@123FishCrazy The only people that will capitulate to any new and tighter gun laws are law abiding citizens. Criminals by nature don’t care what the law says.
FBI crime report from 2009 ,0.005% of all Homocite / Murder etc. are commited with a gun ,also 58% of all crimes are Buglary's ,thats why i own a gun ,i will call the cops to bring a buddy bag for the criminal ,my neighbors wont have to call the cops to bring a buddy bag for me
There's Americans who own guns (like myself) because we live in rural areas with black-bears in our back yards and foxes that eat our chickens. Guns are a matter of survival in my town of Hawthorne, Florida.
@rayh53 why do you need training dont be a puss i have had no training but ive been raised on guns a majority of gun owners will know how to operate them right and not to point at a person unless forced thats what my dad taught me and it is unfair that his dad was an instructor but ive met other people that already had the right idea before they ever even held a gun
@toeblarone How those riots going? How's having a complete inability to defend yourself? Also it's 4.6-U.S. 1.4-UK. Also lets talk about your violent crime rate which is 4x ours. UK Violent crime is 2,034 per 100,00 compared to 466 per 100,000. Get your head out of your ass.
@RuthlessZabusa Any one in the UK can own a Gun And defend themselves ,but the riots have stopped ,due to the public going out on the streets and reclaming them ,with no fear of being shot because there's fewer Guns .Don't know where you get your stats from .America is right up there with Columbia on Murders with Guns .Uk is at the bottom of the table with Japan and yes i have a gun permit ,just not for a m16 or something stupid.Keep telling yourself it's a good idea ,i don't agree
@toeblarone I got my statistics from gunpolicy(.)org. Also you can never have a literal inability to defend yourself. However in the UK your likely to get put in jail for defending yourself. Also I'm free I don't need a permit to own a gun or carry a gun where I live (Pennsylvania). Colombia's murder rate is 39.39 no where near the US' 4.6. Your stupid for trying to look at just gun deaths, and not all murders 'cause that is the only relevant statistic.
@toeblarone Stop quoting random bullshit as facts. That isn't true I bet some dildo friend of yours told you that. I have given nothing but facts you have yet to give any backed by any sources.
@RuthlessZabusa i do have a gun and having been caught in the riots i still would not use it as it is not up to me to decide to shoot some one in europe we leave that kind of thing to the police and the trained professionals and despite what you think most people have guns here as well. We just don't think it is necessary to shoot people to protect our selfs. And unlike america we got good gun control just the way it should be
@xjxism No you don't have good gun control. You have a government that owns you and you're okay with them stating you can't own a set of metal parts that goes boom.
@RuthlessZabusa man i own 13 different fire arms 5 Hunting rifles 3 .22 rifles 4 shotguns and a glock. My government have no problem They just have good gun control. Police background checks licenses for all of them and a medical review of your mental state Dont want to give a gun to a mad man As well as mandatory gun safes and monitory systems a little cctv camera watching the safe. lots of people in my country have guns but we have never had mass shooting like USA. "the World greatest country"
@xjxism Cool, I've been 18 for 16 days and own 2 guns a Remington 870 12 Gauge and an AR-15 in 5.56. I bought the shotgun at a gun show in 10 minutes after a background check and my dad gave me my AR-15. I don't need a license and my guns aren't registered. The fact that the government tells you how and where to store your guns is retarded, you practically don't own them. Also I was under the impression that handgun ownership was banned in the UK. Your a subject, I'm a citizen.
@RuthlessZabusa im not british im irish im not a subject but a free citizen of the republic of ireland. Nearly every one 97% of gun owners here want the gun control the way it is they like it because it works it is safe and that is how the people want it. If there was a vote they would vote to keep it the same. The storing of the guns is again safety and no one has a problem with are you only able to own guns at 18 i have been licensed and owning guns since i was 16. hand gun are legal now.
@RuthlessZabusa the only thing that can be a bit problematic is i often have the police at my home 3-4 time a month they are just checking up on the security of the gun and all that because i have quite a few and im in the process of getting 3 more licenses but i don't mind. because off all my guns my house get like free security every time the alarm goes the police are up in a flash. other then that i have the right to carry them where ever i want when ever i want. have an 870 to good gun.
@xjxism "other then that i have the right to carry them where ever i want when ever i want." So your saying you can carry your 870 loaded on your back in London? I'm sorry I would have a GIANT problem with police being allowed to search my house whenever they pleased.
@RuthlessZabusa might have got the wrong idea I work in london at times. Other then those i am at home in ireland. And i can carry my gun and ammunition where ever i want though i never carry a loaded gun in public no need other then when im at the ranges or out hunting. All people would obviously use gun cases and have their documents so if the officers see you you just show him and you are on your way no problem Police/Garda i have no problem with them searching my house just doing their job.
So nice to be in the Land of the Free where you can own a gun. Here in England we have had yet more pensioner murders. This Easter an elderly couple aged 77 and 80 were murdered by young thugs. It was a hammer and knife attack. Unfortunately beating pensioners to death whilst trying to get them to reveal where they keep their money is becoming commonplace. Unfortunately there is no deterrent as capital punishment ceased years ago. Soft laws and soft prisons make England a criminals paradise.
So nice to be in the Land of the Free where you can own a gun. Here in England we have had yet more pensioner murders. This Easter an elderly couple aged 77 and 80 were murdered by young thugs. It was a hammer and knife attack. Unfortunately beating pensioners to death whilst trying to get them to reveal where they keep their money is becoming commonplace. Unfortunately there is no deterrent as capital punishment ceased years ago. Soft laws and soft prisons make England a criminals paradise.
@techdavey1000 Tragic news indeed. The expectant great-grandparents were murdered by addicts looking for drug money. It seems that victims have less rights than criminals in the UK, just as in the US. I was appalled at the statistics for drug related crime and punishment at drugscope. org. uk. site.
If the police cannot be everywhere to interdict crime, how are the elderly and weak supposed to protect themselves?
You can be of any political background or belief system, but what one thing most Americans all agree on is our first and second amendment rights. Any person living in the US that wants to ban or regulate guns is not a true American regardless if they are democrat or republican.
@hazzaza1 No, what's crazy is that there are actually countries in this world with governments who do not trust its citizens to own firearms for their own protection if they so choose. This is intentional and by design, afterall individual liberty is a direct threat to all forms of tyranny. What's even crazier are the number of sheeple who mindlessly follow the lead of governments like this. They don't believe that they ought to be personally responsible for their own safety. Now THAT'S crazy!
@hazzaza1 No, what's crazy is that there are actually countries in this world with governments who do not trust its citizens to own firearms for their own protection if they so choose. This is intentional and by design, afterall individual liberty is a direct threat to all forms of tyranny. What's even crazier are the number of sheeple who mindlessly follow the lead of governments like this. They don't believe that they ought to be personally responsible for their own safety. Now THAT'S crazy
@bogart99 Not entirely. I guess It would depend on the individual. Some people only hunt, some people want to feel safe from crime and be able to defend their property and families. Some may stick with the original purpose and that is to protect from tyranny within our own government model. Some do all three. Freedom is really nice.
@Fuglebolle Would it be a fair statement to say that by knowingly and willingly breaking in to someone's house is a acknowledgment of waiving said rights? The fact that you are willingly risking your life to potentially steal from someone you don't know. I am relieved to hear you are from another country.
@Fuglebolle Well now you know! Google "Castle Doctrine". Protect Life "AND" Property. Diggin in the trash can? BOOOOM!!!! Protecting my property! IMO they should just start executing everyone convicted of burglary or home invasion. Free up a lot of space in the prisons. Think about it, If you had to steal from people to get by, wouldn't you rather be dead anyway? I would! The Government here don't do the right thing cause all they care about is being re-elected.
@bogart99 I can only speak for myself but for me Ben siad it best.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome." --(Attributed to) Benjamin Franklin
the people who dont understand the needs for guns are a waste of time to talk about it they dont get it that with out guns we cant stop our governmet taking over. Dont you get it
I don't understand, when they say that owning guns is freedom, do they mean that there's a freedom in being able to kill someone, or that the possibility to own guns is a type of freedom? And if the latter, doesn't this arguement also hold for the freedom to own heroin or meth?
@Fuglebolle The freedom is not about the guns themselves, it is about the freedom of self-defense, if someone is attacking you using a gun, if you are unarmed then you are helpless. However, if you are armed then it puts you on a level playing field.
@Fuglebolle civilians owned gun since the revolutionary times...-__- the declaration of independence and the 2nd admendment has been here for centuries.. how do u stop them from owning guns in the first place when it was part of the constitution against the british?
@Fuglebolle Can't get rid of 30million illegal immigrants of which a good portion leach off the system. How do you intend on getting rid of half a billion guns?
@Fuglebolle You are right! You don't understand. There is absolutely a freedom in being able to kill someone in defense of your life and/or property. See, out here where I live(in the sticks) it is dubbed "Hazard County". We all have lots of land and we all have lots of guns. Other than a few bar scuffles or the occasional backhand to the old lady, there is almost no crime. All the urban trash know if they come out here they will be better off going straight to the police station.
@Fuglebolle If you can find an ammendment in the Constitution for bearing heroin or meth, then you would be free to do so. What they mean is by excercising their rights they feel free. As in they can feel safe and free knowing they are able to protect themselves if needed. See the problem with people like you is, you just don't have any idea what is going on around you. You don't see or sense the dangers presented by your fellow man. Everything is just sunflowers and bong hits! It is really not!
@mlke4258 Where I live people do not have guns (except for hunting), and as a result people don't kill each other. We have very little of other crime as well, even though this is the capitol of my country.
I have never had any reason to fear my neighbour.
IMO the right to shoot intruders conflicts with the intruder's right to a fair trial. And also, since dead people can't witness or press charges, the right to self defence can possibly provide the possibility for illegal murder.
I've never met or heard of ANY homosexual being denied their right to own a gun based soley on their sexual preference or any other legal sexual deviation.
I am not arguing against their constitutional right to own firearms just against the pretense that they need firearms to defend themselves because they are GAY.
@Kennyan11b It was a continuation of conversation about Pink Pistoleers, a gay rights group out of San Francisco, which promotes firearm ownership among homosexuals. The group claims that gays must be able to defend themselves, not from criminals, but from homophobes in the most gay friendly city in the world. Read the post carefully before beginning to type.
I think that gun ownership in the U.S. is a proud heritage, one that has served us all well in that it has secured our freedoms which we all enjoy. I also think that gun ownership is an important gauge of the people's willingness to accept the responsibility of freedom and liberty. Those who have gone about the acquisition of firearms in a legal manner and keep them responsibly and teach their children and families the same responsible practices are inherently more valuable to society.
At 5:18 the guy makes it clear he's really a confuse liberal: "I believe in non-violence" Huh? Like what exactly does THAT mean? And then he says something like, "There's a certain amount of shame you do have in owning guns; like you don't necessarily want to admit it." I think he should destroy the guns and just be who he is, a liberal.
I cant speak for eveyone but a firearm is independence- you can get your own food if need be, protectyourself from wildlife need be, protect yourself from pretty much anything if need be...all without needing anyone or anything to come to your rescue.....if need be.
"The Second Amendment is by order of importance the first amendment, the right to keep and bear arms is the one right that allows rights to exist at all"
I have to buy that book. Seriously that was my idea. I'm an amateur photographer and avid shooter. I wanted to travel around the US and do portrait of gun owners, to show who they are in their diversity. That a gun owner isn't just some off the wall sub culture, but American's are gun owners. And this guy up and did it. I'm at least glad someone did.
@externalpower The tooth fairy is not real all right, but there are many things in this life that simply cannot be understood by someone with no experience. Until you are endowed with some experience, then you better stop babbling nonsense on You Tube.
@externalpower Nothing that science cannot explain? You think like a technocrat. Science is not a silver bullet, if you knew that you'd be a little more humble and mature. You have some serious growing up to do, kiddo!
i dont have to do shit. but i do have to explain the reality of life to you and your fellow idiots. and before you get upset just realize that you are the past and i am the future. and if you dont like it get out of my country.
@externalpower "who is going to save us from the legal gun owners" - The big gov't with its desire to regulate and guide you in every aspect of life from what you eat to what you watch to what how you invest your money.
@externalpower "who is going to save us from the legal gun owners" - The big gov't with its desire to regulate and guide you in every aspect of life from what you eat to what you watch to what how you invest your money. But who is going to protect you from the Big Gov't?
Well if someone was to break into your house with a gun...what would you do? call 9-1-1 for the cops to find your body layed out? Or would you use a gun to safe and protect your life?
There is a gun group in San Francisco called "Pink Pistoleers". As you can guess, it's a gay group which promotes gay gun ownership for self defense. But why would gays need defense in Gay Francisco is beyond me.
"But why would gays need defense in Gay Francisco is beyond me."
Because San Fran has plenty of bad guys and they don't discriminate; a gay man is just as good of a target as a straight man to a mugger or a murderer.
@Watcher3223 I am not arguing against their constitutional right to own firearms just against the pretense that they need firearms to defend themselves because they are GAY.
@grnt25 Because they wish to exercise their second amendment rights, and their right to self defense. I have no problem with Homosexuals owning firearms, they are normal people just like you and me.
@spyderc85 I am not arguing against their constitutional right to own firearms just against the pretense that they need firearms to defend themselves because they are GAY.
I am sorry that I am late to this party. Thanks so much for showing that gun owners are not just gun nuts with a latent desire to kill someone. Your book shows that there are many people out there that simply believe that gun ownership is their right, and simply keep guns handy if, God forbid, the need should ever arise to have to use one to defend themselves. I applaud you.
Great job guys! I 'm glad you were unbiased about the subject matter, the mass media, could learn something from you! That would probably not happen, since some of them are political whores, i.e. they have sold out and been paid for.
I'm 17, so i can't get a carry permit yet. the day i turn 18, i'll get a permit, and two guns. one will be a Glock model 21. i'll carry it any time i go to the inner city or any ghetto. it will be my protection gun. the second gun will be an m468. i choose it because it's just as powerful as an AK-47, and as accurate as the m4/ar15. why will i buy the second gun? simply put? to piss off the left.
Hey don't knock the left. I am pretty left wing about a lot of things, but I hate the monikers "liberal" and "conservative." They are counterproductive & stereotypes.
For instance, I am 100% for guns rights, 100% against affirmative action (pretty far right according to most), and yet I oppose making abortion illegal & support the legalization of drugs.
Support drilling in ANWR and also much higher CAFE standards...
i am very happy with my glocks i have 2 a model 27 subcompact .40 cal and a glock model 21.45 cal and i have atleast thousand rounds through each with not 1 malfunction everyone has there preference, but in my opinion when it comes to self defense...cant go wrong with a glock
thats what makes the design so beautiful, keep it in a holster and you wont be like plaxico...the FN 5.7 is a quality firearm with superior velocity to almost all
The point of not having any external safeties on Glock pistols is that they are designed to be deployed rapidly. People forget that the most important safety is the one in between their ears. If that one isn't working, then you shouldn't be anywhere near a gun. While external safeties are another layer of protection, they should not be depended on in any way. Proper handling and use is the only way to be sure.
@thesteve2894 Not to mention the 3 internal safeties.. The glock is one of the most reliable pistols out there.. Uniformed rhetoric from ill-informed idiots are part of the problem in the whole gun debate
i have a conceal handgun permit here int he state of virginia, and we have some good laws delaing with guns. I would just open carry everyday if i had to if it came down to taking away my right
About the permits, we are going to get the law passed here in CA. Is it true that the sidearm cannot be loaded when carried in public? if so, then how is this at all effective? I'm assuming you are allowed to carry a filled magazine with the sidearm.
I wouldn't trust anyone's advice on the internet. Your best bet is to go where you actually get the license & ask them as well as asking a DA and a cop (just to make sure).
In Georgia, I can carry a pistol loaded, cocked & locked. But there are still restrictions. If I have something to drink, I cannot carry. There are certain locations I cannot go with a weapon under any circumstances (schools for instance).
So you HAVE to know the rules, or risk getting arrested.
I live in mass and We have some of the worst gun laws in this country. I carry but if someone so much as peeps my gun on me and reports it I lose my gun and license on the spot. I carry in a bagback so this dose not happen.
Nice video! I will hunt down a copy of this book. One thing that you will notice about gun-owning Americans is that we tend to be extremely patriotic on average. Did you see all of the flags? You can even find the colors on my channel and on my shirts in my videos. We are not crazy people, we love our country and enjoy excercising our rights.
I don't think it will go that far. At least i hope. We all just have to respect the fact that others will have diffrent opinions. Don't get angry when someone says something you may think is wrong. Put that eneregy into proving your right. Peacefull Demonstrations, Putting yard signs up or voicing your opinion with our elected officials. Get involved weith state and local Gov. That's how you make the best changes.
I can tell you my experience thus far with police in Georgia has been universally positive. I have been pulled over once with the gun. I rolled the window down, placed my hands on the wheel where they could see them & informed them that I was carrying a concealed weapon SOB with a license & asked them how they wanted me to go about getting my wallet & registration. The policeman appreciated my consideration & after checking my DL and CCP, let me go sans ticket or warning.
Another time I was checking out a few abandoned houses not too far from my own (keeping an eye out for squatters, labs) when a policeman patrolling the area saw me. I told him I had my pistol on me & what I was doing. He told me I was in technical violation b/c I was on private property with a weapon without permission. I COULD have gotten into trouble.
But he just told me to avoid going on the property & use binoculars to check the houses in the future. No ticket, no arrest.
i dont know the california laws, i thought nobody can have a concealed handgun in california?...here in virginia, yes loaded or unloaded concealed and open carry is allowed (concealed ofcourse with permit)
i own 3 guns and i own them because i love them. and i plan on getting a whole lot more. im in NJ and they are very strict and i hate that this is not a free country they deprive me from my right to carry and feel safe FRE AMERICA i dont think so whats the point of me owning my gun but im limited to have them only at home ??? this country looks like cuba NO RIGHTS
I own a lot of guns. I don't particularly love them. I love the associations I have with them. Hunting with my Grandfather, Dad, Mom, Brothers, Sisters & friends. Going target shooting.
I respect them as the deadly tools they are. But your comment about cuba is pretty silly. I have a concealed carry license & have never had a problem with the police. Not once.
I just tell them I am licensed to conceal carry & am armed while my hands are in plain sight.
lucky you that u got the conceal carry you must be in one of those NON CUBAN STATES im in New Jersey and NJ sucks they are super strict when it comes to GUNS we are beign run like cubans here in NJ. i cant have a conceal carry at all here in NJ. i can come home to find a burglar and what my guns are locked up in my safe wich are useless to my defence cuz i cant have a conceal carry.... i hate that im in CUBA
Ah... Well then you need to get the law changed in Jersey. In Georgia I can conceal carry most everywhere & we have the "your home is your castle" law which gives HUGE latitude in the use of deadly force in defense of the home.
My big thing is I WOULD approve of mandatory licensing for gun holders (just like a driver's license). I grew up hunting. Have pictures of me shooting a gun in diapers (my Grandy held it, I pulled the trigger).
Gun safety and the consequences of shooting/being shot have been drilled into me from birth. I see people with guns who obviously have not the first clue how to safely handle them or how dangerous they can be and it makes me shiver.
i totally agree with you mandatory licensing is a good way to go but the GOV here makes it mega impossible to get a conceal carry permit. only cops can get that regular citizens are only alowwedto buy and keep at home locked up in a safe. pointless when ur life is in danger and ur gun is locked up in a gun safe
what about when people shoot up schools. Isn't that a good enough reason to remove or severly limit the ownership of firearms. You mugs talk about it being your right because a long time ago some old chaps decided that at the time it was a good idea. Could we be living in a diffrent age? if they wrote down you are allowed slaves would you all still have slavery? times change so should the rules we live by,
"what about when people shoot up schools" You prosecute or kill them. Your response to the acts of criminals is to give up your own rights? Real bright.
What about when people get in front of crowds & incite them to attack others. Isn't that enough of a reason to eliminate freedom of speech?
"times change so should the rules we live by" If people want to change the constitution & bill of rights, all they have to do is pass an amendment and do it. Good luck with that one.
People who drive vehicles into crowds? Sad, frightful, there are sick people every where/time. You would not outlaw cars or busses, or the the internet, used to ruin reputations, and "cause" suicides. If you saw me, you would not understand me, I am 6'7" and 320 lbs. I have arthritis in my legs, I have difficulty walking some days, I cannot run from people who would attack me. The laws of man sometimes apply, the rules of the jungle always apply. Mr. Colt is still helping make me equal.
@CallmeFara The constitution did give citizens the right to own slaves, however that was inherently evil and we have since changed the laws to make that illegal, over 150 years ago. The right to keep and bear arms however, is a basic human/god given right which was given to us in the Bill of Rights. This means, that all citizens, regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, have the right to defend their lives.
@CallmeFara I realize you are likely from the UK, but don't be fooled. All the horrible stats you read about, which are likely splayed and not forth right, are from criminals who shouldn't have the guns, and are committing crimes. It's not the law abiding citizens..
They should have spent more time in Ohio where I live and the surrounding states, there are tons upon tons of gun owners here. I would have certainly loved to be interviewed :)
I just don't understand the liberal mindset. This country was founded by the gun and to insure that our right to own and carry would NEVER be violated, the founding fathers added Amendment 2 to our Bill of Rights. Liberals have since tried to limit, restrict, remove, and cripple this right. If you are completely against this right, then why live in the USA? The gun is as important to freedom as the Constitution itself.
The terms "liberal" and "conservative" are meaningless today.
Liberal just means you want to change the status quo. Conservative just means you want to keep the status quo.
I am liberal on some conservative on others.
I conceal carry, abhor affirmative action, feel that abortion should be legal and constitutional, think that welfare should be abolished and people on states assistance issued food & shelter no cash.
I hate collectivist labels like "liberal" or "conservative."
What you are is an individual, with your very own likes and dislikes, preferences, loves, and hates.
You also have rights, including the right to defend yourself, even through the use of lethal force if necessary, against someone intent on hurting or killing you because of your differences.
Remember this, too: armed gays don't get bashed.
I'd suggest you check out the Pink Pistols if you haven't already done so.
@OLDBUZZARDSBREW Their mindset is the way it is because their emotions have enslaved them, thus clouding their judgment. They will not change their ways until they have mastered their emotions, mainly fear and/or anger.
"but do the authorities not come down hard on "militia"?" - not sure what you are asking. The founders were saying "since having a military is necessary to the security of the state, our citizens shall have the right to be armed"
This was to prevent the military dominating the populace. Turning us into a junta. Or from the government illegally housing troops in our houses.
Awesome!
Thejoyofdriving1 1 month ago
If i could i would get a colt 1911, M14, M60, FN FAL,PPSH41 and a cold navy 1860.
Saura74 3 months ago
The US laws really need to be tightened on guns.
123FishCrazy 5 months ago
@123FishCrazy Why? Can you give any example of a gun law that has reduced crime?
shananagans5 4 months ago 2
@123FishCrazy The only people that will capitulate to any new and tighter gun laws are law abiding citizens. Criminals by nature don’t care what the law says.
MrSteveParr 4 months ago 3
@MrSteveParr
We already made rape, murder, arson, kidnapping, theft, robbery, and assault illegal, but they do them anyway.
Mortablunt 3 months ago
FBI crime report from 2009 ,0.005% of all Homocite / Murder etc. are commited with a gun ,also 58% of all crimes are Buglary's ,thats why i own a gun ,i will call the cops to bring a buddy bag for the criminal ,my neighbors wont have to call the cops to bring a buddy bag for me
Hoschi0913 8 months ago 2
There's Americans who own guns (like myself) because we live in rural areas with black-bears in our back yards and foxes that eat our chickens. Guns are a matter of survival in my town of Hawthorne, Florida.
PetranoEsq 9 months ago
I could see how 1/2 of America are gun owners.. probably a little high. The problem is that only a fraction of these have had any formal training.
rayh53 10 months ago
@rayh53 why do you need training dont be a puss i have had no training but ive been raised on guns a majority of gun owners will know how to operate them right and not to point at a person unless forced thats what my dad taught me and it is unfair that his dad was an instructor but ive met other people that already had the right idea before they ever even held a gun
thegreatkurt2013 7 months ago
UK 0.45 deaths per 100.000 USA 12 per 100.000 ? more than twenty times the amount.
toeblarone 10 months ago
@toeblarone How those riots going? How's having a complete inability to defend yourself? Also it's 4.6-U.S. 1.4-UK. Also lets talk about your violent crime rate which is 4x ours. UK Violent crime is 2,034 per 100,00 compared to 466 per 100,000. Get your head out of your ass.
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa Any one in the UK can own a Gun And defend themselves ,but the riots have stopped ,due to the public going out on the streets and reclaming them ,with no fear of being shot because there's fewer Guns .Don't know where you get your stats from .America is right up there with Columbia on Murders with Guns .Uk is at the bottom of the table with Japan and yes i have a gun permit ,just not for a m16 or something stupid.Keep telling yourself it's a good idea ,i don't agree
toeblarone 6 months ago
@toeblarone I got my statistics from gunpolicy(.)org. Also you can never have a literal inability to defend yourself. However in the UK your likely to get put in jail for defending yourself. Also I'm free I don't need a permit to own a gun or carry a gun where I live (Pennsylvania). Colombia's murder rate is 39.39 no where near the US' 4.6. Your stupid for trying to look at just gun deaths, and not all murders 'cause that is the only relevant statistic.
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa Ok getting bored ,but lets look at murder rates .Florida has 8 times the murders as the UK but has half the population ?
toeblarone 6 months ago
@toeblarone Stop quoting random bullshit as facts. That isn't true I bet some dildo friend of yours told you that. I have given nothing but facts you have yet to give any backed by any sources.
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa Google it Bone Head , or maybe their all lying.
toeblarone 6 months ago
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@toeblarone I did and it's not true...
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa i do have a gun and having been caught in the riots i still would not use it as it is not up to me to decide to shoot some one in europe we leave that kind of thing to the police and the trained professionals and despite what you think most people have guns here as well. We just don't think it is necessary to shoot people to protect our selfs. And unlike america we got good gun control just the way it should be
xjxism 6 months ago
@xjxism So if I'm about to be murdered I shouldn't shoot someone?
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@xjxism No you don't have good gun control. You have a government that owns you and you're okay with them stating you can't own a set of metal parts that goes boom.
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa man i own 13 different fire arms 5 Hunting rifles 3 .22 rifles 4 shotguns and a glock. My government have no problem They just have good gun control. Police background checks licenses for all of them and a medical review of your mental state Dont want to give a gun to a mad man As well as mandatory gun safes and monitory systems a little cctv camera watching the safe. lots of people in my country have guns but we have never had mass shooting like USA. "the World greatest country"
xjxism 6 months ago
@xjxism Cool, I've been 18 for 16 days and own 2 guns a Remington 870 12 Gauge and an AR-15 in 5.56. I bought the shotgun at a gun show in 10 minutes after a background check and my dad gave me my AR-15. I don't need a license and my guns aren't registered. The fact that the government tells you how and where to store your guns is retarded, you practically don't own them. Also I was under the impression that handgun ownership was banned in the UK. Your a subject, I'm a citizen.
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa im not british im irish im not a subject but a free citizen of the republic of ireland. Nearly every one 97% of gun owners here want the gun control the way it is they like it because it works it is safe and that is how the people want it. If there was a vote they would vote to keep it the same. The storing of the guns is again safety and no one has a problem with are you only able to own guns at 18 i have been licensed and owning guns since i was 16. hand gun are legal now.
xjxism 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa the only thing that can be a bit problematic is i often have the police at my home 3-4 time a month they are just checking up on the security of the gun and all that because i have quite a few and im in the process of getting 3 more licenses but i don't mind. because off all my guns my house get like free security every time the alarm goes the police are up in a flash. other then that i have the right to carry them where ever i want when ever i want. have an 870 to good gun.
xjxism 6 months ago
@xjxism "other then that i have the right to carry them where ever i want when ever i want." So your saying you can carry your 870 loaded on your back in London? I'm sorry I would have a GIANT problem with police being allowed to search my house whenever they pleased.
RuthlessZabusa 6 months ago
@RuthlessZabusa might have got the wrong idea I work in london at times. Other then those i am at home in ireland. And i can carry my gun and ammunition where ever i want though i never carry a loaded gun in public no need other then when im at the ranges or out hunting. All people would obviously use gun cases and have their documents so if the officers see you you just show him and you are on your way no problem Police/Garda i have no problem with them searching my house just doing their job.
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So nice to be in the Land of the Free where you can own a gun. Here in England we have had yet more pensioner murders. This Easter an elderly couple aged 77 and 80 were murdered by young thugs. It was a hammer and knife attack. Unfortunately beating pensioners to death whilst trying to get them to reveal where they keep their money is becoming commonplace. Unfortunately there is no deterrent as capital punishment ceased years ago. Soft laws and soft prisons make England a criminals paradise.
techdavey1000 10 months ago
So nice to be in the Land of the Free where you can own a gun. Here in England we have had yet more pensioner murders. This Easter an elderly couple aged 77 and 80 were murdered by young thugs. It was a hammer and knife attack. Unfortunately beating pensioners to death whilst trying to get them to reveal where they keep their money is becoming commonplace. Unfortunately there is no deterrent as capital punishment ceased years ago. Soft laws and soft prisons make England a criminals paradise.
techdavey1000 10 months ago
@techdavey1000 Tragic news indeed. The expectant great-grandparents were murdered by addicts looking for drug money. It seems that victims have less rights than criminals in the UK, just as in the US. I was appalled at the statistics for drug related crime and punishment at drugscope. org. uk. site.
If the police cannot be everywhere to interdict crime, how are the elderly and weak supposed to protect themselves?
falconhusky 10 months ago
Oh Please...could this be any more stupid?
noudo25 11 months ago
You can be of any political background or belief system, but what one thing most Americans all agree on is our first and second amendment rights. Any person living in the US that wants to ban or regulate guns is not a true American regardless if they are democrat or republican.
Lovejuice001 11 months ago
Hazzaza1 sure is a dickbag.
UggmunsStudios 1 year ago
fucking crazy that america allows this
hazzaza1 1 year ago
@hazzaza1 No, what's crazy is that there are actually countries in this world with governments who do not trust its citizens to own firearms for their own protection if they so choose. This is intentional and by design, afterall individual liberty is a direct threat to all forms of tyranny. What's even crazier are the number of sheeple who mindlessly follow the lead of governments like this. They don't believe that they ought to be personally responsible for their own safety. Now THAT'S crazy!
slckcat 1 year ago
@slckcat cool story bro
hazzaza1 1 year ago
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@hazzaza1 No, what's crazy is that there are actually countries in this world with governments who do not trust its citizens to own firearms for their own protection if they so choose. This is intentional and by design, afterall individual liberty is a direct threat to all forms of tyranny. What's even crazier are the number of sheeple who mindlessly follow the lead of governments like this. They don't believe that they ought to be personally responsible for their own safety. Now THAT'S crazy
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slckcat 1 year ago
Nice, I saw your book at Borders.
ustfu 1 year ago
@bogart99 Not entirely. I guess It would depend on the individual. Some people only hunt, some people want to feel safe from crime and be able to defend their property and families. Some may stick with the original purpose and that is to protect from tyranny within our own government model. Some do all three. Freedom is really nice.
mlke4258 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle Would it be a fair statement to say that by knowingly and willingly breaking in to someone's house is a acknowledgment of waiving said rights? The fact that you are willingly risking your life to potentially steal from someone you don't know. I am relieved to hear you are from another country.
mlke4258 1 year ago
@mlke4258 I did not know there was capital punishment for burglary. Nor that a commited crime makes you an outlaw.
Fuglebolle 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle Well now you know! Google "Castle Doctrine". Protect Life "AND" Property. Diggin in the trash can? BOOOOM!!!! Protecting my property! IMO they should just start executing everyone convicted of burglary or home invasion. Free up a lot of space in the prisons. Think about it, If you had to steal from people to get by, wouldn't you rather be dead anyway? I would! The Government here don't do the right thing cause all they care about is being re-elected.
mlke4258 1 year ago
@mlke4258 I see. I don't agree with you, but I see no reason to argue.
Fuglebolle 1 year ago
Is gun owing in the usa moslty about fear of violence?
bogart99 1 year ago
@bogart99 I can only speak for myself but for me Ben siad it best.
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the outcome." --(Attributed to) Benjamin Franklin
realsamwise 8 months ago
It's said, and correctly so, that "Good Fences Make Good Neighbours". There are various types of fences & a firearm is of those types.
zuzulo56 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle So if they did get rid of guns and people start hurting others with bows, knives, staffs, pens, forks, etc when do you stop?
midwestiowashooter 1 year ago
the people who dont understand the needs for guns are a waste of time to talk about it they dont get it that with out guns we cant stop our governmet taking over. Dont you get it
davesevaw 1 year ago
I don't understand, when they say that owning guns is freedom, do they mean that there's a freedom in being able to kill someone, or that the possibility to own guns is a type of freedom? And if the latter, doesn't this arguement also hold for the freedom to own heroin or meth?
Fuglebolle 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle The freedom is not about the guns themselves, it is about the freedom of self-defense, if someone is attacking you using a gun, if you are unarmed then you are helpless. However, if you are armed then it puts you on a level playing field.
OleBillOfRights 1 year ago
@OleBillOfRights But if no civilians owned guns in the first place, this wouldn't be an issue.
Fuglebolle 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle civilians owned gun since the revolutionary times...-__- the declaration of independence and the 2nd admendment has been here for centuries.. how do u stop them from owning guns in the first place when it was part of the constitution against the british?
lifes40123 1 year ago
@lifes40123 Gradually, I suppose. It may take time, but it's definately not impossible.
Fuglebolle 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle Can't get rid of 30million illegal immigrants of which a good portion leach off the system. How do you intend on getting rid of half a billion guns?
mlke4258 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle You are right! You don't understand. There is absolutely a freedom in being able to kill someone in defense of your life and/or property. See, out here where I live(in the sticks) it is dubbed "Hazard County". We all have lots of land and we all have lots of guns. Other than a few bar scuffles or the occasional backhand to the old lady, there is almost no crime. All the urban trash know if they come out here they will be better off going straight to the police station.
mlke4258 1 year ago
@Fuglebolle If you can find an ammendment in the Constitution for bearing heroin or meth, then you would be free to do so. What they mean is by excercising their rights they feel free. As in they can feel safe and free knowing they are able to protect themselves if needed. See the problem with people like you is, you just don't have any idea what is going on around you. You don't see or sense the dangers presented by your fellow man. Everything is just sunflowers and bong hits! It is really not!
mlke4258 1 year ago
@mlke4258 Where I live people do not have guns (except for hunting), and as a result people don't kill each other. We have very little of other crime as well, even though this is the capitol of my country.
I have never had any reason to fear my neighbour.
IMO the right to shoot intruders conflicts with the intruder's right to a fair trial. And also, since dead people can't witness or press charges, the right to self defence can possibly provide the possibility for illegal murder.
Fuglebolle 1 year ago
At 3:40, is that a real grenade?
bddc201 1 year ago
I've never met or heard of ANY homosexual being denied their right to own a gun based soley on their sexual preference or any other legal sexual deviation.
FaganRoberts 1 year ago
there is no shame in guns. He shouldn't even have one if he fills that way
brb941 1 year ago
I am not arguing against their constitutional right to own firearms just against the pretense that they need firearms to defend themselves because they are GAY.
grnt25 1 year ago
@grnt25 how does having a firearm to protect themselves make them gay?
Kennyan11b 1 year ago
@Kennyan11b It was a continuation of conversation about Pink Pistoleers, a gay rights group out of San Francisco, which promotes firearm ownership among homosexuals. The group claims that gays must be able to defend themselves, not from criminals, but from homophobes in the most gay friendly city in the world. Read the post carefully before beginning to type.
grnt25 1 year ago
I think that gun ownership in the U.S. is a proud heritage, one that has served us all well in that it has secured our freedoms which we all enjoy. I also think that gun ownership is an important gauge of the people's willingness to accept the responsibility of freedom and liberty. Those who have gone about the acquisition of firearms in a legal manner and keep them responsibly and teach their children and families the same responsible practices are inherently more valuable to society.
Leejun85 1 year ago
At 5:18 the guy makes it clear he's really a confuse liberal: "I believe in non-violence" Huh? Like what exactly does THAT mean? And then he says something like, "There's a certain amount of shame you do have in owning guns; like you don't necessarily want to admit it." I think he should destroy the guns and just be who he is, a liberal.
guyNbluejeans 1 year ago
I cant speak for eveyone but a firearm is independence- you can get your own food if need be, protectyourself from wildlife need be, protect yourself from pretty much anything if need be...all without needing anyone or anything to come to your rescue.....if need be.
CanadianReich 1 year ago
Interesting video. Too bad they didnt show too many ethnic minorities on there.
Ramshobraja 1 year ago
@Ramshobraja Lol who cares if there are any minorities?
theskiesbelowme 1 year ago
@theskiesbelowme Cuz we gotta defend ourselves from whitey.
Ramshobraja 1 year ago
@Ramshobraja Then move to a non white nation, dummy.
theskiesbelowme 1 year ago
"The Second Amendment is by order of importance the first amendment, the right to keep and bear arms is the one right that allows rights to exist at all"
Charlton Heston
CrackshotProductions 1 year ago
I have to buy that book. Seriously that was my idea. I'm an amateur photographer and avid shooter. I wanted to travel around the US and do portrait of gun owners, to show who they are in their diversity. That a gun owner isn't just some off the wall sub culture, but American's are gun owners. And this guy up and did it. I'm at least glad someone did.
darwinfoto09 1 year ago
Oh my god, the skinny dude at 4:40 bought a guitar from me through craigslist! Wow, guess the US ain't so big after all!
punkeratheart 1 year ago
there is no lord. wake up and put down the fairy tales. who is going to save us from the legal gun owners.
externalpower 1 year ago
You have some serious growing up to do, you immature kiddo!
twombonu 1 year ago
is that when i go buy a gun and start thinking that the tooth fairy is real. pff ahahah.
externalpower 1 year ago
@externalpower The tooth fairy is not real all right, but there are many things in this life that simply cannot be understood by someone with no experience. Until you are endowed with some experience, then you better stop babbling nonsense on You Tube.
twombonu 1 year ago
there is nothing that science cannot explain. get away from the superstitions and fairy tales.
externalpower 1 year ago
@externalpower Nothing that science cannot explain? You think like a technocrat. Science is not a silver bullet, if you knew that you'd be a little more humble and mature. You have some serious growing up to do, kiddo!
twombonu 1 year ago
i dont have to do shit. but i do have to explain the reality of life to you and your fellow idiots. and before you get upset just realize that you are the past and i am the future. and if you dont like it get out of my country.
externalpower 1 year ago
@externalpower You are just a self absorbed, self righteous, immature fool, that is obvious! And have a nice day.
twombonu 1 year ago
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@externalpower "who is going to save us from the legal gun owners" - The big gov't with its desire to regulate and guide you in every aspect of life from what you eat to what you watch to what how you invest your money.
grnt25 1 year ago
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@externalpower "who is going to save us from the legal gun owners" - The big gov't with its desire to regulate and guide you in every aspect of life from what you eat to what you watch to what how you invest your money. But who is going to protect you from the Big Gov't?
grnt25 1 year ago
I am going to buy this book, but I shoud've been in it!
cenochs 2 years ago
This put me in the mood to tinker with my guns so I think break out the solvent and the rods!
1966MRspock 2 years ago
praise the Lord and pass the ammo!!
9998833 2 years ago
Well if someone was to break into your house with a gun...what would you do? call 9-1-1 for the cops to find your body layed out? Or would you use a gun to safe and protect your life?
KING5TORM1418 2 years ago
I wish I had a wife like the one at 3:00 =/ lol
TheCrystalRiver 2 years ago
There is a gun group in San Francisco called "Pink Pistoleers". As you can guess, it's a gay group which promotes gay gun ownership for self defense. But why would gays need defense in Gay Francisco is beyond me.
PS I am member of NRA not "Gay Pistoleers"
grnt25 2 years ago
@grnt25
"But why would gays need defense in Gay Francisco is beyond me."
Because San Fran has plenty of bad guys and they don't discriminate; a gay man is just as good of a target as a straight man to a mugger or a murderer.
Watcher3223 2 years ago
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@Watcher3223 I am not arguing against their constitutional right to own firearms just against the pretense that they need firearms to defend themselves because they are GAY.
grnt25 1 year ago
@grnt25 Because they wish to exercise their second amendment rights, and their right to self defense. I have no problem with Homosexuals owning firearms, they are normal people just like you and me.
spyderc85 1 year ago
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@spyderc85 I am not arguing against their constitutional right to own firearms just against the pretense that they need firearms to defend themselves because they are GAY.
grnt25 1 year ago
I am sorry that I am late to this party. Thanks so much for showing that gun owners are not just gun nuts with a latent desire to kill someone. Your book shows that there are many people out there that simply believe that gun ownership is their right, and simply keep guns handy if, God forbid, the need should ever arise to have to use one to defend themselves. I applaud you.
Michael6by6 2 years ago
Good video
TheHorrorable 2 years ago
Great job guys! I 'm glad you were unbiased about the subject matter, the mass media, could learn something from you! That would probably not happen, since some of them are political whores, i.e. they have sold out and been paid for.
78411 2 years ago
Apologies to thesteve2894 for thumbsdowning your comment. I completely agree with ya!
nickelisio 2 years ago
Those who own guns in America have to support Iran's right to ber arms and those who don't should oppose
Nnfefe 2 years ago
As long as there are democrats, I mean criminals (same thing) I will own a lot of guns.
kronosgyros 2 years ago
Heck, own a lot even if there AREN'T any!
CrystalHunter1989 2 years ago
Awesome!!!
PAAL323 2 years ago
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An American is 22 times more likely to use a gun on a family member than on an intruder.
corinthian93 2 years ago
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not with correct safety and common sense
robza13 2 years ago
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That means the average person
corinthian93 2 years ago
@corinthian93 What proof do you have to back that up? Simply writing number doesn't mean that it's true
sarasmith125 1 year ago
this guy could be a savor from gun control
RXD237 2 years ago
nice work
CanadianReich 2 years ago
Guy at 4:35 is a pussy!
Smith03 2 years ago
I'm 17, so i can't get a carry permit yet. the day i turn 18, i'll get a permit, and two guns. one will be a Glock model 21. i'll carry it any time i go to the inner city or any ghetto. it will be my protection gun. the second gun will be an m468. i choose it because it's just as powerful as an AK-47, and as accurate as the m4/ar15. why will i buy the second gun? simply put? to piss off the left.
MrCrazyConservative 2 years ago
Hey don't knock the left. I am pretty left wing about a lot of things, but I hate the monikers "liberal" and "conservative." They are counterproductive & stereotypes.
For instance, I am 100% for guns rights, 100% against affirmative action (pretty far right according to most), and yet I oppose making abortion illegal & support the legalization of drugs.
Support drilling in ANWR and also much higher CAFE standards...
So I am a consiberal, or a libservative...
Call me a taxpayer.
ccr5cxcr4 2 years ago 3
@ccr5cxcr4 you sound more like a libertarian but yeah a lot of the labels you mentioned were made up to cause conflict.
jimothy183 5 months ago
Are you referring to A Concealed Carry Weapons Permit? You have to be 21 to have one of those.
JXZjeremy 2 years ago 2
@JXZjeremy Not in all states. In some it's 18.
sarasmith125 1 year ago
@sarasmith125
What states?
Maybe not all, but most.
JXZjeremy 1 year ago
Ak's are weak a small 30-30 is stronger than that little bb gun.
RXD237 2 years ago
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Please research "Gun Owners of America".
The NRA is a sell out operation that is ripping off its members and deceiving its board members.
DAILEYericCaryUSA 2 years ago
i am very happy with my glocks i have 2 a model 27 subcompact .40 cal and a glock model 21.45 cal and i have atleast thousand rounds through each with not 1 malfunction everyone has there preference, but in my opinion when it comes to self defense...cant go wrong with a glock
pjicleanair420 2 years ago
yes, you can, you can shoot yourself in the foot like a bunch of police have already, no real safety on the glock. Ruger SR9, that's a fantastic gun.
kronosgyros 2 years ago
thats what makes the design so beautiful, keep it in a holster and you wont be like plaxico...the FN 5.7 is a quality firearm with superior velocity to almost all
pjicleanair420 2 years ago
The point of not having any external safeties on Glock pistols is that they are designed to be deployed rapidly. People forget that the most important safety is the one in between their ears. If that one isn't working, then you shouldn't be anywhere near a gun. While external safeties are another layer of protection, they should not be depended on in any way. Proper handling and use is the only way to be sure.
thesteve2894 2 years ago 23
@thesteve2894 Not to mention the 3 internal safeties.. The glock is one of the most reliable pistols out there.. Uniformed rhetoric from ill-informed idiots are part of the problem in the whole gun debate
dm40 1 year ago
i have a conceal handgun permit here int he state of virginia, and we have some good laws delaing with guns. I would just open carry everyday if i had to if it came down to taking away my right
pjicleanair420 2 years ago
About the permits, we are going to get the law passed here in CA. Is it true that the sidearm cannot be loaded when carried in public? if so, then how is this at all effective? I'm assuming you are allowed to carry a filled magazine with the sidearm.
gregtestagent 2 years ago
I wouldn't trust anyone's advice on the internet. Your best bet is to go where you actually get the license & ask them as well as asking a DA and a cop (just to make sure).
In Georgia, I can carry a pistol loaded, cocked & locked. But there are still restrictions. If I have something to drink, I cannot carry. There are certain locations I cannot go with a weapon under any circumstances (schools for instance).
So you HAVE to know the rules, or risk getting arrested.
ccr5cxcr4 2 years ago
I live in mass and We have some of the worst gun laws in this country. I carry but if someone so much as peeps my gun on me and reports it I lose my gun and license on the spot. I carry in a bagback so this dose not happen.
jsh78mang 2 years ago
Nice video! I will hunt down a copy of this book. One thing that you will notice about gun-owning Americans is that we tend to be extremely patriotic on average. Did you see all of the flags? You can even find the colors on my channel and on my shirts in my videos. We are not crazy people, we love our country and enjoy excercising our rights.
Mr2ndAmendment 2 years ago
I hope that changes. So many of the laws in this nation are so complex nobody can make sense of them except for those who benefit from them.
CrystalHunter1989 2 years ago
agreed the problem is we have let lobbyists and special interest groups screw up our rights as civilians.
jsh78mang 2 years ago
True, but I like to be called a citizen. Even though the politicians are still mostly against us, the majority of the American people are with US.
It's not too late to change things!
CrystalHunter1989 2 years ago 6
I have faith that we are just starting to open our eyes. .
jsh78mang 2 years ago 2
Hopefully in time to prevent a civil war or something...
CrystalHunter1989 2 years ago
I don't think it will go that far. At least i hope. We all just have to respect the fact that others will have diffrent opinions. Don't get angry when someone says something you may think is wrong. Put that eneregy into proving your right. Peacefull Demonstrations, Putting yard signs up or voicing your opinion with our elected officials. Get involved weith state and local Gov. That's how you make the best changes.
jsh78mang 2 years ago 2
I can tell you my experience thus far with police in Georgia has been universally positive. I have been pulled over once with the gun. I rolled the window down, placed my hands on the wheel where they could see them & informed them that I was carrying a concealed weapon SOB with a license & asked them how they wanted me to go about getting my wallet & registration. The policeman appreciated my consideration & after checking my DL and CCP, let me go sans ticket or warning.
ccr5cxcr4 2 years ago
Another time I was checking out a few abandoned houses not too far from my own (keeping an eye out for squatters, labs) when a policeman patrolling the area saw me. I told him I had my pistol on me & what I was doing. He told me I was in technical violation b/c I was on private property with a weapon without permission. I COULD have gotten into trouble.
But he just told me to avoid going on the property & use binoculars to check the houses in the future. No ticket, no arrest.
ccr5cxcr4 2 years ago
i dont know the california laws, i thought nobody can have a concealed handgun in california?...here in virginia, yes loaded or unloaded concealed and open carry is allowed (concealed ofcourse with permit)
pjicleanair420 2 years ago
You can, it's just a tad stricter and more isolated. As in Some States CCWs are good in other states, CA is the only state that is goood for it only.
JXZjeremy 2 years ago
i own 3 guns and i own them because i love them. and i plan on getting a whole lot more. im in NJ and they are very strict and i hate that this is not a free country they deprive me from my right to carry and feel safe FRE AMERICA i dont think so whats the point of me owning my gun but im limited to have them only at home ??? this country looks like cuba NO RIGHTS
johchino1 2 years ago
I own a lot of guns. I don't particularly love them. I love the associations I have with them. Hunting with my Grandfather, Dad, Mom, Brothers, Sisters & friends. Going target shooting.
I respect them as the deadly tools they are. But your comment about cuba is pretty silly. I have a concealed carry license & have never had a problem with the police. Not once.
I just tell them I am licensed to conceal carry & am armed while my hands are in plain sight.
HumanShot 2 years ago
lucky you that u got the conceal carry you must be in one of those NON CUBAN STATES im in New Jersey and NJ sucks they are super strict when it comes to GUNS we are beign run like cubans here in NJ. i cant have a conceal carry at all here in NJ. i can come home to find a burglar and what my guns are locked up in my safe wich are useless to my defence cuz i cant have a conceal carry.... i hate that im in CUBA
johchino1 2 years ago
Ah... Well then you need to get the law changed in Jersey. In Georgia I can conceal carry most everywhere & we have the "your home is your castle" law which gives HUGE latitude in the use of deadly force in defense of the home.
HumanShot 2 years ago
hopefully one day this laws will change here i hate NJ
johchino1 2 years ago
My big thing is I WOULD approve of mandatory licensing for gun holders (just like a driver's license). I grew up hunting. Have pictures of me shooting a gun in diapers (my Grandy held it, I pulled the trigger).
Gun safety and the consequences of shooting/being shot have been drilled into me from birth. I see people with guns who obviously have not the first clue how to safely handle them or how dangerous they can be and it makes me shiver.
HumanShot 2 years ago
i totally agree with you mandatory licensing is a good way to go but the GOV here makes it mega impossible to get a conceal carry permit. only cops can get that regular citizens are only alowwedto buy and keep at home locked up in a safe. pointless when ur life is in danger and ur gun is locked up in a gun safe
johchino1 2 years ago
what about when people shoot up schools. Isn't that a good enough reason to remove or severly limit the ownership of firearms. You mugs talk about it being your right because a long time ago some old chaps decided that at the time it was a good idea. Could we be living in a diffrent age? if they wrote down you are allowed slaves would you all still have slavery? times change so should the rules we live by,
CallmeFara 2 years ago
"what about when people shoot up schools" You prosecute or kill them. Your response to the acts of criminals is to give up your own rights? Real bright.
What about when people get in front of crowds & incite them to attack others. Isn't that enough of a reason to eliminate freedom of speech?
"times change so should the rules we live by" If people want to change the constitution & bill of rights, all they have to do is pass an amendment and do it. Good luck with that one.
HumanShot 2 years ago
You live in New Zealand? Are you part of the Japanese Empire? You are welcome.
HumanShot 2 years ago
People who drive vehicles into crowds? Sad, frightful, there are sick people every where/time. You would not outlaw cars or busses, or the the internet, used to ruin reputations, and "cause" suicides. If you saw me, you would not understand me, I am 6'7" and 320 lbs. I have arthritis in my legs, I have difficulty walking some days, I cannot run from people who would attack me. The laws of man sometimes apply, the rules of the jungle always apply. Mr. Colt is still helping make me equal.
GettinWayOld 2 years ago
@CallmeFara The constitution did give citizens the right to own slaves, however that was inherently evil and we have since changed the laws to make that illegal, over 150 years ago. The right to keep and bear arms however, is a basic human/god given right which was given to us in the Bill of Rights. This means, that all citizens, regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, have the right to defend their lives.
sandelpop 1 year ago
@CallmeFara I realize you are likely from the UK, but don't be fooled. All the horrible stats you read about, which are likely splayed and not forth right, are from criminals who shouldn't have the guns, and are committing crimes. It's not the law abiding citizens..
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DarthLee117 2 years ago
Great book, I bought it from Amazon.
beast6228 2 years ago
One of two of the guys at our local gun shop were interviewed for this project.
DandDskeeto 2 years ago
They should have spent more time in Ohio where I live and the surrounding states, there are tons upon tons of gun owners here. I would have certainly loved to be interviewed :)
beast6228 2 years ago
I just don't understand the liberal mindset. This country was founded by the gun and to insure that our right to own and carry would NEVER be violated, the founding fathers added Amendment 2 to our Bill of Rights. Liberals have since tried to limit, restrict, remove, and cripple this right. If you are completely against this right, then why live in the USA? The gun is as important to freedom as the Constitution itself.
OLDBUZZARDSBREW 3 years ago 9
The terms "liberal" and "conservative" are meaningless today.
Liberal just means you want to change the status quo. Conservative just means you want to keep the status quo.
I am liberal on some conservative on others.
I conceal carry, abhor affirmative action, feel that abortion should be legal and constitutional, think that welfare should be abolished and people on states assistance issued food & shelter no cash.
So I am a consiberal? Or libservative?
HumanShot 3 years ago 3
wow were like the same person, except i cant conceal carry till next year
draykebrooks 3 years ago
I agree.
For example, I'm gay, live in San Francisco, am very Liberal..
Yet I hate environmentalism and gun control with a passion.
liquidthex 2 years ago
I hate collectivist labels like "liberal" or "conservative."
What you are is an individual, with your very own likes and dislikes, preferences, loves, and hates.
You also have rights, including the right to defend yourself, even through the use of lethal force if necessary, against someone intent on hurting or killing you because of your differences.
Remember this, too: armed gays don't get bashed.
I'd suggest you check out the Pink Pistols if you haven't already done so.
Watcher3223 2 years ago
WE SUPPORT THE PINK PISTOLS 110%
Remember this, too: armed gays don't get bashed.
Just remember you can fill in the blank; ARMED -------- DON'T GET -------
DandDskeeto 2 years ago
Pretty much.
Watcher3223 2 years ago
@OLDBUZZARDSBREW Their mindset is the way it is because their emotions have enslaved them, thus clouding their judgment. They will not change their ways until they have mastered their emotions, mainly fear and/or anger.
jimothy183 1 year ago
@OLDBUZZARDSBREW Liberals are people who don't like what America is, but don't want to leave it for anything else. That in itself is crazy.
Emidretrauqe 1 year ago
the meaning of the founders and what it has become are no doubt corrupted
malarky321 3 years ago
thanks for the history ccr5cxcr4 ...but do the authorities not come down hard on " militia "?
malarky321 3 years ago
"but do the authorities not come down hard on "militia"?" - not sure what you are asking. The founders were saying "since having a military is necessary to the security of the state, our citizens shall have the right to be armed"
This was to prevent the military dominating the populace. Turning us into a junta. Or from the government illegally housing troops in our houses.
ccr5cxcr4 3 years ago