My 62 year old mother tells me every single time there is a school shooting that she and several other teachers, assistants, and staff have discussed how they will not hesitate to use their own bodies as shields to protect the children. The school is close enough to my house that I will be able to hear the shots being fired in the event of a school shooting. Earlier this year she told a student to stop hitting the little girl sitting next to him and he looked my mother in the eye and told her he was going to bring his daddy's gun to school so he can kill her. This is the country we live in. Yes guns are fun to shoot, but I'm not trying to see my mother or my nephews lying in caskets along with all the other victims of the next school shooting.
@@Robertsmith001 because some people don't want to carry a firearm into a school. They've never used one and don't want to. What a society we've created. Everyone has to wear body armour including 62 year old grandmas in a school. Why not all just drive around in tanks and carry grenades and RPG launchers.
@@Robertsmith001 right, I’m convinced some people just don’t understand that you may be called to defend yourself or others. I guess all folks aren’t built for that. If you’re not built for that I think you should stay out of this debate. Your mother would better serve those kids by training with a firearm and returning fire on the monster instead of throwing herself in front of the kids, that’s not going to stop any thing. It’s honorable and all but not effective in stopping a active shooter. No offense meant towards you or your mother, I just think we need to look at these things in reality & approach it properly.
@Robert smith perfect example here, you don't need to carry a gun into the Capitol. All you have to do is take one away from boebert, greene,gosar or any other one of those numbnuts who think that a gun makes them safer.
“They look menacing. They look authoritative.” So he fears authority and tricks himself into false masculinity by projecting his fear onto us with his AR.
Rather, he hopes that by owning that type of weapon he'll seem menacing and authoritative. All these people are scared and insecure about themselves. They are quite pathetic.
Owning a means of defense could be called a resort of fear,I guess, but not wanting to have a way of defending yourself is also a resort of stupidity, especially if you have a family to defend. I’ve always found it peculiar how liberals, self proclaimed champions of women’s rights, just completely avoid this topic since guns are an equalizer
@@drivenbullet260 you can defend it all you want, AR 15 are for killing people. It's a weapon of war. Are you fighting a war, or is this just a fashion statement for you?
@@seanyan692 funny thing, you could almost argue 100% of mass shooters have mental health problems. So really, youre just singling out the trans person. Least we know what kinda person you are.
We saw how menacing they appeared to Uvalde police, despite an overwhelming numbers advantage, carrying comparable firepower, years of training, with snipers, canines, drones, body armor, armored vehicles, shields…
@@firstsonofthesea7938 No it is not the same as any other hunting rifle . The caliber is too small & made to tumble so it would destroy your meat . You have no idea what you’re talking about .
@@CaptainGrnThmbs AR15’s come in a multitude of calibers. Including ones specifically designed for hunting. So it is you that has no idea what they are talking about. The ar15 can be used for anything from squirrels to grizzly bears.
I’m in the Army, been in over 20 years. I don’t have personal weapons. I shouldn’t have to have a personal weapon in a free society. My opinion. Also, I don’t think a lot of people should have personal weapons and I have no problem with this. That whole defend against tyranny bit is garbage IMO. You’re not gonna win against our Army. Stop worrying about that then.
And BTW, the military is diverse and people have different opinions. Don’t you dare try to speak for me or claim you know better than me. Thanks in advance. And I’ll say this again, I’ve served a long time and I don’t think a lot of people should have personal weapons. That’s my opinion and I have a right to have that opinion, and I’m not in violation on any oaths of you are tying to say that stupid shit. Good day.
@Syrious_ Kash well most repeat jokes and yes I do find it funny and yes china makes guns lots of them they just keep them from there own population and same for Russia and they still have crime so Russia police only gets six rounds of ammo counted each shift and turned in
I I have owned many firearms, I have never believed that I need a military firearm to protect myself, if I can't defend myself without a firearm then I would be ashamed
I'm a 5'3 120 pound woman, I'm a single mother of 3 children and I have never needed a gun to protect my home or my children, I have successfully protected them with a bat.
In the City of Cincinnati in a not too good neighborhood I saw and spoke to a guy mowing his lawn with a 45 cal desert eagle holstered on his belt. He was of the same ethnicity as the rest of the neighborhood and I always thought he was telegraphing to...anyone...what sort of welcome they might expect entering his home unexpectedly. He felt he needed to do that, and who am I to question otherwise? I do not think that man should be ashamed for doing what he thinks he needs to do.
@fps 079 sure, when I lived in Tucson it was not unusual to be in the check out line at Safeway behind a guy wearing a sidearm but I didn't feel any safer
Sadly, David Chappelle is probably correct! I Visualize a gun store about to open and 30 black people standing outside. The store door opens and the employee steps outside and asks” what are you guys all doing here”? The 30 black people reply “We’re here to buy AR 15s”! There are 30 white people standing outside of a gun store, waiting to get inside to buy A.R. 15s. Do you think there would be the same reaction from both groups?
that is exactly what happened in Cal. The Black Panthers strapped AR'S on their shoulders and patrolled the sidewalks. Gov. Reagan immediately put restrictions on AR's.
any asshole can talk sh it on the internet. it takes courage to practise what you preach. go face down ghetto animals in real life without any weapons then com back to us with your opinions.
They Love The Violence Pure And Simple They Have Proven That They Don't Value Life At All They Need To Stop Claiming They're Pro Life And We Need To Call Them Out On That Hypocracy!
cenk had said about 11 years ago that if nothing was done after sandy hook, nothing would be done period. it wasn't the most groundbreaking statement, but i still think of it everytime this happens. Only now repubs have dropped the façade of pretending to care about little kids dying, and saying "well adults died too! what about them!"
I think you guys should've left the old black dude out of this conversation. If anyone has a good reason to want an AR it's a black man who lived through Jim Crowe and found out how many white supremacists own them😢
They are actually spot-on I started purchasing Firearms right after Donald Trump got elected because I knew which direction he wanted to take this country and I am a black man and never again with what my black people went through I would go through without a fight
trump made it clear as to why the 2nd amendment was put in place. To push back against a tyrannical over reaching government where someone wanted to be the King and where anyone that questioned his authority is punished.
If you need an assault rifle to hunt, you’re a terrible shot and shouldn’t be allowed to own a gun. Again, home defence, really? A handgun does the same job.
You know nothing. Thousands/ tens of thousands yearly hunt deer, hogs, coyotes, wolves, etc with AR15's or AR 10's. Handguns fire weak cartridges compared to mediocre rifle cartridges, you don't know much, typical of most lefties.
@@DescartesStrollsIntoAPub Maybe in whatever bunker you've been living in. Most people's houses out where I live have walls so thin I can just straight up FART through a wall and kill a motherfucker. Stippling the walls with shotgun blasts would just be an AFTERthought.
I do not own a gun and in my country nobody owns guns or have specific guns for sporting or hunting and these are under very heavy regulation. Nobody carries except the police. So nobody is a threat to anyone. Now when I come to the states I am still not a threat, suddenly I am considered a potential threat to everybody because I could be carrying in the eyes of everyone. That scares me
Years ago I worked with "Young Offenders" In a quiet conversation during counselling sessions they all explained, owning a gun, makes me feel powerful. I also found, the smaller the imate the more likely they were to be hiding a weapon in their cell.
Basically what your saying is weaker,smaller people find comfort in being able to provide protection for themselves.... being able to provide self protection for yourself and family seems to be important to many people, they feel one shot is not enough protection against criminals who who don't abide by laws now. Murder is illegal,no matter what the weapon. It could be a knife,a fire, a powder,a virus, a car...... weapons of all sorts indeed. My premises are protected by deadly non combusting natural gases...but our constitution wanted the people to be as strong as the government to combat tyranny if needed. The only way any new world order could overtake the world is to de-weaponize Americans. The best way they can do that is to get us to hand them over happily. After every shooting,I see people turn in weapons to police who have collection corners in and around metropolitan areas across this country. It scares me that we are doing this and limiting speech.... America is not free anymore
I'm in Texas and it's part of the culture. My husband owes an AR-15 and MANY MORE. (Please call it an ArmaLite because they will call you stupid and walk away from any conversation.) Make no mistake he bought it because it wanted it. I've questioned him and others SO MANY times why they need it that I'm exhausted. There IS NO reason. They want it because it's cool, fun, it's intimidating and to "assault" wild pigs and deer. They say it's for protection but they know it's an excuse. When mass shootings happen they will send thoughts and prayers, they'll give ANY explanation on how to solve them problem except GIVING UP the AR. The real truth is they don't care. Yeah they can sympathize but it won't matter really until it hits home personally. I've tried, begged and tried to play on their emotions but nothing works. I get the standard "tree hugging libtard". They would rather watch the world go down in a cloud of gunfire than give up their favorite TOY. Maybe next time at target practice I could give them all a taste of the brick. LOL
You're saying it's a bad thing they don't care. Every year at least 30 kids drowned in swimming pools by continuing to support the swimming pool industry you're saying you don't care about those 30 kids see saying you don't care if isn't necessarily A Bad Thing
@@robertstone9988 Absolutely idiotic. Were pools designed and manufactured specifically and solely for the purpose of making living things dead? No, they weren't. Guns are. Shove the excuses and rationalizations someplace really uncomfortable. Fact: your hobby is more important to you than the lives of children (well, as long as they're somebody else's kids anyway).
@@scottheathco7323 Considering the M16 was adapted from the original Colt AR-15 and used in Vietnam, and the modern civilian variants are basically the same thing minus full auto, I think it's fair to call it a "military weapon".
@@HaeravonFAQs that's like saying the single shot trapdoor springfield used by custer is a military weapon because single shot rifles were invented by and for civilians the ar15 is not issued to the armed forces
I live in a civilised country. What do you want a gun for? If you're 3 hrs from the nearest Police station in an isolated area; or live on a farm; I can understand the need; but not for military style assault rifles. Letting civilians have them is insanity.
I had some idiots threatening me at my business. When they came at me I pulled a pistol out of my pocket and told them to back off. They then called the police, because they at that point thought I had broken the law by showing them the gun. (All was recorder on cctv). But long story short it took the police more than 45 minutes to get there and “save them”. That’s in The Miami Fla. I couldn’t believe it. I kept asking them if they told 911 that I had pulled a gun on them. In tge end the police were shown the cctv footage and trespassed them from my property. But 45 minutes it took for them to get there on a firearm call in the city.
@@garrettguerra7616 I think he is reffering to recent Court rulling. And are you really going to make that statement after police caught repetadly race profiling, beeing in white supremacy cults, and KILLING unarmmed black ppl for just existing ?
Yeah, afraid of higher potential resale value than anything else. I pay 550 each and they regularly sell for 975-1200. Even a pawn shop will give me 650, that's 100-650 dollars profit just for buying it. You can't beat capitalism.
@@crawdaddy2004 if there’s a bad guy shooting innocent people with a weapon then the counter to that is a trained, good guy with a gun. Plain and simple. You think this could’ve happened of there were armed guards standing in front of the school?
Not surprisingly these people are like children themselves who like to play with their guns because they are "fun". These are the same bright people who are influencing policy through who they support politically. It really is frightening.
"I like AR-15s because they look authoritative" Translation: I'm an emasculated beta, and holding an object that can kill a hundred people in a few seconds gives me what I believe are glimpses into the world of an Alpha. Unfortunately Alphas and Betas don't work like that, Alphas don't go around wondering "what else can I do to be an Alpha", they just are, and unfortunately no matter what you do, you will always be a Beta so long as you look to external devices "guns, vehicles, money...etc" to elevate yourself. Those things don't make you and Alpha
I had an AR-15. It's really fun to shoot. But I stopped going to the range and it was just laying there under my bed and so I sold it. It's overkill for home defense. Those 223 rounds can go through walls and it's dangerous for home defense. My handguns are fine for home defense.
A shotgun or handgun is quite sufficient for home defense. Although modern handguns require intensive training. An assault rifle like the AR-15 is acquired because a permanent threat is already assumed in the mind. This is called paranoia. Nevertheless, I would advise any minority to arm themselves adequately according to their needs in these times. In the last 5 years, unfortunately, I had to fundamentally change my opinion about weapons. I still do not like them and hate them so much. But unfortunately I am left with no choice but to deal with it.
@@johnryan6658 Neither is gun ownership. Read the Amendment. It clearly refers to a well regulated milita, i.e. The National Guard. No one else should be armed.
"I liked how they looked. They look menacing." Well do you have to have a gun to feel powerful as an adult...something cringey and wrong. Get therapy and try for confidence without a gun.
That guy just told on himself about his small mental/emotional stature (among other things). He wants an AR b/c it makes him feel powerful. Pathetic......
It is not up to anyone BUT ME to decide whether I need an AR-15. I have several. I like them. They are excellent tools to be used in a variety of circumstances. When people claim "you don't need an AR-15 to defend yourself," they suggest great ignorance of firearms. They are the kinds of people who think it is easy to simply shoot a person in the leg, which is commonly seen in Hollywood films. In the heat of the moment, hitting a target becomes exceptionally difficult. An AR-15 makes it easier. They are also a lot of fun. This year I began buying an AR-15 each and every time I have heard a major politician claim that I do not need one. I have quite a collection, and have just added to it a few days ago.
I use to own guns, including two AR-15's. I sold them all back in the pandemic to pay for college. I had meant to get back into the hobby but became more interested in more affordable hobbies, I had like 14k invested in 8 different guns. Having the time without them made me realize how useless they really were, in many ways I feel much safer without them in my house. I am more so against them in light of the current situations we see arise today.
@@Zer0FuXGiv3n An American gun owner is a different breed. You have a 30% chance to encounter one with one or more severe mental illnesses. Drug abuse, lead in the drinking water, red hatters, evangelicals, proud boys, Fox News, .... A thousand and one reasons not to trust an American gun owner.
I collect guns for hunting target shooting and self defense. I don't own a AR or similar weapon and don't see need for them. If I met up for a deer hunt and everyone showed up with assault weapon I would find another group of friends who don't need so many rounds in a rifle to shoot a deer pig or whatever . Hunting with a single shot makes you a better hunter and a better shot. I feel the assault style weapon has made it harder for hunters to find people willing to let them hunt on their property for fear of lots of wildlife being only wounded and stray bullets. Many localities are closed all together in my area because 1 bullet goes somewhere it shouldn't. The guns that are fun for some are ruining a sport for many!
I'm an American who has lived in Europe for many years. I see this obssession to own AR-15s the same way my fellow Europeans see it: Mind Boggling, Insane and utterly unhinged
Bro as soon as he said "my puppy dog" I thought: ok he really needs that gun tho 😅🤣 Seriously the rest are stupid reasons. But if you're that worried about your dog, maybe just get a shotgun instead. It's the best for home invaders.
I've had both my shotgun and my .22 since hunter safety back in the 90's. Neither of them are much to look at. I have a 9mm my buddy gifted me for if the world ends lol. P.s. I live in the middle of nowhere in ND, there's little chance anyone is gonna come here lol.
I am an Eagle Scout. One year during our summer camp, I tried to earn the Rifling merit badge. I am a terrible shot. I haven’t shot a gun since then nor have I had any desire to own a gun. That was over 20 years ago.
I'm old enough to remember when the NRA published fictional stories about overthrowing the government with armed militias. I never thought that would get to the point where 1/3 of the public thinks that's even possible.
Goat herders just kicked the mighty US of A out of Afghanistan. And also kept our weapons, money and bases. Also a few rebels kicked an empire out of what is called today as The United Communist Republic of America.
Almost 28% of Canadians own firearms and we have virtually no mass shootings. Our secret is not having a corrupt 2 party political system with a 2tier legal system. I’m not saying Canada is better than ameirca is, but if you ask 95% of nations, they’ll say it for us eh.
The Wild West was very tame next to what we see now. That’s not hyperbole, we really are much much more violent now as far as death rate than we were between 1800-1900.
I'd love to ask that one guy, what would've happened at Uvalde if you substituted the shooters AR-15 for a brick, or knife, or even a handgun. Would 400 militarized cops be too scared to do their job if the shooter had a Brick?!
Hanguns kill far more innocent lives than AR15s. More mass shootings are carried out with handguns. The blood of the innocent children slain is on your hands.
@@brucecampbell4528 Nobody is saying you can't have arms. Just that there should be sensible limits. You agree civilians shouldn't be able to buy hand grenades and C4, right?
The self defense point is ALWAY BULLSHIT. Self defense is better done with pistols or shotguns, other short range, more compact weapons. An AR is for people who wanna start the fight. But they will never accept that
@@studentdrake Read any of the stuff prior to the McDonald and Heller cases of the early and mid 2000s. Even the cases themselves. I remember those days. The mantra was handguns were the only reliable weapon for self defense.
I've got a friend in London, Ontario who's a gun enthusiast. He has an armory. He has a section of his home that's basically a vault full of guns. Everything from old flintlock pistols to the MCX-Spear. He loved guns. But he's also a RESPONSIBLE gun owner. Every gun is safety secured, with all ammo locked up in a different room. He does keep a handgun next to his bed for security (in a finger print locked safe). He's got hundreds of guns. And he's fully in support of Canada's gun laws. He's said that if the government said he needed to turn in some of them, he'd have no issue doing so. Because collecting guns is something he enjoys. Shooting guns is something he enjoys (safely at the range). But guns are a tool to kill people. Period. That's what they exist for. Yes, some people can use some for hunting, but those aren't the ones mass shooters buy. Guns won't stop a tyrannical government, because they have the military and will kill you before you even know they're coming. A handgun CAN be used in defense of your home, if you're well trained in it's use (a large number of home deaths involve someone shooting themselves or a loved one with a gun they bought for defense). But the idea that everyone should be armed to the teeth is idiotic. You want guns, you should be able to prove you can be trusted with them. You should go through thorough background and mental checks, get trained and licensed, and have the gun registered. If you follow the laws, you get your gun. The second you BREAK the laws, you should lose them. The argument is always "well gun laws just hurt law abiding gun owners." No, they don't. If you're law abiding, the laws don't affect you. If you're a CRIMINAL that wouldn't pass a background check... THEN they affect you.
They dont? Theyre trying to ban ar's specifically on cosmetics. A supressor that protects hearing cost around 500 and takes a year to get. You normally have to apply to your local sheriff for a handgun permit and they can refuse it for any reason. Which usually means race. The feds can ban you from owning firearms because you went to therapy. Or ban a cosmetic on a firearm just because. Or declare because you put a handle on a rifle it is now a banned firearm e en if you take it off..etc etc And lets face it..the real goal of gun control is to make firearms illegal except in tge hands of upperclass whites and the police
People tried to use the argument that gun regulation wouldn't stop bad guys in Australia when they introduced legislation in 1996, guess what? It did largely stop bad guys because it turns out most criminals obtain guns through residential theft, it's very hard to steal a gun and the ammunition when they are locked in separate gun safes bolted to a concrete slab.
A cop told me that if you want to defend your home get a pump action shotgun. Just the SOUND of a round being chambered will freeze anyone in their tracks--and you don't need good aim if you have to pull the trigger. I'm pretty sure we've never had a mass bricking event in this country.
You could have a guard dog too. No one is breaking into a house with a well trained protective German shepherd barking like hell and snarling its teeth
@@eatmorenachosnothing can move around my house with out my Chihuahuas noticing. Not much bite but plenty of bark and they take their watch dog duties seriously
That’s the exact description of “we the people” who pass our votes and rights to the gun manufacturers, the NRA, and the corrupt politicians who trade their votes for lucrative donations to pad their lying campaigns. Not to mention big oil, the Koch Brothers, and big pharmaceuticals, CEO’s who are controlling the people’s agenda.
Why do Americans hold their police in such high esteem if they feel that they are so inept that a private firearm is necessary? The fact of the matter is that you and your loved ones are far more likely to be shot if you own a gun. Just know that if an accident happens after you bought a gun, you did it. You killed or injured that person by bringing a murder machine into the house.
@@scottheathco7323 Bleach and cleaning products are extremely danegerous to children and are one of the major reasons for hospitalisation. The difference is you can pump a stomach. Also previous generations like to drink bleach and take de-wormers for viral infections. Idiots exist at all ages so bugger off with your ageist bullshit.
You’re just repeating what the media tells you. You can shirk the Stockholm Syndrome but it will take studying for yourself. The truth WILL set you free!
@KDM 68 I've noticed a pattern in your responses here, you seem to be fascinated by and hypercritical of the size of other men's penises. This makes me think that you may indeed have the biggest penis in the world! You must obviously use your penis to fight crime because of your disdain for us mortal men having to use firearms to protect ourselves, we don't have a massive penis like yourself after all. I for one would pay American dollars to watch you fight off five or six armed home invaders using nothing but your massive penis, it must be a sight to see! You Sir are my hero!
The only thing you need for your house is a shotgun for stoping power. The only thing you need outside of the house is a 9 mm G40 or 38 snob nose. There's? No reason to be walking around with an AR15. I don't care what nobody says that's too d*** dangerous.Citizens shouldn't have military grade guns I said what TF I said.
@@thinkharder9332 this is a horrible argument. If you think you just said anything you just prove my whole entire point. The reason you don’t use a AR in your home is because the ammunition can over penetrate if you have a next-door neighbor and their house is 30 feet away from yours you can literally kill them. That’s why shotgun is more efficient more stoping power less range. Let me say it again for the idiots in the back more stoping power less range. And if everybody is using hand, guns and shotguns again, you just prove my point you don’t need an A.R. 15 in order to defend yourself . You are the same people that will dump all your resources in to the military and police, and then cry about guns make up your damn man. At the end of the day mass shooters are not the problem people like you arming mass shooters are the problem.
"I'm not doing it". Allow me to offer an example of why that makes little difference. Everyone can come up with an example they see in their lives. Here's mine... I'm a truck driver. There are a very large number of truck drivers who constantly complain about federal HOS(Hours Of Service) laws we must follow. They seem to think because they feel that they can handle their schedules responsibly, without restrictions, those restrictions shouldn't exist. That thinking is just ignorance. The laws exist because there are drivers who would be more dangerous on the roads without those laws and because there are members of management in trucking companies who would push drivers beyond their comfort levels if those laws didn't exist to curb this. I know no one really needs that example, but there it is anyway. Decisions like this aren't made to restrict the large percentage of people who can be trusted. The decisions are made to protect others from the small percentage who can't be trusted.
I agree, I don't understand how Americans who are gun nuts and own ARs think that it's so cool and something to be proud of, when in reality, the rest of the world sees it as crazy, embarrassing, and dangerous.
@@brendag5263 it's because when I listen to their interviews one thing stands out: they're scared to death. They think a gun is going to solve those problems when it in fact it creates them. There was a stat a long time ago that showed with home invasions the gun owner often had their gun used on them. Not sure if that was accurate but in the 80s and 90s it came up a lot.
There are no words for the bitter rage I feel after watching this. Those aren't lovely people. Those are adult children who treat deadly weapons like toys. Beyond revolting.
Exactly and people like Anna always making excuses for them is the problem. Trump voters and conservatives are horrible evil people and there ai nothing redeeming about them
@@yarpenzigrin1893 When "gender ideologues" (I doubt you even know what you said) kill people by the tens of thousands every year, then you can say that.
@@yarpenzigrin1893 they don’t make one damn bit of difference in your personal life; stay in your own lane. Keep drinking the MAGAt Koolaide. Vote Blue💙💙💙
I am a 50+ female who lives alone in the middle of the woods in East Tennessee . I was raised around guns. We had my fathers WW2 military issue .45, 1 shotgun, and my brothers .22 and another hunter rifle he had that I never paid much attention to. I have fired several different assault rifles, HK, Smith & Wesson. I have no need for such an over the top play thing. My aim is by far and away good enough that I don't need to just spray ammunition into anything or anyone that's a threat & rip it apart. People who have such weapons either want to look "badass"😂, or they intend on just blowing someone to pieces. If you enjoy shooting at the range, great. I have more fun making the hard shot rather than ripping something to shreds. I might consider owning one should it ever come down to MTG coming in to run me out of my red state home (that's been in my family since after the Revolutionary War as a war pention) since I'm a Democrat. Nah, she'd never get close enough to use her assault rifle😁.
I'm a Vietnam veteran. Before I joined the Army, I belonged to the NRA. Carrying an M16 around for a year in that criminal fiasco permanently turned me against guns in general and assault rifles in particular.
My father and two uncles were in that " Asian Vacation" all were in combat , wounded and decorated. They hated the " Mattel" rifle but all 3 own one today . They firmly believe in gun ownership because they saw what happens if a dictator is in control.
SPOT ON ! Adam!...VN, with ALL of the availible weapons., Makes One Realize That " EYE for an EYE" IS not !, the ANSWER! the BALLISTIC POWER, ...of the .223 BULLET, is JUST NOT NECESSARRY, in a CIVILIAN SETTING! " LETS GO GET BAMBI ! With OUR HIGH CAPACITY, BUMP STOCK EQUIPTED AR 15s !!" "SHE Will NOT !......Get AWAY !!
Hears my take on AR - 15 owners . I’ll use a neighbor a couple of houses down from me , he’s a 47 year old boy , he’s 5’01” , he shaves his head , he is covered with tattoos , he wears sleeveless shirts, oh and he drives a 4 wheel drive pickup , big tires, raised soo high I don’t know how he gets in it . That pickup has never been on a dirt road much less a river . The other one is pretty much the same except this one has an 90’s something Corvette parked in his driveway that hasn’t moved in over 2 years , ( yes 2 years ) . He washes and waxes it monthly, but never drives it . Another person told me that the engine was blown 3 months after he bought it. The Corvette owner has 2 AR- 15’s . I think they both have mental issues AND I watch them closely.
Former Republican U.S. President and California Gov. Ronald Reagan once said, "There is absolutely no reason why out on the street today a civilian should be carrying a loaded weapon." Reagan said these words on May 2, 1967.
Dude that was in the 60's lmao. The cash app inventor was just stabbed to death in San Francisco. And me being from Chicago makes your thought process so insane. My childhood friend was shot to death driving Uber by two unknown gunmen as he picked up a passenger. Shits wild out here. I usually Carry one and I own Assault weapons for anyone or any gang who thinks I'm joking. Being from Chicago l grew up around 4-5 different Gangs. GD's, 4CH, Black P stone, Bloods from Belize who were extremely violent and Jamaican Gangs who are worse and more violent. I couldn't even begin to understand Gun control.
very few. Ar 15's are used in 3 percent of shootings. The majority of shooters use pistols. Your stupid policy only deprives law-abiding citizens of their property
Whats disturbing is when someone turns 18 and without buying or shooting owning a single shot 22 rifle or break barrel shotgun any caliber is they go out and get an AR-15 as there first gun just because it looks cool to them just because they wanna have it.
@@jarateman6427 mentally ill people being able to buy them and then go on shooting rampages. Also these guns aren’t always under lock and key and are kept loaded in the home for self defence reasons, but that leaves them prone to theft by criminals or a young family member.
The older brother is right. After Trump got elected I went from 0 to 25 gun. My family consists of black, Asian, white, Indian, and Polynesian people. Trump made it ok for the racists to be and act upon their racist thoughts. Therefore I trained every member of my family in safety, maintenance, tactics, accuracy, situational awareness, and more importantly self awareness. Because no one is a criminal until they commit a crime. And the difference between a good guy with a gun and a bad guy with a gun is one too many bad days. We all have the propensity for evil. It just takes someone to push to right button at the wrong time. Don’t kid yourselves. Knowing how to calm yourself, is the most valuable skill in gun ownership.
There's something very, very sad when you feel a need to own a gun to protect yourself from your neighbours: and that need usurps a child's rights to go to school and not get their brains blown out.
@@Agent_N7 I doubt that's true, but in any case, it's far safer to protect kids and not let people own guns that they can't possibly need in a civilized society, so what is even the argument for letting them own them? That's like saying that even though it would be safer if mentally disturbed people didn't have missiles, why not just let them and then figure out how to protect everyone else. Why exactly does anyone 'need' an AR-15 and why should they be allowed to own one if they can't own a missile? I mean, I'm pretty sure missiles also look kinda pretty and they make you feel powerful, so what is the difference?
Pretty big leap there Brendan. Poetic maybe, but there are millions of AR-15 owners who use their weapons lawfully and have no intention of usurping anyone's rights. What makes a person normal in your eyes may not be the same to everyone else.
So I'm a gun owner and I own an AR and the reason I bought it was to go to the range and that's pretty much it most of the time it sits in the safe. I have handguns as well. They also sit in the safe, I don't believe anyone will be breaking into my house. I have jumped through all the hoops to get my firearms ID card. I've gone through all the necessary background checks for each of my weapons, and I think that if the laws were strict everywhere as they are where I live, maybe some of the people who have gotten their hands on guns and have done horrible things wouldn't have been able to get their hands on guns. I have no problem with strict gun laws. It's a necessity.
This is all good. Unfortunately, when you have millions like you, some of them, or their children, will decide to use them for bad things. It's just a simple statistical fact. For that very reason it's better if no-one has them.
@Think Harder "Most other places have stricter laws than the US and are also more violent." Actually, the US ranked 77th out of 200 countries in terms of homicide last year, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, so already you're starting off on the wrong foot. In 1994, there was a federal ban on assault rifles that expired in 2004. During the ban, the number of assault-rifle-related incidents went down. After the ban, they rose. Why don't Mexico's federal laws work? According to the Harvard Gazette, "Between 70 to 90 percent of guns recovered at crime scenes in Mexico can be traced back to the U.S. Drug cartels, in particular, buy those weapons in the U.S., mostly in Texas or Arizona, and smuggle them across the border." They don't work because they're too easily circumvented. You say "it needs to be federal" is an excuse for failure at the state level. I say it's a solution. However, we'll never know as long as efforts to pass and enforce such laws are blocked.
I am a liberal democrat. I have an AR because I am afraid of crazed right wingers with AR's. Extreme right wingers keep hinting at and threatening political violence... also there is a multi perp surge in group attacks.... I just don't want to be the only guy in the fight without an AR. I am a Vietnam vet with three Purple Hearts... followed by twelve years as a military contractor. Lots of gun fights. Name the semi auto military rifle and I have provably used it at one time or another. I am an experienced gun fighter. Several times I have gone up against a military rifle with just a handgun... its a hard row to hoe. I survived by sheer luck, usually by just escaping. I think that high capacity semi auto rifles should have never been allowed in the hands of the civilian public. However, I don't see a way of stuffing that genie back into the bottle. I think a possible first step is to make the open carry of rifles illegal. Every time I see some 2A nut carrying a rifle openly I want to pull on them.... but I don't.
After I got out of the military an AR-15 was just kind of weapon I had the most training with. It's precision and lethality is the selling point as a means of defense. That said I think they should require a license to own one. The more tactically effective a weapon is the more restrictive it should be to possess.
@@senioMseD it's less about specific weapon traits and more about tactical effectiveness and lethality. I think there should be different levels of licenses for different levels of lethality. We have different kinds of licenses for vehicles and heavy machinery, I don't see a reason why we can't have better licenses for firearms.
I'm starting to see a trend of Vets and current servicing violating their Oath to the Constitution. You are bound to the Constitution. AR 15s are protected.
@@senioMseD I don't think they would be different in lethality and I think both should require the same level of licensing. Tactically I would treat either weapon pretty much the same. You already need a license for fully automatic crew-served weapons or for projectile explosives like an RPG. I don't think having different levels of restrictions for other firearms is really all that unreasonable.
@@senioMseD if I understand your question correctly, no I do not see testing for firearm competency, safety, mental instability, and criminal record, as an infringement on our right to bear arms. I think the right to bear arms should not be permitted to certain people for the sake of Public Safety and National Security.
@@senioMseD that's fair, out of curiosity, is there any solution that you would propose to better mitigate firearms getting into the hands of the wrong kind of people?
I grew up in a house with guns, pumps and lever action, no handguns. All the guns were locked away when my dad and older brothers were hunting. At 21 I went into law enforcement and was required to purchase and carry a handgun. I purchased a revolver and not a semi-automatic for safety reasons. I resigned at 23. Hated the job and went on to a career which made me happy. I have always had a concealed carry permit, however seldom feel the desire to carry. I have never felt the need to own an assault rifle and do not believe they should be owned by the general public. I seriously believe there is something wrong with anyone who would want to own one. Deer don't shoot back. I stopped hunting 30 years ago and now the guns are all locked away. I am seriously considering destroying them. I am afraid of who might wind up with them and what they would shoot.
When my spouse was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan had an assault rifle everywhere he went. And these guns are not meant for civilians. Shooting this gun in a house can easily go through the wall and kill a family member even though the person wanted it for security for the family.
