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'No guns at all' is not controversial to most Europeans.
Are you sure ?
@@altblechasyl_cs2093 I would agree that it's not controversial, but I wouldn't say it y has a 100% consensus as a position, either. Guess it boils down to what should be considered controversial.
@@altblechasyl_cs2093 I am. Most (note the 'most', which does not mean 'all') have no interest whatsoever in having a gun and not having guns makes us a less at risk of guns.
Yes, it is. But we have better laws to have better chances to keep them out of the hands of complete idiots
The vast majority of Brits have no interest in owning a gun even though our laws allow it, albeit for a specific purpose that does not include self defence…. tightening the law in the US would probably help a bit but a ban is not necessary what’s needed is a cultural change through better education - put simply on the balance of probabilities owning guns will not make you safer ….
As a European i think that walking around with a loaded gun is nuts.
Even more nuts is allowing only criminals doing that, like here in Sweden.
Guns are really plentiful here, but not allowed for swedes...
Same with knifes btw. Even a carpenter or similar having a knife in his car has been regarded as criminal by some police officers.
@@herrbonk3635 Weird way of thinking. So according to your logic when criminals drive 220 km/h where 100 km/h is allowed, you should be allowed to drive 220 km/h too. That doesn't make sense, just take the criminals of the street.
@@GuusJanssen Well, I was kind of joking. But the criminals are not taken off the streets... while decent people are not allowed to defend themselves. The only thing the state and police does is implementing a big brother society restricting the life for non criminals (via bank accounts, censoring, cameras everywhere, etc.)
And the sole reason a hard working carpenter is seen as suspect for bringing his tools is because of the criminals wearing knifes.
@@GuusJanssen funny how we do not have such problem here in Czech republic despite a lot of legal gunowners carrying guns in public ... almost as if the guns arent the actual problem ...
Only controvercial for Americans.
Just regulate it!
American logistics of attempting to enforce regulations is very difficult when compared to most anywhere else in the world.
The downside of democracy. Senators are all too scared of losing their seats and super pac money
@@1911GreaterThanALL yeah, I always want to suggest to US "keep firearms in decent folk hands, get it out from moron hands, just adopt CZ gun law, it is simple" and then I realize our law depends on availability, cost and willingness to cooperate of doctors (GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists), LE (one national LE agency, only small cooperation needed from city/county LE), one national register of felonies and misdemeanors.. Lots of stuff needed for US to adopt and that aint cheap or simple, no politician will push for it just to get some kids twenty years from this election cycle to not get shot.
I don't think they could regulate it as they are separated by States with their own rules. Not as United as they think. They would need a nationwide rule in US America, but make it the individual States' responsibility to remove the unlicensed guns from their own State.
But ... from what I understand (maybe wrong), unlike here in the UK, where all guns were registered prior to the law, they are not in the US. So it will be difficult to know what household has x amount of guns.
@@jirinovotny653"Just adopt CZ law"
That's actually how I feel about the US too, and you make good points.
Generally speaking in Europe the attitude will be: If you're a hunter or need a rifle for your profession where you're on call or similar, it'll be ok to have a rifle at home, of course it will be kept unloaded, separately from the ammo you have, all of it locked up securely, registered with the police, and subject to inspection, permissions given after extensive background check, and proficiency test. For all other weapons, same kind of background checks and tests of course, and weapons are to be kept at the gun club, of which you must be a member, where they can have much tighter security, weapons do NOT leave that place unless they're going to a competition, and the police will of course be notified of this well in advance. There is absolutely 0 need to keep all those weapons at home, and the US argument of defending yourself is circular, you only need them because you allow them.
bro... you realize US have different laws when it comes to what are you allowed to do to people who transpass your property or break into your house..
in EU we`re not allowed to respond with exessive force in any of these scenarios...
now think about what will happen in US if they ban fire arms, and take away all their guns...
gun crimerate will skyrocket, what do you think the baddies will do once they know the people can't protect themselves and their property?
@@jaxzor these people are a pity
@@jaxzorFirst of all not all guns will just disappear out of nowhere, so for the baddie there still is a chance. But if the baddie loses the gun it will be harder/more expensive to get a new one. In the long run the baddie won't bring a gun as the baddie doesn't need it anymore. The baddie doesn't want to encounter people when they break into your house. The baddie doesn't want to unnecessarily add another felony for a gun they don't need. If they learn they don't need it, they won't use it.
@@jaxzor What do you think the baddies in Europe will do when people don't have guns in their homes to protect them with?
@@jaxzor so why haven't these baddies from US come to Europe and ransacked the place like you think it will happen? We're helpless here, right?
my opinion from a scottish person: i personally have never held or even seen a gun in real life besides historic ones in museums, in scotland the general public doesn’t have access to guns, tasers or even pepper spray, and even as a young girl on nights out i never once felt like i needed one to be safe. likewise with break ins. i have lived in relatively rough areas and there are still so many other ways to prevent a break in (ex: not having houses made of paper so people can’t easily kick the doors in) i have lived my whole life without coming into contact with a gun and although i am still young and have a lot of the “real world” to experience i have never once thought that the solution to my safety is a machine specifically designed for killing
As a Dutch guy I fully share your thoughts and experiences
hm, i am trained with guns, ATMs and tanks...
and still dont own a gun...
but i am European, i dont need an extended Penis!
As an Australian woman, I have also never seen a gun in my almost 67 years and never wish to. I think a lot American men seem have a particular and peculiar streak of immaturity where they think a gun makes them some kind of hero or more manly somehow. I could be wrong but that is the impression I get. I recently saw a cartoon about "open carry" and it was a bunch of guys walking around with their d"cks in their hand and that rang true to me.
Same for the republic of Ireland here my good people ☘️@@samenjaimy
@isla1687 I'm Scottish too and I completely agree with you.
It's only controversial because the USA has such a bizarre relationship with guns. Nearly everyone else thinks that the USA is just being ridiculous to allow guns so widely. But it is so ingrained into parts of society that the USA is a hopeless case.
The idea that the public needs guns in case the government become tyrannical and needs to be overthrown wasn't addressed because it has to be perhaps one of the most bizarre and poor and desperate excuses for guns that I've heard. Illustrating why the USA is a hopeless case.
It was pretty much the same way in Australia, then they had ONE huge school shooting and decided that nope, guns need to go away...and they made it. (several documentaries about this that you can find on CZcams)
The Genie is well out of the bottle.
I think it's a bigger issue than guns and guns are just one symptom.
The bizarre relationship (from an outside view) is that of the individual and society. The "freedom" myth on which the USA likes to tell itself it's founded on is a very particular conception of freedom. It's not a freedom to be able to do things, it's a freedom to _not_ have to do things. A freedom from responsibilities. "Why should I have to pay tax so that someone else can go to hospital?" "Why should I have to restrain myself if someone comes onto my property, when I'd *really* like to just kill them?" "Why should I consider being nice to people, it's my *right* to say what I want?" "Why should I have to... why why why?" It's a mindset of "freedom" that is based around not having to make any allowances for any other people, not to compromise ("It's mah rights, dagnamitt!!") or consider others, not to conceive of oneself as a member of a society with mutual responsibilities to each others but rather a lone wolf living on a bit of land also inhabited by a load of other lone wolves. Rights rather than responsibilities.
And the role of guns seems to be just another symptom of that. The big difference in the USA is the idea of a "defensive" gun. Lots of other countries allow gun ownership, but the mindset difference tends to be in the area of the validity of "personal protection". It's not seen as a valid reason for ownership in most other places. "Personal protection" of course being a euphemism for: "I want a gun so that I can kill another person in the case I feel that I need to do so" since guns are very bad at actually protecting (you'd have to get very lucky to block a bullet with one!). And that all stems back to that same "Freedom!!! (from responsibility)" kind of mindset: that one's _right_ to shoot a fellow citizen outweighs one's _responsibility_ not to shoot a fellow citizen.
So I reckon the USA will solve it's gun problem when it collectively decides it wants to be a society, and emphasises people's responsibilities as much as people's rights. Maybe even publish a 'Bill of Responsibilities'!
Australian here..just to be clear...This was not due to a school shooting.
A disturbed lone gunman (whose name we don't speak) opened fire on people at a historical tourist site at Port Arthur, Tasmania, resulting in 35 deaths. @@Strict666
@@zak3744Very well said. You have described the root of the problem to a tee. 👏👏👏
I love your content ryan, but i am sorry to say its always so interesting to see how americans try to reason that being able to have killing tools readily available is somehow a positive
The world is a scary place, but why should we make it even scarier by giving everyone guns
In Europe we had 2 generations who were very familiar with the use of firearms during World War One and Two. Up close and personal. So, unlike the Americans we do not have the attitude that guns are just "Big Boy's Toys".
Up to the 90's, most males in Sweden did conscription duty. Shooting, blowing up stuff etc.
Despite that universal familiarity, I'd say a considerable chunk of them would be happy to further restrict guns.... for everyone but themselves and close friends they trust with guns, ofcourse.
@@w0t3rdog Of all the gun owners I know in the USA, none of us consider guns to be 'big boy toys". This is propaganda from anti gun people.
@@RogunK I dont know why you said that to me, but okey.
oh, sorry, I thought I hit reply to the original post
and not even "big". just look at the un-alive statistics caused by non-adults in the US... it's just sad they live like this, thinking they need things like that to be safe.
I'm european and literally don't know any gun owner. Don't know anyone who wants a gun.
I’m German and I know a few firearm owners - all licensed hunters with a background of ten or more years of military service. All of their firearms are hunting rifles, stored by used according to the law.
You can't take out multiple people at once with a fork.
Not unless you season the spicy beef filling with something poisonous. :D
you have no idea how my fork looks like!
That's just a lack of imagination. 😛
@@Arltratlo No..but I knowa lot of males overestimate their forks.
@@DharmaJannyter Funny road your mind has taken. 😮😅
These laws were made in the states when guns were totally different, no one expected the types of guns we have now when those laws were made.
Than something is wrong with the law and it should be changed as soon as possible and that will never happen since there is a gun-fetish over there.
What is often omitted is that the 2A was demanded by the slaver states, to make sure they would have guns to suppress slaves' rebellions.
More so, no one expected the kind of people we have now...
More importantly, those rules (as far as I understand it from Europe) were made in a time where the USA were young and under threat from the British (hey, they did set the White House on fire) and also, made of a handful of people spread over half a continent.
@@LeSarthois yeah, us Brits did get rowdy when bored 🤣
Statistically, the most likely victim of a gun kept gor "protection" is the spouse or child of the owner.
And the next most likely victim is the owner themselves.
Followed by an innocent bystander or a case of mistaken identity.
An actual bad guy who needs stopping is way, way, way down the list.
I never fired a gun in my life and can't see the appeal in it.
I can see the appeal of firing guns but that doesn't mean it has to be completely unregulated. It can be done as a hobby with the necessary legal precautions.
@@moover123 Why? Maybe some people see the appeal in a grenade throwing contest. That doesn't mean we need to legalize grenades as a hobby.
So? No one cares about your opinion also get to know your guns as we3 is around corner and you will participate no matter what. In my country (in eu) they just returned gun handling and shooting to schools, all 8th graders+ will go thru training.
@@wykydytron Lies.
Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.
Many historians agree that the primary reason for passing the Second Amendment was to prevent the need for the United States to have a professional standing army. At the time it was passed, it seems it was not intended to grant a right for private individuals to keep weapons for self-defence.
This was 1789. A lot has changed in 235 years. The law should be changed but then those very rich Americans and those who empower them would lose a lot of money.
Even in 1789 there was clearly also another consideration, than just willy nilly allowing firearms to every person. Afterall, the amendment starts with "A *well regulated* Militia" for a reason and doesn't say person(s), but people (you may note that other early amendments typically use the term person or persons, when they talk about individuals, rather than a collective).
not just historians see the flaw in logic when it comes to how the 2nd amendment is interpreted today. remember Chief Justice Warren Burger? he considered the current interpretation wrong and absurd. only lawyers with a certain ideological strain would back-up the current view. hundreds of thousands of lawyers all over the democratic world cringe at the current interpretation.
@@maasro, you forgot the comma. Then it says the people, which would apply; it's not just a militia it was talking about. And if so, when the First Amendment says "the people," is that ignored also?
I think the Europeans have a similar view to us Aussies!!..
are you sure?
you have all your blood in your head right now!
Not quite... most gun laws and restrictions were sensibly implemented and on the majority adhered to by civilians in Australia... same with Canada. Those two countries are closest thing to USA "Style" and influence.
There will always be gun crime, trick is to reduce it, just make it harder to utilise, easier to monitor and track. Gun crime should never be considered normal... just like illness should not be considered unavoidable.
@@babalonkie there isnt any gun misuse in the USA, guns dont kill people!
@@Arltratlo people kill people
@babalonkie Misuse of firearms is exactly what the USA has a problem with. To your second point, yes guns do actually kill people. There's a reason why there are a lot more homicides per capita in the US when compared to other countries. With your reasoning we could just make everything legal then since most things dangerous require a human to actually be lethal. Out of curiosity, would you be fine with every citizen in a country have have access to nuclear weapons? After all, nukes aren't dangerous unless humans set them off
Education saves lives.❤
Oh well Americas f**ked then.
No guns saves lives
@@gabbymcclymont3563 teach them .
I was watching an American crime documentary where a toddler shot his father and heard this sentence:
"As the father is putting his clothes on, he puts his revolver on the bed. His toddler, who is in the room with him, grabs it and shoots him. The father died. Is this the result of the violent video games he was playing?"
I think that bit perfectly sums up the U.S. and guns.
Oh, yes, I also like to watch those series, and found that very often they also seem to blame young murderers on role play games like Dungeons and Dragons...😆
"They were living out their killing fantasies in those games..." 🤣
Because, you know, only Americans play video games.
Only Americans think it is ok to end a human life without cause
I once read a joke about a little kid that took his father hunter rifle, went into the kitchen where his mother was toiling, told her "look mom, I kill you" and shot her, then when rescuer came he said crying that he wanted to kill her, not that she die.
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I posted this on the OP video, partly in reaction to the abuse he has received over the years since he posted it.
"I grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The death toll was roughly half that of USA gun deaths, per person, today.
That statistic alone is enough to give me pause before going anywhere near USA. The abusive, cultish responses to this very reasonable, even understated, video, is the coup de grace."
Someone asked me for the numbers. I ended up comparing murders ond law enforcement deaths in US in 2021 v an average of all Troubles deaths (mostly guns, but also explosives). They got closer because suicides were removed, but it's still bad. I know 2021 was a bad year for US, but for context, the Troubles were a decades long violent insurgency, compared to a peacetime wealthy democracy.
The results:
US ~8.13 gun deaths per 100,000 people
NI ~7.75 deaths per 100,000 people
I had been planning a trip to the US in 2025 to attend a special event for years. Sadly the gun and political situation over there resulted in me cancelling those plans and making alternative arrangements. I'll be travelling to Europe in 2028 for a similar event and avoiding the US until it becomes a safer place to travel.
Knife crime, including death by stabbing, is much higher in the US than in the UK, while the deaths by gun violence is way, way higher. The presence & ownership of so many guns makes the use of them more than likely, & the ease of use makes the possibility of use much more likely. Thus the number of murders & other deaths by guns is much higher than in places where guns are less available. The highest occupation for suicides in the UK is that of farming, because it is often unrewarding, lonely & depressing, & that is the sector where gun ownership is quite normal, as there are legitimate needs for them in agriculture.
If the guns were not to hand those suicides would be much less likely, as other methods need more planning, & most are spur of the moment things, where a gun can quickly 'do the job'. So the presence of guns throughout society means that they are going to be used, leading to much more crime, through fear, & in criminal acts, & therefore many more deaths, a large portion of which would have been most unlikely had the guns not been available.
Bullshit... the amount of guns is similar the same in Finland or Switzerland like in the US... there are the murder rates way lower as in UK with restrict gun law.
Guns do nothing. Crimes with legal guns are nearly not existent in country like switzerland and austria where every law abiding citizen can buy a gun, most of the crimes with guns there are from illegal guns. So no, more guns does not mean a higher likelyhood of gun crimes. The guns are never the problem, the society is, the US in generel has a problem with crimes, in countrys where this is not a problem the precense of guns don't mean more crimes. So yeah if you really deal with it you will realise that those conclusions are 100% wrong.
This is a really important statistic. It frustrates me no end when Americans think that because stabbings make the news in the UK, that means that the UK is a hotbed of knife crime. Quite the opposite! Stabbings make the news in the UK because they are rare. They don't get airtime in the USA because they are just background noise - there are so many of them that they wouldn't qualify as news _even if the news wasn't full of shootings_ which are obviously more newsworthy.
@@stevieinselby Crime rised in UK after 1996... Manchester was called Gunchester a long time long. Maybe it would be better the last years, but it results not from the gun confiscation at law abaiding citizens.
81 year old U S born citizen, we need a supreme court that can actually read
and a congress not afraid to make reasonable laws!
but they are all in fear of loosing their bribe money from the NRA ... check out what the NRA pays the politicians to make sure there will be no ban ... !!
sadly, the constitution was already written with making it difficult for Congress to pass laws. over the last 250yrs this has been exacerbated by customs like the 'Filibuster' and the deeply entrenched bipartisan system. by now we have to face the bitter truth: the US constitution doesn't work anymore. SCOTUS is packed with justices who have weird approaches to judicial questions (interpreting the constitution as if living in the year 1787 or something etc) and the political system is compromised to the point where amending the constitution hasn't happened since 1992 and most likely won't ever happen again. this calcification means death to every system. the best way out: find a peaceful and orderly way to give yourself a modern constitution. good luck.
This 61-year-old citizen agrees with you.
@@embreis2257 That's the very point of the system ie to make it difficult to pass laws. If it were easy to pass laws we'd have been right back in the tyranny we broke away from in Europe. The US Constitution IS a modern constitution in that it places strict limits on government power because the founders saw what unlimited government power in the European nations meant for human rights. Yes, the Bill of Rights should absolutely be interpreted as meant in 1787. The words are the same so the meaning MUST be the same, the living Constitution people want to say the same words somehow mean something different, but that's because they want to expand government power and infringe rights. Their greed for power over people's lives and their desire to infringe rights means they deserve to be treated with skepticism if not outright hostility. If they are hostile to our rights, after all, they cannot be played nice with.
@@Anon54387 if you really believe in this then you either don't know what you are missing or you want to live in a 1780s mindset - not a particularly enticing prospect for 99+% of the population who surely would start rioting if forced to live under 1780s rules and conditions.
just a thought: viewed from most of Europe, the US is a pretty bleak and unforgivable place, mainly due to *not legislating* a lot of essential issues. the only people benefitting from this lack of legislation are the super-rich. unless you are one of them, maybe educate yourself.
In the past few days I have had a pro-gun American argue with me that not having guns will make knives more dangerous - I guess as a Brit I didn't realise you had automatic or semi-automatic knife throwing machines that let you spray a crown with knives like you do with guns. I often also get "So how's your knife crime in your gun-free country?" well, the answer which surprised even me is, about 70% per capita lower than the USA which I guess is another reason why, on the Global Peace Index, United Kingdom is in 37th place and the USA is in 121st place, not as bad as Brazil (132nd place) but not as good as South Africa(130th place).
The thing is, police forces do carry guns all around the world (or have access to them). It would literally be bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Knives don't become more dangerous when guns are outlawed, neither do any other weapons...
In my country a lot of knifes are also prohibited and can only be bought by adults (>18). Category1 to 4 knifes can not be carried on public territory.
I was also expecting him to say Czechia. We have very big gun culture here but also very strict laws how you are allowed to carry and use one. You have to pass a psych eval and get a license by passing written test and practical exam after attending a course with professional instructor.
same in Switzerland and Austria.... many guns allowed after a psych evaluation
In every police intervention in the US you see guns drawn because the cops feel unsafe (everyone can carry). This sense of being frightened all the time leads to escalating situations and you see people being afraid of their neighbours. The US is a country where fear dictates society; fear of each other, fear of not being good enough, fear of migrants , fear of sharing, fear of letting kids go to the shops by themselves, fear in traffic, fear of gangs,… This constant state of fear is what makes Trump powerful (a man laughed at in Europe), and it cripples society.
I reckon the line in the anthem "land of the free and home of the brave" should be changed to "land of the paranoid and home of the scared" (lol).
Over 48,000 gun related deaths in 2022 in the USA - there were 26 in the UK in the same year
I don't see it as such a positive thing for UK. Part of these 48000 were rapes, burglaries, home invasions, stabbings, robberies that didn't happen.
sounds like a civil war already. probably gets worse in future
Jesus.If that is true,that is one shocking and scary stat.
and approx 80mil population against 320mil.
so in comparison per capita, the USA would have about a 100deaths a year, instead of whatever insane number it is in reality. Cuz i feel very confident that the official numbers have been fudged already.
@@WesterwalderAdler In 2023 27 people died in gun related incidents in the UK, in the USA there were 43,125 in 2023
In 2022 1 person was shot and killed by the UK police. 1,097 persons were killed by USA police in 2022
The American perspective fascinates me. It’s such a circular issue - people want guns to protect from the other guys with guns. Yes people manage to get them in other ways and crimes still happen, but why make it easier. From an outside perspective looking in, it’s so fascinating. I couldn’t even imagine people tolerating a school shooting, yet it happens daily and no one acts. Thoughts and prayers don’t seem to be getting America very far.
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In Switzerland you got mandatory military service and have to go every few years in manovers. A friend of mine is swiss, and most ppl there got their service weapons at home.
I mean the overthrow the government thing goes right out the window when a AC-130 Gunship circles over your neighborhood. The reason is questionable at best and laughable at worst tbh. And since the US has many neatly separated neighborhoods there is next to no worry as a tyrannical government of hitting important infrastructure, if they go off the deep end.
"thank you for your service" is such an american saying hahah
Honestly Ryan - what has the southern border and drugs got to do with school shootings and home accidents? Plus for hobby shooters - why don't the gun clubs hold the guns and ammunition under lock and key - hand them out for recreational shooters and check them back in. No need to privately own a gun unless you are a farmer or need one in your line of work. Grow up. You're not little boys anymore.
Yes! True Words!😢😊BITTER SWEET!GREETINGS FROM GERMANY
What I find interesting is how fearful many people in the US seem, worrying about dreadful things that will not ever happen them and arming themselves to the teeth in case these 'never going to happen' events do.
The only reasonable argument for guns I've heard that plenty of rural Americans are poor and must resort to hunting and poaching to survive.
Actually there is a huge relationship. The cartels of Mexico get a lot of their guns from the USA. Often they will trade drugs for them, with illegal organizations in the USA.
The easy access to guns in the USA is one of the main reasons for any sort of problem with the southern border, and contributes a lot to the drug problem.
Here where I live some missinformed people suggested keeping weapons on the club range. But our police forces were totally against this. Because if a criminal breaks into a house, and gets a gunsafe open, they may get one or two weapons. But if they broke into a club they would hundreds of weapons. Plus the fact that I for example shoot national competitions all over the country. Where should I store my weapons?
The 2nd amendment:
"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."
Was about being able to form a well regulated militia in case of need, opposed to having a large standing army permanently under arms just in case the British might want their land back.
Today the US have the third biggest standing army in the world... ...grow up!
Exactly! It was written in a day when the world and firearms were very very different. US Constitution was changed 27 times so it can be changed. They just don't want to change this part.
Yeah and we still need it because the government is always trying to overstep shit
Guns are a right in the US, healthcare is a privilege.
that's what the NRA and the industry wants you to believe. both can be changed in a heartbeat if Congress wants it
Graham, this comment needs to be pinned 😂
Americans value the gun more than human life. In 1996 the UK and Australia changed their gun laws after Dunblane and Port Arthur respectively and have not had a mass shooting since. This was 2years before Colonbine this just just shows how insular America is and is scared to implement change. The clue is in the title it's an amendment you can amend an amendment but like everything else in America it comes down to the dollar the NRA dollar's . Guns Life Profits that's all that matters to Americans.
basicaly you have the right to kill, but not the right to live
@@frasdemsky5187 or basically it’s all about money as guns makes money and no free healthcare is all about money too🤣😂
Guns in the hands of Americans .....can anyone imagine a more dangerous combination? Thank heaven for the Atlantic
Wait till you find out about the Middle East
I'm a 78 y.o. Canadian who has never held a gun let alone fired one. I have no interest in nor any need for a gun. A few years back I was riding my bike through the 48 contiguous states. I stopped at a state-owned campground in Idaho, met a police officer doing his rounds and had a conversation with him. He asked me what I was carrying. It took me a couple of seconds to figure out what he meant. I laughed and told him I had no gun. He could not believe that I was going to ride throughout his country without a gun. I met a lot of very nice people and I have no idea if they were carrying a gun or not.
There is nothing wrong with the second amendment, IF IT WAS FOLLOWED.
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.
Note that the second amendment calls for gun regulation, Quote " well regulated Militia ". Not boys with toys.
Why would you have militia if you have police? And army?
I upvoted, because you are correct that the original intent has been corrupted. However I'd like to add that the founding fathers were trying to copy Switzerland at a time when the U.S. were a young and fragile nation, with _no_ army. Since then, the U.S. has built the strongest military in the world (by far), and doesn't need a "well regulated militia", at all. The second amendment is completely obsolete, and the founding fathers would vomit if they could see what happened to it.
@@dominika3762Question of a European... 🤷♂️
There was a Supreme Court Justice who wrote an opinion on the well regulated militia argument and he was ridiculed , like anyone who has an opinion against guns and gun ownership. It's truly a strange and unique American problem. The way they cling to an archaic decision in modern times is unbelievable .
Does "well-regulated" imply firearms regulation laws in the modern sense, though? Doesn't it refer to the milita as being well-ordered and well-disciplined?
In Germany around 95% of the people living here are laughing about your stupid gun laws. ^^
Not just here in Germany.The World is laughing at them...
Whole eu does
There's over #40 million Germans in US. The highest population. Germany is to be blamed for making America
Then keep laughing kraut😂 we ain’t gonna change for yall
My view as a Brit, have a gun by all means for personal protection but why the hell does a homeowner need the likes of an AK47? An assault riffle designed for a war situation, just saying.
100%, all those assault rifles hmm! Don't see many defence rifles In the USA
I need that in case my house gets broken into by a whole ass gang
@@someoneinthecrowd4313 You don't have emergency services? Why do you pay taxes then?
would a pistol not work?? lol @@someoneinthecrowd4313
@@someoneinthecrowd4313how special are you that a whole ass gang want to break into your house. What have you done to piss them off. Never in my whole life have I ever thought a gang might try to enter my house.
Don't you want to fight for a future for your kids in which they can be outside without the fear and even the thought of getting shot?
Even if it's needs time which Australia disproved (it took them not even a year). Does every step you take have to been for your own benefit?
I'm living in Germany. When something goes on, I'm going to the streets. Not for me but for my kid. He needs protection and I still have time to protect him.
In my opinion, the problem in the US is not that there are so many privately owned guns, but that there are no real requirements to be able to get a gun. For example, a mental and emotional stability check, background checks, firearms training and how to properly store guns and ammunition. These checks and requirements can filter out many who simply should not own a gun. You will never catch them all, but it would make a big difference.
If you are interested in the Swiss situation, have a look at the daily show piece on a Swiss gun festival: It's called "Switzerland - so many guns, no mass shootings."
reason for this : The NRA has no say in Siwtzerland ! and there are a lot of adults around ...
Jim Jefferies has two videos about gun control in the USA. He tackles all questions, which you had here.
The drug/gang culture that goes hand in hand with guns even in the UK but the main difference is if you’re caught with a gun in your possession (ie) in public especially then the sentencing can be severe regardless of whether you have used it- if you have states where people can carry a gun in public whether concealed or on your hip etc no wonder your police are so brutal and whip out their guns on any and every suspect of almost any crime!
The police in the UK in certain areas like central London, airports and many other places carry automatic weapons and in the event of a call with a potential firearm they need authorisation quickly from a senior officer to send trained armed officers.
The issue that maybe needs to be looked at closer is the age you need to be to own or buy a gun- in the UK and many other places it’s 18 to buy alcohol yet the states is 21- maybe up the legal age to buy or own or carry a gun to closer to 30 and anyone under that age caught with a gun in their possession should be dealt with severely- I don’t assume everyone over 30 is sensible and has no ill intention but a huge amount of shootings that I’ve seen were young people with access to a firearm- then there’s the mental health side of it! Thats a very hard thing to govern if someone is able to obtain a gun without any full and proper background checks it’s kinda pointless and we just wait for the next mass shooting and do nothing after it happens and leave it to the newest parents affected to campaign and fight the losing battle!
Kids dying should have been the catalyst for change all across the states but instead you have a situation where a document written long ago takes presidence over the life of its vulnerable. Sad really
A new amendment to repeal the 2nd amendment sounds entirely sensible and desirable.
the last amendment happened in 1992. do you actually believe it could happen again? doesn't look like it.
Then they would scrabble to defend themselves like the Ukrainians had to
@@Tbone1492 this comparison couldn't be more absurd. on the one hand an amendment to a constitution, by definition passed by Congress and ratified by states and legally binding and on the other hand a foreign aggressor invading your country. get out of here
Surely the ballot box is the best way to regulate a government .
Absolutely. Perhaps the USA needs compulsory voting, like Australia. Then the people hold power to make change.
Is there even such a thing as a referendum in the US?
You wouldn't think so.
ie "Should we change the second amendment?" (As if "A well regulated Militia" is relevant anymore against a state that is now a global superpower)
I like Jim Jefferies observation about how American's always say "you can't change the second amendment" and he just goes "yes you can, it's an amendment"
Once upon a time, before air forces and drones, it made sense to prevent tyranny via the threat of armed rebellion.
But Americans didn't do so when their flawed system allowed a state government to ignore the will of the people and put an unelected man in the white house. (George Bush Jr.) Nor have the people demanded a fair and incorrupt supreme court.
Now with modern military technology the prevention of tyranny must come by democracy. At the same time, make sure the army is under authority that won't go along with coups, or the armed suppression of the people. (USA passed a test on the coup bit three years ago. Good job.)
I find it interesting reading about the history of of the American Constitution and Amendments. I like all history.
How many
amendments are there? The Constitution of the United States has been amended 27 times.
In the 2008 landmark case District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that the Second Amendment includes the right of individuals to bear arms for self-defense. In 2010 McDonald v. City of Chicago extended the prior ruling from federal laws to state and local laws. This opinion is controversial.
Which amendment is no longer valid?
The 1972 Equal Rights Amendment Can No Longer Be Ratified-Because It No Longer Exists.
Why did Ohio rescind the 14th amendment?
On January 15, 1868, the Ohio legislature voted to reverse its earlier decision. The principal reason for this was a fear among a substantial number of white Ohioans that African Americans were receiving too many rights.
It is. It's not the middle ages anymore mate. Well, not here in Europe anyways.
walking around with a loaded gun is frightening, in sweden we have a lot of gang violence and gun violence but the general public usually don't see this.
At this point, I think it is easier to have the world regulate Americans than it is for Americans to regulate themselves. Thank fuck for the Atlantic.
Its not the guns that cause the problem in the US, its the mind set of the people. And yes, also the gang situation and the justice system.
The reason why its different in Switzerland is, that the gun owner are average citizens who got the rifle from their military service. In Switzerland all males have to do a military service for a short time, and afterwards they are "Reservists", meaning they are obliged to return to the army if they get called (in case of a war, or for exercises) until the reach a certain age. And they keep their weapon at home for that time. Usually a assault rifle, not a pistol or something small that can be carried concealed.
I spent a year living & working in Switzerland. Though I was a little startled when I first saw a rifle in the umbrella stand in a friend's house, it just became part of the decor in everyone's homes. And I never, ever, felt unsafe. Also, of course, kids take it in their stride: that's just part of the kit Dad has to take with him when he does his National Service. (And no-one cares whose is bigger than anyone else's.🤣)
Ryan can you explain how in the UK ànd Australia both governments changed the gun laws after Dunblane and Port Arthur respectively in 1996 two years before the Colonbine Mass shooting and both countries have not had a mass shooting since however in America so far this year there has been 122 more than one per day. In America they value the gun more than human life. The 2nd amendment work well on January 6th when Trumps fascist stormed the capital building to stop the election ok back when it was muskets I suppose not AK47 assault rifles. Just wait till your buying bullet proof back packs or you may have done already how absurd is that has to be done to protect your kids in school.
no one has a gun, no one gets shot. it's very simple
A few comments.
The Sten gun is well known for being pretty unsafe, and there are situations when it will keep firing until the whole magazine has been emptied.
In countries where there is strict gun control, there are fewer illegal guns. If there are a lot of legal guns in a country, then each burglary can result in more illegal guns entering the market.
In Switzerland then many of the guns are military firearms issued to reservists. All men between 18 and 30 have to serve either in the military or in alternative civilian service.
The purpose of the second amendment was because the USA in the eighteenth century didn't want to have a standing army, so they wanted people to be armed to be able to form a militia. Now you have a standing army, that need has been removed.
In Switzerland and Austria you can get semi-auto guns for sport or self-defence reasons... they have quite liberal laws in these countries...
@@ManuelSteinerbut usually those people have good training and don’t leave their firearms out in the open for their children or burglars to take.
You can't murder a classroom full of kids with a knife or with even a musket. Over 40,000 gun related deaths every year in the USA, including 23,00 suicides. Ex-British Army I know how firearms work and what they can do. I have lived in England, Australia and France and have never felt the need to own a firearm.
Gun laws are liberal in Austria, Switzerland, and Czechia..... I'm Austrian myself.....
As for the point of overthrowing the government - at least in Europe, protests are enough to tumble down governments. Yes, sometimes people or policemen do get beaten up, depending on the country, but generally guns aren't needed. And if given guns, then vocal minorities could overthrow good governments at the expense of the silent majority.
As an ex guard from an EU country. You're absolutely allowed to have a gun, and it's not even that hard, but it will require, 18+, psyche evaluation (nothing fancy like default stuff), no people who had criminal charges allowed to have guns. You need to know how are you allowed to store it, use it and carry it. Well, you're not allowed to carry it in a shopping mall, obviously.* *Unless, again, regulation.
Depends on country
14:28 The point should not really be, that criminals can find a way to get a weapon. That is possible in Europe and it is not necessary, to visit Ukraine in order to achieve that. The point is, that it is not easy or cheap and that the criminal who managed to do it, IS already a criminal and not only after he robbed someone. Getting the weapon is already a big risk for the criminal, wearing it an even bigger one.
Also: The average criminal is not really likely to want a weapon in the first place. If someone breaks into a house in Europe, he is not going to take a weapon with him, that would make his situation orders of magnitude worse. It would be a nationwide news story, if a criminal broke into a house with a gun! Imagine the police force, dedicated to catch that very dangerous person! In the US, on the other hand, it is just the normal thing to expect. The police can´t give it special attention. And why should the criminal take a gun at the first place? If the owner shows up, the criminal can try to run away. The owner does not have a gun, there is no objective for the criminal to shoot the owner.
22:20 So what? Regulate it in a way, that people may keep their weapons at home in a proper locked up gun safe unless they have a legitimate reason like bringing them to a shooting range, legal hunting, or finally overthrowing that hypothetical tyranical government, if and when necessary. Regulating weapons does not necessarily require to take them all away.
For me as a European, owning weapons without regulations is simply life-threatening.
Even if the constitution allows one to own and carry weapons, there may be regulations regarding the acquisition and use of weapons.
Examples:
a) Anyone who wants to own and use a weapon should take a first aid course beforehand;
b) regularly, a medical examination (annually/every 2 years);
c) regular annual inspection of the handling of a weapon by a certified shooting club;
d) regulations or bans on carrying/using weapons within cities, public places and events, etc.
And yes, every weapon issued should be registered.
Even as a European, I realize that there are areas in the US and elsewhere that are dangerous for wildlife alone.Or
a farmer may have to shoot an injured farm animal.
Im from the UK, I have shot a gun at a firing range around 30 years ago, didn't see the appeal. I would suggest that you watch Jim Jefferies gun control, it's a 2 parter, and sums up how Americans and the rest of the world view guns differently.
My kids would never go to school over there, nor would I be happy with them going to the mall, cinema etc...cos you have an absolutely abhorrent amount of school shootings not to mention people randomly deciding to go out and shoot up a mall...no thank you, you can all keep that mentality to the other side of the pond.
Oh, and I really do wish you would all stop trying to make people think all that is reasonable because "rights"
The USA is a hole, I used to love visiting there every year, I wouldn't step foot off the plane these days .
First of all, no European would ever think about saying anything like "Thank you for your service". Serving in the army is seen as a job: you don't thank a teacher or a secretary just because they do their job, why should you thank a military person?
Now, weapons should not be seen as a right. Weapons are not a right fullstop, from a European perspective. Italy is one of the most gun-loving countries in Europe, nonetheless only certain types of guns are allowed (depending on the type of gun use you are allowed). On order to have a gun permit you must declare what use you want to own a gun for, you will be run a full background check on, will have to see a doctor (sight, hearing, balance, etc.) and a psychiatrist, and you have to train on gun use and safety on a yearly basis. This is much stiffer than what is done anywhere in the US. But this is not enough: repressive measures help, but what needs to be different is the culture. The US has a huge gun and violence culture, which needs to be tackled.
One last thing. Illegal guns are really trickling down. Guns get bought and handed out. They are not just stolen: there are people who buy guns wherever they can do so without being registered, then sell them to criminals. The less guns there are in the society, the less guns get in the hands of the criminals. It takes some time, but it does happen. (One of the dangerous consequences of the war in Ukraine, just like happened with the war in former Yugoslavia, is that at some point, after the war will be over, whoever wins it, those guns will make their illegal way to western Europe.)
My view's a Scottish one, too: Some people need guns for work or even leisure - we understand that, and they may own them, providing that their guns are of the type(s) approved by law, and that they are properly registered with the relevant authorities and kept in a secure place, also as defined by law; and also, that they themselves are suitably licensed to own and use them, in certain, given, circumstances. I can accept that some Americans over and above these groups might want to own them - as depending upon where they live or work, there is wildlife out there that probably can't read the "Don't Feed on the Humans," signs, but even where the right to own and use exists, I struggle with with the desire to do so, where they do not actually need them! I also struggle with their ease of availability to the general population.
Regardless how many guns the population holds, they still keep voting against their own interest at every turn. They give away their power.
And "guns are fun"? We have sports shooting and hunting in Europe too. But we don't use half automatics for it. Nobody has those.
And "guns are fun" is not more important than "Kids are safe". At least it shouldn't be.
Almost 43.000 Americans died from gun related incidents in the USA in 2023. Less than 2500 American service personnel died in Afghanistan during the whole war. If i was a US citizen, i would join the army. USA; what the hell is matter with you
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As a Canadian it appears to me that every Tom, Dick or Harry can obtain all sorts of guns in the US. The 2nd amendment calls for a "Well regulated Militia". It is estimated that there are close to 400 million guns in the US, it is hard to believe that every US citizen is involved with a Militia unit. Also, being able for a citizen to open carry a gun is beyond my understanding. The wild west days are long over and your country needs to enforce more regulations and ban assault weapons. I used to vacation in your country, however, with all the mass shootings and lax gun regulations, I will vacation in my country or other safe countries in Europe.
Canadian gun laws aren't that strict
They are a hell of lot better then the USA. @@ManuelSteiner
Always appreciate your content Sir, enjoy a view from another I don't know - that I get to know.
Regards are sent from Western Scotland.
This summarizes a lot on how I, as a scandinavian, view american gun control - shockingly out of control:
In 2020 and 2021, firearms were involved in the deaths of more children ages 1-17 than any other type of injury or illness, surpassing deaths due to motor vehicles, which had long been the number one factor in child deaths. In 2021, there were 2,571 child deaths due to firearms-a rate of 3.7 deaths per 100,000 children, which is an increase of 68% in the number of deaths since 2000 and 107% since a recent low of 2013.
The high proportion of weapons per capita in Switzerland is due to the fact that the reservists have their rifles at home. This is practical because in the event of war they don't have to fetch it from a central warehouse. But no one would think of doing any mischief with their rifle. For trained soldiers, their rifle is an important tool, not a toy. The situation is probably similar in Israel.
As a Dutchie, i never even touched a gun in real life. The only guns i have actually seen in my entire (51) life were those carried by the police, the military, and a few times when gangsters tried to rob me during my career as a high end exclusive jeweler.
I shouldn't know where to start if i wanted to buy myself an illegal gun.
We survived without guns pretty well.
Robbed a few times and you still don’t want the ability to defend yourself?
@KyleKilroy not a single shot fired, so nobody got killed. What's your point exactly? It works the other way around. Nowadays, it's nearly impossible to rob the high end jewelers. Doors are closed and protected by lock gates. You will be locked in between. It dramatically decreased their chances. Bank robbery doesn't exist at all. We are one of the most cashless countries on the planet.
@@KyleKilroy nope
German and gun owner here, I think the us has a crime, gang and drug problem. the problem is not the gun it´s the owner. I criticize our own gun laws for being to strickt in some ways but they work pretty well to sort out people who shouldn't have a gun. here you need a reason for a license (hunting, sport, collecting or work) you have to show that you had training, secure place to store it (safe) and a recommendation that you need one. then a backroundcheck (by police and our homeland sec). this gives you a gun
License but not a license to carry (only l&e, security (money transport) or special persons) are allowed to carry. this filters 99.9% of muppets that shouldn't have a gun. and a big difference between the us and Europe is: a license in Europe is a privilege and not a right
"... For overthrowing a tyrannical government" . So bringing semi-automatic guns to a drone fight...😂
In theory its simple for the US. Enforce the full text of the Second Amendment. Including the inconvenient parts about well regulated and militias, as the writers understood militias. Let the screaming commence.
Yes! Military training for every firearm owner to ensure that they are actually able to form a militia.
If you look at the Netherlands we have same drugs problem as the U.S. That partly true to the port of Rotterdam but Also production of chemical drugs. But not as may guns available.
And whats more im pretty sure most of the heroin in the world comes in through Africa from the Middle East
We don't thank people for their service in the UK, we don't fetishise it.
Canadian here, it is sad that a US family came to BC for a family picnic and were stopped at the border with a gun in the diaper bag. The reason they said it was for protection.....no wonder I have no desire to go to the US even though I live 5 min. from the border....
Fact is you get the same rules as Australia or Scandinavia and it DOES make shootings a movie thing.. Name a country with serious gun laws thats had a shooting.? Or find a person in those countries thats seen a gun outside a gun range. If i had to find a person thats held a gun or even been near one it might take 20 or 30 years to find such a person. Ive seen guns because i use to be part of a gun club in the 80's. But i donr seem to have friends thats ever seen a gun. We dont even have shops that sell weapons. Last gun shop I saw was in the summer of 1987.
Not All Europeans. Get CZ citizenships, you can buy anything up to .50 BMG with silencer and laser :)
There has been 90 (Ninety) Mass Shootings in America already this year! Many people in hospital, in pain, with permanent scars and loss of income! Families burying children, young men going to jail, grandparents and parents grieving for ever! Children shooting children rather than dealing with anger issues, whole families removed! If you have a gun and they have a gun, who gets to win? Bare arms also get bullet holes, or musket balls! Germany has contracted to buy Australian made military vehicles, it's tough right now, real war is not a roulette game! Millions are losing their lives while you demand personal freedom yet deny it to many others? 🇦🇺😠
How many of those aernt related to gang violence? We have less than 4 or 5 real ones so far. Stop spreading misleading information.
I don't even know why guns exist, outside of military or law enforcement purposes. As an Australian, I am fully in favour of banning all guns. This notion of "I need it to defend myself" is ridiculous.
An elderly man in my area was out for his morning walk when someone decades younger than he attempted to beat him to death with a two by four. The only reason he's still alive is that he was carrying his pistol. Still want to call it a ridiculous notion?
People defend themselves all the time with guns. The problem is that in my state it is still too difficult to legally carry a gun which is why the guy who was home from college over Christmas was kicked to death by a roving pack of gang members when he was walking back to his car after having a restaurant dinner with some childhood friends. THAT'S why it is unethical to pass a law against arming oneself.
The amount of guns doesn't really matter. Here in Finland we have pretty strict gun laws. And guess what? Most homicides are done by kitchen knives! When someone wants to kill someone, they'll use whatever means is closest to them.
The Wild West will continue in the states unfortunately. Too much money at stake
Theres a shocking amount of blatant ignorance in this comment section.
I've heard a lot of times that nobody needs a gun in my country. I owned few guns for training purposes, to be able to defend my family but most of my friends thought that I am crazy. But when the full scale war started, I saw them in lines trying to buy a rifle or at least a shotgun. Nobody needs a gun, but the moment you need it but do not have it, is pretty scary.
Hi Ryan,
The second amendment argument used by many US gun owners is nonsense.
- The clue is in the word 'amendment'. Laws get changed when they become outdated.
- When the second amendment was created guns were nothing like as lethal as modern weapons.
- The US didn't have an army, so citizens were expected to become a militia to fight the British.
- Nor was there a police force, so individuals had to protect themselves.
- Many people also fed themselves by hunting, so a gun was a useful tool in those days.
None of those things are true anymore, but US laws haven't been amended to reflect that.
Letting guns be easily available to the general public, especially criminals, emotional teenagers or people with mental health issues, personality disorders, etc is incredibly stupid. It's not going to end well.
In the US on average 29 parents are shot with their own guns, by their toddlers(!) each year than the TOTAL number of deaths from gun crime in the UK. Just think about that for a moment.
I can't think of any country outside the US which has police in it's schools. That's because school shootings and mass shooting generally, are incredibly rare in the rest of the world. In the US there is one every 5 days on average, to the point they've become the norm. Which is tragic.
NOBODY needs a gun, outside of the army. Even the police don't need them except in exceptional circumstances.
Because guns are so easily available in the US, with little regulation, your police are scared of being shot themselves, so they tend to shoot first and ask questions later. In contrast in many other western countries police are often trained to diffuse situations, not escalate them.
Here in Britain ordinary police don't carry guns at all. If they come across an armed suspect they call in a rapid response, highly trained, firearms unit. These are very closely monitored.
All weapons AND ammo are signed out and back in at the end of the day. They can only fire if the senior officer in command of the operation gives permission and only when there is an immediate danger to life. There is automatically an enquiry if an officer discharges their weapon for any reason. Using a gun is very much a last resort that is avoided if at all possible.
The rest of the world think US gun laws are insane. Because they are.
i often her guns dont kill, people kill... who fire the gun?
That is essentially true- however it’s harder to get a beer at 18 than a gun! And that’s a huge aspect to the problem
The United States surpasses Europe in terms of danger, as evidenced by a study revealing that violent crimes such as homicide, rape, and robbery occur 4-9 times more frequently in America than in European nations. Despite knives being a common tool in European crimes, the overall higher crime rate in the US stems from demographic differences, highlighting the disparity in safety levels between the two regions.Given the increasing crime rates in the US, there arises a debate over the right to self-defense and the means through which it should be exercised. Some argue that using harsh words and calling law enforcement is the appropriate response, but when I'm 5foot 3, and a person is going to kill me, I need an equalizer, but if I lived in Europe, I would just have to die because the government is all I have...
When I was doing military service, we had a potentially deadly accident on the range. We were shooting old sh***y SMGs (11 years older than I was...). The range had a concrete wall with firing apertures.
One of the conscripts had his gun jam and instead of stopping and signaling a shooting incident, he just slammed the bolt closed. The cartridge then went off through the ejection port.
The bullet the ricocheted in the firing aperture all around him. By pure luck, he was not hit. The officer standing behind him (also a conscript...) went pale and pointed to the impacts.
It does not take a long time to implement Gun Laws - Australia did it in one year, the UK had new laws after a mass shooting - took us 12 months to tighten up the Laws and buy back all the guns. Often people said they were 'relieved' when they handed the guns in.
The issue they have now is that the American people are led to believe that a document written in a different world takes presidence over the life of innocent people- when its harder to get alcohol than a gun at 18 there’s a real problem
You really should learn English. It would make life so much easier for you when watching English videos.
Seven children were injured in a shooting outside a mall in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday night, police said, with most suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
The victims are ages 12 to 16, police said, correcting an earlier statement that one is 17. One of the girls is 16 and the other three are 14, police said; two boys are 16 and one is 12, they said. The shooting was the third in three weekends in Indianapolis. Peace out
I personally do think that guns are for professionals and those who need them for hunting.
Just today there was a shooting in a school in Finland. A 12 year old brought a gun to school. Two injured, one dead. All kids. Classmates. 💔
I don't see any reason why people should just go and buy guns. At least background checks, firearms should be kept behind locks, strict rules. If people feel so unsafe that everyone needs a gun to protect themselves there's something very wrong in the society. Guns are not the solution.
The worst consequence for society, of having guns all around is not the number of those who will get killed but the number of those who live in constant fear.
As an Italian I could never live in a place where civilians are aloud to carry a gun. I’m sorry it’s insane.
Do you really believe that gun owners will be: 1. On the side of the protectors of democracy? 2. Able to compare with the actual force of the military?
Gun ownership in Switzerland is REGULATED. The difference is regulation.
3:56 A bloke at work was saying that there was over 2000 knife incidents in schools in Queensland last year. We aren't winning. The fists are not enough.
You can imagine the founding fathers weighing it all up: So let's see what we've got... we will allow anyone to say anything to whomever they wish _by law._ Yeah, and everybody can legally carry a gun. This place is gonna be _lit!_
Europeans : no guns ... i think most of us agree on that, to own a gun person need to have special certificate
A special certificate to exercise a right is an asinine idea.
A runaway machinegun is possible depending on how hot the chamber is. Ammunition cook offs are a key concern with belt fed or long strings of fire on ANY firearm able to do so.
Not true, many machine guns are of the open bolt design, to prevent cook offs from happening. The round will only enter the chamber after the trigger is pulled so the round will not get the chance to get very hot. Less accurate, but safer.
Shooting guns is not fun. Can’t think of a more’un fun’ thing.
In Switzerland you get your army weapon at home and you are required to come with it when summoned by your Army. Same Israel. But they are very educated and rich (almost noone uses weapons to rob people because they have money to live a good life).
As an European former elite rifle shooter... I am not against guns.
But I am also not a supporter of how Americans can gather a personal arsenal, fit for a small army, without anyone raising a brow.
I'm not a supporter of some states allowing you to carry a sidearm in public places.
As far as I understand the 2nd ammendment, it was put in the constitution to make sure that everyone is allowed to defend their property, even from the government.
But a public space isn't your property, and by allowing people to carry firearms for self defense creates a grey zone where you're not allowed to stop a potential mass shooter until he or she uses one of the weapons carried.
My worry about the lenient gun control in the US is about how short the path between gun enthusiast to mass shooter can be, especially considering how even mental health care costs money.
Often a bad economy is what can break a soul... if that soul happens to have plenty of arms and ammo, but no money... that's not a great mix.
The reason Zwitserland has so many firearms is that the men who finished their military service get to keep their firearm to defend the country in times of need.
The reason there are very few accidents is that you are obligated to keep the guns and ammo in separate vaults behind lock and key and that their owners all had military training in how to use them.
That Putin has the H bomb is scary but a nutter in America carrying a semiautomatic is scarier - and more likely to do you harm.
Soo I live in Germany and you can legally own guns if you have a license. I live in a middle sized City and I am still a teen and i know nobody that owns a gun. But there were guns going off one street further on the main street one night. You could hear it and it was really scary. There were gangs fighting and arguing. Fortunately nobody died.