In the later 1980s a National Guard armorer and I arranged for his unit to conduct a weekend M-60 shoot near his rural home in New Hampshire. All the commotion attracted the curiosity of nearby landowners and soon we had entire families joining in the fun as the parents and kids were given some trigger time behind the machine guns. I doubt they'll ever forget it and the sense of community bonding that resulted.
We used to invite folks we worked with to join a few of us at the nearby shooting range. We had really good turn outs. Rifle, pistol and shotgun. Fun times.
Imagine trying that today?? You’d be brought up on charges of being a terrorist with the FBI and ATF showing up en masse ready to do battle. You’d be booted from the service for promoting violence and firearms charges. What a difference when there is civic responsibility versus media indoctrination making firearms universally derided.
@@Invictus357 Every Marine is. You ask why? The founding fathers knew governments can become oppressive. There are hundreds of examples in history of this. Also, it is a requirement of every American. 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes: (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b) The classes of the militia are- (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia. THAT IS WHY.
@Lootus Maximus it's 2023... our military would say every person, including birthing persons, should have a rifle.. as long as they have read the 1619 project. Otherwise, it should be outlawed... 🙄
"The CONSTITUTION shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." ~Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention 1788
@jake lambert "The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times Armed." ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824
@@jakelambert4693 "What country can preserve its liberties if it's rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let Them Take Arms. "Thomas Jefferson,letter to James Madison, December 20th 1787
@jake lambert "If circumstances should at any time obligate the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of ARMS, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist. " ~Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No.28 January 10th 1788
America has come so far in accepting others and different lifestyles but in the same span of time we've lost so much of the national spirit that made the country great and strong.
It's true. It's amazing how you can screw a country up by trying not to offend anybody. We believed them when they told us they just wanted equality. Now every month is dedicated to praising how superior another group or idea is.
"A RIFLE IS ALONE AS GOOD AS THE SOLDIER USING IT!" Our military had it wrong the entire time! According to our current administration, the RIFLE by itself, is dangerous, and the law a'biden' citizen is useless!!!🤯
America was the greatest from 1940s-1980s. It has evil beginnings though… I mean to start we stole and killed to take this country LmFAO. I’m not one for nationalism but when others are attacking I understand. Wish humanity could all be on the same team and focused on betterment and respecting each other. Haha oh boy. The sun will die before that happens. You can’t blame certain people like native Americans and African Americans for feeling resentment… hell even women were oppressed for a while. Today is nothing compared to the last centuries…
Who knows how wonderful history actually is. No history is as it appears. It's always down and up played. History is written by Victors too. I find it so troubling and many times frustrating even I see current politicians accusing innocent people of wrongdoing that they are doing themselves - and justify further wrongdoing to destroy completely those who done nothing wrong, but public got convinced lies thus justified purge of innocent. And seeing this corruption so out in the open - with piles of evidence against corrupt versus only the wicked tongue of corrupt without any real proof AND STILL many people die to their ignorance to check facts and fear to find very hard to accept truth and possibly their own involvement in helping those bad ones in the past due to ignorance. Seeing how this evil in light of all truth still prevail and seem to be unstoppable. How can then anyone rant be sure the history isn't wrong. How can anyone be really certain that evil doesn't win in past, and was simply turned upside down. Just seeing how people these days can be convinced their own lies- how can we ever be sure people didn't just convince themselves lies in the past.... it isn't by itself evident at all that good always win. What if opposite the truth.
@@TomTermini waht are you talking about retard.. They were taught gun safety and hunting safety and regulations in school.. It was normal before everyone turned into piss drinking homos
In early Britian, it was mandated that every able male citizen should practice frequently with the bow. The value of such paid off at Poitners and Crecy. The British navy ships were not as good as the French, but they made up with it with constant cannon drills that made them the best at broadsides. America won its independence because its citizens had access to firearms, saving training time when recruited in battle.
The training of Bowmen was in a time when a large standing army was at enormous expense, and citizens were literally conscripted by their vassal lords, to fight for them, or the King. The sailors of the Royal Navy, didn’t have to bring along their own cannon, all their weapons were provided by the state, same with the Army, all firearms were provided by the state, same thing now, all weapons are supplied by the state. Even the 2nd amendment, starts with the words “A well regulated militia” being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, why? Because the founding fathers didn’t want a standing army, because they were afraid it would be used against the states for nefarious purposes, to gain power. Yet, it was President George Washington, at the head of a 13,000 strong militia force, who went to put down the Whisky Rebellion, and that was over taxation, “no taxation without representation”, sound familiar? And America won its independence by the help of a French King.
Except combat soldiers needed to know drill more than shooting. Marching and moving as a unit, knowing the drum or horn commands for each maneuver. The only shooting you learned to do was how to load in the proper sequence. In the field you were supposed to level arms in the general direction the officer indicated and fire into the wall of smoke. After a few volleys, you fix bayonets and charge. The amount is time saved by leaving out marksmanship is negligible. Not to say experienced men didn't have an impact on the war, but but not as infantryman.
@@justforever96 imagine having rifling in the civil war The best shots got (or already had) precision rifles while some (the goobers as the army folk says) still got muskets in the civil war I'd be pretty comfy with a kentucky rifle at ~150 meters and a whitworth? I found myself hitting 15 cm groups at 750 meters when i tried my buddys.
True, but that was when Country just being formed, you need firearms in open wilderness. Also, the founding fathers never imagined average citizens using assault milti-round weapons.
I learned to shoot with my Father, first with a pellet gun, then with my first firearm, a Nylon 66. his first lessons on both were always how to handle them safely, trigger discipline, and keeping the barrel pointed in a safe direction. I to this day cherish those moments, and being a father now, I hope to do the same with my son down the line. Firearm ownership has always been a key point in our family, in all generations. I plan to keep the tradition going
The Nylon 66, despite its plastic frame, stamped parts, complex arrangement, and crappy trigger never seemed to stop working and provided many a child and adult hours of recreational fun.
I am very glad to have found this video again. Been over 55 years since I first watched it. Very much needed to be taught in the every school systems of the United States 🇺🇸 again.
It is the God-given right of all people to that of self defense, be it with pointed sticks, dueling pistols, rifles, or flamethrowers and any who attempt to disarm the people are not to be trusted.
@@ORflycaster The WHY is easy, just look at the history of what happened in countries like the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, North Korea,and Venezuela when the civilian population are disarmed, the government rounds up tens of millions of people that it considers to be enemies of the state and murders them.
As a redneck from Downeast Maine, I’ve been shooting a rifle since I could hold one. And now my kids do the same. Even though I’m in California after getting out of the navy. And the Air Force. Ya, I’m a redneck who has done (and still doing) a lot!!
We should be making America something to be proud of throughout history there have been many injustices that we neglect to mention when we rem-anise on simpler times.
“If someone asks you to give up a little bit of your freedom for the greater good, remember freedom is the greater good.” Buffalo’s Outdoors. “The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic” - Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution
Any man between the ages of 17 and 45 are automatically considered members of the United States Militia. You don't have to be in the military to be considered a member. Therefore every citizen of United States has the God given Right to own firearms. Thank God, the Founders, and all people who have fought to protect the greatest country to ever exist.
The right to arms comes from the Natural Right of self-defense. It's the right to stay alive. That right comes from nature or G*d and is not created or granted by government or even the Constitution. The Bill of Rights recognizes some pre-existing rights under Common Law and Natural Law. It does not create them. The right to form militias comes from the right to self-defense. It's a collective form of defense, and America's founders intended it to be a check on government tyranny. Reference: Federalist Papers 29 and 46 by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. All able bodied adults (who are not in the military) are in the militia. Militia members are expected to bring their personally owned arms to militia duty. Reference: United States v Miller, Heller v District of Columbia, etc.
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 The right to arms includes any arms that are useful for self-defense or militia duty. That basically includes any arms from rocks to missiles.
Warmed my heart ❤️ i remember watching this before my first hunters safety course . Still have my certifications for rifle, pistol and shotguns from the sixth grade 😊
@@marcusjohanson1064 they won't feel bad exterminating us. Look at history repeating itself. In the 30s was the media campaign of blaming all societies problems on us constitutionalists.. next comes the confiscations of property. Camps.
Great video of how it should be still. I have taught my daughter marksmanship with a little CV scout. Just as the video shows, we have to teach our loved ones the importance of 2nd rights. I also try amd take a non shooter out to shoot and lean the basics as much as possable. I battle is never over, there is still plenty of hope.
"A RIFLE IS ALONE AS GOOD AS THE SOLDIER USING IT!" Our military had it wrong the entire time! According to our current administration, the RIFLE by itself, is dangerous, and the law a'biden' citizen is useless!!!🤯
I’m so glad I grew up back in the era of even Hollywood backed shooting sports and America and the 2nd Amendment. We had rifle clubs at school and walked across campus with guns and NO ONE was ever shot. But we also allowed prayer in the schools, taught morals and the HISTORY of the U.S. and of oppressive countries.
Texas Bell Tower... there have always been shootings, dig through the archives and you will find them. I graduated College in 2010 and my University still had a rifle club and indoor range. I also was taught the history of the U.S. and of oppressive countries. So I don't think our lives are much different other than the media says they are. There is one moral to follow: treat others the way you want to be treated
@@CowboyJakel That was then, Firearms are being progressively strangled by politicians. You couldn't step within 100 feet of my college without getting tackled by policemen (given that you possessed a firearm). The anti-gun sentiment in this country is growing, the number of people on social media who actively oppose it is ridiculous, of which, nearly all have never operated a firearm even once. We need to educate the youth on how firearms function, the cardinal rules of gun safety, as well as how to be an ethical firearm owner.
@KingPBJames wait until you find out about the Sagamihara stabbings in Japan 2016. One man, one night, one kitchen knife. 19 murdered, 26 injured. He was only caught because he turned himself in the next day.
"The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times Armed." ~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824
Give them time. Save the video to your favorites and come back in 1yr. for the screen to read "Thos video is no longer available, it violates yootuube policy"
Amazing video. Encapsulates so much about how I want to feel about our country. This is “common sense” gun regulation. Safety and competency are of the highest importance, while giving importance to sovereignty and the individual. Love it! Times change, it’s time for us to adapt to them with legislation that actually addresses the atrocities committed, not restricting those who responsibly exercise their rights.
They should show this to all the politicians in Wasinton DC and in every statehouse, county office to every city hall and every sheriff, police chief and person in this country!!!
Makes me want to join the NRA if I wasn’t already a member. This is the heart why I love guns. It is such a fun and challenging sport that teaches self control, mental clarity, and foremost safety.
Me too, except it would probably be nothing but negativity and propaganda mixed in with a sprinkle of racism and anti-American sentiment. I'm afraid we have a corrupt government who is more likened to a tyrant that hates its citizens.
Yes, and then you went from this to the Clinton administration and later Obama PAYING companies to shred M1 Garands, including pristine M1-C's and M1-D snipers, rather than sell them through the DCM/CMP to actually make a profit. They hate the idea of citizens owning firearms that much.
Thank you Nuclear Vault. I am what media now identifies as a Christian Nationalist. I however simply have a deep humbling appreciation for the original Christian and American priciples and values. And am attempting to live those priciples and values through my offices of Husbandand and Father. These videos have helped me embrace and connect with our American freedoms to the point of creating a desire in me to protect them and learn how to teach them to my sons as they grow.
I’m proud to have been raised by the greatest generation, vets that won WW2. They were a special people. They were the opposite of todays selfish melenials.
Since most all the men in my family were former Military or Law Enforcement, I had the advantage of being trained, at an early age, by some of the best Teachers in our State! And, when called upon, I was happy to help out with the Traing of any new shooter that asked! Today, I'm 70 and disabled. But I still answer questions from all sorts of folks both young and old, on the question of "What kind of gun should I get?" My answer is always along the lines if, "well, what have you got training or experience with?" It always surprises me when their answer is ZERO to both! Thus, I quietly explain that they shouldn't buy any sort of gun UNTIL AFTER GETTING SOME TRAINING in the safe handling, storage and firing of their desired weapon FIRST! Fortunately in our area, there are many options for getting that initial training. SAFETY is always our first concern. Plus having a "Safe and Secure" method of storing both guns and ammo so their not easily accessible to the unauthorized members of the household. I've always felt that every Law Abiding and Responsible Citizen should be trained and qualified in the use and safe handling of guns. Cheers! And safe shooting!
@@robinj.9329 I grew up with having access to the firearms in the house as a little kid and through my teens and they were always loaded and never locked up and their was a few of us plus cousins and neighborhood kids in and out and it was the same way in there homes also but we were taught how to use them and not fool around with them they weren't toys and none of the family was in the corrupt business of Le but were veterans of the first and second world wars and Korea
When I was 13 years old I started shooting on a rifle team and every year our team would go to the National Matches at Camp Perry. We sure had a lot of fun and learned alot at that competion.
12:47 is so important. “Someone always says their ought to be a law” Fast forward now and there are so many laws in place that it would make the founding fathers head spin.
This film should be played for all grades, every year, not just once, in all elementary schools from first to 6th grade. Children will pick up something new the older they get and understand what's being said every time they watch it. It would have to be updated to grab their attention at first. Then the original version in the 6th grade. Hell all the way through high school. Mandatory. and no "please excuse"... notes either.
Should, but it'll never happen in today's environment. Our beloved country is too far gone, and moving backward at an alarming rate I'm afraid. The Marxists, feminists, and globalists are unified, well funded by the powerful, and winning. The days of sanity, morals and values, and national pride are rapidly dwindling. Clearly their long term goal is disarmament and subjugation. Like Australia or the EU. In little tiny steps, it's happening. I was 8 when this film came out. This was my world, so the depth of our demise as a nation is clear to me, not something just seen in films or history books. A sad Truth.
@@Robnord1 I was 2 so right there with ya. You speak the truth. The infiltration has happened slowly but surely. Nice to see parents getting involved in school board meetings, where the indoctrination starts, and telling these boards to stop overstepping their boundaries. It can be turned around, but the battle will take great efforts on the American people.
I'm starting to think that the only thing that could fix this country is a nuclear war. That would give an opportunity to really clean house. Look at Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They came out of it doing better than before.
I hate that they never educated us in firearms at school, public school that is in the USA, I had to re-search myself and educate myself, and treating myself once I turned 18.
That's the one addendum I would add to the 2A. Back in the 1700s you learned to shoot and safety at 6-7 years old. These days most people I think grow up with no education or experience other than movies and videogames. So I think there should be classes that teach safety at first to youngins so they know to respect and be safe around them.
@@Invictus357 It’s very strange how obsessed with school shootings you are, when you’re in fact statistically more likely to get struck by lightning than to die in a school shooting.
The Big Picture was a series of films produced by the US Army. This is not an NRA film. The NRA and the US Civilian Markmanship Program have had a great deal of cooperation and varying relationships over the years which was the relevance for this particular film.
14:45 A General with a Distinguished Rifleman badge, not a mere qualification badge. Just to emphasize how much the military has regressed in marksmanship over the years.
@@FUNshoot The reports still prove my point: marksmanship doesn’t matter. The weapons in SPIW didn’t work because they didn’t work, but the point still stands: suppressive fire, pins-down infantry so that artillery can target it. ROF and squad machine guns do all the killing and the rifle is support.
Yup they left everything at Dunkirk when the Germans chased them off. The British had long lost their love of Rights. The Declaration of Rights Back in 1689. But they didn't have a Constitution.
Wow! Education, Education, Education. I educated my daughters about guns and gun safety and I say that if you've never touched a gun let alone shot one then you have no respect for what they can do. Anyone that touts gun control is usually in that category in my experiences. My kids are better educated about guns than a few adults I personally know. I think a lot of problems would no longer exist if more people were trained and learned firsthand like in the video.
The reason for the 2nd amendment is to allow people to defend themselves from a tyrannical government. The constitution of the United States (and Texas) were both written shortly after the people had a revolution against their own government. The Americans fought the British and Texans fought Mexico. An unarmed population can be easily overpowered by their own military.
Every US Marine MUST be qualified with a weapon to become a Marine. If you fail in the rifle range, you will never earn the title! Targets are 200/300/500 yards away. Every Marine regardless of MOS, is a rifleman FIRST.
To be fair the targets used in rifle qualification in the Marines are larger than that of the Army I feel like most people could hit a Jeep size target at 500. It does a good job at instilling confidence in the shooter but I wouldn’t say it makes them a rifleman
While most of my views might be left leaning but when it comes to guns, im always on the right. Everyone should have the right defend themselves, their loved ones and their property.
I very much appreciate all the work that the NRA does to encourage sportsmen and safe practices, however, a lot of the curriculum and the instructors themselves are oldschool and can spread a lot of old misinformation. Also, though it's a good organization for the sportsman, that's also it's downfall. They look after the interests of the hunter and people who take part in a lot of older fashioned shooting sports. They don't put up substantial resistance to import bans, or ammunition bans, since they care more about US made rifles and shotguns, and hunting and target ammunition isn't classified by politicans as "armor piercing". They don't care about bans for more tactical weapons because hunters and sport shooters tend to use shotguns and more traditional rifles. The closing of the machine gun registry, the need for registration of suppressors and short barreled rifles, and modern infringements on gun rights that the ATF lawlessly decides on are totally ignored. If you appreciate gun rights, support Gun Owners of America, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and other modern, legislation focused, organizations if you'd like to keep your rights.
I'm almost afraid to like your comment, for fear of being put on some list, given the current state of affairs. God bless you for having the courage to post your comment. At some point regular folks are going to say, "NO! I'm not going to do that!", to our so called leaders.
curious, can you name any gun control that actually has been stopped by GOA or FPC, ever, at any point in their history? These are dark days for the NRA for sure, but their track record is far stronger than those mickey mouse groups whose only accomplishment seems to be that they give gun owners warm fuzzies.
I grew up with a biological father and grandfather who were proud NRA members. Over the years in my adulthood, I too was a proud NRA member until I realized those initials stand for "Negotiating Rights Away". Since at least 1934 (NFA 1934), the NRA has supported some pretty bad infringements on the one right our forefathers said, "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED". They supported GCA-68, the Hughes Amendment, and supposedly gave Trump the green light for his betrayal with his bumpstock ban. Some years ago, I noticed how NRA ILA was endorsing candidates who might have done something nice for us years earlier, but had since flipped on us, over more strongly pro-gun challengers. This got to be to the point of ridiculousness and I said goodbye to Negotiating Rights Away.
Notice the lack of hearing & eye protection. Back in the 60’s, when I was a young boy,my dad,grandfather,my uncle,& myself went to the range at least once a month. We had no idea of ear protection.My left ear still rings from those days. So glad they taught me about shooting and especially the “Safety” aspects that need to be observed and the “RESPECT” for all firearms.I passed it on down to my daughter and granddaughters. It gives me a sense of security knowing they know how to protect themselves and others. The lunatics will always be around,& you can’t depend on ANYONE else,even Police,to protect you. I got my first BB Gun at age 6 in 1967.There is NO WAY I’d give a 6yr old a BB Gun now days.
Well if the government would’ve done it’s basic homework on suppressors as being created for hearing protection back in the 1960s instead of claiming them to be covert military equipment. We’d all have our hearing still, the US is the only civilian firearms owning country that restricts suppressors, every other country mandates suppressors be used.
An M1A offers a semiauto variant of the M14 for legal civil use. Most satisfying firearm i've fired to this day. Legal even in CA as the rifle stock has no features of a traditional assault rifle. .308 caliber is an excellent general purpose round for anti-personnel, hunting and long-range target practice.
there is no such thing as an "assault rifle". Anything that can be used to assault somebody could be deemed an assault weapon. The civilian M14 by Springfield Armory is a joy to shoot. A very solid rifle.
the categories are functionally arbitrary. why is a flash hider illegal but a muzzle break is not? Someone who doesn't understand firearms wrote the rules
In the later 1980s a National Guard armorer and I arranged for his unit to conduct a weekend M-60 shoot near his rural home in New Hampshire. All the commotion attracted the curiosity of nearby landowners and soon we had entire families joining in the fun as the parents and kids were given some trigger time behind the machine guns. I doubt they'll ever forget it and the sense of community bonding that resulted.
We used to invite folks we worked with to join a few of us at the nearby shooting range. We had really good turn outs. Rifle, pistol and shotgun. Fun times.
That sounds so fun, im honestly jelly i didn't get to go!
God bless NH.
Just don't let Massachusetts catch you having any fun.
Imagine trying that today?? You’d be brought up on charges of being a terrorist with the FBI and ATF showing up en masse ready to do battle. You’d be booted from the service for promoting violence and firearms charges.
What a difference when there is civic responsibility versus media indoctrination making firearms universally derided.
You did something great, well done!
Every man should be a rifleman.
Why?
@@Invictus357 Every Marine is. You ask why? The founding fathers knew governments can become oppressive. There are hundreds of examples in history of this.
Also, it is a requirement of every American.
10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes:
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are-
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
THAT IS WHY.
@Lootus Maximus it's 2023... our military would say every person, including birthing persons, should have a rifle.. as long as they have read the 1619 project. Otherwise, it should be outlawed... 🙄
@@fredbowles4721 Birthing persons? you mean women? dumbass
Every American Should Be!
I can honestly say that this is the first and only time I've heard the M14 referred to as "lightweight".
any gun is lightweight if your strong enough.
Ronnie Coleman must’ve picked it up 😂
Well compared to a cannon
I just bought an M1A It's not lightweight. lol
Lightweight compared to what it has replaced...
"The CONSTITUTION shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
~Samuel Adams,
Massachusetts Ratifying Convention 1788
Thanks for sharing that quote I knew a lot of pro 2a quotes from the founding fathers but I didn't know that one
And I’m sure they would be horrified to see so many school shootings too.
@jake lambert "The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times Armed."
~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824
@@jakelambert4693 "What country can preserve its liberties if it's rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let Them Take Arms. "Thomas Jefferson,letter to James Madison, December
20th 1787
@jake lambert "If circumstances should at any time obligate the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of ARMS, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist. "
~Alexander Hamilton,
Federalist No.28
January 10th 1788
America has come so far in accepting others and different lifestyles but in the same span of time we've lost so much of the national spirit that made the country great and strong.
are you seeing the correlation??
You can't bring there to here without here becoming more like there.
Well said.
It's true. It's amazing how you can screw a country up by trying not to offend anybody. We believed them when they told us they just wanted equality. Now every month is dedicated to praising how superior another group or idea is.
accepting other and different lifestyles is the prescription for decay and downfall.
In memory of all that served and those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. Memorial Day 2023 never forget.
Another example of the importance of Constitutional freedom
More like, another example of government-funded propaganda!
All U.S. citizens should watch this video. It might be old school, but the sentiments are important. We're all supposed to be on the same team.
"Ooh mah gaaaawddd! "He" and "man" only? Sooo sexist! Fuck. This. Shit!"
"A RIFLE IS ALONE AS GOOD AS THE SOLDIER USING IT!" Our military had it wrong the entire time! According to our current administration, the RIFLE by itself, is dangerous, and the law a'biden' citizen is useless!!!🤯
Bringing in all these illegals and the WOKE Left you can forget about being on the same team.
@Sus Scrofa all part of the Plan. A disgrace.
Well said
With such wonderful history and traditions, how have we lost our way:-(
Well hey man in the last 15 years 25 states have enacted constitutional carry. The people want their second amendment
America was the greatest from 1940s-1980s. It has evil beginnings though… I mean to start we stole and killed to take this country LmFAO. I’m not one for nationalism but when others are attacking I understand. Wish humanity could all be on the same team and focused on betterment and respecting each other. Haha oh boy. The sun will die before that happens.
You can’t blame certain people like native Americans and African Americans for feeling resentment… hell even women were oppressed for a while. Today is nothing compared to the last centuries…
Who knows how wonderful history actually is. No history is as it appears. It's always down and up played. History is written by Victors too. I find it so troubling and many times frustrating even I see current politicians accusing innocent people of wrongdoing that they are doing themselves - and justify further wrongdoing to destroy completely those who done nothing wrong, but public got convinced lies thus justified purge of innocent. And seeing this corruption so out in the open - with piles of evidence against corrupt versus only the wicked tongue of corrupt without any real proof AND STILL many people die to their ignorance to check facts and fear to find very hard to accept truth and possibly their own involvement in helping those bad ones in the past due to ignorance. Seeing how this evil in light of all truth still prevail and seem to be unstoppable. How can then anyone rant be sure the history isn't wrong. How can anyone be really certain that evil doesn't win in past, and was simply turned upside down. Just seeing how people these days can be convinced their own lies- how can we ever be sure people didn't just convince themselves lies in the past.... it isn't by itself evident at all that good always win. What if opposite the truth.
Look at the last names that have run the US treasury for the last 70 years.
That will answer your question.
What a sophisticated civilization, shooting guns for fun and protection
This is what we were taught in school in the 70's and 80's.
I graduated in the 90s and still remember this
Instead, the ✡️ media push propagandized debauchery, self hayte, and anti patriotic brainwashing.
They want the west to fall😢
"taught" ... never say "indoctrinated" spelled that way!
@@TomTermini waht are you talking about retard.. They were taught gun safety and hunting safety and regulations in school.. It was normal before everyone turned into piss drinking homos
That's why you are extinct
In early Britian, it was mandated that every able male citizen should practice frequently with the bow. The value of such paid off at Poitners and Crecy. The British navy ships were not as good as the French, but they made up with it with constant cannon drills that made them the best at broadsides. America won its independence because its citizens had access to firearms, saving training time when recruited in battle.
The training of Bowmen was in a time when a large standing army was at enormous expense, and citizens were literally conscripted by their vassal lords, to fight for them, or the King.
The sailors of the Royal Navy, didn’t have to bring along their own cannon, all their weapons were provided by the state, same with the Army, all firearms were provided by the state, same thing now, all weapons are supplied by the state.
Even the 2nd amendment, starts with the words “A well regulated militia” being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, why? Because the founding fathers didn’t want a standing army, because they were afraid it would be used against the states for nefarious purposes, to gain power.
Yet, it was President George Washington, at the head of a 13,000 strong militia force, who went to put down the Whisky Rebellion, and that was over taxation, “no taxation without representation”, sound familiar?
And America won its independence by the help of a French King.
Except combat soldiers needed to know drill more than shooting. Marching and moving as a unit, knowing the drum or horn commands for each maneuver. The only shooting you learned to do was how to load in the proper sequence. In the field you were supposed to level arms in the general direction the officer indicated and fire into the wall of smoke. After a few volleys, you fix bayonets and charge. The amount is time saved by leaving out marksmanship is negligible. Not to say experienced men didn't have an impact on the war, but but not as infantryman.
@@justforever96 imagine having rifling in the civil war
The best shots got (or already had) precision rifles while some (the goobers as the army folk says) still got muskets in the civil war
I'd be pretty comfy with a kentucky rifle at ~150 meters and a whitworth? I found myself hitting 15 cm groups at 750 meters when i tried my buddys.
True, but that was when Country just being formed, you need firearms in open wilderness. Also, the founding fathers never imagined average citizens using assault milti-round weapons.
Oh Lord, that Leave it to Beaver music background really oddball for this topic
Should be required viewing in every school in America!
Good luck with that. They're too busy being indoctrinated in the ways of the left.
If you were to show this in a public school, you would be purp-walked out in leg irons and put on the FBI’s terrorist watch list…
It probably use to 60 years ago. How far we’ve fallen.
They would actually learn something if they showed this in schools… 😂
They would get through the introduction and blow a gasket that the narrator says rifleman and not rifle Zim zer
I learned to shoot with my Father, first with a pellet gun, then with my first firearm, a Nylon 66. his first lessons on both were always how to handle them safely, trigger discipline, and keeping the barrel pointed in a safe direction. I to this day cherish those moments, and being a father now, I hope to do the same with my son down the line. Firearm ownership has always been a key point in our family, in all generations. I plan to keep the tradition going
Thank you. Please do. Firearms teach responsibility and self-reliance.
The Nylon 66, despite its plastic frame, stamped parts, complex arrangement, and crappy trigger never seemed to stop working and provided many a child and adult hours of recreational fun.
I learned to shoot on a Nylon 66.
This gave me a flashback of when my dad showed me how to use one in the garage. It took a lot of conversations for him to let me actually just hold it
I am very glad to have found this video again. Been over 55 years since I first watched it. Very much needed to be taught in the every school systems of the United States 🇺🇸 again.
Remember
It is the God-given right of all people to that of self defense, be it with pointed sticks, dueling pistols, rifles, or flamethrowers and any who attempt to disarm the people are not to be trusted.
And we should be asking ourselves WHY those want to disarm the people are so determined to do so.
@@ORflycaster they are ill-intended without exception and are to be shunned and shamed.
@Boppin
Shunned and shamed isn’t enough. Kicked out and replaced is more like it.
@ORflycaster at the ground level, shunning is how we draw the line between us and them. Politics won't change until ppls perspective does.
@@ORflycaster The WHY is easy, just look at the history of what happened in countries like the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, Communist China, North Korea,and Venezuela when the civilian population are disarmed, the government rounds up tens of millions of people that it considers to be enemies of the state and murders them.
Hell yeah. And as an American and kentukian I approve this message to all Americans
As a Californian I approve this message:.. even tho It’s a Anti Gun state sadly
As I fellow Kentuckian I second this
@@Rtb323 as a Tennesseean, we are welcoming people just like you, if California isn’t.
As a redneck from Downeast Maine, I’ve been shooting a rifle since I could hold one. And now my kids do the same. Even though I’m in California after getting out of the navy. And the Air Force. Ya, I’m a redneck who has done (and still doing) a lot!!
@@angeldesigns1385 Learned to shoot as youngster in Tennessee. It's a great state.
What I would give to live back when America was something to be proud of, and still had men running it.
When exactly was that?
@@walkaboutsteve 1950s
@@walkaboutsteve forgot mean old America was always bad
We should be making America something to be proud of throughout history there have been many injustices that we neglect to mention when we rem-anise on simpler times.
@@Homebody662 no country is perfect but it's one of the better ones
“If someone asks you to give up a little bit of your freedom for the greater good, remember freedom is the greater good.” Buffalo’s Outdoors.
“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic” - Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution
Don't forget the. Minutemen
Any man between the ages of 17 and 45 are automatically considered members of the United States Militia. You don't have to be in the military to be considered a member. Therefore every citizen of United States has the God given Right to own firearms. Thank God, the Founders, and all people who have fought to protect the greatest country to ever exist.
Not only do they have a right to firearms but also body armor and camouflage. That’s something certain states argue against as not being protected
The right to arms comes from the Natural Right of self-defense. It's the right to stay alive. That right comes from nature or G*d and is not created or granted by government or even the Constitution. The Bill of Rights recognizes some pre-existing rights under Common Law and Natural Law. It does not create them.
The right to form militias comes from the right to self-defense. It's a collective form of defense, and America's founders intended it to be a check on government tyranny. Reference: Federalist Papers 29 and 46 by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.
All able bodied adults (who are not in the military) are in the militia. Militia members are expected to bring their personally owned arms to militia duty. Reference: United States v Miller, Heller v District of Columbia, etc.
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 The right to arms includes any arms that are useful for self-defense or militia duty. That basically includes any arms from rocks to missiles.
Let's add women to that.
@@scowler7200 Really it's all adults.
Warmed my heart ❤️ i remember watching this before my first hunters safety course . Still have my certifications for rifle, pistol and shotguns from the sixth grade 😊
The part about the M14 being "Lightweight" cracks me up
Before AR's and women in the military, back when Men were Masculine. Like carrying a 1911A1 isn't supposed to comfortable, but comforting.
Well, it was a little bit lighter than the M1...
"We will not comply".....Rhymes with "Shall not be infringed."
No it doesn't.
I will die before I give up my firearms.
@@marcusjohanson1064 probably true.
@@danielescobar7618 definitely
@@marcusjohanson1064 they won't feel bad exterminating us. Look at history repeating itself. In the 30s was the media campaign of blaming all societies problems on us constitutionalists.. next comes the confiscations of property. Camps.
Great video of how it should be still. I have taught my daughter marksmanship with a little CV scout. Just as the video shows, we have to teach our loved ones the importance of 2nd rights. I also try amd take a non shooter out to shoot and lean the basics as much as possable. I battle is never over, there is still plenty of hope.
Fantastic film THANK YOU for posting it, all the love from the UK.
Should play in congress everytime they want new gun laws
You mean where lies are told, and bought & sold
Then it would be playing in a constant loop.
It talks of bonds of father and son, so many family’s don’t have fathers anymore, what a difference
SORELY NEEDED IN 2019! PAY ATTENTION, PEOPLE!!
"A RIFLE IS ALONE AS GOOD AS THE SOLDIER USING IT!" Our military had it wrong the entire time! According to our current administration, the RIFLE by itself, is dangerous, and the law a'biden' citizen is useless!!!🤯
I’m so glad I grew up back in the era of even Hollywood backed shooting sports and America and the 2nd Amendment. We had rifle clubs at school and walked across campus with guns and NO ONE was ever shot. But we also allowed prayer in the schools, taught morals and the HISTORY of the U.S. and of oppressive countries.
Texas Bell Tower... there have always been shootings, dig through the archives and you will find them. I graduated College in 2010 and my University still had a rifle club and indoor range. I also was taught the history of the U.S. and of oppressive countries. So I don't think our lives are much different other than the media says they are. There is one moral to follow: treat others the way you want to be treated
@@CowboyJakel That was then, Firearms are being progressively strangled by politicians. You couldn't step within 100 feet of my college without getting tackled by policemen (given that you possessed a firearm). The anti-gun sentiment in this country is growing, the number of people on social media who actively oppose it is ridiculous, of which, nearly all have never operated a firearm even once. We need to educate the youth on how firearms function, the cardinal rules of gun safety, as well as how to be an ethical firearm owner.
@@CowboyJakel I was not aware of that event. Thank you. Clearly a sick and twisted individual.
The type of families our ancestors escaped from being controlled by have infiltrated the most important institutions in America.
@KingPBJames wait until you find out about the Sagamihara stabbings in Japan 2016. One man, one night, one kitchen knife.
19 murdered, 26 injured. He was only caught because he turned himself in the next day.
"The CONSTITUTION of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their RIGHT and DUTY to be at All Times Armed."
~Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Catwright June 5th 1824
I never leave home without it.
@@marcusjohanson1064
“Stay strapped or get clapped.”
-George Washington
29 minutes of sanity in an otherwise nutso world. Amazed that the censors have yet to delete it.
Give them time. Save the video to your favorites and come back in 1yr. for the screen to read "Thos video is no longer available, it violates yootuube policy"
Amazing video. Encapsulates so much about how I want to feel about our country. This is “common sense” gun regulation. Safety and competency are of the highest importance, while giving importance to sovereignty and the individual. Love it! Times change, it’s time for us to adapt to them with legislation that actually addresses the atrocities committed, not restricting those who responsibly exercise their rights.
What a great video! Still relevant even today!
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man can be. Be one." - Marcus Aurelius
They should show this to all the politicians in Wasinton DC and in every statehouse, county office to every city hall and every sheriff, police chief and person in this country!!!
I love the rifle as the narrator.
Seems the rifle is in it for the duration
There's a backstory to that fellow.
Makes me want to join the NRA if I wasn’t already a member. This is the heart why I love guns. It is such a fun and challenging sport that teaches self control, mental clarity, and foremost safety.
Amen!!!! May freedom ring for all again someday again in America!!!!!
‘The Axe, The Plow, and Rifles kept this country moving’.
Amen
Someone always says, "There oughta be a law."
This video is definitely a product of its time a very interesting watch.
I love being a American, and I love being a rifleman. Every American adult should own and be sufficient with a rifle.
Aye. We are great. Beyond what the old world thought us to be.
You know what hit me the most watching this? What they've taken from us.
Every congressman and senator actress and actor…. everyone should see this!!!
I'd like to see an updated version of this.
It would fucking suck and have someone with abhorrent views speaking
Me too, except it would probably be nothing but negativity and propaganda mixed in with a sprinkle of racism and anti-American sentiment. I'm afraid we have a corrupt government who is more likened to a tyrant that hates its citizens.
No need
What do you mean?
@@matthewjones39 he wants more diversity and rainbow flags
I always loved those old school shots of a lone barrel just poking out from behind cover. Such a cool shot.
Hard to believe now that we had a government like this at one time in our history.
Yes, and then you went from this to the Clinton administration and later Obama PAYING companies to shred M1 Garands, including pristine M1-C's and M1-D snipers, rather than sell them through the DCM/CMP to actually make a profit. They hate the idea of citizens owning firearms that much.
A Brief moment in time when the adults were abundant. Common sense was actually COMMON !
To Keep and Bear Arms is a Right. To train with those weapons, and learn their safe and proper use, is everyone’s Responsibility.
Thank you Nuclear Vault. I am what media now identifies as a Christian Nationalist. I however simply have a deep humbling appreciation for the original Christian and American priciples and values. And am attempting to live those priciples and values through my offices of Husbandand and Father. These videos have helped me embrace and connect with our American freedoms to the point of creating a desire in me to protect them and learn how to teach them to my sons as they grow.
I’m proud to have been raised by the greatest generation, vets that won WW2. They were a special people. They were the opposite of todays selfish melenials.
"The M14 is lightweight" - I bet it was for these winners who beat up the great depression before kicking axis' ass. Good Wizard believes in America.
You parented, taught and instilled values in said selfish millennials
Me too !!!!
Ah yes, the "greatest generation" that went off to die like cattle for the interests of certain hook-nosed bankers.
Who made the millennials greedy and selfish?
My GGGrandfather worked with Jonathan Browning, John Browning’s father producing rifles in a small shop In Nauvoo, IL.
Since most all the men in my family were former Military or Law Enforcement, I had the advantage of being trained, at an early age, by some of the best Teachers in our State!
And, when called upon, I was happy to help out with the Traing of any new shooter that asked!
Today, I'm 70 and disabled. But I still answer questions from all sorts of folks both young and old, on the question of "What kind of gun should I get?"
My answer is always along the lines if, "well, what have you got training or experience with?"
It always surprises me when their answer is ZERO to both!
Thus, I quietly explain that they shouldn't buy any sort of gun UNTIL AFTER GETTING SOME TRAINING in the safe handling, storage and firing of their desired weapon FIRST!
Fortunately in our area, there are many options for getting that initial training. SAFETY is always our first concern. Plus having a "Safe and Secure" method of storing both guns and ammo so their not easily accessible to the unauthorized members of the household.
I've always felt that every Law Abiding and Responsible Citizen should be trained and qualified in the use and safe handling of guns.
Cheers!
And safe shooting!
All of my guns are loaded at all times and unlocked and laying around and I even sleep with a loaded gun under my pillow
@@Jeff-sl8xz
I guess that's fine, IF there are no Children in the home OR no crazy, senile grandparents stumbling around!
@@robinj.9329 I grew up with having access to the firearms in the house as a little kid and through my teens and they were always loaded and never locked up and their was a few of us plus cousins and neighborhood kids in and out and it was the same way in there homes also but we were taught how to use them and not fool around with them they weren't toys and none of the family was in the corrupt business of Le but were veterans of the first and second world wars and Korea
When I was 13 years old I started shooting on a rifle team and every year our team would go to the National Matches at Camp Perry. We sure had a lot of fun and learned alot at that competion.
Love this video. Thank you Boss
12:47 is so important.
“Someone always says their ought to be a law”
Fast forward now and there are so many laws in place that it would make the founding fathers head spin.
That's when I got my first rifle 22 Marlin when I was 9 years old try To Do that today, and I still got it
This film should be played for all grades, every year, not just once, in all elementary schools from first to 6th grade. Children will pick up something new the older they get and understand what's being said every time they watch it. It would have to be updated to grab their attention at first. Then the original version in the 6th grade. Hell all the way through high school. Mandatory. and no "please excuse"... notes either.
Should, but it'll never happen in today's environment. Our beloved country is too far gone, and moving backward at an alarming rate I'm afraid. The Marxists, feminists, and globalists are unified, well funded by the powerful, and winning. The days of sanity, morals and values, and national pride are rapidly dwindling. Clearly their long term goal is disarmament and subjugation. Like Australia or the EU. In little tiny steps, it's happening. I was 8 when this film came out. This was my world, so the depth of our demise as a nation is clear to me, not something just seen in films or history books. A sad Truth.
@@Robnord1 I was 2 so right there with ya. You speak the truth. The infiltration has happened slowly but surely. Nice to see parents getting involved in school board meetings, where the indoctrination starts, and telling these boards to stop overstepping their boundaries. It can be turned around, but the battle will take great efforts on the American people.
I'm starting to think that the only thing that could fix this country is a nuclear war. That would give an opportunity to really clean house. Look at Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They came out of it doing better than before.
Not a fan of parental rights then, huh?
@@adamwsaxe
Parents have a right and a duty to teach their children what it takes to be a member of the militia.
Why is this video trending all of a sudden? That's about as interesting as this video...which we all love, that's why YT is showing us this in 2023.
I hate that they never educated us in firearms at school, public school that is in the USA, I had to re-search myself and educate myself, and treating myself once I turned 18.
That's the one addendum I would add to the 2A. Back in the 1700s you learned to shoot and safety at 6-7 years old. These days most people I think grow up with no education or experience other than movies and videogames. So I think there should be classes that teach safety at first to youngins so they know to respect and be safe around them.
It's for videos like this that RUclips exists!!
These people would be very disappointed to see what happens today
They would have turned around on D Day.
@@roywall5231 *should
Yes, I agree, too many school shootings.
They would be appalled.
@@Invictus357 Of course. They'd be asking themselves why we depend on the police so much.
@@Invictus357 It’s very strange how obsessed with school shootings you are, when you’re in fact statistically more likely to get struck by lightning than to die in a school shooting.
Politicians abuse their freedoms, but no one seeks to ban or restrict them.
Inherent in the concept of freedom is the concept of responsibility. No one is holding the politicians responsible, either.
@@jasonshults368 With freedom comes responsibility. Banning freedom doesn’t make responsibility
too late
US is a dictatorship with armed juvenile mass shooting each other
vote harder
enjoy the kool aid in the meantime
Oy Vey!
They abuse powers, not freedoms
I love the voice of the Kentucky Rifle itself. That rifle definitely sells moonshine.
The NRA film is timeless but needs to be updated and done in HD Color. The NRA should spend money on items like this and not suits for Wayne.
NRA is in bed with Democrats. NRA is trash and only a fool donates to them. GOA is the group that does what the NRA claims to do.
The Big Picture was a series of films produced by the US Army. This is not an NRA film. The NRA and the US Civilian Markmanship Program have had a great deal of cooperation and varying relationships over the years which was the relevance for this particular film.
👍🏽
14:45
A General with a Distinguished Rifleman badge, not a mere qualification badge. Just to emphasize how much the military has regressed in marksmanship over the years.
Truth!
Marksmanship is not important in warfare. The US Military has known this since the SPIW program.
@@spehhhsssmarineer8961 The SPIW program failed but plenty of low-knowledge people like you continue to bleat this nonsense.
@@spehhhsssmarineer8961 SPIW was dropped because it failed to produce results.
@@FUNshoot The reports still prove my point: marksmanship doesn’t matter. The weapons in SPIW didn’t work because they didn’t work, but the point still stands: suppressive fire, pins-down infantry so that artillery can target it. ROF and squad machine guns do all the killing and the rifle is support.
The 1950’s just hits differently
In 1940, British Agents were begging US citizens to sell/donate to them their civilian firearms! They ran ads in cities like Chicago and New York.
Yup they left everything at Dunkirk when the Germans chased them off.
The British had long lost their love of Rights. The Declaration of Rights Back in 1689.
But they didn't have a Constitution.
How times have changed.
Wow! Education, Education, Education. I educated my daughters about guns and gun safety and I say that if you've never touched a gun let alone shot one then you have no respect for what they can do. Anyone that touts gun control is usually in that category in my experiences. My kids are better educated about guns than a few adults I personally know. I think a lot of problems would no longer exist if more people were trained and learned firsthand like in the video.
This should be played in all schools in america
The reason for the 2nd amendment is to allow people to defend themselves from a tyrannical government. The constitution of the United States (and Texas) were both written shortly after the people had a revolution against their own government. The Americans fought the British and Texans fought Mexico. An unarmed population can be easily overpowered by their own military.
Thanks for sharing this video. 🙂
I trained with the M14 back when I was in BCT. Yup, I'm that old...
Did time in the corps, love my 2a, I feel like I renewed my vows to america
Every US Marine MUST be qualified with a weapon to become a Marine. If you fail in the rifle range, you will never earn the title! Targets are 200/300/500 yards away. Every Marine regardless of MOS, is a rifleman FIRST.
To be fair the targets used in rifle qualification in the Marines are larger than that of the Army I feel like most people could hit a Jeep size target at 500. It does a good job at instilling confidence in the shooter but I wouldn’t say it makes them a rifleman
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 the target carriage is indeed large, but the target is human size with the scoring area being the chest.
Plus you really don’t need to make a wind call 300 and in. Aiming at the target next to yours in order to hit yours can be challenging.
THE ULTIMATE WEAPON is the slogan on the base of a statue at Fort Dix of a charging infantryman.
Craig Stevens hits every point.
"The new M14"... made me smile wistfully.
I pray there are still good people in the government to protect freedom and women and men to take up arms in its defense
Now if you carry your rifle in to the capital even a Kentucky one you’ll be arrested and have the book thrown at you can we invent a time machine yet
Excellent video!
Incredible how we seem to have forgotten all this...
From my dead, cold hands.
thanks semper fi ...2A
"Peter Gunn", yeah @ that Police range, "NO HEARING" protection, nor safety glasses, AMAZING !
Awesome ol video"
thank you for sharing.
The good old days
1:22 The M-14 firing in the automatic mode. That's the rifle I trained with for 4 years in the Marine Corps (1964 to 1968).
Shall not be infringed.
During hunting season, the state of Wisconsin has the largest standing army in the world.
God bless America.
Thank you God, for being born in America.
The Kentucky rifle was a state of the art military weapon in it's day.
While most of my views might be left leaning but when it comes to guns, im always on the right. Everyone should have the right defend themselves, their loved ones and their property.
Well, this aged beautifully.
I very much appreciate all the work that the NRA does to encourage sportsmen and safe practices, however, a lot of the curriculum and the instructors themselves are oldschool and can spread a lot of old misinformation. Also, though it's a good organization for the sportsman, that's also it's downfall. They look after the interests of the hunter and people who take part in a lot of older fashioned shooting sports. They don't put up substantial resistance to import bans, or ammunition bans, since they care more about US made rifles and shotguns, and hunting and target ammunition isn't classified by politicans as "armor piercing". They don't care about bans for more tactical weapons because hunters and sport shooters tend to use shotguns and more traditional rifles. The closing of the machine gun registry, the need for registration of suppressors and short barreled rifles, and modern infringements on gun rights that the ATF lawlessly decides on are totally ignored. If you appreciate gun rights, support Gun Owners of America, the Firearms Policy Coalition, and other modern, legislation focused, organizations if you'd like to keep your rights.
I'm almost afraid to like your comment, for fear of being put on some list, given the current state of affairs. God bless you for having the courage to post your comment. At some point regular folks are going to say, "NO! I'm not going to do that!", to our so called leaders.
Now that is a statement in which I can listen to and appreciate. Thank you for not being the normal " take all guns" sort.
curious, can you name any gun control that actually has been stopped by GOA or FPC, ever, at any point in their history? These are dark days for the NRA for sure, but their track record is far stronger than those mickey mouse groups whose only accomplishment seems to be that they give gun owners warm fuzzies.
I grew up with a biological father and grandfather who were proud NRA members. Over the years in my adulthood, I too was a proud NRA member until I realized those initials stand for "Negotiating Rights Away". Since at least 1934 (NFA 1934), the NRA has supported some pretty bad infringements on the one right our forefathers said, "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED". They supported GCA-68, the Hughes Amendment, and supposedly gave Trump the green light for his betrayal with his bumpstock ban.
Some years ago, I noticed how NRA ILA was endorsing candidates who might have done something nice for us years earlier, but had since flipped on us, over more strongly pro-gun challengers. This got to be to the point of ridiculousness and I said goodbye to Negotiating Rights Away.
@@grigorirasputin5020 good eye ! I agree
Notice the lack of hearing & eye protection.
Back in the 60’s, when I was a young boy,my dad,grandfather,my uncle,& myself went to the range at least once a month. We had no idea of ear protection.My left ear still rings from those days.
So glad they taught me about shooting and especially the “Safety” aspects that need to be observed and the “RESPECT” for all firearms.I passed it on down to my daughter and granddaughters.
It gives me a sense of security knowing they know how to protect themselves and others.
The lunatics will always be around,& you can’t depend on ANYONE else,even Police,to protect you.
I got my first BB Gun at age 6 in 1967.There is NO WAY I’d give a 6yr old a BB Gun now days.
Well if the government would’ve done it’s basic homework on suppressors as being created for hearing protection back in the 1960s instead of claiming them to be covert military equipment. We’d all have our hearing still, the US is the only civilian firearms owning country that restricts suppressors, every other country mandates suppressors be used.
When I was in junior high, we had a rifle range in the school basement and a club. Can you imagine that happening now?
We had an archery team around 2016-2017 in school, sure it wasn’t rifles.
@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
It should have been.
Never trust anyone who wants you defenseless
An M1A offers a semiauto variant of the M14 for legal civil use. Most satisfying firearm i've fired to this day. Legal even in CA as the rifle stock has no features of a traditional assault rifle. .308 caliber is an excellent general purpose round for anti-personnel, hunting and long-range target practice.
What is an assault rifle?
there is no such thing as an "assault rifle". Anything that can be used to assault somebody could be deemed an assault weapon. The civilian M14 by Springfield Armory is a joy to shoot. A very solid rifle.
@@northdakotaham1752 under CA law there is, unfortunately. Certain body features and accessories cause legal requirement to register the firearm
the categories are functionally arbitrary. why is a flash hider illegal but a muzzle break is not? Someone who doesn't understand firearms wrote the rules
It’s legal anywhere no matter what any government of men says.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Does anyone know if there is still the Blue and Gray shooting competitions? That would be awesome