Anyone who believes the government isn’t capable of atrocities towards its people need to read more into history

Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither.

The three questions that should be asked for this conversation. 1. Is it morally justified to take a life in defense of self or others 2. Are you willing to put your trust in all governments in perpetuity not to take hostile action against you In American culture the vast majority will say yes to the first and no to the second even if they have a wide range of reasons for those answers. Once you get to that point if your answers coincide with what would be the norm in American culture, then the third question comes into play. 3. If you were forced to defend yourself against a superior foe and you did not have access to the weapons necessary to do so how would you accomplish this? Understanding the logic behind this series of question is the key to understanding why Americans are so protective of their gun rights. Statements to take objection to. * "It's become easier to get guns" No it absolutely is not easier than it was 50, 60, 70, or 100 years ago. There are simply more obstacles now because there didn't used to be obstacles. * "Obama was elected so we got to watch black people" Absolutely not, the number of people who gave a rats behind about his race as a negative is so miniscule as to be statistically zero. What they cared about was his intent to try to take away guns. See above distrust matrix. The instructor isn't doing his students any favors forwarding those lies. *"Men's mental health" No that isn't the cause. Men are simply more inclined to violence than women and that makes big difference at the extremes. If you take the 100 most violent people out of a group of lets say 1 million either 99-100% of that 100 most violent people will be men and it requires someone extremely willing to implement violence to enact terrorism. That's why there is a gender imbalance. Its simply a factor of examples that occur from the extremes and mathematics.

I'm a first gen immigrant, and i've managed to convince my parents of the utility of guns against tyranny. We're from Iran, and they're seeing how their government will use live rounds against protesters, and people can only really resort to using molotovs and homemade weapons to fight back. I got them to see how if the people had the ability to be armed, the government wouldn't dare use live rounds, because then they will risk losing a war, will lose many military members, lose members of the workforce, and lose tax dollars in huge amounts, not to mention the general chaos. Guns are tools. Morality is subjective. What is good for one is not good for another. If people want to kill themselves or others, they don't need guns, as is evident throughout human history. The fact that we still kill one another is the problem, not the guns. Cars are weapons, but we don't say its immoral to have one.

The real problem is America lacks the political will to remove violent people permanently from society, mainly because they're afraid of being called racist. The average killer has already been arrested over 10 times before he kills someone. We need to rehabilitate those who can be saved and purge those who are lost causes.

The girl that laughed off civilians being able to protect themselves against their government needs to take some more history classes… especially about some of those countries that were being represented in stage.

5:21 “Run, hide, fight” is not the “American way,” backed by a gun culture. It’s a list of the only remaining options for any rule-following occupants of a gun-free zone that just happens to be ignored by an evil killer. Without gun-free zones, the phrase “Run, hide, fight” would be replaced with the phrase “An armed society is a polite society.”

The kid that says he loves his government is speaking out of pure fear of his government

I wish I were able to join in this class on some of these subjects, especially this one. I love these discussions and have been studying the data for 15 years. Point of fact, from 1980 to 2018, gun ownership stayed fairly even at about 40% of the population. This means more and more people bought firearms. While this was the case, all violent crime reduced. This means as more guns became easier to obtain, more people bought them and less people killed each other with them. This statistic highlights that it wasn't guns becoming more prevalent that increased gun violence, as this had been the case for almost 40 years. It was a cultural shift that occurred. Remember, gang violence has many repeat offenders, so it's important to also understand that the 80% of gun homicides are not committed by different people on a 1 to 1 basis. It's more likely that the number of people within that 80% of perpetrators is about half of that percentage or less, meaning if 20,000 murders occurred, 10,000 people committed those murders. This may not be an exaggeration as the State Office of Policy and Management in Connecticut found that 45% of released violent criminals were arrested for the same crime some time after being released. So not only are the ones that don't get caught likely to kill again, but those that are released are repeat offenders. Following this train of thought, we can narrow down the gun violence and homicide to specific cities, areas within cities, to certain cultural attitudes, etc. These areas may have a higher black presence, but the racial makeup itself isn't the issue as there is more variation within groups than between them. It is also important to understand that mass shootings criteria has been changing, so the increase statistically is partially a calculation change. When taking all of this data into account and controlling for gang violence and the repeat offenders within, the rate of gun crime becomes more understandable as not something that normal people accept, but as a subculture that has been allowed to thrive within the majority culture. The culture of the US is based off of personal freedoms, which is why we have so many guns, but outside of gang and drug violence, so little gun homicides. This fact bolsters that the US is a moral country, as we expect gun owners to help out people in need and rely on each other when a disaster happens. I have a dozen other arguments I could make, but this is a quick spread of arguments and data to push against an anti-gun narrative.

An American born person in a college class just argued that the idea of needing guns to defend yourself from a tyrannical government is absurd. I normally call to attention certain cultures and mental illness, but maybe the US education system is the problem.

Speaking as someone from England, it is a pleasant surprise that the audience listens to a debate without shouting/screaming their opposite views 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Interesting conversation. A couple of things.... 1st of all guns have gotten harder to buy, not easier over time. 2nd, guns have not changed much in the last 100 years. People had full auto Tommy guns in the early 1900's. The AR15 came out somewhere around 60 years ago, and they had large capacity mags then as well. So if the guns haven't changed, I think the question needs to be: What has changed?

It takes a lot more and longer for a man to get to a point where society sees value in him. A lot of men are not handling that pressure very well. It doesn’t help that we are telling them that acting masculine is wrong.

Tough times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create tough times.

It's "common sense" that if a thief or someone else who wants to harm or kill someone KNOWS that victim doesn't have a gun to defend themselves, they will be MORE likely to go thru with the harm/crime... 🤷

It's EXTREMELY rare. ALSO, anti-gun folks ignore all the Defensive Gun Use statistics, and since the media is anti-gun, for the most part, few folks recognize that guns are used to defend folks millions of times a year in the USA. When you go through the gun death statistics, and you remove the suicides, accidents, self defense, and the criminals killing other criminals, we see only about 1600 murders with guns that people find problematic. That's far less than the number of lives estimated to be saved by guns each year.

The vast majority of school shooters are a young man who grew up without a father figure and were raised by single mothers. They were also on Anti-depressants. Those are the 2 biggest commonalities between each and every school shooter

Painting gun crime as a morality argument is a giant oversimplification. A lot more factors at play than someone's sense of right and wrong. You don't think that mass shooters realize that their actions are heinous? There's a reason so many take their own lives after committing the act. They understand that their lives are essentially over once they get to that point, so they end it before being captured. As for the girl asking about whether it's justifiable for civilians to personally arm themselves in the event that their government becomes tyrannical, yes, absolutely. There's a reason the Founding Fathers were wise enough to include the Second Amendment in the Constitution. Any bureaucracy can be subjected to tyrannical overreach no matter how historically stable, even the U.S. As for the guy that responded by banning all guns, that fixes absolutely nothing. If civilians don't have the right to bear arms, that doesn't mean the military or law enforcement won't be armed. And just because someone is wearing a badge and uniform, that doesn't mean they don't have the capacity to use their guns for malicious intent, obviously. Also, it will just create an underground black market and because criminals don't follow the law, they will still find a way to buy guns, even if it becomes more difficult. Being susceptible to indoctrination by a radical ideology that advocates for violence against infidels isn't mental illness, that's being gullible and sheer stupidity. Unless you grew up in a place like North Korea where all of your immediate surroundings is a real life Truman Show, individuals have the ability to seek different angles in a story and remain skeptical of what they're consuming. If someone internalizes that it's just to mow down non-believers in the name of Allah, the person actively took steps to get there, the beliefs weren't forced on them.

Mass shooting statistics start in the 90's for a reason. My generation, millennials, and gen z lack purpose and are living through cultural and moral degradation, as well as contributing to it. Medications for depression or anxiety are also a factor, and technology is a factor. Young boys not having a father present is a huge problem, not being raised properly. There's countless reasons.

the amount of times young people say "like" is astounding. And it's not just kids from the US.

"Like, I don't want to generalize, you know" (Continue to listing personal experiences and generalized statements) 😂

Any society comprised of humans will always have bullies. To survive you need knowlege and to acquire knowlege you need to survive, a gun is an equalizer.

Government that fears the people serves the people. Government that doesn't serves itself. It's not about overthrowing the government. It's about making the government think twice about the policy and laws it creates. It's not about winning a battle against the government. It's about making sure there a risk and cost to the government if it goes too far. It's not about saving myself from the government if it decides to kill me. It's about taking a few of them with me. 80 FBI agents have died in the line of duty since it's creation. What happens when it's that many in a week? Will they continue to obey the orders sending them to their deaths? Those who don't own guns owe a debt of gratitude to those who do for the rights they continue to enjoy.

Needing to protect yourself from the possible tyranny is the exact reason we have the second amendment. And thank you for correcting the statement “more often than not” it’s something that needs to be addressed because even though the person likely had no bad intention saying it inaccurate information needs to be spoken about and flushed out.

Everyone would possibly like a benevolent dictator but they are rarer than unicorns...

The one young one man has no idea that the wrong people can take over the government and control every aspect of your life overnight without the ability to keep that government in check and he's ok with it. Good luck to you sir, I will keep my ability to stand up if needed. I'd rather die on my feet than to live on my knees.

Guns aren't the problem. It's mental health. Gun laws always hurt law abiding citizens. Also the second amendment is clear the right to bear arms shall not be infringed.

I think the problem with this discussion is that America doesn't have a singular culture. It is not a homogeneous country. It is a country made of countless cultures, one of which is gang culture. Something that is nowhere near as prevalent in other countries.

It’s got to be a societal issue. America is not the only country in the world with widespread gun ownership. For example, in Switzerland virtually all male adults are required to have a firearm in their home. It should be noted that military service is mandatory for all adult males, in Switzerland. Their murder rate is extremely low and mass shootings are almost unheard of.

Why is it the number of defensive firearms uses are almost never included in these kinds of discussions? Is it possible to get fair estimates of how many lives are potentially saved each year by the legal, defensive use of firearms?

Two crazy stories, about only the government can have guns......... Schindlers List and The Killing Fields. Oh wait, these are true stories.

Look at the countries where the foreign students come from. All these countries have homogeneous populations. The countries do not allow much immigration and the idea of a diverse population like in the USA is completely foreign to the leadership of these countries.

People from other countries do not have a full understanding of not being a subject of their government. US citizens are responsible for their own protection, primarily from their own government, then foreign powers, criminals, predatory animals, etc. We are SUPPOSED to be armed, trained, etc. We have offloaded that responsibility, and are reaping the consequences. The lack of knowledge about firearms and the reasons for the second amendment ,among those opposed to them, increases the issue. We live in a constitutional carry area and the crime is extremely low.

It's an anti gun conversation if you don't recognize that the phycological reason why the person killed people and that a gun can't shoot itself.

"...but in most places it's become easier to obtain guns..." Please prove that statement. I find it very hard to believe. I'm about the same age as the professor and remember a world where getting/having guns was nothing compared to today. As in night and day different.

The primary conversation should be about mental health and guarding schools more diligently. America has always had an excessive amount of guns and these mass shootings have only become a problem in the past couple decades. The uptick in mass shootings is directly correlated with a declining mental health of the public. In addition the guarding of schools needs to be addressed. If a criminal robs a bank with a gun the banks don’t legislate for gun control they just hire armed guards.

Wow! This channel is quite the gem :) thank you for providing these lectures for us to watch ❤ One thing I would add is in concerning why mass shootings have increased so much within the past few decades. If I recall right, a huge majority of mass shooters (95%) were on antidepressants. Based on that, it seems that this is a mental health issue.

It’s NOT WHAT YOU HAVE! ITS WHAT YOU DO WITH IT !!!

This was a very interesting topic. I would have liked to see more touched on society, community, etc. I feel like lack of community is a big part of the issue. Listing to several of the speakers they didn't feel the government took care of them but the community did. In many communities religions support mental health. We have lost a lot of this, if we ever had it.

Not enforcing laws is also a problem. Most of the resent mass shooters had existing issues that were ignored...this professor rocks we need more educators like him...

Tyranny was mentioned, briefly. Look up Roof Koreans. For a more recent example of why average people need to be armed, look no further back than the BLM Mostly Peaceful Protests (TM) a few years ago where the police bowed out of entire cities, at the direction of their (mostly Democrat) bosses. "Hello, 911? I'm in a traffic jam and three people are jumping on the hood and roof of my car with my two young children in the back seat. Can you please send help?" Answer: No.

I like how he said guns have become a normal reality in America but hasn’t it always been a normal reality here?

Someone kills people with a gun, and the gun is blamed. Someone kills people any other way it's their fault, or they are mentally ill

I would have loved to have been in this class and chimed in this discussion.

What frustrates me is that they're not discussing WHO those suicides are... A LARGE majority of the suicides in our country are active duty and or veterans. That would then modify this conversation even further.

Some Americans always want to blame the object not the reason because 90% of the time the reason is mental illness but the people expressing violence because they feel no one hears their cry for help are the marginalized and if we actually addressed the problem those marginalized people would feel targeted or discriminated against and the institutions and political representatives and medical representatives are afraid to call out obvious mental health issues out of fear of being called racist or some sort of phobia!

I’d take a look at how different countries handle criminals. The US has become very weak on criminals. When you’re weak on crime, crime grows. If there is no law that has consequences grave enough to make you second guess committing a crime then there is no motivation to make you think twice.

I like how the lecture started with “this isn’t any anti gun lecture” and as soon as a student in the audience asked a legit question saying “we have always had guns and laws haven’t changed a whole lot so what has changed?” The profesor shot it down with gun control talking points. Way to go

It's nice to see a teacher just give his students something to think about rather than preach some ideology.

Nearly all violence related to guns is related to gang violence. In no place in the United States does the police come running to you immediately to protect you in a situation that becomes violent, urban or rural. We have a Constitution that is largely ignored by those in charge of defending the people's rights. The perception in this country is that those who are the most authoritarian are perceived by a lot of people as being more Democratic when they're not and those who are more Democratic are perceived as being more authoritarian despite the obvious characteristics of both are being misrepresented in the media. The perceptions come from how the media portrays things and when the media is being dishonest, then you get false perceptions.

This professor is a gift to his students! He really knows how to bridge gaps.

can these kids ever have a conversation without saying “like” for every other word

It’s good to brainstorm and explore what brought us here and what solutions would work to solve the current problems, but in the meantime, you know that teacher doesn’t have a gun to protect the students from an active shooter.

Great conversations. Toward the end I really appreciate that students point out it's not always everyone else's fault that someone crazy decides to go do something crazy.

I love the different ideas being talked about. I would love to hear the difference in ideas from these students going to a very expensive college like Penn St vs a small community College where the student may have to work to be able pay for their own classes.

Why do I need a firearm? Why do I need free speech. Why do I need freedom to worship? Why do I need to vote? It's my Right that's why! It's My Right!

There are five reasons for an American to possess firearms: 1) hunting, 2) competition, 3) recreation, 4) individual and collective self-defense, and 5) to exercise your civil rights (i.e. because you can).

just found this! respect! such informative dialog and thestudents seem engaged to listen

When I went to school in 80 and 90s kids had guns in there trucks every day no mass shootings I watched as we started to see doctors throwing kids on all kinds of meds for every bad mood your in that's when these mass shootings started but we can't talk about that it has made it so much more worse . I now when I went threw a bad case of depression I went on meds I actually felt worse not better it a question we need to ask but where not allowed to talk about it

Great conversations on this channel, I'm actually shocked that he is able to have these without being shut down by the administration. How are these discussions distilled down to a key point or "take away"? How are exams administered in this class?

Buying a gun wasn’t always a right of passage? Bull 💩. In the 1960s and 1970s some high school kids would drive to school with a rifle on a gun rack in their truck. And not just in Texas, in Pennsylvania as well. So yes, it has been a cultural norm for a long time. Those kids decades ago weren’t shooting anyone. You missed the mark on that one, Professor.

I've studied American history in a very in depth manner, and in all of my studies I've never come across a Bill of Needs. The private ownership of firearms is a hallmark of a free society, but unfortunately all societies are populated with imperfect human beings. Therefore a certain level of irresponsible firearm use is an inevitability in a free society. It's a price one must pay to live in a free society.

Thanks for reminding me that my new AR15 is ready to pick up

This is EXACTLY the way EVERY educator should be. Impossible to really pinpoint his political viewpoint - he argues MANY sides of every issue…he makes student think, and exposes them to alternate views in such a positive way.

why is this problem newly developed? Lets say since 1966. but i grew up in the 70/80s and this wasn't a problem. Why has it spiraled out of control? if this questioned isn't answered the problem will not be solved. BTW, if you take guns then take alcohol, fast food, and all the other things that cause mass harm to our health. guns are the mechanism. if there are 320 million guns in the US only a handful will be used for violence. so 99.999% do not harm.

Very interesting discussion. Wished someone would've posed the question to your panel, is there any country that enjoys the freedoms we enjoy in the US, & if not perhaps one answer is that American believe that with freedom comes a requisite responsibility to provide & protect that comes with that freedom.

Too often in here i see "personal weapons wont help you the government will beat you" The logical extension of that person's argument is "so you shouldnt be allowed guns so that its even easier". What a way to think

Ive noticed that people dont remember that americans used to be able to buy a machinegun out of the sears catalog and have it shipped to their front door and the murder rate was still quite low. Again, the problem isnt the gun!

most of those non US students come from much more homogenous countries, when it comes to similar people, similar beliefs, similar customs.. this is 1 of the reasons Japan has low crime in general.. And their crime types differ..

2nd amendment is one of may rights to prevent tyranny, whether the price is too high or not, it can be told whether people would rather live in USA or other countries. I think it's clearly told.

People used to be able to order guns (including full auto machine guns) from a catalog and have them shipped directly to their house without a background check. America has always had a gun culture however mass shootings and gun violence have only become common in the last 30-40 years. Over the same time many new laws have been passed to restrict and limit gun ownership, carrying, gun and magazine types legally available. So the real question that we should be asking is, what has happened to Americans to cause this change? Also, there are many nations, like Mexico, where civilian gun ownership is extremely restricted yet the nation is rife with violence, gun violence, etc. and most of it is conducted with illegal guns showing us that more laws and restrictions aren't the solution.

It’s an issue of normalized violence X gun accessibility. We need to control both. The same people who become mass shooters would have been mass “stabbers” if they were in other countries. They would at least be limited in their ability to inflict violence on others in a short amount of time. We need to reduce both the percentage of people who are on the fringes of society and access to guns.

저희 대한민국도 범죄가 없지는않아요. 하지만 총기로인한 범죄는 완만해서는 안나와요. 그 이유는 같은 나라 같은 민족인데 서로 아끼면서 그런 예절교육을 어렸을때부터 아니 선조들부터 배워왔어요. 그래서 총기사고 등등 모든 한국국민들이 말을하지않아도 몸에 배어있는것 같아요. 다른사람들한테 피해주는일 가슴아프게하는일은 하지말자. 이런 마음가짐같아요. 이런 이유로 대한민국이 이렇기 까지 발전한것같아요. 교수님 항상 강의 재미있게 보고있어요.. 제가 비록 대학을 다니지는 않지만 강의보고있으면 가슴이 뜨거워지고 웅장해집니다. 감사합니다

The basic problem of violence is a lack of respect for life in general and other people specifically. Teaching our children that it is acceptable that they exist because their mother chose to birth them belies the devaluation of life by our society. When a person can choose to take another person's life by denying and devaluing their humanity, society loses the basic understanding that life is precious. We see "others" as less valuable than ourselves and that puts our society in a very dangerous place. Race, religion, political beliefs can all be used to excuse hatred and violence against the "other". Welcome to 21st century America.

One Party coddles violent criminals. The other Party would put them in prison for life. A mixed message.

Great question "What is the common factor" (similar to what I posted below) but horribly uninformed answer from the Prof. Assuming in good faith just simple ignorance, let's set the record straight. No, it's not easier to get a gun now than it was in the past. Mail-order was a common way to buy a gun not so long ago. Also, the density of gun ownership has no, or possibly a reverse, correlation with shootings in an area.

A few years ago, I researched the data on gun homicides in the US, along with deaths from lightning strikes. One is literally more likely to be struck by lightning than to be killed by a gun.

I truly wish someone would have asked the panel.... "If gun ownership were legalized in your country, would you feel inclined to own one?

2 minutes in and the young gentleman can not identify the threat of violence from the government.

No reason needed. From Federalism to the Constitution. Read it and get back to me

Food for thought: 32 people were killed at Virgnia Tech, 16 were old enough to legally carry a concealed gun.

Some of these CHILDREN glibly say there’s something wrong wit your morality if you use violence? If you DON’T use violence to protect your Self, your spouse, your children, I’d that moral? Sometimes violence is Evil, sometimes violence Is necessary.

This is my response to how guns are seen in my country We have guns here in Australia and ownership is highly regulated but still obtainable if you abide by the requirements for owning one. Most owners are farmers or people living in rural areas and they are seen and used like a plumber uses a wrench. They are a tool used to do a job so you should use the right tool for the job including sport shooting. That's why appropriate firearms are sold here. After our first and only mass shooting the population voted and agreed to ban and remove all fire arms that are not appropriate for the roles civilians need them for. The gun by back scheme was so successful in removing inappropriate firearms we have some of the lowest levels of gun violence in the world. You can still hunt here, you can still go to a range and shoot guns. Australia has several gold medalists in the Olympics for clay shooting. Gun ownership is totally ok as long as the populace respect them for what there intended purpose is while ensuring that regulations are in place for those that would see to do otherwise. (And no our guns don't shoot out spiders, snakes, crocodiles sharks or anything like that either just regular bullets 😅)

He ask the Saudi kid to expand after he said the “Saudi government is authoritarian”. The poor kid could end up being called to the embassy to be killed and dismembered.

The problem isn't a gun culture, it's an acceptance culture. There was a direct correlation between closing mental institutions and the rise in crime. The reason we closed these institutions is because patients were being treated poorly. This is true, but the solution was very wrong. Rather than attempting to fix the issue inside the institution we put these people on a slew of medications and let them out into society where they have a difficult time assimilating. Rather than putting people on medication and taking 1 hour a week to talk to them, they need significantly more help. Often these mentally ill people end up in jail where they get no help that actually makes them progress towards a healthy life, but they are put back into society once their time is up for the crime they committed, and then they will commit another crime. This process will continue until a tragedy (such as mass killing) happens. Even if the tragedy is the first issue, there is a common trend amongst these people, and that is how they show markers of being or are outright known to be mentally ill. One interesting thing to keep in mind is how many of the school shooters were on SSRI's, were seeing therapists, or even told people about their desire to kill and absolutely nothing was done to stop it. Then we ask ourselves how this can keep happening. Here, take another pill and get back out into the community. When people say it's a mental health issue, it's because all roads lead to it, and there are factual correlations. It's not simply deflecting to keep our right to bear arms, it's truly looking at the root cause. What bothers me is when the other side of the argument strictly blames guns and will not look at these other issues. You can take the tool away from an insane person, but they will always find another tool if they are determined. Instead, what if you take the determination away? If it was truly a gun issue we would have been having these things happen on a regular basis since the late 1700's - 1800's. Not only that, but with the number of guns per capita, we wouldn't even exist at this point. There are other countries with higher guns per capita without these issues. Also to say that people went out and bought guns because Obama is black is absolutely insane. Unsure why you would put that idea forth and make a large swath of Americans out to be racist. This happens because of an anti-gun political stances, not skin color.

Also let’s not forget if a person uses a gun to defend themselves that also counts as gun violence statistically.

We have always taught kids run/hide/fight, we just called it “Hide and Go Seek”

"I feel like when the power is with the right people..." Spoken like someone who's never encountered a politician. 🤣

Mental health is a blanket statement. Depression can be labeled a mental illness but Depression doesnt mean youre homicidal. I own pew pews and never once thought of taking someones life but i am ready to if i need to defend my life or your life from someone trying to take it

For me, this question is like asking me Why I need knifes in my kitchen. OR why I need wrenches in my tool box. Yup! A gun is just another tool.

Nobody needs to have a reason to own any type of legal weapon. It's really nobody's business, certainly not the government's business.

I loved when he said. “Obama is black so we have to watch out for black people, because you know…black people”

Here is a question. If someone is attempting to take your life (there are evil, people in all societies) is it wrong to defend yourself if it means taking a life to protect yours or to protect those you love?

The largest problem is one party has refused to protect our children. Our schools are far less protected than our professional sports teams.

A question I would have liked to have been asked for the kid from Kuwait is this. Can he at least understand Americans wanting to have guns to protect fro tyranny considering he himself said wether you like the rules your gov makes or not you Jjst follow them and everything will be okay? I want my government to fear me.

If we didn’t have 2A America and the world would be a much more authoritative place.

The very main thing the 2nd was made for... was to fight a tyrannical government. Something our founders were VERY aware of.

I have seen horrible videos of bullying, very violent and sickening torture, and murder from dozens of countries during a content moderation job I had. These were from South America, China, and European countries mainly. There are sick people everywhere that do terrible things to others. I'm sure most exhibited some sign of their issues that could have, or should have been recognized by those around them. We need to pay closer attention and speak up when we see something that concerns us. I don't know how to keep people from abusing it for attention or revenge when they feel wronged.

The first guy said very little civilian violence. All depends on what you consider violence. Some might say the way women are treated in their culture is violence.

16:33 I don’t have an issue with people carrying guns (fully knowing what can potentially occur from people carrying guns.) But, I have an issue with people taking a life? If the gentleman’s life or the life of the people he cares for was at risk, would the gentleman’s answer change?