As someone who grew up around guns, was an avid hunter, and 27 years in law enforcement, This collection is over the top. He is obviously a very wealthy collector and I'm glad to see how he respects the history of the guns. Quite impressive.
There is no such thing as "too much money" in the US. We believe that your money is yours and you can spend it how you want. As long as you earn it legally, we do not care if you have $1 or 1 trillion dollars.
Where I live in rural Tennessee, most people carry guns: some visible, most concealed. We have almost no violent crime. Most homes contain several firearms, and people who know how to use them. We are legally allowed to shoot on our own property out here, so there is a lot of gun fire, but unlike Memphis or Chicago or any big city, gunfire here is the sound of freedom, and very comforting. As a refuge from California, its different here. Im no longer worried or looking around all the time. I am armed everywhere I go, and so is everyone else. It creates a polite and safe society.
The fact that this man had so many guns that he completely skipped over the full blown legit GATLING GUN is insane to me. I am a gun owner. Im around guns all the time. This collection is nuts. Im in awe. That man could outfit his own personal army if he wanted to.
Thanks y'all! Some people are history buffs and gun collectors. Every person I've ever known that "collects" does it because they love the history behind it.
I don't hunt, (nothing against anyone who does though). I have a few guns for defense and critter control. But I just like learning the mechanics and engineering behind differeng firearms. I'll buy one just to "study", fire, and learn about. If I like it, I'll keep it. Otherwise I'll sell or trade it to buy something else. But most of the time I later regret letting one go.😂 Still kicking myself for selling my S&W 29, and trading my EARLY Colt Delta Elite. If I'd known then what they'd be worth now, no way I would've parted with them.😢
I can guarantee that you see people in the US just walking around who are carrying. You just may not see the actual weapon if it’s not an open-carry state. I have several friends who are ALWAYS armed when they leave their homes (male and female). I don’t own or carry, but have used both hunting rifles and hand guns several times. I grew up hunting with a .22 and a shotgun with my dad, and my brother has taken me to the range several times just for gun safety / familiarity and target practice.
It still makes me wonder what it would be like to be afraid of firearms. I've been shooting since I was 8 fifty years ago and have firearms laying around my house. And no there are no children present. they're no different than any other tool like say a nail gun.@@enzofan_
I couldn't resist messing with a detective one day, he had taken his jacket off and his firearm was exposed (and not in a good retention holster). I just casually asked him how he liked his sig P229. @@TrulyUnfortunate
I seem to remember watching a news program about this collection several years ago. If my memory is correct, these rooms are below ground, and his living quarters of the house are above this basement complex. His home is very nice and there is much security built around his homestead. ❤
A lot of us Americans grew up with firearms and learn to use and respect them at a young age. At 8yo i was going out hunting rabbit and pheasant then progressed to bigger game . There a tool to be used and respected and theres many types of firearms for different uses . I would venture to say that any American that has bought one firearm to start has purchased 5 or 6 after that initial purchase
I'll tell you for everyone you described there are many more who have inherited or privately acquired firearms from family members and never purchased a firearm that would have put them in a database. Gun owners existing below the radar so to speak.
@@higgme1ster it's illegal for there to be a govt. Data base of gun owners in the United States period its a violation or the Firearms Owners Protection Act which specifically prohibits the Govt. From creating a centralized gun registry
@@dencowboy1040 Except that they get around that by requiring dealers to keep the records the government is not allowed to. It's the database loophole.
@@dencowboy1040The ATF got caught, with a database in 2021 or 2022. A store owner filmed an ATF agent using her phone, with an app to scan his books and it digitized everything into a database.
I am a collector of WW1 and WW2 firearms. Everything from small arms to heavy machine guns. Over 100 in my collection. Most loaned out to various museums.
@dr.burtgummerfan439 I got into my field because of my grandfather who was a WW2 veteran. I just fell in love with history in general. Ended up receiving my doctorate in military history from Cambridge. Did post graduate work all over Europe. I also love museums so it was a natural fit. Spent over 40 years on the collection, I just wish to share with others.
There are weapons that are class 3. People who have them are called stamp collectors. You have to go through the ATF to get these. If you leave the state, you have to alert the ATF beforehand. The paperwork must accompany the weapon.
Who elected the ATF? If I cannot get rid of them with the ballot box then I am forced to resort to using the cartridge box on them then. I got your paperwork for ya right here!
In order to own an automatic firing weapon (like they have in the military ) you have to get a special approval. Regular people are only allowed semi automatic or single shot. One thing around here a lot of us grew up started shooting with bb guns and pellet guns.
There's a few states that don't honor the NFA in various ways. In Kansas for instance if the firearm was manufactured in Kansas then Kansas is OK with it. Kinda weird but OK. Firearms laws are mostly state laws. Being as the federal government is prohibited from making firearms laws by the Constitution. The whole Congress shall make no law thing. Although apparently laws don't seem to matter to politicians. Or they're just too stupid and can't read.
For the full autos aka machine guns, the ATF prohibits the possession or ownership of any machine guns made after May 1986. So they are incredibly rare and expensive, require extra federal forms/registration on top of the 4473/background check, and $200 tax stamp per weapon. But no specific license per se. To get any made after 1986, you must get a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and a Class 3 Dealer license, and if you want to manufacture it yourself, that's another license. Which is all quite an involved process to say the least.
That is the most beautiful and well organized collection I’ve ever seen..simply beautiful I can’t wait to see what the John Wick safe has!!..also I loved his work station I’m betting he can strip and reassemble any gun in short order!
He has other videos and a very nice house. The John Wick safe is a cool video too when he opens it. People do walk with guns in certain states even if you don't see them. I can almost guarantee a collector like this makes sure that most, if not all of those guns that are older shoot before buying or selling. That makes a big different in price.
Fun fact, every time he said a weapon has a "binary trigger" means it fires when you pull the trigger back, and again when you release it forward. He clearly has his licenses and fees in order. He's got several military weapons that dont come any other way but fully automatic.
Yeah no you definitely see people walking around with guns depending on what state you are in. Not everyone open carries but I’m in Texas and seeing someone with a gun on their hip is not unusual…. My dad never leaves the house without a gun.
With the belt feds, there are much-easier to obtain semi-auto civillian versions for some models. He is likely wealthy enough to afford not just the cost of a pre-86 (look up the Hughes amendment) automatic belt fed (usually upwards of $50,000) but also the time and paperwork required to obtain a legal machine gun.
If you guys are interested at all in how the guns function I would recommend Brandon Herrera here on YT. He does video showcases of guns, both historic and current, and breaks them down to their different pieces and explains how it all works. He also obviously demonstrates the guns as well.
I think it's really difficult for most of us who grew up in the US to completely understand the emotional reaction people from some other countries have to US gun culture. But equally, it seems like people from most other countries don't really get how we feel about guns either. I remember visiting my grandparents in my youth, and going into my grandfather's den, and feeling awed, impressed and jealous of the dozen or so long guns he had racked on the wall. When he passed on, 30+ years ago, one of the tasks for my mother and her siblings was to portion out the guns to whoever was going to feel bad if they didn't get one. I think he had maybe 3 dozen firearms, all told, so quite a few people in his family and his community probably still have one of those guns in their house. Sure, some have been sold or lost, but I'll bet a lot of people who got a rifle or shotgun from his collection will or did own them until they themselves die. There are millions of guns in this country whose owners could tell you their whole pedigree, from the day the gun was purchased, down through multiple generations of family ownership. I don't know if these musings clarify anything, but I wanted to point out that it's not just greed or fear that motivate people to own guns in this country, love and grief and a whole host of other emotions come into it too.
Went to a ramdom museum in Cody, Wyoming(?) Swear they had every gun of importance and type in all of history. Not only the walk through displays, but we asked to see the archives, and it took up the entire lower levels below ground.😮
Some of those guns awere definitely full auto. Collection wise I've seen even bigger though. My friends dad had over 1,200 guns. Many of them were duplicates. He also had probably a home full of just ammo for them. He was a doomsday prepper. He also had RPGs, explosives....etc. Guy was kinda nutty.
It always amazes me at how scary Brits and Europeans think guns are. Are you really safer? Y'all get knife, truck, and acid attacks. Is that really better than so-called "gun violence"?
No one here really cares weather you have guns or not , yes we feel safer here without them but they are certainly not illegal here just heavily regulated.
Most people in the US do not need any license to buy any gun, you may only need to go through a quick background check and that's it. If a person wants to buy machine guns, automatic guns or open a profession gun store, he or she must obtain a FFL, which means Federal Firearms License.
Not quite. You do not need a FFL to own fully automatic weapons. You just need to buy a $200 tax stamp. And that is all it is a tax(remember the BATFE was originally set up to collect taxes and were part of the department of the treasury) Also black powder cannons are not considered firearms under federal law and can be bought or made by anybody
For clarification, for full autos aka machine guns, the ATF prohibits the possession or ownership of any machine guns made after May 1986. So they are incredibly rare and expensive, require extra federal forms/registration on top of the 4473/background check, and $200 tax stamp per weapon. But no specific license per se. However to get any made after 1986, you must get a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and a Class 3 Dealer license, and if you want to manufacture it yourself, that's another license. Which is all quite an involved process to say the least.
I carry a firearm every day, every where. I have needed it 3 times in the 22 years I have been carrying. Only once did I need to draw it. Never had to fire. Just showing it stopped them.
I’m in Chicago and have a CCW license. I carry every day, everywhere. In the last year alone I had to have it at a low ready 5 times. Made them rethink their life choices and nobody got hurt. If I didn’t carry it would have been a totally different story.
Best wishes Millie! Remember to verbalize your needs. Keep eating and drinking. (You will need the energy.) Also, don't be embarassed about 💩when you are pushing. We all do it, its normal. No one told me, so I thought I'd give ya a heads up. You got this! Much love from Minnesota 🫂💜
@@kristiericson1365 Not eating, is only a convience for the Doctors. SO glad times are changing. I went 52hrs L&D and was only allowed to eat ice chips.
Yes in Texas now you can pretty much carry a gun around open carry of concealed excepting in banks and places that sell alcohol. My wife never leaves home without her 9mm in her purse. HI Millie
I own exactly two, a 9mm Sig for home defense (never leaves the house), and a 1943 dated Soviet Mosin Nagant battle rifle (historical, they made millions but it was during the height of the war)
I looked it up and he does have a video of a walk-through of his house. Apparently, he only showed a small part of his collection. He has gun cabinets and gun safes all over his 14,000 sq. ft. mansion. Great video and thanks for doing it.
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is my favorite automatic rifle. I was the SAW gunner in 2 different platoons while I was in the Army. It is a belt-fed, automatic machine gun that has a rate of fire of 850 rounds per second. It is meant to be used for suppressive fire, i.e. keeping the enemy's head down, while other soldiers maneuver to take out the target.
My stepdaughter was in the 101st Airborne for quite a long time. She qualified expert with her M9, M4, and the SAW as well. My sone was in the Marines, now works for DoD as a paramedic/fireman. He fell into being a sniper at some point, though not officially until joining the National Guard afterwards. One of his issue rifles was a Barrett in both services. Thanks for your service too.
For the record, Mister and Mistress B, very, very, very few people call a thousand yard shot "mid-range"!!!! He has some military-grade firearns. Correction. He has A LOT of military-grade fire irons!
It’s funny you say “you don’t see people walking around with guns in the US” you do you just don’t know it. Especially in the south, we keep it tucked and out of sight. My grandmother always kept a .38 in her purse and she died in 2000. It’s keys, wallet, phone , gun when we leave the house and I live in a small safe town.
3:30 many 'gun people' in The States and abroad, enjoy collecting them. Not for clout, although those people are out there. We enjoy collecting the history, the unique, and obscure, just like those who collect cars, cards, or insects for example. I love his military room most of all, and his dedication to that part of his collection. I would recommend Demolition Ranch, and Brandon Herrera, they are both big in the gun community. This guy represents about 0.01% of gun people.
I am fairly confident (as an American) that you would never in a million years find a gun shop with this assortment and quality of firearms. A HUGE number of the firearms we saw in the video are not available to the general public and require expensive (and hard to acquire) licenses. Many more are out of production and quite rare. I would have never guessed such a diverse and high quality collection even exists in one place.
I know of someone who moved to Maine that had a basement with armored door for his weapons collection. Also has a m-2 in his collection. Might not be as impressive as this guys collection. Some of those would be fun to shoot but also just to collect. This guy probably has all the ffl licenses to collect those weapons.
Ian McCullum at the Forgotten Weapons RUclips channel makes great firearm content. It's very informative and in depth so probably not great for a reaction but still a good watch. Maybe his video on the radio life Gauss rifle would be worth checking out.
I used to work at a place where everyone in the company was strapped and brought them to work. My nephew probably has as many as one of his rooms. Some people are nuts about guns. They don't really excite me. But do your thing.
Everyone at our accountants office brings in guns all the time. They are just sitting around on peoples desks and we show off new stuff to each other all the time. One guy even sells, buys, and trades stuff from people on arms list all the time in his office haha. Sometimes go to lunch at the outdoor range nearby and fuck around.
In my state of Georgia open carry and concealed carry are both legal. Most everyone we know carries a firearm at all times including me and my wife. Despite this, our rural community is very safe and the crime rate is low.
If you have certain licenses you can have fully automatics and explosive such as the projectiles for RPGs because the tube is actually rather easy to come by
Also remember in alot of states you are legally allowed to shoot intruders/ trespassers on your property. Self defence and defence against a courupt government are the reasons many US citizens have loads of guns. Also in alot of states you can legally carry a gun in public usually hidden on your chest or leg sometimes hip.
Not to forget about them coyotes and bears who like to wonder in to your property, I think people forget how dangerous the USA nature can be, them mountain lions are terrifying also 😂
Actually some of the most expensive guns are antiques, such as civil war era guns, and old west firearms, yes class 3 firearms (AUTOMATIC) are expensive, but some of the firearms made in the 1850's and 1860's were so well made, and command some of the highest prices at sale.
I own several guns myself. Only bought two of them. The rest I inherited from my dad. He and I used to hunt and target shoot regularly. Don’t do either now since suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.
At the end of 1972 when I was enrolled in a junior college in a small town in Kentucky, I saw something that made an impression on me. I was taking my clothes to the coin operated laundromat in the little town when I saw a woman walking with several children in a stairstep order holding each other's hands like a column of ducks, but the thing that startled me was the long barrel pistol in a tooled leather holster and belt slung low, tied down just above her knee, quick draw fashion. This little town was back in the hollers of Eastern Kentucky coal mining. There were magnum sized bullet holes in the doors of the college dormitory for all to see so it was known to be a rough place, but still and all, it was a culture shock and I flunked out after one quarter at the small junior college, that doesn't even exist nowadays. M grandfather worked for the U. S. Bureau of Mines beginning in the early 1930's. Through the years he participated in the recovery of miners that had been sealed in mines that had been consumed with fire. He helped recover bodies that had been sealed there underground for years and said that many of the miners had carried pistols under their coveralls.
Long line of career military men and women in my family. It wasn’t until long after retirement that they started owning guns of their own for personal and home protection. When I was in high school back in he 80’s, ROTC was an elective class offered, which is where I learned to shoot a ‘dummy’ pistol and rifle on a training course. I’ve never owned a gun nor do I want to but I know How to properly use it, if it ever becomes necessary to defend my life, kids and home. I know that I have the right to have one, and that right can not be infringed upon by the government, unless I break the law with it. Every weapon can be used for nefarious reasons but the majority of gun owners will only use them against another humans when absolutely necessary; the world will always need more good guys with guns to stop the bad guys with guns.
As an American who grew up around guns and found my way into competitive shooting sports while I was still in middle school, this is a dream collection. I find it so interesting to see how people from other parts of the world view gun ownership in the US.
In response to Millie's "I like Hand bags" comment... My wife and I have an agreement... for every $$$ she spends on her handbags... (Usually Louis Viton) I get to spend on my guns... LOL
His house is 14,000 square feet,he has the basement and everything else belongs to the wife.he has videos of the house and the John wick safe ,yeah it’s cool❗️
James and Millie, As per the national firearms act of the 1930s to get any full auto, selective fire, silencers, destructive devices like artillery and bazookas you need to pay $250 each for every firearm or destructive devices, and a background check, and waiting period to get them. Contray to what some say you can't buy these things at a place like Walmart for hundreds of dollars.
You dont need to get a license for most of the guns hes showing. Anyone can just get them even with his belt fed guns. You can get semi auto m249 or m240 although kind of rare they have semi auto versions of those guns. You would only need a license for full auto weapons.
It cracks me up to see you two get so squirrely seeing all these guns. They are no different than a collection of power tools they have no power other than the use put to them by the carrier. When respected and used properly for their intended purpose like any other tool they have an effectiveness if not used properly again like any other tool it can and will have negative ramifications.
Fun fact about the trench shotgun: The trench gun is a five-round capacity gun, each round firing nine 12-gauge pellets as fast as the wielder can pull the trigger. Its known as the war crime stick as the Germans were so terrified of it they tried to get it banned both wars. Officially it is the model 1897 Winchester.
An interesting thing to see is a guy called “Dragonman.” He lives in Colorado Springs and has a huge collection of all kinds of military equipment from all eras of us military. Very long videos that would have to be broken up into multiple parts or just viewed by yourselves without posting.
I actually enjoy watching this guy's channel. He's known as the collector on YT and his collection is out of this world and his entire basement is dedicated to guns. He even has a private gun range in his basement that he actually uses. Now, this guy is not what all Americans are like, but there are people like him. The other thing I like about his gun room is that it is well organized and well built. are like, but there are people like him. The other thing I like about his gun room is that it is well organized, well built, and secure. I do know that some of the belt fed ones are semi-auto, like the M2. The process of getting a real full auto one is quite tough and mostly time consuming. He also does outdoor shooting as well since he lives on a huge property.
One doesn't need a license to own a gun in the United States (with rare exceptions). Owning firearms is a "Right". A human right that is recognized by the 2nd Amendment. The 2nd Amendment is all that is required.
Millie: "I'd be so nervous, thinking they'd go off on me." See, that's the thing. Guns are NOT sentient things. The do not act on their own. They are simply specialized tools. Are you equally nervous are a hammer, or a drill? Those workshop tools require someone to use them. Of course, using them requires some skill and care. Their use CAN be dangerous. But with care, training, and respect, guns can be used safely... just like that power drill.
One video i recommend, if you liked this one, is Demolition Ranch showing off his collection. He shoots each one that he shows. It is a long video so you might have to split it up into multiple parts.
As someone who grew up around guns, was an avid hunter, and 27 years in law enforcement, This collection is over the top. He is obviously a very wealthy collector and I'm glad to see how he respects the history of the guns. Quite impressive.
He isn’t collecting what I would collect
Yep,I'm jealous thats for sure.
He makes my couple dozen gun collection look paltry.
also, based on the fully automatic weapons he has, he has several ATF licenses
There is no such thing as over the top. Have you seen Jay Leno's car collection?
No, he has several tax stamps. Unless he himself is an FFL dealer, he does not have a license.
There is no such thing as "too much money" in the US. We believe that your money is yours and you can spend it how you want. As long as you earn it legally, we do not care if you have $1 or 1 trillion dollars.
well said
Life, liberty, property. I didn't hear no bell.
Owning multiple guns in the US is no big deal . . .
I know several people who have a half dozen or more.
Yup, critters come in various sizes.
If you are hunting deer you probably don’t want to use the same sized rifle cartridge when hunting rabbits
@@votedbestjustin that depends on the state
@@shawnmiller4781 where I live you can carry without a license at all
This is a bit beyond "owning a few guns", and to say otherwise is disingenuous to say the least.
Having an informed opinion on a subject is always welcome
Where I live in rural Tennessee, most people carry guns: some visible, most concealed. We have almost no violent crime. Most homes contain several firearms, and people who know how to use them. We are legally allowed to shoot on our own property out here, so there is a lot of gun fire, but unlike Memphis or Chicago or any big city, gunfire here is the sound of freedom, and very comforting. As a refuge from California, its different here. Im no longer worried or looking around all the time. I am armed everywhere I go, and so is everyone else. It creates a polite and safe society.
The fact that this man had so many guns that he completely skipped over the full blown legit GATLING GUN is insane to me. I am a gun owner. Im around guns all the time. This collection is nuts. Im in awe. That man could outfit his own personal army if he wanted to.
Gatling guns are comeptley unregulated.
Still doesn't have anything on Dragonman in Colorado.
Thanks y'all! Some people are history buffs and gun collectors. Every person I've ever known that "collects" does it because they love the history behind it.
This right here.
Plus there is something to be said for a good piece of venison
I don't hunt, (nothing against anyone who does though). I have a few guns for defense and critter control. But I just like learning the mechanics and engineering behind differeng firearms. I'll buy one just to "study", fire, and learn about. If I like it, I'll keep it. Otherwise I'll sell or trade it to buy something else. But most of the time I later regret letting one go.😂 Still kicking myself for selling my S&W 29, and trading my EARLY Colt Delta Elite. If I'd known then what they'd be worth now, no way I would've parted with them.😢
I can guarantee that you see people in the US just walking around who are carrying. You just may not see the actual weapon if it’s not an open-carry state. I have several friends who are ALWAYS armed when they leave their homes (male and female). I don’t own or carry, but have used both hunting rifles and hand guns several times. I grew up hunting with a .22 and a shotgun with my dad, and my brother has taken me to the range several times just for gun safety / familiarity and target practice.
See, that’s how different the country is because I’ve never seen a gun in my life.
I can remember people in the 90s illegally carrying in NYC and the oranges and newark because of how dangerous it was in those cities.
I'll never open carry legal or not.
You're just setting yourself up to be the first shot if shit hits the fan.
It still makes me wonder what it would be like to be afraid of firearms.
I've been shooting since I was 8 fifty years ago and have firearms laying around my house. And no there are no children present. they're no different than any other tool like say a nail gun.@@enzofan_
I couldn't resist messing with a detective one day, he had taken his jacket off and his firearm was exposed (and not in a good retention holster). I just casually asked him how he liked his sig P229. @@TrulyUnfortunate
I seem to remember watching a news program about this collection several years ago. If my memory is correct, these rooms are below ground, and his living quarters of the house are above this basement complex. His home is very nice and there is much security built around his homestead. ❤
My battalion commander has an original colt 602 with a low serial number. It saw service in 1963 in Vietnam.
A lot of us Americans grew up with firearms and learn to use and respect them at a young age. At 8yo i was going out hunting rabbit and pheasant then progressed to bigger game . There a tool to be used and respected and theres many types of firearms for different uses . I would venture to say that any American that has bought one firearm to start has purchased 5 or 6 after that initial purchase
I'll tell you for everyone you described there are many more who have inherited or privately acquired firearms from family members and never purchased a firearm that would have put them in a database. Gun owners existing below the radar so to speak.
@@higgme1ster it's illegal for there to be a govt. Data base of gun owners in the United States period its a violation or the Firearms Owners Protection Act which specifically prohibits the Govt. From creating a centralized gun registry
@@dencowboy1040 Except that they get around that by requiring dealers to keep the records the government is not allowed to. It's the database loophole.
@@Anubis78250 yes records for 20 years but congress is trying to stop that
@@dencowboy1040The ATF got caught, with a database in 2021 or 2022. A store owner filmed an ATF agent using her phone, with an app to scan his books and it digitized everything into a database.
I am a collector of WW1 and WW2 firearms. Everything from small arms to heavy machine guns. Over 100 in my collection. Most loaned out to various museums.
Awesome man, congrats! I have 40 mediocre guns.
Glad your loaning them out, really respect that
Nice that you're allowing others to see and appreciate them!👍
@dr.burtgummerfan439 I got into my field because of my grandfather who was a WW2 veteran. I just fell in love with history in general. Ended up receiving my doctorate in military history from Cambridge. Did post graduate work all over Europe. I also love museums so it was a natural fit. Spent over 40 years on the collection, I just wish to share with others.
@@scotthill1600 I'm a lover of history, right or wrong it shouldn't be erased or forgotten.
There are weapons that are class 3. People who have them are called stamp collectors. You have to go through the ATF to get these. If you leave the state, you have to alert the ATF beforehand. The paperwork must accompany the weapon.
Who elected the ATF? If I cannot get rid of them with the ballot box then I am forced to resort to using the cartridge box on them then. I got your paperwork for ya right here!
@@1pcfred It’s just the way it is with 50 cal , uzis, and any full auto, short barreled shotguns, etc.
@@1pcfred Mote and More themselves.
But serious it came about because of the 1938 gun control act
@@shawnmiller4781 automatic weapons made prior to 1986 are transferable.
@@1pcfred nobody elected them. they're domestic terrorists and nothing is being done about it.
In order to own an automatic firing weapon (like they have in the military ) you have to get a special approval. Regular people are only allowed semi automatic or single shot.
One thing around here a lot of us grew up started shooting with bb guns and pellet guns.
Yeah from what I know, it also takes a few years to get approved for that to. These look like automatics
There's a few states that don't honor the NFA in various ways. In Kansas for instance if the firearm was manufactured in Kansas then Kansas is OK with it. Kinda weird but OK. Firearms laws are mostly state laws. Being as the federal government is prohibited from making firearms laws by the Constitution. The whole Congress shall make no law thing. Although apparently laws don't seem to matter to politicians. Or they're just too stupid and can't read.
It’s a $200 tax stamp at the federal level.
Some states have stricter rules but I try to avoid those
For the full autos aka machine guns, the ATF prohibits the possession or ownership of any machine guns made after May 1986. So they are incredibly rare and expensive, require extra federal forms/registration on top of the 4473/background check, and $200 tax stamp per weapon. But no specific license per se. To get any made after 1986, you must get a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and a Class 3 Dealer license, and if you want to manufacture it yourself, that's another license. Which is all quite an involved process to say the least.
@@CasuallyCareening that would be a “dealer sample” but that is getting more into the weeds
That is the most beautiful and well organized collection I’ve ever seen..simply beautiful I can’t wait to see what the John Wick safe has!!..also I loved his work station I’m betting he can strip and reassemble any gun in short order!
That safe is nuts. There is a RUclips video on it. I don’t know how I found that video, but it was nice.
That guy is living my drea. what a sick set up. I’d be down stairs every second of the day the wife can have the rest of the house 😂🤷🏼♂️
He has other videos and a very nice house. The John Wick safe is a cool video too when he opens it. People do walk with guns in certain states even if you don't see them. I can almost guarantee a collector like this makes sure that most, if not all of those guns that are older shoot before buying or selling. That makes a big different in price.
Fun fact, every time he said a weapon has a "binary trigger" means it fires when you pull the trigger back, and again when you release it forward.
He clearly has his licenses and fees in order. He's got several military weapons that dont come any other way but fully automatic.
I bet you'd like some Kentucky ballistics gun videos.
Yeah no you definitely see people walking around with guns depending on what state you are in. Not everyone open carries but I’m in Texas and seeing someone with a gun on their hip is not unusual…. My dad never leaves the house without a gun.
Most people who do carry guns conceal them even if they're in an open carry state. So you probably see more people with them that you think you do.
We see open carry a lot in Arizona too. I’d rather see them than wonder if someone is carrying in their purse or backpack.
With the belt feds, there are much-easier to obtain semi-auto civillian versions for some models. He is likely wealthy enough to afford not just the cost of a pre-86 (look up the Hughes amendment) automatic belt fed (usually upwards of $50,000) but also the time and paperwork required to obtain a legal machine gun.
If you guys are interested at all in how the guns function I would recommend Brandon Herrera here on YT. He does video showcases of guns, both historic and current, and breaks them down to their different pieces and explains how it all works. He also obviously demonstrates the guns as well.
or Ian McCullum over at Forgotten Weapons.
Aka Gun Jesus
I think it's really difficult for most of us who grew up in the US to completely understand the emotional reaction people from some other countries have to US gun culture. But equally, it seems like people from most other countries don't really get how we feel about guns either. I remember visiting my grandparents in my youth, and going into my grandfather's den, and feeling awed, impressed and jealous of the dozen or so long guns he had racked on the wall. When he passed on, 30+ years ago, one of the tasks for my mother and her siblings was to portion out the guns to whoever was going to feel bad if they didn't get one. I think he had maybe 3 dozen firearms, all told, so quite a few people in his family and his community probably still have one of those guns in their house. Sure, some have been sold or lost, but I'll bet a lot of people who got a rifle or shotgun from his collection will or did own them until they themselves die. There are millions of guns in this country whose owners could tell you their whole pedigree, from the day the gun was purchased, down through multiple generations of family ownership.
I don't know if these musings clarify anything, but I wanted to point out that it's not just greed or fear that motivate people to own guns in this country, love and grief and a whole host of other emotions come into it too.
the fact his range is rated for 20mm shot is amasing thats what they shoot at aircraft
Went to a ramdom museum in Cody, Wyoming(?) Swear they had every gun of importance and type in all of history. Not only the walk through displays, but we asked to see the archives, and it took up the entire lower levels below ground.😮
That wouldn’t be the Cody Firearm Museum?
Gun Jesus has filmed a number episodes there
I went through there with friends on a motorcycle trip and we wanted to stop but didn't have enough time.
Some of those guns awere definitely full auto. Collection wise I've seen even bigger though. My friends dad had over 1,200 guns. Many of them were duplicates. He also had probably a home full of just ammo for them. He was a doomsday prepper. He also had RPGs, explosives....etc. Guy was kinda nutty.
This is a man you don't have to worry about. The people will gun vaults like this aren't the ones shooting up Chicago every day.
He went into the second room and Millie’s Jaw hit the table… lol
I live in South Florida, have 57 firearms, everyone down here carrys a pistol, just concealed carry so no one knows you have it
A firearm is just a type of tool. Hanging on a rack, there's not much difference to a hammer hanging on a rack. It's what you do with it.
Correct.
Grandpa and dad going out to get a moose for the freezer was part of life where I grew up
It always amazes me at how scary Brits and Europeans think guns are. Are you really safer? Y'all get knife, truck, and acid attacks. Is that really better than so-called "gun violence"?
No one here really cares weather you have guns or not , yes we feel safer here without them but they are certainly not illegal here just heavily regulated.
Never forget the assault milkshake.
Concrete or lactose variety?@@octaviusmorlock
An armed society is a polite society.
@@m2hmghb I don't think I want to know what a concrete milkshake is.
Most people in the US do not need any license to buy any gun, you may only need to go through a quick background check and that's it. If a person wants to buy machine guns, automatic guns or open a profession gun store, he or she must obtain a FFL, which means Federal Firearms License.
Not quite.
You do not need a FFL to own fully automatic weapons. You just need to buy a $200 tax stamp. And that is all it is a tax(remember the BATFE was originally set up to collect taxes and were part of the department of the treasury)
Also black powder cannons are not considered firearms under federal law and can be bought or made by anybody
For clarification, for full autos aka machine guns, the ATF prohibits the possession or ownership of any machine guns made after May 1986. So they are incredibly rare and expensive, require extra federal forms/registration on top of the 4473/background check, and $200 tax stamp per weapon. But no specific license per se. However to get any made after 1986, you must get a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and a Class 3 Dealer license, and if you want to manufacture it yourself, that's another license. Which is all quite an involved process to say the least.
I carry a firearm every day, every where.
I have needed it 3 times in the 22 years I have been carrying.
Only once did I need to draw it.
Never had to fire. Just showing it stopped them.
I with you there . . .
I’m in Chicago and have a CCW license. I carry every day, everywhere.
In the last year alone I had to have it at a low ready 5 times.
Made them rethink their life choices and nobody got hurt.
If I didn’t carry it would have been a totally different story.
3 times in 18 years continuously, same thing, just had it in my hand or visible in the holster the third time.
@tonkatruck677 I was in the west end of Louisville for 20 years. Often, a higher murder rate than Chicago.
No longer live there but still carry.
Guns are harmless without bullets. Notice how he didn't talk about where he hides the ammo.
Awesome reaction! He does have a video on the John Wick safe. It is quite impressive
You dont see people carry in America because we usually are conceal carring. 😂
Best wishes Millie! Remember to verbalize your needs. Keep eating and drinking. (You will need the energy.) Also, don't be embarassed about 💩when you are pushing. We all do it, its normal. No one told me, so I thought I'd give ya a heads up.
You got this!
Much love from Minnesota 🫂💜
Not everyone does that. I’ve had seven kids and never done that. But, we aren’t allowed to eat or drink during labor.
To be honest, when my water broke, I gave myself an enema. Just a crazy nurse.
@@kristiericson1365 Not eating, is only a convience for the Doctors. SO glad times are changing. I went 52hrs L&D and was only allowed to eat ice chips.
Yes in Texas now you can pretty much carry a gun around open carry of concealed excepting in banks and places that sell alcohol. My wife never leaves home without her 9mm in her purse. HI Millie
I own exactly two, a 9mm Sig for home defense (never leaves the house), and a 1943 dated Soviet Mosin Nagant battle rifle (historical, they made millions but it was during the height of the war)
I looked it up and he does have a video of a walk-through of his house. Apparently, he only showed a small part of his collection. He has gun cabinets and gun safes all over his 14,000 sq. ft. mansion. Great video and thanks for doing it.
The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, or SAW, is my favorite automatic rifle. I was the SAW gunner in 2 different platoons while I was in the Army. It is a belt-fed, automatic machine gun that has a rate of fire of 850 rounds per second. It is meant to be used for suppressive fire, i.e. keeping the enemy's head down, while other soldiers maneuver to take out the target.
My stepdaughter was in the 101st Airborne for quite a long time. She qualified expert with her M9, M4, and the SAW as well. My sone was in the Marines, now works for DoD as a paramedic/fireman. He fell into being a sniper at some point, though not officially until joining the National Guard afterwards. One of his issue rifles was a Barrett in both services. Thanks for your service too.
For the record, Mister and Mistress B, very, very, very few people call a thousand yard shot "mid-range"!!!!
He has some military-grade firearns.
Correction. He has A LOT of military-grade fire irons!
It’s funny you say “you don’t see people walking around with guns in the US” you do you just don’t know it. Especially in the south, we keep it tucked and out of sight. My grandmother always kept a .38 in her purse and she died in 2000. It’s keys, wallet, phone , gun when we leave the house and I live in a small safe town.
I’m just a lottery ticket away
3:30 many 'gun people' in The States and abroad, enjoy collecting them. Not for clout, although those people are out there. We enjoy collecting the history, the unique, and obscure, just like those who collect cars, cards, or insects for example. I love his military room most of all, and his dedication to that part of his collection. I would recommend Demolition Ranch, and Brandon Herrera, they are both big in the gun community. This guy represents about 0.01% of gun people.
And Gun Jesus himself Ian
5:03 it is a long expensive process but yes you can get automatics, the US Military still uses the M240 and the M249 SAW
I am fairly confident (as an American) that you would never in a million years find a gun shop with this assortment and quality of firearms. A HUGE number of the firearms we saw in the video are not available to the general public and require expensive (and hard to acquire) licenses. Many more are out of production and quite rare. I would have never guessed such a diverse and high quality collection even exists in one place.
I know of someone who moved to Maine that had a basement with armored door for his weapons collection. Also has a m-2 in his collection. Might not be as impressive as this guys collection. Some of those would be fun to shoot but also just to collect. This guy probably has all the ffl licenses to collect those weapons.
Ian McCullum at the Forgotten Weapons RUclips channel makes great firearm content. It's very informative and in depth so probably not great for a reaction but still a good watch. Maybe his video on the radio life Gauss rifle would be worth checking out.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was John Wick himself in that safe 😂😂
Lmao he just walked right by the grenade launcher without showing it lol
I used to work at a place where everyone in the company was strapped and brought them to work. My nephew probably has as many as one of his rooms. Some people are nuts about guns. They don't really excite me. But do your thing.
Everyone at our accountants office brings in guns all the time.
They are just sitting around on peoples desks and we show off new stuff to each other all the time. One guy even sells, buys, and trades stuff from people on arms list all the time in his office haha.
Sometimes go to lunch at the outdoor range nearby and fuck around.
Woolly mammoth tusk and bone for grips - that is what impressed me the most.
In my state of Georgia open carry and concealed carry are both legal. Most everyone we know carries a firearm at all times including me and my wife. Despite this, our rural community is very safe and the crime rate is low.
Saying you think the gun is going to go off around you is like thinking the kitchen knife on the table is just going to stab you out of nowhere.
No license required... this is Merica!
She'd be afraid in the room because they might go off and start shooting her by themselves out of the blue 😂
If you have certain licenses you can have fully automatics and explosive such as the projectiles for RPGs because the tube is actually rather easy to come by
I mean I own a few firearms but this is something on another level. Million dollar collection, yeah right. Multiple millions.
Also remember in alot of states you are legally allowed to shoot intruders/ trespassers on your property. Self defence and defence against a courupt government are the reasons many US citizens have loads of guns. Also in alot of states you can legally carry a gun in public usually hidden on your chest or leg sometimes hip.
Not to forget about them coyotes and bears who like to wonder in to your property, I think people forget how dangerous the USA nature can be, them mountain lions are terrifying also 😂
I see a lot of people walking around wearing guns here in the U.S. I know that i do not leave the house without one of my firearms on my hip.
Everyone I know that has a gun, has multiple.
Most of us just shoot paper targets as a precision sport and for the fun of it.
God bless the USA 🇺🇸 2A 🔫 community knows how to have fun
His gun collection IS his security system 😂
Oh Millie, they have nice purses for conceal carry guns. Special pocket compartment in the purse and a lock. So it’s safe from kids and so on
Yep, got one for my ex-wife. She got me a Kimber .45 so I couldn't complain.
There is a guy in Texas with his own tank. Don't mess with Texas!
I always have a gun on me, and you’d never know. Better to have it and not need it than, need it and not have it.
Actually some of the most expensive guns are antiques, such as civil war era guns, and old west firearms, yes class 3 firearms (AUTOMATIC) are expensive, but some of the firearms made in the 1850's and 1860's were so well made, and command some of the highest prices at sale.
Wealthy collector for sure. Some nice stuff there. Most of us regular guys have maybe a dozen firearms. 😁
Just imagine owning 1 pistol worth a million. A jesse james colt .45 revolver. Or his last owned gun, a .45 schofield revolver
I own several guns myself. Only bought two of them. The rest I inherited from my dad. He and I used to hunt and target shoot regularly. Don’t do either now since suffering a stroke a few weeks ago.
Another amazing gun collection is demolition ranch
Another range is located east of Colorado Springs, called Dragon Man owned by a guy named Mel.
This collection is huge, most gun collectors in the US would still find this collection insane.
At the end of 1972 when I was enrolled in a junior college in a small town in Kentucky, I saw something that made an impression on me. I was taking my clothes to the coin operated laundromat in the little town when I saw a woman walking with several children in a stairstep order holding each other's hands like a column of ducks, but the thing that startled me was the long barrel pistol in a tooled leather holster and belt slung low, tied down just above her knee, quick draw fashion. This little town was back in the hollers of Eastern Kentucky coal mining. There were magnum sized bullet holes in the doors of the college dormitory for all to see so it was known to be a rough place, but still and all, it was a culture shock and I flunked out after one quarter at the small junior college, that doesn't even exist nowadays.
M grandfather worked for the U. S. Bureau of Mines beginning in the early 1930's. Through the years he participated in the recovery of miners that had been sealed in mines that had been consumed with fire. He helped recover bodies that had been sealed there underground for years and said that many of the miners had carried pistols under their coveralls.
It sounds like he has a good investment also. Guns usually go up in value if they are quality arms.
Can you imagine how much ammunition, this gentlemen has on hand !
Long line of career military men and women in my family.
It wasn’t until long after retirement that they started owning guns of their own for personal and home protection.
When I was in high school back in he 80’s, ROTC was an elective class offered, which is where I learned to shoot a ‘dummy’ pistol and rifle on a training course.
I’ve never owned a gun nor do I want to but I know How to properly use it, if it ever becomes necessary to defend my life, kids and home.
I know that I have the right to have one, and that right can not be infringed upon by the government, unless I break the law with it.
Every weapon can be used for nefarious reasons but the majority of gun owners will only use them against another humans when absolutely necessary; the world will always need more good guys with guns to stop the bad guys with guns.
As an American who grew up around guns and found my way into competitive shooting sports while I was still in middle school, this is a dream collection. I find it so interesting to see how people from other parts of the world view gun ownership in the US.
In response to Millie's "I like Hand bags" comment... My wife and I have an agreement... for every $$$ she spends on her handbags... (Usually Louis Viton) I get to spend on my guns... LOL
😂 Given how much those LV bags cost, you’ve probably got a great gun collection. 👍🏻❤️
I can neither confirm nor deny that statement... @@TheCJTok
His house is 14,000 square feet,he has the basement and everything else belongs to the wife.he has videos of the house and the John wick safe ,yeah it’s cool❗️
James and Millie,
As per the national firearms act of the 1930s to get any full auto, selective fire, silencers, destructive devices like artillery and bazookas you need to pay $250 each for every firearm or destructive devices, and a background check, and waiting period to get them. Contray to what some say you can't buy these things at a place like Walmart for hundreds of dollars.
$200.00
You dont need to get a license for most of the guns hes showing. Anyone can just get them even with his belt fed guns. You can get semi auto m249 or m240 although kind of rare they have semi auto versions of those guns. You would only need a license for full auto weapons.
Im in Alabama. Almost everyone conceal or open carries. That or they keep one in their vehicle. We are a Constitutional carry state.
It cracks me up to see you two get so squirrely seeing all these guns. They are no different than a collection of power tools they have no power other than the use put to them by the carrier. When respected and used properly for their intended purpose like any other tool they have an effectiveness if not used properly again like any other tool it can and will have negative ramifications.
Fun fact about the trench shotgun:
The trench gun is a five-round capacity gun, each round firing nine 12-gauge pellets as fast as the wielder can pull the trigger. Its known as the war crime stick as the Germans were so terrified of it they tried to get it banned both wars.
Officially it is the model 1897 Winchester.
A slam fire fires as fast as you can pump the action. They're actually slower than a modern shotgun. You just keep the trigger pulled as you pump.
An interesting thing to see is a guy called “Dragonman.” He lives in Colorado Springs and has a huge collection of all kinds of military equipment from all eras of us military. Very long videos that would have to be broken up into multiple parts or just viewed by yourselves without posting.
Hes a example of millions of Americans ❤
The guys got thing on the Dragon man. He can supply a small army literally with tanks bazooka artillery machine guns
*Colion Noir is a great channel to learn about them and answers alot of your questions!!!!!!
You gotta come visit Miami area. I'll show y'all around. Amazing cuban and Haitian food and culture. It's fantastic.
It scares me so many countries dont have gun rights. The government is there to serve the citizens not own them.
Exactly.
Gun rights=citizens
No gun rights=subjects
I actually enjoy watching this guy's channel. He's known as the collector on YT and his collection is out of this world and his entire basement is dedicated to guns. He even has a private gun range in his basement that he actually uses. Now, this guy is not what all Americans are like, but there are people like him. The other thing I like about his gun room is that it is well organized and well built. are like, but there are people like him. The other thing I like about his gun room is that it is well organized, well built, and secure. I do know that some of the belt fed ones are semi-auto, like the M2. The process of getting a real full auto one is quite tough and mostly time consuming. He also does outdoor shooting as well since he lives on a huge property.
SBR is a short barreled rifle, when he is talking about the "BELT FED" those are most definately fully automatic.
One doesn't need a license to own a gun in the United States (with rare exceptions).
Owning firearms is a "Right". A human right that is recognized by the 2nd Amendment.
The 2nd Amendment is all that is required.
Millie: "I'd be so nervous, thinking they'd go off on me."
See, that's the thing. Guns are NOT sentient things. The do not act on their own. They are simply specialized tools. Are you equally nervous are a hammer, or a drill? Those workshop tools require someone to use them.
Of course, using them requires some skill and care. Their use CAN be dangerous. But with care, training, and respect, guns can be used safely... just like that power drill.
It is unlikely he has them loaded while he's storing them.
I love are gun culture hi from tx
One video i recommend, if you liked this one, is Demolition Ranch showing off his collection. He shoots each one that he shows. It is a long video so you might have to split it up into multiple parts.
Should watch demolition ranch collection
An armed society is a polite society.
LOL.
Facts
Some may very well be fully automatic.
He did go through the headache of getting a certification for suppressors commonly known as silencers.
I think the M2 is automatic. But I could be wrong. That was the heavy machine gun on the floor pointing out of the vault. This one here 5:35
some women collect bags and shoes, some guys collect cars or sneakers other people collect guns, if you have the money and the space, why not