How America's left is preparing for escalating violence | DW News

There are fears that a polarizing election will further inflame the culture war in the US. This week the Department of Homeland Security warned of a rise in right-wing terrorism -- the potential targets including the LGBTQ community as well as racial and ethnic minorities. While the debate over gun controls remains deadlocked in Washington, some say the best protection for “vulnerable groups" is to give them guns as well.
The Socialist Rifle Association’s answer to gun violence in the US is to arm “vulnerable populations” - meaning Black communities, LGBT people, and women. Through firearms training and advocacy, they hope to “take back the monopoly on gun ownership” from the right wing. I’ve interviewed them at an outreach event, and filmed with them at a shooting range as well as a first-aid training. At a public outreach event in a Washington D.C. park, the Socialist Rifle Association finds an audience for its message that there’s an arms race in this country whether you like it or not, and the right-wing is winning by a long shot.
Subscribe: kzread.info...
For more news go to: www.dw.com/en/
Follow DW on social media:
►Facebook: / deutschewellenews
►Twitter: / dwnews
►Instagram: / dwnews
►Twitch: / dwnews_hangout
Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: / dwdeutsch
#militarisation #culturewars #USmilitias

Пікірлер: 5 200

  • @GekovarMoonandStar
    @GekovarMoonandStar Жыл бұрын

    Congrats to Smith & Wesson for winning the culture war!

  • @MrLoobu

    @MrLoobu

    Жыл бұрын

    Two of the whitest men of all time.

  • @assalane

    @assalane

    Жыл бұрын

    epic ☠

  • @wiryantirta

    @wiryantirta

    Жыл бұрын

    And the various AR-15 type manufacturers

  • @Socialist1919

    @Socialist1919

    Жыл бұрын

    We’re already winning it

  • @JayJay-xj9on

    @JayJay-xj9on

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Socialist1919lmfao!😅😅😅😅

  • @qmcmanus9014
    @qmcmanus9014 Жыл бұрын

    There are a lot more left leaning folks with firearms than y'all think, they just don't wrap their whole personalities around it.

  • @dont.ripfuller6587

    @dont.ripfuller6587

    Жыл бұрын

    Personalities? 😂

  • @very7962

    @very7962

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck with that, That won’t help you.

  • @timlinator

    @timlinator

    Жыл бұрын

    @@very7962 we out number the fascist right and are smarter.

  • @imperialmotoring3789

    @imperialmotoring3789

    Жыл бұрын

    No, they usually are wrapping their lips around each others weiners.

  • @imperialmotoring3789

    @imperialmotoring3789

    Жыл бұрын

    @@timlinator You fascist left think you are smarter but you don't even know what a woman is!

  • @sunalwaysshinesonTVs
    @sunalwaysshinesonTVs Жыл бұрын

    If you havent heard the joke already... One person said during a debate, "I am a liberal, words are my weapons", to which someone replied, "I am a leftist, weapons are my weapons".

  • @ColonelFredPuntridge

    @ColonelFredPuntridge

    9 ай бұрын

    And a third person said: "I am an American; votes are my weapons."

  • @SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk

    @SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk

    7 ай бұрын

    Kyle rittenhouse took out 3 leftists by himself

  • @sunalwaysshinesonTVs

    @sunalwaysshinesonTVs

    7 ай бұрын

    @@SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk He did. The right are well ahead of the armament race, but the left are catching up. Reminds me of the lead up to WW2. Fascist vs. Commies, I wonder which side Rittenhouse would back.

  • @rudiruttger

    @rudiruttger

    2 ай бұрын

    As the people and democracies of Europe painfully discovered near the middle of the 20th century, weapons were effectively the closest thing to their words.

  • @Varkhal218

    @Varkhal218

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@@SchmuelGoldstein-mj8rk correction, an armed individual took out three uncoordinated, unprepared and unarmed individuals by himself (and his gun). Most people are capable of that.

  • @aslau3820
    @aslau3820 Жыл бұрын

    2A means everyone has right to bear arms to protect themselves….2A is not just a “Right-wing” right.

  • @BusinessWolf1

    @BusinessWolf1

    Жыл бұрын

    exactly. and it's more of a duty to the people of the nation than a right too.

  • @btglass60

    @btglass60

    Жыл бұрын

    Bingo

  • @ClaytonMileto

    @ClaytonMileto

    11 ай бұрын

    "well regulated" btw, your not a militia

  • @mysteryman3666

    @mysteryman3666

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ClaytonMileto "Well regulated" back then means well trained.

  • @ClaytonMileto

    @ClaytonMileto

    11 ай бұрын

    @@mysteryman3666 what did militia mean back then ?

  • @emc3000
    @emc3000 Жыл бұрын

    I really can't help but feel that the US is spiraling towards escalated civil conflict.

  • @queenterraofarchrist344

    @queenterraofarchrist344

    Жыл бұрын

    Good. Down with the papist republic!

  • @lukeeagan5961

    @lukeeagan5961

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel it my friends feel it my sibling feels it besides my parents

  • @riclate2013

    @riclate2013

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah we aren't really there yet, there would be alot more open violence, compared to other countries who underwent such a thing we're pretty tame at the moment

  • @emc3000

    @emc3000

    Жыл бұрын

    @@riclate2013 I mean we are further along than we were 10 years ago I feel.

  • @jasonlarsen4945

    @jasonlarsen4945

    Жыл бұрын

    The right had been advocating for a civil war for roughly a decade now.

  • @WarrenPeac3
    @WarrenPeac3 Жыл бұрын

    Pretty scary when two groups with completely opposite beliefs start to arm themselves and preach about an arms race...

  • @eatadik123

    @eatadik123

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called a pincer method it's used by governments when they want to destabilize a population the critical race Theory stuff is the same way you control the prison that's the real reason everybody gets all tatted up and stays inside their tribes most of them don't subscribe to the ideology at all however the guards require it whether they realize it or not there's entire power points out there on how you use this what do you think klicks or so popular in American High School there's no assortment of three-letter agencies that would love for a civil war to break out the conservatives would be disarmed first according to the FBI the hopes would be that they would retaliate so the military could be brought in the Democrats would cheer this on and as it always goes once they were no longer necessary would be executed in Mass the next ten years in this country are going to be lit

  • @MrHobbesandlocke

    @MrHobbesandlocke

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe go buy a gun

  • @declan11ful

    @declan11ful

    Жыл бұрын

    This is good this is the way

  • @wessthemess117

    @wessthemess117

    Жыл бұрын

    It's the left Media pushing all that

  • @witext

    @witext

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, the second American civil war seems to actually be brewing And just like the last one, most people will be forced to take sides even tho they’re indifferent

  • @daddy9925
    @daddy9925 Жыл бұрын

    Educate and arm yourselves. Walk in peace, don’t seek conflict. Stay alive.

  • @Echo81Rumple83
    @Echo81Rumple83 Жыл бұрын

    i wish i could tell this to my mother, but she just hates, hates, HATES guns. even the idea of owning a simple hand gun is grotesque to her, even if it WERE to be for self-defense and take routine courses to keep up-to-date on responsible use. even if we live in a liberal city in a liberal state with a liberal mayor and liberal governor, it's only a matter of time before all of that is yanked from under our feet.

  • @scottcharney1091

    @scottcharney1091

    9 ай бұрын

    Non-gun options are very important as well!

  • @vtdemocracy7520
    @vtdemocracy7520 Жыл бұрын

    I can't endorse violence but we all have the right to self-defense.

  • @MrHobbesandlocke

    @MrHobbesandlocke

    Жыл бұрын

    Gee maybe that's why people defend 2A.

  • @dpharr100

    @dpharr100

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh yes. they're stringing up perverts all over place

  • @distrologic2925

    @distrologic2925

    Жыл бұрын

    everyone is defending from each others self defense

  • @markuss4133

    @markuss4133

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, how about you take guns out of that equation?

  • @vervetech9395

    @vervetech9395

    Жыл бұрын

    And you believe guns in the hands of civilians does that? US and guns. Lol

  • @timphillips1218
    @timphillips1218 Жыл бұрын

    I think the idea that it’s better to have a gun and not need one then needing a gun and not have one is the mentality of a lot of us Americans.

  • @2011hwalker

    @2011hwalker

    Жыл бұрын

    and is a symptom of a profoundly damaged society.

  • @jimmoynahan9910

    @jimmoynahan9910

    Жыл бұрын

    And makes no sense.

  • @JayS208

    @JayS208

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@jimmoynahan9910easy enough to say when you're not in a situation where you need and don't have.

  • @timphillips1218

    @timphillips1218

    Жыл бұрын

    @@howardj602 That’s true, but we haven’t had a world war since mad either. My personal opinion is that the mad situation is a lot more dangerous than guns in America. Realistically, if we have a nuclear war then a huge percentage of people will be gone within 6 months anyway. From that point of view it’s difficult to see the advantage of being armless in those circumstances.

  • @joshhencik1849

    @joshhencik1849

    11 ай бұрын

    @@jimmoynahan9910 It makes perfect sense to a logical person. Trust in yourself first. You are truly the only person that can protect what matters to you.

  • @allamericannative
    @allamericannative7 ай бұрын

    Being full blooded Navajo. Don't depend on anyone to protect you. If protection is still available then use that right to your full advantage. You'll feel alot better.

  • @friendoftheforest1736
    @friendoftheforest1736 Жыл бұрын

    As an American and a Veteran of the Afghanistan War I hear more firefights in Baltimore then in Kandahar. I hear gunshots everynight almost, Its like living in a warzone... :(

  • @BusinessWolf1

    @BusinessWolf1

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro, you live near the capital. You are standing near an overspilling boiling pot and wondering why you get hot water on you.

  • @DennisMoore664
    @DennisMoore664 Жыл бұрын

    I was once in a situation where there was no one else there to help me and having a firearm averted a confrontation with someone intent on doing me harm. It doesn't matter what could have happened, there's just what did happen which was nothing. We were both very lucky.

  • @DennisMoore664

    @DennisMoore664

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CraigScottFrost That's a bad example. A civilian wouldn't need to be armed in a courthouse the same way they might in other less secure places. There are law enforcement officers with guns and metal detectors and other measures to help keep people safe there. That's also true of other places like hospitals that now often have armed security staff and similar measures in place. Obviously civilians, even those licensed to conceal carry, aren't able to do so in every situation. But it's not an either/or option. Having access to a firearm when someone can do so legally can literally save their or someone else's life.

  • @dchiznit209

    @dchiznit209

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CraigScottFrost there may come a time where a violent or I’ll intending person may only understand the language of violence, or threat of it. Sometimes knowing the option is there could potentially be enough to diffuse such a situation. In order unfortunate cases, it’s an option you’ll be able to fall back on. You can learn CPR and still wish to never use, but still be forced to in order to save a life.

  • @ThatAppalachian

    @ThatAppalachian

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CraigScottFrost Uhh. I carry concealed literally everywhere I go. Gun free zone or not. If it has a sticker on the door, even more reason to carry. Haven’t had any problems.

  • @krisvalenti4141

    @krisvalenti4141

    Жыл бұрын

    The problem here in the US is not 'good guys defending themselves from bad guys'. The issue at hand is the random mass shootings. Time & again the wrong people are getting the wrong guns because of money & lax guns laws.

  • @Iwasavictimofesotericfascism

    @Iwasavictimofesotericfascism

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@CraigScottFrostYou: you can't carry that that's illegal Criminal: points gun at you

  • @raymarsh4620
    @raymarsh4620 Жыл бұрын

    The problem with a gun is the same as a problem with pepper spray. People rarely attack others in ideal conditions for self-defense. The predator catches people off guard.

  • @johnc3525

    @johnc3525

    Жыл бұрын

    Until the predator becomes prey.

  • @FatBunny168

    @FatBunny168

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnc3525 that require the prey to survive the ambush first. I recommend full body armor as the new fashion trend

  • @DillyTheWillyWilliams

    @DillyTheWillyWilliams

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Bunseth Likyon brothas walking around in full plate 💀

  • @fractalign

    @fractalign

    Жыл бұрын

    True as that is, you don’t see mass shooters targeting Police Stations or Military bases, because they know they would be dead after the first 20 rounds.

  • @kosmokritikos9299

    @kosmokritikos9299

    Жыл бұрын

    You may be right. MAGA Republicans are probably now taking classes on how to shoot people in the back.

  • @danb1285
    @danb1285 Жыл бұрын

    I'm saddened to see the impetus for training/owning firearms comes from such a purely political point, it is what it is, but it's very good to see fellow Americans having and training on firearms. This is collective security, and it's a very good thing. As well, firearm training and practice instills a respect for the weapon and its capability. We need more of this because security can never be truly outsourced. Truly, this is a good thing, and it's something that can bridge differences between both sides; this is a common ground. You'll find the most respectful people on earth at a gun range.

  • @insertnamehere6655

    @insertnamehere6655

    Жыл бұрын

    Completely agree, if more people were familiar with firearms and gun safety the accidental deaths would significantly go down. Need to bring gun safety back to school curriculum atleast as an elective or something.

  • @BusinessWolf1

    @BusinessWolf1

    Жыл бұрын

    Right?? The more that are armed, the safer EVERYONE is. Imagine being a crook and not feeling safe on the west coast anymore. Or a tyrannical government and seeing this going on.

  • @BusterHuggs

    @BusterHuggs

    Жыл бұрын

    It doesn’t. This is just one story they are telling.

  • @danb1285

    @danb1285

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@BusterHuggsSuch emaciated dissent. Tell your story, love.

  • @johnphantom

    @johnphantom

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BusinessWolf1 The US has 50% of the world's firearms. We are also the highest murder rate with guns.

  • @David-bg9od
    @David-bg9od8 ай бұрын

    Damn right, go far enough left and you get your guns back.

  • @dixiegunnut1812

    @dixiegunnut1812

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah how many socialist countries respect gun rights? I'll wait.

  • @GhostOnTheHalfShell
    @GhostOnTheHalfShell Жыл бұрын

    Let’s remember in the 30s you had fascist movements in the US, plus state and corporate repression against labor rights in the midst of mass poverty from the depression. State violence against trade unions and labor organization was a thing. The 60s also invovled resistance to a culture of lynching and massacres (see Tulsa as but one of a forgotten history).

  • @Sofi_-lc3cn

    @Sofi_-lc3cn

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, and we are worried about Fascists returning to power. They don't start killing minorities and our guns just get used on range. We Protect Us

  • @Qingeaton

    @Qingeaton

    Жыл бұрын

    And don't forget Smedley Butler and the "business plot"

  • @assertivekarma1909

    @assertivekarma1909

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol, get a grip, your neo Marxist indoctrination is lame... Societies evolve, usually for the better, but the US is doing well considering the extreme level of diversity & immigration.

  • @hime273

    @hime273

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sofi_-lc3cn You obviously aren't paying attention to what your own side is doing. The Left are always the Fascists.

  • @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    @GhostOnTheHalfShell

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Qingeaton yup. That was surpassed by the Powell Memo folk, the Koch Network and all the organizations the brothers architected to allow the rich to collaborate on a political war to kill the middle class and disable the republic. They have poured 100s of millions every year for a half century to reshape the US. We live in the result today.

  • @kayabrokenlutestrings6946
    @kayabrokenlutestrings6946 Жыл бұрын

    The fact that people in the media are shocked that marginalized communities don't feel protected by the authorities has got me like ????????? Please wake up

  • @5dg380

    @5dg380

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s because people like you are weaponizing hate towards them. You are marginalized.

  • @tomlxyz

    @tomlxyz

    Жыл бұрын

    Most Western countries do a better job at it

  • @tdrm

    @tdrm

    Жыл бұрын

    That was such a weird remark by the host. I don't own a gun but it has nothing to do with feeling protected by the authorities. It has everything to do with the fact that criminals in my country usually don't have access to guns.

  • @Skateandcreate9

    @Skateandcreate9

    Жыл бұрын

    Well for starters this marginalized community doesn’t do drive bys or shoot cops as far as i know so….. 😅

  • @kayabrokenlutestrings6946

    @kayabrokenlutestrings6946

    Жыл бұрын

    @Bill Randleman You're correct in the sense that their real job is to protect capital/the wealthy. Which is why its even more ridiculous that the media is shocked about this situation. Your use of the word "obligation" leaves a lot to be unpacked but I don't care to have that conversation

  • @OpDab
    @OpDab10 ай бұрын

    Armed minorities are HARDER TO OPPRESS

  • @timstone294

    @timstone294

    3 ай бұрын

    And armed majorities are even harder to oppress.

  • @disdoncable

    @disdoncable

    Ай бұрын

    The NRA approves this message...

  • @uptown_rider8078

    @uptown_rider8078

    17 күн бұрын

    They are the ones doing the oppressing

  • @OpDab

    @OpDab

    17 күн бұрын

    @@uptown_rider8078 How so?

  • @uptown_rider8078

    @uptown_rider8078

    17 күн бұрын

    @@OpDab Minorities are the ones invading our countries and replacing us in our own homelands. Using violence and deadly force to genocide us

  • @mcjon77
    @mcjon77 Жыл бұрын

    I seriously question those stats that he provided at the very end. If I recall correctly, that Philadelphia study was filled with mostly criminals armed with firearms defending themselves from other criminals. If you were five times more likely to die resisting with a firearm, there should be five times as many stories of concealed carry holders being killed as there are of concealed carry holders killing their attacker. But that isn't the case.

  • @wrekced
    @wrekced Жыл бұрын

    As a US citizen our supreme court has ruled that the police do not have to respond to a situation that is dangerous. In the US a gun is used to prevent a crime over 700 times per day. That is according to DOJ statistics.

  • @WhatIsTheWheel

    @WhatIsTheWheel

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you got a link to that? I am not seeing any DOJ (or .gov) site making a claim even remotely like that.

  • @OneAdam12Adam

    @OneAdam12Adam

    Жыл бұрын

    False claim. Russian Disinformation Troll Farms are alive and well

  • @josephderoo4500

    @josephderoo4500

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@WhatIsTheWheel you have been under a rock this was a supreme court ruling last summer. God I swear nobody knows anything anymore

  • @WhatIsTheWheel

    @WhatIsTheWheel

    Жыл бұрын

    My comment was directed at wrekced's claim, "In the US a gun is used to prevent a crime over 700 times per day. That is according to DOJ", That is why I wrote I did not see a DOJ site making that claim. As far as "Duty to protect", it goes back way farther than last summer. One of the earliest was a DC court opinion in 1981, and a Supreme Court decision in 2005.

  • @pitterpatter7719

    @pitterpatter7719

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WhatIsTheWheel ​​⁠​⁠​⁠ town of castle rock v Gonzales is one example

  • @joeyex2684
    @joeyex2684 Жыл бұрын

    It is not a measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

  • @eror151

    @eror151

    Жыл бұрын

    Better to be than not to be :P

  • @billcarson818

    @billcarson818

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly. Dont be a sheep.

  • @fr3ddyfr3sh

    @fr3ddyfr3sh

    Жыл бұрын

    You always need to adjust to the society you live in. It will never be 100% the way you want it to be. No matter if you live in texas, Shanghai or Copenhagen. Of course it’s a much bigger burden to buy weapons to protect yourself against lunatics, than exchanging your car for public transport. While some people would argue opposing.

  • @DarkSkay

    @DarkSkay

    Жыл бұрын

    The pace of change in communication, science, industry & IT, (geo)politics, education, arts, gender and sexuality, beliefs, traditions etc. is very challenging for society. Reactionary movements and tensions always rise in such a context. After 1945 every single year human culture has become even more dominant on the blue planet, every year has added new capabilities, knowledge, products and wealth, cultural artifacts, every year the scope of activities grows. If things go wrong, there's nobody else to blame - there's no outside predator or alien species threatening this incredible success story. Fortunately, the vast majority of people are guided by reason, want dialogue, moderation and deescalation. In a liberal country everybody should be able to find a way of life that suits them, respecting other life choices that contribute to the explorative power, adaptability and richness of a culture.

  • @billcarson818

    @billcarson818

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fr3ddyfr3sh You only need to adjust to a certain extent. You can live on the edge of society as much as possible. And you can also try to have a good influence of society, trying to change it. Like I said, dont be a sheep, go your own way.

  • @Romit12
    @Romit1229 күн бұрын

    Why do I feel like America's heading to a Battle Royale?

  • @Lew114
    @Lew114 Жыл бұрын

    Hearing the father of a trans kid talk about how afraid he is for the safety of his child broke my heart. I understand why he would feel that he needs a gun. Statistics show that he’s mistaken about the idea that having a gun will make his child safer. That’s easy for me to say though. If I were in his position I might make the same mistake. We need less hate in this country. Not more guns.

  • @tristanband4003

    @tristanband4003

    Жыл бұрын

    Given the hate isn't going away, the guns might actually serve as effective deterrence.

  • @GolDRoger-fx2fp
    @GolDRoger-fx2fp Жыл бұрын

    This is how corrupt politicians destroy a country.

  • @DerDoMeN

    @DerDoMeN

    Жыл бұрын

    Well... We're the sheep gobbling up the "logic" they're dishing so technically this is how gullible and revolution-greedy voters destroy a country.

  • @jukebox5600

    @jukebox5600

    Жыл бұрын

    Care to elaborate?

  • @emilysmith6897

    @emilysmith6897

    Жыл бұрын

    This is how capitalists destroy a country.

  • @combatepistemologist8382

    @combatepistemologist8382

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jukebox5600 I think he's talking about how they consistently ignore the will of the majority of their voters and continue to do the bidding of the NRA in exchange for lavish campaign contributions.

  • @mobilusinmobili8321

    @mobilusinmobili8321

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@combatepistemologist8382 Majority support gun owmership. Democracy wins.😂

  • @Longlius
    @Longlius Жыл бұрын

    "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." - Marx

  • @Casperski1312

    @Casperski1312

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, this is a core part of leftist ideology, definitely not something new like this journalist sort of suggests. Also, funny story, Ive seen that quote attributed (multiple times) to reagan and spread amongst right wing chuds and I always get a chuckle.

  • @gabrielmenezes2761

    @gabrielmenezes2761

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Casperski1312 marxism is not common in the us , the leftb there is socialy liberal and centrist on the economy

  • @Casperski1312

    @Casperski1312

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielmenezes2761 Yeah, Im clear on that, I live in the US. Really, when I say "leftist", I'm specifically referring to the traditional idea of a leftist rather than someone on the left of the spectrum in the US. There are two very different "lefts" in the US: liberals and actual leftists. Liberals are typically capitalists of some flavor or another and are barely left in anything more than name, so Im not really talking about them when I use the term "leftist". That being said, I think you'd be surprised how the number of actual leftists has swelled here in the last decade or so. Its all thanks to wide and unfettered access to the internet and a worsening economy, I think. We're still a minority, but not nearly as much as we were in, say, the McCarthy era.

  • @nihilnihil161

    @nihilnihil161

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Casperski1312 this ^^

  • @Euphoryaaa

    @Euphoryaaa

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Casperski1312 Our numbers are not known because not all of us are broadcasting our beliefs. Some of us keep our heads down, work our jobs, and silently prepare for the worst. I love it when right-wingers are overconfident

  • @fubuh8r
    @fubuh8r11 ай бұрын

    If beer cant bring people together, firearms can.

  • @samizdatbroadcasts7654
    @samizdatbroadcasts7654 Жыл бұрын

    "Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary." - Karl Marx

  • @tdl1315

    @tdl1315

    10 ай бұрын

    I for once think that only applies to places were guns are already readly avalible. I dont think we should arm populations that are unarmed but if guns are already a factor, like they are in the USA, then i rather the good guys have guns instead of just the right wing

  • @communisticus191

    @communisticus191

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tdl1315 feel like this idea stems from End of History thinking. It's harder to get guns in some places, but its still a worthwhile endeavor, if for no other reason than to make gun groups less of a far-right recruiting ground

  • @tdl1315

    @tdl1315

    10 ай бұрын

    @@communisticus191 i just dont see the utility in having a tool whos sole purposue is to kill other menbers of your species be soo readly avalible. I dont think the right or the left should be armed because i dont think anyone should be armed outside of the military

  • @Comrade-Canuck

    @Comrade-Canuck

    3 ай бұрын

    You called?

  • @ZoeX87
    @ZoeX87 Жыл бұрын

    One side wants to exterminate, the other just wants to live in peace. The idea of being safer as a defenseless sheep to the slaughter is pure nonsense.

  • @Cato76

    @Cato76

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats true. Communists want to take your stuff and kill you and molest your kids.

  • @DillyTheWillyWilliams

    @DillyTheWillyWilliams

    Жыл бұрын

    Talk softly but carry a big stick. They actively talk about killing us, but then get mad when we arm ourselves.

  • @tbsdrummer87

    @tbsdrummer87

    Жыл бұрын

    We all know which side wants to exterminate

  • @taras3702

    @taras3702

    Жыл бұрын

    The Left will try to exterminate everyone else the rest of us must be able to stop these genocidal terrorists.

  • @80808O

    @80808O

    Жыл бұрын

    Bullsht

  • @georgemoore3304
    @georgemoore3304 Жыл бұрын

    I taught anyone that wanted to learn. The best way to keep the peace is by strength. I hope we can resolve our differences w/out violence.

  • @mannyechaluce3814

    @mannyechaluce3814

    11 ай бұрын

    They are different because they are not the same, the only way to resolve differences is to make them the same is only through Violent removal ( death ) , there can only be one.

  • @kolober2045
    @kolober2045 Жыл бұрын

    I think it's possible for these two things to be true: 1) under the normal, peaceful circumstances the US has enjoyed for decades, it is much more dangerous to own a gun than not, and 2) in the face of an increasingly violent fascist movement, the risk of political violence has reached the point where in the near future, it would be better to be armed than unarmed.

  • @rogeryoung9934

    @rogeryoung9934

    11 ай бұрын

    I know, the fascist left authoritarians will stop at nothing until they create a totalitarian regime

  • @manictiger

    @manictiger

    11 ай бұрын

    Huh? How is it more dangerous? It'll sprout legs and start firing itself?

  • @dinmavric5504

    @dinmavric5504

    11 ай бұрын

    @@manictiger I mean when a whole damn country has arms, it probably proves more safe to have a gun, than not. Not sure what he was talking about

  • @manictiger

    @manictiger

    11 ай бұрын

    @@dinmavric5504 The ownership rate per capita is remained essentially the same. Something else went wrong and it wasn't the ownership rate per capita. AR-15s used to be something you could literally mail-order. Was never a problem before.

  • @deaththekid3998

    @deaththekid3998

    10 ай бұрын

    @@manictigerit’s more dangerous because all of those wannabe Rambo think they can actually win a gun fight after they shot at some unmoving targets. If they didn’t have a gun, they would just run away from danger and save their life, but the gun makes them overconfident and they get themselves killed. Also, if you’re depressed, owning a gun makes you more likely to unalive yourself. It makes it too easy.

  • @bonaku20
    @bonaku20 Жыл бұрын

    This is not going to end well ... over all.. for everyone 😢

  • @jotunheim5302

    @jotunheim5302

    Жыл бұрын

    It'll be fine.

  • @JayTX.

    @JayTX.

    Жыл бұрын

    Our trajectory is set ....there is no stopping it now ...

  • @xena6894

    @xena6894

    Жыл бұрын

    And most of the world will be actually cheering on ... The "bully" busy tearing itself apart is a a salute for large and medium world powers

  • @nusaibahibraheem8183

    @nusaibahibraheem8183

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @JOEDIRTERULEZ

    @JOEDIRTERULEZ

    Жыл бұрын

    IT ALREADY ENDED WELL, APRIL 9 1865

  • @calebberry9202
    @calebberry9202 Жыл бұрын

    Taking your protection into your own hands is not disheartening, it’s extremely responsible.

  • @spencertwoeightyz3383

    @spencertwoeightyz3383

    Жыл бұрын

    I just came back after living in the Philippines for 5 years. I had cctv at my house, police were there strictly to enforce (not patrol), and it is perfectly acceptable for the responsibility of self defense fall on the individual. Police there are to catch the criminal, not stop the criminal.

  • @rw2698

    @rw2698

    Жыл бұрын

    Especially being trapped in a hotel room while irrate individuals are knocking on your door and it will be 26- minutes before authorities arrive.

  • @insertnamehere6655

    @insertnamehere6655

    Жыл бұрын

    @@spencertwoeightyz3383 There's a saying I heard that sums this up perfectly. "Police respond to crime, they don't stop crime"

  • @andreimelnikov651

    @andreimelnikov651

    Жыл бұрын

    In context, your statement is "race toward civil war is extremely responsible".

  • @insertnamehere6655

    @insertnamehere6655

    Жыл бұрын

    @Andrei Melnikov In context your statement says: "You should never take any steps to being self reliant or self sufficient for your defense, of which nobody else is responsible for. Because of what others may react or think".

  • @alishaberrey4479
    @alishaberrey4479 Жыл бұрын

    I mean... I don't see any problem with two opposing groups who hate each other arming up and preparing to defend themselves. This can't end badly for anyone.

  • @BusinessWolf1

    @BusinessWolf1

    Жыл бұрын

    I see your sarcasm, but it's true. More defence for everyone is good, and strenghtens the people against a potential tyrannical government. It's a win-win.

  • @swevens9111

    @swevens9111

    11 ай бұрын

    @@BusinessWolf1I think the issue is people do not know there rights or the founding laws of the United States of America we have been being played they just have there plan worked out they want us to hate each other so we don’t come together and talk about the bigger issues at hand

  • @averagecitizen8491

    @averagecitizen8491

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@swevens9111divide and conquer is done by the elites

  • @jeffrobinson4523
    @jeffrobinson4523 Жыл бұрын

    When I sit and watch what's happening in this country, on so many levels ...I continue to do my research and making plans to leave this country .

  • @autumnthomas3923

    @autumnthomas3923

    8 ай бұрын

    If you think this is only in America you are delusional

  • @curtisthomas2670
    @curtisthomas2670 Жыл бұрын

    "Concerning nonviolence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. It is legal and lawful to own a shotgun or a rifle. We believe in obeying the law. In areas where our people are the constant victims of brutality, and the government seems unable or unwilling to protect them, we should form rifle clubs that can be used to defend our lives and our property in times of emergency..... If the government thinks I am wrong for saying this, then let the government start doing its job." Malcolm X

  • @citylumberjack9169

    @citylumberjack9169

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah - and how'd that work for Malcolm in the end? HE WAS SHOT DEAD.

  • @curtisthomas2670

    @curtisthomas2670

    Жыл бұрын

    @@citylumberjack9169 hymc

  • @JABN97

    @JABN97

    Жыл бұрын

    @@citylumberjack9169 shot dead by a state assassination squad that would have left the KGB proud. ironic, the moment the actual victims of tyrannical goverment policies in the USA wanted to use their supposed rights to defend themself against said goverment using guns, the Reagan administration and the NRA suddenly went full support for gun control. weird how that coincided, right?

  • @ToneyCrimson
    @ToneyCrimson Жыл бұрын

    I support this, people like this should be armed for their own protection. And its not a good guy vs bad guy with a gun, its about a guy living in a country with more gun than people, and those guns are owned by the people who dont want you to exsist

  • @jeremyr722

    @jeremyr722

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly!

  • @mobilusinmobili8321

    @mobilusinmobili8321

    Жыл бұрын

    Majority of homicides are committed by your inner city constituents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report

  • @JayTX.

    @JayTX.

    Жыл бұрын

    Subjective bias ....

  • @krystal7958

    @krystal7958

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol people like this are mentally ill, they should be institutionalized, not armed.

  • @vklnew9824

    @vklnew9824

    Жыл бұрын

    Your weak physiognomy is showing

  • @stephenbailey9969
    @stephenbailey9969 Жыл бұрын

    Self-defense is lawful. In America, that might mean legal carry.

  • @shlmel
    @shlmel11 ай бұрын

    For as frequently as he kept looking at his notes to be statistically correct, he could’ve also looked through his notes to see how much membership costs and if a license is required & as an LGBTQ Person, how to go into business with a weapon.

  • @helios7212
    @helios7212 Жыл бұрын

    Not sure how i feel about those statistics you used at the end. Seems like those were about being armed vs a violent mugging or robbery situation. If its politicial violence like they are talking about, the shooter is already shooting to kill so dont feel that is applicable. Im not for lax gun laws or anything, but America is just such a different place than Europe when it comes to firearms, i feel you might be missing some context through your lens. The cat is already long out the bag here lol, like the people interviewed said: theres a political arms race happening here whether you or I like it or not. Responsible ownership and stricter laws and proper training requirements should be the way forward, least imo. Disarming yourself when another side is arming to kill you is just naive, sadly 😔

  • @jailbreak852

    @jailbreak852

    Жыл бұрын

    We're talking about semi automatic weapons, largely. This is what they want to turn the screws on.

  • @MrHobbesandlocke

    @MrHobbesandlocke

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok Fudd

  • @zoopdterdoobdter5743

    @zoopdterdoobdter5743

    Жыл бұрын

    There isn't an arms race...at all. 😆 I fully encourage these LARPers to keep doing what they're doing, though: 2A is for everyone...even people who're definitely going to shoot themselves in the foot if their homeland ever has to call upon them to defend it. 🙄

  • @nicholascrow8133

    @nicholascrow8133

    Жыл бұрын

    Even in a situation of political violence, being armed makes you a priority target for the shooter..

  • @MrHobbesandlocke

    @MrHobbesandlocke

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe you should beg the police like the children in Ulvade did

  • @Laurentipia5
    @Laurentipia5 Жыл бұрын

    This is so sad, but unfortunately necessary. I appreciate that they're focusing on safe and responsible gun use. Everyone deserves to feel safe and that they can defend themselves and their families, when needed.

  • @earnthis1

    @earnthis1

    Жыл бұрын

    crazy town!

  • @jpegjpg

    @jpegjpg

    Жыл бұрын

    When I am suppose to feel safe? When everyone is carrying a gun? One hundred and fifty years ago on the western frontier everyone carried a gun. The city of Dodge in the the 1880s had a homicide rate 300 times higher than Miami in the 1980s. Every statistic shows that the more guns you have the higher the homicide rate rises. WHY? because a drunken argument in a bar without guns is just a fist fight with 3-4 people getting some bruises and maybe some broken bones, but a bar fight when everyone is carrying a gun turns into a blood bath with 5 people dead.

  • @francisdec1615

    @francisdec1615

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jpegjpg Except that you are lying or at the very "best" misinformed. Dodge City had about 5 murders/year. The US used to have *less* gun violence when guns were completely free. Most European countries didn't have gun control either just 20, 30, 50 or 100 years back. Same there. And I'm not even from the US. I'm from Sweden. We have more gun violence in 2023 with a draconic gun law and criminal immigrants (usually non-European) getting hold of guns anyway than we had in 1923, when my great grandfather was young and there was no gun law at all and Sweden was 99.9% ethnically Swedish. Only sheep believe in gun laws.

  • @tristanband4003

    @tristanband4003

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jpegjpg dodge only had one murder a year. Try again. Safety is always relative, and completely unconnected with feeling.

  • @Slayer8957

    @Slayer8957

    Жыл бұрын

    Relying on a police force for security is the foolishness that got the US into its current mess. It is already been established in court that they have no obligation to save anyone but themselves. You cannot outsource safety. Only you can safeguard you and your family's livelihood. Everyone needs to become well trained, and also become well-acquainted with your neighbors.

  • @casval-pj5tb
    @casval-pj5tb Жыл бұрын

    Sorry but i think he got the 25 auto and 9mm swapped.😂

  • @atmosrepair
    @atmosrepair11 ай бұрын

    First and foremost your own security is your own responsibility. And our founders prepared for the answer in form of our bill of rights.

  • @nerdlingeeksly5192
    @nerdlingeeksly5192 Жыл бұрын

    Why can't people just leave each other alone, no one is saying you gotta talk to each other or be friends, just live and let live.

  • @guillermorojo6572

    @guillermorojo6572

    Жыл бұрын

    because while individuals can do that, politics are never done.

  • @vulpsturm

    @vulpsturm

    Жыл бұрын

    People are. These crazed leftwing psychos are gearing up to murder regular Americans who don't march lockstep with what they want. They think anywhere outside of blue cities are full of "fascists" that ride around in pickup trucks looking for marginalized people to murder.

  • @user-ry2qs7xf9k

    @user-ry2qs7xf9k

    Жыл бұрын

    Politicians will never allow that they live off division

  • @mobilusinmobili8321

    @mobilusinmobili8321

    Жыл бұрын

    Inner citie folk wont let it so people need to defend themselves like Kyle Rittenhouse did.

  • @JMCoMASK

    @JMCoMASK

    Жыл бұрын

    Because fascists and fascist leaning conservatives do not want certain groups in society to exists.

  • @ianmoone316
    @ianmoone316 Жыл бұрын

    No matter who you are in the USA you have a right to own a firearm to protect yourself and your family.

  • @automnejoy5308

    @automnejoy5308

    Жыл бұрын

    No, you don't.

  • @kylethedarkness

    @kylethedarkness

    Жыл бұрын

    @@automnejoy5308 yes you do. Guaranteed in the constitution.

  • @ColonelFredPuntridge

    @ColonelFredPuntridge

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kylethedarkness Since 2008. Not before. We need justices who will correct Scalia's error.

  • @danielyoung6893
    @danielyoung6893 Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately this video ended with promoting the idea that not having the ability to defend yourself will make you safer. Let that sink in.

  • @junglejim3433
    @junglejim3433 Жыл бұрын

    It's true, in a fight, people with guns tend to get shot. But it's understandable to want to be armed against hateful people.

  • @cinpeace353
    @cinpeace353 Жыл бұрын

    Bulletproof vests will be the new fashion in US. 😂😂

  • @krumuvecis

    @krumuvecis

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey, maybe it'll lead to some interesting designs. Vests for children, XXXL sizes, vests for pets, various colors, with a cup holder, with wi-fi and usb - the possibilities are endless

  • @MetallicReg

    @MetallicReg

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe it helps to lose them a couple hundred pounds on average. Wearing some extra weights may count as minor sport and going out for their sugar packed food may be less prominent when there are bullets raining outside. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @theupsidedownworld99
    @theupsidedownworld99 Жыл бұрын

    💪✋💭 While promoting non-violence is essential, it is crucial to acknowledge the inherent right to self-defense. The line between self-defense and violence can be subjective and debated. Understanding the complexities surrounding this topic sparks curiosity about how individuals and societies define and navigate the concept of self-defense in different circumstances. It invites discussions on finding peaceful resolutions while ensuring personal safety and protection.

  • @PumpedSmartass

    @PumpedSmartass

    Жыл бұрын

    Most of the modern world have very restricted gun laws, yet we have way lower crime rates, and especially gun wound. Wake up america, we are not in the imperial age anymore, no matter how hard you want to let it be

  • @joeclaridy

    @joeclaridy

    Жыл бұрын

    The Left doesn't want a peaceful resolution.

  • @amellirizarry9503

    @amellirizarry9503

    Жыл бұрын

    True more people, especially moderates should read, Peter Gelderloos

  • @samuelantonov9939

    @samuelantonov9939

    Жыл бұрын

    I think ChatGPT wrote this comment

  • @carcinogen60yearsago

    @carcinogen60yearsago

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Samuel Antonov Chatgpt uses emojis? I don't think so.

  • @markreynolds9343
    @markreynolds934311 ай бұрын

    Nothing is wrong with arming yourself on the basis of self defense.

  • @arpatt77
    @arpatt77 Жыл бұрын

    Wait wait wait, which bumper sticker is the antitrans slur? The American flag or "liberty or tyranny"?

  • @1337flite
    @1337flite Жыл бұрын

    The move from culture war to actual civil war. 'Murica.

  • @jailbreak852

    @jailbreak852

    Жыл бұрын

    Its a fun topic for Europe and the commonwealth, almost like talking about the royals

  • @smeagle3295

    @smeagle3295

    Жыл бұрын

    That wouldn’t end well for the lefties.

  • @billcarson818

    @billcarson818

    Жыл бұрын

    @@smeagle3295 Depends on how many of them will get guns. ;-)

  • @smeagle3295

    @smeagle3295

    Жыл бұрын

    @@billcarson818 That won’t matter. They are in antifa sniffing each others farts. I have yet to meet a veteran that is on board with them (myself included).

  • @doujinflip

    @doujinflip

    Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't be the first time. We've survived the organized violence of the Civil War, the anarcho-communist insurrection, and the Civil Rights Movement. And each time the more humanist side made gains over the self-interested idealists.

  • @kayskreed
    @kayskreed Жыл бұрын

    Looking at the US from the outside, it almost seems like it's a country living in a completely different era than all of the other countries of the west. A different century almost. The US may not be at war with an outside nation like we see in Ukraine, but they are very much still at war with themselves. And I am skeptical that more guns = safer communities, regardless of agenda. If there were no guns at all than perhaps, but that's unlikely to ever occur because guns are sacred in the US for reasons I have yet to grasp. Again, that's something entirely unique to the US as far as western countries go.

  • @DennisMerwood-xk8wp

    @DennisMerwood-xk8wp

    Жыл бұрын

    USA: 300-million people - and 400-million guns. Many in the hands of untrained nut jobs!

  • @eksbocks9438

    @eksbocks9438

    Жыл бұрын

    Think of it like what happened in Bosnia. One group is very aggressive. While the other is forced into a defensive role. We didn't ask for this. We wanted to be in the same position as the rest of the Developed World. But we are constantly being persecuted for believing this. Persecuted by hateful people. Who think they are never wrong. And somehow, everyone else is the one with the problem.

  • @colindavis1496

    @colindavis1496

    Жыл бұрын

    The Founding Fathers knew that an armed populace keeps a Republic free...!!!

  • @UnworthySubject

    @UnworthySubject

    Жыл бұрын

    This deadly challenge imposes upon our society two requirements of direct concern, both to the press and to the president. Two requirements that may seem almost contradictory in tone but which must be reconciled and fulfilled if we are to meet this national peril. The need for far greater public information. The need for far greater official secrecy. The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society. We are as a people inherently and historicaly opposed to secret societies to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweigh the dangers which are sighted to justify it. Even today there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. There is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. John F. Kennedy April 27, 1961 Speech to the National Press Association

  • @baronvonjo1929

    @baronvonjo1929

    Жыл бұрын

    If you actually visited here its a lot different. I have started to just step away from a lot of this because it gets tiring. Everyday is just pretty normal. Nothing bad happens like everything I see on TV or online. Call it ignorance but only negative stuff is sales on TV and the internet. Much more mundane and positive stuff on life here. Also if you avoid areas that are just known to have issues like major cities and the west coast. I realize I see all this negative stuff about the US and would get really heated. But in real life there is none of that. At least for me. Media just makes everything more negative because that's what sales.

  • @DS-ew7sp
    @DS-ew7sp Жыл бұрын

    I'm on the left. I was career military, combat vet, well trained and very experienced, and I am well armed. I know MANY others on the left who are like myself. I want nothing more than for everyone to live in peace and show respect to others but I'm not going to be caught off guard. Unlike my fellow countrymen on the right I don't tie my entire identity to my military service or my guns, I'm quiet.

  • @anthonyn1157

    @anthonyn1157

    Жыл бұрын

    What was your mos?

  • @augustopenaspalmeira471

    @augustopenaspalmeira471

    5 ай бұрын

    you can't be leftist and an americn veteran at the same time lmao are you insaane?

  • @dookiepost
    @dookiepostАй бұрын

    No war but class war

  • @lochnessamonster1912
    @lochnessamonster1912 Жыл бұрын

    After Jan 6 every freedom loving american who doesnt want to live in a fascist hellhole should arm up and train with friends and family.

  • @Anonymous-tz7ym

    @Anonymous-tz7ym

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol😂

  • @icecold9511

    @icecold9511

    Жыл бұрын

    Try what was going on in Portland. It was a leftist utopia.

  • @mobilusinmobili8321

    @mobilusinmobili8321

    Жыл бұрын

    After the riots for months over dead felons, every American loving patriot should defend their towns from radical Far Leftists just like Kyle Rittenhouse did.

  • @MrJCerqueira

    @MrJCerqueira

    Жыл бұрын

    train with friends and family sounds like a fkn cult. if anything arming yourself is one of the steps to self-sufficiency

  • @krystal7958

    @krystal7958

    Жыл бұрын

    Fascism doesn't sound so bad compared to the self righteousness of liberal whites.

  • @tinkerstrade3553
    @tinkerstrade3553 Жыл бұрын

    Young fellow, a gun battle isn't statistical. Nor is a mob. I'm left, I carry. ✌️

  • @jamallabarge2665
    @jamallabarge2665 Жыл бұрын

    Armed people don't get bashed...... Edit - this new story just reinforces my suspicion that Wall Street is driving "gun control".

  • @bobby.m136
    @bobby.m13611 ай бұрын

    No wonder ppl from other countries assume all Americans walk around with a machine gun in their pocket

  • @ewoksalot
    @ewoksalot Жыл бұрын

    I'm an 45-ish year old American Independent voter. I lean left for sure... but I don't subscribe to a particular party or ideology. Most of my friends who are farther left (than I am) own guns. No one is under any illusions about the history of our country, civil rights, labor unions, etc. Where we are now is just another page in the chapter of bigotry. In another 50-75 years it will be behind us as we slowly (ever too slowly) work our way into the next chapter of the American experience.

  • @thegreataynrand7210

    @thegreataynrand7210

    Жыл бұрын

    Leftism is a disease

  • @jakeryker546

    @jakeryker546

    Жыл бұрын

    You're either an ally or transphobe. Pick your side cuz gun control aint gonna save ya!

  • @BicycleFunk

    @BicycleFunk

    Жыл бұрын

    Many are under illusion.

  • @timetraveller4116

    @timetraveller4116

    Жыл бұрын

    The left are causing all the problems and the government knows it.

  • @InBrz

    @InBrz

    Жыл бұрын

    The US will cease to exist by 50 years, will prob be full of chinese

  • @chcch3484
    @chcch3484 Жыл бұрын

    Education is always good.

  • @KaiTakApproach
    @KaiTakApproach Жыл бұрын

    They have a right to be armed, they are smart to train, and they have every reason to be concerned about escalating violence. I disagree with their politics and their beliefs but I support their rights regardless. Embracing that is required. Embracing each other's politics is not. I see nothing wrong or concerning here, but I do see the growing push to make their ethics into policy as concerning....just as I see it concerning when I see it on the religious right. As an American I give them the benefit of the doubt until I see otherwise.

  • @tristanband4003

    @tristanband4003

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish more of you were like this. We need to be armed. Say what you will about us lefties, it's not us with a history of unprovoked violence.

  • @KaiTakApproach

    @KaiTakApproach

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tristanband4003 woah there buddy. That's exactly what we are worried about; you think you are the good guys. You're not. When I say "we" I mean moderates. I see your flags and your pride and your self-righteousness exactly the way I see people on the right. You young folk don't remember the Cold War or Stalinism either because it stopped being taught. The Left is just as dangerous as the Right. Any system of beliefs that is so strong that it can ignore the history and beliefs of others is. People have good reason not to go along with the New Left; tearing down statues and flags and religion and speech and putting up your own doesn't end well in the canon of history. But I still support your rights.... especially because a lot of people on your side don't support my own.

  • @80808O

    @80808O

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@tristanband4003 glad you have a brain about the 2A, but seriously? The left doesn't have a history of unprovoked violence? BRUH

  • @Comrade-Canuck

    @Comrade-Canuck

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@tristanband4003 wellllllllll, I wouldn't say that lol

  • @KongDonkey-jo2ij

    @KongDonkey-jo2ij

    2 ай бұрын

    @@tristanband4003idk man the 20th century would like to have a talk

  • @1911GreaterThanALL
    @1911GreaterThanALL11 ай бұрын

    I would like to see these statistics that claim such nonsense in terms of assault and results of a defensive use with a firearm.

  • @broderickblocker7106
    @broderickblocker7106 Жыл бұрын

    I'm an elder transgender leftist. This makes me a triple target, but I refuse to be a victim. I have been threatened with violence in my home twice in my life, and I will NEVER live without the means to protect myself. If you don't know how it feels to be under attack and in danger - if you have never been in that situation yourself - then you'll never understand how terrifying it is. Nobody's going to save you. You're on your own when that moment happens. I choose to have whatever I need to protect myself. And Nobody's going to take that away from me.

  • @boris_is_porus9834

    @boris_is_porus9834

    Жыл бұрын

    Based.

  • @NorthernMafia8

    @NorthernMafia8

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like you have alot of mental issues

  • @80808O

    @80808O

    Жыл бұрын

    We are very different politically, but I agree 100 percent with your statement. It is your right to defend yourself and feel safe in your home. Good on you for taking agency and exercising your rights.

  • @tghooker5123

    @tghooker5123

    2 ай бұрын

    Who shouldn't be allowed to have guns?

  • @PratosKS

    @PratosKS

    Ай бұрын

    I know what it's like. I am a military veteran that has an american flag hat that I like to wear, and lived in Portland Oregon. Never have I experienced so much hate just walking around. I moved because of all the hate.

  • @Sassafras-
    @Sassafras- Жыл бұрын

    We all have the right to self defence. As a libertarian I love the fact that the 2nd amendment is being exercised to the full extent of what the founding fathers intended. Guns for all. An Armed Society is a polite society

  • @Luflandebrigade31
    @Luflandebrigade31 Жыл бұрын

    The US civil war - brought to you and supported by social media!

  • @nsbd90now

    @nsbd90now

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, to be sure, with "The Southern Strategy" and "The Powell Memo" Republicans and corporate DNC Democrats were working on it long before social media was a thing.

  • @johnnytactical3054

    @johnnytactical3054

    Жыл бұрын

    Facts

  • @johnnytactical3054

    @johnnytactical3054

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nsbd90now social media has accelerated it big time

  • @mobilusinmobili8321

    @mobilusinmobili8321

    Жыл бұрын

    Democrats will lose again.

  • @superman31172
    @superman311724 ай бұрын

    The way things are going it would not surprise me

  • @rustybordelon1
    @rustybordelon1 Жыл бұрын

    I too am a marksmanship instructor and have been for 40+ years. I am non political and am not a member of any political party If I saw an “instructor” with a target looking like that I would keep looking

  • @traumaleaguenow1653
    @traumaleaguenow1653 Жыл бұрын

    Stay strapped or get clapped. Also, LOVE AND BE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE AND BE WITH!

  • @krystal7958

    @krystal7958

    Жыл бұрын

    Embarrassing

  • @traumaleaguenow1653

    @traumaleaguenow1653

    Жыл бұрын

    @@krystal7958 With a misspelled, stripper name like that, I would be too.

  • @tristanband4003

    @tristanband4003

    Жыл бұрын

    Well we lefties are just now prepared to defend our beliefs with guns now. Get used to it.

  • @Interdimensionaltravelagent
    @Interdimensionaltravelagent Жыл бұрын

    You can arm yourself and still believe in responsible gun laws. You can drive a car and want others to have a driver's test: I don't understand how this is too hard for people to swallow.

  • @Michaelsmercedes

    @Michaelsmercedes

    Жыл бұрын

    You aren't trying to understand. Do you want DeSantis or Trump deciding that being gay is a mental condition and passing an executive order to ban gay people from having guns? Many people have guns for protection from the government. That is why they don't want the government making laws about guns.

  • @btglass60

    @btglass60

    Жыл бұрын

    Common sense is something most people don't know

  • @justinlarrabee-nb9gz

    @justinlarrabee-nb9gz

    24 күн бұрын

    You can have whatever beliefs you want and not be a bad person, the problem is that when you give an inch a mile gets taken, that's why there can be no compromise on fundamental rights, the government now seems to think that they are privileges because people lack discipline and understanding.

  • @enjuaihara2576
    @enjuaihara25763 ай бұрын

    you cant outlive one group if yours does not reproduce or have children sorry

  • @christophersnedeker

    @christophersnedeker

    5 күн бұрын

    Who says leftists don't have children?

  • @charemchavrutah
    @charemchavrutah Жыл бұрын

    The statistics he presents sound eerily like video game mechanics of defense-focused character builds: the greater the threat you present, the more you draw aggro onto yourself.

  • @GRWelsh7
    @GRWelsh7 Жыл бұрын

    Why are you more likely to die in an attack if you have a gun? He threw out the data without providing an explanation to that.

  • @citylumberjack9169

    @citylumberjack9169

    Жыл бұрын

    The report doesn't actually delve into the 'why' - it merely confirms that statistically you are more likely. The 'why' would be speculative, and the report dealt only with facts.

  • @distantraveller9876

    @distantraveller9876

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a bit obvious isn't it? If you're getting robbed at gun point and you also have a gun, you are far more likely to get shot over that robbery than if you had just cooperated with the thief. Same applies to most violent situations, even getting pulled over by police could turn deadly if they perceive you as a threat to their own safety. Having a gun might save you in certain situations but it might also escalate a situation that wasn't deadly in the first place.

  • @HoneyLaw1

    @HoneyLaw1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@distantraveller9876 No dipshit that's not where the statistic comes from. It comes from the largest source of gun violence in the U.S gang on gang violence where both parties have firearms. That number also includes criminals who have died with a gun as a result of lawful self defense. The situation you described is exceedingly rare.

  • @Aisenheim
    @Aisenheim Жыл бұрын

    Getting to that point huh... people should mind their own business. Whatever sexuality you fancy, it is YOUR BUSINESS. What the frog with these hate groups?!

  • @InBrz

    @InBrz

    Жыл бұрын

    IT'S ALL the mental midgets little Musolini's who want to put their self riteous nose in everybody's business. Time for them to feel the pain

  • @taras3702

    @taras3702

    Жыл бұрын

    More like keep your business to yourself and leave the rest of us out of it.

  • @petervizzini4006

    @petervizzini4006

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody cared till the children were targeted

  • @down-to-earth-mystery-school

    @down-to-earth-mystery-school

    Жыл бұрын

    @@petervizzini4006 which never happened, except by sports coaches and priests

  • @swerveo7313

    @swerveo7313

    Жыл бұрын

    @@down-to-earth-mystery-schooleachers touch kids at 100x the rate of priests, you’re indoctrination is showing, there’s been a 100% increase in children indemnifying as trans in the past 5 years 😂😂 if you think kids aren’t being targeted you need to look at timelines and normalities in societies lol. it’s incredible how someone will try to convince you as much as they can that they’re rational, then say something like kids aren’t being targeted 😂😂😂

  • @ousleyearly
    @ousleyearly11 ай бұрын

    The Art of Guerrilla Warfare - J.J. Tucker

  • @afonseca
    @afonseca Жыл бұрын

    Great report. If it's one thing we can align on is the importance of the 2nd amendment. It gives ALL Americans, regardless of political affiliation, race, gender identity, the right to bear arms for self defense.

  • @kevinw2592

    @kevinw2592

    Жыл бұрын

    the right to bear arms to terrorize their neighbors

  • @afonseca

    @afonseca

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kevinw2592 If that's your inclination, I don't know what to say.

  • @joegallegos9109

    @joegallegos9109

    Жыл бұрын

    No.

  • @Gygesdcom
    @Gygesdcom Жыл бұрын

    Indeed, it's alarming that while we're embroiled in conflicts with one another, the surge in AI and Robotics technology threatens to replace a majority of human jobs. Regrettably, this crucial period in our history isn't even being considered by the average person, as we are more focused on aligning our neighbors with our value systems. Meanwhile, the decision-makers are meticulously planning the future of humanity, pondering what to do with the masses who are no longer needed to sustain the wealth of the elite.

  • @Ras98X

    @Ras98X

    Жыл бұрын

    The events of the past years have been so significant and extreme and we just keep moving on like nothing is happening. Every little detail is important to our history; I wonder how it'll be perceived in the future, if we last into it.

  • @Gygesdcom

    @Gygesdcom

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Ras98X considering the near future, It's a common misconception that hard work alone guarantees a secure position in society. It's unrealistic to believe that one can outperform a machine no matter how willing you are to sacrifice, and it's even more misguided to expect the Elites of society to willingly share their wealth with us once they don't need us anymore to produce for them. Their actions have consistently shown a prioritization of their own well-being over broad wealth distribution or the common good of society. They are more focused on ensuring a comfortable transition for themselves and their families while we fight with each other. This is the perfect distraction for them.

  • @lashlarue7924

    @lashlarue7924

    Жыл бұрын

    ... and in other complete non-sequiturs, Mets pitcher Jason O'Malley has publicly denounced orange juice as a leading cause of diabetes in pre-teens...

  • @josephtaylor7151

    @josephtaylor7151

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@lashlarue7924😆😆😆😆😆😆

  • @josephtaylor7151

    @josephtaylor7151

    Жыл бұрын

    Trades will be safe for quite sometime. Between unionships, the lack of market share anyone company has and the cost of developing and implementing any kind of automation is out of the question. Throw in retrofitting, repair and maintenance of existing structures and you've found more security. But a computer that can write its own code, that's a real conundrum there. A whole new chapter has started, and it's bigger than the internet or the gun.

  • @Nomad_Druid
    @Nomad_Druid Жыл бұрын

    Wow, it's almost like everyone opposed to gun control has been saying that for years.

  • @Valiguss

    @Valiguss

    11 ай бұрын

    Wouldn’t be necessary if the right wasn’t armed to the teeth and spouting fascist talking points

  • @Nomad_Druid

    @Nomad_Druid

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Valiguss Almost like the left shouldn't have been screeching at those in the center at every given opportunity while simultaneously sprinting further left while the right took a casual jog further right, leading a majority of centrists to just hate the left.

  • @mariothibau1070
    @mariothibau1070 Жыл бұрын

    I have to say something to this people carrying guns. All those that live by the sword will die by the sword, this is already ancient knowledge.

  • @riclate2013

    @riclate2013

    Жыл бұрын

    Just thought about this saying but what about if you carry the sword but never use it? I myself live pacifistic and never want to hurt anyone I used to legit cry whenever I hurt someone didnt matter if it was physical or with words, when I was younger. Despite that I still own firearms I pray to my ancestors everyday that it's only relegated to target shooting and the occasional hunt that I never have to aim and pull that trigger on anyone, I've actually considered buying a pepper ball gun for defense while still having my guns as a last resort. You yourself have to understand this world is dangerous sometimes and you have the option to use whatever you see fit to defend yourself doesn't matter if it's a rock, stick, bow, gun or your own hands. If someone wants to defend themselves with a gun than thats there choice and you have to respect that.

  • @joeljoss1916
    @joeljoss1916 Жыл бұрын

    Bad is never far away, safety is an illusion. Be aware not consumed.

  • @theprecipiceofreason
    @theprecipiceofreason Жыл бұрын

    When it's not about surviving but, instead, about taking them with you.

  • @reallyhappenings5597

    @reallyhappenings5597

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah you're on the "precipice of reason" alright

  • @theprecipiceofreason

    @theprecipiceofreason

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reallyhappenings5597 omg is this reallyhappening? Usernames, how fun...what year is it?

  • @reallyhappenings5597

    @reallyhappenings5597

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theprecipiceofreason You feeling so threatened that you fantasize about "taking them with you" is, indeed, really happening.

  • @theprecipiceofreason

    @theprecipiceofreason

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reallyhappenings5597 Yes, you got me. This video was about me and it wasn't just a pithy distillation of the content within it. i'm actually all the characters and was simply refracted for camera. amazing deduction sherlock

  • @reallyhappenings5597

    @reallyhappenings5597

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theprecipiceofreason You've "liked" your own comments, haven't you.

  • @_ramroc
    @_ramroc Жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen people get upset about this, especially people on the right, with the main argument being “We don’t want the left getting guns, they hate us!” Well, the second amendment applies to EVERYONE, and that means EVERYONE, whether or not you like them.

  • @DonaldDucksRevenge

    @DonaldDucksRevenge

    Жыл бұрын

    Never heard this among right-wing friends and colleagues. They're wished well. Late to the party or not!

  • @assertivekarma1909

    @assertivekarma1909

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a neurotic disingenuous sample from an uncredible person.

  • @Adam-oq8bg

    @Adam-oq8bg

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m on the right and it’s a good idea to have guns and train just like them. I support there right to have guns. Where we disagree is the joining of a political militia which is what that is.

  • @DennisMerwood-xk8wp

    @DennisMerwood-xk8wp

    Жыл бұрын

    It does not Ramroc. 2A only applies to militia's - like the National Guard. The founding fathers are rolling in their graves at how 2A has being hijacked by gun nuts!

  • @Shifty_

    @Shifty_

    Жыл бұрын

    What are you even talking about? Gun nut circles I'm in LOVE this. They want everyone to have a gun, be safe, and have training in how to use it.

  • @jerryv8278
    @jerryv8278 Жыл бұрын

    This is literally like watching interdimentional cable like in Rick and Morty.

  • @nsdj031509
    @nsdj031509 Жыл бұрын

    no one should carry a gun...only police and military.

  • @edsiles4297
    @edsiles4297 Жыл бұрын

    The emergence of pro gun left, as surprising as that is, I kind of saw that coming, given the context

  • @jasperchance3382

    @jasperchance3382

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, if guns don't get banned, like in most civilized countries, this will happen.

  • @dr.livesey7595

    @dr.livesey7595

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jasperchance3382 Guns arent really banned in any country.

  • @sovietcommubot

    @sovietcommubot

    Жыл бұрын

    It's been around for years

  • @jasperchance3382

    @jasperchance3382

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dr.livesey7595 well, you know what I mean.

  • @dr.livesey7595

    @dr.livesey7595

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jasperchance3382 No I dont know what you mean since switzerland has the same part of the population owning a gun while having one of the lowest crime rates on the planet. If a certain demographic group would be send back to their natural habitat homicide rates would drop around 60% as well in the US.

  • @bweber9468
    @bweber9468 Жыл бұрын

    Well this looks like it's going to end really well for everybody😢😮

  • @badger1296

    @badger1296

    Жыл бұрын

    Is that sarcasm that I hear? 😂

  • @Casperski1312

    @Casperski1312

    Жыл бұрын

    strap in, theres a lot of money being poured into the hate machine and it aint slowing down any time soon. Its almost certainly going to get a LOT worse, especially with external factors like global conflicts and climate catastrophes compounding everything.

  • @Conservatismfailedus

    @Conservatismfailedus

    Жыл бұрын

    Certain hateful ideologies will no longer be tolerated

  • @humble_roots

    @humble_roots

    Жыл бұрын

    Where are people to say that when the proud boys are out there marching with their guns shouting racial epithets and whatnot. No one seems to ever care how that will end they just keep saying "mental health" after each shooting.

  • @automnejoy5308

    @automnejoy5308

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Conservatismfailedus Who decides what a "hateful ideology" is?

  • @TheDunningKrugerEffectisReal
    @TheDunningKrugerEffectisReal Жыл бұрын

    What a time to be alive!! And I’m just here in the middle watching it unfold.

  • @TriEarth96
    @TriEarth96 Жыл бұрын

    First aid. Gun safety and legal gun ownership. How is any of this bad?

  • @jeremiahmuli9147
    @jeremiahmuli9147 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine being shot by a furry

  • @distantraveller9876

    @distantraveller9876

    Жыл бұрын

    Stranger things have happened

  • @Spartan265
    @Spartan265 Жыл бұрын

    The 2nd amendment is for all Americans. I’m glad they are using and practicing those rights. All Americans should. Regardless of your politics or anything else.

  • @Cato76

    @Cato76

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't support people who want to kill you dude.

  • @Spartan265

    @Spartan265

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Cato76 Until they actually do anything they have every right to be armed.

  • @Cato76

    @Cato76

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Spartan265 They do but you still shouldn't encourage them.

  • @FordGord-ni3bs

    @FordGord-ni3bs

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Cato76 They don't want to kill you. But they don't want to be killed, and they will kill if the alternative is the fascist death camp.

  • @fredfreddy8684

    @fredfreddy8684

    Жыл бұрын

    It's actually for state government militias like the National Guard. But the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in 2008 it's for everybody. It's a perversion of the text, but activist right wing judges produced by the Federalist Society don't really care much for law.

  • @christopheralbano7862
    @christopheralbano786211 ай бұрын

    7:00 those study's don't consider the amount of assault that don't happen when the would-be victim pulls a gun.

  • @DaveTheBunny
    @DaveTheBunny11 ай бұрын

    I want to join this group but i feel like it would def get you on a watch list

  • @casualsuede
    @casualsuede Жыл бұрын

    I am left of center when it comes to social issues and I agree with gun ownership in america. While best gun owner is the guy who never use their gun, on both the right and left side but they are a reality of today's america with the rise of extremism.

  • @nevets2371

    @nevets2371

    Жыл бұрын

    I disagree, you shouldn't own a gun if you aren't regularly practicing with it.

  • @Ajuntapall

    @Ajuntapall

    Жыл бұрын

    Truth! Both the far religious right AND the LGBTQ far left are two bully ideologies that push themselves on ppl that don’t wanna chose either. Most ppl want nothing to do with either of them.

  • @CG-lq3hh

    @CG-lq3hh

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve lived in Texas all my life nobody cares what anybody else is doing we all help each other out no matter who you are I don’t know where they find these stories never came across or even heard from someone who actually knows an extremist from any side… weird

  • @markuss4133

    @markuss4133

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@nevets2371 you shouldn't own one. Period. There is absolutely no need for a gun in anyone's life.

  • @notyaaveragejoe

    @notyaaveragejoe

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nevets2371 hes talking about actively discharging your firearm in firefights of course a common sensed person would hone their skills and practice.

  • @NeoDemocedes
    @NeoDemocedes Жыл бұрын

    After Trump, I don't see why so many people want police and the military to be the only ones allowed to have guns. Do you really trust the president and police with ALL the power?

  • @NeoDemocedes

    @NeoDemocedes

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@d.r.u. You mean the Taliban? Who you talkin' about?

  • @user-yy4yu1ox4z

    @user-yy4yu1ox4z

    4 ай бұрын

    Noup

  • @Aishaoaktree1122
    @Aishaoaktree1122 Жыл бұрын

    You sont seem to understand that the LGBTQIA have been serving in the military and have owned weapons this whole time they just dont have to act like its the only thing in their lives

  • @youforget1000thingsaday
    @youforget1000thingsaday9 ай бұрын

    Take me back to the days of hand to hand combat and swords.

  • @nikolaisikes6245
    @nikolaisikes6245 Жыл бұрын

    Anyone who puts an anti-trans sticker on their Honda accord is clearly in the closet lol

  • @Adam-nw1vy

    @Adam-nw1vy

    Жыл бұрын

    Or simply a bigot. We gotta believe more that there are many straight, cis-gender bigots out there.

  • @doujinflip

    @doujinflip

    Жыл бұрын

    The loudest "conservatives" often get found out to themselves commit the wildest debauchery.

  • @johnt2475
    @johnt2475 Жыл бұрын

    Is America headed toward being like Northern Ireland during The Troubles?

  • @Cato76

    @Cato76

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately yes.

  • @tristanband4003

    @tristanband4003

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, and I embrace it.

  • @taras3702

    @taras3702

    Жыл бұрын

    Much worse, try Ukraine during WW-2.

  • @johnt2475

    @johnt2475

    Жыл бұрын

    @@taras3702 so we are going to get invaded?

  • @BusinessWolf1

    @BusinessWolf1

    Жыл бұрын

    no. because in that case the victism didn't fire back.

  • @du2lx
    @du2lx11 ай бұрын

    No need for violence. That is why there is a rule of law and the power of the ballot.

  • @davidyoungquist6074
    @davidyoungquist6074 Жыл бұрын

    Some of us walked away from the right and brought all are firearms and knowledge with us.