Why Everyone Needs An AR-15

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  • Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
  • Once again, various gun control groups are pushing for a national Assault Weapon Ban that specifically targets AR-15s. Does the AR-15 deserve all this hate? Does the argument for restricting "military-style rifle" ownership hold up? Isaac Botkin walks through the history of every step of small arms weapon development to see if there is a case for this.
    Vintage firearms kindly provided by Ethan at ilovemuzzleloading.
    Check out a T.REX podcast conversation with Ethan about these firearms HERE: tinyurl.com/2e6ntaz2
    00:00 Intro
    03:32 A History of Small Arms
    04:08 Matchlocks
    04:32 Flintlocks
    08:13 Percussion
    09:01 Sharps Breech Loader
    11:34 Henry Lever Action Repeater
    12:39 Mauser Bolt Action
    14:05 M1 Garand
    15:43 AK-47
    18:10 M-16
    19:53 AR-15
    21:07 Weapons of War
    22:53 Crime Prevention
    23:41 Military vs. Sporting Arms
    25:36 Why Everyone Needs An AR-15
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  • @thekraken1173
    @thekraken1173 Рік тому +5047

    Americans can have dozens of AR15’s yet in my own country I can’t even buy and shoot one single shot rifle :/ Don’t ever lose your freedoms.

    • @Weimerica8841
      @Weimerica8841 Рік тому +514

      Americans have dozens so people like you can join in if ever needed. 🙂

    • @PcGamerify
      @PcGamerify Рік тому +218

      There's also something called a plane ticket

    • @haydenp3936
      @haydenp3936 Рік тому +199

      Time for a crusade brother

    • @battleworn_armory
      @battleworn_armory Рік тому +236

      @@PcGamerify Being able to afford a plane ticket doesn’t mean it’ll get you nationalized.

    • @dragmorian6347
      @dragmorian6347 Рік тому +319

      I wish you could migrate here, my friend. You have more respect for our rights than any liberal in this country. Stay strong, bud

  • @connorgrogan9051
    @connorgrogan9051 Рік тому +6711

    You had me until you said you don’t need a grenade launcher for home defense

    • @jasonb.7609
      @jasonb.7609 Рік тому +229

      Dude, that had me laugh out loud, good one! Great point!

    • @I_dont_give_a_care
      @I_dont_give_a_care Рік тому +292

      He said his mom doesn't need one. Not you.

    • @ericwilliams538
      @ericwilliams538 Рік тому +120

      No, moms don't need them but you can have one!!

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans Рік тому +105

      Nothing says , ' No tresspassing ' quite as well as an Orbital Strike Vehicle. BOOM BOOM BOOM and the continent is gone. 😀

    • @AmericanGangster1
      @AmericanGangster1 Рік тому +17

      LMAO 🤣

  • @flat6fever680
    @flat6fever680 4 місяці тому +126

    The recoil factor is significant. Deal breaker significant. My Mauser military gun from a century ago fires a 30.06 cartridge like my Remington deer hunting rifle. Both hit your shoulder like a sledge hammer. Just brutal to shoot. My AR-15 style rifle firing .223/.556 has almost no recoil. There is no pain. You can practice and become familiar and competent with the gun without being afraid of it. I assure you my wife, sister, or mother would never fire a 30.06 a second time. Yes, the AR platform is far superior in every way for home defense than anything that has come before it.

    • @richfairbanks1927
      @richfairbanks1927 Місяць тому

      SKS? Has a kick, but much cheaper than AR-15.

    • @floydclark6710
      @floydclark6710 Місяць тому

      5.56?

    • @floydclark6710
      @floydclark6710 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@richfairbanks1927The SKS is a fine gun... & yeah, it's less expensive. It's widely known as the poor man's AK-47 for good reason. SKS is bulkier, heavier & less accurate than an AR-15. I just don't see how there's anything that the SKS does that the AR-15 doesn't do better.

    • @floydclark6710
      @floydclark6710 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@richfairbanks1927& also, as the OP mentioned & as you vaguely noted, recoil actually is a big factor. Also faster mag reloads w/ the AR Etc.

    • @angie.alexander
      @angie.alexander 18 днів тому

      Are people who use AR's for home defense prosecuted at a higher rate than people who use a simple handgun? Sorry, I don't know very much about firearms 🙃
      Am considering a firearm now that my children are all grown and I live alone, but I've never owned one and have fired a shotgun maybe twice when I was a teenager.

  • @-I-Use-Punctuation
    @-I-Use-Punctuation 6 місяців тому +437

    Just for the record: EVERY SINGLE WEAPON Platform was state of the art Battlefield small arms at some point in history. Bolt action, pump shotgun, lever gun... Slippery slope

    • @michaelleprieur7720
      @michaelleprieur7720 5 місяців тому +39

      So get one of each...I'm writing this down

    • @bustbeel1
      @bustbeel1 5 місяців тому +4

      I believe him I think everyone should own the old Winchester 94AE cal 44 REM Mag! Hey now! 🎉

    • @LarryHarvey-gm2qn
      @LarryHarvey-gm2qn 5 місяців тому +5

      looks like were going to need to defined us from these peopel the dandres one but no they want to take your gunes so you do what they say

    • @HumanHamCube
      @HumanHamCube 4 місяці тому

      Also America has restricted/banned firearms before; Black Americans, Native Americans, Japanese Americans and they were all horribly persecuted especially under the law. 2A Rights were directly at the center of the 3/5ths compromise and Jim Crow. These are just a basic example This is what they don't want to tell you and especially their voters.

    • @navadvipachandra6770
      @navadvipachandra6770 4 місяці тому +5

      I dont need society!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Nameless_rat
    @Nameless_rat Рік тому +2863

    My grandma who actually owns an M1 handed down from her dad can’t use it for home defense, and it actually hurts her to shoot. she picked up my AR and was able to hit 28 out of 30 shots at 100 yards having never shot one before and that’s what scares the politicians 😂

    • @petercollingwood522
      @petercollingwood522 Рік тому

      No you twit. What "scares" politicians is a bunch of mentally ill sociopaths spraying bullets around in schools and movietheaters.

    • @Nameless_rat
      @Nameless_rat Рік тому +105

      @@petercollingwood522 nah, too rare of an occurrence, they’re also well aware that statistically speaking strict gun laws do not lower gun related crimes

    • @petercollingwood522
      @petercollingwood522 Рік тому

      @@Nameless_rat Tripe. It's a common and disgusting occurance in the USA because of the ease with which anybody can get their hands on bullet sprayers. They are not interested in "gun related crimes". They are specifically attempting (incorrectly and ineffectively in my opinion) to target sickos on shooting sprees.

    • @gottroubletactical
      @gottroubletactical Рік тому +15

      @@petercollingwood522 its not common at all. I dont think you understand numbers well.

    • @petercollingwood522
      @petercollingwood522 Рік тому

      @@gottroubletactical Bullshit. It is not only disgustingly common in the US no matter how much you bury your head in the sand but the only reason it occurs is because of the immaturity of the gun nut community in this country for whome the lives and wellbeing of the countys children are of secondary importance to their ability to play with small penis compensation devices.

  • @dillonc7955
    @dillonc7955 Рік тому +4543

    If politicians won't give up their firearms for us, why should we give up our firearms for them? Don't ever let them take away your most efficient way of defending yourself.

    • @derekwbooker93
      @derekwbooker93 Рік тому +183

      @@unknownone4752 then give up your Right to defend yourself and trust government agents who dont care about you. I'll keep my safety in MY hands.

    • @Drew-The-Philosopher
      @Drew-The-Philosopher Рік тому +126

      @@unknownone4752 500k to 3mil people are saved by guns each year in America, a break in happens, polices response time is about 3 min, In that 3 minutes a lot of shit can happen and I’m speak from experience… guns don’t kill people do, if good people have guns around me, I will feel safe. Covid showed me and proved to me that the USA is an amazing place to live because I can defend my self with a firearm during times of unrest, I was in Canada before I came here, I lived in Toronto, place is full of crime, people there use 3D printed guns to commit them crime.
      You can argue that guns make it easier to cause crime, but the principle is the same if someone wants to commit a crime they fucking will, just because there is a road block of firearms being banned doesn’t stop crime.
      UK has banned guns and knives and yet the got high crime with knives. More then half of gum deaths in America is suicides.
      Look man I get it cops should have the fire power, sometimes by the time you get there the job has been done by the criminal, it’s either my things of value has been taken or my life or others have been taken.
      I don’t know if you have ever been in a place scared for your life because someone has broken into your house or faced a threat, I have and I’m glad I survived, but by the skin of my teeth man.

    • @leechamlee1347
      @leechamlee1347 Рік тому +111

      @@unknownone4752 the supreme court has ruled that the police don't HAVE to protect you. they carry to defend themselves. it is up to adults to defend themselves. time to grow up buttercup

    • @alexmaurice4274
      @alexmaurice4274 Рік тому +83

      @@unknownone4752 personally I’d rather have freedom than safety

    • @tjking321
      @tjking321 Рік тому +51

      @Unkown One This comment only makes my head hurt. If you don''t want to have a gun thats fine. I do like my guns. Leave me and my guns alone. I talk softly but carry a big stick.

  • @jedswenson5667
    @jedswenson5667 2 місяці тому +24

    I was a Marine in Vietnam(0311) when they gave us the M16 in April of 67. We looked at these rifles and thought you got to be kidding. We were given 2 boxes of ammo and told us to go out and get your battle dope. Three weeks later were were fighting NVA on hill 861. Many Marines lost their lives because of weapon malfunction and jamming. Later on we adopted to these new weapons and actually found them better than the heavier m14. Always Semper Fidelis!!!

    • @Dulex321
      @Dulex321 Місяць тому +3

      Welcome home brother ❤. Thank you for your service 🙏

    • @coronavirusjones321
      @coronavirusjones321 6 днів тому

      That was the story about wespon malfunctions when khe sahn was overrun. They said half the marines had their m16's tore down to clean them.

    • @jedswenson5667
      @jedswenson5667 6 днів тому

      @@coronavirusjones321 YES, YOU ARE RIGHT

  • @tryhardairsoft416
    @tryhardairsoft416 4 місяці тому +69

    I will never forget that scene of Winters flinching at every shot.

  • @arch3088
    @arch3088 Рік тому +686

    When I showed my Father my first AR (back in the 80s) He asked my why I wanted it. I told him "The police have them, the government has them, the bad guys have them. I want one too"
    He just nodded and said he couldn't argue with that. He was not a gun person.

    • @thomaswhiddon7638
      @thomaswhiddon7638 Рік тому +36

      As long as cops have guns, so shall I

    • @davidsollinger8886
      @davidsollinger8886 Рік тому +16

      That's how people should be.

    • @afellowinnewengland6142
      @afellowinnewengland6142 Рік тому +8

      The police and the government also drove Ford Crown Victorias. Don't think that would be my first choice for a vehicle. McDonalds has the best selling hamburger in the US but it's far from good. The AR-15 is popular because it's popular. Terrible reason to make a choice.

    • @KBKriechbaum
      @KBKriechbaum Рік тому +13

      It is always most entertaining to read these comments 😀 You need guns, because guns make you safe from everything! Everybody is safe with more guns. That is why in war, nobody dies, everybody got a gun!

    • @arch3088
      @arch3088 Рік тому

      @@KBKriechbaum The world has never been a safe place fool. It's about being prepared and the ability to defend yourself. Wars were fought long before there were guns and people still died.
      Just go find your safe space and everything will be OK.

  • @Schakk6
    @Schakk6 Рік тому +458

    “Here at Trex Arms we focus on small arms.” Underrated joke.

  • @bradywassam5232
    @bradywassam5232 5 місяців тому +35

    I’m very impressed. Thank you for going so far back in history

  • @SeanChandler067
    @SeanChandler067 4 місяці тому +64

    Great video - an editing note for you. On the last few cutaways to the camera on your right side, both audio streams are live, resulting in an echo. If you mute the audio from the right side camera in your video edit, (or set that camera to not record audio) that will go away. Very informative video though.

  • @y.e.kahunakalash
    @y.e.kahunakalash Рік тому +755

    Ironic, the banning of modern "military style" features for safety, actually makes the firearm unsafe.

    • @JtubeisJpropagandafront
      @JtubeisJpropagandafront Рік тому +45

      And that’s exactly what ((they want

    • @Frontline_view_kaiser
      @Frontline_view_kaiser Рік тому +3

      What features are you talking about?

    • @drb8777
      @drb8777 Рік тому +67

      @@Frontline_view_kaiser one example is the stupid fin grip thing in California. Another is making magazines have fewer rounds, resulting in having to modify current magazines that can have a multitude of detrimental factors

    • @Frontline_view_kaiser
      @Frontline_view_kaiser Рік тому +11

      @@drb8777 That just makes them less functional, it doesn't really make them unsafe

    • @drb8777
      @drb8777 Рік тому +73

      @@Frontline_view_kaiser it does both. When you make things less functional, they become more unsafe. The fin grip doesn't allow u to get a proper grip so you could slip and shoot something you didn't want to. Modifying your magazine could damage the spring and you create a grenade right next to your habd

  • @_Ryke.
    @_Ryke. Рік тому +621

    An AR-15 is a weapon of war, a Cannon is a weapon of war, a revolver is a weapon of war, a musket is a weapon of war, a bow is a weapon of war, a sword is a weapon of war, a knife is a weapon of war even helmets and rocks were used to dispatch people.
    Everything can be a weapon of war. You can't prevent someone from wanting to harm someone but you can stop someone in the act of it. Stay Armed Stay Strong.

    • @NoBaconForYou
      @NoBaconForYou Рік тому +33

      My teeth are a weapon of war

    • @NoBaconForYou
      @NoBaconForYou Рік тому

      You could pick up a sharp rock and be 3 times more deadly than you were without it

    • @briandavenport8971
      @briandavenport8971 Рік тому

      My HIV is a weapon of war

    • @TheYamitaven
      @TheYamitaven Рік тому +43

      Look at david and goliath he used a sling and rock to kill the giant

    • @DefZen343
      @DefZen343 Рік тому +33

      @@TheYamitaven you should look up those slings in action, they are no joke and can propel a rock faster than any human could by hand 👀 very deadly to a human head 👀 the trick is accurately hitting someone with it though 👀

  • @stevenbailey9831
    @stevenbailey9831 4 місяці тому +33

    This was a very good put together episode. Keep up the hard work. You just got a new subscriber.

  • @thebyzantine241
    @thebyzantine241 4 місяці тому +10

    I'm surprised he missed the Kentucky long rifle in his analysis of the revolutionary war. The next great innovation wasn't the percussion cap, it was barrel rifling, which was supposedly discovered by accident when a barrel 'defect' was found to make the rifle more accurate by adding spin to the projectile. The British military was using smooth bore 'Brown Bess' muskets at the time as he correctly states in the video, so this is yet another example of civilian weapons being better than what militaries were using.

  • @thomas_jay
    @thomas_jay Рік тому +547

    Pardon me but ...
    There are probably more AR-15 type rifles in the civilian society than there are ARs in the US military which means that the military is actually using a civilian rifle and not the other way around.

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex Рік тому +85

      @@jordanwerzinski1574 it's too bad we left 350,000 in Afghanistan, otherwise those number would have been a hair closer.

    • @Jay_Spesh_Stay_Fresh
      @Jay_Spesh_Stay_Fresh Рік тому +17

      Bad example. If I buy a Japanese car to drive in America, does it become an American car?

    • @Jay_Spesh_Stay_Fresh
      @Jay_Spesh_Stay_Fresh Рік тому +12

      Wait, you really think there’s only 500k small arms in the military?

    • @Token_Black_Guy
      @Token_Black_Guy Рік тому +2

      @@jordanwerzinski1574 same

    • @georgelstuart
      @georgelstuart Рік тому

      So true

  • @bernadineh7107
    @bernadineh7107 Рік тому +742

    As an outsider looking into your country's struggle this was one of the most educational pieces of information I have come across

    • @955miro
      @955miro Рік тому +173

      The gun debate in the USA today, is not about crime, mass shootings, or public safety. It is simply a power grab by the ever-expanding government bureaucracy. Mao was right when he said, "All political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." There is simply no justification for the public servant police to be more heavily armed than the law-abiding public they claim to serve, unless the government's intention is to be more powerful than the people, so they can dictate the rules by which the people are allowed to live. With guns, we are Citizens. Without guns, we are Subjects.
      As a first generation American, born to parents who fled their homelands to escape communism, I will never give up my guns.

    • @bigtechnazis3554
      @bigtechnazis3554 Рік тому +39

      Anything coming from the conservative side of America is always and always will be more educational.

    • @bradIeyyy
      @bradIeyyy Рік тому +11

      Well said 🇺🇸

    • @JamesgnuoY1
      @JamesgnuoY1 Рік тому

      The media tells a lot of tall political tales as they try to disarm the US citizens. This will never happen.

    • @birbdad1842
      @birbdad1842 Рік тому +16

      @@955miro It's your stance and opinion on the subject, not a universal truth. And I don't think the debate should be about owning guns in general, it should be about who should never be able to own a gun (f.e. criminals, psychologically unstable persons, political/religious extremists). If you give every idiot the opportunity to buy an AR-15, you shouldn't have the right to cry for a loved one that get's killed by it. You have more mass shootings then quite literally every other country in the world and most of the times it is some crackhead who was able to buy a gun which he should never have been able to. Again, not saying nobody should, but some of your states have regulations that are simply laughable. It's not unreasonable if you think about people in your life who you wouldn't trust with a weapon.

  • @emmanueldejesusperez7007
    @emmanueldejesusperez7007 5 місяців тому +18

    One of the best videos I have seen in a very long time!

  • @No_step_on_snake
    @No_step_on_snake 3 місяці тому +34

    Im 15 and live in NZ. We are now very limited on the guns we can own. I would like to move to the USA one day.

    • @FLmetalhead
      @FLmetalhead Місяць тому

      You and the rest of the world. Sadly we are being overrun intentionally by our own government. They want White ppl to be a minority in our own country and that goes for all White nations in the world. We are the only nations who have endless illegal immigration as a policy put forth by our own governments. This must be stopped.

    • @cpace313
      @cpace313 Місяць тому +2

      We would love to have you, mate. We are a nation of immigrants, but we want the right sort and NOT ILLEGALS who come into the nation breaking the law as a first step!

    • @TheRealCatoSicarius
      @TheRealCatoSicarius Місяць тому +3

      Just make sure you do it the right way man, and you’ll be welcome with open arms :)

    • @gil9898
      @gil9898 Місяць тому

      In the United States the chances of being involved in the serial Mass killing are greater than New Zealand. We are also making a slide towards fascism what's discourages reason and maturity. You might want to stay in NZ.

    • @azure6392
      @azure6392 21 день тому

      Do it soon mate

  • @schizosaint777
    @schizosaint777 Рік тому +207

    Isaac appreciators represent

    • @retrowolfe2109
      @retrowolfe2109 Рік тому +3

      we’re the Isaac Indulgers

    • @Timer-Diegon1111
      @Timer-Diegon1111 Рік тому +4

      His videos are so much more valuable and interesting tbh.

    • @thesebiscuits1691
      @thesebiscuits1691 Рік тому +1

      Checking in

    • @retrowolfe2109
      @retrowolfe2109 Рік тому +6

      @@Timer-Diegon1111 I think everyone at trex video’s are valuable and entertaining equally

    • @PcGamerify
      @PcGamerify Рік тому +3

      "You don't need it" well, who are you to make such suggestions 🤔

  • @MyWatchIsEnded
    @MyWatchIsEnded Рік тому +426

    The part where you start talking about how the Europeans started to change their opinion on who the good guys were was absolutely brilliant.
    Honestly if you made a channel discussing firearms and their history in the same way that you did in that short stint I would watch it all the time.

    • @jacksin3323
      @jacksin3323 Рік тому +15

      me too... and share the shit out of it.

    • @vitiate5093
      @vitiate5093 Рік тому +1

      Forgotten weapons goes into firearm history.

    • @hemeric
      @hemeric Рік тому +7

      This part was overstreched, Europe had a habit of having his army shooting his own civilian to avoid uprising. Europe side with American colons to destabilize Britain Empire who was too powerfull at this time, and ironically, French general helping Amerian colons brought a hope to end monarchy with another type of political system which led to French revolution

    • @kiriusview9251
      @kiriusview9251 Рік тому +8

      Except that it was entirely wrong. Numerous European countries have had various regulations on "civilians" carrying weapons for centuries, if not millenia. Many countries stayed out of the american revolutions and nearly all who sided with the colonies did so to destabelise, weaken or preoccupy Great Britain.

  • @chrismcintosh888
    @chrismcintosh888 4 місяці тому +7

    Excellent video!! Now we need to figure out how to get it to the masses!

  • @onpurpose2629
    @onpurpose2629 4 місяці тому +6

    Thank you for a well presented show.

  • @helicopteremsjobs
    @helicopteremsjobs Рік тому +403

    "The IRS can have them. The FDA can have them. The Department of Education can have them. But you can't." That is the key to their motive. Great video.

    • @pwrshots
      @pwrshots Рік тому +10

      That says it all.

    • @jamesholmberg3158
      @jamesholmberg3158 Рік тому +6

      I love his smartass rhetoric and the end!! LMAO 🤣

    • @davidconrad7218
      @davidconrad7218 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/N6uVV2Dcqt0/v-deo.html

    • @rolandhawken6628
      @rolandhawken6628 Рік тому +10

      Through out history the difference between the peasants and the master was the fact that the masters carried arms .

    • @danielwilburn1148
      @danielwilburn1148 Рік тому

      I want to see the great video, whatever it is!!

  • @9HoleReviews
    @9HoleReviews Рік тому +1030

    This is how you educate! Thank you Isaac.

    • @isaacbotkintrex
      @isaacbotkintrex Рік тому +24

      Mostly following your example!

    • @jimjab3631
      @jimjab3631 Рік тому +8

      Very few gun channels are legit, most clickvait and sell you something

    • @sway696
      @sway696 Рік тому +15

      100 percent legit. This video here should be a mandatory watch for every politician that intends to vote on something they know nothing about. And from the sales alone I would say what Americans want is not a ban. They want security. Security they know their government will never provide in ever changing times with communities that are going soft on crime and criminals. They constantly try to cash in on tragedy but the tragedies only further prove that you are your own first responder. And when you need help it will be much further away then you would hope. Nevermind the fact that most of the features they claim make the weapons so called assault weapons are simply there to make the weapons more efficient and safe. Anything that makes the tool easier to control is not an evil feature. All the evil is in the individual and no matter the tool evil will always exist. You cannot ban your way out of danger. But you can disarm your citizens and make the very easy to control.

    • @snowheader2200
      @snowheader2200 Рік тому +14

      God bless those who live behind enemy lines! (CA, NY, MA, IL etc)

    • @9mmpeter255
      @9mmpeter255 Рік тому +1

      I ❤️ beans

  • @archierivers3380
    @archierivers3380 2 місяці тому

    Awesome video! I enjoyed it so much i subscribed! I myself bought an m1 carbine and an amt pistol in 30 carbine. Good combo and fun to shoot

  • @certaindeaf8315
    @certaindeaf8315 5 місяців тому +4

    Great presentation, thank you.
    👍

  • @Patrick-is4ym
    @Patrick-is4ym Рік тому +2133

    Just the fact they tell you, “you don’t need an AR-15” means you sure as hell need a AR-15

    • @quickgearshifter2719
      @quickgearshifter2719 Рік тому

      @@phammanh2689 you don’t have to defend yourself or possess an AR, that’s your choice. Just don’t need anybody, and especially a corrupt lifelong politician like Joe, telling the rest of us what we do and don’t need when he has security around him carrying weapons we can’t even legally possess.

    • @seaghan
      @seaghan Рік тому +53

      @@phammanh2689 Then you don't need an AR-15 if it's for cosplay, pickup an Airsoft rifle instead and save yourself the money. What would you use for self defense then in the event you needed to?

    • @crux_crusader6945
      @crux_crusader6945 Рік тому +83

      @@phammanh2689 bro, that rifle is literally meant for self defense

    • @mrnoodle3777
      @mrnoodle3777 Рік тому +72

      @@seaghan he doesn’t need to protect himself don’t you know that the government will protect you no matter what?

    • @NoNo_IStay
      @NoNo_IStay Рік тому

      Ownership is irrelevant when usage for it's purpose is ignored.
      No one will use one for the 2A intended purpose. Only as wall ornaments that serve to validate one's illusion of patriotism. There are no patriots left. Just actors and supervillains

  • @brownhat1290
    @brownhat1290 Рік тому +564

    An armed society is a polite society.

    • @Abel-Alvarez
      @Abel-Alvarez Рік тому +7

      Right!?! From the U.S. to the middle east. 🫡

    • @GiveMeTheRedPill
      @GiveMeTheRedPill 11 місяців тому +3

      Nah not really people are rude wherever you go. I’d say if you open carried it would demand “politeness” 😂

    • @lime_cat13
      @lime_cat13 11 місяців тому +5

      A fallout new vegas refrence???

    • @shanepurcell8116
      @shanepurcell8116 11 місяців тому +1

      I've seen far too many instance of the opposite.

    • @shl9322
      @shl9322 11 місяців тому +2

      I think it more to do with education and a very strong legal system, will force people to respect each other. You can take a look at middle eastern and African countries to realize that if a civilians have weapons it will not make it a peaceful society.

  • @jamesbair1
    @jamesbair1 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video, very informative with good information.

  • @reasonmattersmost
    @reasonmattersmost 5 місяців тому +4

    So, I appreciate and agree with your argument. I also thank you for approaching this thoughtfully and with good research. I am a gun owner and think that overall we should be able to own them. One Question though: Do you see how everything you have said in this argument can be flipped to show how the gun lobby has created a gun fetish culture by using those very same four tactics? As you clearly showed, in the past most reasonable gun owners had their basic firearms for hunting and home protection. They didn't have tables full of guns nor combat arms you see in the trenches. Shouldn't it be a little harder to get AR and above style weapons? After all, the forefathers envisioned a "well-regulated" militia. As an Army veteran, I have been around alot of people with guns. And most American gun owners scare the shit out of me. I think that we should have to be licensed to operate guns just like vehicles. The more deadly the gun the more training we should have to do. But those "regulations" should be simple and quick. Which is possible. Our government is by the people and for the people. Yet, the powers that be have convinced so many that the answer is to load up on guns and vilify politics. We are all distracted and fed BS that turns us against each other. If we really want a free and safe country we need more reasonable approaches to these issues. Thanks again for doing your part. Please consider looking at the issue from the flip side as well.

    • @crazyjacobins305
      @crazyjacobins305 5 місяців тому

      Sadly, government tyranny reaches into every corner of the country!
      Why do you think that government has the authority to govern how I travel? My taxes, which are taken without my consent, pay for the roads I travel on! A drivers license is just another form of control, by way of registration, and revenue generation.
      Who is government to determine how any living being is "ALLOWED" to defend their own life? Who determines the regulation, you, me, or..... GOVERNMENT!
      As far as the number of firearms anyone owns... what difference does that make, you can only fire one at a time.

  • @adamcuneo7189
    @adamcuneo7189 Рік тому +79

    When the anti-gun people argue that civilians should not have "military style" weapons, their argument is actually invalid because most guns have been used by militaries around the world at one time or another, even most bolt-action hunting rifles are of military origin, because they're all derived from the Gewehr 98 more commonly known as the Mauser 98 which was the standard German service rifle and like what Isaac said in the video, other countries made their own copies and derivatives of it including the U.S. and used them as their standard service rifles. So again, when people argue that civilians shouldn't have "military style rifles", they're actually arguing for a ban on essentially all guns, but we already know that is their intention.

    • @bwillems1000
      @bwillems1000 Рік тому +6

      Exactly. There is no distinction between military weapons and civilian weapons.

    • @adamcuneo7189
      @adamcuneo7189 Рік тому +8

      @@bwillems1000 That's right, plus the whole point of the 2A, is for American civilians to be a militarized force, so yes, civilians do need military weapons.

    • @carsonhunt4642
      @carsonhunt4642 Рік тому +4

      @@adamcuneo7189
      Wish more ppl saw it that way. The whole point is moot because yes civs should have “scary” guns too.

    • @globalsaturation7333
      @globalsaturation7333 Рік тому

      Then why don’t they sell grenades and missile launchers ? I’d love to own a rpg , you know , for protection and such

    • @carsonhunt4642
      @carsonhunt4642 Рік тому +2

      @@globalsaturation7333
      Ironically, they do sell them in most 3rd world countries pretty cheap actually, only in the land of the free can you not own it

  • @ankitbhat4531
    @ankitbhat4531 Рік тому +295

    I'm a Canadian from Toronto that lived in Windsor for 3 years. I spent time around liberals in Toronto and time around conservatives in Windsor. I've heard views from both sides and researched my own stats. My opinions have changed throughout my life, as they would with most people. The right to bear arms is essential and should not be infringed upon. History has taught us time and time again that oppressors disarm the oppressed as the first step toward oppression.

    • @ramonbuckland6263
      @ramonbuckland6263 Рік тому +10

      Very well said...and sadly, equally true!

    • @frankpienkosky5688
      @frankpienkosky5688 Рік тому +9

      the events of 2020 made many change their minds....

    • @rabidcougar6465
      @rabidcougar6465 Рік тому

      Canada is screwed thanks to your “Boy who wants to be king”, Justin Trudeau who recently announced the national freeze on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns in Canada comes into effect.
      Couple that with Canada’s mandatory registration of “restricted” firearms, meaning all handguns and other firearms the govt. chooses to restrict, as well as a database of every Canadian citizen who has purchased any firearm in the past years, the next step that is guaranteed to follow is the govt. mandating that all Canadians with firearms surrender them. They know who you are!
      The fact that your Boy King, Trudeau, has stood for election 5 times, with the latest in 2021 and reelected each time, tells you everything you need to know about the direction your country is going. And there’s not a damn thing you or any other conservative can do about it short of an armed, nationwide insurrection before they take your firearms.
      Remember how the anti-covid lockdown trucker convoys were treated by Trudeau and the financial actions taken against them? They were considered domestic terrorists, just like the current firearms owners are going to be classified.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV Рік тому +5

      @@frankpienkosky5688 - what they can’t with the law they’ll grew one from a lab.

    • @gauchosmart
      @gauchosmart Рік тому +6

      You forgot the other part of the 2nd amendment. The first part. He I will remind you. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

  • @johnd9031
    @johnd9031 4 місяці тому

    Excellent, informative video. Subscribed.

  • @jacspring5459
    @jacspring5459 4 місяці тому +3

    Well done - great presentation.

  • @user-yy1ze8pc1m
    @user-yy1ze8pc1m 10 місяців тому +50

    I watched this video and ordered my first AR 15 from my local FFL today.
    I went with a USA made diamond back DB15 in 5.56 / .223

    • @joshua7233
      @joshua7233 4 місяці тому +3

      I envy you. I can't order an AR-15 just like that where I'm at.

    • @taylorm_2892
      @taylorm_2892 4 місяці тому +3

      That's the exact one I've been looking at let me know how you like it.

    • @franklinj1038
      @franklinj1038 3 місяці тому +2

      That's What I got Friend🇺🇲💪🏻👍🏻

    • @franklinj1038
      @franklinj1038 3 місяці тому

      ​@@taylorm_2892 it's Amazing! Plus some friend

  • @TheFeaz
    @TheFeaz Рік тому +498

    I am disabled. I never actually wanted to own a gun. The funny thing is that I never even thought about owning a gun, that is until the day that someone from the government decided that I shouldn't own 1. That made me reconsider my whole perspective. It's really unfortunate that they've gotten so expensive. A couple of years ago, I lost all of my firearms in a tragic accident. I would love to have replaced them, but I simply cannot afford to.

    • @Stereomonitor
      @Stereomonitor Рік тому +28

      Hope you find them!

    • @TheFeaz
      @TheFeaz Рік тому +90

      @@Stereomonitor Not a chance. Even the sheriff said none of their deep submersible equipment goes down that far. Just one of those freak acts of mother nature.

    • @DCMAKER133
      @DCMAKER133 Рік тому +3

      Why did you not own any arms? They banned those ages ago and that never made you buy or make one when they did that.

    • @jaydenmartinez6352
      @jaydenmartinez6352 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/sondPdpUYpY/v-deo.html I have a Taurus G3C $280 and a black ace tactical 12 gauge semi automatic that was only $450

    • @frankpienkosky5688
      @frankpienkosky5688 Рік тому +4

      not really that expensive anymore.....once Colt lost the patent they were often produced and sold for half the original cost

  • @billleon822
    @billleon822 2 місяці тому +2

    That was much more than I bargained for, but I ended up being entertained, and educated, and I benefited greatly watching this fairly long video… You did a great job in the delivery, and I appreciate it!

  • @nickibateson1466
    @nickibateson1466 4 місяці тому +3

    This is the best video for a lot of people out there I have ever seen. Great job!

  • @fdajax5107
    @fdajax5107 Рік тому +199

    Private owner weapons are usually
    Higher quality
    Lovingly maintained
    Deadly accurate

    • @stupidthefish1979
      @stupidthefish1979 9 місяців тому +5

      Military grade weapons are usually
      Functional
      List ends

    • @Anthony-VF2SS
      @Anthony-VF2SS 8 місяців тому +1

      @stupidthefish1979
      L85A1 says 'Reply Hazy, Try Again'
      'Don’t count on it'

    • @genericwhitemale1114
      @genericwhitemale1114 8 місяців тому

      Facts. The M4 I was assigned to when I was in the Army was a piece of shit. No matter how much I cleaned and lubed it, it would jam. I even started bringing my own ammo to see if the ammo was just cheap (which it usually isn't) and no, it was the rifle. I've sent damn near 700 rounds through my personal AR15 and not a single jam. I've sent probably about 1500 rounds of 7.62 through my AK and it only jammed once but that was because the extractor broke.

  • @glennphillips3872
    @glennphillips3872 Рік тому +757

    This may be one of the best gun advocacy presentations that I have ever seen. Outstanding job, young man!

    • @tuusnullorum
      @tuusnullorum Рік тому +16

      Woah what's with all the toxic ageism? What if he identifies as a senile-enabled individual?

    • @GodfreyIula-hk7nm
      @GodfreyIula-hk7nm Рік тому +3

      your right. It also is a great history of guns.

    • @stevelopez372
      @stevelopez372 11 місяців тому

      Yes, great Job young man. Lol.

    • @raymondxiao2716
      @raymondxiao2716 10 місяців тому +1

      Young...man...?

    • @bill45colt
      @bill45colt 8 місяців тому

      any man under 50 is a young man,,,,,im 79@@raymondxiao2716

  • @chrismohn9249
    @chrismohn9249 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow, really well done! Would like to have seen the M14 added due to high capacity detachable magazine and selectable fire. M16 took over quickly but the M14 and variants still in use today.

  • @user-mp5nu8sl2c
    @user-mp5nu8sl2c 3 місяці тому

    Outstanding job thanks for sharing that information

  • @gaetanotrivelli8778
    @gaetanotrivelli8778 Рік тому +104

    GREAT video! Here in Brazil the judiciary is trying to ban weapons even after a referendum where 65% of the population voted against the ban.
    It's not about weapons, it's about freedom!

    • @PrimericanIdol
      @PrimericanIdol Рік тому +1

      What type of weapons? All of them?

    • @texasrangers4
      @texasrangers4 Рік тому +2

      the home of Taurus

    • @whittakerfarm1856
      @whittakerfarm1856 Рік тому

      Dude I see videos from Brazil of motorcycle robbers getting smoked by good citizens all the time! There’s the reasoning right there!

    • @Peagaporto
      @Peagaporto Рік тому +5

      @@PrimericanIdol Pretty much.
      We had some very nice changes in law under bolsonaro that allowed people to own better guns with less bureaucracy.
      Now the supreme court of justice basically overrided the president through decree (they been doing this a lot lately, its concerning) to return the laws to worse levels of control that we had during the disarmament statute days.

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans Рік тому

      They don't want to ban your weapons, they want to genocide your people. But before they take away the children, they first have to disarm the general public, so rounding them up into train stations and filling the ditches along the sides of the roads with dead bodies is much easier.
      ALL gun control gun grabs in history are followed by genocides. Millions of people die after they are disarmed, over and over and over again.
      Do not allow the crime cartels and crime families to murder your nation. Never Forget. Never Again. Stop the Genocides.

  • @romeowhiskeylima556
    @romeowhiskeylima556 Рік тому +800

    Thanks Lucas, Isaac, and gang for everything you guys do for this community.

    • @romeowhiskeylima556
      @romeowhiskeylima556 Рік тому +7

      Those are some gorgeous pieces of history

    • @NoNo_IStay
      @NoNo_IStay Рік тому +10

      Someone has to....because the community doesn't take care of itself.

    • @thejohnhend
      @thejohnhend Рік тому +2

      Amen

    • @FreedomInc
      @FreedomInc Рік тому

      Like, guide them down a road of being the very things that they claim to be against.

    • @schizosaint777
      @schizosaint777 Рік тому +1

      Seriously

  • @scurge1971
    @scurge1971 3 місяці тому

    VERY well done bro...Great video😁👍

  • @shanebagel
    @shanebagel 14 днів тому

    Fascinating history lesson, subscribed!

  • @CWHolleman
    @CWHolleman Рік тому +310

    That exchange between Cicilline and Massie is one of the most frustrating things I have ever witnessed.
    You cannot effectively legislate something which you know nothing about.
    The fact that he won't even consider the fact that he doesn't understand shows he is there simply to push his agenda and grandstand.

    • @Kriss_L
      @Kriss_L Рік тому

      He doesn't care, he just wants to disarm the population. And his frustration is not from being called out for being ignorant, but because it does not further his tyrannical agenda.

    • @odinsrensen7460
      @odinsrensen7460 Рік тому +1

      "It's time to dispel a falsehood that many of us believe. The lie that leftist politicians don't know anything about guns. They often come off as clowns that know absolutely nothing about firearms. They say some off the wall ridiculous things and seem to display levels of ignorance that don't seem possible. Even if this were true, they have access to think tanks, government agencies, speech writers, fact checkers, interns and other sources that can allow them to speak intelligently about firearms. A leftist that has never even touched a gun can in fact come off as more knowledgeable than an anon that has owned and fired many guns as well as many gun enthusiasts. But they don't. Why is that, do you think?
      They know exactly what they are doing. They are manipulating the language in order to confuse the masses. They are using ethos and pathos to manipulate the uneducated and the emotional. Emotional appeals work better to persuade the majority than do logic or fact based information. Our rebuttals to their attacks on liberty are often based on technical facts (No such thing as fully-semiautomatic, that's not an "assault rifle" etc.) have little appeal to the majority who simply do not care about such factoids. Our emotional appeals to self defense and liberty, likewise, involve the prospect of violence and are thus more frightening to the more emotional and low IQ population. "Make violence go away" is much more appealing than the truth (Violence is eternal, natural and unavoidable on a long enough timeline). They aren't speaking to us. They are speaking against us as they stand safely behind armies of jackbooted mercenaries. At our expense. Our techniques for arguing against them are woefully inadequate. I do not have an answer to this problem, but it may come to me. I'll let you know."
      - /k/omrade

    • @MD-mm1zv
      @MD-mm1zv Рік тому +1

      To the left, reason, facts, and common sense are meaningless.
      We're wasting far too much time and energy on the incorrigibly duplicitous.
      They aren't worth that.

    • @silver4drrx828
      @silver4drrx828 Рік тому +1

      This is the absolute definition of the Leftist way of thinking. They dont have to understand it or want to understand it. They just dont like it, so they want to ban it. They make up things to make it bad. Sad thing is, people actually believe them.

    • @ramirezad45
      @ramirezad45 Рік тому +23

      Their exchange reminded me of when little kids get in trouble. The kid gets caught doing something they are not supposed to and then they try to lie to avoid the punishment

  • @cooperrayl4379
    @cooperrayl4379 Рік тому +711

    “Yes it is a weapon of war, but so is every item on this table.”
    Beautifully said.

    • @Raptor810Blue
      @Raptor810Blue 11 місяців тому

      Nearly every gun ever produced has been used in some conflict. Anti-gun ideologues use the laziest arguments…

    • @pr9039
      @pr9039 11 місяців тому +3

      Humble brag like a boss

    • @OnlyTwoShoes
      @OnlyTwoShoes 11 місяців тому +17

      To John Wick, even a pencil is a weapon of war.

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 11 місяців тому +15

      Don't give them any ideas. They will ban all guns like they did in the UK.

    • @Raptor810Blue
      @Raptor810Blue 11 місяців тому +8

      @@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 They already are trying to do that.

  • @randallp2144
    @randallp2144 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for explaining this to the people that just dont get it. Great job 💪

  • @sgindy1
    @sgindy1 Місяць тому +1

    Excellent video! Thank you.

  • @rustinosborn4906
    @rustinosborn4906 Рік тому +445

    Isaac is the history teacher we all wanted and needed

    • @TheExpendableGuard
      @TheExpendableGuard Рік тому

      He knows absolutely bloody nothing about history. He makes several egregious gaffs and falsehoods that he does more damage to the argument than the progressives can dream of.

    • @bertkilborne6464
      @bertkilborne6464 Рік тому

      First time watching his channel - Subbed

    • @macgeifer8850
      @macgeifer8850 Рік тому +1

      showing AK-47 instead of STG44 tells another story

    • @user-yc3wd8iq9t
      @user-yc3wd8iq9t Рік тому

      @@macgeifer8850 STG44? You do actually mean ZH-29, don't you?

  • @arrosconpollo1
    @arrosconpollo1 Рік тому +1870

    My goodness, you did more to describe the need for a free and armed citizenry in the length of this video than the NRA has done in my lifetime. Well done. More people need to see this.
    Addendum: I’m grateful for whatever the NRA has done for 2A advocacy, training instructors, kids programs, etc., but when it comes to who gets a seat at the table in terms of our God given rights to bear arms, there’s room for more organizations that are more serious and more effective. This video and this channel are proof of what people acting in their own self interest can achieve without permission from some 1984 style, entrenched and unelected official.

    • @dc8836
      @dc8836 Рік тому

      I mean, not really? If you wanted to see the reason we need a "free and armed citizenry," just look at what happened during Trump's administration and the way the cops were behaving and were protecting fascist sympathizers and instigators.
      And then also look at how those same cops left the groups of armed civilians the hell alone. It wasn't the armed groups they were tear gassing or beating with batons.

    • @fjb4932
      @fjb4932 Рік тому

      The mole / virus of the NRA is Wayne LaPierre.

    • @sisleymichael
      @sisleymichael Рік тому +21

      Amen!!!

    • @gymshoe8862
      @gymshoe8862 Рік тому +9

      I get the idea you don't like the NRA--why is that? The NRA is the best friend of any Freedom-loving patriot.

    • @justintyme4690
      @justintyme4690 Рік тому

      Fuck the NRA.

  • @zorroinhell5549
    @zorroinhell5549 6 місяців тому +1

    Great and informative video.

  • @larreriffe6053
    @larreriffe6053 2 місяці тому +1

    Awesome video! 😊 Thanks!

  • @johnrohan1587
    @johnrohan1587 Рік тому +286

    I love how you presented this to us especially showing the “political official” who doesn’t know the components of an AR-15! It so dangerous to think politicians like him are trying to ban our firearms!!

    • @johnrohan1587
      @johnrohan1587 Рік тому

      Replying to your response text.

    • @Rew_
      @Rew_ Рік тому +14

      @@johnrohan1587 That's a scam man.

    • @dracon501
      @dracon501 Рік тому +1

      And then argues that they are banning both features so who cares.

    • @chrisket2981
      @chrisket2981 Рік тому +3

      Exactly! You would think the sponsor of the bill would do a little research to understand the basic components of a firearm.

    • @robertmckinley4825
      @robertmckinley4825 Рік тому

      There is no place in the Constitution that gives the Federal Gov't any authority to take or control our guns . "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED." Oath breaking liars !!!

  • @gblargg
    @gblargg Рік тому +61

    I expected a gun promotion but instead got an interesting Connections-esque history lesson. Fascinating and enjoyable!

    • @05EVORS
      @05EVORS Рік тому

      Same here, and the Fact that he included the Patton quote of the M-1 and the real evils of Stalin/Soviets. Patton also is quoted as saying we fought the wrong enemy in WWII and it is truly sickening looking back now after 40+ years of 1 sided schoolbooks to realize Patton was correct. The USA was complicit in helping the Soviets stay in power and continue to genocide 100+ million of its own un-armed people and destroying the once great German backbone. Patton asked Eisenhower in '45 if he could Chase the Reds out of Berlin (after it was allowed to be taken by the Soviets) back to Moscow and shoot em all in the back while they ran... but Ike said NO and demoted him to head of theatre vehicle logisitics instead and we all know he never made it back.

  • @dawn_alex
    @dawn_alex 3 місяці тому +2

    Bro, taught me history of firearms. Watched it till end without skipping.👍 Keep up the good work bro.

  • @ultrahighgain412
    @ultrahighgain412 24 дні тому

    Awesome video. I'm a military history geek as well as a firearms enthusiast, so this was right down my alley.

  • @joshpointoh
    @joshpointoh Рік тому +347

    They say "weapon of war" on repeat. The truth is, if you could only have one gun, it should be a weapon of war. The founding fathers specifically wanted us to have guns that would be useful in war.
    If you could hunt with your weapon that was just a nice bonus

    • @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz
      @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz Рік тому +28

      Better a weapon of war in the woods than a huntin' raffle in a battle.

    • @asulblue
      @asulblue Рік тому

      Next we will see a mass stabbing event where the criminal uses a Marine corps Ka-bar. Then "assault knives" will be banned as "weapons of war".

    • @xXMegaUltraNinjaXx
      @xXMegaUltraNinjaXx Рік тому +10

      All guns are hunting weapons, being able to hunt animals is a nice bonus.

    • @thizzlerish
      @thizzlerish Рік тому +1

      i wish they would find my father

    • @Vladpryde
      @Vladpryde Рік тому +3

      Except calling it that plays right into the anti-gunner's hands. The AR-15 is NOT issued to ANY military units in the Western Hemisphere.

  • @miles1272
    @miles1272 Рік тому +219

    Love the Daddy Garand cameo lmao
    Side note: Tony Montana would argue the grenade launcher for home defense.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur Рік тому +5

      Say hello to my little friend.

    • @amycaprari9951
      @amycaprari9951 Рік тому +1

      @@theKashConnoisseur 😃

    • @PureCountryof91
      @PureCountryof91 Рік тому +3

      Home? No. Perimeter. Yes.

    • @PureCountryof91
      @PureCountryof91 Рік тому

      @m_train1 each one of those nades is an ATF stamp too..

    • @PureCountryof91
      @PureCountryof91 Рік тому

      @m_train1 unsure about that.. there are ways to improvise something. A certain company gave us something to experiment with at least

  • @hayk.galstyan
    @hayk.galstyan 3 місяці тому

    Love the guns, history and the direct way of telling it. Great job!

  • @njrivetelite
    @njrivetelite Місяць тому

    After really learning about the AR15 platform..
    The versatility of it almost makes it an "any rifle" With 1 AR lower you can swap out various uppers that can fire multiple different rounds some of which fit in the same mags while others in modified mags.. and lastly those that don't require the use of the magwell other than expending cartridges like the 57 upper.
    The various barrel lengths you can easily swap in under a minute if you have other complete uppers..
    Like a .300 Black Out
    A quick swap in uppers and throwing in a mag loaded in the 300BO ammo and you pretty much have a new gun.
    Plus they made the platform for pistol calibers in case you want one caliber for both your rifle & handgun.
    It's design really does make it a truly remarkable platform to use.
    Added that it can be set up to virtually have no recoil.. anyone could handle one if needed. Ive seen 9yr old's use one at the range with quickness & precision.
    I think that most every family should own one.

  • @LDR1100RS
    @LDR1100RS Рік тому +420

    The best 30 minutes of 2A content I've seen in ages. Nicely done.

    • @murphyzlaw13
      @murphyzlaw13 Рік тому +3

      For real

    • @randybugger3006
      @randybugger3006 Рік тому +9

      I'm amazed my ADHD let me sit through an entire half hour. That's how good this video was!

    • @christopherjacobs6
      @christopherjacobs6 Рік тому +6

      @RogerWilco99 You're not wrong, but you definitely missed the point of the video. True statement tho. 👍

    • @alpha2957
      @alpha2957 Рік тому +2

      @RogerWilco99 True. But, your gunsmith can turn your AR-15 platform into an M-16 platform. 💯💯😁😁👍👍

    • @Bigmar98
      @Bigmar98 Рік тому

      No just you agreeing with what you already believe. "when governments have better tech than citizens, historically it hasn't turned out. great." when in human history have the citizens had access to same tech as gov? Empty blather. The mom scenario ... is a classic "false choice." His mom, as most home owners would be better served by something that can have a large magazine .. has no need for an adjustable stock and has a pistol grip. It's ... a .... PISTOL. Heck he says the law is "arbitrary and imaginary" Then describes then shows the tangible, and reasoned definitions of the proposed law (those are antonyms folks). Absolute blather.

  • @goodisnipr
    @goodisnipr Рік тому +155

    This is the most well put-together video, of any video I've ever seen.
    And this level of effort only comes from passion.
    Keep the passion alive.

    • @urielmartinez2161
      @urielmartinez2161 Рік тому +2

      Agreed, it’s time the government knows we demand our rights

  • @jjdepaz1
    @jjdepaz1 5 місяців тому +4

    The @garandthumb clips are the cherry on top!

  • @cliffordjack7137
    @cliffordjack7137 4 місяці тому +3

    I am left handed and would like the casings to go the other way!

    • @Prairiewolf45
      @Prairiewolf45 3 місяці тому

      Lefty here too, never had an issue with AR platforms, M60...yes. maybe look at a bullpup with downward ejection...

  • @arpinkus
    @arpinkus Рік тому +61

    I was just in Switzerland and our guide explained how military service is mandatory. Training had to completed within a generous time period, at the person's choice. After training, they are given their military weapon and ammo to keep at home. They also have bunkers everywhere hidden in plain sight, but that is another discussion.

    • @mefirst5427
      @mefirst5427 Рік тому +3

      There is a target range in Switzerland, they shoot over a highway to the target on the other side of road!

    • @austinkline8695
      @austinkline8695 Рік тому +3

      Well I found what my bugout country is

    • @hunterlambert6375
      @hunterlambert6375 Рік тому +4

      @@mefirst5427 and even better than that it’s one of the safest ranges on the planet

    • @kestutisstugys1189
      @kestutisstugys1189 Рік тому +3

      I think they change that and now you actually have to buy your weapon if you want to keep it.

    • @timothycurtin5552
      @timothycurtin5552 Рік тому

      It’s more about the Guns being used against crooked politicians that frightens them

  • @DziaduSwierznowski
    @DziaduSwierznowski Рік тому +71

    Wow. I expected a video about technical AR15 superiority. Instead i saw VERY interesting history of rifles. Nice

  • @iamMADLYFE
    @iamMADLYFE 5 місяців тому

    What a great watch! Time to start researching

  • @billanderson3192
    @billanderson3192 Місяць тому +2

    Good video. This guy is well spoken and well informed.

  • @cultureddoggo5606
    @cultureddoggo5606 Рік тому +183

    dude literally gave me a history lesson on firearms.

  • @brad6817
    @brad6817 Рік тому +160

    I was talking to somebody a while back about gun control. I brought up the CDC statistic the guy's response was basically who cares and you're lying even when I sent him the link. It's incredible how with the information at our fingertips some people just don't bother to learn or question anything. I learned something new today great video guys would love to see more.

    • @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz
      @ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz Рік тому +22

      Because he didn't want to learn, he wanted his opinion to be right and he wasnt going to let reality stop that.

    • @WorthlessBailey
      @WorthlessBailey Рік тому +7

      that person wants to be told what to do and ruin other peoples lives out of spite in the process.

    • @jake86chev
      @jake86chev Рік тому +5

      In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.

    • @Deterrent-xz5zz
      @Deterrent-xz5zz Рік тому

      Find another source the CDC statistics, they updated the their site and removed the 600,000-2.5 mill self defenses.

    • @aa-yt7wo
      @aa-yt7wo Рік тому +2

      He doesn't care that owning a rifle makes you safer, he's already decided he's afraid to own one so the ability to own one won't make him safer. So he wants to make it so you don't have an advantage over him in terms of safety.

  • @gaspard432
    @gaspard432 3 місяці тому

    For me this video is among the best videos of all UA-cam. Thank you for your work.

  • @thetaforceone9738
    @thetaforceone9738 Місяць тому

    Man, the chills i get when Isaac puts his hand on the ak toward the end.

  • @LRRPFco52
    @LRRPFco52 Рік тому +159

    This is some of the best educational, technical, historical, political, and human content on this subject ever produced.

    • @TSC1
      @TSC1 Рік тому +3

      I second that! Nice work TRex!

  • @michaellathrop3640
    @michaellathrop3640 Рік тому +92

    The way you talked through history really brought to life this whole conversation. I think it makes any debate around guns far more engaging as it relates to so much shared history. Bravo.

    • @SubjektDelta
      @SubjektDelta Рік тому

      His argument: We always needed guns so now when we don't need them anymore because times have changed we still want them!!!!
      Me argumenting the same way: people always used to die to just the slightest illness, why should we switch to modern medicine?! It's controlled by the government too!! And no civilian is allowed to make their own!!!!!

  • @sandcrab3523
    @sandcrab3523 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for this video!

  • @davidmcneil1550
    @davidmcneil1550 2 місяці тому +1

    Great and I mean GREAT video. Very informative and educational.

  • @HeWhoComments
    @HeWhoComments Рік тому +333

    “Here at T-Rex Arms we focus on small arms” I cackled haha

    • @FJDH11
      @FJDH11 Рік тому +5

      creativity at its finestest

    • @jrsmith1008
      @jrsmith1008 Рік тому +4

      Why did you"cackle" about that explain yourself

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Рік тому +5

      I didn't even catch that...🤪

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Рік тому +10

      @@jrsmith1008 >>> The *_"Tyrannosaurus Rex"_* dinosaur -- or *_"T-Rex"_* dinosaur -- had _small_ upper arms

    • @macdaddymac6785
      @macdaddymac6785 Рік тому +12

      I CANNOT believe that didn't register when he said that. Thanks for pointing it out. Now I'm going to go away doubly depressed knowing that "sense" and "humor" are completely lost on the know-nothing blowhards that want us stoned on drugs and defenseless.

  • @ryanlong4021
    @ryanlong4021 Рік тому +68

    "military grade assault rifle"
    "How dare you, my rifle is much nicer"

  • @Trubyd44
    @Trubyd44 3 місяці тому

    Beautiful video!!!

  • @user-iq6wz4wv4u
    @user-iq6wz4wv4u 15 днів тому +3

    Armed I am a Citizen.
    Disarmed I am a Subject.
    You do the math.

    • @ratofvengence
      @ratofvengence 13 днів тому

      Either statement would have to be correct first, but they aren't :)

  • @leanit5756
    @leanit5756 Рік тому +167

    It is a civic duty to be armed with a modern military grade firearm, to possess plenty of ammo for it, and to be proficient with it. Those who choose to not do this are irresponsible citizens.

    • @jason60chev
      @jason60chev Рік тому +4

      What, exactly, is "military grade"? Is it a superior material? A superior manufacturing process? An assembly process? Just what is it? Are crappy camo uniforms still "military grade" along with a bunch of other sub-par equipment that soldiers complain about? Or is "military grade" equal the the quality of the lowest civilian contractor,bidding to make a product?

    • @leanit5756
      @leanit5756 Рік тому +11

      @@jason60chev Something that is of appropriate quality and design that we would be comfortable issuing it to our soldiers.

    • @smc1942
      @smc1942 Рік тому +3

      100% agree!
      Keep your powder dry, and your mind clear.

    • @ohainickify
      @ohainickify Рік тому +8

      @@leanit5756 'military grade' is just a buzzword that is actually usually inferior to civilian market products. What you're thinking of is "MILSPEC" (Military Specification) or "MIL-STD" (Military Standard) - which is pretty much an old, outdated set of guidelines for products and components to meet a certain threshold to be authorized for issue.
      Example: The 'milspec' or 'mil-std' guideline for the upper or lower receiver of a firearm must meet at least 6061 forged aluminum. That standard has been in place for probably over 30 years or the Vietnam war or whatever. However most if not almost all civilian rifles currently manufactured on the market, especially your mid-tier to higher-end firearms you'll find will be made out of 7075 T6 forged aluminum - the civilian gun is actually STRONGER and BETTER than what is issued to the military.
      The "military grade" firearms are actually subpar and outdated to what civilians have. Because militaries are looking for the cheapest product that they can get the most quantity of, from a civilian manufacturer - the government owns no arms companies. the government doesn't manufacture its own weapons. it bids contracts to civilian private owned companies who say they can make the most amount in the least amount of time for the cheapest price.
      The government wont pay $2500/ea for a Daniel Defense Mk18 for 100,000 soldiers when it can get a Smith & Wesson M&P Sport II for $650/ea and equip the same amount of soliders in half the time for half the price.
      My rifle will outperform a soliders rifle every time, not to mention the fact that a civilian probably gets WAY more range time and training than a soldier does behind the trigger. Boot camp doesnt just consist of going on a range and plinking every day for months. Thats probably the least amount of time spent is actually behind a gun.

    • @covertguy1575
      @covertguy1575 Рік тому +2

      The AR rifles I have today are light years ahead of anything I used that was “military grade”. I have M&P 15’s that are better than what I have in the Army. My Aero’s and BCM’s..not even close.

  • @theKashConnoisseur
    @theKashConnoisseur Рік тому +214

    When talking gun rights with my more left leaning friends, I like to remind them that hunting and self defense are not mentioned in the 2nd Amendment at all. Our founding fathers intended the civilian population to have access to the modern weapons of the day with the specific intention of fostering and maintaining familiarity and skill with said weapons. And looking to Ukraine in the modern day and parallels to America during the Revolutionary period, it's pretty easy to see why they intended this right to not be infringed.

    • @joshuakhaos4451
      @joshuakhaos4451 Рік тому

      Have your left leaning friends changed their views ever so slightly after Ukraine? Because that alone should have opened their eyes. It doesnt even need to be a foreign army, Imagine if the criminal underbelly of any city or if crazy radicals like AntiFa decided that they were going to go neighborhood by neighborhood all through the middle class and wealthy parts of town armed and ready to murder and burn everything you knew to the ground.

    • @jtnoodle
      @jtnoodle Рік тому +11

      You still try with them? The anti-gunners I know refuse to acknowledge the good use of force firearms provide.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur Рік тому +17

      @@jtnoodle I don't try and convince anyone who is super anti gun. But I do try and influence those who are on the fence. I think one of the best ways to bring someone around on the 2nd Amendment is to take them shooting. Show them how fun and safe it is, and in the process show them that pro 2A people aren't at all interested in harming anyone.

    • @Thatisridiculous
      @Thatisridiculous Рік тому

      Wrong.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur Рік тому +3

      @@Thatisridiculous k

  • @stevemoore6245
    @stevemoore6245 Місяць тому

    always buy two riflles , short & longand a sub gun. Very informative and powerful presentation, amazing job.

  • @ianbds6436
    @ianbds6436 4 місяці тому +1

    Excellent video my friend 👊🏼

  • @gabekatz7156
    @gabekatz7156 Рік тому +465

    It’s naive of people to think that humans will give up violence if they don’t have access to weapons.

    • @MrDdooitt
      @MrDdooitt Рік тому

      Effective violence. I'll take on a school shooter with a pistol over an AR-15 any day. Hell, even police are scared to stop a AR-15, how are everyday citizens supposed to defend themselves?

    • @jeffdubbs1488
      @jeffdubbs1488 Рік тому +34

      This is a straw man. People aren't assuming you'll give up violence in absence of the AR-15. The assumption is you'll capable of a lot less violence without an AR-15. That's true. One can't praise the capabilities of the AR-15 and then act like oh well it's not this scary weapon of war. Practically speaking, it is, a lot of weapons are though, and banning a weapon of war is a vague and dumb excuse.

    • @rberney
      @rberney Рік тому

      Really? Then why isn't there violence to the degree that there is in America anywhere else in the CIVILIZED world? Europe? Australia? Canada? Please explain. I'll wait.

    • @ITPalGame
      @ITPalGame Рік тому

      There have been plenty of mass stabbings, vehicles running people over, people being burned alive (like the Japanese anime studio that a man went inside, poured gasoline around, chained the doors, and killed many people), or like in the 1920s when the largest school mass murder occurred killing about 45 people when explosives were used.

    • @NedReck6967
      @NedReck6967 Рік тому +5

      It's all about intent.

  • @MarshallMorrison-bf1op
    @MarshallMorrison-bf1op 11 місяців тому +319

    This is quite possibly the best video I’ve seen on firearms. It also does a great job in showing how politicians continue to try to regulate things they do not understand or bother to research.

    • @karawillis4767
      @karawillis4767 6 місяців тому +5

      Agree 100%

    • @MountainMan-sc8xj
      @MountainMan-sc8xj 5 місяців тому +8

      They know what they are doing

    • @TheIfifi
      @TheIfifi 4 місяці тому

      It also has him lying outright at you.
      Gun violence has not decreased but increased, he helpfully to his narrative, stopped the chart at 2015 while in 2020 it was DOUBLE . He clearly has a narrative to sell and omits data that doesn't support his case.
      It's not informative, it's deliberately deceptive. And it's a disgrace that he tries to take advantage of you like this.

    • @Basie-o
      @Basie-o 4 місяці тому +1

      All arms are instruments of war, even your natural arms (hand to hand combat). Self-defense is a god given right. The second amendment ensures that your government cannot take away your highest ability to defend yourself, family, country. One can only depend on oneself.

    • @naesyelmuhc7698
      @naesyelmuhc7698 4 місяці тому

      These sewage creatures completely understand it. They are trying to disarm us, by trickery, that only snowflakes fall for.

  • @andyperez2742
    @andyperez2742 2 місяці тому +2

    There was no way that I was going to give your video a chance but I clicked on it anyways. Boy was I glad to be wrong. You did such an amazing job in my opinion. Thank you for making this video

  • @freddieh5539
    @freddieh5539 6 місяців тому

    Informative video.

  • @240pixel
    @240pixel Рік тому +97

    Small correction: "Grenade launcher" they have in mind in those assault weapons bans isn't the M203 style under barrel ones. Those generally are already considered destructive devices in 40mm as is. What they mean is the barrel profile that allows to fire rifle grenades. Kinda like Yugo SKS or some FAL variants. It's not like you have rifle grenades laying in the discount isle in Walmart. That is how low they are going.

    • @SamaelVR
      @SamaelVR Рік тому +7

      Also doesn't make sense considering I don't know anyone in the US without a class 3 that owns explosive ordinance in grenade form.

    • @240pixel
      @240pixel Рік тому +8

      @@SamaelVR You can still own 37mm flare launchers and fire all sorts of non lethal rounds through it. But yes all the fun stuff is already banned.

    • @robertvess1334
      @robertvess1334 Рік тому +1

      I carried an M203

    • @seanberthiaume6909
      @seanberthiaume6909 Рік тому +1

      I think there's a 37mm as well.

    • @AcornFox
      @AcornFox Рік тому +1

      @@robertvess1334 and?

  • @nicks9541
    @nicks9541 Рік тому +70

    I was just thinking that we haven’t heard from Isaac in a while, always appreciate his historical and political takes. 🇺🇸

  • @zvonkom
    @zvonkom 6 місяців тому +5

    What a great video! Thank you! 👍 🇺🇸

  • @adamhelper3277
    @adamhelper3277 5 місяців тому +18

    Thank you for the education! Well put together video and nice collection!
    I've been trying to tell ppl that I think everyone should own and practice with an AR-15.
    And they just think im crazy lol. Sometimes I guess you just cant fix stupid.

    • @user-sk7zc1fc5u
      @user-sk7zc1fc5u 4 місяці тому

      I don't think they are crazy. I don't protect my home wih an AR-15.

  • @liquid_shadow8690
    @liquid_shadow8690 Рік тому +60

    Well the AR was developed by civilians initially and the military adopted it. So without the civilian market the military would lag behind.

  • @210plarte
    @210plarte Рік тому +320

    This is perhaps the most comprehensive pro AR argument I've heard thus far. It gives everyone a lesson on not just historical events; but the evolution of firearms and their practices as a whole.
    Thank you for this very well laid out and simplified explanation.

    • @MajorBorris
      @MajorBorris Рік тому

      Did he mention that the number one cause of death for children in the United States is GUNS?

    • @FlippinPaperWithBilly
      @FlippinPaperWithBilly Рік тому

      I have a good argument. The second amendment. It was made in order to overthrow a tyrannical government. PERIOD. 🇺🇸 Nothing was ever stated about hunting or home defense or certain firearms. Overthrowing the government consist of hi powered, accurate, Full auto if we choose, weapons.

    • @ds8249
      @ds8249 Рік тому +1

      If you think this is a good argument, wow lol so many misleading statistics. Simple question, if more guns = more safety, why do we have more gun deaths than basically all of Europe put together?

    • @YELLTELL
      @YELLTELL Рік тому

      THE MORE YOU KNOW!!!!!!!

    • @ds8249
      @ds8249 Рік тому

      @@YELLTELL dumb

  • @simonklinke
    @simonklinke Місяць тому

    25:22 i actually laughed when garand thumb appeared 😂

  • @malinkifox2011
    @malinkifox2011 4 місяці тому +1

    @25:58 hahahahaha you win today UA-cam 😂😂. Love it