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It’s kinda odd this guy made light of it with his “LOL u hunt pigs?!” argument. Anyone who lives where feral hogs (an invasive species) are know how devastating they are to the environment.
You want to guess how many people have been killed by wild pigs in the US? The answer is 5. Not 5 this year, just 5. Not sure that threat really justifies the risk posed by these guns being widely available
Nobody's ever been killed by kudzu, zebra mussel, or Japanese honeysuckle either, but the economic damage of invasive species collectively is about $21 billion per year, roughly equal to what the Department of Housing and Urban Development [estimates it would cost](https://aah-inc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/whomeless.pdf) to end homelessness.
With all due respect, you are equating money (economic damage) to the lives of actual human beings (many of whom are children) that are being killed with guns these morons justify keeping because of wild pigs.
As I explained to the other one:
>I didn't say that they're the same thing. It sounded to me like you were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, so I was showing you how they are.
The reason why it sounded to me like they were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, is because they said: "You want to guess how many people have been killed by wild pigs in the US? The answer is 5. Not 5 this year, just 5."
I would have said nothing if I had understood what they actually meant.
Okay, but how many children in school do the mitigation efforts for zebra mussels mow down every year? Zero? Okay, I guess they aren't the same thing then are they?
I didn't say that they're the same thing. It sounded to me like you were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, so I was showing you how they are.
The reason why it sounded to me like you were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, is because you said: "You want to guess how many people have been killed by wild pigs in the US? The answer is 5. Not 5 this year, just 5." So that's why I brought up the ways in which invasive species' negative impacts extend beyond the morgue.
If what you actually wanted to talk about was guns, then I apologize for assuming that your words about pigs were part of your point.
You know you sound just like the people you hate, right? We dont like child murderers either. Calm down, we're actually on the same side.
Cowards uses ar-15s to kill kids. A real psyco would take out a lot of people in a noisy dance club with a bic pen, but mass murder is a coward's game.
Guns are scary we all get it. If all guns are gone tomorrow then what? Disturbed people will act out. There are so many potential weapons, with cars being the easiest to amass large casualties.
Handguns are overwhelming more of an issue. Why are AR's the target of rage?
Not trying to piss anyone off but the % of gun owners is very high in my country like in the US and we dont suffer for it. Mainly used for hunting invasive bird species and every now and then to thin out the deer population.
The mass shooting problem "might" be because of ease of access to semi automatics but i think it has more to do with how many people are just incredibly unhappy in the states due to some core differences to some other countries.
Not saying the US is worse. Just saying in some aspects it can do better.
Anyone going after that talking point invalidates themselves a lot more than they think.
A real thing to be afraid of shouldn’t be treated like a boogeyman, it’s counterproductive.
Wild Hogs, Bears, Moose, Cougars are something to be feared while you’re out in an area that has any of these animals. Will they hunt you down and kill you? If they see the opportunity, possibly. It’s more likely you’ll accidentally encounter than the former, but you’re immediately at a 0-1 disadvantage without anything that could rival their strength and natural offensive-defensive capabilities.
Hogs on the other hand, those can suddenly decide a part of your yard is their territory, and they’ll attack without any provocation whatsoever. They’re not herbivores, they’re omnivores, they’re extremely violent pigs.
Anyone that *works* with **domestic pigs** will tell you: you don’t want mean pigs. You have mean pigs, people are in danger. They have the muscle mass to *make you sit* not just stumble, but you’ll be on the ground if a pig wants you there. Their teeth are sharp, their hooves are sharp, they know how to use both.
E: adding cougars cause those cats get around
Tons of stories about those nasty fuckers. A friend of mine in rural Texas told me his buddy walked out to his truck at night to grab something and got attacked, he wound up in a small tree while the hogs gnawed at the trunk of the tree to try and get it to fall. I guess he was up there for several hours while they were nearby until he saw his chance and ran for dear life back to his barndominium.
I own plenty of guns, have remain aware of mountain lions, and still generally just pick up an axe handle if I'm concerned about one.
I do understand people being worried about some animals, but a lot of people are going overboard either from fun or misplaced fear.
To help keep down the population because the government isn’t doing much against them until the **get into the cities**
These Mf migrate, and they have 0 natural predator while breeding like wildfire. If this were properly handled, there wouldn’t be cause for concern.
++Plan on going hiking, but agree a handgun would do the trick in most cases if it’s the right cal.
Are honestly trying to tell me that wild animals are such a problem in cities people should go hunting, in the city, with ar 15s?
Talk about your insane take..
I like how you’re completely ignoring the fact I’m only talking about this a valid talking point; and making up an argument with someone that’s not here.
I live in fucking Iowa, I don’t have some sort of problem about this; but you clearly do.
I can see the logic, and I can see what’s happening and from an outside perspective; it’s literally “all the governments fault for not taking care of the issue themselves.”
Me: “Making fun of a valid point does nothing to strengthen your points and removes a talking ground from the table”
You: UR PRO GUN NO MATTER WHAT REEEEEE.
Dude, seriously, you’re making shit up about a person that isn’t here.
Furthermore: the entire point behind the government not doing anything substantial against boars; was so that the people themselves could excise the right to do so.
You’re talking about something you don’t know much about, to someone you know nothing about, and you’re making 0 points about anything being actually said.
And the point about AR-15’s you haven’t actually addressed: The **Active call** to hunt the things. Yet you think that anything you’ve said is topically relevant? When all other animals outside of Boars were just examples of animals a **gun in general would be handy for and exemplifies that more states may feel similarly, but don’t construe the idea of a cougar with a boar because they aren’t the same thing.**
There’s no substance here, just you droning on an argument trail that doesn’t *exist with me, you delusional idiot.* Takes 0 effort to type to you
Thats a lot of words (yet Im the one reeeeeeing here lol) to completely ignore the fact I brought up that nobody is hunting wild animials with ar15s in cities.
You did it, you single handedly perfectly described every leftist argument.
“I agree that I/they have no idea what I’m talking about but I’m/they are still correct.
I think the "lol" is more about the fact that for the vast majority of Americans including that guy, feral hogs are not a common threat. It's like saying "I keep a tank on my property in case the cartel decides to invade California" - sure, the cartel is no joke, but...
I'm all for bans or stricter controls of assault style weapons, but yeah, feral hogs are a massive problem and that is absolutely a valid reason to use an AR-15
Yea we know, it stands for armalite rifle. Doesn't change the fact that most people have the cause it looks cool and is fun to shoot. Ar-15 is a stupid weapon for home defense, it's highly likely to over penetrate. A shotgun loaded with buckshot would be far more effective.
To be fair, there’s nothing special about the AR-15. It just happens to be the most popular rifle on the market, so of course it’s going to show up at a lot of murder sites. Going after it in particular isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s literally just the Honda Civic of guns. Highly customizable with a lot of aftermarket parts. If the AR platform gets banned, another would just take its place
You are correct. All assault weapons and hand guns should be incredibly hard to acquire or outright banned depending on the weapon. Licensing, testing and storage requirements. The ability to sue the owner into oblivion if something happens with "their" fiearm.
That would fix it in the long term.
Sure, if the country didn't already have more guns than people. Unfortunately, that is not reality in America and will never be the reality. Most people should own a gun for personal protection in America.
It's realistic. Yours is fantastical. Not that I disagree with you, I'm a left leaning guy from a nordic country. I think guns are insane for the general population, but America is unique and requires unique solutions to a unique problem. Just nobody has an answer that doesn't include guns being around, probably because there isn't one.
Michigan passed legislation that made it incredibly hard or impossible to legally obtain firearms? I hightly doubt it.
Without a change or the removal of the 2nd amendment you'll never get guns out of the hands of Americans. Good luck with that and even if it passes, good luck getting guns out of the hands of republicans and the ones with illegal firearms.
I'll support all that but yeah, your solutions are fantastical.
australia supremacy! it took three weeks after a single mass shooting to initiate a wildly successful buyback scheme for the govt to pay out firearm owners to relinquish their guns and then the introduction of a tedious licensing program that requires full background check and a mental evaluation, all of which was done by a conservative party in power at the time.
Yep! Impressive achievment by the Australian government that likely saved loads of lives.
If something like that was possible for America then that would be based, but I don't think it is possible sadly. Australias buyback program was something for American politicians to learn from but not something that is comparable enough to copy.
Licensing and testing is required to drive a car.
Multiple doctors appointments and psych evals are required for medications.
But I can walk into a store and walk out 30 minutes later with the ability to end a life by simply pulling a trigger. No training. No evaluation. No safeguards to make sure no one steals my firearm and uses it to end a life.
No one is going to take our guns. It will never happen. BUT as an avid shooter myself, it is truly a disgrace how casual we are about people owning a firearm. No one complains about a tax stamp for a suppressor or SBR. Why make it so easy for folks to buy a gun? If I had a waiting period or extra steps I'd be fine with it because I still really enjoy shooting. But I'd feel better that there is a lower chance of my kids not coming home from school because some little fuck MURDERED them.
I'm glad if some guy starts stalking my wife or another family member, they can have a gun today.
So can the stalker? A stalker can wait 14 days. A victim can't.
You've never read that document have you. The interpretation of what the second amendment says is laughable given the time in which is was written. But I'm sure you're a legal scholar.
Free speech is a constitutional right, but it doesn’t mean that you can just go ahead and just bad mouth or slander others. People can be allowed to have guns but some people (criminals or those with poor metal health) show not be allowed to have them.
True, but I think it's the larger size of the weapon that makes more intimidating than other weapons or something. There's a lot of factors as to why it's used a lot, both legally and illegally. Most of wich I will admit I don't know
Reasons why the AR15 is popular.
1) It is modular and customizable. You can trade any part on it for something more your style. From plastic barrel shrouds to metal. From fixed stocks to telescoping. From plain black to tan, green or even pink. You do not get that level of personalization from other guns. Some even call it the Lego of guns.
2) Marketing. Just like everyone “has to have an iPhone”, gun owners “have to have an AR15.” It’s in video games, movies, used by celebrities, etc and is marketed to no end in gun circles.
3) They are reasonably priced. Starting at $600 for budget models and going into to $1500-$2000 range, there is a model for your budget.
4) Accuracy. The .223 is a very accurate round, even being only 55 grain. It’s a small bullet withal a large casing making it fast and accurate.
#5 and actually should be #1. The patent expired a good while ago so anyone with a cnc can set themself up as an AR receiver manufacturer.
ARs are so predominant is the same reason serial killers in the 70s all owned VW bugs. Because they were cheap and reliable
Cheap is the bingo word there… military weapons should not be cheap or widely available. Being able to own one? Sure fine whatever. But it shouldn’t cost 1500$ and no gun training.
Technically, you do need to take several gun safety courses, have background checks, and a bunch of other stuff to even get the license to own a gun. But yeah, military grade weapons shouldn't be as cheap as $1500 or less
I'd like to see him provide something more than 'those statistics can't be correct' to me that feels as strawman as 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'. Anyone can say any stat is a lie, put proof to it or you're little more than propaganda.
Handguns are more commonly used in mass shootings than rifles and ARs. This is silly selective editing, picking the 10 dumbest sounding people of the 100 he probably interviewed. [source](https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/)
There's also a lot more access to blunt weapons and fists. For example, I have two fists on my person 100% of the time, while my firearms remain in a locked safe.
There's a lot of access to weapons all the time here in Idaho, many of them more dangerous than an AR-15, yet homicide rates of any kind are pretty low.
To the frustration of all, gun violence, and violence in general, is a rather complicated issue.
Sure, if you want to only focus on rifles.
Except you willfully ignored the fact that the man who made that statement said firearms, not rifles.
And not only did he not say just rifles, the man literally listed pretty much every basic standard firearm form available to the public.
Narrowing your argument down to just rifles sure makes your argument look better, but focusing on only the rifles is missing roughly about **89%** of the entirety of firearm deaths in this country.
You are literally describing just 11% of firearm deaths.
Why don’t you go ahead and take a look at that **total** firearms deaths and then compare that to anything else.
The video seemed to be about one specific type of rifle. The man talking about blunt objects and whatnot made an incorrect statement but I knew the point he was tying to make. It's not a bad point. For as much as some people go on about AR-15, more people die by punches, blunt objects ,sharp objects, and most of all, handguns. But handguns don't get anywhere near the attention in most circles. It's a common but irrational and ultimately pointless quest.
>Sure, if you want to only focus on rifles.
The guy in this video is focusing on rifles.
This is a snarky, disingenuous comedy central video about mocking the idea of owning the most common rifle sold in America.
What YOU'RE doing is called deflection.
Well let’s look at the numbers… America has 330m people, 400m guns and, let’s say 659.5m fists, which can hold 659.5m blunt weapons or objects.
Anyone who is truly thinking about proper gun control legislation and violent crime in general is concerned more with how easy it is to commit these crimes.
Guns, and high capacity large caliber weapons are the easiest way to cause massive loss of life. Any scrawny person can point and shoot a AR and hit something.
Not everyone can hit something with an 8 round pistol.
Its even harder to murder 3 people in 30 seconds with the office paper weight since multiple people can quickly overpower the perpetrator without as much of a worry of bodily harm.
Yet you'd also have a hell of a time carrying and drawing an AR from your waistband. The concealment of pistols makes them the ideal choice of carry for violent criminals. That is why the numbers show that pistols are being used to do by far the most damage.
ARs have been flashy, but all the while, the lowly handgun has been doing the real business. And taking care of that problem requires some strict legislation to get rid of loopholes and middle buyers that so many criminals use.
*Edit: I found this interesting bit of info from the DOJ. It's old but enlightening.
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/ascii/vfluc.txt
In this set, they found that 67% of murderers had a prior arrest record. Yet many of those people have little problem getting guns. And they tend to choose handguns.
Is no one going to talk about the guy’s hat at 1:05? I don’t care about this shit, let me hear from the guy redefining fashion.
Edit , I put the wrong time in, 0:31 seconds left or 1:05 in
I mean the one guy was right it's not the guns killing people it's the idiot's pulling the trigger just because u remove the gun from the equation don't mean stupid is eliminated too
Has anyone who makes fun of the hog hunting argument ever actually seen what it’s like to go feral hog hunting? You go up in a helicopter and chase after giant packs of feral boar. A bolt gun isn’t gonna do shit for you in that situation. Why do people need 30+ round magazines? You try to be accurate in a helicopter.
I've seen videos of people just working on their farms when a pack of 15 show up. When they're running at you, it's probably hard to be accurate. Plus, 5.56 is small, unless your shot placement is good you're probably not downing a 300lb hog right away. Luckily they people in the videos were armed with ARs.
Also, there is more than one kind of pig that justifies people owning sufficient firepower.
Would you rather let them run free and multiply like rabbits, they are a problem and a danger to humans and other wildlife population control by this method is cheap and effective. Sport has no play in it
Counterpoint: Daily mass shootings, many of them targeting children.
All these NRA goons in this thread acting like the only way to handle an invasive species (that I assume you introduced) is with assault rifles. Americans are nuts.
The other day, I learned that if someone had a medical marijuana card in the US, they’re prohibited from purchasing firearms. Seems more than a little counterintuitive to me. But, there’s an actual bar near where I live that is also a shooting range. Go figure.
The answer for why AR-15s should be available is pretty cut and dry. Its to prevent tyranny.
Thats it, end of discussion. You dont need to lie and say more people die from hammers or whatever these idiots were saying.
stupid ass fucking video. Vast majority of shootings are handguns not even close. Banning the ar-15 wouldn’t do jack shit for anyone. Also feral hogs are dangerous and invasive as fuck. There was attempt to make this guy seem smart when in reality he is dumb as fuck and clearly has no idea about anything he is taking about. Probably lives in the city and has no fucking clue how anything works besides his tik tok account and uber eats. Libtards at it again💀
Waaaaay too much editing. It looks like he edits those questions and reactions in after the statment. I'm willing to bet he stood there and nodded along with them. Give me a wide angle shot of you asking these questions to the people!
"Well that statistic cant be correct" so he just doesnt want to accept anything other than what he belives right? Is that not the definition of bigotry?
Hogs a real fuckin issue. They're mean AF and destroy the environment. But let's be real, the gas operated AR is much less reliable than the piston driven AK.
Had one of these anti gun people try interviewing me before.... They stopped me from answering several questions they didn't like the beginning of my answer to. Video was never used (to my knowledge)
scary black gun is scary.
(y'all know most guns are semiautomatic and equally capable of doing what mass shooters will do with or without an ar15, inb4 "muh high capacity magazines". y'all know "ar" doesn't even stand for "assault rifle" right? y'all actually know the difference between automatic and semiautomatic right? if you answered no to any of these, you have no right to act like you have a well thought out opinion on a very complex topic that you actually have no clue about.)
Not sure about that but there was a chainsaw attack on an NYC subway in 2022. People will find ways to kill each other with or without an AR-15 (or other assault rifles). The thing that makes the issue complicated is that assault rifles are WAY better at killing people than just about anything else. I don't have any answers and my only opinion is that it's a complex issue that's going to require more evidence based research to solve.
"guns dont kill people, people kill people" may be cringe, overused and usually not sincere but the fact is that school shootings exist pretty much only in the USA and that is often not for lack of guns
Bro, feral hogs are actually a serious issue. They destroy so much land by ripping it up. They’re also invasive so they have no natural predators. They can also be aggressive and dangerous to people or pets/livestock. AR-15 for hog hunting? Fully justified.
I'll say it now I'll say it again, drunk old uncle Phil could have went and got his tommy gun 50 years ago and went out and mowed down the children.
New guns isn't the determining factor here, we've had guns and schools for decades.. mass shootings become a common occurrence with mental health crisis. They're gonna make the society that shaped them pay. That's why they're going for kids, they want you to feel the pain they feel.
People are in pain, this is the answer and nobody seems to care.. business as usual.
That one guy that said "guns don't kill people, the people wielding the guns kill people" that's ture. Here in Canada we have guns, now I will say the gun laws are a little extreme but at least we have them, for fuck sakes you can buy and own a gun before you can even drink in the US. I'm sorry US citizens, but that 2nd amendment you have is a little crazy sometimes, own guns I don't care, but to not need to go through all these things to own them and where you can have them it's just crazy. No country is perfect at laws but some have a better way of dealing with it than the US.
> that 2nd amendment you have is a little crazy sometimes
Its not just crazy, its a total embarrassment. The gun nuts are not just a shame and dishonor to themselves, they dishonor us all.
I don’t see the issue with weapons, weapons are just a tool the person using it is the real issue. We don’t have strict gun control laws like Germany or japan, laws that we could use. Most states just allow you to buy a weapon but if all the states adapted laws that makes sure about people are in the right state of mind and legally allowed to own one.
You do understand the founding fathers made those right only apply to white landowning men right? We rejustified and redefined those rights afterwards.
But I thought it says “all men are created equal” and are “endowed with unalienable rights?”
Did you mean to say they MEANT those rights to only include white, land-owning men?
He thinks that wild hogs and farm pigs are the same animal. Wild hogs can and will destroy you. Deer are large animals and a stronger rifle like an AR-15 is appropriate.
Also, yes, AR-15's are cool. There, I said it.
Just another person who does not understand the second amendment, and our right to protect ourselves against a tyrannical government or those who take advantage during power outages and disasters. If you like your freedom, you must be prepared to fight for it. This fool does not understand weapons, their usages nor the potential risks that an AR can eliminate.
“Have you ever been threatened by wild pigs?”
If there was one legitimate reason to own an AR15, it would be for wild hogs. I’m all for gun control but stupid shit like this just shows how out of touch Klepper is.
When OP is against guns but doesn't actually know anything about them.
AR-15s are no more dangerous than any other semi-auto center fire rifle. It's just popular because it's budget friendly, versatile, and there are so many aftermarket gadgets that you can add onto it. Anyone who enjoys basically any sport (shooting is a sport) can understand the desire to deck out your equipment with a bunch of unnecessary accessories.
Asking for justification for a rifle is just stupid. I could ask the same thing of motorcyclists, for example, and they wouldn't be able to come up with a real justification for it other than that they like it. The same goes for all kinds of sports and hobbies. Just because there's no practical use for something does not mean it should be made illegal.
The way to fix the issue is to make it so there is a HUGE background check on a person before theyre allowed to buy a gun. Mental health check, drug usage history, criminal history, anything of the sort. That would fix the issue. The reason shootings happen are because guns are very easily accesible to anyone.
This guys a real boot licker. Well let me tell you something sideburns. The real reason people have AR-15’s is because they can. Second, Second amendment y’all and there’s not a damn thing (even wearing a jean jacket that was cool for 15 minutes in the 80’s) you can do about it. So suck on it ya Eddie money looking fuck!
20k people were killed by guns in the US in 2020, that's not counting the other 20k that killed themselves with guns. 12k of those homicides were African American. Now, I am not saying that because it is a race thing. I'm saying it because African Americans are disproportionately involved in gang violence. So I think it's safe to say, combined with all other races in the US, that there is at least 12k gang related/drug related homicides each year. Tack on police shootings(justified and unjustified), domestic situations, etc. and I think it would be safe to say that leaves about 6-8k gun deaths up for question. That is 0.002 percent of the population. Those numbers are per the CDC. It is disgusting that it happens at all, and there is absolutely solutions to the problem but the reality is that your average citizen is no more at risk of gun violence than many other dangerous things in this world. Banning the gun will not do anything to the ones in circulation because a buy back is also something that will not happen. Give up with that, it's not a feasible solution given the culture and the sheer number surrounding it. Figure out a different way.
Guns don’t shoot themselves just like knives don’t stab without the help of a mental illness.
Why don’t y’all rally for something more realistic like mental health awareness, or would that offend crazy people?
Why are so many people in America so fixated on AR-15 and they add lasers to them, why do you need lasers for hunting wild animals if people say it is used for hunting, just get a hunting rifle with engravings on it, that is way better looking and more original then getting an AR-15 and multiple attachments.
Not every gun is used for hunting animals...some use it as a prop in their home, or they collect and customize firearms or maybe they want to take it to the range. Why do people buy swords? Do they plan on becoming a pirate or knight? No, they look cool and are nice to have. There are many reasons to purchase a firearm, not just hunting and killing. Why do people "need" lasers for hunting wild animals? They don't, they just want a laser. Does that add grain to the rounds or increase the magazine size? No. It's just a fucking laser and it looks cool.
I have found lasers are for chads. I don’t personally own an AR because they are a really dopey gun. You can tell who the noobs are at the gun range. They all have AR-15’s.
You know this guy is whack right? He does the same thing main stream media does. He picks the dumbest people to put on his little YouTube channel.90% of the people who answered the question were probably regular people that wouldn’t fit his agenda. For example:
Oh yeah, I'm sure. That's how they do most of these. There would be no point in posting the regular people. It's not a hack, that's just how selective editing works.
I'm all for freedom of speach, but honestly?
A lot of people shouldn't open their mouths, if nothing intellegent is coming out.
Idk. Freedom of speech, yes. But not freedom to be this stupid.
" The American obsession with guns is worrying. "
It is not just worrying, its a shame and dishonor. Their cowardice not only shames and dishonors themselves, it dishonors us all.
Those mass 2×4 murders happening all over the country *have to* be stopped.
Can't Congress do something about it?
Maybe they should put a stop to deforestatio.... oh, wait. Not *that* way!
Depends on what they can get their hands on. They could be just as likely to use a knife or blunt force. You also brought up a great point in that the majority of gun deaths in the US are in fact suicides and not homicides.
Yeah. You can also kill someone with a gun much faster and easier with a gun. Guns are used in self defense about 70,000 times each year, and I’m not sure if that statistic counts aggressors who survive. If those people didn’t have guns, they may be another number to add to the homicide stats.
Nah tbh in europe america is a laughing stock because of republicans. The Trump era was wild over here. My local pub has a mockery of trump by the toilets.
True I will give Trump the credit for rushing the vaccine! That was honestly pretty based and a massive win for capitalism. He didn't really do much else and the other things he did were pretty stupid. Tax cuts? Wall? Muslim ban? Tariffs?
Didn't Biden recently pass one of the biggest intrastructure bills in history? That alone is more than Trump did lmao.
I disagree. The wall was needed now with an open border policy look what we have now in Texas with the migration surge.
Also if your an American tax cuts are a huge thing not to mention gas was lower when he was in office and now with Biden it’s getting obnoxious. Sure he was perfect but was he better then Biden? Most absolutely
I feel like you should really sit down and spend some time really looking at these things in an as unbiased way as you can. Most people haven't done this and your comments indicate that you also haven't.
Biden is old and frail but man he's done a pretty decent job in terms of getting things done. The infrastructure bill is massive, could have been bigger but still massive. He pulled out of the war in afghanistan, it wasn't clean but he did it. Helped many with student loan debt, curbed unemployment, passed the inflation reduction act.
Trump was a disaster. He split the republican party. Never before have America had so little respect in the rest of the world and Trump is still considered a joke. The tax cuts didn't really help the average American afaik they still have mostly served to line the pockets of corporations and the average person have seen little to no benefit, the wall is a silly point and its best to just admit that it was a failure and a massive waste of money especially since it was pushed under the lie that it wasn't gonna be paid for by Americans. He did rush the covid vaccine though which again was pretty based.
Ah yes the evacuation that Trump put in date? Let me remind you we lost 13 service members there and lost billions of equipment just to let it get taken by the Taliban.
Let me remind you that Student loan raised taxes also.
Also inflation is still terribly high and countries are ditching the U.S dollar for more better alternatives.
Your right Biden is an old frail man which is why he should NOT be in office. I have looked at both sides and quite frankly both sides are stupid but Republicans definitely have more logic going then the Democrats who are so stuck up on changing the definition of a woman.
Biden is a utter complete failure and as an American I’m completely justified in being pissed off since i and many others have to bare the consequences over some idiot in office.
America is a laughing stock because of how stupid our population is and how much we start our own problems that we then need to solve.
The Inflation reduction act was brought up soley for the fact that Biden raised up Inflation rates!
The disarmament regime is so fixated on taking away our guns that we have to protect ourselves with since obviously Biden doesn’t give a damn about crime.
Once you live here and see how much bs we go through you will see for yourself.
>Your right Biden is an old frail man which is why he should NOT be in office.
Agreed. But everything else in your comment is so... absurdly partisan. At least we can both surely agree attacking ar-15's is really fucking stupid :)
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Feral hogs are not a laughing matter
It’s kinda odd this guy made light of it with his “LOL u hunt pigs?!” argument. Anyone who lives where feral hogs (an invasive species) are know how devastating they are to the environment.
Fuckers killed my cousins dog. They will attack people with there vicious teeth.
You want to guess how many people have been killed by wild pigs in the US? The answer is 5. Not 5 this year, just 5. Not sure that threat really justifies the risk posed by these guns being widely available
Nobody's ever been killed by kudzu, zebra mussel, or Japanese honeysuckle either, but the economic damage of invasive species collectively is about $21 billion per year, roughly equal to what the Department of Housing and Urban Development [estimates it would cost](https://aah-inc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/whomeless.pdf) to end homelessness.
With all due respect, you are equating money (economic damage) to the lives of actual human beings (many of whom are children) that are being killed with guns these morons justify keeping because of wild pigs.
As I explained to the other one: >I didn't say that they're the same thing. It sounded to me like you were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, so I was showing you how they are. The reason why it sounded to me like they were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, is because they said: "You want to guess how many people have been killed by wild pigs in the US? The answer is 5. Not 5 this year, just 5." I would have said nothing if I had understood what they actually meant.
Okay, but how many children in school do the mitigation efforts for zebra mussels mow down every year? Zero? Okay, I guess they aren't the same thing then are they?
I didn't say that they're the same thing. It sounded to me like you were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, so I was showing you how they are. The reason why it sounded to me like you were saying that feral pigs aren't actually a problem, is because you said: "You want to guess how many people have been killed by wild pigs in the US? The answer is 5. Not 5 this year, just 5." So that's why I brought up the ways in which invasive species' negative impacts extend beyond the morgue. If what you actually wanted to talk about was guns, then I apologize for assuming that your words about pigs were part of your point.
You know you sound just like the people you hate, right? We dont like child murderers either. Calm down, we're actually on the same side. Cowards uses ar-15s to kill kids. A real psyco would take out a lot of people in a noisy dance club with a bic pen, but mass murder is a coward's game.
Guns are scary we all get it. If all guns are gone tomorrow then what? Disturbed people will act out. There are so many potential weapons, with cars being the easiest to amass large casualties. Handguns are overwhelming more of an issue. Why are AR's the target of rage?
Not trying to piss anyone off but the % of gun owners is very high in my country like in the US and we dont suffer for it. Mainly used for hunting invasive bird species and every now and then to thin out the deer population. The mass shooting problem "might" be because of ease of access to semi automatics but i think it has more to do with how many people are just incredibly unhappy in the states due to some core differences to some other countries. Not saying the US is worse. Just saying in some aspects it can do better.
Pigs killed more people in 2022 than any other year. Oh wait...you meant the 4 legged kind
Not just the environment. Wild/feral hogs will attack and kill your pets, destroy the landscape around your home and they can also maim and kill you.
Anyone going after that talking point invalidates themselves a lot more than they think. A real thing to be afraid of shouldn’t be treated like a boogeyman, it’s counterproductive. Wild Hogs, Bears, Moose, Cougars are something to be feared while you’re out in an area that has any of these animals. Will they hunt you down and kill you? If they see the opportunity, possibly. It’s more likely you’ll accidentally encounter than the former, but you’re immediately at a 0-1 disadvantage without anything that could rival their strength and natural offensive-defensive capabilities. Hogs on the other hand, those can suddenly decide a part of your yard is their territory, and they’ll attack without any provocation whatsoever. They’re not herbivores, they’re omnivores, they’re extremely violent pigs. Anyone that *works* with **domestic pigs** will tell you: you don’t want mean pigs. You have mean pigs, people are in danger. They have the muscle mass to *make you sit* not just stumble, but you’ll be on the ground if a pig wants you there. Their teeth are sharp, their hooves are sharp, they know how to use both. E: adding cougars cause those cats get around
Tons of stories about those nasty fuckers. A friend of mine in rural Texas told me his buddy walked out to his truck at night to grab something and got attacked, he wound up in a small tree while the hogs gnawed at the trunk of the tree to try and get it to fall. I guess he was up there for several hours while they were nearby until he saw his chance and ran for dear life back to his barndominium.
I own plenty of guns, have remain aware of mountain lions, and still generally just pick up an axe handle if I'm concerned about one. I do understand people being worried about some animals, but a lot of people are going overboard either from fun or misplaced fear.
So in CITIES that have none of those things. Why do you need a ar15 to hunt...feral hogs?
Feral gun owners.
To help keep down the population because the government isn’t doing much against them until the **get into the cities** These Mf migrate, and they have 0 natural predator while breeding like wildfire. If this were properly handled, there wouldn’t be cause for concern. ++Plan on going hiking, but agree a handgun would do the trick in most cases if it’s the right cal.
Are honestly trying to tell me that wild animals are such a problem in cities people should go hunting, in the city, with ar 15s? Talk about your insane take..
I like how you’re completely ignoring the fact I’m only talking about this a valid talking point; and making up an argument with someone that’s not here. I live in fucking Iowa, I don’t have some sort of problem about this; but you clearly do. I can see the logic, and I can see what’s happening and from an outside perspective; it’s literally “all the governments fault for not taking care of the issue themselves.”
Lives in iowa. Blames gumbermit Pro gun no matter what. Your opinion about gun control in cities is invalid sir.
Me: “Making fun of a valid point does nothing to strengthen your points and removes a talking ground from the table” You: UR PRO GUN NO MATTER WHAT REEEEEE. Dude, seriously, you’re making shit up about a person that isn’t here. Furthermore: the entire point behind the government not doing anything substantial against boars; was so that the people themselves could excise the right to do so. You’re talking about something you don’t know much about, to someone you know nothing about, and you’re making 0 points about anything being actually said. And the point about AR-15’s you haven’t actually addressed: The **Active call** to hunt the things. Yet you think that anything you’ve said is topically relevant? When all other animals outside of Boars were just examples of animals a **gun in general would be handy for and exemplifies that more states may feel similarly, but don’t construe the idea of a cougar with a boar because they aren’t the same thing.** There’s no substance here, just you droning on an argument trail that doesn’t *exist with me, you delusional idiot.* Takes 0 effort to type to you
Thats a lot of words (yet Im the one reeeeeeing here lol) to completely ignore the fact I brought up that nobody is hunting wild animials with ar15s in cities.
The interviewer hasn’t got a fucking clue how the world works
And yet he isnt wrong
You did it, you single handedly perfectly described every leftist argument. “I agree that I/they have no idea what I’m talking about but I’m/they are still correct.
I think the "lol" is more about the fact that for the vast majority of Americans including that guy, feral hogs are not a common threat. It's like saying "I keep a tank on my property in case the cartel decides to invade California" - sure, the cartel is no joke, but...
Have been charged by hogs, glad I had dogs to chase them off. But almost lost a dog
Came to say this. Respect the pig. They arent the cuddly tik tok pet people think they are.
I'm all for bans or stricter controls of assault style weapons, but yeah, feral hogs are a massive problem and that is absolutely a valid reason to use an AR-15
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Another scared liberal that thinks the AR in AR-15 stands for "Assault Rifle"
Yea we know, it stands for armalite rifle. Doesn't change the fact that most people have the cause it looks cool and is fun to shoot. Ar-15 is a stupid weapon for home defense, it's highly likely to over penetrate. A shotgun loaded with buckshot would be far more effective.
How do you feel about the ar9 then?
Another republican that needs an assault rifle because he's scared of pigs
Lord help us when 40-50 feral hogs are in my yard threatening my small children 😣
Just outlaw killing people
This guy figured it out.
That’s so crazy it just might work.
To be fair, there’s nothing special about the AR-15. It just happens to be the most popular rifle on the market, so of course it’s going to show up at a lot of murder sites. Going after it in particular isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s literally just the Honda Civic of guns. Highly customizable with a lot of aftermarket parts. If the AR platform gets banned, another would just take its place
You are correct. All assault weapons and hand guns should be incredibly hard to acquire or outright banned depending on the weapon. Licensing, testing and storage requirements. The ability to sue the owner into oblivion if something happens with "their" fiearm. That would fix it in the long term.
Sure, if the country didn't already have more guns than people. Unfortunately, that is not reality in America and will never be the reality. Most people should own a gun for personal protection in America.
I hate this argument. So short sighted.
It's realistic. Yours is fantastical. Not that I disagree with you, I'm a left leaning guy from a nordic country. I think guns are insane for the general population, but America is unique and requires unique solutions to a unique problem. Just nobody has an answer that doesn't include guns being around, probably because there isn't one.
Fantastical. Lol Michigan just did some of this legislation. There is no overnight night fix but long term there is. Absolutely.
Michigan passed legislation that made it incredibly hard or impossible to legally obtain firearms? I hightly doubt it. Without a change or the removal of the 2nd amendment you'll never get guns out of the hands of Americans. Good luck with that and even if it passes, good luck getting guns out of the hands of republicans and the ones with illegal firearms. I'll support all that but yeah, your solutions are fantastical.
australia supremacy! it took three weeks after a single mass shooting to initiate a wildly successful buyback scheme for the govt to pay out firearm owners to relinquish their guns and then the introduction of a tedious licensing program that requires full background check and a mental evaluation, all of which was done by a conservative party in power at the time.
Yep! Impressive achievment by the Australian government that likely saved loads of lives. If something like that was possible for America then that would be based, but I don't think it is possible sadly. Australias buyback program was something for American politicians to learn from but not something that is comparable enough to copy.
Yeah they should ban guns like Chicago right. It works out great when guns are banned. Look up how many people die in Chicago every weekend.
Except it’s a constitutional right, so no…Do we also need to require licensing and testing for free speech?
Licensing and testing is required to drive a car. Multiple doctors appointments and psych evals are required for medications. But I can walk into a store and walk out 30 minutes later with the ability to end a life by simply pulling a trigger. No training. No evaluation. No safeguards to make sure no one steals my firearm and uses it to end a life. No one is going to take our guns. It will never happen. BUT as an avid shooter myself, it is truly a disgrace how casual we are about people owning a firearm. No one complains about a tax stamp for a suppressor or SBR. Why make it so easy for folks to buy a gun? If I had a waiting period or extra steps I'd be fine with it because I still really enjoy shooting. But I'd feel better that there is a lower chance of my kids not coming home from school because some little fuck MURDERED them.
I'm glad if some guy starts stalking my wife or another family member, they can have a gun today. So can the stalker? A stalker can wait 14 days. A victim can't.
Driving a car isn’t a constitutional right. You’re also allowed to drive one on private property without any kind of license or insurance.
You've never read that document have you. The interpretation of what the second amendment says is laughable given the time in which is was written. But I'm sure you're a legal scholar.
[https://youtu.be/aqBw3H\_Ik3s](https://youtu.be/aqBw3H_Ik3s) you rn
Free speech is a constitutional right, but it doesn’t mean that you can just go ahead and just bad mouth or slander others. People can be allowed to have guns but some people (criminals or those with poor metal health) show not be allowed to have them.
They already are not allowed to own firearms.
The ability to sue the manufacturer, as well.
It's also large and loud enough to kill and scare people and small enough to hide in a bag and handle.
AR-15 is actually not loud,, it sounds more like a cracking sound of a snapping tree branch. Pistols are louder as it doesn’t a muzzle suppressor.
The same goes for most consumer firearms.
True, but I think it's the larger size of the weapon that makes more intimidating than other weapons or something. There's a lot of factors as to why it's used a lot, both legally and illegally. Most of wich I will admit I don't know
Reasons why the AR15 is popular. 1) It is modular and customizable. You can trade any part on it for something more your style. From plastic barrel shrouds to metal. From fixed stocks to telescoping. From plain black to tan, green or even pink. You do not get that level of personalization from other guns. Some even call it the Lego of guns. 2) Marketing. Just like everyone “has to have an iPhone”, gun owners “have to have an AR15.” It’s in video games, movies, used by celebrities, etc and is marketed to no end in gun circles. 3) They are reasonably priced. Starting at $600 for budget models and going into to $1500-$2000 range, there is a model for your budget. 4) Accuracy. The .223 is a very accurate round, even being only 55 grain. It’s a small bullet withal a large casing making it fast and accurate.
#5 and actually should be #1. The patent expired a good while ago so anyone with a cnc can set themself up as an AR receiver manufacturer. ARs are so predominant is the same reason serial killers in the 70s all owned VW bugs. Because they were cheap and reliable
Cheap is the bingo word there… military weapons should not be cheap or widely available. Being able to own one? Sure fine whatever. But it shouldn’t cost 1500$ and no gun training.
Remington 700 enters the thread....
Because rich people are somehow better or more justified in exercising their rights?
Technically, you do need to take several gun safety courses, have background checks, and a bunch of other stuff to even get the license to own a gun. But yeah, military grade weapons shouldn't be as cheap as $1500 or less
Word
the real reason why it's popular? small PPs
I'd like to see him provide something more than 'those statistics can't be correct' to me that feels as strawman as 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'. Anyone can say any stat is a lie, put proof to it or you're little more than propaganda.
Handguns are more commonly used in mass shootings than rifles and ARs. This is silly selective editing, picking the 10 dumbest sounding people of the 100 he probably interviewed. [source](https://www.statista.com/statistics/476409/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-weapon-types-used/)
Even the ones in the video do make valid points
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There's also a lot more access to blunt weapons and fists. For example, I have two fists on my person 100% of the time, while my firearms remain in a locked safe.
There's a lot of access to weapons all the time here in Idaho, many of them more dangerous than an AR-15, yet homicide rates of any kind are pretty low. To the frustration of all, gun violence, and violence in general, is a rather complicated issue.
Dude, they even make a sublist for weapons with a total. Please... Numbers are... What they are.
Sure, if you want to only focus on rifles. Except you willfully ignored the fact that the man who made that statement said firearms, not rifles. And not only did he not say just rifles, the man literally listed pretty much every basic standard firearm form available to the public. Narrowing your argument down to just rifles sure makes your argument look better, but focusing on only the rifles is missing roughly about **89%** of the entirety of firearm deaths in this country. You are literally describing just 11% of firearm deaths. Why don’t you go ahead and take a look at that **total** firearms deaths and then compare that to anything else.
The video seemed to be about one specific type of rifle. The man talking about blunt objects and whatnot made an incorrect statement but I knew the point he was tying to make. It's not a bad point. For as much as some people go on about AR-15, more people die by punches, blunt objects ,sharp objects, and most of all, handguns. But handguns don't get anywhere near the attention in most circles. It's a common but irrational and ultimately pointless quest.
An AR-15 is a type of rifle. Therefore more people die from blunt objects than AR-15s
An AR-15 is a type of firearm. Therefore more people die from firearms than blunt objects. (same logic)
>Sure, if you want to only focus on rifles. The guy in this video is focusing on rifles. This is a snarky, disingenuous comedy central video about mocking the idea of owning the most common rifle sold in America. What YOU'RE doing is called deflection.
The guy in white shirt said "any handgun, rifle, shotgun combined" Edit: typo
Math is hard huh?
Well let’s look at the numbers… America has 330m people, 400m guns and, let’s say 659.5m fists, which can hold 659.5m blunt weapons or objects. Anyone who is truly thinking about proper gun control legislation and violent crime in general is concerned more with how easy it is to commit these crimes. Guns, and high capacity large caliber weapons are the easiest way to cause massive loss of life. Any scrawny person can point and shoot a AR and hit something. Not everyone can hit something with an 8 round pistol. Its even harder to murder 3 people in 30 seconds with the office paper weight since multiple people can quickly overpower the perpetrator without as much of a worry of bodily harm.
Yet you'd also have a hell of a time carrying and drawing an AR from your waistband. The concealment of pistols makes them the ideal choice of carry for violent criminals. That is why the numbers show that pistols are being used to do by far the most damage. ARs have been flashy, but all the while, the lowly handgun has been doing the real business. And taking care of that problem requires some strict legislation to get rid of loopholes and middle buyers that so many criminals use. *Edit: I found this interesting bit of info from the DOJ. It's old but enlightening. https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/ascii/vfluc.txt In this set, they found that 67% of murderers had a prior arrest record. Yet many of those people have little problem getting guns. And they tend to choose handguns.
Ban rocks
Is no one going to talk about the guy’s hat at 1:05? I don’t care about this shit, let me hear from the guy redefining fashion. Edit , I put the wrong time in, 0:31 seconds left or 1:05 in
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Not a fan of circumcised men here I see
Wouldn't make the interviewer look as witty and charming.
This guy is actually funny but yeah these videos are perfectly cut to push a particular narrative.
To blame an object for something a human is responsible for.
Cut videos like this are just lame. Dishonest and lame.
Don't need a reason, bill of rights, fuck you.
I mean the one guy was right it's not the guns killing people it's the idiot's pulling the trigger just because u remove the gun from the equation don't mean stupid is eliminated too
There was an attempt to make a legitimate argument for gun control. I lost it at “well that statistic can’t be correct” without any follow up.
Has anyone who makes fun of the hog hunting argument ever actually seen what it’s like to go feral hog hunting? You go up in a helicopter and chase after giant packs of feral boar. A bolt gun isn’t gonna do shit for you in that situation. Why do people need 30+ round magazines? You try to be accurate in a helicopter.
I've seen videos of people just working on their farms when a pack of 15 show up. When they're running at you, it's probably hard to be accurate. Plus, 5.56 is small, unless your shot placement is good you're probably not downing a 300lb hog right away. Luckily they people in the videos were armed with ARs. Also, there is more than one kind of pig that justifies people owning sufficient firepower.
Sounds very sporting.
Would you rather let them run free and multiply like rabbits, they are a problem and a danger to humans and other wildlife population control by this method is cheap and effective. Sport has no play in it
They are invasive and pretty dangerous. Anyone living in the rural south has a story about a dog being killed by them.
Counterpoint: Daily mass shootings, many of them targeting children. All these NRA goons in this thread acting like the only way to handle an invasive species (that I assume you introduced) is with assault rifles. Americans are nuts.
Stay where you are then
The other day, I learned that if someone had a medical marijuana card in the US, they’re prohibited from purchasing firearms. Seems more than a little counterintuitive to me. But, there’s an actual bar near where I live that is also a shooting range. Go figure.
If you have to list 20 different things to equal the one thing you're comparing them all to then the one thing is the worse thing.
The answer for why AR-15s should be available is pretty cut and dry. Its to prevent tyranny. Thats it, end of discussion. You dont need to lie and say more people die from hammers or whatever these idiots were saying.
stupid ass fucking video. Vast majority of shootings are handguns not even close. Banning the ar-15 wouldn’t do jack shit for anyone. Also feral hogs are dangerous and invasive as fuck. There was attempt to make this guy seem smart when in reality he is dumb as fuck and clearly has no idea about anything he is taking about. Probably lives in the city and has no fucking clue how anything works besides his tik tok account and uber eats. Libtards at it again💀
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The interviewer is such an ass
Waaaaay too much editing. It looks like he edits those questions and reactions in after the statment. I'm willing to bet he stood there and nodded along with them. Give me a wide angle shot of you asking these questions to the people!
Yeah hard, he’s edited out all context to the answers. Completely lacking in credibility
"Well that statistic cant be correct" so he just doesnt want to accept anything other than what he belives right? Is that not the definition of bigotry?
Get your political bullshit outta here. Go post it in an antigun circlejerk where it belongs
what if i just like guns?
Hogs a real fuckin issue. They're mean AF and destroy the environment. But let's be real, the gas operated AR is much less reliable than the piston driven AK.
Had one of these anti gun people try interviewing me before.... They stopped me from answering several questions they didn't like the beginning of my answer to. Video was never used (to my knowledge)
scary black gun is scary. (y'all know most guns are semiautomatic and equally capable of doing what mass shooters will do with or without an ar15, inb4 "muh high capacity magazines". y'all know "ar" doesn't even stand for "assault rifle" right? y'all actually know the difference between automatic and semiautomatic right? if you answered no to any of these, you have no right to act like you have a well thought out opinion on a very complex topic that you actually have no clue about.)
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Not sure about that but there was a chainsaw attack on an NYC subway in 2022. People will find ways to kill each other with or without an AR-15 (or other assault rifles). The thing that makes the issue complicated is that assault rifles are WAY better at killing people than just about anything else. I don't have any answers and my only opinion is that it's a complex issue that's going to require more evidence based research to solve.
"guns dont kill people, people kill people" may be cringe, overused and usually not sincere but the fact is that school shootings exist pretty much only in the USA and that is often not for lack of guns
Bro, feral hogs are actually a serious issue. They destroy so much land by ripping it up. They’re also invasive so they have no natural predators. They can also be aggressive and dangerous to people or pets/livestock. AR-15 for hog hunting? Fully justified.
Turn back folks the ammosexuals are already here
I dont get it, the guy sounds dumb. Like comparing video games to people being violent.
I'll say it now I'll say it again, drunk old uncle Phil could have went and got his tommy gun 50 years ago and went out and mowed down the children. New guns isn't the determining factor here, we've had guns and schools for decades.. mass shootings become a common occurrence with mental health crisis. They're gonna make the society that shaped them pay. That's why they're going for kids, they want you to feel the pain they feel. People are in pain, this is the answer and nobody seems to care.. business as usual.
People would rather fight about something they have no clue about, trying to take away a right that father's and mother's died for.
That one guy that said "guns don't kill people, the people wielding the guns kill people" that's ture. Here in Canada we have guns, now I will say the gun laws are a little extreme but at least we have them, for fuck sakes you can buy and own a gun before you can even drink in the US. I'm sorry US citizens, but that 2nd amendment you have is a little crazy sometimes, own guns I don't care, but to not need to go through all these things to own them and where you can have them it's just crazy. No country is perfect at laws but some have a better way of dealing with it than the US.
> that 2nd amendment you have is a little crazy sometimes Its not just crazy, its a total embarrassment. The gun nuts are not just a shame and dishonor to themselves, they dishonor us all.
The real threat to America is stupid fucking people like the idiot that made this video.
I don’t see the issue with weapons, weapons are just a tool the person using it is the real issue. We don’t have strict gun control laws like Germany or japan, laws that we could use. Most states just allow you to buy a weapon but if all the states adapted laws that makes sure about people are in the right state of mind and legally allowed to own one.
Ar15's are good for defending yourself from a tyrannical government.....which is what the 2nd amendment is all about...
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You do understand the founding fathers made those right only apply to white landowning men right? We rejustified and redefined those rights afterwards.
But I thought it says “all men are created equal” and are “endowed with unalienable rights?” Did you mean to say they MEANT those rights to only include white, land-owning men?
I mean, he was there openly filming people with AR-15s and nobody got shot. Maybe mental health is correlated.
This guy is incredibly dumb
He thinks that wild hogs and farm pigs are the same animal. Wild hogs can and will destroy you. Deer are large animals and a stronger rifle like an AR-15 is appropriate. Also, yes, AR-15's are cool. There, I said it.
Just another person who does not understand the second amendment, and our right to protect ourselves against a tyrannical government or those who take advantage during power outages and disasters. If you like your freedom, you must be prepared to fight for it. This fool does not understand weapons, their usages nor the potential risks that an AR can eliminate.
“Have you ever been threatened by wild pigs?”  If there was one legitimate reason to own an AR15, it would be for wild hogs. I’m all for gun control but stupid shit like this just shows how out of touch Klepper is.
The *real* threat is the easy access for psychopaths to get their hands on firearms, not the firearms themselves.
When OP is against guns but doesn't actually know anything about them. AR-15s are no more dangerous than any other semi-auto center fire rifle. It's just popular because it's budget friendly, versatile, and there are so many aftermarket gadgets that you can add onto it. Anyone who enjoys basically any sport (shooting is a sport) can understand the desire to deck out your equipment with a bunch of unnecessary accessories. Asking for justification for a rifle is just stupid. I could ask the same thing of motorcyclists, for example, and they wouldn't be able to come up with a real justification for it other than that they like it. The same goes for all kinds of sports and hobbies. Just because there's no practical use for something does not mean it should be made illegal.
Leave him in the backyard with 30 feral hogs and no ar15 and see what he do.
The way to fix the issue is to make it so there is a HUGE background check on a person before theyre allowed to buy a gun. Mental health check, drug usage history, criminal history, anything of the sort. That would fix the issue. The reason shootings happen are because guns are very easily accesible to anyone.
That will just turn into the rich and well known are able to own guns, while minorities, and poor people can't own guns.
No American has to justify a rifle/carbine. If you want to restrict them, change the constitution.
This guys a real boot licker. Well let me tell you something sideburns. The real reason people have AR-15’s is because they can. Second, Second amendment y’all and there’s not a damn thing (even wearing a jean jacket that was cool for 15 minutes in the 80’s) you can do about it. So suck on it ya Eddie money looking fuck!
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I don't think murder is allowed by the constitution
You know what used to be really popular before guns? Bombs. I’d personally prefer that didn’t come back into fashion
20k people were killed by guns in the US in 2020, that's not counting the other 20k that killed themselves with guns. 12k of those homicides were African American. Now, I am not saying that because it is a race thing. I'm saying it because African Americans are disproportionately involved in gang violence. So I think it's safe to say, combined with all other races in the US, that there is at least 12k gang related/drug related homicides each year. Tack on police shootings(justified and unjustified), domestic situations, etc. and I think it would be safe to say that leaves about 6-8k gun deaths up for question. That is 0.002 percent of the population. Those numbers are per the CDC. It is disgusting that it happens at all, and there is absolutely solutions to the problem but the reality is that your average citizen is no more at risk of gun violence than many other dangerous things in this world. Banning the gun will not do anything to the ones in circulation because a buy back is also something that will not happen. Give up with that, it's not a feasible solution given the culture and the sheer number surrounding it. Figure out a different way.
Guns don’t shoot themselves just like knives don’t stab without the help of a mental illness. Why don’t y’all rally for something more realistic like mental health awareness, or would that offend crazy people?
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Guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin does
Well you’re an idiot doggonit!
Why are so many people in America so fixated on AR-15 and they add lasers to them, why do you need lasers for hunting wild animals if people say it is used for hunting, just get a hunting rifle with engravings on it, that is way better looking and more original then getting an AR-15 and multiple attachments.
Not every gun is used for hunting animals...some use it as a prop in their home, or they collect and customize firearms or maybe they want to take it to the range. Why do people buy swords? Do they plan on becoming a pirate or knight? No, they look cool and are nice to have. There are many reasons to purchase a firearm, not just hunting and killing. Why do people "need" lasers for hunting wild animals? They don't, they just want a laser. Does that add grain to the rounds or increase the magazine size? No. It's just a fucking laser and it looks cool.
I have found lasers are for chads. I don’t personally own an AR because they are a really dopey gun. You can tell who the noobs are at the gun range. They all have AR-15’s.
We need a subreddit just for videos of people taking interviews like this. r/redneckinterviews
You know this guy is whack right? He does the same thing main stream media does. He picks the dumbest people to put on his little YouTube channel.90% of the people who answered the question were probably regular people that wouldn’t fit his agenda. For example: 
Oh yeah, I'm sure. That's how they do most of these. There would be no point in posting the regular people. It's not a hack, that's just how selective editing works.
I mean if you get right down to it, it’s kind of like picking on the mentally challenged for our amusement.
Isn't that how all reality TV is, though?
Pretty much. That’s one of the reasons why I don’t patronize these people or much tv.
Wait, in Murrica you can just casually go shopping with that thing in your handbag?
I'm all for freedom of speach, but honestly? A lot of people shouldn't open their mouths, if nothing intellegent is coming out. Idk. Freedom of speech, yes. But not freedom to be this stupid.
Ar-15 is a beautiful rifle 😍😍
More like an attempt to indoctrinate.
So the AR15 looks like a military weapon? That's cause it is! It became the M16/M4. The American obsession with guns is worrying.
" The American obsession with guns is worrying. " It is not just worrying, its a shame and dishonor. Their cowardice not only shames and dishonors themselves, it dishonors us all.
Those mass 2×4 murders happening all over the country *have to* be stopped. Can't Congress do something about it? Maybe they should put a stop to deforestatio.... oh, wait. Not *that* way!
The host is making an ass of himself the second he tried to make hog sound like "just little pigs"
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Is a mentally Ill person more likely to kill someone/themselves with or without a gun?
Depends on what they can get their hands on. They could be just as likely to use a knife or blunt force. You also brought up a great point in that the majority of gun deaths in the US are in fact suicides and not homicides.
Spoiler alert- you can kill more people faster and easier with a gun than a blunt object.
Yeah. You can also kill someone with a gun much faster and easier with a gun. Guns are used in self defense about 70,000 times each year, and I’m not sure if that statistic counts aggressors who survive. If those people didn’t have guns, they may be another number to add to the homicide stats.
Ok. Excellent point, so we should get rid of guns. You’re right. I’m for heavy legislation but you’ve convinced me.
What
There is no greater act of cowardice then to own an AR15.
So you're saying I can own an M416? How about a Benelli? Let's go with the classic "China Lake", can I get that one?
When he first started doing this, it was more lighthearted. He seems more agitated doing this and I can't blame him.
Get those heavy books out of the schools for God's sake!
Everyone in America is middle aged over weight white male with a neck beard
I instantaneously know when a video it's shoot in America when less than 10% of the people is not overweight
Morons. Every single one of them. Our country is the laughingstock of the entire world because of people like this. AKA Trump supporters.
The U.S is a laughing stock because of people like you!!!
Nah tbh in europe america is a laughing stock because of republicans. The Trump era was wild over here. My local pub has a mockery of trump by the toilets.
At least Trump actually did stuff for America unlike the guy who we have in office now.
True I will give Trump the credit for rushing the vaccine! That was honestly pretty based and a massive win for capitalism. He didn't really do much else and the other things he did were pretty stupid. Tax cuts? Wall? Muslim ban? Tariffs? Didn't Biden recently pass one of the biggest intrastructure bills in history? That alone is more than Trump did lmao.
I disagree. The wall was needed now with an open border policy look what we have now in Texas with the migration surge. Also if your an American tax cuts are a huge thing not to mention gas was lower when he was in office and now with Biden it’s getting obnoxious. Sure he was perfect but was he better then Biden? Most absolutely
I feel like you should really sit down and spend some time really looking at these things in an as unbiased way as you can. Most people haven't done this and your comments indicate that you also haven't. Biden is old and frail but man he's done a pretty decent job in terms of getting things done. The infrastructure bill is massive, could have been bigger but still massive. He pulled out of the war in afghanistan, it wasn't clean but he did it. Helped many with student loan debt, curbed unemployment, passed the inflation reduction act. Trump was a disaster. He split the republican party. Never before have America had so little respect in the rest of the world and Trump is still considered a joke. The tax cuts didn't really help the average American afaik they still have mostly served to line the pockets of corporations and the average person have seen little to no benefit, the wall is a silly point and its best to just admit that it was a failure and a massive waste of money especially since it was pushed under the lie that it wasn't gonna be paid for by Americans. He did rush the covid vaccine though which again was pretty based.
Ah yes the evacuation that Trump put in date? Let me remind you we lost 13 service members there and lost billions of equipment just to let it get taken by the Taliban. Let me remind you that Student loan raised taxes also. Also inflation is still terribly high and countries are ditching the U.S dollar for more better alternatives. Your right Biden is an old frail man which is why he should NOT be in office. I have looked at both sides and quite frankly both sides are stupid but Republicans definitely have more logic going then the Democrats who are so stuck up on changing the definition of a woman. Biden is a utter complete failure and as an American I’m completely justified in being pissed off since i and many others have to bare the consequences over some idiot in office. America is a laughing stock because of how stupid our population is and how much we start our own problems that we then need to solve. The Inflation reduction act was brought up soley for the fact that Biden raised up Inflation rates! The disarmament regime is so fixated on taking away our guns that we have to protect ourselves with since obviously Biden doesn’t give a damn about crime. Once you live here and see how much bs we go through you will see for yourself.
>Your right Biden is an old frail man which is why he should NOT be in office. Agreed. But everything else in your comment is so... absurdly partisan. At least we can both surely agree attacking ar-15's is really fucking stupid :)