yeah, the weapon wasnt too heavy here

Brilliant ending zinger.

Exactly. In boot camp (Navy vet here) we had to carry the M1, as a drill piece. Beau is right on here. I wanted to offer him some kind words. I like his You Tube channel.

Shots fired!

F'n ~CLASSIC~

Excellent response

And you know he is yelling and spitting on his computer monitor listening to Beau tear him apart

He’ll be needing a large bottle of Bactine for his butt.

Almost every WW2 Vetertan I have met or know never talks about WW2 unless really pressed,, Sadly every year there are fewer,

He probably has trouble storming his bathroom let alone the beaches of Normandy.

I don't get why Americans don't like education, it's the bedrock of society

You could make a religion out of this

@@erkicman We have, haven't we?

Funny, how most Trumpanzees refuse tonread anything longer than memes and headlines.

@JZ's Best Friend Yes. They reached too far, too fast. It took a century for France to find its feet after the Revolution, but it was the death knell of the old monarchies and the clinging vestiges of feudalism in Eastern Europe. As Beau said, folks can get with it or be left behind, but progress will not be stopped.

I understand you miss him, sounds like a great dad. But I hope you stick around for a good while. The world needs good humans like you, and no doubt he would be the first to agree.

About the same as my grandpa, but he was in North Africa and then Sicily waiting around for D Day (aircraft mechanic). He was union in the IBEW , lifelong Democrat, but rather than hunt, he played chess, pinochle, and poker with our parish priest. 😁

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@@elainedaprano9130 : My uncle was in North Africa, too. Broke his hip or pelvis when the troop carrier he was riding in hit a landmine. Another uncle was in France, met a French girl, fell in love, but couldn't bring her home to meet the family because she was Catholic and our family was Lutheran.

Your Dads Democratic Party doesn't exist anymore.

hear hear!!

Absolutely everything you said. Additionally, so glad to see you here, Anna! Gotta love Beau.

Speaking as a gun nerd, I’ve spent more time helping LGBTQ+ and folks from other historically oppressed communities get set up over the last few years than anyone else. It’s a definite trend, and I’m here for it.

Also, at least one major study has shown that trans people serve in the military at twice the rate of cis people. And there's at least one famous trans retired special forces commander.

Thank you for your service to humanity. You're braver than anyone I know. God Bless.

see i tould you teaching them how to read and write was a bad idea ... now they've gone and got "ideas" :P lol

Much like during the days of slavery: It was illegal to teach them to read and write. The less they knew the less chance of revolt. Knowledge is power and like the GOP today, they want their followers to be ignorant. Simple, really.

Beau is a little bit off. it's not JUST education. look at what the reactionary right has been demonizing for the past 15 years or more: -elites. -wall street. -scientists. - the media/news. -all entertainment -college education. -big/federal government. -professional athletes/sports. and add to that now -democracy/elections. -public education. -k-12. -even medical care. ...notice a trend? every single institution that ppl admire/respect or trust, every single one, the reactionary right has been smearing/tearing down. what do cult leaders do? what do fascists do? make sure you don't trust anyone but them.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts. That's #11 of _The Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism._

@@aylbdrmadison1051 _The Fourteen Quintessential Characteristics of Fascism_

Amen. Don't ever stop helping democracy, Beau.

I had to rewind the video after that. I spit my coffee out. LOL

Yes, from the Great State of New York. He also served as Governor of NY. Not all presidents from NY were great. But Ted and FDR were.

I would've had to ask that guy "Okay, so who was Eisenhower - the guy who led the army during WWII? Some other flaming liberal perhaps?" These people's lack of understanding of history would be comical if it didn't directly affect the rest of us.

Oh, come on guys. We had two presidents with the name Roosevelt. One was a Rough Rider and the other one had a rough ride (wheelchair) that the press censored from the public. They served 6 terms. They were both kind of liberal too, I mean the National Parks and New Deal expanded governments role... However, I mean I guess we let that Bush guy be president from the 80s until Obama came in with his Hope and Change. The only Clinton I know is Hillary and.... whatever her husband's name is.

I nearly laughed my ass off, when I heard that. Thats so rich. ^^

Yup. Beau sounds as fed up with their BS and their stupidity glorifying selves as the rest of us are.

@@greeneyedlady5580 Ya know I always thought he was more right or at least very centered. Imagine my surprise to see him roast a few tv idiots. Actually, not idiots, just very limited in history, facts and the inability to comprehend common human logic.

They can also drag you back down into a regressive and oppressive backwards theocracy. Don't forget that option!

@@ruger6049 : Like me, he is a leftist who promotes centrism. And centrism is quite a ways to the left of most of the democrats (other than the progressives who are also centrists). It's a common misunderstanding. The left/right axis has to do with wealth distribution; socialism/capitalism. Not the liberal/authoritarian axis that has to do with freedom and oppression. Stalin was a socialist dictator (a left-wing authoritarian).

@@ruger6049 Beau has always been on the left end of the US political spectrum.

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Yeah, me neither.

Yes...but in this case he said something that doesn't make sense and can't be defended. It comes of as alarmist and out of step and goes over as a pro antiabortion statement in this a liberal chat room. He just lost a ton of credibility and the fact that he read one of the least reasonably post doesn't look good because he can't back-up what he said. He isn't right this time

@@stormiewutzke4190 Well aren't you cute. You think you know all, but are completely wrong. Please explain why you think he is wrong, and you are right. You can easily state absurdity, but where are your facts?

@@wally3586 if you look there are several detailed breakdowns in this thread that are not a reply. Look at for it if you want more detail. The basic argument is that the military has chosen the current rifle for a reason and it has been highly effective. The advantage of the new rifle only applies to very long distance using a very special sighting system that isn't available and is really only effective in a military setting. In an example of the current shooting the gun used is by far the most dangerous rifle available for civilians. It was also illegal in that state. A switch to the new rifle very likely would have been less deadly since it is very hard to control and shoot rapidly. For those in that crowd its a detail that stands out. Considering that it happened in a state where they don't have control and was not legal to own it is very easy for them to point out that bans don't work and they have a point. Something does have to be done but just pointing fingers doesn't help. For those who are anti gun what more can you do but make bans. That was already in place. It's very much like banning drugs. Its far more effective to put in systems that brings in support and begins to treat the root of the problem. Let's be realistic the left side doesn't have the power to push through heavy regulation or enforcement across the country and doing it on a state level doesn't work. With the current court it is very likely that many of these state restrictions are going to get tossed out. I'm saying that if you can't win the fight then you need to negotiate to actually make changes. Taking shots at the other side that cauaes them to pull out of the dialog is basically just virtue signaling because it doea nothing to change. Remember that you can't control other people only yourself and changes happen from what WE do. I am open to different points of view and have explained what I feel is a reasonable argument. I am open to seeing things another way but I seem to just get people calling me out and telling me to defend the argument without explaining a single reason where I'm wrong. Blanket you are wrong and I'm right is the problem. I find history and firearms interesting among many other things and am familiar with that community maybe even part of it. I try to make reasonable arguments there as well and push back against extreme views. I can tell you that they are open to something realistic. However they do not trust most attempts to do something because the view of many pushing for changes would love to push in bans. Because of that they fight any changes and also are fighting to undo most of the restrictions. The gun violence in NY the state with I believe the tightest restrictions is used as proof that they don't fix the problem. Read some of the other reports about how valid many of the studies are. You will find ones done by groups that do not lean to supporting guns but are neutral and they typically will say that many studies are highly flawed and many of the restrictions don't work. Generally what stands out is mental health and culture clashes that cause unstable population in an area. Some cities like NYC and Chicago may stand out but the culter and restrictions go back a very long time. There are plenty of examples of states and area with very loose restrictions and high gun ownership that do not have any problems with gun violence that are easily used as a counter argument. As Beau often points out that when we "OTHER" a group there are going to be problems. If you think something needs to change then find a way that works. Or tell me where im wrong.

@@stormiewutzke4190 why so much time spent on talking about gun control? The call to action hasn’t been gun control in either video, but a change in gun culture and the attitudes that are fomenting incidents. As a matter of fact, in the vid leading up to this one, he outright stated that he thinks banning guns is about as effective as banning drugs.

@@stopabusingstatistics6291 I don't think you are familiar with the gun word. I don't mean that in any negative sense. It seems like you missed the point of my argument. It is a world that definitely neads changes and has gotten very toxic. Unfortunately it is very sensitive and lock onto details that may seem small to others. Its interesting that you mentioned drugs since that is what I compared it to. Just blocking things will never work. Just like outlawing drugs hasn't. I'm saying that if you feel like you need to attack don't use something out of context. Better off use an argument that isn't an attack and it something that helps make changes.

Sadly, they probably aren't listening to his responses.

It is beautiful!

Except he didn't refute much. He just claims it's going to be devastating just from having a slightly larger bullet... I love Beau but his takes on this have been completely wrong. The mil isn't even replacing ARs with these at this time, they just bought a small number to see how they go

@@zacrl1230 listening and understanding are two different things.

@@nk-dw2hm "completely" "slightly" "at this time" These qualifiers are sure signs of mental gymnastics, friend. Learn to not speak in absolutes. Then you won't absolutely make an ass of yourself. Also, a slightly larger/heavy bullet and TWICE the powder behind it. Do try to listen to all of the facts if you are going to attempt to debunk them.

(NHS... that recently is under attack from the Tories, I understand? Ugh, privatisation - shivers - , this ultra-right movement that's spreading over Europe is frightening, it's festered here in Sweden as well)

@@Hummingbirder1 Torries got their asses handed to them just bit ago. Good.

Tragically, these "patriot" lot of Murikkka ... are immune to facts and factual history.

@@seanburke997 yeah but thanks to the archaic electoral system (of which the US system is a derivative) the conservatives only need a little more than 40% of the vote in order to get massive majority in the commons. Both countries need some serious democratic overhauling.

@@Hummingbirder1 As someone from a country with privatized healthcare, fight those people with everything you have. I promise your current care is a hell of a lot better than what we have here in the "United" states.

Yeah, but I don't think that image fits very well into the "heroic soldier returning to his pin-up shaped girl (who's conveniently to naive/ignorant to even know about the STD problems among soldiers" fantasy. Thanks for remembering those women; waiting at home for somebody who might or might not return, and probably won't return as the same person that left is it's own silent battle.

Your father represents the majority of brave soldiers in that terrible war. It was not a bragging or machismo experience, rather a very private memory that they carried within. I had 2 uncles in that war, one receiving the Medal of Honor, the other just as heroic but never said a word. My dad, Korea. I served later. The majority of people who reflect on war/combat in a sacred way didn't serve or were looking through a window. Just my thoughts

Time and place are big factors in that perception too. Here in Australia I'm probably considered mildly conservative or a little bit right of centre, in the US they would completely consider me well into the lefty side of things. But I mean even here there's some things I will vociferously argue aren't ok with people who consider themselves conservatives just as much as I'll really hammer on the socialist side of the bench when it comes to other issues in a literal- 'make me understand your point of view and I'll tell you mine and why I think my way' Critical thinking and basic historical facts really took a frigging beating the last few decades, its not made us better people for sure

The top taxbracket was 90%.

He was definitely not socialist. He was certainly being pulled to the left by a large socialist movement at that time and was essentially saving capitalism from itself. He would be considered a European-style social democrat today. And, yes, it is strange that those who want to go back to the "good old days" don't want the top tax bracket of over 90% that went with it.

FDR was nowhere near a socialist, a social democrat yes like Bernie Sanders.

i enjoy telling repub union members that they owe their good lives to the democrats, socialists and communists that fought, suffered and even died for the benefits modern union members enjoy. full disclosure, i was raised in a repub, protestant family in a "right to work" state. today i am neither and pro union.

Guarantee he wears oakleys, a flag motif punisher shirt, desert camo plate carrier, and a 60k 4x4 truck that never gets used as a truck.

@@Rummydog Indeed. Guys like that can vote.

The irony really. If only he had taken a second to do some introspection before posting that response he probably even then wouldn't have noticed he was the attitude that is wrong with modern gun owners

@@clayfoster8234 only when his mummy let's him

@@clayfoster8234 not to mention Trump's face tattooed on his lower back

Brilliant statement, Sir! Going to steal that! I find it amusing though... the new US Military round is really not very different from Paul Mauser's original cartridge design (personal bias: my favorite) the 7x57mm. Mauser WAS a genius. We still favor his creations, 140 years later. ☮️

"...and most of us don't care anymore." Also worthy of mention. Beautifully said.

6. Controlled Mass Media Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common. 11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts. (#'s 6 and 11 of _The Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism.)_

The statement is not original but still true for all to see. 👍

Fire for effect, Beau!

Great quotes. Add some from Carl Sagan in The Demon Haunted World. "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back"

Did you have the pleasure of reading Asimov's Foundation Series of novels? I learned a lot more about society, colonisation and the effect of religion from those books than I did in class at school.

Ellison wuz wrong. Most Entitlement is born of Ignorance.

I totally disagree, everyone is entitled to be ignorant, what they are not untitled too is joining rational reasoned conversations.

@@kevinmcconnell9426 as the OC states, you are entitled to be wrong, just not willfully wrong.

And all it took to put the nail in that coffin was the GOP electing a six-time union president.

@@aaronleverton4221 The only president to ever hold a union card, Ray-gun.

No, I don't believe 1945 was the "Golden Age". Black men returned from the war to Jim Crow America. Bigotry was the accepted norm in the country. Nuclear weapons brought new terror to the world. Universal healthcare was defeated by Republican Senator Taft and the AMA. The anti Communism/Socialism feeling in America was as strong as ever The marginal tax rate of 91% only applied to the amount of money earned that was over $200,000, and apparently only applied to about 10,000 people. Lots of that income was hidden using various loopholes, resulting in the rich paying about as much as they do today. Look at our ex-president's reported tax payments to see what the rich paid then and now.

To add to this, let’s not forget that in the wake of WWII, the US was unscathed. Most of the other industrialized nations were ruined during the war and were in no position immediately following the war to mass produce goods, leaving the US as the only purchasable option for about a decade.

Yes, after the fights US workers had done before WWII, when the unions was fought with justice murder by shooting popular Union people, like Joe Hill (world famous Swede, and the one with one of the largest death parade in US history after Utah executed/murdered him)

My father was on Tinian, Truck and Okinawa. My uncle the Aleutians. I was born in 1943 and my father spoke little of what he saw when I was young. He told me a bit much later and it was brutal. Later as a stewardess I flew with mostly WWII pilots who were rock solid and staunch ALPA union.

My grandfather was sent to Iejima. He was a flamethrower. He had night terrors his whole life, waking up screaming. He was a farm boy from Missouri when he was drafted at 18. Big hunter- outdoorsman. He never touched a gun again after his return. About the only thing he ever told me was that he was shot in the leg, and he used a flamethrower. Never any other details . Best man I've ever known. I miss him.

Men of the 1940's: storming the beaches of Normandy, unionizing. Conservative men today: crying because they think wearing a mask to halt contagious disease is violating their freedoms.

By "cloth" do you mean a mask or a hood?

@@troubadour723 I never thought of it that way. I like it.

As others have pointed out ... unless it's a white sheet. 😒

Yeah, in my day a patriot was someone who didn't think twice about making personal sacrifices to protect family, community, country. Nowadays these 'patriots' expect everyone else to make sacrifices to protect their personal freedoms.

Me, too! That writer obviously does not know the first thing about 'Beau'.

The best part, he didn't comment on that. Just sort of let that hang in the air for a second and then move on. I laughed to myself as well with that.

I don't know the specifics but I do know that Beau has spent "time around guns." and considering that he doesn't talk much about it I assume it wasn't casual either. I don't think I've ever known someone who's been in the shit that brags about it either.

Pretty sure you meant "treat" rather than "threat". Might want to edit!

@@serendipityshopnyc Thank you

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts. (#11 of _The Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism.)_

Ironic considering those doing the demonizing in news and politics tend to be supposedly of high education themself

Yep, intellectualism cast as weakness and inquisitiveness as unpatriotic

@@aylbdrmadison1051 DeSatan in Florida issued a bill practically censoring higher education. Last year, he required professors in state institutions to declare their political leanings.

L&L back to ya from KY !

Sending the same to you from Ohio!

Mississippi?? Whereabouts? I graduated from Southern a LONG time ago.

Sending you the same from New York!

Too easy , picking the low hanging fruit is always entertaining !

The police will just end up carrying rifles and armor defeating rounds I guess. I know they dont carry rifles like they do pistols all the time but I could see it like scenes you see in certain higher risk or security places in Europe or other nations where they have police with rifles all the time.

They will "form a cordon" and hide behind shit while those they swore to serve and protect die, and wait for a sniper to solve the problem.

This comment aged well. Seeing as how this just happened like 2 days ago. 😔

Thank you for sharing that. Your dad was a hero even if he didn't feel like it. People need to know what it was really like.

I agree your Dad was a hero. I can only imagine what it did to him because I know what it did to my grandfather (who was also a hero during WWII). He saved his commanding officer from behind enemy lines but he ended up with schizophrenia from what he saw and did during the war. He was a paratrooper medic and he was ok for a little while after he came back but it got to him after so many years. I never knew him without it. That generation paid a high price for that war... and I'm counting my grandmother in that number. She stayed with him and took care of him until he died of a heart attack. I never knew until after he was gone that the schizophrenia caused him to be abusive when his paranoia was bad. She lost all her friends but she never left. I only lost her a few years ago though my grandfather died in 1987. It was a blessing that she got to live her life without having to take care of him. I still wish I could have known him before the disease. Sending love, light and big hugs to all who need it, k

John Wayne was a draft dodger. In contrast Jimmy Stewart didn't do WW2 movies, because he was in the real thing.

The guy who wrote that must not be a regular watcher. He would have known Beau would rip him a new one.

Thought so. I bought mine for organized *target shooting* - groups got much smaller compared to the first DCM match, which involved getting a badly bruised shoulder - courtesy of an M1. About three clips in from that thing, I was starting to hope the rest of the superannuated ammunition was defective. I did finish the match, but the bruise was awful.

It's always fun to teach rabid ammosexuals the history of the AR, its development, and design. AR might not stand for assault rifle, but it was designed to be an assault rifle and failed initially to gain military contracts.

The today's men, statement did seem like a self own. 😏

I especially like the 300-pounders who bought all the camo and utility belt accessories (and posed with them) but can't jog a mile without heart palpitations

I lifted heavier boxes than that gun all day when I worked in a grocery store as a kid.

And I'm sure he's also figured out a way to label his opposition as both weak and overwhelming.

@@rickc2102 You know it.

I think the last segment of this video should be clipped and made into a new video, that will go viral. Some quote memes would be good too.

I absolutely agree, awesome!!

I care...

We all clearly care about the effect of disinformation on the vulnerable, but we DON'T care about desktop heroes championing ignorance.

@@auntiejen5376 : I care too (and think you are beautiful for expressing that🥰), but I think they mean they are done trying to help those who violently refuse that help. It's taken me a good long while to get to that same point, but now I also agree with that as well. One cannot save those who refuse to be saved. It is their own free will after all. I haven't and never will entirely give up hope for them though. "Miracles" can happen. 🙂

Gun owner, gunsmith, and long-time "pan-calibered gun-humping ammosexual gun fetishist" here...I agree. Owning firearms is a responsibility as much as a right, same with all the other rights. The "gun crowd" he sneers at, or Ramboners as I call them, are thankfully an incredibly small minority (less than 5-10% of the total gun owning population which is north of 105mil people in the US) and absolutely don't represent all of us by even a little bit. It is incumbent upon us to train, behave responsibly, and encourage *smart* legal controls that ensure that people with violent histories/behavior issues don't have access, and to ensure that people who are planning to own guns and carry them in public know both the law, and how to use them properly and safely for all involved.

and we also have so many responsible owners leaving loaded + chambered hand guns in cars, purses, backpacks etc, where kids grab it and accidently shoot a family member or friend. We only hear about these incidents if the shooting results in injury so i wonder how many non injury events occur each yr.

@@pktdbgnzwl We do. When it comes to cars, this has a lot to do with "gun free zones," where someone who is legally and responsibly carrying a weapon is forced or expected to leave that weapon in their car. There are lockboxes that can be bolted to the vehicle in order to reduce firearm theft from cars, but some would also argue that the lockbox (like gun-related stickers on the car) lets thieves know there's likely something valuable inside if the box isn't concealed. As for loaded, chambered weapons in purses and backpacks, I would argue that it's irresponsible to leave those weapons unattended. Again, this is a two-pronged issue, as policies can be implicated for part of the blame, but the owner's choices still play a role. This is part of why I don't like working for or patronizing businesses that don't allow legal/licensed weapon carry on the premises, or that have a dress code that doesn't permit for weapon concealment. I refuse to leave my weapon unattended, as I don't know who might find it- or worse, use it. While one can't reasonably place all blame for these conditions on the stigma surrounding the possession of a firearm, I do feel that it's a contributing factor due to the resultant desire in firearm owners to avoid the social pressure tied to that stigma. With that said, it's up to all of us to weigh our options. If you can't properly secure your weapon, you should probably either leave it secured at home, or change where you're doing business. I don't know why advocates for weapon carry would patronize businesses opposing it in the first place if they can help it.

And continuing practice and maintenance. I got frustrated as someone who can't afford to get engaged in target practice and gun safety watching people with hella resources and money just waste it with all this stupid posturing 😑😒

A lot of jerks out here.

As a European it's strange to read that you still need proof of that. We started using the "unhinged moron with a gun" as a caricature of the average American gun owner more than a decade ago. Not a fair representation at all, I know that. But the existence of them should not be something that needs any further proving.

As a non English speaker I had to look up micturate... is there a particular reason you didn't say pissed themselves? Or soiled themselves if you wanted to keep it clean... 😜

@@hideouspatje Micturate emphasizes the involuntary nature of the occurrence. But you learned a new word. Expanding ones vocabulary is always interesting.

in defense of unhinged morons i would like to point out that a great number of members dont own guns but are none the less fully capable of fulfilling the role without such aids

@@brianmccollaum8893 Learning new words always fills me with a sense of comperflabulatory munisiphalipitude . :)

Exactly! Even Ike would be called a "liberal" by these fashy goons.

Yeah, my grandmother (who, for the record, was a Republican) said that if FDR hadn't appropriated a large chunk of the socialist agenda, this starving nation would have gone communist. She said, "When you get hungry enough, you'll follow anyone who'll put bread on your plate."

No doubt. Conservatives hated FDR so much that they referred to him as "that man". Didn't even want to utter his name.

Because I loved studying our history, such as was available when I was in school, even I knew the socialist concept behind FDR’s New Deal. It gave America the Civilian Conservation Corps, which employed 250,000 men on rural projects, and many other like programs. Many of the rural Southerners who are rabidly opposed to liberalism owe their ability to have electricity to FDR’s Tennessee Valley Authority, which employed a number of their own grand and great grandfathers.

The real reason America prospered so much during and after WW2 was: 1) women entered the workforce 2) the GI bill helped create the middle class by raising home ownership 3) And greatly increased college attendance. 4)We were united, until McCarthy went nuts about communism, which is ironic because #2 & 3 are both socialist ideas.

... _TWICE_ !

As a veteran with over 25 years service who was born during WWII, I have to agree. War is not glamorous, it is pain and suffering. Unlike what the Republican Party has apparently thought since the end of WWII, war is not the first step of diplomacy, it is the absolute last step of diplomacy!

Anyone here notice that 'responsible' people are suddenly passing away? Nothing to do with bullets but more to do with cactus pins.

@@billyzee261 cactus pins?

@@stopabusingstatistics6291 how about 'roll that sleeve up'?

@@billyzee261 doesn’t ring a bell, either =/

What exactly is he right about? How is this 277 fury or 6.8 x 51 round going to be so much more devastating at close range than 5.56, 300 blk, 7.62x 39, or 5.45x39?

Civilian sales start before the military and law enforcement get them...they pierce our existing armor...putting our people at risk.

@@andrewsmith5100 ballistics

Different world back then. Different political alignments. Texas was part of the Democratic, segregationist "Solid South". It went Democratic basically from the Civil War right up until the Civil Rights Act, then switched to Republican. Near perfect example of the switch attached to the Southern Strategy. (Caveats: Eisenhower did win as a Republican, but he was a war hero and as close a thing as we've seen to a non-partisan candidate. Humphrey won it as a Democrat after Civil Rights, but only because Wallace split the vote, running explicitly as a segregationist and winning nearly 20% in Texas.)

1929 and 2020 flipped lots of governments.

Up until 1980 there were no Republican governors of Texas. The first Republican Senator was in 1972. After the Civil War, Texans held a grudge. It did not matter what the politics were or who believed what. An R before a name was not going to get elected.

I'd love to see Beau map out the Republican - Democrat reversal of party theology over the last, what, 80 years? It's discussed far too little, and is very relevant history for those citing either party from back then.

@@willbephore3086 xkcd did a great info graphic awhile back that illustrates the shift very clearly.

20's and 30's did, too.

Every town, down to the smallest hamlets, that I visited in Scotland has a monument to the war dead from both World Wars, more casualties from WWI naturally.

In the US, my understanding is that post WW2 it was pretty much an economic boon… as the US was isolated from battles and probably the only industrialized country with factories and fields left unscathed. US played the role of rebuilding the world, while adopting the best german scientific minds that led to the space race and such. In that segment of time, the US was the lone super power (industrial, military, and economic). Russia I suppose was there as a second in military capability, but not quite economically. But I’m no history scholar. Obviously since then, the US has lost some if it’s economic power as more countries are industrialized at cheaper labor rates. US is now more service oriented. But I’m neither a historian, economist, or guru of any kind to be an authority. Just thought this might help in understanding the US perspective.

I'll go buy what my dad the family stated. It was not all rosey glasses. They were farmers. My dad's youngest brother wasn't allowed to enlist, him and his 2 other brothers did. His sisters and brother ran the farm. Without the little money, his whole pay check, they barely held on. That's the one of many reasons he volunteered to go to Iraq in place of my son, they should never ever have to see, do, smell what I did as he told my son and his Sargent.

Ok? But we are not talking about Belgium in the 1940s. Besides like Beau points out it is a myth based on Hollywood film making and play writing from across the USA parroting American Exceptionalism in the face of a World in turmoil because of Europes fascism, Soviet expansionism, Chinese internal strife the collapse of British Imperialism, Japanese threat in The Pacific,etc. And note that the USA refused to engage for the longest time behind the Isolationist proposition that our location made us invulnerable to all of the rest of the world’s troubles until we were proven wrong. The dominant event of the 1940s was the war and it disrupted everything everywhere for mostly everyone with the notable exception,to a degree, of Life in America. The poor continued poor and hard at work, the rich got richer of a very profitable war and the middle class grew increasing the national wealth. Both liberals and conservatives rallied to keep America safe and the war over there with a boost from a draft. The Beaches of Normandy were invaded by men from many nations not just Americans, and son was North Africa, Italy, and the Pacific Islands on the March to Tokyo. No I was not alive back them either and there are no monuments to the victims of the famines brought to my Caribbean Island by the maritime blockades of WWII but History is there for any one to explore and parents and relatives give unique singular perspectives to anyone paying attention and curious. Nostalgia and admiration of the good old times is the fundamental basis for conservatism, looking backwards, while improving on whatever we got right before is the equivalent for progressivism, looking forward. Both have merit to be found, neither is absolutely above reproach. The past is to be remembered, not worshipped as we labor to manufacture, a hopefully better, future.

Never forget, that when the shit hits the fan. The gun crowd will be aiming for each other, because an armed person is a priority target.

That's a problem. I'm not saying you did anything wrong, on the contrary that was a pretty sane move. But civilization is not armed. Most civilizations have the common sense to strongly regulate arms, and I don't just mean current... throughout history. People are quick to point out that it's a method of control, and it is. Control is the defining characteristic of civilization. Control of crime, food production, environmental and economic concerns... all of that is civilization. Grown-ups just realize control is a balance and it's abolition is chaos. We have a lot of unnecessary chaos atm, don't we? Sounds like we need more control.

It’s true! They’ll likely shoot you if you’re not a gun owner because well… they’ll assume you’re a “lib” and they just want to “own a lib.” Lol

Yes, we never said "guns kill people," it was always "people kill people, only because GUNS make it easy to do so."

Yup, we're blaming the people who react to a gun catalogue the same way a horny teenager reacts to a porn mag and who think that the appropriate response to somebody "oppressing" them by daring to disagree with them, to refuse to submit to them or simply to exist while different is to grab a deadly weapon. We're blaming the violence-fetishizing crowd of irresponsibles who own whole arsenals while being the last people who should be trusted with even a BB gun....

That was brilliant!

@@GRJ-uz7kf People have been murdering each other long before it was "easy". The biggest deterrent for committing crimes is morals and the fear of capture. Considering all of human existence, we live in the most moral age and you're more likely than ever to get caught. I think it's safe to say that a murderer is typically mentally unwell or unbalanced especially if they're able to dismiss their fear and morals. Now hear me out. I think that people who can dismiss their fear and morals are going to do the worst we see today and they'll do it with whatever they can easily acquire. Dumb kids beat each other with machetes in the UK, it's disgusting. I think we should address mental health and poverty no matter what but I'm certain that would curb the violence. I dont care what restrictions they place on guns as long as I can get it within 6 months and as long as my neighbors and myself can afford whatever hoops must be jumped. I dont think we're realizing the weight an armed population has on their political system vs an unarmed population. I got politicians seeming spitting in my family and myself face every month. I could only imagine how much more comfortable they'd become if we were all disarmed. I'm sick of innocents dying too but the American population is already being exploited while we're armed, imagine if we weren't.

The letter writer clearly forgot to reflexively include the usual words "law-abiding" in front of "gun owners", which left Beau a wonderful opening!

Make sense, but you can't use logic on people who can't understand the illogic of their own statements because they've not yet become self-aware.

Their propaganda tells them that the country has been more left wing than ever in the last 40 years. They just neglect to remember Trump, and Bush, and Bush, and Reagan, and Nixon..... They love to complain about how the dollar was de-pegged from gold but never admit that it was one of the ones they voted for who did it. One could argue that the last few Democrats in recent history, Biden, Obama, and Clinton, were not left wing either, but rather centerish. But they'll believe their propaganda because they really don't know any better. These are people who not only don't study anything, but they insult those who do for their education. I think that deep down it's just jealousy. They know they're dumb and they're unhappy about it. So they keep electing con men who undermine public education and they stay dumb. It's the cycle of idiocracy.

@@DonP_is_lostagain I completely agree. I treat it a as a "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink" problem. Where the horse is complaining the whole time.

We had Eisenhower from 53-61, Nixon from 69-74, Ford from 74-77, Regan from 81-89, Bush from 89-93, Bush 01-09, Trump 17-21. Republicans have been in control most of the time since WW2. Eisenhower was fairly progressive. Clinton with his tough on crime and cutting welfare was republican lite. During that time weaking of Unions, some deregulation with businesses, cutting welfare spending, erosion of civil rights not just with voting but with the patriot act. And whole host of other things.

The guy was dumb probably do not even know any president during or after WW2 all of them was fantastic expect a few Cough Nixon and Carter. Apparently storming the beach define men, so what about Vietnam and Iraq war that defines MAN especially vietnam.

Hi Brian, I asked Beau this question and he won't answer so I'll ask you. You seem to agree with Beau so you must know who he's referencing. Who wants to demonize education? Thanks Brian

​@@scottgarbs7761 Study up on this: Who undermines public education with vouchers for private schools? Who keeps attacking teachers and schools? Who keeps trying to cut funding for schools? Who keeps ranting about the dangers of intellectualism?

@@Skeloric Hi Skeloric, I'll do my best to respond. 1) I disagree with the accuracy of your question. I can't find any evidence that vouchers undermine public schools. Near as I can tell, your question isn't rational. Assuming your question was rational, I would say conservatives think vouchers are a good idea. The reason given is usually vouchers would introduce competition between schools for student's dollars. I would argue that such a system would take the power away from teachers unions and give the power to the student's parents. Such an arrangement would incentivize better performing schools. 2) You use the word "attack". That's bs and you know it. I would argue that it's not an "attack" to point out many schools are not producing educated students and something needs to be done. 3) You type, "Cut school funding." I thought I read somewhere that the US has one of the highest education costs per capita. This one goes back to the teachers union thing......of course the schools need more money.....imagine that! Think of it Skeloric. Who's gonna get that money? No Skeloric, not the teachers (Have they so far?)....the union and government administration is gonna get that money. That's how it's always worked. That's why we have high cost per capita and some crummy schools. 4) This last one you've confused me. I don't know the answer to this one so I'm gonna ask you to explain. Think of this Skeloric. I recently saw a report where no students in the Baltimore Public Schools tested proficient in math. (Please check me on this because I may have the details wrong....except the no proficient student part.) I've concluded from your questions that you are against vouchers and against conservatives on this issue. If so, how can you believe people like you are not dooming some public schools students to a lifetime of disappointment and failure by wanting more of the same? Please provide a response. Thanks Skeloric!

@@scottgarbs7761 It was all part of Nixon's Southern Strategy of inviting the Klan into the Republican party. By the early 80s, my local schools were under constant attack (sometimes violent, usually economic) by political Conservatives. And me in a small rural white community, I could guarantee it was the nature of education itself under attack. If you can't see it, it probably helps that you profit by that attack upon education.

@@Skeloric Hi Skeloric, The example of the Baltimore schools is in a wholly Democrat run system. It doesn't have anything to do with Republicans. The same political condition exists in many other underperforming school systems. I studied on your reference to "Nixon's Southern Strategy". By "inviting the klan" into the Republican Party I'm guessing you mean the racist Dixiecrats, who were southern Democrats, allegedly becoming Republicans? I studied this and it seems less than 1% of Dixiecrats became Republicans. The other 99% stayed in the Democrat Party. In the early '80's what schools were under attack? Can you give some evidence to back your claim and help me understand? What do you mean the "nature of education" was under attack? Finally, how do I "profit" by that attack on education? Please help me out Skeloric. Thanks

A good teacher doesn’t consistently alienate members of their audience. That’s makes them propagandists.

That's why he has said in the past especially in his first 3part series on guns a few yrs ago. It's the Gun Crowd not the 2nd Amendment people. When they have no rational policy or achievement to show it's look at me with my rifle I'm a warrior against terror.

And yes, the original NRA not the LaPierre version was about education, and I would totally support a basic gun safety class in grade school, as well as raising the min age to 21 to purchase.

@@KoRntech Even with LaPierre's NRA, as many as 70% of the membership supported expanded background checks. The leadership was (and is, AFAICT) out of step with their membership.

@@Globovoyeur Imagine something like that happening in America today? Leaders not listening nor acting upon the best interests of the people that put them there? Nah, that couldn't happen in *America,* right? It's like freakin' 2022...🙄🤔🤫

I agree completely. My father was a hunter and gun owner. He stopped using them when his eyesight went bad (in his late 20s). But tought I and my sister safe gun use and that they were a tool to be respected. When he passed I sold the guns simply because they were a tool I didn't need and therefore a needless liability.

It was not only eloquent, but it was also brilliant.

Small minds.

The same reason so many disagreements turn into “who’s bigger.” An adolescent need to prove adulthood.

I know you've probably seen my posts, requesting people read a book called bring the war home by Kathleen bellew. It actually explains this.

You seriously have never, *Ever*, seen the Violence=Strength=Power=Virility=Masculinity connection in ANY culture before now?

If you can teach people that giving into their own worst instincts is actually a good thing, then you can attach basically anything to that belief. As for the external object thing, humans have projected emotions and importance onto objects for as long as we've had records on ourselves. We've had millennia of practice.

It really is a poignant quiet message and very effective. The horror that it expresses is beyond terrifying.

the coat hanger IS depressing...but the reason it is depressing it that the supreme court is packed with conservative republican religious zealots who are finally in a position to force their views on every one else. so they abandon their oaths and responsibilities, lie to get their positions, and then face no repercussion for doing so. at the very least, the court should be expanded to make it more representative of the country. right now the majority of the court is not impartial, and they favor the minority.

@@clarkfranklin7234 Well said. 👍

I bet the representative from Y'all Qaeda could lose at least triple that from his waistline.

I'm willing to bet those "nice neighborly cops" were a real boon to the white community at the time because I have no doubts that must have been as sistemically racist as the pigs today are. We shouldn't allow distance to turn into nostalgia (the saying is better in Spanish but looses a lot on the translation, "La distancia no hace moco").

TW Lumas You are a rare and wise person.

Former infantry soldier and former police officer here.Well thought out. Take care, all my love

And even that is very much culture. My work in the Middle East showed they feel the opposite. Someone walking around with an "assault rifle" or any long arm must be a shepherd, or someone else who works out in the remote areas who needs a gun against wild dogs, bandits, etc. But someone with a pistol (as all our officers and SNCOs would carry) must be an ASSASSIN! Because pistols are concealable, only good at short ranges, and difficult to obtain (under often oppressive regimes).

I was in FA for 8 years. 3 deployments all I did was mounted and dismounted patrols. I got very familiar with the 50 cal. It blew my mind you could get a 50 caliber on the civilian market. There is no hunting or self defense for that. Still blows my mind.

basically agree but the "zombies" walk among us, prime and recent examples being that rittenhouse punk and the Buffalo shooter.

Stupid can’t be fixed! Ignorance can if one is willing to hear the truth of the matter.

@@kevinmcconnell9426 My use of stupid might have been more clearly stated as "willful ignorance". but I agree simple ignorance is fixable if one is paying attention and thinking.

The problem is that he isn't right this time. His comments both times don't actually make sense if you understand the subject. Because they don't make sense and are not based on a decent argument he triggered a few people. That would be a so what deal exept that he has a brand based around being reasonable and making aound arguments in order to make progress rather than trying to whip up your own crowd. Yeah its just a few details and a person could sorta think of things in that way but it's not an actual issue and there are very valid reasons why it will never be an issue so it's either based on very flawed reasoning or in bad faith and thats kinda not ideal or useful. It's just anti gun rhetoric wrapped in fake expertise. That only moves the needle by pushing non gun owners and not the other way around. That increases the divide and the pushback. Thats exactly the same tactic that both sidea of mainstream news do and is the reason i tend to come to channels like his.

@@stormiewutzke4190 until the Party of Liars Cheats and Thieves gets on board with regulations that make it harder for the mentally I’ll to get machines of death, ill continue to be anti gun! As well, if a gun owners gun is used to take the life of someone they should be charged as an accessory. Responsible ownership includes keeping your machines of death secured so they can’t be used by anyone but the owner, or others in his/her presence.

@@kevinmcconnell9426 believe as you will. That is not what I am saying. A bad red meat argument does little but really a side. If you want information that is useful i have posted full comments. Basically the who concept of his video was wrong and dishonest. The current is actually gun is actually morw deadly in those situations. The new gun besides having restricted features is the same some used in special service currently and is likely to do the same. Yes is has abilities but the come at a coat and there is a reason that the current rifles are used. The new one is only need for extreme range and for full plate not soft police armor. Just don't use this as an argument unless you are whipping up fear and trying to push people on your own side. The argument will not persuade and will meet distain.

I love a little salt. 😏👍

To be fair , it's not just the guns. They seem to feel the need for plate carriers , matching gloves and adorable little hats that tie in nicely with their camo fatigues , pouches , webbing , boots , extra gloves , wrap around shades , knee pads and ration bags filled with Alex jones brand prepper gear. That's a lot to carry around . There's no room for personal responsibility .

@@balaclavabob001 I wear a plate carrier, camo, helmet and gloves with my gun all the time... when I'm in uniform. When I serve my country, that's my gear. When I'm at the range as a civilian, I wear a tshirt or a match jersey. Civilians who cosplay soldiers at the range are just hurting the gun community, which does also consist of a lot of non-crazy people. Then again, I'm not American. Standards are much higher over here.

@@Pallidum I think you made my point better than I did .

Yes exactly, in America's time strongest economic growth in history, the post-WW2 years, the top marginal income tax rate was something like 90% (yes, NINETY PERCENT!) for anything over $300k/year. That lasted all the way to Reagan, when the Republican tax breaks for the rich began to eat away at American economy and destroy the middle class. How different things could have been, if not for the delusional selfish paranoid anti-American evil conservative movement

Hi Genboomerex, If you ask me what time period the "great" in MAGA references, I would say the time period when the Democrat Party was lead by pro-America and pro-American leaders and not the America-haters, race-baiters, and Totalitarians the Democrat leadership has become. Thanks Genboomerex

Oh man, I can just imagine the reaction when you confront those tv-induced ideas about the glorious past with your nasty liberal facts. Yes, it is tossing the game board. Best wishes to you :)

Also the generation that fought Nazis rather than voting for them! ;)

>>and more had the conservatives not limited terms You know FDR died in his fourth term? Tough to run again if you're dead.

and they think they are smarter for their lack of education. One of my cousins brags about his "University of hard knocks". So cringe.

@@pktdbgnzwl I don't discount the value of "Life learning" a.k.a. experience - But not without a passable eduaction as well : One without the other is an unbalance that tends to be unhealthy.

Pretty sure he knows more than me.

Well most of what he’s saying in this video is bullshit so there’s that.

Since when is 9 lbs heavy?

Probably too much war movies or TV some of these folks watch too much of...in my time in the army, a joker of an NCO during a training quick attack on a entrenched position which was over-run by us threw his M-16 on the ground and pick up the GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) of a "dead" enemy with one hand and the ammo belt on the hand running further up the hill firing at the remaining "enemy"...needless to say around 10 seconds or so he had to drop it yelling its heavy as a mule and went kneel down to the ground...yeah a real man there all right...zzz

@@gibblespascack1418 My newborns weighed more than 9 pounds. Not that I'd want any of these gun people around my kids, but come on. Even I was allowed to carry them after c-sections. Certainly a rifle would be easier.

Sig Spear 3.8 kg L85A1 4.13 kg Two L85A1s, in one hand: 8.26 kg The owner of the other L85A1, over my shoulders: 82.6 kg Didn't stop me running.

@@BeautifulPilgrim And the gun comes with a strap. Your item did not come with a free Baby Bjorn.

also fully employment lol

Kierogonal - I agree 100%. It seems that common sence and critical thinking has become a "SUPER POWER" passed by the few.

It also had all the things your average person in the gun bro culture absolutely loves. 90%+ marginal tax rates, limits on executive salaries and renumeration, rationing and government dictated production. We shouldn't forget that thing they hold most sacred that the ww2 era did wonders for, the empowerment of women.

It's useful for shooting people burgling near-by houses? Through the walls.

I don't like the argument of "Why would anyone need this?" This argument can be used for anything. "Why does anyone need to drink? The only purpose is to get drunk." The answer: Prohibition. "Why does anyone need abortion? Just use a condom or birth control." The answer: Overturn Roe v. Wade.

@@tyhuyghebaert5416 and pro lifers will counter with "at the cost of how many murdered babies" what do you consider an enormous number of women's lives? if you are going to use the argument of saving women's lives then what % of abortions are necessary to save a women's life as opposed what % of abortions are purely as birth control. Be aware of the most likely counter arguments to the reason you lay out for why you support something that may be socially/politically divisive/controversial.

Defending oneself from people armed with them comes to mind, and some of us just enjoy collecting militaria, I kind of like the 1960s Vietnam era more myself. The US military has always been utterly obsessed with long range shooting, that's a throwback all the way to the revolutionary war and kind of a point of pride in American culture, but long range shooting competitions have always been an American pass time so that filters down to the brass making the decisions. That's a case of culture driving decision making even when it's not necessarily smart.

From what i hear, the BAR users often joked that the initials stood for Big Ass Rifle.

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The Marines had m14 s that didn't pack quite as much punch but kicked WAY more!

My condolences to your back :D

My pops was in ww2 at Normandy…also a paratrooper…..he never boasted about the war The only story I remember is him seeing his friend being shot as they were floating down…… My oldest brother was in Vietnam when I was born. Large family 10 live births my mom had 14 pregnancies..FYI. And it wasn’t,t till I was 20 25 till I heard anything about my brothers war experiences…..last day before you got shipped back stateside,you would get all of you pay due ..including back pay, He said he slept under his bunk because others didn’ survive the night There was no glorification,he had a drinking problem for several years….he did beat that problem and go on to live a long life….he died at 75 years old March 2020. Complications from Covid….he had Hepatitis C from Vietnam,was previously a long time smoker, and was on meds for Diabetes Had been sick for a week or so …was feeling “ better” , enough to shower and shave,but not enough to walk down to his condominium mailboxes, told his son he would talk to him in the morning…..he died in his sleep. I love you brother and I miss you……..it’s because of him that I never joined up and don’t carry a gun on my hip in my open carry state…btw. I don’t or wouldn’t need a gun to protect myself..I am sure of my abilities that I have enough skills to kill someone if the situation presents itself………...don’t need a gun…….. my hands will suffice

My dads parents had like 13 brothers and sisters combined. My mom's side was larger. To my knowledge all the men served in some way. Only one was killed in action. The rest never talked about it. When I asked one of my grandads about it. He said war is a terrible thing that I hope you never see. Not sure about the great aunts. I know that a couple of them and my grandmother on mom's side worked in clothing factories. So they probably made uniforms or something else that needed to be stitched.

Side note …I respect all of you that have joined military….your jobs are vital to our country I also send condolences to all of you who have suffered the hell of combat……My hope is that those of you who have PTSD. An get the help they you need and deserve…it is disgraceful how we don’t honor and take care of our veterans…30,000 homeless vets or more……. Suicide by our young men after they return …it’s fucking disgraceful…they were shot at for us and we seem to say thanks have a medal ..now go away………IJS.

"War isn't Hell. War is war and Hell is Hell, and of the two war is a lot worse." "How do you figure that, Hawkeye?" "Easy, Father. Tell me: who goes to Hell?" "Well, sinners, I believe." "Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell, but war is shot full of them, little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbuVdbCo08XJiZc.html

@@markbrodie48 A medal is just one of the nicest among the Army's many ways of calling you a stupid bastard.

He is naive and relys on others for his security.

No shit!

Your neighbor probably own something with a lot more punch. Plus can your neighbor afford $8000 dollars for a rifle?

@@shawnr771 My neighbor wasn't literal. And I have something with plenty of punch. It was metaphorical.

@@railroad7401 Based on a true story. Hello my old friend.

That truth bomb was phat! lols Hope you're doing well Princess of the sparkling resistors. 😊

@@aylbdrmadison1051 I do love me a good truth bomb! Me and mine all good. I've got a job, and that's huge in these times. I'm very grateful. How are YOU?