when Jefferson said himsef "for sport I carry I gun on my walks", the founding fathers were no stranger to the concept of firearms for personal defense of Life, Liberty and Property.

[@fleetwheelmac6978]

It's just a pity that most people who need to hear this won't see the video.

[@anakyn2010]

I LOVE the inclusion of the Equilibrium scene. That's the moment in the beginning of the movie where you go - oh shit, this is gonna be good LOL

[@Chad_Thundercock]

When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.

[@foxesofautumn]

It’s very hard to convince people who think they need guns to stay safe that they don’t, actually. That the fear that makes them think that is really not freedom. That living in a place where you forget guns exist most of the time is freedom and it’s freedom that came at a price (I’m Australian) But it’s real. Real freedom.

[@ricdandel1145]

Your country arrests people for mean tweets. Your country arrested people for being in proximity of people that had the spicy flu.

[@staplespooner7895]

Didn't your country round up people in camps and arrest them if they tried to leave them . That must be the freedom your talking about 😂

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

lmao I don't need an Australian to tell me what it means to be free. I"ll keep my guns. We can reduce gun violence without making the population less effectively armed.

[@Maxrepfitgm]

​@@staplespooner7895Didn't our country round up free labor for 200 years? Is that freedom? FOH clown

[@Grimmlocked]

@@staplespooner7895 shhhhhhh don't spook the statist. He's never poked the edges of his cage and thus knows not what his government will do to him if he "misbehaves"

[@PhillyCh3zSt3ak]

The one thing to remember is that the pre-industrial US was different than post-Industrial. Their regulations were made as already mentioned, gunsmiths used their own judgement in creating each firearm as ordered as opposed to now where everything is standardized (ex. you buy an Rock Island 1911 which is the same in every way to a Nighthawk Custom 1911 in terms of dimensions and functionality, but it's the materials that are used that make the difference between a $500 1911 and $3500 1911) which may or may not have been suitable for wartime as at that time the US didn't have a Regular standing army (or Navy) like other Imperial nations at the time (the Brits, Germans, Russians, etc.). It would have been nice to cite the specific Colonial/early US laws so that those that are legitimately more interested would be able to look into it deeper. It was good that you did mention how the Civil Rights Act's approval was immediately followed by the GCA. One thing that wasn't covered in the NFA is that this was when the FFL system was implemented and those dealers were able to scrutinize their customer-base, including on race if they so chose to do so. As far as violence is concerned we should ask ourselves the following: we saw no massive spikes in violence (with guns) like we see today before the 1970s, what changed? There used to be firearms handling classes sponsored by the NRA in schools on how to responsibly use and operate them and during that time there were no mass shooting incidents. Well, I'd argue the media on top of consumed media. And before someone goes off on "oh he's saying video games = violence," no as we've seen violence actually decrease. The media reports on all these events like a pack of vultures as they want to be the first on the scene to get the big story. We've seen this with every mass shooting incident which are the most emotically impactful ever since Columbine. We see the stations from the local to the national level covering the impact the event had on its community, the lives of the perpetrators as well as the victims and so on. Other disturbed, evil people see these things and want to get that level of infamy because they've never been loved or liked by anyone, so may as well be hated, right? (In their minds, that is). I like taking Mister Metokur's approach with these types of people: find out who they are and share how pathetic they were and laugh at them until their name and actions are synonymous with a pathetic loser, not some edgelord(s) to be admired and looked up to. The media holds these evil people up in the limelight because of ratings. One can argue that mental health professionals can help, and I agree. The issue is that with the introduction of "Red Flag" laws, those who are already paranoid about losing their firearms and the right to keep them won't seek out help (and professional help on top of that) in fear of losing them. Do individuals who present tangible risks need to be watched carefully? Yes. But you don't want to be the thing that incites an event because of their paranoia. It's an intricate balance that I don't think we'll have for a long time because there is still the stigma of "if you own a gun and are going through some shit that's making you depressed, that means you're going to [end] yourself." If the belief that the government and those they thought they could trust were against them, just barging in at 3am will forever shatter any level of trust they once had. As for inner-city violence, that's a whole different can of worms as instead of dealing with individuals we're dealing with large groups of people with different goals and backgrounds. Living in LA and near Chicago for years, I can tell you that laws will not stop the violence there between criminal organizations/gangs. They DON'T CARE about laws in the first place. There was an interview with an active gang member (anonymously, of course) that stated that he and his gang don't care about gun laws and will continue to ignore them. So, in the case of inner cities like Chicago, like LA, like New York City the laws are only affecting law abiding citizens negatively in a lose-lose situation where the only people "winning" are the legislators/governors going "hey, look at us and what great law we created, it'll stop that thing" while the average person suffers. For all of these problems, there is no simple solution. It's deeply cultural and laws can't solve a cultural sickness, it'll only make it worse for everyone else where those that commit these atrocities will continue to roam freely, free from any laws because they were already going to break the highest law of all, murdering another person (and even themselves in the process), why should a magazine or specific model of firearm ban stop them from getting the tools they need to commit their atrocities?

[@maximumboverdrive5961]

Sir, this is an Arbys.

[@warcryax6015]

Statistically owning a pool raises your chances of drowning Even owning a house significantly increases the risk of dying by a house fire

[@jasper_of_puppets]

Being alive significantly increases the risk of death.

[@CharlieNoodles]

Which is why pool owners are required to erect fences around the pool area and why you don’t let children under a certain age play in the pool unsupervised. The argument from the pro-gun side is you NEED a gun in order to be safe, but the reality is you (and especially anyone living with you) are far less safe by being around guns.

[@jasper_of_puppets]

@@CharlieNoodles You probably shouldn't own any kitchen knives, because the reality is that your wife or gf is at a much higher risk of being stabbed to death by you with that kitchen knife than if you didn't have a kitchen knife at all. And if you don't have a wife or gf, that's probably for the best, because she'd be at much higher risk of you killing her.

[@malamutextv]

@@CharlieNoodles 😂😂😂

[@kingkazuma2239]

Flying in an airplane raises your chance of dying in a plane crash

[@derekfutrell4908]

This is one of those topics the media loves to polarize us with. This, abortion, gay rights, trans rights, racism. You name it.

[@SKPetel]

one point of correction, colt didn't invent the revolving cylynder, but he did simplify it. you can see early revolvers desgines in Austria 50 years earlier.

[@jeremiahdillard9201]

he patented it so no one else could use a completely bored though cylinder.

[@rifroll1117]

Americans have a tendency to dismiss other countries’ successes in handling issues they haven’t solved yet. “Oh but this country is small and authoritarian and blah blah” every damn time. This behaviour is, of course, a defence mechanism against criticism of their own state of affairs. Nobody wants to admit that the society (that they’re a part of) is somehow perpetuating their own troubles cuz it means owning up their roles in everything

[@bobahop1232]

Americans have a tendency to dismiss other countries because alot of said countries wouldnt exist without the security that the US provides for them.

[@shaun7142]

You do realize that you are dismissing Americans just as much as they are dismissing you right?

[@rifroll1117]

@@shaun7142 since I’m talking about dismissal of successes other countries have had in solving problems, exactly what did I dismiss here in that regard? The ability to solve problems itself?

[@shaun7142]

@@rifroll1117 You're dismissing Americans as a whole. You have not had a significant conversation with this American, but I have a feeling you have already decided what I think.

[@rifroll1117]

@@shaun7142 well I think you said I’m dismissing Americans as much as they dismiss others. Suppose that alone says something, but feel free to surprise me

[@ajackson8981]

The problem has gotten worse, from 1945-1985 almost anyone could walk into a store a buy a machine gun, yet mass shooting where not rampit, but now they are.Mental health is a big issue and we need to put better resource into making society better.

[@kendomyers]

The guns available on the mass market have become more powerful. The most powerful weapons of the time, like the tommy gun, were indeed banned. As the availability of high powered high rate of fire weapons increases, the deadliness of individual mass shootings increases. As gun ownership increases, the number of shootings in general increases. I agree we need more mental health care in the US, the problem is its usually used as a thought terminating deflection by gun nuts, with 0 intention of actually following through.

[@jpm5772]

@@kendomyers rate of fire has not increased though. Machine guns where banned in 1986

[@TheStig505]

@@kendomyers >The guns available on the mass market have become more powerful No they haven't. Outside of cosmetic features, the AR-15 has been unchanged since it was introduced to the consumer market in 1964. Before that, surplus M1 Carbines were widely available through catalogs and had all the features of an AR-15: lightweight, intermediate caliber, and 30 round magazines. Yet mass shootings were unheard of in the 1950s The Thompson submachine gun was not banned either, it just requires a $200 tax stamp. It was only effectively banned in 1934 because the tax stamp was $200 in those days, which is equivalent to ~$4000 now. The only saving grace is that the tax stamp price was never adjusted for inflation, so today they are much more affordable. My MAC-11 was $11k not including the price of the stamp.

[@kendomyers]

@@TheStig505 99% of pro gun control arguments boil down to pedantry. They chortle about inane details as if they won the debate. But youve given me an idea, lets just put huge taxes on all guns. It worked for the Tommygun which, as you said, was effectively banned thanks to a tax. Thanks for the idea.

[@TheStig505]

@@kendomyers so you believe that only wealthy people should enjoy all of the rights laid out in the constitution? Sounds pretty classist to me...

[@christinedomagala3781]

I love your take on this. I usually get sick of this debate because people just immediately tune out to my point when talking about guns. If I say I’m gun rights, people think I don’t care about mass shootings or I’m a right wing nut job, or if I agree there are some regulations that need to be in place, I’m the die hard liberal snowflake who wants to take guns away (even if I say I am gun rights before hand). Can’t win on the binary here. To me, it’s not one side or the other. It’s find a real, solid solution to the problem instead of a simple solution to a complicated problem. After all, both sides want the same outcome, to prevent mass shootings and crime. Believe it or not, neither side has a nefarious agenda behind their beliefs, at least not everyone. I even told a friend of mine, “The question in my mind shouldn’t be whether or not we should ban guns. The question should be how do we ensure responsible gun owners keep their second amendment right while keeping these weapons out of the hands of people who abuse that right to commit acts of violence?” I also like that you pointed out the other factors. And this is not a cop out (though it can be used as such) as I agree the gun issue is an issue in this. But the factors that lead up to people considering this path are just as important to consider: mental health, extreme radicalization, lack of resources or opportunities, poor family structure, future uncertainty, clout and fame, bullying, bigotry, etc. Point being while the gun issue may need to be addressed, it can’t just stop there. We need to address all sides of the issue if we truly want to prevent and curb this type of violence. Sadly it may not be prevented all together, but hopefully it will make it less frequent that what we see today.

[@darkaxel1991]

Just a few notes: 1.)The VAST majority of gun violence in the US can be described more accurately as gang violence. this video completely ignores this fact, and focuses on mass shootings, which by it's own admission only makes up a few percent of the total each year. It seems to me that we would be better served by addressing the causes of gang activity with more funding and support for under-served and economically disadvantaged communities (where most gun violence occurs). 2.)There's a lot of intellectual dishonesty going on with the stats being put out by gun control advocates. For example, people like to tout the number of mass shootings this year, and compare those statistics with other countries. Let's take Australia for instance. After the Port Arthur Massacre people like to trumpet the lack of mass shootings since, but Australia defines mass shootings differently than US gun control groups do. In Australia, 6 or more victims makes a mass shooting. For US gun control advocates, that number is as few as three and never more than four. If comparisons are made, they should be measured by the same standard. 3.)Defining mass shootings by number completely ignores the differences in criminology. Schools shooters and family annihilators are not really comparable. Sure, there's some overlap, but the reductive reasoning behind the statistic being promoted is flawed. It's almost like the causes of mass shootings are varied and complex instead of being able to be cured with a simple solution. 4.) A quick and dirty Google search revealed that the sources for this video are the farthest thing from impartial as you can get.

[@amonggaming3822]

Man watching this as an Australian is really fascinating

[@ChanChan-jk8pc]

You guys got no guns 🤣

[@ryanlazarus3381]

@@ChanChan-jk8pc Australia has more guns now than before the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

[@dinozorman]

@@ryanlazarus3381 that may be true, but individual gun ownership has fallen by about 75%; more guns but in the hands of far fewer people

[@ryanlazarus3381]

@@dinozorman it’s not difficult for people in Australia who want guns to get them. Lack of current ownership is not indicative of lack of access. The possibility for mass shootings in Australia never went away. Australian culture doesn’t mass produce mass murderers like America does.

[@sebastienholmes548]

How's those concentration camps working?

[@არარსებული]

"Typically young, white and male". So you do get around to bringing race into this but ignore the staggering amount of black on black gun violence in democrat run cities. Averaging gun violence for the whole country is like averaging wealth for the whole country. The average American is not 25 times more likely to get shot, just like they also don't have a 700k net worth, the extremes skew the average.

[@darkraven8103]

Finally I found a comment mentioning this. Of course they won't mention this cause it is "racist".

[@a.t6066]

@@darkraven8103 the sad reality of today's social justice woke culture.

[@annalieff-saxby568]

England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie. Greece, a short, squat olive tree. America is a gun. Brazil is football on the sand. Argentina, Maradona’s hand. Germany, an oompah band. America is a gun. Holland is a wooden shoe. Hungary, a goulash stew. Australia, a kangaroo. America is a gun. Japan is a thermal spring. Scotland is a highland fling. Oh, better to be anything than America as a gun. Brian Bilston

[@masonbowen7436]

I'm a gun nut and I didn't hate this. Some points and statistics may be skewed. Great job squeezing jokes in. I'll be writing my senator to make my voice heard that the Catholics must be stopped.

[@blanketfortressofsolitude5270]

The Catholics must be stopped! Hahahah!

[@kingkazuma2239]

A lot of the statistics are skewed and heavily biased without facts

[@thebloodbath8437]

one thing to consider about the extra amount of gun shooting in america compared to other developed countries is simply the amount of guns owned by americans which is a vast vast amount, which would contribute to a much higher amount of gun deaths from suicide especially, but also mass shooting and gang violence etc.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

There's also the undercurrent of rage from tribal culture, poverty and the wealth gap, poor public education and healthcare, excessive drug use, and mental illness. I have a feeling if the US removed all guns, there'd be mass stabbings. Guns are just the tool of choice in America.

[@digadigado]

I think it's like if you remove 5 cities from the stats USA's violent shootings drop to European 1st world levels

[@thebloodbath8437]

@@digadigado yeah america is a first world country with mini 3rd world countries inside it *cough cough* chicago *cough cough*

[@Dungeon859]

I love your channel even when I totally disagree Keep up the good work.

[@DieselMcBadass1]

Live in Maine where we have more guns than people and enjoy the lowest violent crime rate in the country.

[@kingkazuma2239]

Exactly. It's the people and the culture not the tools