Gun Rights: USA vs. Europe Perspectives 

Man, you guys have one mass shooting a week in the USA. But the idea of the clip is not to be against gun ownership. It is just an observation about the differences with Europe. You guys historically have a more privatized violence, while in Europe, violence is state owned.

@@LuisGeorgePod according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (annual) shows that most firearms related violence is relegated to 13 counties in the US while the vast majority of the landscape is nearly crime and violence free. The latter regions inside many states have the highest legal firearms ownership in the country yet the lowest crime. Also, the most restricted class of firearms ownership in the country is known as NFA (National Firearms Act of 1934) which allows ownership of Military type full auto firearms, short barrel rifles and shotguns as well as Silencers. Since 1934, only a handful of crimes (4 exactly) have been committed by legally transferred NFA/Military type Firearms where as illegally obtained machineguns are readily available on the black market. Many of those are stolen Military and Law Enforcement Firearms which are stolen in significant numbers every year. The biggest problem with firearm related violence we have here is that our criminal justice system fails to keep the most dangerous offenders in prison and properly treat mentally ill persons. Both convicted felons and mentally ill are fully prohibited from buying or owning firearms but often steal them or obtain them from illicit sources which no amount of laws will ever stop. BTW, we keep seeing how illegal military firearms and explosives are slipping through the EU as bad or worse than drugs. Terror attacks and firearm violence are on the rise across the continent. You have some bad actors in Russia, the Middle East, and Africa who are going to keep the drugs and guns flowing into the EU without end. Violence there is going to get far worse. I do have a lot of knowledge on the subject, nearly 40 years worth of experience.

Note, tried to post links here on the EU Firearms Trafficking Epidemic but apparently the site or author won't allow it?

@@ilm-def8920 I think it’s a RU-vid thing, but yes, the EU is awash in illegal guns.

@@LuisGeorgePod 'mass shooting' is not a valid metric because there is no _valid_ definition of what a mass shooting is., so idk what you mean. and state owned violence...well we all know how _that_ ends up for subjects historically, now dont we? 🤣 You need to watch some *Colion Noir* he breaks down the data that the government uses to infringe us

There’s more rights here in Germany than in the US .. don’t get me wrong I see myself as an ally to the US but it’s naive to think that because of your trusty 1911 means you have more freedom. Here for example you can speed in the highway all you want, you can drink anywhere publicly, you can smoke a joint (I don’t but you can)..

Could you explain more about the Middle East, dunno what exactly you mean.

@@LuisGeorgePod The government having advanced weapons implies that the _human beings_ behind those weapons are willing to use them on the _citizens_ Hard to imagine those people wanting to roll tanks and drone recognizable streets they grew up on. Which really implies a civil war already happened. And further, the fact that you think the government would be willing to use them on its citizens, is all the reason we need for a *2nd Amendment* to exist.

@wtfdtreats in this clip, we are not advocating for gun control or against the 2nd amendment. This is a clip from an entire video in which we talk about the 6 reasons for which (in our opinion) living in Europe is better than the USA. We did after we did another video in which we talked about the greatest contribution of the USA to the Western civilization. I think on the topic of guns, Europeans and Americans are like on two different planets. In our extremely old systems violence is centralized, while in America is private, due to the history of the country. The topic is too brought to debate through comments. We just explained the differences that it's it.

Could you link the stats about Amsterdam?

I don’t think he can link made up statts lol