Bob York Frank Zappa once said "I criticize America, but I won't leave, because I know we have it good here". Criticizing is aiming to solve the problems.
I hated the fact that UK was in the EU but I stayed in the UK. We had a vote and now we are leaving the EU. That's what you do, stay and change things.
Well see, there are drugs made specifically to alter your state of consciousness and will lead you do harmful thing to yourself or others most of the time. What I mean is that there are drugs out there that are simply meant to be abused, but guns were never intended to be like that, they weren't intended to be sold to someone who we know is going to go crazy with them. Yet they still are....
***** And the only use a sports car has is to speed..... And you don't see every Mustang, Corvette, Lambo, ect speeding down the interstate do you? There are 330 Million guns in this country, and nearly 100 Million gun owners, only 10,000 people are killed every year by gun violence. 98% of those killings were done in places like Washington DC, Chicago, California, and New York City by criminals using illegal weapons. You can ban every motherfucking thing on this planet and no law will stop the will power of one determined man.
***** Yes, don't come up with a rebuttal for the actual meaning of my post, just say that you can drive sports cars at 55mph instead of 155mph. Its obvious your only perception of firearms is whats presented on the media networks and television shows. You wouldn't have the slightest clue that there is actual sports shooting competitions and sport shooting teams throughout the nation, and believe it or not.... Sport shooting is the safest sport in the ENTIRE world. There are minimal deaths/injuries in shooting sports, and theres more to it than just "killing". People that shoot competitively typically have more patients, fine motor skills out of this world, and sportsmanship unlike no other athlete. Instead of aimlessly blaming guns and exclaiming that they only kill, do some research as to how many guns are fired in safe directions and absolutely no body is hurt.... Just bursting with enjoyment that is target practice. Educate yourself about what's on the other side of the fence instead of being a scared coward sitting behind a keyboard, afraid of an object that only does what you make it do.
Weencie Rants You know.. I live in a place called Denmark, a part of the European continent. I too participate in sport shooting, but that doesn't mean it's legal for me to own a gun privately. I have absolutely no use of it in private. Laws here says that you have to keep the guns in a locked armored cabinet at the shooting range and requires special transportation in order to move it from one place to another. We do not have nearly as many murders or massacres in this country and our laws don't impede the practice of the sport.
A Cady I'm sure it would have helped a lot more in Ukraine and Egypt, just as much as it helped in Syria which is now among the most dangerous places in the world.
I actually agree with the gun nuts. Guns dont kill people, people kill people, but Mike is really right when he says that Americans are those people. I live in Sweden where guns aren't banned but hard to get, I think that even if people were walking around with guns here there would still be much less murders per capita than in USA.
ironic for country thinking it's the best the greatest and the home of the brave and land of the free, this is the dark side of the American dream, the people are fucking asleep.
TheMaxx009900 Thinking that there's no place better than the good old USA that it's the best possible world means it isn't going to improve there's no room to make things better. Michael makes a great point saying George Harrison was attacked in his home with a man wielding a knife, in the UK it is harder to get guns they've got sane laws as in Australia now, George survived the attack, but John Lennon living in the good old USA where guns are a passionate right and everyone's afraid to live there without arming themselves against neighbor and government, was shot and killed. Go cuttle your gun and hide under your bed.
+scotty You seem to misunderstand the second amendment. I understand you are not from here, and the second amendment basically gives us the ability to protect ourselves from an oppressive government. Sweden, Britain, New-Zealand, Australia, freedom of speech is being TAKEN from you by your own government. This is not happening in the U.S. you know why? Because the government here FEARS ITS PEOPLE. That is a good thing. All of you guys give up your guns and rely on your government for EVERYTHING. Do you know why the U.S. was never attacked by Japan during World II? Because one of the Japanese generals said, and i quote, "There will be a rifle behind every blade of grass.". The Right to Bear Arms is the final security that the founders implemented into the constitution to protect the people of the future from the government they created. Yes there are consequences of this, mostly gang violence and suicides which the left hates talking about. Remember this as they continue to pass these ridiculous laws against "hate speech" in the EU. That it would never happen in the US because we know what the cost would be. BTW they actually made it ILEAGLE in Sweden to criticize immigration policy.
Cameron A. You have a false sense of security and you aren't quite as free as you think. First of all the US prides itself on having the most well equipped military in the history of the world it's where most of your taxes go. If that were turned on you and your imagined freedom fighters you wouldn't have a chance are you prepared to lose your family and everything you own? If you were seen as a threat to the government you'd find yourself with a job or friends or family, your bank accounts frozen and your credit canceled. As well as your reputation trashed. You wouldn't be allowed to gather and organize as you might imagine and you'd have to fear that your neighbor would turn on you and report you. Your having a weapon would only give them a justifiable excuse to arrest you. In the mean time you have suicides, domestic disasters, gang shootings, terrorism, and other mass shootings. Besides the US military in all it's many branches there is a militarized police force and unchecked government surveillance on everyone. So much for freedom. As long as the facade of a free country where people actually have rights and a say in the way things work there will be no need for a full all out police state. The media is the governments mouthpiece and as long as there are people like yourself who believe you are given a just deal and living in the greatest country in the world and actually have some political power there will be no need to openly show you what America has become right under your noses.
I used to think Michael Moore was insane. But now I have come to realize that people thinking he is a nut is because he has the audacity to say the things few people in the public eye will.
so if you keep a fire extinguisher in your house that automatically makes you terrified of a house fire? the Boy scouts motto is "Be Prepared" that doesn't mean paranoid or terrified it just means prepared. in fact if you are prepared for something it means you don't have to worry about it.
Well I am a student with little money not sure how Im supposed to help mass amounts of people. I have volunteered at a food pantry run by my mothers friend many times, done many service projects with the boy scouts including my Eagle scout project, as well as organised the annual service project for my honor society, and help out at my church often. Excuse me if I don't have a bunch of money to give away to everyone.
A true patriot isn't one who says he loves his country. He isn't the one who blindly denies all flaws in his country. He isn't one who tells his countrymen to leave if they don't like something about his country. No. A true patriot openly acknowledge the flaws of their country. He's the one who figures out how to fix them. Get it right
Hayden you are right true patriots would enforce their countries laws and defend her from invading hordes live by its constitution respect other patriots rights ! And if we did these things years back and didn't try to be so bullshit pc. We wouldn't have the amount of gun violence in this country Texas has the freest gun laws little crime. Chicago hardest gun laws ,murder capital of the world.
1,057,000 people in 35 years? .. it means 30,200 people per year? ... I think the number is exaggerated. The number of Americans killed by guns each year varies between 10,000 to 20,000 ... I can't imagine how the average can go beyond 30,000.
well Andrew Moody, i think Moore want to pint out that crimes are hight in general. Handguns are just the boldest example... well if you add shotguns, poison, animals, sabotages, kitchenand garden equipment etc... many more crimes occur per year. US are of the highest crime rated places in the western world although you got the highest GDP. this is awfully weird. this proves that money dont make you clever nor bring you happiness. hahahahah
YiannisThiakos GDP doesn't mean much, when it's about people's well being. The PPP on the other hand (GDP divided by population), is a much more meaningful comparison criterion, the US ranks 14th in the world: 1.Qatar $ 102,100 2 Liechtenstein $ 89,400 3 Macau $ 88,700 4 Bermuda $ 86,000. 5 Monaco $ 85,500 6 Luxembourg $ 77,900. 7 Singapore $ 62,400 8 Jersey $ 57,000 9 Norway $ 55,400 10 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 55,400 11 Switzerland $ 54,800 12 Brunei $ 54,800 13 Isle of Man $ 53,800 14 United States $ 52,800 source: CIA factbook
A. M. Goudarzi Yeah exactly, shouldnt well being lead to less social problems? Being a wealthy country when at the same time half of the population have no social health programs and are dealt with death if for example have a desease and loose their jobs... wtf US? This is the pinacle of modern civilization. Housing, water, healh. education. If not having all those why being proud of living in a rich country whatsoever.
I like how he connects the George Harrison incident to gun control. This is precisely why people need the right to defend themselves with guns. Poor George survived the knife attack because his wife rescued him with the only weapon she could find in the house... a lamp. Such a shame that George wasn't able to protect her from being exposed to such a dangerous encounter.
Michael Moore is smarter than the right gives him credit for, he is more open to listening to dissenting opinions than he gets credit for and he does make good points...I disagree with a lot of them, but I can understand his thinking...its too bad we are incapable of discussing things like this openly in society
i am from germany and i see US-citizens as people that are extremly proud of "their country" (but basicly you know, it isnt your country) so proud of there country, that they running blind into war, just for a few ressources and to improve the power of their "leaders".... so pls, my american friends, tell me that i am wrong and that you know what your country, no... what your government is doing to the world!
Dennzyl Vania I'm Canadian, so you basically wrote a whole paragraph that barely applies to my country. Oh yeah, and the USA never had a genocide as big as Germany did. They may have killed more people, but most of them were enemy soldiers, or indirect killings. Germany purposely killed millions of innocent Jews because they were Jewish. And Germany has been in almost as many wars as the USA recently (Afghanistan, Kosovo etc.) And if you truly think that the American government is worse than the governments of North Korea, China and Russia than you are an idiot.
Dennzyl Vania Well, you made a comment which basically insulted all Americans and talked about the shitty things their country did, so you should expect people to point out the shitty things your country did. And no, the USA shouldn't have killed those people, however, they killed them because their country was causing problems. Sure, the reasons were often stupid, but they were still reasons. That's better than Hitler killing Jewish people simply because he didn't like anybody who wasn't a certain ethnicity. North Korea doesn't cause war, but their government treats its own citizens worse than the US treats its people. If you are talking about foreign affairs, then Russia, the UK, China, Canada, Australia and France have done basically the same thing as the USA, they just aren't as powerful. Also, German people elected that leader, so some Germans are partially to blame for the bad decisions she made.
Mckessa King Fuck of !!!! Both you and the bloated bowel movement.Have you ever been here?You EVER heard of "Jane and Finch"? And that's OUTSIDE the downtown core.........And WHAT would this lying, fat fuck 1% er know about any city streets at night anyway (except when he orders his limo driver to swing by a 24 hour fast food joint)
American have to stop being afraid of everything and overcompensating their fears. Both inside their society and in international politics, is all the same, just irrational fears that make themselves real.
So I'm not the only person thinking this. There appears to be a huge fear culture ingrained in the American character that permeates to a mistrust of government and due to their (in comparison) small history, an embrace of outdated laws. The same arguments are made over and over and over again but nothing changes. Why do two countries that are connected to each other and were essentially created in the same period of time have to be so different? Canada and USA should be very similar. The outlook on life from a citizen of both couldn't be any more different :(.
Your knowledge of history is shockingly ignorant. Reasons Canada and the United States turned out different: 1) The United States became a sovereign country in 1776. Canada became a sovereign country in 1982. That's more than 200 years later. 2) The United States was founded based on a rebellion against the British Empire and specifically British banks. Canada was part of the British Empire and used British banks. Britain would mint coins for Canada until 1908 and would do the banking for Canada until 1935. 3) The United States went to war with modern day Canada in the war of 1812. The United States had the white house burn down twice in their war against modern day Canadians. 4) The United States is a constitutional republic while Canada is a constitutional monarchy. 5) The United States is a capitalist country while Canada is a socialist country. Can you begin to understand why Canada and the United States are two countries in the first place? They initially hated each other.
+Ray - Not exactly. • *Canada became a sovereign country in 1982* - For all intents and purposes, Canada has been an independent nation-state since 1867, when the British Empire decided that it would be more beneficial for everyone if they granted us de facto sovereignty. Even before that, we've basically governed ourselves since the 1830s. The Canada Act of 1982 was just tying up loose ends where we had to go to the UK to get certain things passed. • *Canada is a socialist country* - Canada has a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism. The difference is that Canada's socialist aspects are more pronounced than those of our American counterparts (e.g. universal health care). We are not on the same level as Scandinavia or Switzerland, which have socialized their economies to a considerably greater extent than us.
+Kurtis C - Canada became independent in 1867 "for all intents and purposes" which means we weren't actually independent. Canada became sovereign in 1982. Independence and sovereignty are not the same thing. A mixed economy is something used in socialist countries. A capitalist country does not have a mixed economy. A mixed economy is what makes Canada socialist in the first place.
It's not fear, Michael. America owns guns because it's our RIGHT. You know....the same rights that allows you to spew ignorant misguided ideas or beliefs. Yep, they're protected.
paladinbob 123 Not carrying a firearm is a right as well. Nobody is telling you that you must. It's your right to protect yourself or NOT protect yourself. All about having the freedom to choose. Fear is a crappy motivator though. You shouldn't do anything out of fear. Fear clouds judgement.
No, no, no Mr. Michael Know-it-All. The only reason George Harrison is alive is because the intruder (I won't give him the satisfaction of repeating his name) stabbed George in the chest multiple times but did not hit any major arteries. If George had had a gun he never would have been stabbed. And he wouldn't have had to rely on his wife, Olivia, to hit the intruder over the head with a lamp. Oh, and by the way, it took the police 15 minutes to respond.
Lol so you're saying this is a free country so if you don't like something you should leave? 😂😂😂I'm sure our founding fathers are rolling in their graves
So if you don't like it get out? Because you can't change laws, right? There's no legal process that let's that happen. Laws are set in stone so if you don't like it here leave! Idiot
garryburton36 - You mean when this video was recorded? George Harrison had already been dead for almost 12 years by that point. I know what he meant. It was just a slip of the tongue.
A prolific (and *'timeless'*) interview to be played in it's entirety. Even in 2017, M.M.'s perspective is *still* right on cue. 2:24 P.S. Mike said much "Moore," so *don't* let the uploader's title fool you. ~ _Love, Wenonah Cat Bat Rider_
What is the basis of gun control *but* fear? I don't agree with taking rights away from innocent people. Life in the USA nor guns are scary. Educate yourselves.
ilikezappa That wouldn't be as much fun as giving someone on the mental fringes, mind bending drugs, and see what they can do with a gun, now would it? (sarcasm intended)
+joe banana "Every "mass shooting" in the past 20 years had one thing in common..." Couple of problems with that 1) "Look it up" ... you mean, on the www? You're joking, right? 2) Actually they've had lots in common: they've all been male, infatuated with guns, and angry and disaffected, for starters. But the most important thing they had in common is that they HAD A GUN. 3) Most Americans are on prescription drugs. It's interesting that you don't seem to differentiate between prescription and pychotropic, because you switched your argument effortlessly from one to the other
Moore actually makes a good point. Look at Switzerland. It has a way higher percentage of guns, including assault rifles, in private possession than the US with far fewer crimes comitted, the reason being the wealth of the people in Switzerland. There should be restrictions, such as psychological testing for individuals and a minimum age for ownership, but banning guns alltogether is not going to solve America's problems. Sincerely, a German
We are not obsessed with the 2nd Amendment. We understand that the 2nd Amendment, just like all the other amendments, is our rights. Just because you don't like firearms, it doesn't give you the rights to take away other people's rights.
Guns don't kill: 1. A gun doesn't decide where or when to fire, the holder does 2. Anti-gun people say you are far more likely to shoot yourself with one in your house. Reality if your suicidal/ and don't learn to respect a gun or how to use one then yes. If you do respect and handle a gun right then you'll never shoot yourself 3. True gun control is knowing when and where to use your trigger finger. 4. If you ban guns, then it's prohibition all over again 5. ONLY police and military owning them leads to tyranny, history proves it. Conclusion: You don't need to hate or fear guns, but you need to respect them and know how to handle them.
James Johnson You ask why do we need them? My answer to you is.................. I have a duty to protect my family and my nation. The question I put to you is why are you shirking your responsibilities?
James Johnson You know its not complicated to hit the reply button next to my post so I know if your talking to me or not... To answer your question. From anyone or anything that might harm them.. Really you have to ask "from whom" ? Do you live with your head in the sand or something? Well lets see, Thugs, home invaders, rapists, murderers, and Police... I can hear you already... What police? Yes criminal police are out there and it is getting worse all the time. Don't believe me, type police brutality in RUclips search and spend just 15 min watching some of the videos that come up. There was a police shooting not 300 miles from me where the police shot an UNARMED man in his bed because he reached for his lamp when they burst in. Oh, and they did NOT announce themselves. But most importantly they did not have a search warrant. The two thugs, I mean criminals, I mean public menace....... what was the term they like to use..... Oh ya, Police officers didn't even get suspended let alone arrested. So ya, from police as well.
James Johnson War? No, not war, Not yet anyways... but the thing is if it finally gets bad enough for civil war, at least we Americans have the tools to fight off an oppressive tyrannical government, what are you going to do when the time comes in your nation? Throw stones?
James Johnson We wont know if we can win or not till it happens.. There are a lot of things that could help or hinder the civilians in a conflict..... For example, If the military / police sides with us or the Government. If another nation gets involved in some way. My point was not that we would win or lose, my point was we at least have a chance where other nations like England and Australia don't even have a chance.
ab c if only cell phones and cars were designed for something other then death. because nuclear weapons and guns were clearly designed to compensate penis sizes and for that reason only . thats why so little have died by them
The problem: America glorifies war!! No other nation on the face of the earth is like that. America glorifies the military (We Europeans respect our soldiers but nobody glorifies the military.) The other side of the medal, as soon as US soldiers return from war with PTSD they become obsolete and are left to fend for themselves! Lot's of vets end up homeless or commit suicide.
If the NRA can keep the fear mongering going things will never change, we will never address the real issues of violence in our nation and that's the lack of resources, jobs in our nation.
Michael Moore is probably the wrong person to listen to. Which is actually pretty sad, because he has a few good points. Albeit, he very often jumps to conclusion where I feel lack some scientific rigor. He is not making documentary films, despite of what a few people think. Moore is making entertainment first and foremost. While he is spot on about gun laws, that the problem with weapons, is a cultural problem, the moment he gets to race, history and his analysis, it is more than evident that he is not a scientist, but a film maker.
Gary Maravich Thank you! You know it is funny, because I even like his mockumentaries, but sadly, all the good point he's making, are very often combined with extremly shoddy journalism :/ If I would be a professional journalist, I would probably not want to be compared to him.
Well Mr Moore, why don't you find a way to remove all the illegal firearms from violent criminals & gang members first before you even start thinking about messing with us law abiding citizens...
Wait. Did?... Did he just speak the truth for once on this subject?!?!?!?! Someone check my pulse, I think I just had a heart attack. He admitted that the gun control measures won't work. Holy shit!
1. George Harrison died 2001, in Los Angeles. 2. If the culture is responsible for the high rate of gun related deaths, it is useless to change the laws (look at switzerland if you don't believe me). 3. Michael looked far better with beard.
Michael Moore: Thank you for your courage, your intellect, and your awareness. You are a brave, wise human, and I hope to one day be able to thank you in person.
Intellect? I feel like I lose IQ points when I listen to him! How is he brave? I guess the word "brave" has taken on a whole new meaning. After all, some people think that a man turning into a woman was brave.
Sacha Baron Cohen, as his fictional character Ali G, asked "What about allowing guns, but having bullets that don't fit the guns?" and although it made me laugh, I still found more sanity in that question than I do in a lot of the pronouncements by the NRA.
I behaved poorly when I was young and my Mom smacked me and said we don't behave like that - we are Canadian. I never forgot that. I give everyone the most amount of respect as I can.
As a Canadian I find Americans to be aggressive, impatient, and so bullheaded. You have a hard time with criticism. They think they are the best and want to stay that way. They just need to not be on guard so much. To put yourself in someone else's shoes and look out their eyes. Bring it down a notch and live in peace with yourself. Not all Americans but most. I'm not saying this to be mean, my mom is American. I'm just being honest
I love Canadians because I find most of them have no filter and say "sorry" alot. I like people who have no filter and just say what's on their mind. Seriously I like that about Canada. At the same time, I think that most people who aren't from the USA will never truly understand the beauty in our 2nd Amendment and why we have it. It would scare me to live anywhere in the world where I could not have a gun to defend myself, especially at home. Every human being is born with a natural right to defend their life. No government has a right to take that away from them.
+badger No filter? I think you mean balls to say whats on our minds. I think americans are so afraid of everything that they have to sleep with a gun under their pillow, and that it doesn't make them 'tough' but actually makes them 'cowards' One persons rights end when it affects someone else's right to life. Your insistence on owning a deadly weapon makes you a defective human being. Oh, sorry.
Its not about fear of African Americans, Latinos, or an poor people. Owning a gun for many Americans. Its about protecting ourselves from our government. 12 million unarmed men, women and children killed in Germany by their own government, unable to resist, 50 million Chinese, Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia. All disarmed their people so they could not resist their tyranny.
If guns are the cause of the problem, why is it a fact that in the US gun ownership is at an all time high & gun violence is on the decline & the lowest it has been in decades?
America is one competitive nation, with very individualist-egocentric people, witch means many victims & loosers. The guns is one cultural tradition comming from the 19-th century. The death penalty is just one consequence America, despide the economic-technologic position, remain so PRIMITIVE in mentalities & behaviour
Im Aussie, (Australian). I live in Australia, we have strict Gun Laws, yes we have crime, yes people get shot but less than 100 per year compared to about 12,000 in the states, yes our population is not even close to that of the US but the rate at which Americans kill each other far out ways the rest of the Western World. There is seriously something wrong with a Culture that does this. We have your Violent movies, we play Violent Video games we have everything you do. Most of us here don't believe in the need to carry a weapon nor do we consider it a right, guns are used for hunting purposes and for farmers only. Strict laws are in place to prevent people carrying them on person unless for this purpose. These laws don't change crime but they are part of a solution. Our kids at least have no access to weapons, School shooting are no existent in this Country and most of us really are not afraid of our own communities. The rest of the world watches you closely and we really cant believe what we see. Something has to change.
+danny atkin 73% of US federal taxes go to welfare programs Einstein. About 16% goes to the military to defend ourselves and the rest of the free world -- you're welcome.
Let me help you. It's 53% (not 59%) of discretionary spending which is only 29% of total spending (mandatory + discretionary + interest on the debt). Again, we spend 16% of our total federal budget on the military. Facts can be stubborn things . . .
Comments talking about how the Uk and Australia have banned guns, how the US has a high gun violence rate and how us Americans are scared so we arm ourselves, If only they knew what we have to defend against, what we fought for, and what we will continue to fight for, if only they knew but sadly they won't get. To these people I say if you don't like Americans being legally armed then come over here and take it, I dare your country to try, the world is a scary place and I for one refuse to give up my right to bear arms.
What a nonsensical comparison as to why Lennon was murdered and Harrison wasn't. That would only be a valid argument if no one has ever been murdered by a knife.
is it the average american (as in a law abiding, healthy, and middle class citizen) that commit these mass murders? NO! then why are we making it hard for the people that are actually fully functioning and sane people that do follow the law to buy a gun? if there is a law that will decrease gun crime but also be able to allow us to defend ourselves then i'm all for it but both sides of this debate don't give two shit's but their own opinion.
Gun control is not the answer. Criminals will not register their weapons, so gun control creates law abiding a big problem. How will people protect their family and property? What is needed is tough laws punishing any crime involving firearms
In Spain there are about 350 violent homicides per year for a population of 47 million. In the US there are about 12.000 violent crimes for 350 million. But I'm pretty sure that if we had access to weapons, those 350 would turn into 1500.
Norway has 3 times the amount of guns per capital as South Africa. Their murder rate is more than *500 (!)* times higher. It's not the amount of guns. It's the culture in the country..
The first three stories on the news tonight were A Traffic Accident caused by a drunk driver A Arsonist lighting up another empty building A Child recovering from Cancer and trying raise money Michael what the hell are you talking about?
I want America to rise and stand together so we can make significant change in a acceptable amount of time before we got to far.I'm a proud American who says we can do better and like Mr. Moore I'm not going anywhere either!
Why is it so hard to find out? If you put a gun on a table with 10 people in a circle around the table, NOTHING will happen as long as no one of the 10 people touch the gun or interact with it in any other way except look at it! The first moment the gun can represent a danger to anyone is in the hand of a individual of some sort! The same goes for almost any object! A knife, a bottle, a toaster and so on! The ONLY "things" that I can think of that will kill a humans are radioactive materials, but since normal guns aren't made from any radioactive material, I think we can rule this out! So this means that guns don't kill people, but guns handed in a reckless or irresponsible way do, some of the deaths are also due to criminal activities or the prevention there of...
The gun on the table thing you said I've heard lots of times hell I use to think the same way the nra people did when I was a teen. Michael Moores are very thought provoking and speak the truth about key issues. Be realistic it's so much easier to kill with a gun than a knife or a bottle. Our love for guns, fear and racism are the key reasons why this must change.
you know, as a gun owner, I'm a little insulted (but not surprised) that michael moore would suggest that the reason I keep my rifles is because I'm worried some non-white individual is gonna break into my house and I want to put 50 rounds in his body. His perception of reality is just so different from mine I have a hard time understanding how he can come to these conclusions. Maybe that's the difference between rural America and metropolitan America? Regardless, I'm not sitting at home clutching my AK 47 sweating over whether a mexican is gonna break into my house. No I keep my guns for defense against the government. Because it's necessary to the security of a free state.
America is not a country, it's a continent. An "american" is anyone from any country in this continent: Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, etc...
SPOILER ALERT Since this interview was made in 2013, Americans have realised having 10's of 1000s of people shot every year is daft and having banned guns, there have been no mass shooting deaths since this interview aired
Let's refine Moore's statement about Americans killing people: The vast majority of prison inmates are liberals, hands down. The vast majority of people in the U.S. who commit mass murder are liberal, hands down. So I believe we once heinous crimes are committed, the political leanings of killers should be documented as accurately as possible and a graph should be produced indicating what their personal beliefs are and where they fit in the political spectrum, left or right of center. One will find that those mass murderers will nearly always be left of center politically.
I've been living in this country for two years, it takes some time to understand why americans have all this unjustified fear about criminals and terrorists. But once you watch FOX News for an hour you can totally understand where all that come from.
I liked this interview. They actually let each other talk once there finished. Not like in many other ones where if who ever yells louder is correct.
You also have two intelligent Mike's.
*cIviL* *dIsCoUrSe*
doesn't matter Michael Moore is still an anti gun idiot.
HE IS RIGHT!!!.RID THIS COUNTRY OF GUNS!!!!!
exactly
You notice that Moore won't leave the USA?
3:43
"If I'm not leaving, something's gotta change." Basically saying 'Why should I conform, it's everybody else who needs to change."
Bob York Frank Zappa once said "I criticize America, but I won't leave, because I know we have it good here". Criticizing is aiming to solve the problems.
Bob York he was born there he must still love America just doesn't like what's going on in America
I hated the fact that UK was in the EU but I stayed in the UK. We had a vote and now we are leaving the EU. That's what you do, stay and change things.
If guns don't kill people, why then, do we try to control drugs? Drugs don't kill people, people that abuse them do...
Yes. Thats the point
Well see, there are drugs made specifically to alter your state of consciousness and will lead you do harmful thing to yourself or others most of the time. What I mean is that there are drugs out there that are simply meant to be abused, but guns were never intended to be like that, they weren't intended to be sold to someone who we know is going to go crazy with them. Yet they still are....
Thats the worst argument ive ever heard.
Gregg Hansen Which one and why? Thanks.
TheGreatBob
Tell me what drug is designed to make someone do harmful things.
Guns don't kill people. Guns do not have a mind of their own and don't kill whoever they want. It is the people who is using the gun.
***** And the only use a sports car has is to speed..... And you don't see every Mustang, Corvette, Lambo, ect speeding down the interstate do you? There are 330 Million guns in this country, and nearly 100 Million gun owners, only 10,000 people are killed every year by gun violence. 98% of those killings were done in places like Washington DC, Chicago, California, and New York City by criminals using illegal weapons. You can ban every motherfucking thing on this planet and no law will stop the will power of one determined man.
***** Yes, don't come up with a rebuttal for the actual meaning of my post, just say that you can drive sports cars at 55mph instead of 155mph. Its obvious your only perception of firearms is whats presented on the media networks and television shows. You wouldn't have the slightest clue that there is actual sports shooting competitions and sport shooting teams throughout the nation, and believe it or not.... Sport shooting is the safest sport in the ENTIRE world. There are minimal deaths/injuries in shooting sports, and theres more to it than just "killing". People that shoot competitively typically have more patients, fine motor skills out of this world, and sportsmanship unlike no other athlete. Instead of aimlessly blaming guns and exclaiming that they only kill, do some research as to how many guns are fired in safe directions and absolutely no body is hurt.... Just bursting with enjoyment that is target practice. Educate yourself about what's on the other side of the fence instead of being a scared coward sitting behind a keyboard, afraid of an object that only does what you make it do.
Weencie Rants You know.. I live in a place called Denmark, a part of the European continent.
I too participate in sport shooting, but that doesn't mean it's legal for me to own a gun privately. I have absolutely no use of it in private. Laws here says that you have to keep the guns in a locked armored cabinet at the shooting range and requires special transportation in order to move it from one place to another.
We do not have nearly as many murders or massacres in this country and our laws don't impede the practice of the sport.
Thor Jørgensen ..and that's why when tyrannical governments come to power in Europe people are paralyzed.
A Cady I'm sure it would have helped a lot more in Ukraine and Egypt, just as much as it helped in Syria which is now among the most dangerous places in the world.
I actually agree with the gun nuts. Guns dont kill people, people kill people, but Mike is really right when he says that Americans are those people. I live in Sweden where guns aren't banned but hard to get, I think that even if people were walking around with guns here there would still be much less murders per capita than in USA.
@@user-by6bg5eu6c it doesn’t. Nuclear fission does
@@matthewmorel3758 Well not unless I catapult it at you but yes you are correct.
The funny thing is I live in a state that is well armed, and we have low rates of homicide so... not every American is crazy
@@user-by6bg5eu6c anti gun moron alert
@@matthewmorel3758 being scared of guns makes you soft
ironic for country thinking it's the best the greatest and the home of the brave and land of the free, this is the dark side of the American dream, the people are fucking asleep.
Have you ever been anywhere else? If you find someplace better, go live there
TheMaxx009900 Thinking that there's no place better than the good old USA that it's the best possible world means it isn't going to improve there's no room to make things better. Michael makes a great point saying George Harrison was attacked in his home with a man wielding a knife, in the UK it is harder to get guns they've got sane laws as in Australia now, George survived the attack, but John Lennon living in the good old USA where guns are a passionate right and everyone's afraid to live there without arming themselves against neighbor and government, was shot and killed. Go cuttle your gun and hide under your bed.
+scotty You seem to misunderstand the second amendment. I understand you are not from here, and the second amendment basically gives us the ability to protect ourselves from an oppressive government. Sweden, Britain, New-Zealand, Australia, freedom of speech is being TAKEN from you by your own government. This is not happening in the U.S. you know why? Because the government here FEARS ITS PEOPLE. That is a good thing. All of you guys give up your guns and rely on your government for EVERYTHING. Do you know why the U.S. was never attacked by Japan during World II? Because one of the Japanese generals said, and i quote, "There will be a rifle behind every blade of grass.". The Right to Bear Arms is the final security that the founders implemented into the constitution to protect the people of the future from the government they created. Yes there are consequences of this, mostly gang violence and suicides which the left hates talking about. Remember this as they continue to pass these ridiculous laws against "hate speech" in the EU. That it would never happen in the US because we know what the cost would be.
BTW they actually made it ILEAGLE in Sweden to criticize immigration policy.
Cameron A. You have a false sense of security and you aren't quite as free as you think. First of all the US prides itself on having the most well equipped military in the history of the world it's where most of your taxes go. If that were turned on you and your imagined freedom fighters you wouldn't have a chance are you prepared to lose your family and everything you own? If you were seen as a threat to the government you'd find yourself with a job or friends or family, your bank accounts frozen and your credit canceled. As well as your reputation trashed. You wouldn't be allowed to gather and organize as you might imagine and you'd have to fear that your neighbor would turn on you and report you. Your having a weapon would only give them a justifiable excuse to arrest you. In the mean time you have suicides, domestic disasters, gang shootings, terrorism, and other mass shootings. Besides the US military in all it's many branches there is a militarized police force and unchecked government surveillance on everyone. So much for freedom.
As long as the facade of a free country where people actually have rights and a say in the way things work there will be no need for a full all out police state. The media is the governments mouthpiece and as long as there are people like yourself who believe you are given a just deal and living in the greatest country in the world and actually have some political power there will be no need to openly show you what America has become right under your noses.
+Cameron A.
I used to think Michael Moore was insane. But now I have come to realize that people thinking he is a nut is because he has the audacity to say the things few people in the public eye will.
I used to think he had a point. After watching this, I now realise he is a nut. With a very important point
failed to mention the possibility of tyranny..
high probability, you mean, practically guaranteed, sooner or later. Once you give up your guns, you dont get them back!
America is like a teenager, it just need to learn how to control it's emotions
Yes
America is a teenager - very young country
I'm not giving up my gun.
the rest of the world sees this but the states never will
i bet when U.S.S.R. was mass murdering civilians they wished guns weren't illegal
During the revolution?
Andrew Moody And that sums up the need for Guns in the U.S...Because you're terrified of your government.
so if you keep a fire extinguisher in your house that automatically makes you terrified of a house fire? the Boy scouts motto is "Be Prepared" that doesn't mean paranoid or terrified it just means prepared. in fact if you are prepared for something it means you don't have to worry about it.
Well I am a student with little money not sure how Im supposed to help mass amounts of people. I have volunteered at a food pantry run by my mothers friend many times, done many service projects with the boy scouts including my Eagle scout project, as well as organised the annual service project for my honor society, and help out at my church often. Excuse me if I don't have a bunch of money to give away to everyone.
A true patriot isn't one who says he loves his country. He isn't the one who blindly denies all flaws in his country. He isn't one who tells his countrymen to leave if they don't like something about his country.
No. A true patriot openly acknowledge the flaws of their country. He's the one who figures out how to fix them.
Get it right
Hayden you are right true patriots would enforce their countries laws and defend her from invading hordes live by its constitution respect other patriots rights ! And if we did these things years back and didn't try to be so bullshit pc. We wouldn't have the amount of gun violence in this country Texas has the freest gun laws little crime. Chicago hardest gun laws ,murder capital of the world.
1,057,000 people in 35 years? .. it means 30,200 people per year? ... I think the number is exaggerated. The number of Americans killed by guns each year varies between 10,000 to 20,000 ... I can't imagine how the average can go beyond 30,000.
20,000 are killed with handguns per year, about 300 people are killed with long rifles each year.
GunFuMaster well 1+1=2 or in this case 20,000 + 300 is 20300 woo thats so uch closer to 30,000
well Andrew Moody, i think Moore want to pint out that crimes are hight in general. Handguns are just the boldest example... well if you add shotguns, poison, animals, sabotages, kitchenand garden equipment etc... many more crimes occur per year. US are of the highest crime rated places in the western world although you got the highest GDP. this is awfully weird. this proves that money dont make you clever nor bring you happiness. hahahahah
YiannisThiakos GDP doesn't mean much, when it's about people's well being. The PPP on the other hand (GDP divided by population), is a much more meaningful comparison criterion, the US ranks 14th in the world:
1.Qatar
$ 102,100
2 Liechtenstein
$ 89,400
3 Macau
$ 88,700
4 Bermuda
$ 86,000.
5 Monaco
$ 85,500
6 Luxembourg
$ 77,900.
7 Singapore
$ 62,400
8 Jersey
$ 57,000
9 Norway
$ 55,400
10 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
$ 55,400
11 Switzerland
$ 54,800
12 Brunei
$ 54,800
13 Isle of Man
$ 53,800
14 United States
$ 52,800
source: CIA factbook
A. M. Goudarzi Yeah exactly, shouldnt well being lead to less social problems? Being a wealthy country when at the same time half of the population have no social health programs and are dealt with death if for example have a desease and loose their jobs... wtf US?
This is the pinacle of modern civilization. Housing, water, healh. education. If not having all those why being proud of living in a rich country whatsoever.
I like how he connects the George Harrison incident to gun control. This is precisely why people need the right to defend themselves with guns. Poor George survived the knife attack because his wife rescued him with the only weapon she could find in the house... a lamp. Such a shame that George wasn't able to protect her from being exposed to such a dangerous encounter.
I love how courteous they are to one another. Its rather refreshing.
"'I refuse to live in a country like this and I'm not leaving". Great quote! Ditto...
I'd recommend just leaving
Michael Moore is smarter than the right gives him credit for, he is more open to listening to dissenting opinions than he gets credit for and he does make good points...I disagree with a lot of them, but I can understand his thinking...its too bad we are incapable of discussing things like this openly in society
i am from germany and i see US-citizens as people that are extremly proud of "their country" (but basicly you know, it isnt your country) so proud of there country, that they running blind into war, just for a few ressources and to improve the power of their "leaders".... so pls, my american friends, tell me that i am wrong and that you know what your country, no... what your government is doing to the world!
+Dennzyl Vania Yeah, because Germany has never done anything bad in history....
Dennzyl Vania I'm Canadian, so you basically wrote a whole paragraph that barely applies to my country.
Oh yeah, and the USA never had a genocide as big as Germany did. They may have killed more people, but most of them were enemy soldiers, or indirect killings. Germany purposely killed millions of innocent Jews because they were Jewish. And Germany has been in almost as many wars as the USA recently (Afghanistan, Kosovo etc.)
And if you truly think that the American government is worse than the governments of North Korea, China and Russia than you are an idiot.
Dennzyl Vania Well, you made a comment which basically insulted all Americans and talked about the shitty things their country did, so you should expect people to point out the shitty things your country did.
And no, the USA shouldn't have killed those people, however, they killed them because their country was causing problems. Sure, the reasons were often stupid, but they were still reasons. That's better than Hitler killing Jewish people simply because he didn't like anybody who wasn't a certain ethnicity.
North Korea doesn't cause war, but their government treats its own citizens worse than the US treats its people. If you are talking about foreign affairs, then Russia, the UK, China, Canada, Australia and France have done basically the same thing as the USA, they just aren't as powerful.
Also, German people elected that leader, so some Germans are partially to blame for the bad decisions she made.
*****
and if that happens you know whos gonne be next!
+Kyle P north korea china and russia never had slaves by definition that makes them better than you.
Of course, it's always America's fault, even when Americans don't commit the crime.
That's how it works.
Moore says you can walk through the streets of Toronto at midnight and not feeled threatened, he is right.This dude is on to something.
Mckessa King Fuck of !!!! Both you and the bloated bowel movement.Have you ever been here?You EVER heard of "Jane and Finch"? And that's OUTSIDE the downtown core.........And WHAT would this lying, fat fuck 1% er know about any city streets at night anyway (except when he orders his limo driver to swing by a 24 hour fast food joint)
Joseph Rivett The stats don't lie dude, Canada is way safer than the US.
Mckessa King Toronto is a great city. However, I believe mr moore is a crack pot. Just because people have guns does not make them murderers.
+Christen Wolf No it doesn't but it does make it much easier to be a murderer.
***** Agreed
American have to stop being afraid of everything and overcompensating their fears. Both inside their society and in international politics, is all the same, just irrational fears that make themselves real.
So I'm not the only person thinking this. There appears to be a huge fear culture ingrained in the American character that permeates to a mistrust of government and due to their (in comparison) small history, an embrace of outdated laws. The same arguments are made over and over and over again but nothing changes. Why do two countries that are connected to each other and were essentially created in the same period of time have to be so different? Canada and USA should be very similar. The outlook on life from a citizen of both couldn't be any more different :(.
Yes........ They won't trust their own neighbors with guns. Talk about "paranoid" .
Your knowledge of history is shockingly ignorant. Reasons Canada and the United States turned out different:
1) The United States became a sovereign country in 1776. Canada became a sovereign country in 1982. That's more than 200 years later.
2) The United States was founded based on a rebellion against the British Empire and specifically British banks. Canada was part of the British Empire and used British banks. Britain would mint coins for Canada until 1908 and would do the banking for Canada until 1935.
3) The United States went to war with modern day Canada in the war of 1812. The United States had the white house burn down twice in their war against modern day Canadians.
4) The United States is a constitutional republic while Canada is a constitutional monarchy.
5) The United States is a capitalist country while Canada is a socialist country.
Can you begin to understand why Canada and the United States are two countries in the first place? They initially hated each other.
+Ray - Not exactly.
• *Canada became a sovereign country in 1982* - For all intents and purposes, Canada has been an independent nation-state since 1867, when the British Empire decided that it would be more beneficial for everyone if they granted us de facto sovereignty. Even before that, we've basically governed ourselves since the 1830s. The Canada Act of 1982 was just tying up loose ends where we had to go to the UK to get certain things passed.
• *Canada is a socialist country* - Canada has a mixed economy with elements of both capitalism and socialism. The difference is that Canada's socialist aspects are more pronounced than those of our American counterparts (e.g. universal health care). We are not on the same level as Scandinavia or Switzerland, which have socialized their economies to a considerably greater extent than us.
+Kurtis C - Canada became independent in 1867 "for all intents and purposes" which means we weren't actually independent. Canada became sovereign in 1982. Independence and sovereignty are not the same thing. A mixed economy is something used in socialist countries. A capitalist country does not have a mixed economy. A mixed economy is what makes Canada socialist in the first place.
After all,I respect Moore,he critics his motherland not because he hates America but love it.He is the true patriot of US
郭兵辉 Lots of countries practice the shitty model he describes. Nothing is stopping him from moving there.
Chuck Morgan Yeah,right
郭兵辉
Patrick Berger OK，whatever u say
He wants better for us. We are not perfect but could and should be doing better
Michael Moore is just awesome!
lmao nah he ain't
You’re a sheep
It's not fear, Michael. America owns guns because it's our RIGHT. You know....the same rights that allows you to spew ignorant misguided ideas or beliefs. Yep, they're protected.
T.a.w Bailey
Inaccurate sir. Privileges and rights are vastly different things. As an American, we have certain unalienable rights.
why not forgo your right to carry a gun then ? if fear is not the motive ...:P
well that just sounds like avoidance :D..its ok not to answer a question..it just shows your fear ....:D
paladinbob 123
Not carrying a firearm is a right as well. Nobody is telling you that you must. It's your right to protect yourself or NOT protect yourself. All about having the freedom to choose.
Fear is a crappy motivator though. You shouldn't do anything out of fear. Fear clouds judgement.
T.a.w Bailey
That day could be today if you'll explain it to me. I'm very open minded and I'll listen to any perspective you'd like to share.
No, no, no Mr. Michael Know-it-All.
The only reason George Harrison is alive is because the intruder (I won't give him the satisfaction of repeating his name) stabbed George in the chest multiple times but did not hit any major arteries. If George had had a gun he never would have been stabbed. And he wouldn't have had to rely on his wife, Olivia, to hit the intruder over the head with a lamp.
Oh, and by the way, it took the police 15 minutes to respond.
Michael has nailed it.
I'm sorry but if you are afraid to live here because of guns then you can leave rite?
alex leyden yea
Lol so you're saying this is a free country so if you don't like something you should leave? 😂😂😂I'm sure our founding fathers are rolling in their graves
Slotten not at all, you have the choice to stay or leave, not always an option in other countries
jlarrymore stay, leave or air out your grievances? You forget that last part?
So if you don't like it get out? Because you can't change laws, right? There's no legal process that let's that happen. Laws are set in stone so if you don't like it here leave!
Idiot
I have a gun in the suburbs to protect me from intruder's from ANYWHERE LOOKING TO HARM MY FAMILY !!!!!!!!!
He’s right about fear. Americans are terrified of each other. “Home of the brave” is a ludicrous joke.
"The only reason... George Harrison is alive today..."
Oops. :/
This is from 2013...
He was talking about his feelings AT THE TIME. Please pay attention
garryburton36 - You mean when this video was recorded? George Harrison had already been dead for almost 12 years by that point.
I know what he meant. It was just a slip of the tongue.
Kurtis C. At the TIME of the ATTACK. Clearly the night he heard the news was the night he had the thought.
Kurtis C. Hahaha, yeah, that was a bit of a fuck up.
Moore touches so many people's sore spots, say out loud what people don't want to hear. We need more humans like him.
A prolific (and *'timeless'*) interview to be played in it's entirety. Even in 2017, M.M.'s perspective is *still* right on cue. 2:24
P.S. Mike said much "Moore," so *don't* let the uploader's title fool you. ~ _Love, Wenonah Cat Bat Rider_
What is the basis of gun control *but* fear?
I don't agree with taking rights away from innocent people.
Life in the USA nor guns are scary.
Educate yourselves.
Most accurate conversation about USA
Guns don't kill people, other people on prescription psychotropic drugs do.
+joe banana Yes . Let`s not arm them eh ? That would be dumb
+joe banana there was murder in human history without psychotropics.
Psychotropic drugs aren't required to murder someone, hate alone is enough.
Jade Nahyi
Every "mass shooting" in the past 20 years had one thing in common, prescription drugs. Look it up.
ilikezappa
That wouldn't be as much fun as giving someone on the mental fringes, mind bending drugs, and see what they can do with a gun, now would it? (sarcasm intended)
+joe banana
"Every "mass shooting" in the past 20 years had one thing in common..."
Couple of problems with that
1) "Look it up" ... you mean, on the www? You're joking, right?
2) Actually they've had lots in common: they've all been male, infatuated with guns, and angry and disaffected, for starters.
But the most important thing they had in common is that they HAD A GUN.
3) Most Americans are on prescription drugs. It's interesting that you don't seem to differentiate between prescription and pychotropic, because you switched your argument effortlessly from one to the other
Moore actually makes a good point. Look at Switzerland. It has a way higher percentage of guns, including assault rifles, in private possession than the US with far fewer crimes comitted, the reason being the wealth of the people in Switzerland. There should be restrictions, such as psychological testing for individuals and a minimum age for ownership, but banning guns alltogether is not going to solve America's problems.
Sincerely, a German
We are not obsessed with the 2nd Amendment. We understand that the 2nd Amendment, just like all the other amendments, is our rights. Just because you don't like firearms, it doesn't give you the rights to take away other people's rights.
Guns don't kill:
1. A gun doesn't decide where or when to fire, the holder does
2. Anti-gun people say you are far more likely to shoot yourself with one in your house. Reality if your suicidal/ and don't learn to respect a gun or how to use one then yes. If you do respect and handle a gun right then you'll never shoot yourself
3. True gun control is knowing when and where to use your trigger finger.
4. If you ban guns, then it's prohibition all over again
5. ONLY police and military owning them leads to tyranny, history proves it.
Conclusion: You don't need to hate or fear guns, but you need to respect them and know how to handle them.
James Johnson
You ask why do we need them?
My answer to you is..................
I have a duty to protect my family and my nation.
The question I put to you is why are you shirking your responsibilities?
No home is immune to break in, and no nation is immune to anarchy or invasion. It can happen
James Johnson
You know its not complicated to hit the reply button next to my post so I know if your talking to me or not...
To answer your question.
From anyone or anything that might harm them..
Really you have to ask "from whom" ?
Do you live with your head in the sand or something?
Well lets see, Thugs, home invaders, rapists, murderers, and Police...
I can hear you already...
What police?
Yes criminal police are out there and it is getting worse all the time. Don't believe me, type police brutality in RUclips search and spend just 15 min watching some of the videos that come up.
There was a police shooting not 300 miles from me where the police shot an UNARMED man in his bed because he reached for his lamp when they burst in. Oh, and they did NOT announce themselves. But most importantly they did not have a search warrant.
The two thugs, I mean criminals, I mean public menace....... what was the term they like to use..... Oh ya, Police officers didn't even get suspended let alone arrested.
So ya, from police as well.
James Johnson
War? No, not war, Not yet anyways... but the thing is if it finally gets bad enough for civil war, at least we Americans have the tools to fight off an oppressive tyrannical government, what are you going to do when the time comes in your nation? Throw stones?
James Johnson
We wont know if we can win or not till it happens.. There are a lot of things that could help or hinder the civilians in a conflict..... For example, If the military / police sides with us or the Government.
If another nation gets involved in some way.
My point was not that we would win or lose, my point was we at least have a chance where other nations like England and Australia don't even have a chance.
How many killed by cell phones and cars.
t Mann okay, how about nuclear?
ab c if only cell phones and cars were designed for something other then death. because nuclear weapons and guns were clearly designed to compensate penis sizes and for that reason only . thats why so little have died by them
MrWeeeW951 I don't understand what you're talking about
That's because you're young or stupid clearly
MrWeeeW951
haha, NO, this is because I'm not English speaker.
Watching Michael Moore try to make an argument is like watching a quadriplegic try to do a handstand.
The problem: America glorifies war!! No other nation on the face of the earth is like that. America glorifies the military (We Europeans respect our soldiers but nobody glorifies the military.) The other side of the medal, as soon as US soldiers return from war with PTSD they become obsolete and are left to fend for themselves! Lot's of vets end up homeless or commit suicide.
I can suffocate someone with a plastic bag or pillow. UH OH! TIME TO CREATE BAG CONTROL AND PILLOW CONTROL.
Dfd Dfd My opinion is that you arrogance makes you sound ignorant; which you are.
Dfd Dfd I like your style, but with arrogance comes stubbornness.
Eventually you will believe in a falsehood, and then you will always be wrong.
"People think they can solve anything with violence" exacly!
So if someone breaks into your house threatens you and your family you are just gonna let them and not fight back. You’re such moron lol
@@tvshowmemes-jt8eb no you are. You cherry picked one exclusive situation we need yo use violence to justify using violence everytime.
If the NRA can keep the fear mongering going things will never change, we will never address the real issues of violence in our nation and that's the lack of resources, jobs in our nation.
The fear mongering comes from the ignorant media and politicians!
MOVE TO AFGHANISTAN MICHAEL! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE!!
Michael Moore is probably the wrong person to listen to. Which is actually pretty sad, because he has a few good points. Albeit, he very often jumps to conclusion where I feel lack some scientific rigor. He is not making documentary films, despite of what a few people think. Moore is making entertainment first and foremost. While he is spot on about gun laws, that the problem with weapons, is a cultural problem, the moment he gets to race, history and his analysis, it is more than evident that he is not a scientist, but a film maker.
+CrniWuk Very well said.
Gary Maravich
Thank you! You know it is funny, because I even like his mockumentaries, but sadly, all the good point he's making, are very often combined with extremly shoddy journalism :/
If I would be a professional journalist, I would probably not want to be compared to him.
Agree
Well Mr Moore, why don't you find a way to remove all the illegal firearms from violent criminals & gang members first before you even start thinking about messing with us law abiding citizens...
Have you understood what he said? He said that the problem are not the guns, but the culture of the people.
@@lordbeerus6384 Sorry but there is nothing wrong with us. My firearms will stay with me. :)
Wait. Did?... Did he just speak the truth for once on this subject?!?!?!?! Someone check my pulse, I think I just had a heart attack.
He admitted that the gun control measures won't work. Holy shit!
It sounds like Moore cannot tell the difference between good and evil.
Ho Lee fuk. I watch the first minute and 10 seconds of this video and then threw up all over myself.
Don't take my family name in vain.
I never knew a gun got went off by its own free will.
1. George Harrison died 2001, in Los Angeles.
2. If the culture is responsible for the high rate of gun related deaths, it is useless to change the laws (look at switzerland if you don't believe me).
3. Michael looked far better with beard.
Michael Moore: Thank you for your courage, your intellect, and your awareness. You are a brave, wise human, and I hope to one day be able to thank you in person.
Intellect? I feel like I lose IQ points when I listen to him! How is he brave? I guess the word "brave" has taken on a whole new meaning. After all, some people think that a man turning into a woman was brave.
Many people in Canada and own guns
Brett Duffy 10 million.
So about the same as the US higher higher percentage
yes I am and My brother owns like 12 guns
Not automatic assault rifles and there are background checks the guns Canadians have are hunting rifles
Alan C true but there is no difference both deadly, BTW PPCLI I use to be in the Canadian military.
Michael makes a very good point on Canada's social safety net.
so he's pressing for more gun control laws, and says it won't solve the issue?
u guys see the problem with this??
0:53 George harrison died in 2001, the clip is from 2012. Does Michael Moore know something that we don't?
Sacha Baron Cohen, as his fictional character Ali G, asked "What about allowing guns, but having bullets that don't fit the guns?" and although it made me laugh, I still found more sanity in that question than I do in a lot of the pronouncements by the NRA.
What is it about us? you ask -- you're all shit scared is the answer. And fear makes huMANs irrational. Well said Mr. Moore.
All humans? Please explain the methodology used for you to come to that conclusion.
I behaved poorly when I was young and my Mom smacked me and said we don't behave like that - we are Canadian. I never forgot that. I give everyone the most amount of respect as I can.
When i read comments here, i do understand why America has big problems. So much ignorance and lack of common sense.
"Fear and Racism"
I just burst out laughing! :D
This guy is so out of touch, and so confident in his opinions. Hahaha!
As a Canadian I find Americans to be aggressive, impatient, and so bullheaded. You have a hard time with criticism. They think they are the best and want to stay that way. They just need to not be on guard so much. To put yourself in someone else's shoes and look out their eyes. Bring it down a notch and live in peace with yourself. Not all Americans but most. I'm not saying this to be mean, my mom is American. I'm just being honest
See that comment is exactly what I'm talking about! Don't be so offensive!
I'm an American. I agree with you. We can be pieces of shit, but we are the best quality pieces of shit we can be. And that's what counts, right?
I love Canadians because I find most of them have no filter and say "sorry" alot. I like people who have no filter and just say what's on their mind. Seriously I like that about Canada. At the same time, I think that most people who aren't from the USA will never truly understand the beauty in our 2nd Amendment and why we have it. It would scare me to live anywhere in the world where I could not have a gun to defend myself, especially at home. Every human being is born with a natural right to defend their life. No government has a right to take that away from them.
+badger No filter? I think you mean balls to say whats on our minds. I think americans are so afraid of everything that they have to sleep with a gun under their pillow, and that it doesn't make them 'tough' but actually makes them 'cowards' One persons rights end when it affects someone else's right to life. Your insistence on owning a deadly weapon makes you a defective human being. Oh, sorry.
Thomas Jefferson said he preferred dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
I want to correct your spelling error in the title . "blacks and mexicans" are not spelled" Americans"
I own a gun...love, love my second amendment!
Scared little man
So many fallacious and collectivist arguments in the first 4 minutes.
Its not about fear of African Americans, Latinos, or an poor people. Owning a gun for many Americans. Its about protecting ourselves from our government. 12 million unarmed men, women and children killed in Germany by their own government, unable to resist, 50 million Chinese, Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia. All disarmed their people so they could not resist their tyranny.
i live in england, having the death sentence seems barbaric to me
A man named Mike Moore was once Prime Minister of my country, New Zealand.
+Raphael Franks you can have this Michael moore if you want him
+Bob Mowreader Feel better asswipe?
If guns are the cause of the problem, why is it a fact that in the US gun ownership is at an all time high & gun violence is on the decline & the lowest it has been in decades?
America still have so much to learn about life and what is moraly right.
America is one competitive nation, with very individualist-egocentric people, witch means many victims & loosers.
The guns is one cultural tradition comming from the 19-th century.
The death penalty is just one consequence
America, despide the economic-technologic position, remain so PRIMITIVE in mentalities & behaviour
90% of LEGALLY OWNED firearms, Moore!
Im Aussie, (Australian). I live in Australia, we have strict Gun Laws, yes we have crime, yes people get shot but less than 100 per year compared to about 12,000 in the states, yes our population is not even close to that of the US but the rate at which Americans kill each other far out ways the rest of the Western World. There is seriously something wrong with a Culture that does this. We have your Violent movies, we play Violent Video games we have everything you do. Most of us here don't believe in the need to carry a weapon nor do we consider it a right, guns are used for hunting purposes and for farmers only. Strict laws are in place to prevent people carrying them on person unless for this purpose. These laws don't change crime but they are part of a solution. Our kids at least have no access to weapons, School shooting are no existent in this Country and most of us really are not afraid of our own communities. The rest of the world watches you closely and we really cant believe what we see. Something has to change.
To be honest I'm a bloodthirsty American. And I love it.
59% of American tax is spent on the military.have you seen the food they feed there kids in school's? o.O
+danny atkin 73% of US federal taxes go to welfare programs Einstein. About 16% goes to the military to defend ourselves and the rest of the free world -- you're welcome.
+Matthew Wells what welfare? are you just making up numbers?look around what free world you living in
Because we live in a free society, the US federal budget is free online -- look it up.
+Matthew Wells www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
Let me help you. It's 53% (not 59%) of discretionary spending which is only 29% of total spending (mandatory + discretionary + interest on the debt). Again, we spend 16% of our total federal budget on the military. Facts can be stubborn things . . .
Moore said, "The only reason George Harrison.......!" No, the only reason is that Harrison's attacker didn't kill him!
"I refuse to live in a country like this" but he's not leaving. If anti-gun advocates like great Britain so much, why don't they live there?
And by American’s, he means Alec Baldwin.
Comments talking about how the Uk and Australia have banned guns, how the US has a high gun violence rate and how us Americans are scared so we arm ourselves, If only they knew what we have to defend against, what we fought for, and what we will continue to fight for, if only they knew but sadly they won't get. To these people I say if you don't like Americans being legally armed then come over here and take it, I dare your country to try, the world is a scary place and I for one refuse to give up my right to bear arms.
dave h But the UK has a higher violent crime rate than the US.
Fear is the opposite of Love. Until we learn to look at things through the eyes of Love, we are not going to solve the problems of violence/
What a nonsensical comparison as to why Lennon was murdered and Harrison wasn't. That would only be a valid argument if no one has ever been murdered by a knife.
Nobody gets in the car with the intent to kill versus some one who buys an Assault Rifle
is it the average american (as in a law abiding, healthy, and middle class citizen) that commit these mass murders? NO! then why are we making it hard for the people that are actually fully functioning and sane people that do follow the law to buy a gun? if there is a law that will decrease gun crime but also be able to allow us to defend ourselves then i'm all for it but both sides of this debate don't give two shit's but their own opinion.
Gun control is not the answer. Criminals will not register their weapons, so gun control creates law abiding a big problem. How will people protect their family and property? What is needed is tough laws punishing any crime involving firearms
In Spain there are about 350 violent homicides per year for a population of 47 million. In the US there are about 12.000 violent crimes for 350 million. But I'm pretty sure that if we had access to weapons, those 350 would turn into 1500.
Norway has 3 times the amount of guns per capital as South Africa. Their murder rate is more than *500 (!)* times higher. It's not the amount of guns. It's the culture in the country..
A little moderation. No outright bans, and no fantasy weapons. Middle ground.
The first three stories on the news tonight were
A Traffic Accident caused by a drunk driver
A Arsonist lighting up another empty building
A Child recovering from Cancer and trying raise money
Michael what the hell are you talking about?
you forget that without guns you can't have freedom
I want America to rise and stand together so we can make significant change in a acceptable amount of time before we got to far.I'm a proud American who says we can do better and like Mr. Moore I'm not going anywhere either!
Why is it so hard to find out?
If you put a gun on a table with 10 people in a circle around the table, NOTHING will happen as long as no one of the 10 people touch the gun or interact with it in any other way except look at it!
The first moment the gun can represent a danger to anyone is in the hand of a individual of some sort!
The same goes for almost any object! A knife, a bottle, a toaster and so on!
The ONLY "things" that I can think of that will kill a humans are radioactive materials, but since normal guns aren't made from any radioactive material, I think we can rule this out!
So this means that guns don't kill people, but guns handed in a reckless or irresponsible way do, some of the deaths are also due to criminal activities or the prevention there of...
The gun on the table thing you said I've heard lots of times hell I use to think the same way the nra people did when I was a teen. Michael Moores are very thought provoking and speak the truth about key issues. Be realistic it's so much easier to kill with a gun than a knife or a bottle. Our love for guns, fear and racism are the key reasons why this must change.
you know, as a gun owner, I'm a little insulted (but not surprised) that michael moore would suggest that the reason I keep my rifles is because I'm worried some non-white individual is gonna break into my house and I want to put 50 rounds in his body. His perception of reality is just so different from mine I have a hard time understanding how he can come to these conclusions. Maybe that's the difference between rural America and metropolitan America?
Regardless, I'm not sitting at home clutching my AK 47 sweating over whether a mexican is gonna break into my house. No I keep my guns for defense against the government. Because it's necessary to the security of a free state.
It's simple , he is lying, nothing more.
+Samuel Petrovich he's not saying every American is a racist gun clutching idiot
Jawk Cow No, he's just implying it
Only a minute and twelve seconds in and I can't stand to watch anymore
It's true, you know. I lived in the US while doing my graduate studies. It is the most terrified nation on Earth.
America is not a country, it's a continent. An "american" is anyone from any country in this continent: Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Jamaica, etc...
Why does Michael Moore have twenty four hour armed security yet us peasants should not have guns?
SPOILER ALERT
Since this interview was made in 2013, Americans have realised having 10's of 1000s of people shot every year is daft and having banned guns, there have been no mass shooting deaths since this interview aired
Let's refine Moore's statement about Americans killing people: The vast majority of prison inmates are liberals, hands down. The vast majority of people in the U.S. who commit mass murder are liberal, hands down. So I believe we once heinous crimes are committed, the political leanings of killers should be documented as accurately as possible and a graph should be produced indicating what their personal beliefs are and where they fit in the political spectrum, left or right of center. One will find that those mass murderers will nearly always be left of center politically.
How about instead of booing his opinion, you make a constructive argument? :)
I've been living in this country for two years, it takes some time to understand why americans have all this unjustified fear about criminals and terrorists. But once you watch FOX News for an hour you can totally understand where all that come from.