Come on, there are some (like 5 or 6) countries out there that value the lives of its citizens enough to respect their right to own guns. You got to think of the little guys!
I am 74 years old and retired from LADWP were I worked at the Owen’s Valley at the Control Gorge Power Plant and retired in Carson City Nv in 2017 . I’ve had CCW permit for years. When Antifa showed up in Reno and began to riot, there is a ton of X- military personnel in Nevada, when I arrived in Reno at the demonstration the amount of armed citizens who were armed with everything from M16s , M1 Grands , semi automatic shotguns ,AR-10s . The Nevada Highway Patrol asked the civilians if the would surround the rioters and they will escort them back to the California border. Which is exactly what they did. By providing a perimeter of security the State Employees didn’t have to deal with any backlash.
Because, almost everyone who owns a gun owns more than one. And, almost none of us have used them illegally. We follow safety rules. We shoot to train. We compete and pursue sporting goals with guns. And, sometimes we legally defend ourselves with guns. NONE OF THAT IS A PROBLEM.
I often explain to people I can do more harm with a cellphone than I ever could with a gun, and I don't leave home without either. For real, though, look at all the damage and death caused by some idiot filming George Floyd and working people into a frenzy on social media before the facts came out that he died from drug overdose. A cellphone is way more capable of harming the world than a handgun. Billions in damages, multiple people killed in related riots, tons of assaults, you get the picture.
Many years ago my aunts and uncles were yelling at me about firearm ownership in the US. My grandmother asked what we were yelling about (she didn't speak English) I told her what was going on and her own words "gun is on a table it can't do anything it takes a person to use it." Her words shut them up so fast and she also yelled at then for being too loud. Minutes later they started to argue again and my grandmother continue to berate them with me going aren't you going respect your elders. My grandma was a G and I miss her.
That’s why it’s important to educate yourself on these kinds of topics. Most popular debate is rife with talking points that fall apart upon simple examination
If there were 10x or 100x as many of you crammed in to the same geographic area, struggling with the same scant resources, you might have different outcomes. It's not an excuse, but the desperation it causes is definitely a reason.
@@Woodshedphilosophyit’s a mutil factor issue, but even with animals we see similar results, over crowdness with disparities to inherit violence also culture plays a role too
No, it isn't. But it's also not the same as living in poverty in close proximity with thousands of other people with limited resources. It's find a way or perish. Whereas the rural poor may not have much, but there IS a meager living to carve out.
A friend of mine said "Bullets were cheaper then" to me when we were debating that and I couldn't help but laugh and actually give him a single point in the debate (he's anti gun)
@@tibedog5629 True. But the point is that the argument about the number of guns in private hands being a problem in and of itself. I have friends who can't afford to shoot some of their weapons at the range because of the extreme cost of some ammo.
@@dans8857wow now your being judgy lol, there is a whole lot of countries you called 3rd world because it doesn’t fit the narrative you want to believe.
Here in Brazil we have very strict gun laws and yet, some 40K murders per year. it´s almost as if gun control doesn´t deter criminals, who would´ve thought.
Out of 196 countries the US ranked 3rd in gun violence. Take the top 5 cities with the most gun violence out of the equation and the US goes from 3rd to 189th. I’ve been a gun owner for over 10 years and a week ago was the first time I actually had to use it and I didn’t even point or shoot. Some guy on drugs was knocking on my door with a t-shirt wrapped around his right hand. I looked out my window at him and was holding my revolver in my right hand, once he saw that he ran away and I called the cops. I’m just glad he knocked and didn’t try to kick my door in.
@Coconut-219 Dude being liberal is just the nature of big population centers. Only like 3 big cities in the entire country are "red" cities, and they have just as high crime rates as any other ones. You also would probably be surprised to find out how high violent crime rates are in small towns. They might all vote red, but they're all on meth or fent
No way, the rest of the world needs an acknowledged right to self defense like we have. I want to see all peoples able to protect themselves. Then that 50% will actually drop.
I really hate when people are like, "It's a mental health issue!" because, dude, I struggle hard with depression, especially in this economy, but I would never shoot myself or others, even if I'm teetering on suicidal thoughts (been there more than I'd like). I'm often terrified some well-meaning people will take from me one of the few things that brings joy to my life, which is shooting guns, reloading ammo for guns, and working on guns. I'm even a volunteer RSO at my local shooting association. Guns are therapeutic for me, I swear to God I'll loose my damn mind if people take that from me because of some asinine feel-good "mental health" bill. I already can't seek therapy because I live in a red flag law state. Just remember, people hurt other people with guns not because they're mentally ill, but because they are making a conscious choice to use their firearm for malicious purpose. As for suicides, well... how about people pay more attention to their friends and family. I prevented my friend from killing himself by sacrificing an entire weekend to talk him out of it. Not kidding, I was on call with him for 48 hours until we were too tired to keep talking. I made him promise me he wouldn't kill himself before we could talk again. When I woke up, I called him back, and asked if he'd thought about what we said. He thanked me for being there for him, and that he woke up feeling more optimistic about life. You will never legislate away suicide, or homicide. Instead, be there for your fellow man when he needs help. When you're on the cusp of suicide, you reach out desperately for someone to talk you out of it. If that fails, it only solidifies your sense of hopelessness, your sorrow, fear, and rage go into full swing, and you will do things to yourself you otherwise wouldn't do. People who haven't been in that abyss of darkness themselves don't fucking get it. Gun or no gun, you will find a way. Be there for people. However, if you try to help, you better be committed to helping, and be sincere. If there's one thing that suicidal people can detect, it's when you are not sincere. Even if you don't get it, being a sincere, sympathetic ear can be enough. Anyway, good video, and yeah, I wish anti-gun people would shut the fuck up, 'cause they don't know what they're talking about, they don't care about anyone but themselves, and they have no problem hurting other people if it means their ego gets stroked.
You are not alone. I'm on 70% VA mental health disability. I'm 50. I've head Suicidal Ideation since I was 12. The ONLY reason I haven't self-deleted was because I CHOSE NOT TO. Sometimes it can be weeks between having to make that choice, sometimes seconds. The availability of a gun does not change that choice as there are far more ways than just that. Losing my gun rights is something that very likely would cause me to make that final choice by a different method.
Very well said. Every single word is spot on (especially the last paragraph... LOL). It sounds like you have a good grasp on your situation. And even when you feel you don't... you're still a strong fighter and will get through it. We NEED you with us. So stay focused my friend! Keep enjoying those stress-relievers of yours.
@@dwightdhansen Please don't. We need you with us as well. There are a dwindling number of men with character and fortitude. Never choose the out. You don't deserve that. You deserve better.
"mentally unwell" and similar terms are too broad. Like depression, trauma, anxiety, and psychopathy are all covered by that term, but only the latter would have justified restrictions placed upon them.
399,999,950 firearms were not used in a homicide today in the US... meanwhile, 4,750 (at least) firearms were used by law abiding citizens to stop or prevent a crime. Most were just displaying that they had a firearm and were willing to use it. The anti-gunners can go pound sand.
@@coverts2962 having an appropriately informed opinion will reduce ignorant defacto comments like this. Data clearly shows number of firearms isnt the problem but domestic policy is. We all want less victims. Victims are created by people and their shitty policies. The fact you can easily identify poor political stances on a MAP should give you pause.
One thing that annoys me about "Gun crimes in the U.S" stats that leftist use to complain about the Second Amendment is that they treat the United States like a small European country when its more like 50 small to large countries UNITED into a federation. They should be treating it by a State by State basis, and funnily enough the States that restrict the right to bear arms have higher crime rates. It isn't hyperbolic to say that small rural communities were everyone has a gun are borderline crime-free, because criminals know that every time they try to commit a crime in such a place it could be their last attempt.
I would add I don't think it's even fair to compare country to country. There are so many more factors than just population density that come into play. It would be like trying to compare the unemployment rates from country to country... The only thing that does is demonstrate that countries have different rates of unemployment, it doesn't say anything about how or why, or even really whether one country has more unemployment than another.
Ever heard of a little town called Kennesaw, Georgia? They have a city ordinance requiring every head of household inside the city limits to have at least one fiearm and appropriate ammunition for it on the premises unless they're federally or otherwise prohibited, or someone who objects on religious grounds. That law is never officially enforced, but it seems pretty effective in preventing crime... Last time I looked, their violent crime rate was about half a step away from nonexistent, and even "not violent" crime was so rare as to be just barely worth bothering to mention.
@@Ferd414 I remember watching a youtuber who went there and interviewed people, actually. If I was mayor of a city/town/county/whatever I'd even go so far as to make it mandatory for every citizen to be armed at all times whenever they leave their homes, plus mandate free firearm training in schools and tax breaks for people buying their first gun. That sounds lovely.
@@MoaRider I'm thinkin' I could EASILY live with such a mandate. Unfortunately, I wouldn't reap any benefit from the tax break, seeing as I'd be moving in with multiple boom-sticks in "assorted flavors" already in my possession 😱
His "History & Moral Philosophy" course also made a lot of good points (violence resolves issues quickly; punishment that is not cruel is not punishment, etc.)
He had some really really odd other takes though so forgive me if I don't accept Heinlein's word as gospel. Although he's spot on as far as the armed society goes :)
There's also one glaring detail you didn't even mention: How is "gun violence" defined? Because a lot of it is not actually malicious. Some are just scenarios of self-defense. If you somehow filtered those out, we'd be even lower in chart.
The term "gun violence" itself is so "Demspeak"- who came up with it, anyway? Somebody please tell me how guns are violent when they can't load themselves on their own, commit mayhem on their own, do anything on their own. And why aren't stabbings called "knife violence" or people being bludgeoned "club violence"? Liberals get to create the language, then they use it to further their own aims.
My mom used to think I'm crazy for buying a bunch of guns and ammo last year and getting training. Then a few days ago she asked if I had my sidearm on me cause there's been a lot of strange vehicles turning around in our driveway (we live at the end of a relatively untraveled gravel road). I said "hell yeah, 24/7" then drew my gun and shot five rounds at a nearby target, hitting every shot in the A zone...all within two seconds. After all this time, she finally realizes why I train so often.
@@keonyang3332 She was into guns when I was a kid, then started to hate guns shortly after dad died in the mid 1990's. I still have her .22LR rifle on my wall because she doesn't want it anymore, and refuse to fix the extraction and ejection issue until she decides to pay for the parts. Maybe someday? lol
As a 32 year Veteran LEO from Canada I thank you brother for this info. And yes, the more people properly trained to carry a firearm we'll witness the horrific crimes drop across the board.
Americans, are, for the most part: very civilized. Statistically, you should have 250,000 + deaths via firearm every year. Yet, you don't. Excellent report👍🏼
Violent crime is half what it was in the early 1990s, yet the population has increased by a hundred million and the number of guns has at the very least least doubled. We're safer than we've ever been and it will continue to trend downward as we continue to produce more guns.
It has nothing to do with stemming gun violence . It has everything to do with disarmament in an attempt for control. Thank you for always having knowledgeable, quality content
@@michaelst7680 certainly! And yes, it is because of the drop in population too (if you’re removing the crimes then you obviously have to remove the populations too to keep it fair). I use 2022 data from Everytown. The population of the US was 338.3 million. Subtract 18.8 million for NYC, 8.9 million for Chicago, and 12.5 million for LA, you get a population of 298 million. The total gun deaths in the US was 48,830. Subtract 585 for NYC (it has a very low gun death rate despite what people say), 1,753 for Chicago, and 962 for LA, and you get 45,530 gun deaths. Divide gun deaths by population and multiply by 100k and you get the gun death rate of 15.28 per 100k
This is incredible information. This info MUST be shared with the general public. You have done GREAT work pulling this research statistics together. PLEASE find ways to get this in mainstream media and in the homes of our nation. VERY nice job. I appreciate your work in this area. Be strong!
80% builds probably raises it a couple of points. Polymer 80 sold a high 6 digit number, and tactical machining did too when they were still in that business.
They will resort to the fallacy of guns being only an instrument of death, and if you point that guns are an equalizer because even a frail 80yo grandma can defend herself against a 2m tall muscular dude with a bat, their brain will freeze and a BSOD will occur.
Wait until they realize the “American dream “ is taxed 50 percent.😂😂😂 They will seek the work around like everyone else scraping to put something together. And the cartels that helped them get here will only be too happy to oblige.
Your prescience is phenomenal. Everything is by design. THEY want it that way, so they can push even harder for "common sense gun violence control". The only thing they want to control is us, Patriots. We are uncontrollable and possess stiff necks and THEY want to "re-educate" us.
Hi Colin, Here in New Zealand we don't quite have the same gun culture as you all do in the USA, nor a constitution, however of the 5 million population over 250, 000 are licensed firearm owners. Mostly own them for hunting & recreational shooting such as targets etc & are of no danger to anyone else; yet It's now very hard for a younger person to get a Firearm license to follow their chosen shooting life style. Our forests are dying because of feral pests & the youth crime rate is heading upwards yet the former socialist govt petty officials fail to see the solution (partially) is to promote firearm use to get rid of the pests. The Govt will get a good take on the taxes for vehicles etc, rifles ammo camping gear etc & @ the same time cut the pest problem & provide food for families as well as give the younger ones a focus & keep them off the streets.....it's weird I have to renew my license by September this year (& I've been hunting/shooting for over 55yrs,) but I still have to fill out a 40 page application form just to satisfy the govt I'm a safe person with a rifle etc. It all stems from the Shooting in Christchurch back in 52017, But that was caused by the fact that the Police didn't follow their own licensing procedure properly allowing the Aussie guy to buy the rifles in the first place; Then we local shooters etc have to pay for it all via stricter gun control. As you say the Crims don't care about laws so they still retain their firearms & use them on each other occasionally. Apparently the new Govt is going through the process to take out some of the restrictions &firearm registration etc, so hope it happens soon. Regards, Phil.
As far as I’m concerned we do a pretty damn good job controlling ourselves. We don’t need people that know nothing about firearms making rules or laws for firearms. Fix the communities lacking and you might just be surprised that your problem isn’t what you claim. But no, they choose to work around the actual problems because it gives them more control.
According to PEW, most gun deaths in the US are suicides. If someone wants to commit suicide it is their personal control and can not usually be stopped if that is their final decision. To many, using a gun just seems to be the quickest way to do it. So 54% of all gun deaths, aka suicides, are caused by mental health problems, not by direct gun violence such as murder or accidents. They are in a different category, especially since there are many different ways to commit suicide.
I only know because I keep a spreadsheet. Also, how does one count, like for example a revolver with 2 different caliber cylinders, one gun or 2? Or a Glock with 2 different caliber barrels? Or a 1911 with a second upper in .22LR?
@@ChadBoss-qr4hl count them as 1 and put it into the "notes" section of your records. Amazon actually sells a firearms records book that is actually pretty decent. It's less than 10$. It may even come in handy if you sell a gun so you can keep the record of that in case down the line it got into the wrong hands and they come a knockin.
@@seaweeb2258 Yeah that's pretty much what I count them as. I'll look into that records book, thanks for the heads up! I was actually pretty far into developing an iPhone app to keep an inventory but just can't ever find the time/motiviation to work on it, and I'm not sure people would trust it if I made one anyway.
When it comes to self deletion people will use what's at hand and effective. If your area has a really high bridge, people will try to jump off it to self delete. If your area has a lot of high parking garages same deal. If your area has gun ownership guess what? It's not the bridges and parking garages that cause suicide
And it for-sure doesn't count the who-can-even-guess-how-many "haunted" firearms that nobody but their makers know exist, so they don't get counted. 3D printer go brrrrrrrr! Foundry furnace go roaaaarrrrrrrrrrr! Milling machine go Whirrrrrrrrrrr! Home-made boom-sticks in their thousands go pew! pew! pew! :)
Worse. I'd argue most of those AKs barely have any bearings to Russia anymore. Cheap copies of them are far more likely to be in an insurgent's hands than any good AK.
An armed society is a polite society! The U.S.A.would be MUCH MORE polite if most of our federal,state,and local gun"laws"and"rules"were repealed! "The presence of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference" George Washington
Your placement of "rules" and "laws" in quotation marks brought up something my son and I have talked about frequently. "Laws" are laws of nature. police don't need to enforce them, they enforce themselves. If you try to take a sharp turn at high speed in a car, you will part company with the paved road, and with a lot of luck, you will live to learn from your mistake, though you probably won't use that car again. "Rules" are made by man, and are punished by man. Punishment only occurs of you are caught. Sometimes, rules are based on laws (like speed limits, though these are deliberately (I think) conservative, because the rule-makers know people will exceed them). Other times they are made to protect people who can't protect themselves (laws against theft and murder, for example). Other times, they are made so people with money can make more money, or people in power can keep their power. Legally, they carry the same weight, regardless of their motivation. The rest of it comes under the category of "guidelines", to be ignored at your whim, and your peril.
Very true. We are pretty high on the crime list overall though. Comparing America to places like Columbia or Mexico is kind of silly. America boasts about how great it is, yet people get carjacked at gas stations and have their homes invaded. Guns are not the culprit, just like spoons and forks don’t make people fat. We can own forks and spoons and be healthy. But that requires a culture of healthy eating and effort. Just like people owning guns and not doing crime. The problem America has is a culture problem. We glorify violence in music and movies. We push home-destroying agendas into our kids. The problem is culture not guns.
My Black ass is from east Oakland California. Being poor didn’t make anyone a criminal where I came from. People chose to be criminals. My family did without and strived to do better. We took advantage of education and jobs opportunities to better our situations.
It's nice to hear someone who knows what they're talking about. I've been stating that the mental health of our country is a bigger issue. Unfortunately random shootings in gun violence get bigger headlines.
Seriously, this is such an amazing example of what happens when an 'issue' becomes politicized. You get told that you are a horrible person for not agreeing with the made-up solutions to the made-up problem, while actual humans are left to suffer as the real problems are not addressed...
That meme about American having millions of guns and trillions of rounds of ammo is on point; *_“If there was truly a gun problem in America, you’d know about it.”_*
Thank you, most articulate and educated explanation I've heard someone offer. Takes a great mind and a level head to see that this is not an issue of gun control, and no amount of gun control will help.
Probably true of all states but definitely true for Virginia: The revocation rate for CCW permits is less than .3%. A CCW can be revoked for even pretty minor crimes. This means that CCW permit holders are among the least likely humans to even commit very minor offenses out of any demographic out there. Grandmothers have a higher statistic chance of being dangerous than a CCW holder.
I'm a Boomer. A Bionic Boomer. I Enjoy what I do and plan to keep on doing it. Growing up when I did was Great for my firearms knowledge and my collection. My Great Uncle's 1911 bring back from the First World War, which my Uncle carried in the Second. Mausers, Arisakas, Lugers, one STG 44 . Took it apart and put it together. The owner, my friends dad, only had 8 rounds. 8MM short. Just try to find that! I wonder if it ever got fired? Kids in that era floated on a sea of souvenirs and bringbacks. I have a .30 Carbine from Saipan. .30 Carbine was about the same price as.22s, so I fired a Lot of surplus .30 Carbine ammo. Some of the stuff had to to be tegistered under the NFA. In 1968 one of our neighbors registeted a BAR and a couple of Thompsons in 1968. All bringbacks. It was a great time to grow up as far as learning about firearms and starting a collection. Firearm Safety was taught young with live ammunition. The power of firearms was demonstrated on objects. Soda bottles, watermelons, etc.Kids walked around with rifles or shotguns and no one paid any attention. Not one kid that I I knew from that time ever had any accident or misused a firearm. There were guns and ammo all over the place. Knowlege kept kids safe. 50% Of the Worlds guns? I believe it's probably more than that. In a Free Country, like ours, kids better damned well know how to deal with firearms safely because they are, most certainly, objects that are encountered in everyday life.
It's videos like this that need to go viral. This information is incredibly valuable and is largely overshadowed by the fear mongering propagated by mass media.
Your one of the best 2A advocates and always have great points when you make a video. Keep up the good work its people like you that keep the real reality at the forefront of people minds. Not the brain washing that the news's propoganda tries to cram down our throats.
Here in India, We don't allow guns as freely and we don't have as many violent crimes involving guns. Our laws prescribe death penalty for murder and shooting someone dead could bring the noose. Different formulas work for different countries.
Preach it. Not because I'm a gun owner, but because the focus of anti-gunners shows that their priority ISN'T the people involved, only the item that they need controlled.
One other piece to this - those places with the most crime - that seem to have the most additional gun laws as well - if you do end up defending yourself in most of these places, you will more than likely end up being the one arrested for violent acts. How messed up is that?
50%? Come on let’s get that up, we can do better
That's 50% of "known" guns.
Yeah, 46%? Those are rookie numbers.
I'm doing my part!
@@KattbirbThis is true
Come on, there are some (like 5 or 6) countries out there that value the lives of its citizens enough to respect their right to own guns. You got to think of the little guys!
I am 74 years old and retired from LADWP were I worked at the Owen’s Valley at the Control Gorge Power Plant and retired in Carson City Nv in 2017 . I’ve had CCW permit for years. When Antifa showed up in Reno and began to riot, there is a ton of X- military personnel in Nevada, when I arrived in Reno at the demonstration the amount of armed citizens who were armed with everything from M16s , M1 Grands , semi automatic shotguns ,AR-10s . The Nevada Highway Patrol asked the civilians if the would surround the rioters and they will escort them back to the California border. Which is exactly what they did. By providing a perimeter of security the State Employees didn’t have to deal with any backlash.
Ayyy it’s nice to see a fellow Nevadan in this comment section, I’m from Reno also
Hell yeah, proud to be Battle Born
@@MultiStrings123to bad about the air races ending !
Damn. Didn't hear anything about that in the news.
@@althereaper3182it’s because they don’t want us to unite and do the same to them
Because, almost everyone who owns a gun owns more than one. And, almost none of us have used them illegally. We follow safety rules. We shoot to train. We compete and pursue sporting goals with guns. And, sometimes we legally defend ourselves with guns. NONE OF THAT IS A PROBLEM.
not to mention all the hunters who shoot to feed their families
Mine must be defective - none of them has killed or even wounded one person.
We also have the world's most incarcerated people as well.
I often explain to people I can do more harm with a cellphone than I ever could with a gun, and I don't leave home without either.
For real, though, look at all the damage and death caused by some idiot filming George Floyd and working people into a frenzy on social media before the facts came out that he died from drug overdose. A cellphone is way more capable of harming the world than a handgun. Billions in damages, multiple people killed in related riots, tons of assaults, you get the picture.
@@songsthatarecatchyeasy fix, dont do criminal stuff. 😂
Many years ago my aunts and uncles were yelling at me about firearm ownership in the US. My grandmother asked what we were yelling about (she didn't speak English) I told her what was going on and her own words "gun is on a table it can't do anything it takes a person to use it." Her words shut them up so fast and she also yelled at then for being too loud. Minutes later they started to argue again and my grandmother continue to berate them with me going aren't you going respect your elders. My grandma was a G and I miss her.
I feel that, my late grandmother would be the only family member I would purchase a firearm for...sad state of affairs
Where was your Grandmother born and raised? Maybe she remembers WW1 or 2, when unarmed people were overrun by tyranical governments!?
@@chrissewell1608 China pre WWII, WWII, and fled during communist take over to Taiwan.
@@tinytank385 She knew. She definitely knew. We need to listen to the voices of experience.
Here in the US acts of self defense are often classified as gun violence the same way homicide is also misclassified
I think not in US but everywhere. Anti gun people think oh you shoot under self defense you commit gun violence.
They’re so desperate to disarm us.
They'll classify suicides and accidents as 'gun violence' too fairly often.
It doesn't matter because compared statistics does not just take the state qualification.
That’s why it’s important to educate yourself on these kinds of topics. Most popular debate is rife with talking points that fall apart upon simple examination
I live in a poor rural community and we don’t shoot each other. Poverty is not an excuse to shoot people
As my cousin says, being poor has nothing to do with being dirty.
Soap is cheap. That extrapolates to or from your point somehow.
If there were 10x or 100x as many of you crammed in to the same geographic area, struggling with the same scant resources, you might have different outcomes. It's not an excuse, but the desperation it causes is definitely a reason.
@@bikerbobcat poor communities like Chinatown don’t shoot at each other
@@Woodshedphilosophyit’s a mutil factor issue, but even with animals we see similar results, over crowdness with disparities to inherit violence also culture plays a role too
No, it isn't. But it's also not the same as living in poverty in close proximity with thousands of other people with limited resources. It's find a way or perish. Whereas the rural poor may not have much, but there IS a meager living to carve out.
Behind every blade of grass.
Yamamoto was a wise man... Too bad he was on the wrong side.
Still... He fought honorably. A worthy adversary.
@@tngtacticalmiata1219 He never actually said those words.
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@@Predator42ID So I've heard, but that doesn't make them untrue.
Use to be now it's like 32 guns behind every blade of grass 🤣😂🤣
I use this all the time ... We have less gun violence now than we did in the 90s but we have WAY more guns now than then.
A friend of mine said "Bullets were cheaper then" to me when we were debating that and I couldn't help but laugh and actually give him a single point in the debate (he's anti gun)
@@tibedog5629 True. But the point is that the argument about the number of guns in private hands being a problem in and of itself. I have friends who can't afford to shoot some of their weapons at the range because of the extreme cost of some ammo.
Colion, you hit it out of the park in this video! This is a message everyone in the 2A community must share. Preach it friend.
Before World War II, a high ranking Japanese Admiral advised never to invade the US because there is a gun behind every blade of grass.
I really hope people start realizing these facts
Problem is your dealing with those who are far too stubborn and ignorantly prideful to being wrong and will continue to double down and deny.
nah, not all of them
People don’t read
Facts are we lead 1st world countries by a wide margin. Our motto should be we're slightly better than Guatemala
@@dans8857wow now your being judgy lol, there is a whole lot of countries you called 3rd world because it doesn’t fit the narrative you want to believe.
Here in Brazil we have very strict gun laws and yet, some 40K murders per year. it´s almost as if gun control doesn´t deter criminals, who would´ve thought.
My gun has never jumped off the nightstand and committed a violent crime....
Mine did once but I had a talk with it and everything’s all good now 😂
My ar15 must have something wrong with it hasn't assaulted anyone
@@tracylittleton7296 I guess I got a defective M1A, mine just lays there and looks nice. Won't move an inch on its own, and won't load itself either.
Nor have any of mine... Could it be they're defective?
@@Ferd414 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Out of 196 countries the US ranked 3rd in gun violence.
Take the top 5 cities with the most gun violence out of the equation and the US goes from 3rd to 189th.
I’ve been a gun owner for over 10 years and a week ago was the first time I actually had to use it and I didn’t even point or shoot. Some guy on drugs was knocking on my door with a t-shirt wrapped around his right hand. I looked out my window at him and was holding my revolver in my right hand, once he saw that he ran away and I called the cops.
I’m just glad he knocked and didn’t try to kick my door in.
He was knocking to see if you were home or if you were sleeping
I have a crazy guess, a gut feeling, a hunch if you will:
Are those 5 cities run by democrats per chance?
@Coconut-219 Dude being liberal is just the nature of big population centers. Only like 3 big cities in the entire country are "red" cities, and they have just as high crime rates as any other ones. You also would probably be surprised to find out how high violent crime rates are in small towns. They might all vote red, but they're all on meth or fent
Gun violence, eh? Mebbe we should narrow the stats down to compare" criminal murder with firearm".
@@Coconut-219
They are indeed.
Let's get that percentage up to at least 65%!!!
Start giving gun loving canadians citizenship, between me, my brother, grandpa and a cousin we are closing in on 100 guns
I'm doing my part!
No way, the rest of the world needs an acknowledged right to self defense like we have. I want to see all peoples able to protect themselves. Then that 50% will actually drop.
I think that we may have more than 50% because there are a lot of firearms, that certainly exist, that are not counted in that estimate.
I live in California, so I am limited to 1 gun every 30 days... but I am doing my part!😊
I really hate when people are like, "It's a mental health issue!" because, dude, I struggle hard with depression, especially in this economy, but I would never shoot myself or others, even if I'm teetering on suicidal thoughts (been there more than I'd like).
I'm often terrified some well-meaning people will take from me one of the few things that brings joy to my life, which is shooting guns, reloading ammo for guns, and working on guns. I'm even a volunteer RSO at my local shooting association. Guns are therapeutic for me, I swear to God I'll loose my damn mind if people take that from me because of some asinine feel-good "mental health" bill. I already can't seek therapy because I live in a red flag law state.
Just remember, people hurt other people with guns not because they're mentally ill, but because they are making a conscious choice to use their firearm for malicious purpose. As for suicides, well... how about people pay more attention to their friends and family. I prevented my friend from killing himself by sacrificing an entire weekend to talk him out of it. Not kidding, I was on call with him for 48 hours until we were too tired to keep talking. I made him promise me he wouldn't kill himself before we could talk again. When I woke up, I called him back, and asked if he'd thought about what we said. He thanked me for being there for him, and that he woke up feeling more optimistic about life.
You will never legislate away suicide, or homicide. Instead, be there for your fellow man when he needs help. When you're on the cusp of suicide, you reach out desperately for someone to talk you out of it. If that fails, it only solidifies your sense of hopelessness, your sorrow, fear, and rage go into full swing, and you will do things to yourself you otherwise wouldn't do. People who haven't been in that abyss of darkness themselves don't fucking get it. Gun or no gun, you will find a way.
Be there for people. However, if you try to help, you better be committed to helping, and be sincere. If there's one thing that suicidal people can detect, it's when you are not sincere. Even if you don't get it, being a sincere, sympathetic ear can be enough.
Anyway, good video, and yeah, I wish anti-gun people would shut the fuck up, 'cause they don't know what they're talking about, they don't care about anyone but themselves, and they have no problem hurting other people if it means their ego gets stroked.
You are not alone.
I'm on 70% VA mental health disability. I'm 50. I've head Suicidal Ideation since I was 12.
The ONLY reason I haven't self-deleted was because I CHOSE NOT TO. Sometimes it can be weeks between having to make that choice, sometimes seconds. The availability of a gun does not change that choice as there are far more ways than just that.
Losing my gun rights is something that very likely would cause me to make that final choice by a different method.
Just because it's a mental health issue doesn't mean every mentally ill person is at fault.
Very well said. Every single word is spot on (especially the last paragraph... LOL).
It sounds like you have a good grasp on your situation. And even when you feel you don't... you're still a strong fighter and will get through it.
We NEED you with us. So stay focused my friend! Keep enjoying those stress-relievers of yours.
@@dwightdhansen Please don't. We need you with us as well. There are a dwindling number of men with character and fortitude. Never choose the out. You don't deserve that. You deserve better.
"mentally unwell" and similar terms are too broad. Like depression, trauma, anxiety, and psychopathy are all covered by that term, but only the latter would have justified restrictions placed upon them.
It should be calculated as homicides per firearm. It would illustrate a surprisingly low rate of gun violence despite amount of firearms.
399,999,950 firearms were not used in a homicide today in the US... meanwhile, 4,750 (at least) firearms were used by law abiding citizens to stop or prevent a crime. Most were just displaying that they had a firearm and were willing to use it. The anti-gunners can go pound sand.
@@coverts2962 having an appropriately informed opinion will reduce ignorant defacto comments like this. Data clearly shows number of firearms isnt the problem but domestic policy is. We all want less victims. Victims are created by people and their shitty policies. The fact you can easily identify poor political stances on a MAP should give you pause.
@@coverts2962 you literally have nothing to say.
I wish guns were easier to get in Brazil, sadly only criminals have them over here.
And off duty police.
@@KidtheIcarus yeah, like 1 person every 100,000. Not enough if you ask me.
Lula really got rid of all the good work Bolsonaro did huh?
@@gamerguy6990 nah, Bolsonaro didn't do much, it's extremely hard for any parasite, I mean politician, to undo the gun control laws.
Ironic, considering Brazil has one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world; Magtech.
One thing that annoys me about "Gun crimes in the U.S" stats that leftist use to complain about the Second Amendment is that they treat the United States like a small European country when its more like 50 small to large countries UNITED into a federation. They should be treating it by a State by State basis, and funnily enough the States that restrict the right to bear arms have higher crime rates. It isn't hyperbolic to say that small rural communities were everyone has a gun are borderline crime-free, because criminals know that every time they try to commit a crime in such a place it could be their last attempt.
I would add I don't think it's even fair to compare country to country. There are so many more factors than just population density that come into play. It would be like trying to compare the unemployment rates from country to country... The only thing that does is demonstrate that countries have different rates of unemployment, it doesn't say anything about how or why, or even really whether one country has more unemployment than another.
Ever heard of a little town called Kennesaw, Georgia? They have a city ordinance requiring every head of household inside the city limits to have at least one fiearm and appropriate ammunition for it on the premises unless they're federally or otherwise prohibited, or someone who objects on religious grounds. That law is never officially enforced, but it seems pretty effective in preventing crime... Last time I looked, their violent crime rate was about half a step away from nonexistent, and even "not violent" crime was so rare as to be just barely worth bothering to mention.
@@Ferd414 I remember watching a youtuber who went there and interviewed people, actually. If I was mayor of a city/town/county/whatever I'd even go so far as to make it mandatory for every citizen to be armed at all times whenever they leave their homes, plus mandate free firearm training in schools and tax breaks for people buying their first gun.
That sounds lovely.
@@MoaRider I'm thinkin' I could EASILY live with such a mandate. Unfortunately, I wouldn't reap any benefit from the tax break, seeing as I'd be moving in with multiple boom-sticks in "assorted flavors" already in my possession 😱
Robert Heinlein explained it: "An armed society is a polite society."
His "History & Moral Philosophy" course also made a lot of good points (violence resolves issues quickly; punishment that is not cruel is not punishment, etc.)
@@stephen-ng I use stuff from Col. Dubois all the time great book.
Japan says hello.
He had some really really odd other takes though so forgive me if I don't accept Heinlein's word as gospel.
Although he's spot on as far as the armed society goes :)
Great science fiction author. From Butler Mo.
Amen, I totally agree with what you said. Sadly, these truths are never talked about in mainstream media.
I have only about 400. But I’m working on it.
Better than putting ur money in the bank!
Damn. I'm a rookie at just 32.
@@mattdg1981 super rookie here, at just 12! (not counting a single blackpowder muzzleloader pistol- that's replica antique)
@@kylevidetto1115 I'm about half and half with pistols and long guns. No black powder though. I'm still working through some things.
@@mattdg1981 Same. I need more long guns though. Still working on my "Need" list vs. my "Want" list, though I'm starting to see some overlap. 😁
There's also one glaring detail you didn't even mention: How is "gun violence" defined? Because a lot of it is not actually malicious. Some are just scenarios of self-defense.
If you somehow filtered those out, we'd be even lower in chart.
The term "gun violence" itself is so "Demspeak"- who came up with it, anyway? Somebody please tell me how guns are violent when they can't load themselves on their own, commit mayhem on their own, do anything on their own. And why aren't stabbings called "knife violence" or people being bludgeoned "club violence"? Liberals get to create the language, then they use it to further their own aims.
This needs to be mandatorily played on every news station
Great content, very informative
You know and I know its not about truth. Its about control.
Thank you, sir! Been saying this to friends and family for years. THIS is the conversation we need to be having publicly.
My mom used to think I'm crazy for buying a bunch of guns and ammo last year and getting training. Then a few days ago she asked if I had my sidearm on me cause there's been a lot of strange vehicles turning around in our driveway (we live at the end of a relatively untraveled gravel road). I said "hell yeah, 24/7" then drew my gun and shot five rounds at a nearby target, hitting every shot in the A zone...all within two seconds. After all this time, she finally realizes why I train so often.
So did she get into guns also?
@@keonyang3332 She was into guns when I was a kid, then started to hate guns shortly after dad died in the mid 1990's. I still have her .22LR rifle on my wall because she doesn't want it anymore, and refuse to fix the extraction and ejection issue until she decides to pay for the parts. Maybe someday? lol
I hoped you gave your mother ear protection before you did that.
In under 2 seconds?! Jesus, I need to sharpen up…
@paulis7319 you should fix it and surprise her with it
50% Thats rookie numbers people . Lets get out there and raise the number , we have room to improve .
My guns must be dumb, they just can't figure out the lock to get out of the cabinet and load themselves with the nearby ammo.
Same, I was expecting my guns to just get up and go for a walk!
They make a pill for that
Factory defect
Mine are too. I know, let's combine AI with guns, no let's not.
I tried to attack train my guns, but the only commands they obey is sit and stay. I can't get them to do anything.
As a 32 year Veteran LEO from Canada I thank you brother for this info. And yes, the more people properly trained to carry a firearm we'll witness the horrific crimes drop across the board.
Americans, are, for the most part: very civilized.
Statistically, you should have 250,000 + deaths via firearm every year.
Yet, you don't.
Excellent report👍🏼
Violent crime is half what it was in the early 1990s, yet the population has increased by a hundred million and the number of guns has at the very least least doubled. We're safer than we've ever been and it will continue to trend downward as we continue to produce more guns.
You have almost half a million crimes with a gun each year
It has nothing to do with stemming gun violence . It has everything to do with disarmament in an attempt for control. Thank you for always having knowledgeable, quality content
Because when everyone is packing.
No one wants to get shot.
Peace Through Strangth!
What was it? Remove like Chicago, LA and NYC and US goes from 32 to like 186 in gun violence?
Which just confirms what we all already know: Stay the hell out of Chicago, LA, and NYC!
The biggest irony, all 3 of them are blue.
Remove Chicago, LA, and NYC and the gun death rate increases from 14.43 per 100k to 15.28 per 100k. It gets worse, not better
@@theghoulishgay8943 interesting. Could you please elaborate? or show your work? Is it because of the enormous population reduction?
@@michaelst7680 certainly! And yes, it is because of the drop in population too (if you’re removing the crimes then you obviously have to remove the populations too to keep it fair). I use 2022 data from Everytown.
The population of the US was 338.3 million. Subtract 18.8 million for NYC, 8.9 million for Chicago, and 12.5 million for LA, you get a population of 298 million. The total gun deaths in the US was 48,830. Subtract 585 for NYC (it has a very low gun death rate despite what people say), 1,753 for Chicago, and 962 for LA, and you get 45,530 gun deaths. Divide gun deaths by population and multiply by 100k and you get the gun death rate of 15.28 per 100k
Always right on. We need to fix people.
Preach!!
50%… we have to do better Americans!!
BUY MORE GUNS!!!
Working on it. I'm expecting a call to pick up a Taurus .357 revolver this week.
@TimsSchoolOfFish gun control is owning as many guns as you can control, the more guns you own the more guns you control
Accepting donations I need more
This is incredible information. This info MUST be shared with the general public. You have done GREAT work pulling this research statistics together. PLEASE find ways to get this in mainstream media and in the homes of our nation. VERY nice job. I appreciate your work in this area. Be strong!
Come one guys, lets get that 50% to 69% by 2025 please!!!
80% builds probably raises it a couple of points. Polymer 80 sold a high 6 digit number, and tactical machining did too when they were still in that business.
The gun doesn't pull its own trigger. That's why.
This statement stumps every anti 2a person I've ever talked to about this topic.
They will resort to the fallacy of guns being only an instrument of death, and if you point that guns are an equalizer because even a frail 80yo grandma can defend herself against a 2m tall muscular dude with a bat, their brain will freeze and a BSOD will occur.
You're the man, Colion
I absolutely love when you make videos like this. The numbers don’t lie!
Maybe one of the best videos on this topic I have ever seen. Thanks for the information!
That is THE VERY BEST THING I have ever heard about guns in the USA! Thank you - I have subscribed…much appreciated.
Once all of these “new residents” are in place to do what they came to do, we will be number one.
Wait until they realize the “American dream “ is taxed 50 percent.😂😂😂 They will seek the work around like everyone else scraping to put something together. And the cartels that helped them get here will only be too happy to oblige.
BINGO! People better wake the hell up right now!
Your prescience is phenomenal. Everything is by design. THEY want it that way, so they can push even harder for "common sense gun violence control". The only thing they want to control is us, Patriots. We are uncontrollable and possess stiff necks and THEY want to "re-educate" us.
"If they're undocumented, the government can't prove they existed in the first place when they disappear"
Expect it to happen in November
Hey man, one of the best, well put together videos on gun related deaths I've seen. Nice work 👍
I assume most criminals who kill with guns have only one gun (likely stolen), whereas most law abiding gun owners own multiple guns.
Hi Colin,
Here in New Zealand we don't quite have the same gun culture as you all do in the USA, nor a constitution, however of the 5 million population over 250,
000 are licensed firearm owners. Mostly own them for hunting & recreational shooting such as targets etc & are of no danger to anyone else; yet It's now very hard for a younger person to get a Firearm license to follow their chosen shooting life style. Our forests are dying because of feral pests & the youth crime rate is heading upwards yet the former socialist govt petty officials fail to see the solution (partially) is to promote firearm use to get rid of the pests. The Govt will get a good take on the taxes for vehicles etc, rifles ammo camping gear etc & @ the same time cut the pest problem & provide food for families as well as give the younger ones a focus & keep them off the streets.....it's weird I have to renew my license by September this year (& I've been hunting/shooting for over 55yrs,) but I still have to fill out a 40 page application form just to satisfy the govt I'm a safe person with a rifle etc. It all stems from the Shooting in Christchurch back in 52017, But that was caused by the fact that the Police didn't follow their own licensing procedure properly allowing the Aussie guy to buy the rifles in the first place; Then we local shooters etc have to pay for it all via stricter gun control. As you say the Crims don't care about laws so they still retain their firearms & use them on each other occasionally. Apparently the new Govt is going through the process to take out some of the restrictions &firearm registration etc, so hope it happens soon.
Regards,
Phil.
As far as I’m concerned we do a pretty damn good job controlling ourselves. We don’t need people that know nothing about firearms making rules or laws for firearms. Fix the communities lacking and you might just be surprised that your problem isn’t what you claim. But no, they choose to work around the actual problems because it gives them more control.
According to PEW, most gun deaths in the US are suicides. If someone wants to commit suicide it is their personal control and can not usually be stopped if that is their final decision. To many, using a gun just seems to be the quickest way to do it. So 54% of all gun deaths, aka suicides, are caused by mental health problems, not by direct gun violence such as murder or accidents. They are in a different category, especially since there are many different ways to commit suicide.
Actually, easy access to guns significantly increases suicide rates
An armed society is a polite society.
@@coverts2962 It is polite. Outside of the mentioned counties in this video, the U.S. is a pretty civil place.
Well said, Sir! U spent time and put all the info WELL together! Respect!
Liberal Gun Club say this exact same arguement.
It's not the guns it's our society, and the pervasive mess of hopelessness
You're right on the money, Colion! Keep up the great work!
I don’t know how many firearms I own. I counted them 3 times and got a different number each time.
I only know because I keep a spreadsheet. Also, how does one count, like for example a revolver with 2 different caliber cylinders, one gun or 2? Or a Glock with 2 different caliber barrels? Or a 1911 with a second upper in .22LR?
@@ChadBoss-qr4hl count them as 1 and put it into the "notes" section of your records. Amazon actually sells a firearms records book that is actually pretty decent. It's less than 10$. It may even come in handy if you sell a gun so you can keep the record of that in case down the line it got into the wrong hands and they come a knockin.
I love it when someone is asked how many guns they own and the person answers “give me a minute I need to think about it “
@@seaweeb2258 Yeah that's pretty much what I count them as. I'll look into that records book, thanks for the heads up! I was actually pretty far into developing an iPhone app to keep an inventory but just can't ever find the time/motiviation to work on it, and I'm not sure people would trust it if I made one anyway.
When it comes to self deletion people will use what's at hand and effective.
If your area has a really high bridge, people will try to jump off it to self delete.
If your area has a lot of high parking garages same deal.
If your area has gun ownership guess what?
It's not the bridges and parking garages that cause suicide
One of your best Colion. 💯
Well said sir. Great stats. Thank you.
Firearms are the only tool to be demonized for it's use. You don't blame the mechanics tools for not fixing your car correctly.
Love all your videos, but this is one of your best!
Registered guns. There are millions of Russian AKs all over the world probably not accounted for.
Yes, including in the US
@@kennethalbert4653 lol and that's not even counting the NON AK firearms that aren't registered in the US too
dafuq is a registered gun?
And it for-sure doesn't count the who-can-even-guess-how-many "haunted" firearms that nobody but their makers know exist, so they don't get counted. 3D printer go brrrrrrrr! Foundry furnace go roaaaarrrrrrrrrrr! Milling machine go Whirrrrrrrrrrr! Home-made boom-sticks in their thousands go pew! pew! pew! :)
Worse. I'd argue most of those AKs barely have any bearings to Russia anymore. Cheap copies of them are far more likely to be in an insurgent's hands than any good AK.
An armed society is a polite society! The U.S.A.would be MUCH MORE polite if most of our federal,state,and local gun"laws"and"rules"were repealed! "The presence of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference" George Washington
@@coverts2962 Human nature never changed whether 4000BC or the present day.
Your placement of "rules" and "laws" in quotation marks brought up something my son and I have talked about frequently. "Laws" are laws of nature. police don't need to enforce them, they enforce themselves. If you try to take a sharp turn at high speed in a car, you will part company with the paved road, and with a lot of luck, you will live to learn from your mistake, though you probably won't use that car again.
"Rules" are made by man, and are punished by man. Punishment only occurs of you are caught. Sometimes, rules are based on laws (like speed limits, though these are deliberately (I think) conservative, because the rule-makers know people will exceed them). Other times they are made to protect people who can't protect themselves (laws against theft and murder, for example). Other times, they are made so people with money can make more money, or people in power can keep their power. Legally, they carry the same weight, regardless of their motivation.
The rest of it comes under the category of "guidelines", to be ignored at your whim, and your peril.
Very true. We are pretty high on the crime list overall though. Comparing America to places like Columbia or Mexico is kind of silly. America boasts about how great it is, yet people get carjacked at gas stations and have their homes invaded. Guns are not the culprit, just like spoons and forks don’t make people fat. We can own forks and spoons and be healthy. But that requires a culture of healthy eating and effort. Just like people owning guns and not doing crime. The problem America has is a culture problem. We glorify violence in music and movies. We push home-destroying agendas into our kids. The problem is culture not guns.
Adding on that the lack for fanatical mobility and prejudice also contributes to this.
and you import it
My Black ass is from east Oakland California. Being poor didn’t make anyone a criminal where I came from. People chose to be criminals. My family did without and strived to do better. We took advantage of education and jobs opportunities to better our situations.
You are among the few who have a work ethic instead of a lazy, poor me, give me money attitude.
I love guns no matter what
Thank you CN for being a breath of fresh air and sanity in this corrupt world .
Where do we stand on private, responsible citizens protecting themselves from crime?
Love how you consistently bring the facts!
Show this to David Hogg!
He still wouldn't get it. Just make a face then deflect.
He is paid to oppose
Ted Bundy Jr. doesn't care about facts, he just wants money, power, and publicity.
He doesn't care about facts, he just wants money and publicity.
that little girl just knows one thing: guns bad.
Love your style, it's like a burst of creativity in every video!
It's nice to hear someone who knows what they're talking about. I've been stating that the mental health of our country is a bigger issue. Unfortunately random shootings in gun violence get bigger headlines.
Half in the neighborhood lol 😂
No, half in the neighbor's hood
Incredible video. Thanks for the knowledge Colion.
Self-deletions? Does UA-cam not allow the word "sui---cide" in videos? Good grief.
Use that word and videos get demonetized and put behind a WARNING that it might disturb “sensitive” viewers. 🤦🏼
You are always Spot On !!
Its not about the guns, its the people behind them.
Yeeessss!! so happy to hear more and more saying the simple truths!!! Thank you!
Seriously, this is such an amazing example of what happens when an 'issue' becomes politicized. You get told that you are a horrible person for not agreeing with the made-up solutions to the made-up problem, while actual humans are left to suffer as the real problems are not addressed...
Thank you for your content. Just shared this video with someone.
You always hit the nail directly on the head, my friend. Thank you.
Dang it man! I love this view point! Never disappoint. Off to share it to some folks with differing perspectives.
That meme about American having millions of guns and trillions of rounds of ammo is on point;
*_“If there was truly a gun problem in America, you’d know about it.”_*
Anyone who wants to disarm me intends to do me harm. Why else would they want me defenseless?
Thank you, most articulate and educated explanation I've heard someone offer. Takes a great mind and a level head to see that this is not an issue of gun control, and no amount of gun control will help.
Probably true of all states but definitely true for Virginia: The revocation rate for CCW permits is less than .3%. A CCW can be revoked for even pretty minor crimes. This means that CCW permit holders are among the least likely humans to even commit very minor offenses out of any demographic out there. Grandmothers have a higher statistic chance of being dangerous than a CCW holder.
I got to hear this.
Especially since everyone says we DO lead in Gun Violence.
So, let's get educated.
I'm a Boomer. A Bionic Boomer. I Enjoy what I do and plan to keep on doing it. Growing up when I did was Great for my firearms knowledge and my collection. My Great Uncle's 1911 bring back from the First World War, which my Uncle carried in the Second. Mausers, Arisakas, Lugers, one STG 44 . Took it apart and put it together. The owner, my friends dad, only had 8 rounds. 8MM short. Just try to find that! I wonder if it ever got fired? Kids in that era floated on a sea of souvenirs and bringbacks. I have a .30 Carbine from Saipan. .30 Carbine was about the same price as.22s, so I fired a Lot of surplus .30 Carbine ammo. Some of the stuff had to to be tegistered under the NFA. In 1968 one of our neighbors registeted a BAR and a couple of Thompsons in 1968. All bringbacks. It was a great time to grow up as far as learning about firearms and starting a collection.
Firearm Safety was taught young with live ammunition. The power of firearms was demonstrated on objects. Soda bottles, watermelons, etc.Kids walked around with rifles or shotguns and no one paid any attention. Not one kid that I I knew from that time ever had any accident or misused a firearm. There were guns and ammo all over the place. Knowlege kept kids safe.
50% Of the Worlds guns? I believe it's probably more than that. In a Free Country, like ours, kids better damned well know how to deal with firearms safely because they are, most certainly, objects that are encountered in everyday life.
You should delete this comment bubba. The atf will shit if they hear you got an stg-44 😂😂😂🤘🏻🤘🏻
It's videos like this that need to go viral. This information is incredibly valuable and is largely overshadowed by the fear mongering propagated by mass media.
Your one of the best 2A advocates and always have great points when you make a video. Keep up the good work its people like you that keep the real reality at the forefront of people minds. Not the brain washing that the news's propoganda tries to cram down our throats.
A very good and enlightening presentation. Thank you Colion
Facts and Common Sense.
Keep it coming. 👍
It’s not about how many guns you own it’s all about hording excessive amounts of ammunition just in case SHTF.
Here in India, We don't allow guns as freely and we don't have as many violent crimes involving guns. Our laws prescribe death penalty for murder and shooting someone dead could bring the noose. Different formulas work for different countries.
One of your best yet.
Preach it.
Not because I'm a gun owner, but because the focus of anti-gunners shows that their priority ISN'T the people involved, only the item that they need controlled.
Absolutely one of the best segments you have ever done . I salute you Sir.
Thank you for taking the time to make and share this video
One other piece to this - those places with the most crime - that seem to have the most additional gun laws as well - if you do end up defending yourself in most of these places, you will more than likely end up being the one arrested for violent acts. How messed up is that?
That thumbnail is pure gold! 🤣🤣🤣
Add to that less than half of Americans own a firearm. And about have of them only own one. So, 40-50 million Americans own all those guns !