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I’m 42 years old and I’ve never seen a gun other than the very rare armed police officers we have. I’m not patriotic at all but I am hugely grateful to have lived in a country that doesn’t put guns above lives.

I can’t imagine thinking your right to own a gun is more important than a child’s right to live and to go to school in safety.

I’m an American living in the Uk for 5 years. I never realised until I left that I lived with a constant underlying tension, never knowing when gun violence might occur. At a concert, a sports event, a movie theatre, a grocery store, at work, at school, the train station, on the freeway. After living abroad awhile, I felt a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I could relax in public. I could feel a sense of safety. Every time I return back from a trip to the US, I feel lucky I wasn’t involved in a mass shooting. I cry every time I see another one has happened in the news. It’s so disheartening how the NRA has a stranglehold on the laws and rhetoric about “freedom.” I hope the younger generation changes this. We are 30 years overdue for a major overhaul in gun reform.

"she and I were on our own, she was my only child." My deepest sympathies for this man, I can't imagine the pain of that day.

We did not lose the right to own guns we exchanged that right for the right to live in a virtually gun free society - and we do not want to exchange it back.

I'm an American, now living in the UK (ten + years) One mass shooting created change in the UK and its gun control. The US has had a staggering and heartbreaking record of mass shootings, and yet...nothing has been done. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. At what point will the US realize the insanity of doing nothing and letting these atrocities continue on a repetitive, vicious circle places them as accomplices to these killings? New subscriber! Thanks for the video!

So many people gave up their guns and licenses voluntarily without being asked. It was just something they did as a meaningful gesture of support for the little ones who lost their lives and the mums and dads that lost their children. We were all in shock for such a long time, we couldn't believe that it could happen here in Sunny Dunny.

Tennis player Andy Murray is a Dunblane survivor. He carries an element of “survivor guilt” with him to this day, which weighs heavy on his shoulders. Such a lovely man, hopefully he overcomes his demons one day.

When millions of people collectively say “never again”, things can change

I can’t say I am always proud of my country (UK 🇬🇧), but this is one thing that makes me proud of my country. Proud to be British. Children are more important than guns. It makes me sad to hear about all those shootings in America. I am so sorry about your brother.

I was 8 when this happened and I remember my parents getting us a babysitter for the night and when I asked where they were going they said to a council meeting with all the other parents to make sure guns were banned and that we would never have to be afraid of going to school. I'm so grateful the adults came together at that time to make the change they did and for me growing up, guns were just something you occassionally saw in the movies

I'm from Australia and it's one thing about this nation I'm proudest of and our Commonwealth brothers did the same.

Never seen a real reaction like yours before. The fact you’re prepared to show your emotions proves to all your viewers you’re a genuine bloke. Good on you.

I knew a guy who called the police after he found some revolvers hidden in his dads shed after he died, he said he had hardly put the phone down before around 5 squad cars showed up on the driveway. He said it couldn’t have been more than two minutes. The uk police service takes hand guns extremely seriously.

I live in the UK, and have only seen a gun once. An armed officer came to my door when a potential terrorist threat was reported over the road. When I visited the states I was shocked at the number of guns. I even saw guns on sale next to children’s bikes in a store. The answer is clear. With guns effectively banned in the UK, we have barely any gun crime and we feel safe.

Thank you for watching and reacting to this. I am so sorry that you lost your brother to gun violence. I attended Dunblane Primary School. I finished there about 10 years before the massacre. However, my cousin was with Mick North when the police told him that Sophie was dead. Her daughters were also in the school that day. I went to school with the sons of one of the teachers that was shot and the daughters of the teacher that was killed. It was just an horrific day. In a couple of months, it will be the 27th anniversary. I, along with many of my friends, still publicly remember those lost every year. Those children would be in their early 30s now. Some would doubtless have families of their own. One of the many things that was lost that day was the promise of so many lives. What this film does not mention is that Thomas Hamilton walked into the school that day with sufficient ammunition to kill every human there. It’s strongly suspected that he had intended to walk into a school assembly that happened in a hall right next door to the gym where he ultimately carried out his attack. However, the assembly finished a few minutes before he arrived and he found that hall empty. Had it still been in progress, I dread to think what might have happened. My heart sinks every time I hear about another mass shooting in the US. I have a friend who is an alum of Marjory Stoneman Douglas. I would much prefer to be in a world where a mass shooting at our former schools was something we did not have in common. I will never understand a country which claims to be free and civilised where the right of a person to own an item that can kill and maim so easily is considered more important than the right of a child to go to school and not get shot to death. It makes zero sense. Do better America!

I remember this like it was yesterday. Although not involved I was a serving police officer at the time and a licenced gun owner but like most people, this reduced me to tears. Owning a gun here has never been easy but I welcomed the tightening of those laws and willingly surrendered my own. What I really cannot get my head around is that a supposedly advanced country like the US still consider the right to own a gun more important than the right of innocent people to live safely. Mass shootings are now so common in the US that they barely make the news. Utterly shameful.

Shocked when you mentioned your brother!!! I’m from the UK and struggle to understand why mass shootings have made no change in the US.

I know I am a random bloke from the comments section but I guarantee your brother would be proud of the person you are, I would be.

Sorry for your loss. My sister was murdered by her estranged husband, a licenced gun owner. This was in South Africa back on 1992. I have since immigrated to the UK where I feel so much safer because of the lack of guns about.

From England, I remember Dunblane, Not only did it change the rules of rimfire guns. The laws regarding air rifles and air pistols were changed. A maximum power of 12ftlb on air rifles, and 6ftlb for air pistols. Any more, it became a firearm. Also if you are caught shooting on any land without written permission, it is classed as armed trespass. BTW. Scots tennis ace, Andy Murray, was nine and a pupil at Dunblane Primary School when the shootings happened 1996. Andy Murray opened up about the Dunblane massacre in a documentary

Your initial emotional reaction hit a nerve. I felt a genuine connection with you father to father. When this happened my daughter was the same age as these children and my son a little younger. I remember sitting in my car in a traffic jam sobbing as I listened to the news on the radio. Britain is a small enough country for us all to feel affected. I don't think anyone has ever questioned gun control since then. We were never a gun owning country anyway but certainly we are happy to be that way. I'm deeply sorry for the loss of your brother.

I worked with a guy that survived this, he still really struggles, especially every anniversary. His whole life turned out totally differently to what it might have been, he lost all his friends. I'm so sorry for your loss.

The comment at the end is pure genius "Copy what works." A phrase to live your life by.

amazing to think that the Tennis player Andy Murrey was at this school during the events he is still affected by it to this day since he only just missed the attack

I’m from Scotland (uk) I was a child living near Dunblane when it happened. I still think about it from time to time. I’ll never understand how Americans can keep letting mass shootings happen, just because a few men in history decided on what was right for them, in their time 🤦🏻‍♀️ Sorry to hear about your brother bud ❤

"We should just copy what works" Simple, but so incredibly true

I am so sorry for your loss ❤ My Son was 4 when this happened, the same age as many of the poor little ones who were killed. I cried for days, every time I saw another headline or something on the news, I cried. My heart broke for the victims, their families, and the lives that were changed forever. I now know that pain after losing my Son when he was 16, not to guns but a reckless driver. The pain of losing a child never fades. I’m just glad I live in the UK, knowing my Daughters and future grandchildren will be safe from this kind of heartbreak x

prior to the Dunblane massacre, there was another tragic U.K. mass shooting spree on the 19th August 1987 involving a lone gunman , killing 16 excluding himself and wounding 15 people in the streets of Hungerford in Berkshire, with a semi automatic rifle , shot guns and a pistol. A law change followed banning semi automatic centre-fire rifles and restricting shotguns with magazine capacity of more than two rounds.

Before Dunblane there was Hungerford, where a guy named Michael Ryan went on the rampage. It was after that incident that semi automatic weapons were made illegal. Dunblane was responsible for the banning of handguns.

I was in primary 7 (11/12 yo) when this happened, about 10 miles away. My dad worked along at the University and raced along with his workmates when they heard. To this day 1996 is the only time i've ever seen my dad cry.

This video is so weird for me and really made me acknowledge my privilege of living in the UK. I was born after this happened so I've lived in a world where I didn't even see a gun irl until I went on holiday to the US when I was a teenager and I live in one of the posher areas of the countryside so we have several gun ranges nearby (that I only learned of just now after googling it). The UK is far from perfect but I'm very grateful that I never had to worry about guns as a kid or an adult.

Sorry for your loss. I remember having a conversation with a US business associate that was telling proudly how she was taking I believe her 9 year daughter to the gun range for the first time to learn how to protect herself. I was a little shocked to say the least. Just no concept of such in the UK.

Thank you for watching this and I’m truly sorry for your loss 💔

So sorry to hear about your brother. ❤

So sorry for the loss of your brother. What happened at Dunblane was dreadful. It made a huge impact on people in the UK and I am grateful for those who were instrumental in making those changes to the gun laws here.

@channel - sorry for the loss of your brother, man. Not enough comments here appreciating your pain watching this.

Hi James, I'm sorry to hear about your brother. At the time of Dunblane I was a member of a club and was active in shooting (targets) but the guns that would be banned, the whole club had no qualms about signing the petition, yes a couple of members weren't happy about it but they understud that it was the right thing to do, I continued to be a member and I still have my rifles and air pistol, all perfectly legal, I stopped shooting late 2005 but feel ready to take up the sport again. When Dunblane happened the whole of the UK was shocked, getting rid of the guns wasn't really the thought that bothered anyone, how it could have happened and what could be done to stop it happening again, the simple answer was to get rid of what had made it possible, this cuts everything off at the roots and stops it happening again, yes guns can be owned still in the UK, but they are highly restricted, severe background checks are done for anyone trying to get permission to own a gun of any kind, these checks include medical history checks, current medical checks, any history of criminal activity, driving offences and pretty theft won't stop you getting a licence so long as they are not a regular occurrence and years ago, such as stealing sweets as a child or a minor traffic violation "parking ticket or a few miles per hour over the limit", we all have this at some point and it's accepted as growing up, no one is perfect and we learn from our mistakes, it makes us better people, silly but true, I see lots of Americans on Quora boasting about how we had our guns taken away from us, this isn't true and even if it were it would have been for the right reasons, no one should loose their life because of one foolish action, even British ARU police won't shoot to kill, they also carry kit with them to save the life of the person they have just shot on the rare occasions when it gets that far, British police also have to account for each shot fired, each year the number of shots fired by the police is usually about 4, that is the whole of the British police in total each year 4 rounds, if they take the gun out of the holster they are suspended until the insident has been fully investigated and the officer is seen to be justified in having done so, but more training is given before they can return to active duty, it's a very different culture in the UK, we accept the police officers as there to protect us, we owe them respect for keeping us safe, this arrangement works for us.

Sorry for the loss of your beloved brother.

Every country has their fair share of disturbed people but only a few put automatic weapons into their hands

These children were 5 years old, hardly started their lives to be cruelly killed by some mad man, this touched everyone in the UK . RIP to those kids, and hope the parents can find some peace for their loss, i hope you can also find peace for your loss also .

A friend just returned to Australia after 18 months in the USA. Her kids were terrified to attend school there with active shooter drills and discussions about ballistic backpacks

Sorry to hear about your brother. I like that you cried watching this and didn't turn the camera off or walk away, you showed your emotions for all to see, none of this men don't cry BS

It's hard watching a grown man get emotional, breaks me down big time. Respect brother❤️

I was in primary school when this happened. In the days after every outside school gate was padlocked and the doors leading into the school had code locks installed to give a better barrier to prevent someone just waltzing onto school grounds with a weapon. Over I0 years ago I lived in Killeen Tx, where my husband was stationed at Ft. Hood. I was at home there when Hassan opened fire in the processing centre killing 13 people, I felt the panic when the base was sealed off and the mobile phone signals were disabled incase of setting off a device. I felt the terror of not knowing if my husband, who thankfully had been processed earlier in the day, was alive. And then the feeling of relief the moment he walked through the door. I still lived in Killeen when Sandy hock elementary school shooting happened, and was at the time heavily pregnant. It scared the crap out of me. Shortly after my husband retired from the army and asked me what I wanted to do, say in 🇺🇸 or go home to 🇬🇧 . I said home please, I didn't want to live where I had to ask my daughters friends parents about where their weapon was stored and if it was secure before I would feel safe enough for my child to have a play date with her friends. Getting back to 🇬🇧 and sending my daughter to nursery, the school was locked down tight during school hours, 3 sets of code locked doors just to get into the area where the coats are hung up and 2 more before the classroom. It made me feel much better knowing it is highly unlikely that I am going to lose my child just sending her to school and I can honestly say if we were still in texas I would be scared every moment she was away from me because the parents there have no such guarantee, and you can still just walk straight into the schools there in the killeen school district. 💔

Andy Murray was at that primary school when it happened and in an interview he is still traumatised by the shooting crying when it was mentioned

That shows a really important difference between living in a civilised country and one owned by the corporations. 1 UK - Mass shooting in a school. 2 Shock, revulsion change the law, ban handguns. 3 End of shootings in school. 1 USA - Mass shooting in school. 2 Revulsion, light candles, sing songs 3 Go back to 1.

I have no idea how this ended up in my suggested list, but I thank you for your response to it. My heart goes out to you man. Sending love from the UK.

So sorry for your loss. A hard watch for you with your two young children. If watching this changes one person's mind against having a gun, you have helped bring a change.

That was a real wake up call. I feel for todays parents in America, who must feel helpless and frightened to wave their kids off every school morning. I'm sorry for your loss too. 🇬🇧

My Daughter was 4 years old when it happened. The kids walked to school that morning but at end of that school day the playground was full of parents. They also put a buzzer system in all schools after. She got extra hugs that day as well.

I’m so sorry to hear of your loss man. As an older brother myself, I can’t imagine someone stealing me from my brother like that. Look after yourself man.

Now you know why the UK don't allow guns. Never ever be a shamed of showing your true feelings. Your only human. It's still heart breaking even today. from 🇬🇧👍👍 an old cockney gal

Everyday in the UK i get to take my kids to school and I can walk away without a single worry, then sometimes il put the news on, it's from the USA and i'll see little body bags and heartbroken parents. I don't know how the parents cope with it, waving goodbye to their kids and hoping that their bulletproof backpack and their lessons in zig zagging will suffice. I think that would break me.

A very moving reaction. Your friend from the UK.

I was an 8-year-old when this happened. I remember our teacher telling us what had happened just after playtime. My brother was the same age as the children who died. I'll never forget it, and I'm so glad to be in a country where guns are hard to come by

Those poor children, well done uk for banning them, the u.s really should take note, you should check out the abberfan disater in the uk, terrible, im sorry to hear about your brother 😢

I could see how moved you were by this video , I wish more of your fellow Americans could see that something has to change .

And in USA, there has recently been a case of a six-year-old bringing a loaded gun to school and shooting a teacher.

Important video. Thanks for sharing it whist it being difficult to watch. I'm from the UK and I couldn't imagine if guns were everywhere

What got me was Desperate Dan. Desperate Dan was a character in the, "Dandy," a popular children's comic in the UK, a freakishly strong cowboy, who ate cow pies (complete with horns and tail) and lived in Cactusville - a strange combination of Western Frontier town and British Village. As a cowboy, he carried a gun on his hip for 80 years, delighting generations of children with his antics, and only ever drawing the gun once (he never fired it) after Dunblane, the gun disappeared, never to be seen again.

It can take 12 months to get a gun licence in the UK. It requires criminal record checks, financial checks, checks with your GP, ID checks. You also have to store the weapon in a fireproof gun safe bolted to either the floor or an outside wall. You also need to answer questions as to WHY you need it and should have it. Here in England, firearms are seen as a privilege and not a right, so after Dunblane, it was much easier to change the law with minimal resistance. The country took the stance of never again, we are done. Hence the gun laws were reformed quickly.

As a uk citizen we look on with shock and great sadness at what you guys are allowing to happen.

Hey dude, I’m sorry for the loss of your brother, I hope one day America sees sense and does something about its laws. Keep safe. 👍

This has to be the Most Emotional React with by any KZfaqr I have ever seen! Thank you for Being Man enough to show your Emotions! I am so Sorry for the Loss of your Brother! and wish you and your Family a Peaceful and Safe Life! from Across the Pond Much Respect!!

That was a dark day for Scotland & we'll never forget 💔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I'm so sorry for you & your family loss x

I haven't seen your videos previously but this video came up on my feed so I thought I'd give it a watch - I'm in the UK and knew a little about Dunblane, though was only a young child when it happened so this provided some additional information I wasn't aware of. Thank you for sharing your insights as someone in the US where the culture around guns is obviously very different, I really hope as time progresses the laws there change to keep you and your fellow Americans safer. My condolences on the loss of your brother ❤️

I was very touched by your reaction to the video, at the moment here in Britain we do have another problem very similar and that is knife crime. Too many young people think that it's necessary today to carry a knife but the end result is usually the death of another young person.

Sorry for your loss James.

The Port Arthur massacre Tasmania, Australia changed the gun laws here. Barack Obama wanted to adopt Australian gun laws.

Incredible reaction bro. I wish you and your family a very safe journey through life. 🙌🏻

I’m 72 and when I was a little boy was the first time I heard ONLY IN America ,nothing has changed it’s just plain madness 😢

Tennis star Andy Murray is from Dunblane, he was 9 when this happened. Charlton Heston was holding up a musket when he made that statement, a gun that fires 1 round per minute, not in the same league as an AR15 which fires 45 per minute.

I'm sorry for your loss. I am from UK and I remember the heartbreak of Dunblane. It was a huge wake up call for us here. I do understand it's a different culture in your country and we never have carried guns as a rule so in a sense we had a more welcoming attitude to a gun ban. But I do think it's sad a great nation cannot just try

What a lovely man, father and brother you are

I’m English, 46 years old and I’ve only seen guns in films. I’m so grateful for the British attitude to guns.

I remember my daughter being just a small kid, I lost my job and got an offer to move to the USA for a job that sounded really good… then I checked a little deeper. I ended up not taking the offer for three reasons: health care, cost of education/childcare and gun control. I dig i to my savings for a little longer to make up for the loss of income and found a job in ly own country. My daughter needed braces and here they’d be affordable. My daughter is smart and would want to study on. A mass shooting happened at a school not all that far from where I’d have to move to and I never, EVER wanted her to feel unsafe going to school. I now work for an international company with a lot of offices in the USA. Our CEO is based in the States. The USA is a great country. I love to visit. But I’m not interested in ever moving there because of my own personal set of priorities. I’ve lived over three continents growing up and as a young woman. I love the USA. But too many things, one of which the gun control issues, just don’t make sense to me.

You can still get guns legally in the UK but it's extremely hard, shotgun licenses for clay pigeon shooting etc. other guns are available through things like range clubs but you're limited to single shot only stuff (not semi auto) literally single shot only.

I moved to the US and had an American husband many years ago, I couldn't believe how easy it was for him to get a gun which he kept under the couch, it terrified me knowing it was there

Your emotions are palpable Great reaction mate Love from the UK 🇬🇧

This happened very close to me. I have friends that were there on the day, parents of children that survived. I’ve never understood the disconnect in America. The need some have to cling onto guns at all costs. It’s as if their entire self narrative depends on guns.

I remember this so vividly. As a nation we were heartbroken & devastated & we supported the tighter gun controls. Their wee faces with their teacher who protected them until she couldn't 😢. You physically cannot walk into a school & take that many lives unless you use a gun. It's common sense. It's heartbreaking to think USA parents are scared sending their kids to school. Do better America. Love from Scotland.

I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m from the UK and I really, really hope that your gun laws can be changed to get rid of assault weapons at least. Maybe one day…

Andy Murray and his brother were in the school and hid in a cupboard. He has only recently talked about it when he was being interviewed after winning Wimbledon

In the UK we had Dunblane and in Australia they had Port Arthur. Both countries within a short time completely changed the laws. Seems reasonable and rational.

Very sorry for your loss of your brother. No one should ever have to suffer a sibling being killed by guns, knives or any weapons. Always try and remember that even on the darkest days, he is looking over you and your family, watching out for you all ❤

I don't live far from Dunblane and ill never ever forget that day! I knew some paramedics who were there and it still haunts them to this day! R.I.P sweet angels

Sorry for the loss of your brother, I vaguely recall as a lil nipper going with my dad when the police had an amnesty day where you could hand in a firearm without repurcussions, he took his old air rifle along, whilst not technically covered by the ban he didn't want it.

The Australians went through a similar thing at Port Arthur, Tasmania they did exactly the same

I was 13 when Dunblane happened! I was in a geography lesson at school and a teacher came running in, switched on the TV and watched it being reported on the lunchtime news! Everyone just sobbed finding out how young the kids were! No social media in those days, twice daily news updates was all we had!

I have subscribed. I cant tell you what a change it is to see a young man such as yourself displaying such honesty and empathy on a KZfaq channel. You have been clearly been very affected by the loss of your Brother and it must have taken courage to have made this. The problem and solution are clear but I fear that your country will never agree to relinquish firearms, and the death toll will continue to rise. Sadly you have to be personally involved in tragedy to fully appreciate how devastating and life changing it is. Best wishes form the UK 👍

I'm so sorry to hear about your brother mate. Touching reaction to this video, definitely subscribed. I'm a Brit, when I saw the title of this video, I thought it was going to be about 'The Hungerford Massacre' (a mass shooting involving 16 deaths in 1987 in the town of Hungerford, England).

Very similar story in Australia. Check out the Port Arthur massacre

Very powerful reaction, thank you for sharing with us. And I'm very sorry for your loss. Looking across from the UK, the gun laws in America seem completely crazy to me. I understand that it's a deep part of the culture there, I just hope that over generations the perception changes ✌💙

I remember hearing about the Dunblane massacre of little children and I am very glad that it has not been repeated in this country.

So sorry for the loss of your brother to gun crime! Thanks for this reaction, can see it was difficult for you, sending love and strength bro! 💪

If you can find it listen to the song Bairns of Dunblane. It was one of 3 songs on a short charity album at the time. It was the only fully original song. It was written and sung - as I've always understood it - by one of the police officers who attended the scene. It's absolutely one of the (if not The) most powerful songs I've ever heard. One verse from the song in particular I will never forget; just hauntingly profound and sung with such pure, raw emotion: "And no one can comprehend - the taking a life of a child - BUT 16 BLOODY TI-IMES - - - a 5 year old died. He brought hell to Dunblane - and now to hell he is damned - for there are some things - that even God can't understand."

No member of the general public should have access to guns, fireworks, or weapons of any kind.

Thank you for making what must have been an incredibly difficult video to make 💚