Why Everyone Needs An AR-15
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Once again, various gun control groups are pushing for a national Assault Weapon Ban that specifically targets AR-15s. Does the AR-15 deserve all this hate? Does the argument for restricting "military-style rifle" ownership hold up? Isaac Botkin walks through the history of every step of small arms weapon development to see if there is a case for this.
Vintage firearms kindly provided by Ethan at ilovemuzzleloading.
Check out a T.REX podcast conversation with Ethan about these firearms HERE: tinyurl.com/2e6ntaz2
00:00 Intro
03:32 A History of Small Arms
04:08 Matchlocks
04:32 Flintlocks
08:13 Percussion
09:01 Sharps Breech Loader
11:34 Henry Lever Action Repeater
12:39 Mauser Bolt Action
14:05 M1 Garand
15:43 AK-47
18:10 M-16
19:53 AR-15
21:07 Weapons of War
22:53 Crime Prevention
23:41 Military vs. Sporting Arms
25:36 Why Everyone Needs An AR-15 - Věda a technologie
You had me until you said you don’t need a grenade launcher for home defense
Dude, that had me laugh out loud, good one! Great point!
He said his mom doesn't need one. Not you.
No, moms don't need them but you can have one!!
Nothing says , ' No tresspassing ' quite as well as an Orbital Strike Vehicle. BOOM BOOM BOOM and the continent is gone. 😀
LMAO 🤣
My grandma who actually owns an M1 handed down from her dad can’t use it for home defense, and it actually hurts her to shoot. she picked up my AR and was able to hit 28 out of 30 shots at 100 yards having never shot one before and that’s what scares the politicians 😂
No you twit. What "scares" politicians is a bunch of mentally ill sociopaths spraying bullets around in schools and movietheaters.
@@petercollingwood522 nah, too rare of an occurrence, they’re also well aware that statistically speaking strict gun laws do not lower gun related crimes
@@Nameless_rat Tripe. It's a common and disgusting occurance in the USA because of the ease with which anybody can get their hands on bullet sprayers. They are not interested in "gun related crimes". They are specifically attempting (incorrectly and ineffectively in my opinion) to target sickos on shooting sprees.
@@petercollingwood522 its not common at all. I dont think you understand numbers well.
@@gottroubletactical Bullshit. It is not only disgustingly common in the US no matter how much you bury your head in the sand but the only reason it occurs is because of the immaturity of the gun nut community in this country for whome the lives and wellbeing of the countys children are of secondary importance to their ability to play with small penis compensation devices.
Just for the record: EVERY SINGLE WEAPON Platform was state of the art Battlefield small arms at some point in history. Bolt action, pump shotgun, lever gun... Slippery slope
So get one of each...I'm writing this down
I believe him I think everyone should own the old Winchester 94AE cal 44 REM Mag! Hey now! 🎉
looks like were going to need to defined us from these peopel the dandres one but no they want to take your gunes so you do what they say
Also America has restricted/banned firearms before; Black Americans, Native Americans, Japanese Americans and they were all horribly persecuted especially under the law. 2A Rights were directly at the center of the 3/5ths compromise and Jim Crow. These are just a basic example This is what they don't want to tell you and especially their voters.
I dont need society!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The recoil factor is significant. Deal breaker significant. My Mauser military gun from a century ago fires a 30.06 cartridge like my Remington deer hunting rifle. Both hit your shoulder like a sledge hammer. Just brutal to shoot. My AR-15 style rifle firing .223/.556 has almost no recoil. There is no pain. You can practice and become familiar and competent with the gun without being afraid of it. I assure you my wife, sister, or mother would never fire a 30.06 a second time. Yes, the AR platform is far superior in every way for home defense than anything that has come before it.
SKS? Has a kick, but much cheaper than AR-15.
5.56?
@@richfairbanks1927The SKS is a fine gun... & yeah, it's less expensive. It's widely known as the poor man's AK-47 for good reason. SKS is bulkier, heavier & less accurate than an AR-15. I just don't see how there's anything that the SKS does that the AR-15 doesn't do better.
@@richfairbanks1927& also, as the OP mentioned & as you vaguely noted, recoil actually is a big factor. Also faster mag reloads w/ the AR Etc.
When I showed my Father my first AR (back in the 80s) He asked my why I wanted it. I told him "The police have them, the government has them, the bad guys have them. I want one too"
He just nodded and said he couldn't argue with that. He was not a gun person.
As long as cops have guns, so shall I
That's how people should be.
The police and the government also drove Ford Crown Victorias. Don't think that would be my first choice for a vehicle. McDonalds has the best selling hamburger in the US but it's far from good. The AR-15 is popular because it's popular. Terrible reason to make a choice.
It is always most entertaining to read these comments 😀 You need guns, because guns make you safe from everything! Everybody is safe with more guns. That is why in war, nobody dies, everybody got a gun!
@@KBKriechbaum The world has never been a safe place fool. It's about being prepared and the ability to defend yourself. Wars were fought long before there were guns and people still died.
Just go find your safe space and everything will be OK.
If politicians won't give up their firearms for us, why should we give up our firearms for them? Don't ever let them take away your most efficient way of defending yourself.
@@unknownone4752 then give up your Right to defend yourself and trust government agents who dont care about you. I'll keep my safety in MY hands.
@@unknownone4752 500k to 3mil people are saved by guns each year in America, a break in happens, polices response time is about 3 min, In that 3 minutes a lot of shit can happen and I’m speak from experience… guns don’t kill people do, if good people have guns around me, I will feel safe. Covid showed me and proved to me that the USA is an amazing place to live because I can defend my self with a firearm during times of unrest, I was in Canada before I came here, I lived in Toronto, place is full of crime, people there use 3D printed guns to commit them crime.
You can argue that guns make it easier to cause crime, but the principle is the same if someone wants to commit a crime they fucking will, just because there is a road block of firearms being banned doesn’t stop crime.
UK has banned guns and knives and yet the got high crime with knives. More then half of gum deaths in America is suicides.
Look man I get it cops should have the fire power, sometimes by the time you get there the job has been done by the criminal, it’s either my things of value has been taken or my life or others have been taken.
I don’t know if you have ever been in a place scared for your life because someone has broken into your house or faced a threat, I have and I’m glad I survived, but by the skin of my teeth man.
@@unknownone4752 the supreme court has ruled that the police don't HAVE to protect you. they carry to defend themselves. it is up to adults to defend themselves. time to grow up buttercup
@@unknownone4752 personally I’d rather have freedom than safety
@Unkown One This comment only makes my head hurt. If you don''t want to have a gun thats fine. I do like my guns. Leave me and my guns alone. I talk softly but carry a big stick.
I was a Marine in Vietnam(0311) when they gave us the M16 in April of 67. We looked at these rifles and thought you got to be kidding. We were given 2 boxes of ammo and told us to go out and get your battle dope. Three weeks later were were fighting NVA on hill 861. Many Marines lost their lives because of weapon malfunction and jamming. Later on we adopted to these new weapons and actually found them better than the heavier m14. Always Semper Fidelis!!!
Welcome home brother ❤. Thank you for your service 🙏
Great video - an editing note for you. On the last few cutaways to the camera on your right side, both audio streams are live, resulting in an echo. If you mute the audio from the right side camera in your video edit, (or set that camera to not record audio) that will go away. Very informative video though.
Americans can have dozens of AR15’s yet in my own country I can’t even buy and shoot one single shot rifle :/ Don’t ever lose your freedoms.
Americans have dozens so people like you can join in if ever needed. 🙂
There's also something called a plane ticket
Time for a crusade brother
@@PcGamerify Being able to afford a plane ticket doesn’t mean it’ll get you nationalized.
I wish you could migrate here, my friend. You have more respect for our rights than any liberal in this country. Stay strong, bud
“Here at Trex Arms we focus on small arms.” Underrated joke.
Beautiful!
OMG i am so slow. I just got the joke and i am dying 😆
I will never forget that scene of Winters flinching at every shot.
I’m very impressed. Thank you for going so far back in history
Just the fact they tell you, “you don’t need an AR-15” means you sure as hell need a AR-15
@@phammanh2689 you don’t have to defend yourself or possess an AR, that’s your choice. Just don’t need anybody, and especially a corrupt lifelong politician like Joe, telling the rest of us what we do and don’t need when he has security around him carrying weapons we can’t even legally possess.
@@phammanh2689 Then you don't need an AR-15 if it's for cosplay, pickup an Airsoft rifle instead and save yourself the money. What would you use for self defense then in the event you needed to?
@@phammanh2689 bro, that rifle is literally meant for self defense
@@seaghan he doesn’t need to protect himself don’t you know that the government will protect you no matter what?
Ownership is irrelevant when usage for it's purpose is ignored.
No one will use one for the 2A intended purpose. Only as wall ornaments that serve to validate one's illusion of patriotism. There are no patriots left. Just actors and supervillains
An AR-15 is a weapon of war, a Cannon is a weapon of war, a revolver is a weapon of war, a musket is a weapon of war, a bow is a weapon of war, a sword is a weapon of war, a knife is a weapon of war even helmets and rocks were used to dispatch people.
Everything can be a weapon of war. You can't prevent someone from wanting to harm someone but you can stop someone in the act of it. Stay Armed Stay Strong.
My teeth are a weapon of war
You could pick up a sharp rock and be 3 times more deadly than you were without it
My HIV is a weapon of war
Look at david and goliath he used a sling and rock to kill the giant
@@TheYamitaven you should look up those slings in action, they are no joke and can propel a rock faster than any human could by hand 👀 very deadly to a human head 👀 the trick is accurately hitting someone with it though 👀
This was a very good put together episode. Keep up the hard work. You just got a new subscriber.
Im 15 and live in NZ. We are now very limited on the guns we can own. I would like to move to the USA one day.
You and the rest of the world. Sadly we are being overrun intentionally by our own government. They want White ppl to be a minority in our own country and that goes for all White nations in the world. We are the only nations who have endless illegal immigration as a policy put forth by our own governments. This must be stopped.
We would love to have you, mate. We are a nation of immigrants, but we want the right sort and NOT ILLEGALS who come into the nation breaking the law as a first step!
Just make sure you do it the right way man, and you’ll be welcome with open arms :)
In the United States the chances of being involved in the serial Mass killing are greater than New Zealand. We are also making a slide towards fascism what's discourages reason and maturity. You might want to stay in NZ.
Ironic, the banning of modern "military style" features for safety, actually makes the firearm unsafe.
And that’s exactly what ((they want
What features are you talking about?
@@Frontline_view_kaiser one example is the stupid fin grip thing in California. Another is making magazines have fewer rounds, resulting in having to modify current magazines that can have a multitude of detrimental factors
@@drb8777 That just makes them less functional, it doesn't really make them unsafe
@@Frontline_view_kaiser it does both. When you make things less functional, they become more unsafe. The fin grip doesn't allow u to get a proper grip so you could slip and shoot something you didn't want to. Modifying your magazine could damage the spring and you create a grenade right next to your habd
Pardon me but ...
There are probably more AR-15 type rifles in the civilian society than there are ARs in the US military which means that the military is actually using a civilian rifle and not the other way around.
@@jordanwerzinski1574 it's too bad we left 350,000 in Afghanistan, otherwise those number would have been a hair closer.
Bad example. If I buy a Japanese car to drive in America, does it become an American car?
Wait, you really think there’s only 500k small arms in the military?
@@jordanwerzinski1574 same
So true
The AR15 as it is now and has been since 1964 is a center fire SEMI-AUTOMATIC rifle . The military uses M4 and M16 fully-automatic rifles. Compare a squirt gun (semi-auto) with a fire hose (fully automatic) and you"ll get the idea of the difference.
First off, the M4 is a carbine, there are multiple versions of this, and the favorite is not every version is fully automatic. The M-16 was a rifle, the A1 was junk, the A2 was what I used, both are military semi-automatic weapons. The A3 version was fully automatic.
I'm surprised he missed the Kentucky long rifle in his analysis of the revolutionary war. The next great innovation wasn't the percussion cap, it was barrel rifling, which was supposedly discovered by accident when a barrel 'defect' was found to make the rifle more accurate by adding spin to the projectile. The British military was using smooth bore 'Brown Bess' muskets at the time as he correctly states in the video, so this is yet another example of civilian weapons being better than what militaries were using.
"military grade assault rifle"
"How dare you, my rifle is much nicer"
Lol
The part where you start talking about how the Europeans started to change their opinion on who the good guys were was absolutely brilliant.
Honestly if you made a channel discussing firearms and their history in the same way that you did in that short stint I would watch it all the time.
me too... and share the shit out of it.
Forgotten weapons goes into firearm history.
This part was overstreched, Europe had a habit of having his army shooting his own civilian to avoid uprising. Europe side with American colons to destabilize Britain Empire who was too powerfull at this time, and ironically, French general helping Amerian colons brought a hope to end monarchy with another type of political system which led to French revolution
Except that it was entirely wrong. Numerous European countries have had various regulations on "civilians" carrying weapons for centuries, if not millenia. Many countries stayed out of the american revolutions and nearly all who sided with the colonies did so to destabelise, weaken or preoccupy Great Britain.
One of the best videos I have seen in a very long time!
If I was a school teacher I would play this video for all my students and give them a copy of the constitution to take home.
"The IRS can have them. The FDA can have them. The Department of Education can have them. But you can't." That is the key to their motive. Great video.
That says it all.
I love his smartass rhetoric and the end!! LMAO 🤣
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Through out history the difference between the peasants and the master was the fact that the masters carried arms .
I want to see the great video, whatever it is!!
I'm a Canadian from Toronto that lived in Windsor for 3 years. I spent time around liberals in Toronto and time around conservatives in Windsor. I've heard views from both sides and researched my own stats. My opinions have changed throughout my life, as they would with most people. The right to bear arms is essential and should not be infringed upon. History has taught us time and time again that oppressors disarm the oppressed as the first step toward oppression.
Very well said...and sadly, equally true!
the events of 2020 made many change their minds....
Canada is screwed thanks to your “Boy who wants to be king”, Justin Trudeau who recently announced the national freeze on the sale, purchase and transfer of handguns in Canada comes into effect.
Couple that with Canada’s mandatory registration of “restricted” firearms, meaning all handguns and other firearms the govt. chooses to restrict, as well as a database of every Canadian citizen who has purchased any firearm in the past years, the next step that is guaranteed to follow is the govt. mandating that all Canadians with firearms surrender them. They know who you are!
The fact that your Boy King, Trudeau, has stood for election 5 times, with the latest in 2021 and reelected each time, tells you everything you need to know about the direction your country is going. And there’s not a damn thing you or any other conservative can do about it short of an armed, nationwide insurrection before they take your firearms.
Remember how the anti-covid lockdown trucker convoys were treated by Trudeau and the financial actions taken against them? They were considered domestic terrorists, just like the current firearms owners are going to be classified.
@@frankpienkosky5688 - what they can’t with the law they’ll grew one from a lab.
You forgot the other part of the 2nd amendment. The first part. He I will remind you. "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."
Thank you for a well presented show.
Excellent video!! Now we need to figure out how to get it to the masses!
Private owner weapons are usually
Higher quality
Lovingly maintained
Deadly accurate
Military grade weapons are usually
Functional
List ends
@stupidthefish1979
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'Don’t count on it'
Facts. The M4 I was assigned to when I was in the Army was a piece of shit. No matter how much I cleaned and lubed it, it would jam. I even started bringing my own ammo to see if the ammo was just cheap (which it usually isn't) and no, it was the rifle. I've sent damn near 700 rounds through my personal AR15 and not a single jam. I've sent probably about 1500 rounds of 7.62 through my AK and it only jammed once but that was because the extractor broke.
As an outsider looking into your country's struggle this was one of the most educational pieces of information I have come across
The gun debate in the USA today, is not about crime, mass shootings, or public safety. It is simply a power grab by the ever-expanding government bureaucracy. Mao was right when he said, "All political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." There is simply no justification for the public servant police to be more heavily armed than the law-abiding public they claim to serve, unless the government's intention is to be more powerful than the people, so they can dictate the rules by which the people are allowed to live. With guns, we are Citizens. Without guns, we are Subjects.
As a first generation American, born to parents who fled their homelands to escape communism, I will never give up my guns.
Anything coming from the conservative side of America is always and always will be more educational.
Well said 🇺🇸
The media tells a lot of tall political tales as they try to disarm the US citizens. This will never happen.
@@955miro It's your stance and opinion on the subject, not a universal truth. And I don't think the debate should be about owning guns in general, it should be about who should never be able to own a gun (f.e. criminals, psychologically unstable persons, political/religious extremists). If you give every idiot the opportunity to buy an AR-15, you shouldn't have the right to cry for a loved one that get's killed by it. You have more mass shootings then quite literally every other country in the world and most of the times it is some crackhead who was able to buy a gun which he should never have been able to. Again, not saying nobody should, but some of your states have regulations that are simply laughable. It's not unreasonable if you think about people in your life who you wouldn't trust with a weapon.
Great presentation, thank you.
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That was much more than I bargained for, but I ended up being entertained, and educated, and I benefited greatly watching this fairly long video… You did a great job in the delivery, and I appreciate it!
They say "weapon of war" on repeat. The truth is, if you could only have one gun, it should be a weapon of war. The founding fathers specifically wanted us to have guns that would be useful in war.
If you could hunt with your weapon that was just a nice bonus
Better a weapon of war in the woods than a huntin' raffle in a battle.
Next we will see a mass stabbing event where the criminal uses a Marine corps Ka-bar. Then "assault knives" will be banned as "weapons of war".
All guns are hunting weapons, being able to hunt animals is a nice bonus.
i wish they would find my father
Except calling it that plays right into the anti-gunner's hands. The AR-15 is NOT issued to ANY military units in the Western Hemisphere.
GREAT video! Here in Brazil the judiciary is trying to ban weapons even after a referendum where 65% of the population voted against the ban.
It's not about weapons, it's about freedom!
What type of weapons? All of them?
the home of Taurus
Dude I see videos from Brazil of motorcycle robbers getting smoked by good citizens all the time! There’s the reasoning right there!
@@PrimericanIdol Pretty much.
We had some very nice changes in law under bolsonaro that allowed people to own better guns with less bureaucracy.
Now the supreme court of justice basically overrided the president through decree (they been doing this a lot lately, its concerning) to return the laws to worse levels of control that we had during the disarmament statute days.
They don't want to ban your weapons, they want to genocide your people. But before they take away the children, they first have to disarm the general public, so rounding them up into train stations and filling the ditches along the sides of the roads with dead bodies is much easier.
ALL gun control gun grabs in history are followed by genocides. Millions of people die after they are disarmed, over and over and over again.
Do not allow the crime cartels and crime families to murder your nation. Never Forget. Never Again. Stop the Genocides.
Well done - great presentation.
This is the best video for a lot of people out there I have ever seen. Great job!
I am disabled. I never actually wanted to own a gun. The funny thing is that I never even thought about owning a gun, that is until the day that someone from the government decided that I shouldn't own 1. That made me reconsider my whole perspective. It's really unfortunate that they've gotten so expensive. A couple of years ago, I lost all of my firearms in a tragic accident. I would love to have replaced them, but I simply cannot afford to.
Hope you find them!
@@Stereomonitor Not a chance. Even the sheriff said none of their deep submersible equipment goes down that far. Just one of those freak acts of mother nature.
Why did you not own any arms? They banned those ages ago and that never made you buy or make one when they did that.
czcams.com/video/sondPdpUYpY/video.html I have a Taurus G3C $280 and a black ace tactical 12 gauge semi automatic that was only $450
not really that expensive anymore.....once Colt lost the patent they were often produced and sold for half the original cost
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"You don't need it" well, who are you to make such suggestions 🤔
So, I appreciate and agree with your argument. I also thank you for approaching this thoughtfully and with good research. I am a gun owner and think that overall we should be able to own them. One Question though: Do you see how everything you have said in this argument can be flipped to show how the gun lobby has created a gun fetish culture by using those very same four tactics? As you clearly showed, in the past most reasonable gun owners had their basic firearms for hunting and home protection. They didn't have tables full of guns nor combat arms you see in the trenches. Shouldn't it be a little harder to get AR and above style weapons? After all, the forefathers envisioned a "well-regulated" militia. As an Army veteran, I have been around alot of people with guns. And most American gun owners scare the shit out of me. I think that we should have to be licensed to operate guns just like vehicles. The more deadly the gun the more training we should have to do. But those "regulations" should be simple and quick. Which is possible. Our government is by the people and for the people. Yet, the powers that be have convinced so many that the answer is to load up on guns and vilify politics. We are all distracted and fed BS that turns us against each other. If we really want a free and safe country we need more reasonable approaches to these issues. Thanks again for doing your part. Please consider looking at the issue from the flip side as well.
Sadly, government tyranny reaches into every corner of the country!
Why do you think that government has the authority to govern how I travel? My taxes, which are taken without my consent, pay for the roads I travel on! A drivers license is just another form of control, by way of registration, and revenue generation.
Who is government to determine how any living being is "ALLOWED" to defend their own life? Who determines the regulation, you, me, or..... GOVERNMENT!
As far as the number of firearms anyone owns... what difference does that make, you can only fire one at a time.
Excellent video, very informative with good information.
This may be one of the best gun advocacy presentations that I have ever seen. Outstanding job, young man!
Woah what's with all the toxic ageism? What if he identifies as a senile-enabled individual?
your right. It also is a great history of guns.
Yes, great Job young man. Lol.
Young...man...?
any man under 50 is a young man,,,,,im 79@@raymondxiao2716
An armed society is a polite society.
Right!?! From the U.S. to the middle east. 🫡
Nah not really people are rude wherever you go. I’d say if you open carried it would demand “politeness” 😂
A fallout new vegas refrence???
I've seen far too many instance of the opposite.
I think it more to do with education and a very strong legal system, will force people to respect each other. You can take a look at middle eastern and African countries to realize that if a civilians have weapons it will not make it a peaceful society.
The @garandthumb clips are the cherry on top!
Excellent, informative video. Subscribed.
I love how you presented this to us especially showing the “political official” who doesn’t know the components of an AR-15! It so dangerous to think politicians like him are trying to ban our firearms!!
Replying to your response text.
@@johnrohan1587 That's a scam man.
And then argues that they are banning both features so who cares.
Exactly! You would think the sponsor of the bill would do a little research to understand the basic components of a firearm.
There is no place in the Constitution that gives the Federal Gov't any authority to take or control our guns . "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED." Oath breaking liars !!!
Thanks Lucas, Isaac, and gang for everything you guys do for this community.
Those are some gorgeous pieces of history
Someone has to....because the community doesn't take care of itself.
Amen
Like, guide them down a road of being the very things that they claim to be against.
Seriously
Awesome video! I enjoyed it so much i subscribed! I myself bought an m1 carbine and an amt pistol in 30 carbine. Good combo and fun to shoot
Wow, really well done! Would like to have seen the M14 added due to high capacity detachable magazine and selectable fire. M16 took over quickly but the M14 and variants still in use today.
That exchange between Cicilline and Massie is one of the most frustrating things I have ever witnessed.
You cannot effectively legislate something which you know nothing about.
The fact that he won't even consider the fact that he doesn't understand shows he is there simply to push his agenda and grandstand.
He doesn't care, he just wants to disarm the population. And his frustration is not from being called out for being ignorant, but because it does not further his tyrannical agenda.
"It's time to dispel a falsehood that many of us believe. The lie that leftist politicians don't know anything about guns. They often come off as clowns that know absolutely nothing about firearms. They say some off the wall ridiculous things and seem to display levels of ignorance that don't seem possible. Even if this were true, they have access to think tanks, government agencies, speech writers, fact checkers, interns and other sources that can allow them to speak intelligently about firearms. A leftist that has never even touched a gun can in fact come off as more knowledgeable than an anon that has owned and fired many guns as well as many gun enthusiasts. But they don't. Why is that, do you think?
They know exactly what they are doing. They are manipulating the language in order to confuse the masses. They are using ethos and pathos to manipulate the uneducated and the emotional. Emotional appeals work better to persuade the majority than do logic or fact based information. Our rebuttals to their attacks on liberty are often based on technical facts (No such thing as fully-semiautomatic, that's not an "assault rifle" etc.) have little appeal to the majority who simply do not care about such factoids. Our emotional appeals to self defense and liberty, likewise, involve the prospect of violence and are thus more frightening to the more emotional and low IQ population. "Make violence go away" is much more appealing than the truth (Violence is eternal, natural and unavoidable on a long enough timeline). They aren't speaking to us. They are speaking against us as they stand safely behind armies of jackbooted mercenaries. At our expense. Our techniques for arguing against them are woefully inadequate. I do not have an answer to this problem, but it may come to me. I'll let you know."
- /k/omrade
To the left, reason, facts, and common sense are meaningless.
We're wasting far too much time and energy on the incorrigibly duplicitous.
They aren't worth that.
This is the absolute definition of the Leftist way of thinking. They dont have to understand it or want to understand it. They just dont like it, so they want to ban it. They make up things to make it bad. Sad thing is, people actually believe them.
Their exchange reminded me of when little kids get in trouble. The kid gets caught doing something they are not supposed to and then they try to lie to avoid the punishment
This is some of the best educational, technical, historical, political, and human content on this subject ever produced.
I second that! Nice work TRex!
VERY well done bro...Great video😁👍
always buy two riflles , short & longand a sub gun. Very informative and powerful presentation, amazing job.
It’s naive of people to think that humans will give up violence if they don’t have access to weapons.
Effective violence. I'll take on a school shooter with a pistol over an AR-15 any day. Hell, even police are scared to stop a AR-15, how are everyday citizens supposed to defend themselves?
This is a straw man. People aren't assuming you'll give up violence in absence of the AR-15. The assumption is you'll capable of a lot less violence without an AR-15. That's true. One can't praise the capabilities of the AR-15 and then act like oh well it's not this scary weapon of war. Practically speaking, it is, a lot of weapons are though, and banning a weapon of war is a vague and dumb excuse.
Really? Then why isn't there violence to the degree that there is in America anywhere else in the CIVILIZED world? Europe? Australia? Canada? Please explain. I'll wait.
There have been plenty of mass stabbings, vehicles running people over, people being burned alive (like the Japanese anime studio that a man went inside, poured gasoline around, chained the doors, and killed many people), or like in the 1920s when the largest school mass murder occurred killing about 45 people when explosives were used.
It's all about intent.
I watched this video and ordered my first AR 15 from my local FFL today.
I went with a USA made diamond back DB15 in 5.56 / .223
I envy you. I can't order an AR-15 just like that where I'm at.
That's the exact one I've been looking at let me know how you like it.
That's What I got Friend🇺🇲💪🏻👍🏻
@@taylorm_2892 it's Amazing! Plus some friend
Love the guns, history and the direct way of telling it. Great job!
Bro, taught me history of firearms. Watched it till end without skipping.👍 Keep up the good work bro.
This is the most well put-together video, of any video I've ever seen.
And this level of effort only comes from passion.
Keep the passion alive.
Agreed, it’s time the government knows we demand our rights
The way you talked through history really brought to life this whole conversation. I think it makes any debate around guns far more engaging as it relates to so much shared history. Bravo.
His argument: We always needed guns so now when we don't need them anymore because times have changed we still want them!!!!
Me argumenting the same way: people always used to die to just the slightest illness, why should we switch to modern medicine?! It's controlled by the government too!! And no civilian is allowed to make their own!!!!!
Great and informative video.
Outstanding presentation
I was talking to somebody a while back about gun control. I brought up the CDC statistic the guy's response was basically who cares and you're lying even when I sent him the link. It's incredible how with the information at our fingertips some people just don't bother to learn or question anything. I learned something new today great video guys would love to see more.
Because he didn't want to learn, he wanted his opinion to be right and he wasnt going to let reality stop that.
that person wants to be told what to do and ruin other peoples lives out of spite in the process.
In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
Find another source the CDC statistics, they updated the their site and removed the 600,000-2.5 mill self defenses.
He doesn't care that owning a rifle makes you safer, he's already decided he's afraid to own one so the ability to own one won't make him safer. So he wants to make it so you don't have an advantage over him in terms of safety.
This video really did two things for me.
1) Re-affirmed my love for and desire to own an original "M-16".
2) Re-ignited in me the passion to share truth and history.
I've bookmarked this link and intend to share it, along with a few of my own thoughts, to virtually everyone I know. My sincere thanks for both, young mister Botkin! (Well, maybe not number one. At least not where my bank account is concerned.)
Good choice
Very well done !!
Outstanding job thanks for sharing that information
When the anti-gun people argue that civilians should not have "military style" weapons, their argument is actually invalid because most guns have been used by militaries around the world at one time or another, even most bolt-action hunting rifles are of military origin, because they're all derived from the Gewehr 98 more commonly known as the Mauser 98 which was the standard German service rifle and like what Isaac said in the video, other countries made their own copies and derivatives of it including the U.S. and used them as their standard service rifles. So again, when people argue that civilians shouldn't have "military style rifles", they're actually arguing for a ban on essentially all guns, but we already know that is their intention.
Exactly. There is no distinction between military weapons and civilian weapons.
@@bwillems1000 That's right, plus the whole point of the 2A, is for American civilians to be a militarized force, so yes, civilians do need military weapons.
@@adamcuneo7189
Wish more ppl saw it that way. The whole point is moot because yes civs should have “scary” guns too.
Then why don’t they sell grenades and missile launchers ? I’d love to own a rpg , you know , for protection and such
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Ironically, they do sell them in most 3rd world countries pretty cheap actually, only in the land of the free can you not own it
I expected a gun promotion but instead got an interesting Connections-esque history lesson. Fascinating and enjoyable!
Same here, and the Fact that he included the Patton quote of the M-1 and the real evils of Stalin/Soviets. Patton also is quoted as saying we fought the wrong enemy in WWII and it is truly sickening looking back now after 40+ years of 1 sided schoolbooks to realize Patton was correct. The USA was complicit in helping the Soviets stay in power and continue to genocide 100+ million of its own un-armed people and destroying the once great German backbone. Patton asked Eisenhower in '45 if he could Chase the Reds out of Berlin (after it was allowed to be taken by the Soviets) back to Moscow and shoot em all in the back while they ran... but Ike said NO and demoted him to head of theatre vehicle logisitics instead and we all know he never made it back.
Thank you for explaining this to the people that just dont get it. Great job 💪
Excellent video! Thank you.
The best 30 minutes of 2A content I've seen in ages. Nicely done.
For real
I'm amazed my ADHD let me sit through an entire half hour. That's how good this video was!
@RogerWilco99 You're not wrong, but you definitely missed the point of the video. True statement tho. 👍
@RogerWilco99 True. But, your gunsmith can turn your AR-15 platform into an M-16 platform. 💯💯😁😁👍👍
No just you agreeing with what you already believe. "when governments have better tech than citizens, historically it hasn't turned out. great." when in human history have the citizens had access to same tech as gov? Empty blather. The mom scenario ... is a classic "false choice." His mom, as most home owners would be better served by something that can have a large magazine .. has no need for an adjustable stock and has a pistol grip. It's ... a .... PISTOL. Heck he says the law is "arbitrary and imaginary" Then describes then shows the tangible, and reasoned definitions of the proposed law (those are antonyms folks). Absolute blather.
When talking gun rights with my more left leaning friends, I like to remind them that hunting and self defense are not mentioned in the 2nd Amendment at all. Our founding fathers intended the civilian population to have access to the modern weapons of the day with the specific intention of fostering and maintaining familiarity and skill with said weapons. And looking to Ukraine in the modern day and parallels to America during the Revolutionary period, it's pretty easy to see why they intended this right to not be infringed.
Have your left leaning friends changed their views ever so slightly after Ukraine? Because that alone should have opened their eyes. It doesnt even need to be a foreign army, Imagine if the criminal underbelly of any city or if crazy radicals like AntiFa decided that they were going to go neighborhood by neighborhood all through the middle class and wealthy parts of town armed and ready to murder and burn everything you knew to the ground.
You still try with them? The anti-gunners I know refuse to acknowledge the good use of force firearms provide.
@@jtnoodle I don't try and convince anyone who is super anti gun. But I do try and influence those who are on the fence. I think one of the best ways to bring someone around on the 2nd Amendment is to take them shooting. Show them how fun and safe it is, and in the process show them that pro 2A people aren't at all interested in harming anyone.
Wrong.
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Excellent video my friend 👊🏼
For me this video is among the best videos of all CZcams. Thank you for your work.
Love the Daddy Garand cameo lmao
Side note: Tony Montana would argue the grenade launcher for home defense.
Say hello to my little friend.
@@theKashConnoisseur 😃
Home? No. Perimeter. Yes.
@m_train1 each one of those nades is an ATF stamp too..
@m_train1 unsure about that.. there are ways to improvise something. A certain company gave us something to experiment with at least
This is quite possibly the best video I’ve seen on firearms. It also does a great job in showing how politicians continue to try to regulate things they do not understand or bother to research.
Agree 100%
They know what they are doing
It also has him lying outright at you.
Gun violence has not decreased but increased, he helpfully to his narrative, stopped the chart at 2015 while in 2020 it was DOUBLE . He clearly has a narrative to sell and omits data that doesn't support his case.
It's not informative, it's deliberately deceptive. And it's a disgrace that he tries to take advantage of you like this.
All arms are instruments of war, even your natural arms (hand to hand combat). Self-defense is a god given right. The second amendment ensures that your government cannot take away your highest ability to defend yourself, family, country. One can only depend on oneself.
These sewage creatures completely understand it. They are trying to disarm us, by trickery, that only snowflakes fall for.
Awesome video! 😊 Thanks!
Thank you for the education! Well put together video and nice collection!
I've been trying to tell ppl that I think everyone should own and practice with an AR-15.
And they just think im crazy lol. Sometimes I guess you just cant fix stupid.
I don't think they are crazy. I don't protect my home wih an AR-15.
Isaac is the history teacher we all wanted and needed
He knows absolutely bloody nothing about history. He makes several egregious gaffs and falsehoods that he does more damage to the argument than the progressives can dream of.
First time watching his channel - Subbed
showing AK-47 instead of STG44 tells another story
@@macgeifer8850 STG44? You do actually mean ZH-29, don't you?
Wow. I expected a video about technical AR15 superiority. Instead i saw VERY interesting history of rifles. Nice
Great and I mean GREAT video. Very informative and educational.
Top notch history and perspective here. Many thanks.
“Yes it is a weapon of war, but so is every item on this table.”
Beautifully said.
Nearly every gun ever produced has been used in some conflict. Anti-gun ideologues use the laziest arguments…
Humble brag like a boss
To John Wick, even a pencil is a weapon of war.
Don't give them any ideas. They will ban all guns like they did in the UK.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 They already are trying to do that.
You guys at TRex are legends for what you do for the community, I will forever be a supporter
What a great watch! Time to start researching
Ok you convinced me. I just ordered my first AR-15! I went ahead and also ordered a Mantis BlackbeardX dry fire training system so I can become proficient in between range visits.
The AR-15 and many American guns exists because of the 2nd amendment. Inventors were free to design and build guns and SOME of them get adopted by the US military. In a gun control world we would never have had the Garand, the M16, ANY of Browning's guns. I firmly believe that suppressor tech is being held back because to innovate them, you need special permits and then pay the crown to even possess one. It stagnates development and restricts those of us that want to use them AND the media continues to give people bad impressions of what a suppressor has to offer. I know tons of vets who shrug getting a suppressor solely because of "auditory exclusion" and forget about hearing damage.
Exactly. Restrictions inevitably restrict progress and creativity.
The 2A is nothing without it's exercise. Like a muscle it will atrophy. And it sure is.
Just like now with the ban on 80% ... any restrictions limit innovation
@@karllambert2350 every restriction obeyed kills a part of your soul. This is worse than innovation problems. Giving in to threats and obeying tyrants makes government corruption more powerful, and weakens the spirit of the individual.
@@karllambert2350 3D printer goes brrrrrrr
Honestly can't believe this video was half an hour. I'm dog tired but had no issues finishing it 😂 was clear, concise, and educating. Fantastic job
Yeah the clarity is addictive tho.
Except facts: More Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2020 than in any other year on record, according to recently published statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That included a record number of gun murders, as well as a near-record number of gun suicides. Nearly eight-in-ten (79%) U.S. murders in 2020 - 19,384 out of 24,576 - involved a firearm. That marked the highest percentage since at least 1968, the earliest year for which the CDC has online records.
Thank you for this video!
VERY well done!
Small correction: "Grenade launcher" they have in mind in those assault weapons bans isn't the M203 style under barrel ones. Those generally are already considered destructive devices in 40mm as is. What they mean is the barrel profile that allows to fire rifle grenades. Kinda like Yugo SKS or some FAL variants. It's not like you have rifle grenades laying in the discount isle in Walmart. That is how low they are going.
Also doesn't make sense considering I don't know anyone in the US without a class 3 that owns explosive ordinance in grenade form.
@@SamaelVR You can still own 37mm flare launchers and fire all sorts of non lethal rounds through it. But yes all the fun stuff is already banned.
I carried an M203
I think there's a 37mm as well.
@@robertvess1334 and?
Here's a point most don't consider: Picture the shop owners in the LA Riots. They had to defend themselves and their properties when the police and national guard could not arrive for days. Now imagine this happens to you in your home. There is some sort of catastrophic event or Seattle type rioting that cuts off first responders. You need to be able to defend your family. A pistol in this situation is not enough. You should also have food, water, and first aid like quik clot gauze and tourniquets.
Now picture that, what will you do when i run over your house with a killdozer ?
Ok, but, if a situation like the LA riots, if you are able to have a rifle... so are the rioters
@@archergal ... yes. But in that case, how did the Kenosha Kid manage to pop 3 pedos? For some reason (in this case, apparently, criminality and actual background checking), they didn't have them, and the guy with just the handgun lost.
@@archergalI think that’s why he said food and water. The point is to stay put and protect your family until emergency services have made it safe. Any one who comes and kicks your door in until that happens is a threat to your safety.
@@archergal Well unless the Rioters are simply Rioting over their Joy for the Lakers winning the Championship, they might not have their rifles. Lol.
There was no way that I was going to give your video a chance but I clicked on it anyways. Boy was I glad to be wrong. You did such an amazing job in my opinion. Thank you for making this video
Great video, you missed a very important rifle between m1 and ak, the Sturmgewehr44.
My goodness, you did more to describe the need for a free and armed citizenry in the length of this video than the NRA has done in my lifetime. Well done. More people need to see this.
Addendum: I’m grateful for whatever the NRA has done for 2A advocacy, training instructors, kids programs, etc., but when it comes to who gets a seat at the table in terms of our God given rights to bear arms, there’s room for more organizations that are more serious and more effective. This video and this channel are proof of what people acting in their own self interest can achieve without permission from some 1984 style, entrenched and unelected official.
I mean, not really? If you wanted to see the reason we need a "free and armed citizenry," just look at what happened during Trump's administration and the way the cops were behaving and were protecting fascist sympathizers and instigators.
And then also look at how those same cops left the groups of armed civilians the hell alone. It wasn't the armed groups they were tear gassing or beating with batons.
The mole / virus of the NRA is Wayne LaPierre.
Amen!!!
I get the idea you don't like the NRA--why is that? The NRA is the best friend of any Freedom-loving patriot.
Fuck the NRA.
My favorite argument about the "scary black guns" was in a Twitter conversation that got made into a meme that basically sums up the fact that these anti-gun advocates have no clue what they're talking about. A guy debating anti-gun activists on the site posted a picture of a polymer SKS with picatinny rails, an adjustable stock, and a bayonet lug. The activist he was debating said that it was a "military-style assault weapon." He then posted a picture of another SKS, this one being a sporterized one with a wooden stock, fixed sights, and no rails. The activist said it was fine because it's a "hunting rifle."
It's the same fucking gun.
They see a wooden stock, their NPC brain thinks hunting rifle. They see a black gun with attachments, that's a no-no even if they shoot the same caliber, have the same magazine size, and are identical in firing mechanics. I despise anti-gun activists so much, but the politicians are worse because they're just like the activists, except they can actually propose these asinine unconstitutional bills that the founding fathers would have immediately dismissed.
People definitely fear what they don’t understand. All of the people against guns don’t want to understand. If they understood, that means they have to concede that they’re wrong. And heaven forbid an elite politician/activist is actually wrong about something 😱
Good video. This guy is well spoken and well informed.
After really learning about the AR15 platform..
The versatility of it almost makes it an "any rifle" With 1 AR lower you can swap out various uppers that can fire multiple different rounds some of which fit in the same mags while others in modified mags.. and lastly those that don't require the use of the magwell other than expending cartridges like the 57 upper.
The various barrel lengths you can easily swap in under a minute if you have other complete uppers..
Like a .300 Black Out
A quick swap in uppers and throwing in a mag loaded in the 300BO ammo and you pretty much have a new gun.
Plus they made the platform for pistol calibers in case you want one caliber for both your rifle & handgun.
It's design really does make it a truly remarkable platform to use.
Added that it can be set up to virtually have no recoil.. anyone could handle one if needed. Ive seen 9yr old's use one at the range with quickness & precision.
I think that most every family should own one.
I was just in Switzerland and our guide explained how military service is mandatory. Training had to completed within a generous time period, at the person's choice. After training, they are given their military weapon and ammo to keep at home. They also have bunkers everywhere hidden in plain sight, but that is another discussion.
There is a target range in Switzerland, they shoot over a highway to the target on the other side of road!
Well I found what my bugout country is
@@mefirst5427 and even better than that it’s one of the safest ranges on the planet
I think they change that and now you actually have to buy your weapon if you want to keep it.
It’s more about the Guns being used against crooked politicians that frightens them
dude literally gave me a history lesson on firearms.
Thank you, this is a fantastic video
This is perhaps the most comprehensive pro AR argument I've heard thus far. It gives everyone a lesson on not just historical events; but the evolution of firearms and their practices as a whole.
Thank you for this very well laid out and simplified explanation.
Did he mention that the number one cause of death for children in the United States is GUNS?
I have a good argument. The second amendment. It was made in order to overthrow a tyrannical government. PERIOD. 🇺🇸 Nothing was ever stated about hunting or home defense or certain firearms. Overthrowing the government consist of hi powered, accurate, Full auto if we choose, weapons.
If you think this is a good argument, wow lol so many misleading statistics. Simple question, if more guns = more safety, why do we have more gun deaths than basically all of Europe put together?
THE MORE YOU KNOW!!!!!!!
@@YELLTELL dumb