NRA Conference (Day 2 Interview Supercut)

the nazis were just following orders… but I’m into the optimism in your hypothetical

Name

Say they start taking out citizens… then what? Optimistically there’s a revolution against the tyranny… how will the revolution happen without arms?

Name

Lawyer Here 👋🏻 Not Legal Advise though: Answer 1: Two in the hand is worth one in the bush. History doesn’t always repeat itself but it definitely rhymes. Also, manufacture and sale of full auto firearms is only partially banned, depending on your tax stamp and who you are. It also doesn’t ban private ownership that doesn’t enter the stream of interstate commerce. You have a right to own it… purchase and manufacture is the issue. Answer 2: Unless your veins are cold as ice, you’ll need at least 6 rounds just to find the target when you’re unexpectedly fired upon. More rounds means more time to gtfo alive. Answer 3: Merely asking “why” is unconstitutional. The musket argument is useless when muskets were the most high tech weapon available. If the founding fathers wanted the people to be a step behind the military they would’ve drafted a tier system for gun ownership. Answer 4: I’m struggling to understand what your juxtaposition is here. Guns are fundamental in all the conventions. The NRA exhibitors literally try to sell them to attendees. Anyways… All your answers are written repeatedly through history.

Name

So 25% is an understatement or overstatement? What’s your point?

Name

And more taxes

Name

Tyrannical government wants all the guns

Name

AR’s are used for hunting predatory and pack animals for the hunter’s safety and for thinning the herds. For instance, hogs are intrusive species that overwhelm natural habitats and will charge you if you don’t put a bullet between their beady little eyes. They also fuck like crazy, multiple by the dozen, and ruin crops. Coyotes are similarly hunted with carbine rifles because bolt action is too hard to reload and get the sights back on a running wild dog. Then there’s small game… squirrels. Imagine reloading every 5 shots at a squirrel. I say all this, just to help you understand the legitimate form and function of the hunting with an AR, which is merely a long rifle with a gas carbine. Disclaimer: I do not own any firearms and I believe the government will save me. I have a whistle and a cell phone. That’s all I need until the government saves me.

Name

I’m going to ignore the second-tier grammar in your message and address the Swiss bubble… your country is literally a euphemism for avoiding conflict. It hides behind the countries with the guns, and the armed countries let them do it so long as Swiss banks remain carved out of the US tax code.

Name

His point was the government in China. They have mass fear, famine, and blanket censorship.

Name

wait want that guy at 5:05 selling nos balloons in the phish lot too?!?! man the channel 5 universe goes so deep.

Joel Stephenson

Those were guns.

Tyler Bailey

Yoo it's so fucked up that when the black dude is sporting his concealed carry fashion the claps are so weak and everbody else gets way stronger applause.

Emilio G.W.

I know it's three months late, but take a peak at the homicide rate by firearms for each state. When sites do gun violence stats, they include suicides. Those are two completely different issues.

Jerald Gunderson

you talk to a robin williams variant. i got chills

jose nunez

i was SCREAMING at the screen when he said that 😭

Jenna-May Ingal

that old piano man was so amazing. so smart and articulate, i want to talk to him

chi edwards

that kid was oozing irony

chi edwards

Tranical gov no fund skool, wut do

Jake Barber

“ You wanna know why they don’t have school shootings in china? It’s because you’re not allowed guns in china” lmao like way to make your own points invalid. You could tell he realized what he said His dad even started looking at his phone out of disappointment

Milkshakes

So you’re saying our politicians should stop taking money from private groups?

DLOW

My understanding is that hunting with ARs doesn't make a lot of sense, unless you suck at it and need to be able to get 10 rounds off quickly to be able to kill something.

Matthew Barnes

got it. makes sense. do yall hunt with ARs? we do hunt aswell but we use hunting riffles and bows and shit. polarbears aint a problem here though so cant relate hah

MattFreund

My favourite part of all of this is when that kid was like “I want to hear your opinion” and Andrew asked another question and got him talking again. Andrew you are a GOAT and Nic and Evan are amazing newswing men. I truly hope I get to meet you one day but you gotta come to Canada!

Adam Davidson

You live in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territory, or Nunavut and have to defend yourself from Polar Bears. Or you are indigenous and hunting is part of your culture… but other than that, yeah if you aren’t in the army you don’t need a gun.

Adam Davidson

stop being so rational and intelligent

Mark

Man let me tell yall something. I live in switzerland where 1/4 of the population has a STG90 and we had roughly 20 people killed in 100 years from any type of shooting. BUT! We cant carry guns, we canMt just get a gun like candy, we can‘t just shoot them anywhere we want. We‘ve got legislations, regulations and on top of that a working government. Stfu about NOT banning AR15s for the general people. If you‘re not in the army you don‘t fucking need a gun period! Tell me one good reason to own a gun, if your country is the most privileged and greatest of all. If yall have gun problems you just move down couple of places in my ranking man. Guns, drugs, corruption, fallen government, homeless people, yall are delusional if you try to tell me that the usa is anything than a second or third worl country man

MattFreund

People having guns doesn't mean they will outshoot the feds or military, it just means the cost for the gov to use force is increased, the Bundy Standoff is an example of this being effective. That shit probably wouldn't work in a country like where I live.

Ricardo Vethencourt

I want to see these govt tyranny gun types go up against modern military hardware. You know they have an Air Force, right? They have guns that can shoot you from 26 miles away, that AR is doing nothing

Tim Furlong

@EC Yeah it screams Jim Crow if it were ever implemented without some serious safeguards. I wouldn’t either tbh, but regardless it would be worth looking into to find a solution.

Eutikus

I feel like a lot of people would probably defect from the military as soon as they start pointing guns at the people they swore to defend the rights of.The military isn’t made up of emotionless husks that carry out the will of the government without question, its in the oath you take that if you’re being given an order that’s unconstitutional you are obligated to disobey it.

Eutikus

@Eutikus Thanks, I’m happy to have gained fresh insight and to have shared some. I I even gave pause to the psych eval topic. It’s definitely difficult to implement equitably. Sounds okay on paper, but I can see how discrimination could become a factor. I’m fortunate to have telehealth covered therapy and noticed that of the 100 therapists offered only one is African American. He’s one of my favorite people in the world, but if white people are determining whether African American/black people can get a license then that could go south. I definitely don’t know how to fix this problem.

E C

@EC No problem man, just happy we can have a civil convo. I really like your idea on psych evals and think that if we can find it way to implement it well it would be a great middle ground.

Eutikus

What is your definition of military grade or high caliber? Because an AR-15 are neither of those things. And what is an AK-63? And 1) before 1986 you could buy an automatic weapon and you still can as long as it’s made before and shipped to the US before that year or if you an FFR and you can buy an RPG even with the explosive ordnance I believe you just need a license and a lot of money to buy ammo with any kind of explosive in it. As to why I dunno, hunting or self defense? That’s why they are used most of the time and if you don’t get it you probably never will until you talk to people who aren’t radical about their opinions on it. For the fourth one, probably because they figured they’d take less of a hit banning them in Uvadale and avoid an even bigger whiplash? Idk but either way the NRA doesn’t represent a lot of gun owners and just because they do something to avoid a public mob doesn’t exactly mean that the mob is right. I understand where you’re coming from but I don’t think you really know enough about guns and hunting judging from what you’re saying and I’d encourage you to do a bit of research into guns, their history in the United States, and the process of actually owning one before suggesting how to police it.

Eutikus

I appreciate the insight. I can see how it would backfire more clearly now.

E C

Cool story bro

E C

Cool story bro

Joe Hockley

"The problem isn't the guns, the problem is a people problem, mmmkay"

Natalie allison

tranical government is the reason we need funding for public education, not AR-15s

wool over eyes

‘whats the deal with all these kids with guns’

he was totally sus

That kid’s father should be held responsible for the amount of Fox News talking points this kid has OD’d on. Pretty sad he has to ask his Dad for a statistic he couldn’t remember as he spewed his nonsensical beliefs

G-Slick

The cut back actually seemed like a weak "gotcha" editing move to me that is more reminiscent of old AGNB vids. The kid's inconsistent statements spoke for themselves.

MyLittlePepe

I still don't understand how in the hell an RPG is legally allowed to be sold to civilians. What the fuck

Adz

The captain had the best vibes

Alden Rizor

that ending transition... GODDDDAMN

Josh Weyland

Army vets said during the 2014 Ferguson riots that the SWAT dispatches had more equipment to quell American protesters than some soldiers had been given in Afghanistan. It's tough to make Iraq comparisons because we're closing in on 20 years since that happened, the military probably played its cards close to its chest for what it could/couldn't do (then if not since), and the amount of surplus gear going to municipal police forces hasn't exactly decreased in the aftermath of 1/6/21.

M.T.

Could you expand on your experience with the USMC, like what drew you there, any other things which drove you away? Really interested to hear more of that.

M.T.

Dude at the end is a legend

Buz Lee

the shot of them arguing across the street starting at 4:00 is a really great visual metaphor, as well as the cut back to him calling the other guy an idiot after saying they have humanity or soul or whatever. y'all got some of the best documentary and journalism work happening right now.

Ryan Fenton

NRA guy: I know this isn't normally your thing, you just let people talk Andrew: *lets him talk*

Ross

These pro-gun / 2A / NRA stans are moronic. I wish Andrew would ask them this: If your Second Amendment protects the right to own and carry a high-capacity, high caliber military grade rifle such as an AR-15, then why doesn't it protect your right to carry a fully automatic rifle such as an AK-47 or 63? Or more destructive weapons like a machine gun or RPG? Hmm, it's almost as if there's limitations to the Second Amendment.. Second question: why does ANYBODY need a high caliber rifle with 30-100 rounds? Why? If not to kill mass numbers of people, then why do you need it? Magazines on all firearms should be limited to 6 rounds, IMO. Third question: why should any Joe Blow be able to buy multiple military-grade firearms, body armour, and thousands of rounds of ammo in the same week? If not to kill mass numbers of people, then why do you need it? Fourth question: If guns aren't the problem, why did the NRA ban them from their convention after Uvalde?

Alex N

Last year I spent 6 months with a officer recruiter for the USMC because I wanted to become a better person. One night I went drinking with the recruits and up until that point I had never heard the word f***t so many times. I thought gen Z would be different but I realized these dudes were chasing an attitude where homophobia is normalized. As a gay man I recognized there was no place for me still in the armed forces. Glad I don't own a gun, weapons are ill omens

Jose Mazariegos

sweet Nikes

dayz hk

@E C I know there have been a few where police have shown up and either the person in question or the officers ended up dying due to a either the officers either being way to antsy or the person being really protective of their weapons for a variety of reasons. Overall there have been multiple instances of people just reporting those who although are a bit standofish or abrasive didn’t seem to actually pose a threat to anyone and were more social outcast that people didn’t like or were paranoid of rather than potential killers.you can look it up and find a couple. And yeah your friends dad is a bit of an idiot, I don’t really mind having your guns lying around for the most part but if you got kids around that’s a completely different story.

Eutikus

Iraqi insurgents, just as in vietnam, were sponsored and funded by neighboring states with material interests. furthermore, a common tactic of destabilization frequently used by u.s. intelligence is to just pump guns into civilian populations and watch the magic happen.

Daniel

I love channel 5

Quil_

The initial run of Robert Evans' It Could Happen Here podcast is a really fascinating (and horrifying) look at this stuff if you want a pretty well informed look at how civillian insurgencies in the US might go down in the modern day.

hoob

If any of the US Army's efforts in Iraq and Syria are anything to go by, poorly trained civillian militias in urban environments with pretty mediocre weapons can actually hold their own against the US Military shockingly well. I think people overstate how capable the US Military are; they're not really very good at fighting off large scale urban insurgencies, and then there's the political issues around using things like drone strikes on home soil, which isn't something they'd likely do unless things are getting real bad. I still think these NRA dorks are total clowns, though.

hoob

perfect ending

Jane Lane

Have there been instances where people died due to red flag laws? I’m definitely open to learning about that. I guess for me I think of my friend’s dad who leaves loaded guns all over the place in the presence of children and the family has been slowly confiscating them but there’s nothing preventing him from buying more. Definitely a niche scenario though.

E C

I legitimately do not understand the argument about needing assault rifles as a check against a tyrannical government. At this point, if the U.S. government wanted to kill you and your family, they could do so with the click of a button and a targeted drone strike. Like what the hell is any gun going to do against that?

Amulya Bhattarai

IMO Red Flag laws are like no knock raids, they’re only good for getting people killed.But I agree with you about the mental health evals, if they implement it in a way thats fair and doesn’t serve to just keep as much people as possible from owning a gun it can be pretty useful in preventing psychos from having one.

Eutikus

Captain is right, inspire the youth to do better and they can achieve. Im sure he was a pretty interesting guy.

JG

7:50 the room claps less when it's a black guy with a gun, also I see what u did there Andrew

Dutch Van Der Linde

zoomer kids was like "we have too much access hardcore porn" ..... he has no frenz in school

Urdnot Wrex

Wow! Worth the $5

Yancarlo Maldonado

I was waiting for them to pull up his shirt lol

Nick

Holy shit the lack of applause when the black dude in gym shorts came out on the walkway to show his strap was HILARIOUS.

T Nomad

I'm surprised the baby wasn't strapped as well.

Scott Nellis

If you have internet it pretty much is... A degree, however, is a different story

Henry

Excellent work, guys!

Brad Hild

They were throwing ammunition to people like here go shoot something

Mark van Eyndhoven

And he's still making sense, what a champ

Mark van Eyndhoven

15/10

Phlegm Leroni

Even though I find many of their views distasteful, it’s fascinating to see how some people live in a totally different world than my own. For many people this kind of thing is normal, “of course it should be this way, why would it be any other way?” Reminds me of the opening scene of The Wire where a police officer is talking to the friend of someone that repeatedly stole from the late night craps game and would always get beat up for it. He asked him “if your friend would always grab the money and run, why would you even let him in the game to begin with?” The guy that he’s talking to doesn’t even seem to understand the premise of the question. He said “you’ve got to, this is America, man.” It feels like we live in a system of institutions deliberately set up for tragic cycles, with no sign of genuine change.

Blue Cheese

I don't think people who own AR15s consider them irreplaceable death idols. Especially in states that are not going to enact any changes. It's pretty nice hitting targets from 400 meters with the same rifle you can do hog hunting with. It's about plinking for most.

E C

Even if they ban assault rifles, they are not going to take away ones that have already been sold. This will keep any new 18 year olds from buying them for their birthday kill spree. … and no one will want to sell them their own precious irreplaceable death idol.

Davie F

All of you here in the comments are a bunch of idiots. I love everyone in the comment section 🥰

Andrew R

Antelope, hog, elk, self defense. It'll be chambered with .762. Mostly in it for hunting, but I've got a few insane neighbors that have threatened me so I'm down to be armed.

E C

Get the last guy on Joe Rogan( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

benb

What kind of pussy needs an AR to hunt with

Chad Vantine

I was waiting for it

Nathan Parks

The solution is easy: Pass the "Make Muskets Great Again" law. Only legal form of firearm allowed are muskets. Anyone caught in violation is sentenced to capital punishment via a firing squad of musketeers.

Hofftron9000

Just the random homophobic slur being shouted at 6:11 - classic.

VeX WeBSteR

Good journalism! Show people on both sides. I've learned a lot about people who are different from me in your videos. Thanks, Channel 5.

FrivolousExamination

MA has a licensing system and has the lowest rate of gun violence in the country. Coincidence? I think not.

Leczsynska

Glad I live in Australia

Aaron Holliday

Some people really only have black and white thinking... to them its either right or wrong and there is no grey area ... how can you compare abortion to a 2nd mass shooting at an elementary school.... like how does your brain just ignore the vast differences between the two?? :/

Maple Rowe

Out of interest, what’s your impetus for owning an AR?

josh ludlow

When that guy with the bullhorn responds with "are you serious?" I laughed for 3 minutes.

Quinton.

Inspired music placement throughout

afbafbafb

captain robin williams made me feel ill

Terence O'Kane

This was good. I know I'm going to get an AR15 soon, but definitely think red flag laws and mental health evaluations and community input is important. I've left plenty of hateful voicemails on the Uvalde chief's voicemail, flamed Abbot's social media, but damn - I don't think every AR needs to be taken away. But NRA kooks weird me out to no end.

E C

that's 1 proud papa

Jackson

Yeah, my posture is like that. Good commentary.

J. Blasingame

Andrew should have asked dad about the most popular porn category, since he's the number guy in the fam

Dan

I'm real glad that dad was there to back up his boy with the stats on mental health

Dan

thats the important part.

Sid Mullendore

Who else thought that baby was carrying

Cameron Lee

6:07 that lady has the worst posture i have ever seen in my life

Klovar

Your clearly a former sitcom star, liar

FidelCashflow

This one made me question reality to the point where I was genuinely expecting them to pull a gun out from under the baby's shirt during the "fashion show" 😱

chairpants

Your editing skills are continuing to get to the point where every video is thrilling and heartbreaking. thank you for your work and bravery

Bryan Naylor

Don't bring Gun Jesus into this Andrew you are better than that.

DrankDropea76

Thank y'all for covering all of this. From a Texan who wants better laws in place

Michael McFerren

The kid that was shouting across the street was insufferableeeeee You know he's gotta be a fucking psycho with a porn addiction - no other reason to obsess like that

Nathan Taylor

I cannot handle that dude with the belt that has both a holster and a cup holder.

Ben Cundiff

Brilliant as always

Corey

Hey Andrew , I'm a former Nra employee ( was not my first choice but needed health insurance) if you ever want some info on them hit me up.

Seinfeld

holy shit Robin Williams is still alive

Tyler “Freeman” Hahn

This stuff is wild lol, making guns obtainable through a licensing system with upkeep like your driver's ID is perfectly logical and would chase away most of these kids who are usually too anti-social to even talk to their family. Filling out that form is fast and pretty effortless atm, but that really needs to change.

Chris

The common ground was so easy to find, but they're too busy hating each other to bother doing anything.

Gavin Manley

Stomach sank when I saw the Uvalde water tower. Thank you for this journalism

Quint from Jaws

Never a dull moment, huh?

UltraBlake

Dude just said : "That dumb sunovabitch drove 300 miles! I would have just drove 10" without a hint of sarcasm.

Hardcore SoftPopcorn

This was a masterpiece.

Steven Wells

Dude I wish this guy was right about education being free holy fuck that'd be tight.

Matt Brummett