Can we stop blaming games for gun violence?
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Eminem's new song "Darkness" talks about America's gun problem. This song is about how the fact that mass shootings are often blamed on the fact that the shooter plays video games.
Big thanks to Giddy Video for directing and producing this video. Check his work at www.giddyvideo...
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Video games: being accused of violence
Water pistols and the whole company of nerf: *intense sweating*
Airsoft...
Dan Bull: Can we stop blaming video games for-
Media: Sorry, did you say something?
Well I mean he's wrong about it being the gun's fault so no one is gonna care about this vid
@@emptyeauation1627 People kill people, people with guns can kill people far easier. How is this concept too high for you to grasp. For gods sake never procreate, the world is fucked enough as it is, we definitely don't need your offspring.
Emptyeauation 16 Then whose fault is it then? Video games? Cause this rap has some reasons about why video games aren’t the cause.
@@temcabbage1713 no, matter of fact they (NRA) have, many times said it wasn't the game's fault
@@DarkSun123456789 you are the one who's insulting people bc of their views, I don't think I'm the who needs to Procreate less.
Never understood saying games cause gun violence. The same would go for movies and tv then.
Not to mention Japan would have a lot of problems if this was really the case.
@@Shendowx yeah. I guess video game companies cause gun violence. Gotta ban em. XD
@@shreeeze I was allowed to watch R rated movies and the like at like the age of 7. Responsible supervising is damn important. I understand parents wanting to not be too forceful with their kids but they are usually just wipped by them nowadays and the kids get what they want even if it isn't good for them at the time.
@@luissantiago5163 sam here i used to watch r rated movies i even played black ops when i was little i turned out fine
They would want to place blame on TV and movies, but if they did it would apply blame to them for being a TV News Broadcast, so they just don't.
*"Can we stop blaming games for gun violence?"*
*Media:* _I'm sorry but you have to put that in a language we can understand_
you no put violence and game together
i think the bigger problem is here in the United States it's the media's glorification of tragedy, has straight-up created a new breed of school shooter who do it just so that they can immortalize their name.
The media Reports Shooting's and violent crime 50% of the time but don't talk about heart Disease the number one killer in America.
@@mrheroprimes The media is the cause of a lot of problems like brainwashing the masses if the media promote an idea it's probably very bad for the common people than it will do good to them
*i’m sorry Dan I’m afraid I can’t let you do that*
"It's not the weapons i don't trust, its the people who are using them."
-Marcus fenix
Nice....Just Noice
I hit people hard with... people
@@solomonirvin2387 *nOiCe*
@@dantethebloodedge2485 **Noice Intensifies**
@@solomonirvin2387 *Grub Head has been blown*
Is nobody gonna say anything about how much weight it looks like he lost, like he was never overweight of course but in some parts it looks like he’s as low as 170
Toxidious I thought I noticed something different
OMG I was just about to say the same thing. He looks amazing!!!
@alexandru dumitru Nah, we talking kg here. Dan is as dense as a neutron star
what's 170 in non-retard numbers?
Aszhara centilitres
Thanks to everyone discussing and sharing this video. And an extra special thanks to Giddy Video for directing and editing. He also made my Broccoli Bars videos so check his channel out: ruclips.net/channel/UCLXz-_8YaQTniZ8OkqJH1QA
This song will be on Spotify next week!
Do you secretly work with Eminem?
“There’s a link between gun deaths and gun possession” fucking brilliant
Video games: (Exists)
Media: Is this a personal attack or something?
Are you attackonising me?
You and that other version of yourself with a mustache are everywhere god damnit
Manolis Iatrou maybe he’s a clone of just some guy with a mustache
This is a seriously underrated song...this should have many millions of views. I love that hook and the sharp lyrics.
People literally used to think that if chess would be made widely available to the public it could create warlords...
wtf?
@@mmjahink it's true, people literally thought that playing cheds would turn people into warlords, and now people think that playing Overwatch or Team fortress 2 or some war game with guns in it would make someone turn into a serial shooter.
Low-key, Dan scrubs up really well in a suit, goddamn, man
Also his lost a hole heep of weight since he had his kid
He looks good in those apocalypse garments.
Even as a straight man I have to agree 👍
Dan: I don't have a Portal gun prop...
Shark floor steamer: *HOLD MY BEER*
- some are saying that they agree with this videos message
- some are saying that the solution is more nuanced than this
- some are impressed at the weight you've clearly lost
- I'M impressed by the improvement of editing/VFX. For example, the moving targets, and the way it looked like you were in VATS at 0:50 was really impressive
- nobody is saying this video is bad
- this video is a WINNER. Keep it up, Dan Bull (Douglby)
I agree. It's a very catchy song regardless of his politics to point where you can other than the middle verse overlook the politics in it. I can't say that for most political music. While I disagree with what he says is causing it, still very good job from Mr bull.
@@jackbennett6902 Your right. It rapidly becomes a question of chicken/egg. The fact that guns are so common in the USA makes it easy for illegal guns to fly under the radar.
Besides, even if the video was just 3 minutes of earrape, the editing alone would still be impressive.
And I’ve found one person that disagrees with this song. Only one. I’m impressed that it’s only one, but disgusted that people disagree with this message
It's weird. I can play DOOM where I rip a demon's heart out and feed it to him, that's normal and masculine, but I start watching My Little Pony on the side and *now* there's a problem. ???
Needless to say neither side of that has made me feel like taking a gun out and shooting someone.
Hitler: *Plays HoI4*
WW2: *Starts*
Surprised you fell for the media's tricks. You were Hitler's top general.
1:27 Yes. This is the #1 thing that needs to be said here. Blaming games is just a distraction from the real issues
Not only a great song but also a fantastic music video, keep up the great work
"Let us all adress the true reason for mass shootings, mental health problems and a bullying epidemic. We need to help those troubled people that are thinking about doing this stuff!"
Media: "Sooooo.... blame the game?"
"WHAT? NONONO, VIDEO GAMES NEVER SHOWED ANY LINK TO VIOLA-"
Media: "Y'all hear sumthin?"
Gee- I guess you could say there were- shots fired -in this song?
Niiiice xD
The problem with the USA's gun violence is that... gun is allowed to circulate among the public.
Thus giving access to practically everyone to own guns.
Remember that human, when given access to "power" without the right "knowledge" and "attitude" to go with it, can only create chaos. Just like the saying : "Power without heart are just brutes, but heart without power are recklessness."
Yes I agree and the way to fix this is to teach the public about gun safety and how to act when around them and as well as understand how to use if it ever comes to it, probably a good way to do this is if high schools are incentivized, not forced to, with federal grants and funds to teach these lessons, they aren’t long it’s actually pretty easy to know how to conduct one self appropriately. See I know guns aren’t the problem since there was a time when teens would lock their rifles and such in their lockers so when school was finished they could go hunting with the boys in such and mass shootings were very low, now this kind of culture has changed. I believe the reasoning for it is a lack of companionship people have been getting mostly boys since bullying has really gotten out of hand especially since these kids can’t really escape it, plus trust for the government is super low and mental health really isn’t worked on by our government. Also i think its important to treat every school as if the president’s children go to it.
Bro I've said it for years.
The issue is lack of mental health support. Every mass shooter has been a "friendless loser" for lack of better words. So how about instead of blaming guns or games, we attack the actual problem here. Just a thought.
My man!
"attack the actual problem" stop being stupid, obviously the pixels forming fake characters dying are the problem
My parents went off once about games like GTA being the root of violence in younger people. I shut them down, and straight up said I played those games too, and I've never even been in a fight, and they know it. They didn't have much more to say on the subject.
Some dumb teen with daddy issues and a drug addiction: shoots person
Media: PIXELS!
Liberals: OmG gUn ViOlEnCe EvErYwHeRe take their rights before the hype fades REEE
@@TigersandBearsOhMy 🙄
@Chanse Brown 🙄🙄🙄
@Chanse Brown I..just have no words for you and the other guy's stupidity. Other than that if you refuse to accept the solution, then the problem will never be solved. The only solution to your gun problem right now is banning them. All other countries have heavily strict gun control laws and have less school shootings and other such shootings than Walmarts or McDonald's restaurants.
@Chanse Brown belief and stupidity aren't mutually exclusive. You could believe that the sky is yellow 24/7 and that still wouldn't be true, though. And somebody fucked up when reading your goddamn constitution to you because the 2nd amendment doesn't say that anyone can have a gun no matter who it is or what type of gun it is, it basically says that should the need for an American Rebel Militia arise, that militia will have the right to bear arms. (meaning legally walk around wielding guns without the need for a case or anything)
*Blames gun violence on video games*
*ME:* Continues to try and make my Minecraft dog a redstone doggy house
They say video games make you violent, well I say not having video games would make me pretty *bloody violent!*
"Oh yes bitch work the shaft"
"Excuse me?"
"Sorry I just love to dirty talk when someone is *sucking my cock*"
"I'm trying to have a serious conversation with you here"
"I am as well. And I'm failing. And I'm sorry. It's just that I'm really pissed off because this blond asshole just broke into my room, destroyed my 70-inch *plasma screen TV*, and is now trying to impress me like I'm his alcoholic father."
"Grab daddy another beer would you?"
Taking long walks at night makes me violent, too.
Games referenced:
Duck Hunt (1984, Nintendo)
Fallout 3 (2008, Bethesda Softworks)
Portal (2007, Valve Software)
Duke Nukem 3D (1996, 3D Realms)
Call of Duty (2003-today, Activision)
Can I also just say that a still frame from the line "Silly Billy" would make for a somewhat decent reaction image?
>one of them has guns
I mean, UK has banned knives but they still got a stabbing problem: maybe we should stop blaming others for things that are multifaceted and have multiple factors.
Well, you can stab with pretty much anything, and knives aren't banned, you think they eat everything in big chunks? and everything comes pre-cut to work-places? trickier to make a gun than a shiv.
@@wexaztor9394 banned may be the wrong word, rather they are heavily regulated
Me: *kills a zombie*
Other gamers: good
Media: That's violent
Fake news
I feel like the “connection” between mass shooters and playing games has more to do with the fact that if someone feels alone and rejected by society they would turn to gaming, as it’s something you can enjoy by yourself. Then again, not all mass shooters played video games. Easy access to guns and lack of mental health care are likely the real problems here.
And sometimes we cannot find a solution that won’t envoke bigger problems
You say easy access to guns but it's really not that easy not purchase a gun legally in most states.
I think mattpatt did a good video on this topic would recommend watching
@@joshua7551 compare that to any other country and you will see it's still way easier
the media's glorification of tragedy is also an issue, has straight-up created a new breed of school shooter who do it just so that they can immortalize their name, I remember about 2 to 3 years ago there was a school shooting where they managed to catch the kid alive and during their questioning of him to find out why he did it he straight-up told the police that the reason he did it was he did it for the fame because he knew the media would glorife it. I think the law enforcement throughout the country starting to catch on that the media is the real problem because about a year ago there was a school shooting that happened and again the police managed to catch the kid alive and when the media went to find out information about the shooter the chief of police straight up told the media that they were going to keep his name on the wraps because they don't want the media to glorify what the kid did.
This is going on my list of most meaningful and impactful songs that spread awareness, (for things that are important to me) along with Robocopyright, 40 Years of Gaming, Frostpunk, You've Been Cancelled, Generation Gaming, and Radioactive (Imagine Dragons).
Holy shit actually a good comment
media: imma pretend i didn't see that.
i fully and totally thank video games for my mellow attitude.....cause feeling catharsis from bashing in a zombie's head with frying pan in left for dead is way easier than whapping someone in the dome with one in real life....and less of a legal problem too
"Hear this song on Spotify... soon". I have been checking every week at first, now every month since the release. Nothing. Dan, you are breaking my heart...
I have played video games for nearly 30 years now, including Doom and Mortal Combat when they first came out. I have a mental illness and am high functioning autistic. I have never had the urge to shoot or blow up anyone in real life, let alone been influenced to do so by video games.
High functioning Autistic people are not at risk for violent outbursts, I'd wager they commit less crimes than neurotypical folks.
The people at risk are usually the ones suffering from PTSD/CPTSD, or schizophrenic people. Especially the ones undiagnosed and with no support systems.
Amazing amount of work in these vids ! The music, lyrics.. But also the costume, editing, special effects, (video) shooting... Congratz !
this one is indeed a masterpiece (like all other Dan's songs)
"Every western country has games only one of them has guns"
"Even if it requires taking your weapon rights away."
Dan I know what you're trying to say but people need guns for self defense.
Self defense from people with what?
EDIT: I got a notification that someone replied to one of my comments on this video. RUclips won't show me where it is but told me they said I was a brainless foreigner. Lmao whoever you are you're 100% a white guy not a native American or something, so you're just as much a foreigner as I am, so you can fukc right off :)
@@Logan4546b most crimals have guns but we can't ban guns if a crimal wants a gun he's gonna get he's on a gun I agree that we shouldn't blame games for gun violence tho
@@Logan4546b You seriously don't know, do you? Maybe it's because people buy guns to protect themselves and their families from criminals seeking to harm them. Don't even bother with that "just call the police" crap because when seconds count, the police are minutes away. Whoever said that to you, you may be brain damaged so who knows, was absolutely correct. You are indeed a uneducated foreigner and the fact that you've shown just how uneducated you are further cemented that. So go ahead and give me the inevitable reply like usual with you people, tiny little kid. 😊
No they don't. Just look at other first world countries that greatly restrict gun ownership. Is everyone cowering in their homes, held up by gun-wielding criminals? No, they aren't.
The fact is, guns owned by normal citizens are rarely used as a form of self-defence. Stats show you are more likely to be shot if you own a gun than if you don't. Most shootings in the home occur as a result of improper use of a personal weapon or emotionally motivated killing within the family.
If someone comes at you with a gun, you will not be looking to draw yours. It's already too late. If you want to live, you deescalate the situation, even if that means giving them your wallet or your keys. If you are ever threatened with a gun or other weapon by a stranger, it's most likely that they are using it to intimidate you into giving over your personal possessions. They aren't looking to kill you. But if you provoke them - such as drawing your own weapon - then they will kill you in self-defence, because you are now threatening them.
The second amendment specifically calls out the need for the right to keep and bare arms, as being necessary for forming a well regulated militia to ensure the security of the state. A well regulated militia is what our military is, including conscription in a time of war - it is not a single person making decisions individually. The security of the state is security against foreign invasion or insurrection. It says nothing about having a right to carry a weapon in public as a form for self-defence.
And this all comes about in response to when America was a British colony and, in an attempt to curtail rebellion, the crown made it illegal for the colonists to own guns.
Many activists claim the second amendment gives them the right to bare arms, but they forget about all those qualifiers of where, when, and why that right applies.
While blaming games is out right stupid, to be fair it really isn't gun laws fault either, people who want to do damage will do damage wither it be from stealing a gun or wither it be from buying fertilizer and turning that shit into a bomb and just blowing up the building instead. The problem isn't games or guns but rather parents lack of taking responsibility in paying attention to their kids or giving them the attention they need. I don't own a gun, I never will, but I don't blame guns for something that is a a symptom and not the cause.
Dan, holy hell, you are looking right FIT bro! it's been too long since we last saw you, but this is the epic way to start out 2020. love ya man!
"But video games are violent!"
...And the Bible isn't?
Ehh bro you right but there are gonna be some christians harassing you good luck with that man
@@edgelord8395 I'm not worrying. Nohting they can say what gonna scare me straight. When Jesus comes back round, I'll be waiting to offer him a beer.
Who could forget the Sunday School where they learned about the proper approach to war: Burn down everything, then slaughter the men, women, and children, except the underaged virgin girls, who would be kidnapped and raped.
Man, what a violent book! I'm surprised it isn't banned in schools, kids could get some really messed up ideas from that!
@@MegaChickenfish can i ask what verse?
@@runedragon1985 Wait until Jesus does come back. You won't be handing Him a beer, you will actually be kneeling down on one knee. The wicked will perish and the ones who have actually followed Jesus and are saved...will be raptured first. Don't believe me? Fine. Don't. That's called freewill.
Fantastic track and fantastic video. Amazing job overall production-wise. Congrats to all involved!
Anyone remember when the Musket was first made and then everyone started playing videogames and there was war and death all over the place?
And of course back in the old west where every town had arcade machines and all the Sheriffs and Outlaws would play Donkey Kong in the old saloon and then next thing you know they're shooting each other at high noon?
Remember how before guns were invented people never murdered anyone and violence wasn't a thing? Me neither...
And of course, ISIS and the US Military frequently send teams to all the Esport tournaments.
@@ArchivedFox
Yeh, I remember all those Kinghts in the middle ages playing Pokemon to fuel their bloodlust and then going on crusades and killing tons of people.
And the Romans and Greeks strangely loved Tetris.
@@ArchivedFox
Have you ever heard "Obese 64 year old Trump voter murdered nearly 50 festival goers with a knife"? Or "Psycho murders dozens of children at an island with a baseball bat"? No, me neither.
Guns are the enabler, no matter how much you deny it.
Another cracking job there dan, just beautiful
It isn't games nor guns that's the issue. It's a serious lack of mental health care for those in need of it, along with the media constantly glorifying each mass shooting....
Media glorifies those shooters outside the US, you know, and mental health care is pretty lacking in quality everywhere except Western and Nordic Europe. Guns are absolutely an incredibly important factor.
@@alexchimi7093 Right. The US is the only place there is any violence at all. Good thing England doesn't have guns. If they did, they might have daily stabbings and people who detonate bombs outside of concerts filled with little girls. Let's not even discuss the possibility if acid attacks, child rape gangs, and mowing people over with vans. Whew... All avoided because no one had guns. Thank goodness for that! I guess terror attacks AREN'T part and parcel of living in a big city. (:
@@TigersandBearsOhMy you do realize that terror attacks and gun violence aren't the same, right? I never implied that taking away guns was the be all end all of battling violence, plus, terrorism isn't the only problem that guns bring to the table. The US has a much higher suicide rate than other countries because of the successfulness of a shot in the head compared to other methods.
Me sneezes
My mom: videogames
Dan my man, you need to get out and fire a few firearms for sport. I think you'll find firing at clay pigeon's or a paper target really is quite relaxing.
OR, imagine if you did something actually interesting?
@@seigeengine i bet you have never tried it, pardon the pun but give it a shot mate
@@idontknowu6422 Or... I'm just right.
@@seigeengine wow what an interesting way of thinking always willing to try something new you must have so may friends
@@idontknowu6422 I'm not sure why you assume I've never done these things. I guess you think firing guns is heroin or something.
Damn good song, bro, especially now.
We need to try to make Nerdcore a MAINSTREAM music genre. It's just as good and just as impactful as Rock, or Country, or Rap, and much more diverse, as it can be any genre and can therefore influence people of almost any background. I think it's crazy that people are focusing on scandals and apps and celebrities who don't really matter to the bigger pictures when people like Dan Bull are in the background singing about things that are actually important and spreading their concerns and opinions and facts in an appealing and memorable manner. I'm not great with words and don't have a platform, and I think it's a great thing that people like me have people like Dan Bull and Ke$ha and P!NK to be a voice and spread good that we can't.
Great vid mate, good way to start the decade out, lets hope it is a good one
@Tucsoncoyote 2019 tf is this about dude, I've seen you in other comments saying some random crap, with nothing to do with the comment above, I get that you are trying to convey a important message but it reads like you aren't going about it the right way
Oh boy. Have I got some pretty bad news for you
@@happymolecule8894 Help, where is the restart button
This song is relevant once again.
That was pretty good.
Eminem drops surprise album outta nowhere, no one expecting it, no one foreseeing it... Dan Bull drops a rap a couple of hours later adressing things in Eminems new album...
Just, how? How did you do that Dan? Write this, record this, edit this... Or did you know? Do you know Eminem? Dan, do you know him?
Or... No, that can't be it, can it? Dan Bull - Eminem - Danbull - Eminem - Dambull - Eminem - Dembill - Eminem - Deminell - Eminem - Eminem!
Dan is Eminem = confirmed.
Half Life 3 confirmed....
@@falseprophet1415 That's funny, but Half-Life 3 is pretty much all but confirmed now. Valve said that if Half-Life Alyx succeeds then Half-Life may return properly. And with all the active SteamVR users, as well as the amount of people who are excited about it, Alyx is likely to exceed expectations by a lot. Half-Life 3 is coming boys.
@@elise205 🤣😂🤣😂😐 No.
@@tamil8108 What's no?
Half-Life 3. Not unless it is fan made.
We need a new Dan bull original album because your album safe was so good
Its sad to see Dan Bull do what the media is doing to video games and blaming guns now when statistics clearly show that the fault is how the media portrays the shootings, how little mental health treatment is looked at and what could be done to defend, not restrict the children and mass amounts of life. You ever see how shootings are conducted in places that say “no firearms beyond this point” and how in places where they are accepted the shooter is instantly stopped like the church in the past week?
Imagine if you didn't repeat gun nut drivel, and actually had your own thoughts?
seigeengine Imagine if you didn’t scroll through the comment section looking for anyone that has factual evidence and post your limey SoyBoy hatred and liking your own comment?
@@seigeengine these are my own thoughts now more than ever I whole heartedly believe that the freedom to live the way as you are is really only protected by the second amendment, I understand and respect Dan’s position since he’s from a place where government overstep or civilian conformity is normal and pretty much tolerated by the populace but the United states was born on revolution and individuality. There are ways to protect what matters most to the people without stripping away basic rights of the people and meant for the people.
@@notoriousriot250 Your whole-hearted belief is the product of a political deception by fascists, which you continue to prove you're a drone for by the sheer fact every single thing you have expressed is a manicured opinion.
No, the USA was born on throwing a tantrum because you didn't want to pay taxes to the people who had just gone broke defending you from France.
Ever since you have essentially been dedicated to culturing right-wing extremism.
It's rich to hear you talk about government overreach when your government decided they get to arbitrarily imprison and torture you, and civilian conformity when every single opinion you've expressed is uniformly constructed by the same political group of fascists.
Media after someone sneezes: THOSE DAMN VDGEO GAMMS MMMMMUUUUU
Man, It seems like someone is mixing up coasation and correlation..... but that wouldn't be the media, would it?
Dan Bull is on fire!!!
Connecting school shootings too gaming is very hard to do considering some of the shooters came from poor households that could not even afford gaming consoles. The more likely connections would be that poverty and single parent households leads to school shootings well also leading to other unfortunate behaviours like drug abuse and gang violence. Also gun culture is hard to blame as well considering that guns have been around for centuries and used all over the world but the school shooting are a new thing so its more appropriate to ask what has changed in culture. That being poverty and single parent house holds have increased.
not to mention that people that are planning attacks will use whatever is available to them if we get rid of guns they will just resort to other weapons and then people are stuck unable to defend themselves easily. moral of the story anything is a weapon they could even use pencils.
Badly traumatic impoverished kid from a single household + strict weapon laws = Playground punchup at worst
Normal person + guns = regular massacres
Also you're flat-out wrong. Weapons violence was a thing in the past too. Plenty of stories from the pre-1920's when guns were very expensive and difficult to get, of people still engaging in massive levels of weapons violence just because they had weapons. It's the reason carrying knives and swords was banned to begin with.
How are you going to deny guns are the enabler here?
@ How are gun's "enabler's" they are inanimate objects that can only operate if some one uses then. They can only be seen as "tools" at the end of the day. So the only logical thing is to ask about the user and why they did what they did.
So we look into the people and what's happening in their lives or is there some kind of mental illness that was responsible. Then we see if there are connection to other shooters so if need be we can address those in are society and use that information to help prevent other shootings.
Most of the connecting information shows that these shooters come from poor low income family's that are predominately single parent. I also noticed you did not address my point about substance abuse and criminal activity also being linked. Look I'm not making this stuff up this is common knowledge back up with police reports and criminal study as well mental illness research.
@ If you don't want to at least look up the info about this thats fine.
But I did do you the curtesy of looking up your point about "guns enabling shootings". All that comes up are blog post and opinion pieces but I can't find any actual studies on the topic. You're going to have to help me narrow down what I'm supposed to look up.
You know university research, Academic studies, government statistics, mental illness research.
Blah b by that logic anything and everything is a weapon so all existent’s should be banned.
Dude just one bit of evidence is all I’m asking for just some thing. I’ve done what you’ve asked I’ve looked it up but nothing is panning out. So again Were is the evidence that guns enable shootings?
FAN-FUCKIN-TASTIC mate! Love the short form, tight verses, and delightfully lengthy chorus. In fact, I loved that this chorus is only played through a couple times --- left me wanting to play the whole track again. Brilliant! Great commentary as well.
When other RUclipsrs make a 2 second long joke about the 2nd amendment the comment section is usally full of debates.
When Dan Bull makes an entire song critizising easy gun ownership the comment section is full of compliments because he improved his VFX quality and lost weight.
I think that reflects well on his audience
Honestly yeah, he may be making point that not all will agree with but most comments are mostly positive but also sprinkled with people’s 2 cents on the matter
1:35 Ya got me there bud, ya got me there
If you like this track I recommend 'watsky - stick to your guns' it's a favorite of mine.
Love the duck hunt reference at the start
I havent been watching dan in a bit but did he ever fixed that popping issue with his ears?
I had completely forgotten about that. I guess life gets in the way.
Yeah he had an operation to fix it a while back iirc
Media and politicians: game has gun, game is teaching young people to shoot.
Me: still calls magazine's clip's and sucks at using sniper in battlefield despite my 500 hours played.
I feel it important to say in America a blind man can buy a gun...
And why shouldn't he be able to? We're not in the business of denying rights to people just because they have disabilities. Why are you? Blind doesn't mean incapable.
@ Ah yes. You know nothing about legally blind people. I grew up with one in my home. He could still see basic shapes, but more importantly, he knew when someone was around him whether he could see us or not. We responded when spoken to, and if we didn't, he'd have known something was wrong and to grab something to protect himself with. Just the act of having it would reasonably be enough to deter someone. In addition, blind people do amazing things that you may not be able to believe; cooking, painting, skateboarding, etc. Just because you keep your thoughts inside a tiny box, does not mean the rest of us are dumb. It just means you're unwilling to think. Who is the dumb one, then? Because surely, it is best to be open minded and dull, than blatantly willfully ignorant.
I 100% agree with this song
Taking guns away from everyone isn't the way to solve the problem, better mental heath care and a de-stigmatization of it would go a long way to stopping , law abiding citizens, from using guns in the wrong way. Criminals that use guns are always going to use guns and no laws are going to stop them.
If you regulate gun ownership enough, and along with that crack down on black market, you will be able to get guns out of hands of run-of-the-mill criminals. Those with connections will still get their hands on guns. But regular Robber Joe will have much harder time doing the same.
You can not just crack down on black market without also imposing heavier regulations, otherwise it would still be too easy to get guns from citizens who buy them legally and then pawning them off. And obviously regulations alone will not get guns out of streets. These two things have to go hand in hand. Even such simple thing like requiring regular citizens to pass competency test before selling them guns would help a lot with this.
Iglix if your saying there should be background checks to make sure a felon cant get a gun, im sure everyone supports that. If your saying prevent people from owning guns i find that as wrong.
@@lazyboi2373 I am saying that people should at least prove in some test that they understand responsibilities that goes with owning gun and that they can use it competently. Exactly like you have to do when you want to have car.
I am for preventing people to own guns if they are so stupid, careless or incompetent, that they can not even answer some basic questions regarding gun ownership and who fail to show to instructor that they understand how to handle gun in safe manner.
Because is such people fail even when they are prepared for that test, even when they are in calm and undisturbed enviroment, then I really do not want to see what they will do in stressed situation.
Sad thing is that lot of criminals are exactly that type of dumb mothereffer who failed at everything and so he turned to crime. Lot of them would probably fail even some basic competency test.
Iglix well incompetence does not equal violence. If you are incompetent with a gun you arent more likely to pull it on someone. It does increase likelihood of accidents.
Im pretty sure most states already have mandatory courses. But i gusss i agree with you.
That's why I say more gun laws. Here is a link to a story about how a gun manufacturer let a huge issue in the guns go unfixed for decades.
mississippitoday.org/2018/12/12/his-only-living-boy-a-mississippi-father-testified-against-his-son-but-came-to-blame-the-gun/
It's 2020
Shit's going down on all fronts.
The thing that annoys me about this argument is:
People always say either "It's the video games" or "It's the guns"
I would argue that it's neither of those.
The song is decent, and obviously everyone watching dan bull enjoys games and agrees with the "games dont cause violence part," but in countries like australia, when they added restrictions to gun use, their crime rates went up
@@JohnSmith-lr6qy Yeah. I'm Australian, and I can confirm that our gun laws don't stop gun crime from happening at all.
People like to point at graphs and say "look after the new laws the gun crime went down", but it's actually been going down at the same rate since the 80s, the ban didn't effect the rate at all.
Criminals will always find a way to get guns. Gun control just screws over law-abiding citizens.
That's the issue there. Of course, I agree that people who are mentally unfit, irresponsible or convicted felons shouldn't have access, but that's what a background check system like the one in the US is for. I refer to overkill gun control like in Australia, Japan or the UK, which is what many political candidates want for the US.
Systems like in Australia make it very expensive and difficult to get a gun, greatly limit what types you are allowed to own, and makes it basically illegal to use it in self-defence.
That leads to the situation of the law-abiding person being screwed over, since the criminals end up having easier access, and access to more powerful weapons.
@@montyswift5661 I live in Australia, so I know full well how the laws work. The post-port arthur gun laws had no effect on australia's already low rates of violent crime. The rates had been decreasing on a steady trend since the 80s, and the ban didn't effect the rate of decline at all. Also, I can personally tell you that criminals still have illegal guns in Australia, and there is quite a bit of gang violence that doesn't make international news.
Also, I'd like to remind you that around 60% of US gun deaths are suicide, and the majority of non-suicide gun violence comes from inner city gang violence, mostly in cities like Detroit and Chicago, which already have heaps of gun control.
Also, i'm not sure where you got that statistic, or the idea that guns don't work for self defence. Simply the act of brandishing a gun has proven to be enough to prevent violence on many occasions.
@@montyswift5661 the suicides would have been prevented because they took the guns away? you're kidding right, the only reason its a gun is because you just need to pull the trigger and boom, no suffering, just gone. they would still commit suicide, just with something else
I like this articulation of your view on gun violence.
I love the little pun with Hollow Point, as that's a type of ammo. XD
Or overpreshurised. Let's not forget the good old +P
About time!
Can we stop blaming guns for gun violence?
While we're doing sensible and intelligent things, I vote we also stop pretending that criminals follow laws. I mean, murder is already illegal, so...
TigersandBearsOhMy exaactly
This song in a nutshell:
Hey America! ~acid attack~ why don’t you ~gets stabbed~ ban guns ~bomb goes off~ so then you’ll be safe ~gets hit by truck~ like us?
*plays God Save the Queen*
@Alfred_F._Jones
Mate, Not only are you more likely to get shot in the US than the UK but get Stabbed as well.
www.euronews.com/2018/05/05/trump-s-knife-crime-claim-how-do-the-us-and-uk-compare-
Aside from the Acid the other insentiences are Terror attacks, how would you like it if we all started mocking 9/11
Congrats you missed the entire point
@Ahhhnon 42069 Lots of links. Shame you use the data incorrectly.
First, you make a claim that London has a higher murder rate than NY. This was true for one month. don't forget NY is one of the safest cities in the US so London the worst city in the UK when it comes to crime also is vastly safer than the majority of the US.
Why yes you are right Criminals don't obey laws. However, if you make firearms position a crime the punishment they are going to receive goes up. It would be in their interest to carry it out without a firearm.
You also talk about Mexico and their crime, well done in understanding that most of the guns in Mexico are illegal, now where do they get these guns?
Oh yes, America. One of the reasons the cartels can destabilize the country is because the US can't control its illegal gun trade. Drugs go North, Guns come South.
Amazin using sources such as America gun facts, totally trustworthy. Just remember the only country that school shootings are a thing.
Also BreitBart Fuck off, only illiterate morons read that shit.
Criminals will get guns either way 🤷♂️ taking away rights doesnt change that
But you will have a legal basis to arrest those criminals for gun possesion
@@errikosmanoysakhs8071 if police know they have a gun they're already interacting with the police for something they did. Guns dont have a secret signal that police can just track through buildings and clothes
@@errikosmanoysakhs8071 We already have a legal basis for arresting criminals for gun possession. Mayhaps you should stop speaking on things you clearly possess no knowledge about.
@@errikosmanoysakhs8071 yeah sure, but if they shoot me before the cops get there, and i have no way to defend myself(aka a gun) what am i supposed to do
Spitting hard facts. Games don't kill people, guns do.
I agree we shouldn't blame games for gun violence. But I don't think people are buying guns and claiming they are just for sport. I do know hunters who do but for the most part it's people wanting to protect themselves because of our high crime rates. Some people may go to the range for fun, but many go for practice so they can hit the person who is a threat to them or someone else. Claiming people just want guns for sport is kind of ignorant.
finally someone said it.
A child doesn't buy that gun though. I saw it as Dan talking about people that buy guns "for sport" making it easily available to a troubled kid when "guns for sport" shouldn't even be a thing.
I'm not necessarily agreeing since I think people should be armed in case of a revolution but that's how I saw it.
I love that you made this, no fear, but hella truth.
damn he's lost so much weight he looks great
This is pretty impressive dan.
As a gamer, gun owner, and a brony. Being a brony has gotten me the least hate.
I've never seen anyone hate a gun owner for being a gun owner.
For being a mouthy gun nut twat, sure, but not for being a gun owner.
@@seigeengine Really? Seems like you're living life with your eyes closed, then.
Or maybe you're just extremely biased, and categorize it all as whining from twats.
Just some food for thought.
@TigersandBits
Or maybe I'm just right.
Been a while since I saw a song worth placing in my 'Politicore' playlist...
I agree with the stop blaming games part but I disagree with with the point that the founding fathers would want to take away rights. IMO they would probably look at trump a say this is why you need weapon rights
I think everyone forgets that if someone in the US that isn't allowed to get a firearm is willing to get one, they're willing to commit a crime with it at least 90% of the time. Drugs are illegal, it doesn't stop people from using them. Just making something illegal or trying to take it away won't work. We need to fix our shit in the economy and the healthcare system to be safer. Hell, right now it'd cost me 5 thousand dollars to ride in an ambulance if I were to be shot, stabbed, or otherwise dangerously injured. On top of that, I'd have to pay around 6-7 thousand dollars for the treatment, and close to a thousand for every week I spend recovering. People wonder why southerners will literally wait until we lose an arm or a leg to go to the hospital, and this is it. Most of the south has been rural, farmland or cattle or horses or whatever it is still rural and suburban. In these places, you'll have a lot more injuries related to animals than say in a city. We would also have to pay considerably more to be driven to the hospital due to long distances. We understand more than anyone that hospitals are fucked, but oh no veedeeoh gaym cos vilens, tromp go vacaishon an no weyr masc.
But you can still make it more difficult to get one. It won't prevent everyone, but it will prevent a lot of people. In particular, it prevents crimes of passion and crimes of opportunity. No, it doesn't prevent organized crime, but then not much does.
Honestly, this is a banger of a song while delivering the truth
Half truths.
What truth is that? Im pretty sure not many people believe the media when they say games cause gun violence, I figured only the stupid and gullible did.
@@dreamshooter90 full truth
@@ArchivedFox I'm not saying games causes gun violence. I'm saying mental illness does. The same way bad drivers cause car accidents. USA isn't even the highest in stats when it comes to gun murder, so cool propaganda I guess.
dan looks like a chad in that suit
Thx man we needed this
My mother and the society I grew up in blamed games for violence. Shows just how logical they are for confusing correlation and causation. They also ignored half the research on why people commit violence done by psychologists(Actual rational people) to fit their worldview
The most murderes just had a very bad childhood.
(beaten by parents)
That was the case with Stalin and Hitler, so I would agree.
Please note there have been 24 mass shootings this year so far, we're only 28 days in and the latest one was yesterday
Coming from someone from the US with LOADS of family members in the military, I can tell you from my perspective that it is not the people who use guns for sport and stuff like. Based on my experience businesses that involve the use of firearms for sport are very secure and the people that go there respect guns and handle them properly. Funny enough, the places that have the highest amount of gun-related killings are in cities like Chicago and NYC, which are supposed to be "Gun Free" cities. I STRONGLY disagree with the claims that video games cause mass shootings, instead, I believe that mental illness does. The grand majority of mass shootings at least in the USA are done by people that have been diagnosed with mental illnesses and purchased guns illegally. The violence in video games MAY BE a trigger for that dangerous behaviour but is nowhere near responsible for it. Remember this is MY perspective and my take on the issue coming from a very long line of servicemen (and more recently servicewomen) since I came from a family that taught me how to respect guns from a very young age.
@@montyswift5661 Funny enough...this is also why Martin Luther King (daddy or junior, I forget which) was denied a gun... he was not seen to have good character....
The man of civil rights himself, was not of 'good character'...Gee, i wonder why...
But, well, that's the regulations, gotta abide by the rules, and the rules say, no means of self protection for you, blackie....
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You see what I'm getting at right? More restriction = less freedom = more suffering... it's not the hardest equation in the world to work out ^^; ahah... sorry, but uh yeah, that's a thing that happened.
And really, again, who in the world is to say what you find reasonable, the person signing it into law won't find reasonable. Do you like trump? Do you want him to make every decision on what you can and cannot own? If the answer to any of that is no, then your entire argument is faulty... Also, Dan's song is kind of insulting, since the forefathers of the constitution fought off their gov with guns. So...it's mildly hypocritical of him.. of all people...to talk about them. I'd almost say it's ....what's the word for when you're being bigoted against another nation by saying something patently wrong and false?.... Ah whatever, I'll just say I dislike it.
I agree with everything else he's rapping about, mental health.. it's a problem... gotta restructure education and health care systems to be better.
Oh, one more thing... 'we're not trying to take your guns away' >>>Insert literally every democratic candidate "We're comin to take your Ar 14s.. your 47s... we're not going to wait around" ....okay, yeah... yeah sure...go away now.
@@montyswift5661 While I disagree with you on a lot of things, i will say this...Sorry if I came off as snappy, or trying to be witty or insulting...
I will do more research. I doubt I'll agree with your premises, but I will look more into things, sorry again if I sounded like an ass.
@@montyswift5661 Yeah whatever you say, kid. I guess he would rather not waste his time arguing with you after seeing how much a brainwashed, delusional fucking libtard you are. Good God, you really took it to the next level. It seems that it's you who disagree with reality and "fact" and "logically based on facts" my fucking ass. Go ahead and keep on babbling, liberal.
@@montyswift5661 Yeah whatever you say, kid. I guess he would rather not waste his time arguing with you after seeing how much a brainwashed, delusional fucking libtard you are. Good God, you really took it to the next level. It seems that it's you who disagree with reality and "fact" and "logically based on facts" my fucking ass. Go ahead and keep on babbling, liberal. 🤣🤣🤣
Heartbreaking that this still just as relevant 2 years later
"Every western country plays games. One of them has guns, and one of them has a gun problem. I wonder which one?" I think that pretty much sums it up.
Crazy that it also happens to be the one lacking any sort of support system for health (particularly mental).
...and which one(s) are you the most oppressed/vulnerable/defenseless in? That pretty much sums that up.
we don’t need to defend ourselves from guns if nobody has one, that sums that up
@@solo4559 yet those other Western countries have noticeably higher rates of violence in general compared to the one that has easier access to firearms.
Cowboycomando54 “the total crime rate of the United States is higher than developed countries” quoted from the UNODC (2014). "Global Study on Homicide 2013". and yes, third world countries have a noticeably higher crime and homicide rate, not the point.
A debate that will haunt us forever it feels like.
Also want to point out, damn Dan looks good in this video.
Owning a firearm doesn't make me evil or a killer just like me playing games doesn't make me evil or a killer, if you think im wrong lets talk about that
Nobody said it did?
@@seigeengine there are people who believe that, its one of the first things im accused of when people find out im a firearm owner
bullshit
Nobody is saying that. Having a gun is not a problem, but having gun be easily accessible to everybody is a problem
Literally every gamer:can we stop blaming games for fun violence
The media: over here like Siri I didn’t get that. Can you try again
I agree that games don't cause gun violence its a lot of other and different factors I dont agree with taking away gun rights doe
My mom played angry birds and
I am terrified of her! But not because she’ll shoot me, I just forgot to take out the trash.