That’s often a talking point. “You really believe that the government would try and brainwash you or try and take your rights away?” 😂 yes. And no, they won’t be doing it as long as we have our right to bear arms 😉
Keep in mind that property applies to *anything* you own not just land. Renting won't stop gun culture because what's inside that rented home is your family and things that you do own.
I was going to say this, but you said it much better. A person does not have to own land and a house to want to protect it from anyone wishing to attack. A lot of people who rent apartments own guns for the same reason. We do not want anyone invading our space and taking what is most valuable to us.
While the loss of property will probably have an affect on the margins, no, America's 'gun culture' will not be affected by the increase in home/property rentals. Firearms and the U.S. go far deeper then owning property. Defending one's home and family is not something many (most?) Americans feel comfortable leaving completely in the hands of the state, especially now with so many D.A. offices looking to release/not prosecute criminals for countless felonies because 'society isn't equitable'. Most gun owners love guns, the sport of shooting in general, hunting, et al., and do so safely and legally.
The accent of the narrator should give you a hint to take what he says with a grain of salt as he isn't from here. Contrary to popular opinion we have MANY restrictions pertaining to firearms ,and expelling the British to gain our freedoms has a great deal to do with firearm ownership here. Also defending our family along with many other reasons. Free people shouldn't need reasons,nor should we need permission to own firearms.
gotta love when a foreigner tells you about your own culture. but then again everyone loves to misrepresent America so maybe we should be used to it by now.
Especially his bullshit comment at the very end about indentured servants or whatever BS he said. If there is ONE topic I would say you really need an American perspective it's guns. People outside of America have a pretty twisted view and the guy that made the video definitely doesn't have a good understanding of the topic
@@fireheart6267 I find it funny that folks are commenting like this on a reaction to a video that did a good job explaining the origins of America's relationship with firearms.
Even worse; its a German pretending to have a posh brit accent to sound smarter. Kraut; formerly known as krautntea is a serial doxxer and harasser who has worked to cancel and attack people to the right of him. Do not assume anything he says or posts is in good faith.
Many may say that property ownership is not involved, but I disagree. Locke's writings declared life, liberty and property are to be protected by government. The 2nd allows the primacy of the individual, not the government, to be the first responder. People often use firearms to protect their property, valuables, their cars, and not just their life. Even combating trespassing is technically protecting property.
Whether I own 500 acres and multiple homes or live in a tiny apartment is irrelevant. My body is my property and I intend to defend my property as circumstances require. Every time high-ranking politicians propose restricting the Second Amendment, firearm sales shoot through the roof, if you'll pardon the expression. So no, our affinity for the Second Amendment won't change anytime soon.
I think the American ownership of guns is fairly simple. You have to remember the U.S. , with the exception of parts of California, was settled from east to west through an area already populated by a native population as well as the contesting colonial powers of France and Spain. Guns were necessary in that western movement for protection and hunting food and defending your property and the improvements on it from other people. Warfare with the natives and France in particular led to the introduction of more guns. A gun manufacturing industry sprang up in the eastern U.S. at an early date...hence flintlocks and caplocks called Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles became common. A whole host of gun makers arose to supply travelers and settlers heading west for new lands. The Civil War introduced millions of firearms into the country as well as new innovations in firearms which became famous worldwide...names like Colt and Smith and Wesson. All those Civil War era guns ended up being sold as surplus...most to civilians. My Dad, who was born in 1920, killed his first deer in 1935 with an old hand me down surplus trapdoor rifle from around 1880. WW1 and WW2 added even more guns into the mix. Handguns surged in popularity during the 1900's, both for police and private citizens. The police weapons would also hit the surplus market when agencies adopted a new weapon. Military surplus or military style models of guns gained a lot of popularity after WW2, Korea, and Vietnam due to the millions of young men who used them in the wars. Although most military surplus rifles have skyrocketed in price in the last couple decades, I can remember there being tons of them around in the 1960's and 1970's, and they were dirt cheap. The U.S. government decided at some point that perhaps they would become so unpopular with the armed citizenry that a revolution might occur...perhaps justifiably so...and made decisions to quit surplusing there old military arms to U.S. citizens and instead send them to other countries for their revolutions. Today many people have amassed quite a few guns. I have hunting rifles of various calibers, a shotgun, several defensive handguns, a hunting handgun, .22lr rifle and pistol for target shooting. I even have my Grandfather's old 30/30 rifle made back in 1903 and it still works fine.
Forgot to mention it wasn't until the 1930's, that a bill was passed, that gave government officials the ability to arrest and charge criminals who committed crimes in one state, then crossed into another state to avoid arrest and prosecution. Previous to that, crimes committed in one state, were not a chargeable offense in another state. Because a state's authority ended at the state border.
The Second Amendment, ratified in 1791, was proposed by James Madison to allow the creation of civilian forces that can counteract a tyrannical federal government. These days, property ownership has nothing to do with the 2nd.
It is disingenuous to suggest that the property ownership has nothing to do with the second amendment, especially "these days". As a matter of fact, these days, protection of property and self protection (you are your own property) is the #1 reason for private firearm ownership today.
In the last three years or so the largest increase of US gun buyers are urbanites who want to protect themselves from criminals . White rural males like myself have owned gums since the American Colonies were established by the King of Britain .
When a country disarms its citizens you should expect that government is going to do something the populace is not going to like. It happens all over the world,Venezuela is a good example as is Australia. Democrats in the US want to disarm Americans and there's a reason they need to take away our 2nd Amendment.
This leaves out a lot from why the 2nd Amendment came to be and why it's held its importance. 1. Yes colonists were given guns for protection and hunting. 2. Once the Brits started over taxing the colonies without representation colonists started protesting (part of our first amendment) 3. As the protests continued and increased in intensity more troops are brought in to quell them and soon people were forced to house these brit troops in their homes (reason for the 3rd Amendment) 4. In order to stop these protests the brits would search people's homes without warrants taking whatever they could think of without receipts. 5. The would force (torture) you to confess to things you may or may not have done (the reason for the 5th Amendment. Example: I take 5th or on advice of counsel I take the fifth . . . ") Anyway the brits were getting tired of all the noncompliance but because the only way they could control the people was to try & take the guns back. Well the Boston colonists said that ain't happening and started to stockpile weapons and ammunition, and once they got the signal that thousands of British troops have landed in Boston harbor the word went out and people started arming themselves and not long after the battle of Bunker Hill started what is known as the revolutionary war. That's why the right to keep and bare arms is the 2nd Amendment because it was meant to protect all of our rights and property from tyranny and anyone who wants to take our freedoms away and not what you might hear from some that the 2nd Amendment is only there for hunting.
The thing this guy totally failed to address is the real purpose of the 2nd Amendment. The 2nd is there to stop a tyrannical government mainly our own government. The founding fathers knew all about heavy handed politicians from their experience with the British which is why the 2nd was written into the Constitution.
Property ownership has nothing to do with gun ownership. It has more to do with protecting your family. Some places in the US it takes an hour for the police to show up.
@@TheKnoxvicious That's just not true. In the republic the Founders created, we the people are the government. We cannot repress, nor rebel, against ourselves. The government of the USA is not something outside us, it is us.
@@fireheart6267 I am objectively right. The history supports me. People are decidedly second to property in the USA. And overthrowing our own government is totally cornball.
Hey Jono, a different angle on this, Appalachian myself, West Virginia, even though I live in Florida, Our country started defending our rights against unjust laws from Britain, America's also embrace the culture of war type a warfare the native peoples used, our founders knew the necessity, of self-defense for our Republic and the rights guaranteed Us by our Constitution of United States of America!
Ja well no fine Boeitie 🤘🤠🤘 Born in Springs now resident of Texas. As to the 2nd Amendment, it's the anchor for all the rights as a protection against a Tyrannical Government. Go Boks..!
I got my first gun for my 11th birthday. I received safety training and firearms instruction before I was allowed to keep it in my home. I also had additional training in the Boy Scouts of America and later while in the United States Military.
JONO! Please ignore all of the comments saying the video is wrong, it is absolutely not wrong. This video is not about the second amendment, the reason for the second amendment's creation, or the reasons we ought to have it today. These commenters are mistaken in believing that this video is discussing anything other than the reason by which the original British settlers developed a culture of owning firearms. The protection of their newly gained property in the new world. A simple and true statement about the origin of popular firearm ownership in America. People in these comments think that this guy is saying that THIS is the reason for the second amendment, which it is not. They are right about the second amendment being about protecting against tyrannical government, and that today, gun ownership is mostly about that and self protection, not as much property ownership in the traditional sense, but that is not what this video is about. Very strange seeing so many people be misconstrued by this.
I think it's due to the constant attacks against the 2A by certain parties, it's essentially an ingrained response at this point. Still, while the video is correct on the origins of US gun culture, it must be stated that the origin=/= modern day.
Another thing he missed,gun crimes go down when Constitutional carry is enacted and most mass shooting happen in gun free zones....for obvious reasons.
That's hunting, the 40 acres. How is the gun ownership? Not from Tx rather a transplant from Arizona to a, ahem, California. I need to go back home to AZ.
@@torinbrown8196 Owning a gun in Texas is really simple. No waiting period even for pistols,ya go in and they run you and you can walk out with your new gun right then and there.
He may have been correct how it started partly, but I could tell by his accent and single point of view, that he wasn't raised with this culture or know how it grew, and its ideology also.
I may not own a gun, but most people I know do. All of us live in different apartments and own no private property. Moms even advised me to get one for protection recently. Definitely will get a good conceal pistol by the end of the year.
Property can be one of the reasons for owning a firearm but over here it's definitely not the only one. It's a culture, a way of life, a pioneering spirit, a love of freedom. Gun ownership defines us. The vast majority of firearm owning Americans are wonderful people who just want to live a good life and have the ability to protect ourselves, our loved ones, the possessions we worked hard for from the occasional bad apple or Government gone bad. It's easy to turn on the news, see a tragedy or rampant crime and be quick to judge that guns are bad. Those things are bad but it's such a microscopic percentage of us that do wrong things. Our media fans the political flames to make it look worse than it really is. A firearm is a tool, a mechanical tool, an inanimate object that does not function unless manipulated to do so. Firearm ownership here has been steadily on the rise over the years and I can't see it slowing down anytime soon. Heck, if (grain of salt if) the numbers are correct, we have more firearms than citizens in the number of millions. I sleep good at night knowing I'm surrounded by good people, armed people ready to defend each other and our Country.
Sorry in advance for such a long comment. As a 54yr old American who grew up sorta rural (outskirts of the Metro Phoenix Arizona area), I think this vid is very interesting in discussing the origin of our gun culture. However, I believe the continuation of that culture into more modern times is more interesting. Not all will agree but here's my take. Some key words here. 1980's, Ronald Reagan, NRA, Russia, Cold War, Marketing, Corruption, population makeup if the USA, Red Dawn. Lets see how much of that I can tie together. If you look at the gun issue only related to the 1980's you may agree that is where the root of Americas gun obsession. Was given 1 hell of a push forward. America was in the middle of the Cold War where a real life confrontation with Russia seemed very likely. Ronald Reagan was our gun pushing president at the time. Our military and White House want/need to spend a lot on defense. They need to motivate Americans that its the right thing to do. During this period, the National Rifle Association (The NRA) morphs from being more about education and training into becoming "THE" primary lobbiest for the gun industry. They rake in many many millions in this role. Where membership dues had been the majority of financial support for the NRA, lobbying on behalf of the gun industry becomes the main source of income. Marketing. The NRA and other similar interests begin to market America as very dangerous with gun ownership being the practical solution. The more violent the act was 2000 miles from your home.. the more you need a gun. Fear people into buying. So much money flowed in do to the success of fear campaigns that the NRA starts buying politicians through huge Campaign donations. Those politicians push more friendly gun laws, the gun industry loves the result and keeps shoveling cash at the NRA. The "Legal" side of the NRA grows by leaps and bounds. They have more lawyers than they know what to do with. They fight every gun law in the name of protecting our rights. In reality, they care little about us. We are the product being sold in this equation. Keep in mind America got an early start being indoctrined into gun ownership.. i merely contend the 80's was THE more modern push that exploaded guns into the billion dollar, politician owning industry it has become. Keep in mind 50% of America is "rural". Hunters, defence of land from intruding people and animals. Guns were normal for rural people to have. With gun sales going up in the 80's due to the marketing of fear of violance, lax gun laws, a powerful and driven NRA and a Govt needing to convince Americans that spending billions on weapons of war.. the movie Red Dawn comes out in 1984. If you havent seen it, you 100% need to do a full movie review of it. The 1984 release, not the newer trash remake. Red Dawn.. or more accurately, the timing of it, the fear it stoked and the scenario it was set in struck a chord with so many Americans. Many millions. Probably more than half. The movie plays out an attack on Americas heartland. "Calumet", a small town of a few thousand, pressumably in Colorado becomes the landscape from which WWIII breaks out. Citizens run to the hills but ultimately defend themselves and then begin to fight back against the Russian and Cuban aggressers that landed on top of their little rural community. Most members of rural communities being more self reliant and well armed, the movie really resonated with rural america in a time when there was a real fear of just such an attack. Little known fact around the world but many Americans consider Red Dawn to be a classic and a road map to how many Americans may go about reacting to such an attack. I myself have watched the movie about 20x and will probably watch it several more times in my life. You can even ask many city dwellers what they would do and their answer frequently involves running to the hills to survive or to group up and strike back in defense of our lives and lifestyles. Probably the best quick lesson a foreign person can give themselves about "why" America feels the way it feels about guns would be to watch that movie. Its all right there. Keep in mind the movie came out in 1984 and became very popular. What that translates to in 2024 is that we have many many millions of Americans age 40 - 70 that lived in the time where such an attack was plausible and were all saturated with the notion that "We can make a difference".. in fact we'd HAVE to pitch in and fight for our lives as civilians. An armed and willing population of civilians can really throw a monkey wrench into any attackers plans if those plans include sweeping across America by land. Boots on the ground. The theory here in America is that while we do have the most powerful military the world has ever seen, the willingness of so many in its civilian population to willfully become speed bumps to pepper and otherwise disrupt and slow down any large militaries progress accross our vast country. That feeling is pervasive to this day. Again, the movie Red Dawn is an American classic that still gets discussed to this day. So many people have had the conversation so many times. "Could a Red Dawn scenario actually happen?" and "How would that go?". The timing of that movie given the global stressors going on along with the other factors i mentioned like Lobbyists, Politicians and the NRA's changed focus of wh-ring guns on behalf of the gun industry along with pushing the agenda that its best to have a very big organized military in hopes that our military will show up to clean up the bad guys. That made huge military budgets easier to push through congress. Red Dawn 1984.
No the lack of property ownership is not having a negative effect on gun ownership. If anything there's an inverse effect. Owning guns has increased over the years especially after the race riots of 2020. Pair that with the general distrust of the government that the average American has (2020 c19 govt shenanigans) and were currently at a half billion guns in private hands that we know about. GOD BLESS AMERICA!🦅🦅🦅
I guess it comes down to the fact that what is yours {no matter how small or big is yours} including those you love and yourself. Of course you must be smart, cautious and legal. Like you said, "never bring a knife to a gunfight". I and most folks here want a peaceful life so please - don't back us into a corner. Two are going to have a bad day if you do, them and you. Yes I do live in Texas, but anyone would/should feel the same. Bless you and yours!
Owning less property will have no effect on gun ownership; we still need protection from our increasingly tyrannical government. Americans will stay locked and loaded. 🇺🇸
Nope. My guns have NOTHING to do with owning property (land), since I haven't owned any in years. Mine is tied to 2 possibilities. 1. Someone deciding they want to do me harm or take what I DO own. 2. The government attempting to even FURTHER my enslavement. MOSTLY is #1, since criminals have ZERO problem using theirs to take what I have INCLUDING MY LIFE. Owning my own is simply an equalizing prospect, try to take my stuff and you'll be taking a CHANCE as well. I'm not turning MINE in until the criminals and the government turn theirs in FIRST...
It’s getting harder and harder to purchase property ln the United States . Currently with high mortgage rates it’s cheaper to rent. Another part of the problem is the younger generation does not save their money.
Oddly, COVID may have changed the trajectory of property ownership in the USA. The ability to "work from home" allows Americans to live in affordable housing further away from their workplace. Instead of renting an apartment near work for $1,000 a month, they can pay a mortgage of $500 a month and own their less favorably located home.
No. Property is not limited to LAND. Everybody owns some sort of private property, i.e., car, truck, jewelry, etc. Gun sales in the U.S. has risen every yr. Some of the largest groups of new (1st time) gun owners are women & minorities, primarily for self defense. I live in the mountains of Idaho in a town of 275 residents. We have NO police dept. We rely on responsible neighbors & gun ownership. For law enforcement, we have a county sheriff & 10 deputy sheriffs. Response time is between 45 min. to an hr. Our county is larger in area than greater NYC & we have virtually no crime. The state of Idaho is a "constitutional carry" state, i.e., a resident of Idaho in good standing is allowed to legally "open" or "conceal" carry a firearm. I personally never feel the need to unless I'm making a large cash purchase. Gun control is actually becoming less popular in the U.S.
Guns will never change in America 🇺🇸 it's our Right to Protect our Country, Freedom and Land. If we need to stand up against our own government we will do so. Our Constitution and our Amendment rights is what's true to our country. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's not that Americans have less ability to own property, but that more Americans are choosing an urban lifestyle, so don't want to own property. An earlier comment said that property ownership has nothing to do with the safety of the Second Amendment, but I would counter that point with the fact that since the culture and politics of urban life tend to look down on private gun ownership and even to fear it, that the political force opposing it is _de facto_ rising, since so many more people are choosing an urban setting.
Both for good and ill, people in general (not just Americans) tend to mythologize guns. If guns scare you, that mythology is bad. If you like guns, that mythology is good. If you're a bit more dispassionate and circumspect, you recognize guns for what they are - tools. In the case of guns, the purpose they serve is to send a projectile from one point to another. The destination point may be a paper target or other inanimate object, or a game animal, or a human being. A gun only becomes a weapon when its owner decides (either by use or intent - implied or otherwise). Other tools such as hammers, knives, and cars can also become weapons, if the users decide to make them so. Like any tool, a gun may be used lawfully, safely, and morally. It may also be used irresponsibly, recklessly, and unlawfully. I am a well informed person and a civil libertarian. Thus, I believe the founders were correct to protect the right to bear arms. However, I also believe that their motives were not so simple as many 2nd Amendment enthusiasts say. Self defense and insulation from government overreach are not enshrined constitutional rights. They are rather, *implied natural rights* , as outlined in the Declaration of Independence. For my part, I judge the right to bear arms much as I do the right to free speech. In the case of the latter, the right to speak one's mind without legal consequence is absolute. However, a wise man knows when to shut up. Likewise, guaranteeing a right to bear arms does not assure that a gun should be the final arbiter or first option.
This is how the 2nd Amendment reads, “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Nowhere in the 2nd Amendment is a mention of property rights being connected to real property. People below in the comment section have given reasons why we have gun rights in the U.S., and they are not wrong but not fully correct. First, the first 10 Amendments written by the founders of the U.S. wrote those amendments in direct response so U.S. citizens of the new Republic would not be treated in the same way colonists were treated by the British Empire. And second, you are correct to say it’s the fault of the British for the U.S. gun culture. The British Empire attempted to disarm the colonist when the smell of revolution was in the air, so this is the most important reason why the people have a right to keep and bear arms, to fight back against a tyrannical government, both foreign and domestic. And we can add personal protection too. I do enjoy watching your videos but this video you responded to, the guy has no clue as to what and why the 2nd Amendment means or why it was created. Have a good one.
@@golgo310 Of course, he is incorrect. Firearm ownership is tied to the 2nd Amendment and not owning real property in the U.S.; just because people may decide to live in a rental property does not mean they lose their rights to own a firearm, and this is stated in the video. Maybe you should watch the video again, he does mention the 2nd Amendment around 7 minutes and 45 seconds into the video.
Property has nothing to do with guns. The Second Amendment clearly states the right of the people to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed upon. It was a way of leaving the citizens with a way to defend themselves against unlawful violence. It also gives citizens the right to form a militia to fight against a tyrannical government. Our founding fathers knew the fight against the tyrannical government of the British would one day arise again.
Everything in that video is mostly wrong. It has nothing to do with protecting property, though that is part of it. It is to defend ourselves from invasion as well as a tyrannical government.
If 6 million Jews had been armed instead of stripped of their gun ownership, things would have turned out quite differently. I’d argue that the holocaust might never have happened at all, or at least not without tremendous resistance that would have caused the Reich to question whether it was worth it or not. Contrary to this video, the real reasoning for American gun ownership is for defense in general, be it personal or in defense from invasion, or more importantly, to be the final checks and balance to tyranny from within. That is why it is penned in our Constitution as an inalienable right just behind freedom of speech and religion, but without the gun, what’s to ensure all of those rights are safe if not for gun ownership?
The first battle of the Revolution was fought over gun control. The British government wanted to seize the lawfully owned firearms of the colonists. If British troops could disarm the militia, there would be less of a threat to their control
this is completely wrong with the point of less people owning guns... im in the middle of the u.s. almost and still owning a gun here is strong lol my wife willingly bought one a pistol and i have an Armalite rifle, sorry let me rephrase that to assault rifle to fit common description lol
I don’t think that’s completely true it’s just depends on what part of the country you’re talking about also personal protection is still very big all over the country. There’s a lot of people that protect themselves, families, friends, loved ones and their property whether you own, lease or rent it doesn’t matter.
i live in the woods on land that is my families land and am friends with all the people in my hollow so I don't no if I can say exactly because I don't rent but I am well armed but i know many people that rent their properties that still have guns so I don't think so but people in cities are less connected to one another so they may fail to form militias to repel governments if or when they decided to take those weapons from them
Yeah… that’s not entirely accurate. I’m sure the first part about the English giving guns to achieve their end goal, which backfired is true, BUT people are actually buying more guns today because we can smell the tyranny. The issue with gun violence has to do with the encouragement from the establishment for violence from certain groups against others… but also the decline in morals and ethics. Even the older gang members had rules… they wouldn’t harm the old, women and children. Also, PLEASE read the 2nd amendment…it is straight forward! No guess work needed! If you aren’t allowed to protect yourself, you are essentially property to a higher class aka a slave.
While interesting this video is COMPLETELY incorrect. The US "culture" of personal weapon ownership originated in ENGLAND! The English parliament did not want to pay for a large standing army, being an island nation. So, they assigned to the militia (definition: all those citizens who could bear arms) the task of becoming proficient in their use (meaning being well regulated in their use) and owning weapons of war. This is the origin of the U.S. Constitution's 2nd Amendment
No, it is incorrect. The 2nd Amendment is not the origin of the "gun culture" anyway. ANYONE with a real 6th grade education knows that. The video did NOT address the real origin. @@golgo310
Once again, we have yet another European making a video about guns in America and putting out mis/dis information. The 5 main reasons for gun ownership in America are for protection, hunting, competitive target shooting, gun collectors and simply because we can because it's a constitutional right . Your RIGHT to protect yourself and family doesn't change because of where you live. Also gun ownership in America is skyrocketing because of the increase in crime and lawlessness that we are experiencing right now. Certain demographics, such as women are dramatically increasing every year as new gun owners. The 2nd Amendment rights were created to protect people, not land.
The first battle of the Revolution was fought over gun control. The British government wanted to seize the lawfully owned firearms of the colonists. If British troops could disarm the militia, there would be less of a threat to their control, so the British wanted to confiscate their property, yeah, that's the ticket.
