I love the guns pictured for a buy back aren't the ones the gun grabbers actually want. It is gun owners getting rid of their most useless guns they don't want anymore to get a profit - lol.
They should be more concerned about the roots of the problems like mental health or family problems, poberty, etc what causes gun violence, rather than what to do with guns, people that wanna use it always gonna find one, so why not getting rid of what causes this?
"They should be more concerned about the roots of the problems " I agree. But that doesn't mean we should ignore the "surface problems" (such us guns), while we are on the process of fixing the root problem. Root solution and surface solution, both have their place and moment. "people that wanna use it always gonna find one" Could be, but on different difficulty. It's about the odd, the chance of risks.
If you remove suicides then 10,000 Americans are killed by guns, every year. Every year. Less than 3000 people died on 9/11. Either 9/11 isn’t a big deal anymore or gun violence is a big deal and conservatives should treat it as such
@@0IIIIII a million people die from diabetes every year but you don't see the government trying to make insulin free for those that require it to live. no, 9/11 isnt a big deal, and no, gun violence isnt a big deal (if we're ranking our concern based on lives lost). if we're ranking how serious an issue is based on fear alone, yeah guns and 9/11 are terrible. unfortunately fear is not a utility, it is a side effect of ignorance.
@@jomolololo4398 UK and Japan? BIG GUN LAWS= LITTLE CRIME... be fair with the country you use for your example. GDP per capita, infastructure etc. is similar in the UK and USA however USA's crime rate is much higher...
ewan270 LITTLE ‘GUN’ CRIME, not little crime. Japan is the outlier because it’s a culturally and ethnically homogenous nation that is not open to demographically replacing itself in its own land like the west is. As for the UK and the rest of the gunless west, they don’t have reduced crime - they have reduced gun crime - the crime changed weapons, not volume.
Not to mention the gang increase of recruiting since we have no boarder laws anymore . Gangs give gang members guns it's there badge as a gang member .
@@georgebush3327 >> confiscation is never paid for. well then, your pedantic nature should also appreciate that a "buyback" requires i bought it from you in the first place. and, to the best of my knowledge, the government does not sell guns. next?
I'm almost 50, lived in 13 different states in America, seen countless guns & never known anyone who's been shot or known anyone who knows anyone who's been shot. 99% of Americans are responsiple gun owners
I've never known anyone who's died of Cancer or AIDS, that doesn't mean it don't exist. Gun deaths per capita in the USA are about 20x that of an average European country. That's gotta mean something, even if you love your guns.
It’s also important to discuss black market guns. The overwhelming majority of guns sold on the black market were at one point bought/sold legally in the U.S. and then either stolen or resold by the owner illegally. Legislation could curb this by keeping better tabs on weapons, and also incentivizing people to buy secure gun safes/buying back old weapons.
"Keeping better tabs" = registration. No thank you. The government does not need to know whether a private citizen owns a firearm. "Incentivizing people to buy secure gun safes" = punishing people who are victims of theft. Again - no thank you.
@@mattquigley6518 No those are just two possibilities, they are not equal. For example, incentives could be the government subsidizing gun safes, spreading awareness of gun theft, and encouraging people to keep their guns secure through a media campaign.
Austin Martín Hernández that’s true, but at the same time many Americans have guns for property protection and do not want to carry. It would be interesting to evaluate the data on gun thefts before and after concealed carry restrictions were lifted in Chicago (assuming that this increased the amount of people who carried firearms vs. kept them at home)
To all the people saying that outlawing guns would not work because people would find a way to buy them anyway : I live in Europe, where purchasing a gun is nothing easy due to legislation, and look at our gun-violence rates. I'm not saying that the problems that are at the roots of gun violence such as mental illnesses and other reasons shouldn't be treated. But outlawing guns prevents from more problems such as school shootings. I'm 100% against having guns.
Most deaths are gang violence, not gun violence. Living here in Chicago, its the culture and people that are a problem, not the guns. The people guilty have one or more of these apply: 1) illegally attain guns and always will while law abiding citizens are taxed, fee'd, and penalized, 2) their culture find it easier to deal dope and run in gangs versus work in many cases, 3) culturally the gang mindset is celebrated in music/tv/community, 4) the community ignores the situation and doesn't help truly, ignoring the true root causes, or usually protects each other by remaining silent when they could help change things 5) family isn't valued by community members, 6) they community idolizes 'race baiting' reverends and political figures that continuously defer blame onto other groups in society to garner their votes politically, 7) people value their subsidies and are addicted to free handouts rather than taking the harder route thus its a reason to not change any of the above.
Foolish comment. Stop selling guns to citizens. I don't understand why you need a gun. Thousands of children are losing their lives for nothing. Let common sense work.
@@guys6419 I know right like he thinks everyone can trust people will guns? Well no then children are losing their liver because of making guns legal! To the country it’s just getting worst 👎🏻
In England and my country are no guns on streets. It's just peoples low knowledge of being able to take control and get rid of guns in streets. Maybe government not really wants to get rid of guns.
your elites didnt "take control and get rid of guns"; those guns never existed in the same vein they do in the US. Ever. So to compare the two is nonsensical.
Vince R in a way that is very true. The US population buys over a million guns a month... there is no possible way to gather up hundreds of millions of firearms from who know how many millions of people
When I lived in the USA I never actually saw a gun outside of a store or someones closet. I don't find it hard to understand gun ownership, but I do find it hard to understand the mentality that you cannot live without a gun. It would be interesting to see how many of those 60k deaths are actually in self defense. That is the only figure I am interested in because that is the only figure that validates the requirement for gun ownership apart from the so called "need".
Not all defensive gun use results in a fatality. Also, just because you didn't see a gun doesn't mean they weren't around. It's called concealed carry for a reason.
Self defense overwhelmingly doesn't involve the gun being fired let alone anyone dying. Think about it. If I shove a pistol in your face or I aim at you do you think you continue to commit the crime or do you think the crime stops and the suspect leaves? Which do you think is more common?
@@1911GreaterThanALL Any crime is done with the ambition of zero confrontation, so I agree. However, if the criminal is willing to shoot the target needs to be bullet proof. If a bullet goes through your head it doesn't matter how many guns your carrying or what your packing, your DEAD! This isn't a videogame or Marvel Super Heroes, your DEAD! This is a scenario that non USA citizens understand. Carrying a bigger weapon or having a 100 different weapons doesn't protect you if your ill prepared. The criminal always has the upper hand because they planned the scenario playing out. I doubt they are going to give you 30 seconds to go get your weapon. Imagine someone wants you dead, you just knock at the door and say "Are you Sarah Connor?".
@@unintentionallydramatic no, I love my freedom and the freedom of others. I just live in reality. Just look towards Iraq, tianmian square. It's pretty obvious guns will do nothing against a govt out to crush you with tanks. If you honestly believe having a gun will stop the govt from crushing you, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you
They would get labeled as terrorists and steamrolled by the Chinese Army. Then the Chinese government would remove anyone still opposing them regardless of whether they were peacefully protesting or not. Without guns the protesters are mostly peaceful and the Chinese government has to keep appearances so they are much more limited in the range of actions that they can take against the protesters (kidnap a protest leader, bring in more loyal police from the mainland, use excessive non-lethal force etc).
@Exculpatory Shōgun Are EU countries tyrannical oppressive and unsafe countries? Name me one developed western country with the gun problems the US has.
You do n’t have a gun, and the other party has a gun. Do you feel safe? When everyone owns a gun, do you feel safe? Do you feel safe when everyone has no guns? My conclusion: Citizens feel safe only if they have guns in the hands of those who have strict discipline and strict legal constraints.
@Xander Bucher Sure, but by loosen the gun law (the restriction), will it make that much of difference ? I mean, govs are always tyrannical but in different degrees. And civil power-restrictions are always there, even in US. Maybe it was useful back then to interest the unification, but is it still necessary today that overcome it's risk of a more damaging conflicts (or even trigger one) ?
@@anomalousdelirium the United States was founded on the obligation of the people to overthrow a government that restricts civil liberties (including your right to own killing tools, which are inherently liberating). in the event that a government restricts firearms to an unreasonable degree, such as denying law-abiding citizens the same weapons that the police have, the people have a civic duty to take back their rights by any means necessary. if everyone in china had a gun, the police-state would be non existent. you cannot govern an armed people with policies they disagree with
@Xander Bucher You lump free voting democratic countries like Germany, England & Australia in the same group as China, Venezuela & Cuba? May as well group the US with other nations where guns are common like Somalia, Nigeria, Iraq which are so completely safe... Australia is in complete shambles? One of their capitol buildings was just over run?
@Xander Bucher The UK, Australia & Germany are similar to China & Cuba? Putting Germany, the UK & Australia in the same group as communist regimes like China & Cuba makes as much sense as putting the US with Somalia & Iraq. That was the point. It is a false equivalency. You should question where your information comes from Don't believe that citizens of the UK or Australia can't own firearms. There are plenty in Australia. The difference is the regulations & how they are applied.
Politicians need to honor their oath of office. The "problem" of "gun violence" can be solved by educating the people with facts and their Rights as Citizens of this Republic.
Guns and law abiding citizens are not the problem, Criminals are! Put them away, stop the police, prosecutors and defense lawyers from lowering the charges and allowing them back on the street. Just Saturday a person was shot, the person who shot him was charged with assult! Police just trying to charge him with a charge that will stick. But he was probably back on the street the same night. Criminal behavoir will not change as long as they know they can get away with it. Some will say jail is not the problem solver, but it may keep someone low level criminal from doing another crime.
I am a Canadian. I'm 53 and never seen a handgun. We have barely no gun violence and yet we survive just fine! Why can't the U.S follow us. We now have legal recreational marijuana! It seems our friends in the south really need to get rid of guns!
Govt should buy the guns from people. Poor communities get money, everybody gets safety. Less civilians with gun, less chance to encoumter a criminal with a gun, less guns to the police, friendlier police, less crime, less guns needed,...
Nanofuture87 No, the state is not the sum of individuals. I don’t believe that’s how they thought of it at all. There’s nothing in the writings of the Founding Fathers or the philosophes who inspired them to suggest that.
@@aperson22222 If the state does not derive its authority from us, where does it come from? Also remember that the bill of rights is a list of things the state does not have the power to do, not an exhaustive list of what people do have the power to do.
All I have to say is that the first people they like to put the blame on is, people that are legally gun owners even if we have an AR15. Right after a Criminal commit this gun crimes, and who’s to blame? That’s right they go after us legally responsible gun owners. Mostly every video.
@@DatNguyen-sr6rv I'm not for banning guns but it's obvious that if the guns aren't around they cant be used. This premise is completely validated by the evidence as well.
Honestly I'm quite afraid for my safety too knowing if you go into any public space these days some deranged lunatic will start shooting hence why we need common sense gun laws just like other countries did after similar tragedies took place on their soil.
@@Railhog2102 that is why I'm quite thankful I am Canadian we actually have proper gun control the only one that doesn't have proper gun control is the USA
The lawmakers who refuse to pass gun control legislation should all lose their children or grandchildren to gun violence. It might be the only way to get the job done.
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America's Madness ..?? 🇺🇲✍️ You gave guns to the Shop owners/waiters... & You gave guns to the Robbers.... You are creating the most perfect Gun Violence Society...
In my country we have no school shootings and stuff i can send my children to the school without fearing for their lives . it’s because no one is allowed a gun . Simple 🥳
Mauris if i say the country you would google and try to find all sorts of negative stuff and I don’t want you to have a bad impression on my country by just digging the negative side of. My country which is almost none at this point . But still negative stuff is in every great nation
It’s because you don’t have the American African. The professional full-time victim at every turn on every occasion yet zero personal responsibility ever. That sir is the difference
This is 100% true. People in America think they are the Terminator or Rambo and we have to change this pictures in peoples head. Exactly like you said!
Friends of mine and a relative too work in hardware stores. "Homeless" people steal a lot of hammers and box cutters. You are MORE likely to be killed by those than a pistol in many places.
IN THE LARGESTCITIES, THERE IS A NEED TO DECLARE A PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY, AT LEAST TO YEARS 2049, there should be permanent check points in every two city blocks, with at least 4 well armed officers, and at least 2 feds to help in surveillance. If there is no strong presence of authority, the criminal destructive elements will be given a green light to make a mockery of life, by gun homicide.
The problem is Chicago, Illinois is surrounded by two red states (Wisconsin and Indiana, who have two of the most lax gun laws in the country.) 2/3 of new guns found at crime scenes in Chicago came from out of state. This is why we need federal gun standards. Otherwise you can just go to another state and smuggle a weapon across state lines.
Robbie Backpacking so you can always get firearms from somewhere else? Maybe border security will become important to the left then when Russia and China smuggle weapons across the border.
How about no violent criminals with guns or how about no criminals with guns PERIOD! Leave the law abiding citizens (who have guns) alone, who have to protect themselves from these crazy violent criminals who have guns that want to pray on them(us).
New gun handle should embedded with RF ID, public place and law enforcement can detect it. RF id also transmitte the safety position and bullet info to raise the security alarm in advance. Further step will be use RF ID to lock the gun safty. Old guns recall swap with new handle without constitutional change.
If firearms controls are against 2nd amendment - which I believe they aren’t, since it only makes sense “well trained militia” is “necessary to the security of free state” - and should be revoked, why can’t US citizens (and congress as their representative) just change constitution? I mean, it’s amendmant. Why can’t you change it twice if you have already changed before?
Semper Fi Americans dont trust their government. We view the right to bear arms as a way to keep our government in check. We cant keep up our dutyas citizens with low caliber pistols. Rifles are needed as well. Any successful dictatorship in history worked partiallt due to the lack of an armed populace. We do not intend on following that road.
The world's most dangerous gangs were created out of USA, what a best country, then why do we have shooting problems? The top 11 safest countries. 1) Qatar 2) Japan 3) United Arab Emirates 4) Taiwan 5) Hong Kong 6) Georgia 7) Estonia 8) Austria 9) Singapore 10) Switzerland 11) Armenia
Outsiders always seem very confused by this aspect of our American culture. Videos like this that highlight the negatives stoke fear. I'm a proud American. I live in a rural forested area (wolves, bear, etc). My wife and I both carry guns daily. It's better to be armed. This goes for cities too. Guns save a lot of lives and put a lot of food on the table. I can assure you almost all Americans would fight to the death if anyone including our government tried to take our guns. It will never happen.
Ok, I’m in charge of all of America, I have the power to make laws for every State. Here’s what I’d do.... If you are under 25 you can’t own a gun. If you’re a felon you can’t own a gun. ALL guns must be registered and kept in a gun safe. Inspectors will check annually that your guns are secure in a safe. Do random checks of houses in search of unregistered guns, penalty either jail or 12 months volunteering with the homeless. Where we have random alcohol and drug tests here in Australia, I would also order random car checks for guns. After watching sooooo many episodes of The First 48 I believe this would fix your gun deaths
The Economist should be humiliated for making such an embarrassingly partisan and ignorant video. It deliberately excludes all the counter arguments and mitigating factors. Eg 1. If you’re not a criminal or involved in the illicit drug trade these numbers go down significantly. 2. Looking at only gun violence is an inherently flawed approach because their are so many substitutes. Most violent crime is committed with things other than guns. Those in the drug trade have access to black market guns which means gun control laws wouldn’t stop those committing the crime from getting one they would only take guns from law abiding citizens. Criminals, by definition, don’t follow the law. I could type a 10 page essay on the important things left out of this video.
Please lower or eliminate the background music.
I love the guns pictured for a buy back aren't the ones the gun grabbers actually want. It is gun owners getting rid of their most useless guns they don't want anymore to get a profit - lol.
1911GreaterThanALL sometimes to go buy a better rifle
I understand what your saying and the irony. But make no mistake. Gun grabbers want all of the guns out of private hands
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@@danielasterling6936 I'm sorry I have forgotten the video I commented on . So I don't understand what you mean. Can you explain?
Those are cheap .22 rifles and pocket pistols they disposed of not worth the price pretty much.
They should be more concerned about the roots of the problems like mental health or family problems, poberty, etc what causes gun violence, rather than what to do with guns, people that wanna use it always gonna find one, so why not getting rid of what causes this?
Exactly
"They should be more concerned about the roots of the problems "
I agree. But that doesn't mean we should ignore the "surface problems" (such us guns), while we are on the process of fixing the root problem. Root solution and surface solution, both have their place and moment.
"people that wanna use it always gonna find one"
Could be, but on different difficulty. It's about the odd, the chance of risks.
It is not a realistic approach , You cant keep up with millions of people , their mental health and their Family Problems on a regular basis.
@Chanse Brown Not happening
Canada rarely has gun. U think it easy to get one. America has a gun issue
I like how they actually had a reasonable and intelligent conversation without screaming at each other.
But still, it didn’t solve any problem.
It's time to scream.
Autistic screeching seems to be the baseline.
Calling suicides 'gun violence' or 'fatal shootings' is misleading and disingenuous.
Are wrist-cutters included in 'fatal stabbing' statistics?
J na well, that’s not fatal, so no, they aren’t.
@@sistersuperioraddie5547 it is fatal, you die if u decide to commit suicide with one, it is misleading. Gun control will not change this statistic
If you remove suicides then 10,000 Americans are killed by guns, every year. Every year. Less than 3000 people died on 9/11. Either 9/11 isn’t a big deal anymore or gun violence is a big deal and conservatives should treat it as such
@@0IIIIII a million people die from diabetes every year but you don't see the government trying to make insulin free for those that require it to live. no, 9/11 isnt a big deal, and no, gun violence isnt a big deal (if we're ranking our concern based on lives lost). if we're ranking how serious an issue is based on fear alone, yeah guns and 9/11 are terrible. unfortunately fear is not a utility, it is a side effect of ignorance.
@@0IIIIII More people are killed by car accidents....you going to ban cars?
The stricter the gun law in a state the higher the crime , why is that fact being left out ?
compare your crime and prison rates to other OECD countries where there is much stricter gun laws than any state in America!
Because it's not a fact.
@@ewan270 really 30 000 deaths mexico last year , big gun laws
@@jomolololo4398 UK and Japan? BIG GUN LAWS= LITTLE CRIME... be fair with the country you use for your example. GDP per capita, infastructure etc. is similar in the UK and USA however USA's crime rate is much higher...
ewan270 LITTLE ‘GUN’ CRIME, not little crime.
Japan is the outlier because it’s a culturally and ethnically homogenous nation that is not open to demographically replacing itself in its own land like the west is.
As for the UK and the rest of the gunless west, they don’t have reduced crime - they have reduced gun crime - the crime changed weapons, not volume.
The violence stems from young men not having structure, love, and something to keep them preoccupied with a prosperous path.
Not to mention the gang increase of recruiting since we have no boarder laws anymore . Gangs give gang members guns it's there badge as a gang member .
@@maddrifter2921 yeah that definitely explains the 40,000+ fatal shootings in America in 2017
@@cadds8055 it does tho
The background music was way too loud... but otherwise this video was excellently made and thought provoking.
I just mute the music and turn on closed caption, lol
I've never met a violent gun in my life
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I have look at the gun violence
@@BachelorCigarTalks I have look at the ?
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Mandatory Gun buybacks are a euphemism for confiscation.
confiscation is never paid for. But i guess anything can mean anything if you're an ideolog
@@georgebush3327 Wow you're dumb
@@On_The_Piss Call it what it is.
@@On_The_Piss Correction, you want to make police officers take my guns away, you are too cowardly to do it yourself.
@@georgebush3327 >> confiscation is never paid for.
well then, your pedantic nature should also appreciate that a "buyback" requires i bought it from you in the first place. and, to the best of my knowledge, the government does not sell guns.
next?
This is what the scarcity mindset does
I'm almost 50, lived in 13 different states in America, seen countless guns & never known anyone who's been shot or known anyone who knows anyone who's been shot. 99% of Americans are responsiple gun owners
But it's always that smaller than 1 percent that ruins it for rest of people.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no.
I've never known anyone who's died of Cancer or AIDS, that doesn't mean it don't exist. Gun deaths per capita in the USA are about 20x that of an average European country. That's gotta mean something, even if you love your guns.
I wonder if they're going to make a video about knife violence in the U.K
Or home invasion. Citizens have no means to defend themselves.
Could be interesting. Although a knife attack is less consequential than a gun attack, so I don’t understand your request in this context
Is it common?
Why knife crime ? Why not look at gun crime in the UK if your agenda is to have a fair comparison of weapon based crime in other countries.
@@Zenkka so common that theyre trying to ban knives in the U.K
It’s also important to discuss black market guns. The overwhelming majority of guns sold on the black market were at one point bought/sold legally in the U.S. and then either stolen or resold by the owner illegally. Legislation could curb this by keeping better tabs on weapons, and also incentivizing people to buy secure gun safes/buying back old weapons.
"Keeping better tabs" = registration. No thank you. The government does not need to know whether a private citizen owns a firearm.
"Incentivizing people to buy secure gun safes" = punishing people who are victims of theft. Again - no thank you.
@@mattquigley6518 No those are just two possibilities, they are not equal. For example, incentives could be the government subsidizing gun safes, spreading awareness of gun theft, and encouraging people to keep their guns secure through a media campaign.
@@brennanmunoz7411 I like the PSA idea.
No thank you.
Austin Martín Hernández that’s true, but at the same time many Americans have guns for property protection and do not want to carry. It would be interesting to evaluate the data on gun thefts before and after concealed carry restrictions were lifted in Chicago (assuming that this increased the amount of people who carried firearms vs. kept them at home)
To all the people saying that outlawing guns would not work because people would find a way to buy them anyway : I live in Europe, where purchasing a gun is nothing easy due to legislation, and look at our gun-violence rates. I'm not saying that the problems that are at the roots of gun violence such as mental illnesses and other reasons shouldn't be treated. But outlawing guns prevents from more problems such as school shootings. I'm 100% against having guns.
Mauris maybe but allowing people to have guns will not lower homicide rates at all
No guns no violence
Not true but less violence
Only if they could ban guns
Most deaths are gang violence, not gun violence. Living here in Chicago, its the culture and people that are a problem, not the guns. The people guilty have one or more of these apply: 1) illegally attain guns and always will while law abiding citizens are taxed, fee'd, and penalized, 2) their culture find it easier to deal dope and run in gangs versus work in many cases, 3) culturally the gang mindset is celebrated in music/tv/community, 4) the community ignores the situation and doesn't help truly, ignoring the true root causes, or usually protects each other by remaining silent when they could help change things 5) family isn't valued by community members, 6) they community idolizes 'race baiting' reverends and political figures that continuously defer blame onto other groups in society to garner their votes politically, 7) people value their subsidies and are addicted to free handouts rather than taking the harder route thus its a reason to not change any of the above.
You know what ? My gun has been setting in the corner for months now . Not one violent move out of it . Is it defective ?
ABC weapons also sit in the corner....until somebody uses them maybe they aint dangerous too?
No it’s not in the hands of our fine American African population. That sir is the difference
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2:10 I'm looking at the lady in the back who seems to be mouthing at the camera. She's scaring me.
Looks like she’s got a mic too..
I am 75 years old and have handled guns all my adult life and have never seen a violent gun only violent people miss using a gun.
Foolish comment. Stop selling guns to citizens. I don't understand why you need a gun. Thousands of children are losing their lives for nothing. Let common sense work.
Larry Kandros, yes i agree. But i also think they shouldnt have guns.
@@guys6419 I know right like he thinks everyone can trust people will guns? Well no then children are losing their liver because of making guns legal! To the country it’s just getting worst 👎🏻
@@tinaoxnam593 they need to ban! Them! Like the rest of the world!
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I don’t care about gun violence in the USA anymore than I do about intertribal warfare in the mountains of Papua New Guinea.
Let them eat cake.
The think is stop giving guns in the hands of people
Exactly, they should make gun laws stricter!
Can't really understand this. I think this person is saying that your brain can create guns and put them in people's hands telepathically? Not sure.
Leave us alone. Most of us are perfectly law abiding and responsible with our firearms
Just because you are law abiding, it doesn’t mean everyone is
Dahlen Olson Absolutely. We have legitimate uses for them
Dahlen Olson we do. I have my right to defend myself
Elnor yep. There is always outliers. Wow
Morris Smit hunting, sport shooting, self defense, and collecting to name a few amongst the public
Very scary, if anybody saddenly start to shoot in simple people.
@@lazorwolf5055 Did you not understand? start to shoot in simple people!!!
Fight fire with fire. The only way to stop criminals with illegal guns is to legally have one yourself. It’s that simple.
its really not though is it....
Depends on the state. In states where only criminals can possess guns, it's pretty bad. In Texas, not so much.
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houston texas is rampant with gun crime
In England and my country are no guns on streets. It's just peoples low knowledge of being able to take control and get rid of guns in streets. Maybe government not really wants to get rid of guns.
your elites didnt "take control and get rid of guns"; those guns never existed in the same vein they do in the US. Ever. So to compare the two is nonsensical.
Vince R in a way that is very true. The US population buys over a million guns a month... there is no possible way to gather up hundreds of millions of firearms from who know how many millions of people
@Austin Martín Hernández yeah, illegal guns. Few has illegal which makes hard to get but to get legally is even harder, probably.
Wonder how gun control is doing in Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago
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Absolutely nothing!
When I lived in the USA I never actually saw a gun outside of a store or someones closet. I don't find it hard to understand gun ownership, but I do find it hard to understand the mentality that you cannot live without a gun. It would be interesting to see how many of those 60k deaths are actually in self defense. That is the only figure I am interested in because that is the only figure that validates the requirement for gun ownership apart from the so called "need".
Not all defensive gun use results in a fatality. Also, just because you didn't see a gun doesn't mean they weren't around. It's called concealed carry for a reason.
Most defensive uses with guns don't even end in fatality because most of the time the criminal backs off once the person pulls a gun out on them.
Bill of rights, not needs
Self defense overwhelmingly doesn't involve the gun being fired let alone anyone dying. Think about it. If I shove a pistol in your face or I aim at you do you think you continue to commit the crime or do you think the crime stops and the suspect leaves? Which do you think is more common?
@@1911GreaterThanALL Any crime is done with the ambition of zero confrontation, so I agree. However, if the criminal is willing to shoot the target needs to be bullet proof. If a bullet goes through your head it doesn't matter how many guns your carrying or what your packing, your DEAD! This isn't a videogame or Marvel Super Heroes, your DEAD! This is a scenario that non USA citizens understand. Carrying a bigger weapon or having a 100 different weapons doesn't protect you if your ill prepared. The criminal always has the upper hand because they planned the scenario playing out. I doubt they are going to give you 30 seconds to go get your weapon. Imagine someone wants you dead, you just knock at the door and say "Are you Sarah Connor?".
American a country where GUNS and DRUGS are legal. And blind ignorance is free. KIDS CAN BUY GUNS.
Ask Hong Kong how well gun control's been working for them.
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Nothing they can do when the CCP roll in with tanks.
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You have quite the fetish for autocrats winning against freedom fighters don't you?
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@@unintentionallydramatic no, I love my freedom and the freedom of others. I just live in reality. Just look towards Iraq, tianmian square. It's pretty obvious guns will do nothing against a govt out to crush you with tanks. If you honestly believe having a gun will stop the govt from crushing you, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you
They would get labeled as terrorists and steamrolled by the Chinese Army. Then the Chinese government would remove anyone still opposing them regardless of whether they were peacefully protesting or not. Without guns the protesters are mostly peaceful and the Chinese government has to keep appearances so they are much more limited in the range of actions that they can take against the protesters (kidnap a protest leader, bring in more loyal police from the mainland, use excessive non-lethal force etc).
Worlds dumbest argument. Civil war is what you’re talking about. And civil war didn’t go down so well in Syria which is swimming in guns.
ah Americans and their guns. Only rich country with this problem.
@Exculpatory Shōgun Are EU countries tyrannical oppressive and unsafe countries? Name me one developed western country with the gun problems the US has.
@@axor22
How did muslims get guns into Paris France?
You do n’t have a gun, and the other party has a gun. Do you feel safe?
When everyone owns a gun, do you feel safe?
Do you feel safe when everyone has no guns?
My conclusion: Citizens feel safe only if they have guns in the hands of those who have strict discipline and strict legal constraints.
@Xander Bucher
Make sense. But are there countries that restricts guns yet not "tyrannical" though ?
@Xander Bucher
Sure, but by loosen the gun law (the restriction), will it make that much of difference ? I mean, govs are always tyrannical but in different degrees. And civil power-restrictions are always there, even in US.
Maybe it was useful back then to interest the unification, but is it still necessary today that overcome it's risk of a more damaging conflicts (or even trigger one) ?
@@anomalousdelirium the United States was founded on the obligation of the people to overthrow a government that restricts civil liberties (including your right to own killing tools, which are inherently liberating). in the event that a government restricts firearms to an unreasonable degree, such as denying law-abiding citizens the same weapons that the police have, the people have a civic duty to take back their rights by any means necessary. if everyone in china had a gun, the police-state would be non existent. you cannot govern an armed people with policies they disagree with
@Xander Bucher You lump free voting democratic countries like Germany, England & Australia in the same group as China, Venezuela & Cuba?
May as well group the US with other nations where guns are common like Somalia, Nigeria, Iraq which are so completely safe...
Australia is in complete shambles?
One of their capitol buildings was just over run?
@Xander Bucher
The UK, Australia & Germany are similar to China & Cuba?
Putting Germany, the UK & Australia in the same group as communist regimes like China & Cuba makes as much sense as putting the US with Somalia & Iraq.
That was the point. It is a false equivalency.
You should question where your information comes from
Don't believe that citizens of the UK or Australia can't own firearms. There are plenty in Australia. The difference is the regulations & how they are applied.
Politicians need to honor their oath of office. The "problem" of "gun violence" can be solved by educating the people with facts and their Rights as Citizens of this Republic.
@@lazorwolf5055 We? Do you have a mouse in your pocket?
THE AMERICAN DREAM.....THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE
@@lazorwolf5055 ARGENTINA UBER ALLES
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I’m going to buy another ar15.
Guns and law abiding citizens are not the problem, Criminals are!
Put them away, stop the police, prosecutors and defense lawyers from lowering the charges and allowing them back on the street.
Just Saturday a person was shot, the person who shot him was charged with assult! Police just trying to charge him with a charge that will stick. But he was probably back on the street the same night.
Criminal behavoir will not change as long as they know they can get away with it.
Some will say jail is not the problem solver, but it may keep someone low level criminal from doing another crime.
The USA has really harsh Jail sentences already, clearly comparing it to other countries you can see thats not the problem.
I am a Canadian. I'm 53 and never seen a handgun. We have barely no gun violence and yet we survive just fine! Why can't the U.S follow us. We now have legal recreational marijuana! It seems our friends in the south really need to get rid of guns!
@SwewƧ BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES EL BOLSON LAS LEÑAS USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
Gun ownership in the US is the same as in Canada. You obviously lead a very sheltered life!
Even with anti-gun laws & the National Assault Weapons Ban, gun violence will never end, because of criminals & arms smugglers in America.
Govt should buy the guns from people. Poor communities get money, everybody gets safety. Less civilians with gun, less chance to encoumter a criminal with a gun, less guns to the police, friendlier police, less crime, less guns needed,...
Always Conceal Carry in case help cannot arrive in time..
You do a mandatory gun buyback at federal level and you would have a national crises in 30 different states on your hand
Back the Blue. To those who claim taking guns away from law abiding citizens is the answer. Faulty reasoning. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc
Yeah, I have a gun crisis when I'm forced to walk unarmed into a "safe" zone.
The Second Amendment is not about self defense. It explicitly evokes state security and only state security.
Specifically the security of a FREE state, and the state is fundamentally composed of we the people. We have the natural human right to self defense.
The word state in this case means state of being. When we say a free state, we mean in a state of being free.
Nanofuture87 No, the state is not the sum of individuals. I don’t believe that’s how they thought of it at all. There’s nothing in the writings of the Founding Fathers or the philosophes who inspired them to suggest that.
FaithwalkerTodd A state of being? Points for creativity, I suppose. 😄
@@aperson22222 If the state does not derive its authority from us, where does it come from? Also remember that the bill of rights is a list of things the state does not have the power to do, not an exhaustive list of what people do have the power to do.
The answer more guns
So more money goes to the NRA? well let's see how that idea pans out.
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@@andrewskinner8560 ARGENTINA UBER ALLES
The gun control debate was settled way back in 1791.
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No failure
keep going, that's what US is proud of
They are proud of failure
proud of killing
Proud of killing
Proud of killing
Chicago, you’re welcome
All I have to say is that the first people they like to put the blame on is, people that are legally gun owners even if we have an AR15. Right after a Criminal commit this gun crimes, and who’s to blame? That’s right they go after us legally responsible gun owners. Mostly every video.
wouldnt it be easier and more effective to make killing illegal rather than making an ar 15 illegal?
Are you joking?
idk are dumb anti gunner honestly thinking banning guns will help?
@@DatNguyen-sr6rv I'm not for banning guns but it's obvious that if the guns aren't around they cant be used.
This premise is completely validated by the evidence as well.
are yoy absolute sure about that? i would love for you to explain how that works to the people of mexico where guns are ban XD
@@DatNguyen-sr6rv I was really curious if you had a response
You can't compare Montana to California it is a much more populated state so the stats are going to be more skewed.
It was showing rate, not a total number.
What's the point that you're trying to make that the numbers in the rates change every time I look up a different article.
@@DavidMorales-nn6vp Meaning the size of the state population isn't important.
@@JediAcademyLeague ARGENTINA UBER ALLES
Background music is so annoying.
it is rather loud isn't it
"Gun Violence" yeah right...faulty premise leads to faulty policy.
@T Reed
Well stated.
Whats faulty about it?
Look at charts and compare gun suicide and homicide in high income countries compared to usa and you will see what they mean by "gun violence"
@@georgebush3327 guns are inanimate.
@@BeaverChainsaw So, according to you, there is an epidemic of "train violence" in Japan, right? Think more.
Don't they dump illegal guns in impoverished neighborhoods in Chicago and elsewhere ?
America in a nutshell 😂🤣
Failed state
It’s called Karma. The atrocities that they do on other countries are starting to boomerang in their homeland.
Honestly I'm quite afraid for my safety too knowing if you go into any public space these days some deranged lunatic will start shooting hence why we need common sense gun laws just like other countries did after similar tragedies took place on their soil.
@@Railhog2102 that is why I'm quite thankful I am Canadian we actually have proper gun control the only one that doesn't have proper gun control is the USA
@@qjtvaddict they failed in everything!!
Guns guns and more guns...once you let that genie out of the bottle its impossible to put it back in.
Government, government, and more government...
@@On_The_Piss= 💩
Don't like gun violent, leave the Democratic big cities.
No leave America
The solution is simple, confiscate every gun used by common people
That violates the Constitution idiott.
The lawmakers who refuse to pass gun control legislation should all lose their children or grandchildren to gun violence. It might be the only way to get the job done.
The serious political debate has all but disappeared already...
An armed society is a polite society
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America's Madness ..?? 🇺🇲✍️
You gave guns to the Shop owners/waiters...
&
You gave guns to the Robbers....
You are creating the most perfect Gun Violence Society...
People supporting more strict gun laws usually know nothing about guns.
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@@danielasterling6936 sorry I don't understand
In my country we have no school shootings and stuff i can send my children to the school without fearing for their lives . it’s because no one is allowed a gun . Simple 🥳
Mauris umm actually alcohol is banned in our country and we have the lowest sucide rates in the world
Mauris a muslim country
Mauris if i say the country you would google and try to find all sorts of negative stuff and I don’t want you to have a bad impression on my country by just digging the negative side of. My country which is almost none at this point . But still negative stuff is in every great nation
"A muslim country"
LOL a jihad who's telling people to illegal gun ownership while your "Religion of peace" argument has been debunked every day LOL
It’s because you don’t have the American African. The professional full-time victim at every turn on every occasion yet zero personal responsibility ever. That sir is the difference
An armes society is no society at all.
armed
Why don't they give rewards for the names of those selling guns illegally?
There are countries that do fine with gun laws.
We need to change the midia options to kids that focus on love, compassion, forgiveness.
This is 100% true. People in America think they are the Terminator or Rambo and we have to change this pictures in peoples head. Exactly like you said!
@@Lion_Hamza well no, I just don't want me or my family to be the next victims on the news who can care less
The second amendment was written by people who had muskets and flintlocks. Okay. Every American should have the right to own a flintlock.
Friends of mine and a relative too work in hardware stores. "Homeless" people steal a lot of hammers and box cutters. You are MORE likely to be killed by those than a pistol in many places.
Is it me or does it seem like gun violence increases as we approach elections???
IN THE LARGESTCITIES, THERE IS A NEED TO DECLARE A PERMANENT STATE OF EMERGENCY, AT LEAST TO YEARS 2049, there should be permanent check points in every two city blocks, with at least 4 well armed officers, and at least 2 feds to help in surveillance. If there is no strong presence of authority, the criminal destructive elements will be given a green light to make a mockery of life, by gun homicide.
The problem is Chicago, Illinois is surrounded by two red states (Wisconsin and Indiana, who have two of the most lax gun laws in the country.) 2/3 of new guns found at crime scenes in Chicago came from out of state. This is why we need federal gun standards. Otherwise you can just go to another state and smuggle a weapon across state lines.
Proubitions don't work. What makes you think adding more distance would have a significantly larger effect.
@@On_The_Piss counter my point then. Or is that asking to much?
Even if it weren't surrounded by red states thee country as a whole is irrationally dense with guns
But both Wisconsin and Indiana are singnificantly safer, with so many legal guns in them. Do you see the trend?
Robbie Backpacking so you can always get firearms from somewhere else? Maybe border security will become important to the left then when Russia and China smuggle weapons across the border.
How about no violent criminals with guns or how about no criminals with guns PERIOD! Leave the law abiding citizens (who have guns) alone, who have to protect themselves from these crazy violent criminals who have guns that want to pray on them(us).
All I know is the second amendment SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED period
Or what?
@@On_The_Piss if blue states push enough there could be another civil war just look at Virginia
@@On_The_Piss
Or nothing. Just accept it because you cannot change it.
New gun handle should embedded with RF ID, public place and law enforcement can detect it. RF id also transmitte the safety position and bullet info to raise the security alarm in advance. Further step will be use RF ID to lock the gun safty. Old guns recall swap with new handle without constitutional change.
"The scariest thing in school should be my grades"🤪
I'm a Democrat and don't like Trump but Bloomberg is almost as bad just for different reasons
This is why I am not going to buy a gun because in few hrs,every state will have all guns ban soon time I get one.
Common people don't need it
CRIMINALS WILL ALWAYS HAVE GUNS 🔫
I raised my guns to be well behaved guns. What are all these violent guns out there smoking!??
If they didn't have a gun they would use something else. It could be worse
From...my...COLD DEAD HANDS!
Ah yes, another “responsible gun owner” threatening people with violence if they don’t get their way. Sounds responsible to me. /s
HondaMu$ic not threatening violence
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I never saw the united states as violent.
They are making guns legal so criminals can get guns and commit more crimes and Robberies! This is so bad!
If firearms controls are against 2nd amendment - which I believe they aren’t, since it only makes sense “well trained militia” is “necessary to the security of free state” - and should be revoked, why can’t US citizens (and congress as their representative) just change constitution?
I mean, it’s amendmant. Why can’t you change it twice if you have already changed before?
The Constitution could be amended yes, but anti-gunners don't have the numbers.
Semper Fi Americans dont trust their government. We view the right to bear arms as a way to keep our government in check. We cant keep up our dutyas citizens with low caliber pistols. Rifles are needed as well. Any successful dictatorship in history worked partiallt due to the lack of an armed populace. We do not intend on following that road.
The world's most dangerous gangs were created out of USA, what a best country, then why do we have shooting problems?
The top 11 safest countries.
1) Qatar
2) Japan
3) United Arab Emirates
4) Taiwan
5) Hong Kong
6) Georgia
7) Estonia
8) Austria
9) Singapore
10) Switzerland
11) Armenia
Only police and hunters should have the rights to buy guns
That's a Ignorant non American view
I’m keeping my guns and I’m a proud gun owner!
Congratulations, because of the people with your mentality, this country has become extremely dangerous
then i do not want to go to usa, ever.
That would be a laugh at his back look who’s a fool now 😂😂😂😂 @jane doe
@@theking7769 that’s why I don’t like living in the US
@@carson2913 same! Theirs too much violence and crimes so no thanks to that 👎🏻
They aren’t our allies
People can have guns I don’t want to see huge riffles benign carrying around
I would like to buy some weapons-grade uranium, just to have. I won't use it, I just want it. Gotta protect my family.
Outsiders always seem very confused by this aspect of our American culture. Videos like this that highlight the negatives stoke fear. I'm a proud American. I live in a rural forested area (wolves, bear, etc). My wife and I both carry guns daily. It's better to be armed. This goes for cities too. Guns save a lot of lives and put a lot of food on the table. I can assure you almost all Americans would fight to the death if anyone including our government tried to take our guns. It will never happen.
Ok, I’m in charge of all of America, I have the power to make laws for every State. Here’s what I’d do....
If you are under 25 you can’t own a gun.
If you’re a felon you can’t own a gun.
ALL guns must be registered and kept in a gun safe. Inspectors will check annually that your guns are secure in a safe.
Do random checks of houses in search of unregistered guns, penalty either jail or 12 months volunteering with the homeless.
Where we have random alcohol and drug tests here in Australia, I would also order random car checks for guns.
After watching sooooo many episodes of The First 48 I believe this would fix your gun deaths
No gun stop Marijuana
I need a Mk19 and a Mk44. I’ll take a tank as well
yer trying to blame, THE WRONG THING....
but the things is wrong.
The Economist should be humiliated for making such an embarrassingly partisan and ignorant video. It deliberately excludes all the counter arguments and mitigating factors. Eg 1. If you’re not a criminal or involved in the illicit drug trade these numbers go down significantly. 2. Looking at only gun violence is an inherently flawed approach because their are so many substitutes. Most violent crime is committed with things other than guns. Those in the drug trade have access to black market guns which means gun control laws wouldn’t stop those committing the crime from getting one they would only take guns from law abiding citizens. Criminals, by definition, don’t follow the law.
I could type a 10 page essay on the important things left out of this video.
Yea if the las vegas shooter had a knife he would have just killed 50 people with a knife. Duh liberals.
George Bush as this video mentions; mass shootings are a tiny percentage of gun violence and an even smaller percentage of overall violent crime.
@@TriggaM4 oh wow, and how much of the overall violence is done with guns
@@TriggaM4 is that it? That was fast.
My brothers professor has this as something to watch for a project he must do a report on she must be anti 2A
The music is so loud ... please hire a better editor.
You can just lower the volume... Please get a better brain