The Moment That Changed Steve Earle's Stance On Guns
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American singer-songwriter Steve Earle talks about fatherhood, and shares a scary moment involving his oldest son, Justin, that would forever change his outlook on guns.
Steve's oldest son, Justin Townes Earle, is an accomplished singer-songwriter in his own right; Steve's youngest son, John Henry, was born in 2010 and diagnosed with autism in 2012.
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Sounds like his son is better at keeping guns away from irresponsible people than he is.
I was going to say something similar. So is the fact they show a admitted drug head talking about his poor decision making skills change my mind on guns?
His son Justin is now dead from a drug overdose while Steve is alive and sober....
You my friend are and idiot I have fished with this gentleman in Hickman county TN he is a respectable father you maga loving ring kissing freak go get a life!!!!!!!
Moral of the story.
DONT DO DRUGS.
I wrote a remix of Copperhead Road and I'm calling it Crackhead Road. "daddy was whipping the baking soda on that stove. We could smell the crack cooking down the holler that's why they call it Crackhead Road."
But the other side of it is not doing drugs you will never be an Artist who makes art that hundreds of thousands of people enjoy including yourself or you wouldn't be here . The drugs are a part of him and he wouldn't be who is without them . The moral of the story is if you want to do drugs don't do so many you are irresponsible with both your children and your firearms . WITHOUT THE DRUGS WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE ARTIST AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE MUSIC .
His son knew how to store a loaded firearm more properly than he did.
The guy got smarter on many accounts. I'm a gun guy, but if I was a drug addict and my kid did that, I'd probably do the same thing. I'm just glad he's clean and still with us.
Yeah, there is nothing wrong with him getting rid of HIS guns.... the problem is that he thinks nobody else should have guns either based on HIS irresponsibility.
@@livewire2759 HE didnt say that. YOU did
But justin is not. Drugs, not guns. 😥😥😥
@@livewire2759
Right
He was a drug addict that improperly put
His gun … under his bed ???
And due to his negligence his child found it , so that equates to removing all guns , not proper storage & handling & teaching his child proper gun safety respect care & operation thereof.
That His choice in his home.
As for me & mine …
if you are going to be that ignorant and irresponsible with a gun, you did the right thing in removing them from your house, gun ownership is a large responsibility, its not for everyone
Well said.
Especially brain dead hippies.
guns are a toy for most owners.
@@markinnes4264 Wrong. most people don't "play" with their guns. They train to be safe and proficient. 2%-3% of gun owners "play" with their guns, and they are easy to recognize. They all have TH-cam channels, they all have 4 or more AR-15s and they all have 10,000 rounds of Russian 5.56 in their basement.
What do you expect from someone who leaves his drug crap in an drawer for easy access with kids in the house. Under the bed? Really?
I'll never get that 2 minutes and 50 seconds of my life back...
Thanks. I turned it off 30 seconds in.
Pretty much a story on how not to be a parent.
@@lfeco or a gun owner, or a decent human being.
And then you waste more time commenting, yeah real bright.
@@jimmymoz9140yeah but i and others clicked off, because of his warning
Condolences for your loss of Justin Townes Earle. Age 38 August 2020. The world is crying! Australia here!
My dad would've known where that pistol was in about 30 seconds. Actually it would never have moved. I would have got my ass torn up just for plundering in his room.
Ad one more to the number of idiotic misleading youtube titles. He never once mentioned his "stance" one way or another - all he said was that he no longer keeps a gun in the house. Big difference.
From the sound of it he's right. Steve Earle should not own any guns.
Then there's the story of when he got arrested and the gun fell out of his pants and went off....
@@amberl3305 no freakin way, that’s hilarious!!!!!
@@td315 It really isn't. Steve was on the verge of death around the time he got busted and he and his family were suffering horribly.
I don't think Steve is anti-gun ownership for others, he's a fairly sensible man politically. But he knows himself and he knows that it likely wasn't a good idea for a recovering heroin addict whose son was also an addict to have guns in his home.
@@kuga6566 I’m a recovering heroin and meth user. If a gun fell out of his pants and went off in front of the cops it is hilarious. I’m positive he has laughed at himself over before because every addict has done really stupid stuff and most laugh at themselves. It’s part of the process.
Edit: all that suffering that his family and he went through was the result of his actions. He brought it all on himself by using drugs just like I did. You sound like he had no choice and that is wrong, all he had to do was stop using. It’s really really hard but people do it everyday.
@@kuga6566 a fucking douche and always has been... So sad to see Justin go :(
It's not a clip, it's a magazine.
Interchangeable terminology in parts of the south
@@MDM0915 Yeah, well, they also put an R in "wash". Doesn't make it right.
@@POOKIE5592 you’re putting someone down that would speak like that. Does Steve Earl seem unintelligent to you?
@@mraycgz When it comes to firearms? You're goddamn right he is.
@@mraycgz By the way, you seem unintelligent, too. You misspelled his last name even though it's right up there IN THE TITLE!
he hasn't had a gun in his house ever since. Earle says regular meetings - three a week when he's at home in New York - and constant contact with his sponsor are what keep him clean.
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I blame Earle for leaving a loaded gun unsecured. Period. I'm glad it ended OK, and I'm glad he's clean now.
I hope he really is clean and not just talking the talk. It's amazing to me how one of my favorite artist can sound so detached from his own family situation as he sounds in that interview. Obviously still showing some of the dissociative effects of hardcore drug use.
I think he knows he was at fault. I got "It's not a good idea for me, a recovering drug addict with kids, to have a gun in my house" rather than "I think no one should have a gun" from this.
Olay sure I agree that maybe his gun shouldn't have been loaded because his children were home with him but I dissagree with him ,because you can't allow your kids to dominate your decisions children need a mother and father to guide them and teach them about life. And guns don't kill , people kill it is very necessary to own guns for both hunting purposes and for defending your self and the ones that you love ,,your family .period !
That's not a problem with guns, that's a problem with having them around kids who you have not raised properly and trained to use them.
Totally agree, not to mention no respect for boundaries and keeping their hands off of other peoples stuff.
Am a veteran, fought and did my 💀 and became hooked on stuff's that no should be,is on a way to be free from the shit and so should everybody else do but it's not easy,so i have great respect for Steve Earl and damn he can sing 🙂👏👏👏👍👍👍
Smartest comment here
so...don't do crack and leave loaded guns laying around
Let 's face it---Steve Earle was not an RESPONIABLE parent. The gun and THE DRUGS drug prove it. Guns don't kill people ----it's the IGNORANCE of people that kill people.
+Johnny Wewoka I agree 100%
DerrickVapes Ya know if Americians would make a united stand aganist crooked polticians ---(who tax us to dath then want our guns ) we could really do some good.
Exactly.
D Patrick It seems reasonable NOT to use crack---unfortunately some humans are more self-serving and self centered---they seem to think the world revolves more around their desires than their family responbilities.
Steve told the same story about the gun at a concert in Melbourne Australia. I have also spoken to Justin Townes Earle at the same venue and he confirmed the story.
Both Steve and Justin are very approachable and likable people can not wait to see them again.
My story is very much like Steve's. My oldest son moved in with me, he and one of his friends took 2 of my guns. He denied taking them. This is where my story is different from Steve's. After my son received a good old fashion ass whipping, the guns were inside my house when I returned from work the next day. I then bought a gun safe that was large enough to hold all of my guns. I began teaching my son gun safety and taking him hunting. This happened 32 years ago. He now has his own son, who is in high school. As I'm approaching my 68th birthday, the 3 of us hunt together. My son will tell you to this day, he still remembers that ass whipping. By the way Steve, I still like your music.
Each man t his own< is that the correct saying? Agree with you 100% , Also with the part of Steve sending the kid to a camp. NOT with the part of giving up guns though. Totally agree with you on te the Safe part. Teach the kids and hunt together.
Never had a gun safe and my guns are still safe because my children know beforehand what happens if they do wrong. Good luck getting your gun out of a safe in time to defend yourself from a robber!
My dad taught me to shoot at age 9. Before that, he taught me that I have a duty to remain honorable while possessing a firearm, loaded or unloaded. I would be ashamed and embarrassed to steal, lose, or improperly use a firearm, or any weapon for that matter.
Here's one thing that really helped: A burning, unrelenting hatred for the bad guys, particularly Nazis (They're not all dead yet). If I know one thing, it's that those bastards are too evil for me to point my weapon at anything else, no matter how hopeless, drunk, or sexually frustrated I get.
Speaking of, I never saw my weapon as a penis extension. I was very small when I saw the animated Pocahontas movie. The scene with the first firefight between the English and the Human Beings (That's the closest translation of their name for themselves) the Governor chastises Thomas for his sub-par performance in the fight. He says, "And YOU. Learn to use that thing properly. A man's not a man unless he knows how to shoot." I knew right away that was a red flag. If you hear anyone talk like that, don't listen when they give you relationship or financial advice. They have no idea how small they are in the world.
EDIT: That reminds me. Ladies, unless guns are mutual interest, run the other way when your date starts showing off his guns (especially if they be Kel-Tech🤣 ). Not that he's likely to shoot you, but because he thinks an implement of death, for use only in the gravest extreme, makes up for charm. Probly gonna be boring in bed and annoying out of bed, at best.
Condolences from Australia.RIP, Justin Townes Earle.Age 38. A Sad day for the world !
The problem was not the gun, but the gun owner. If the gun had been properly stored, and the child properly educated, there wouldn't have been a problem. I am a retired deputy sheriff, and I made sure to show my firearm to my children, and explain the dangers firearms can pose. Demystifying guns is always a good idea if you keep a gun in the house, and safe storage is mandatory!
What did he care, he had a drawer full of hard drugs and needles.
It isn't just "the gun owner", it's our culture. That's the issue. We have insane amounts of men brought up completely unsocialized so they have no idea how to communicate, they have been taught not to communicate their emotions or grievances and to "take everything like a man". Couple that up with the idea that all of us are brought up thinking we are magically going to be married when we hit 18... Until we get to 18 when we realize it isn't just a thing that happens to everyone. So then you have millions of men/teenagers who have no clue how to talk to women (that you just treat them like anyone else, that they aren't some alien creature) and they begin to be resentful for not being able to date - they don't know how to *not* be creepy. Pair that with men being taught that being a man requires guns, for some reason the NRA had managed to push this gross type of imagery that "real men shoot guns" and all the political fear that a lot of people have that's also pushed by organizations like the NRA, and suddenly you have all these lonely, resentful men who all think all it takes to be a man is to own a gun, and they're resentful so obviously you're going to get shootings. Half of them are extremely sexist/bigoted and it's because they just assumed they were entitled to marrying someone, as though no one ever thought to reach them that in order to date someone you have to treat them with respect so they *want to be around you* .
Idk I'm rambling because I'm short on time, I would be wording this a lot better if wasn't on break at work and I had a solid amount of time to really go through and word this better, but ultimately the issue is still societal, it's just not the fact that there is so much gun ownership that's the issue, many people misdiagnose the problem and think that taking guns out of the equation will solve it - but the real issue is how do you stop people from *wanting* to go and commit mass murderer - guns don't cause that issue. It's more about male culture in America than gun ownership I've always been pro gun and it drives me nuts that no one ever talks about the *we need to stop people from wanting to do this stuff* rather than treat people like babies and disarm the public.
But it wasn’t ..stored that is. Not everyone is as responsible and as capable of due dilligence as you on account of them just being human beings. The problem IS the gun
The problem is both the gun and the person.
More people were killed with foot and fist than by a murderer with a gun.
It's a human problem, the tool has nothing to do with murders.
It sounds like all he's saying is that he made a decision about his particular circumstances, and particular kids at a particular age...
....and it sounds like a good decision--for his circumstances.
All he said was he doesn't keep guns anymore did't say anything about anybody else.
Well, he is a felon...so.
I love Steve to death, but I have to say.. they make safes for those things, you know?
Im not big on guns or anything but if someone broke in how long would it take to run to the safe and get your gun as opposed to it just being under your bed?
@@Machinelf it would take me about 3 seconds to get mine out of the safe in a dark room.
@@cv600rr Ya but you aren't a drug addict are you?
If you lock guns in safes, how useful are they for self-defence?
Daniel Verberne Well, I keep one on me at all times, and a handful in a quick-release safe. I can have the one on my person drawn in under a second, and I can be in the safe- with hands on a weapon- in under three seconds. So in short, I’d say “pretty useful”
"full clip"
Nuff said
Holy shit, for real. Good thing this moron can write songs
Exactly
If he had taken his son out and taught him about guns in the proper context instead of trying to hide it from him, things could have turned out differently. And he would still have some form of protection available.
He seems to be getting along fine without that protection cowboy
I was looking through the comments about who caught that as well.
The thing about guns is that you got to demystify them in the eyes of children. If you own guns and hide it from your children you're only encouraging their curiosity. You need to take your child out in shooting ranges and let them under very close supervision handle and fire the guns. It needs to be ingrained in them how deadly and serious guns are and that guns are not play things. The children need to fear and respect firearms and this can be thought.
Look at ancient cultures with bows and arrows. Children didn't shoot each other with arrows because they where playing a stupid game. The understood that the bow and arrow was not a plaything but a means to an end to procure meat or for self defense. This same attitude will exist today if we teach our children properly.
Well stated. And thank you.
At the age of 3 or 4 (not sure of which, as it was awhile back) I had my own BB gun; about then I was allowed to ride in the p/u my dad drove as cousins rode in the back, during family gatherings, as they hunted for rabbit and varmints. By 6 I was riding in the back of the p/u. 6-pellet gun: it & the bb gun, both, I was allowed to carry while alone, as long as my parents ok'd it. By 7 I was allowed to have them out when a friend was over-only 1 friend, not when multiple friends were over. 8-.22long semi-automatic rifle: could hunt w/when in the presence of someone older-14yr old or older; the same was the case w/a family owned 4-10 shotgun; 10yr old-12ga shotgun & alone or w/someone older; 13yo-30-30 my favorite --a Win. Mod 94 carbine. At 13 coyote & rabbit hunting, w/a friend or 2, was almost a nightly event. At the very least it was a Fri or Sat night outing. We understood guns, the dangers involved, and knew and accepted the responsibilities involved.
We weren't old enough to go to "town" and run around. After all, there was drinking, and dancing, fornication, and all sorts of other evils going on in town. Plus we didn't have a driver's license. The license was an issue in town. Once out of town, though, you were seldom bothered. So we could hit the dirt roads and w/in 5-10 miles be hunting in any one of numerous fields or pastures.
Often there were livestock present. We never killed or even injured one. We knew where to not point our guns and where was safe. If we didn't know if it was safe to point in a direction, we didn't point them that way. There were no "I didn't know" or "I thought it would be ok." Only to find out after the fact it wasn't ok. We just did not tolerate such.
The reason all of this worked, no one got hurt, no livestock were injured, and the same reason my children did, and are doing the same: simple. Just as you said, the knowledge of guns/the dangers involved/the requirement to keep one's mind on safety, all were ingrained into us. Having guns is just as much a way of life as a television set is to most American families, or an automobile, or even a cell phone.
I can't imagine growing up w/out a gun. Besides all the enjoyment of owning them, learning about them, shooting them, and admiring the craftsmanship that goes into making them, just look at all the trouble they have kept so many teens out of. If I hadn't been out hunting, I'd likely been sneaking out of the house, into town (only a mile away), and getting into no telling what all. No good for one.
Sorry so winded but people really need to understand that all the hype they hear about guns being so bad is a bunch of ....well....shall we say what would be exiting the south end of a north bound bull!
Guns are not bad. Alone they are not dangerous. In the wrong hands they are deadly. So is a knife, the mentioned arrow, a vehicle, even the office of the President.
That's why your point is so important. Who gives access, of their vehicle, to their kids, prior to them gaining the knowledge required to safely have access? Guns should be, no must be, no different. The importance of safely handling, as well as handling oneself while around others that are carrying guns, must be instilled into children so that many of the needless incidents that happen-- don't happen. Thanks again for a well constructed comment.
Ges x I appreciate your response and how it's a classic example of a positive gun culture that we can have here in America. The people who are antigun are very ignorant of guns what they learn about guns is what they see on tv and the news.. all bad. Also many antigun people live in large democrat controlled cities where they essentially ban guns which only promotes more ignorance and fear of guns. It's an artificial way of living, humans where meant to live in communities where people know each other and each individual is a free sovereign person responsible for themselves and there self defense.
Wow! Surely it's a better approach to not have guns at all; to spend your entire life not coming into contact with them, seeing them, touching them. Fairground air rifles aside, the only guns I have ever seen in my life were in the USA, in the holsters of cops and in the open back of a pickup somewhere in Texas. I am reading talk about "positive gun culture" and that people who are anti gun only learn bad things about them. Tell me, what is good about guns? Really, I want to know.
neilprocter In a nutshell: they're fun.
That may sound an immature answer, but that's what a bunch of it boils down to. Guns are fun. They're fun to shoot, fun to see who, while using guns, can shoot the fastest, most accurate, farthest, and while in different positions. Guns, well some guns, are beautiful pieces of exquisite, painstaking workmanship. As such the work that went into them is admired, while the beauty is too. It is also enjoyable or [fun] to look at and handle such fine craftsmanship.
There is also the investment or monetary value of them. Most everyone, that is able to do so, lays up for themselves in various ways. Some with a 401k; some invest in the stock market; some precious metals; others real estate; etc, etc. Many invest in multiple investments. Some of those investments are guns, for some people. Those that are able to invest in futures often choose those investments, besides on the projected future value and risks, by the interest they hold on the investor. As such many find investing in guns as not only a lucrative attraction, but as an enjoyable [fun] or vested interest.
There is also the case of hunting. Granted, as is with all the situations above, there are other methods that could be used, but why do so? I, as well as a few million others, enjoy hunting for various reasons. Some for the sport of it (a contradictory of terms imo), some for food, some for predator control, and others for a combination of the listed. All can be, and usually are, enjoyable or fun.
Of the argument, attempted by some, that there be other means to hunt, and other products to invest in, they are correct. If they actually think, though, that, because there be other things available that suite their empty knowledge based ideas; then perhaps they should walk to school and work instead of taking a vehicle. Maybe they should cut, gather, haul, split, stack, and carry in an arm load at a time, wood. Then use it to heat and cook with, rather than electricity or natural gas, or fuel oil. Or better yet, maybe they should refrain from television, radios, books,and social media and functions, and instead study the Bible only.
After all cars do kill people; modern conveniences make people lazy, which leads to an unhealthy lifestyle, which in turn causes unnecessary expenses due to health issues; and television and radio broadcasts, many books, video games, and even discussions occurring through social media causes tempers to rise, and in turn provoke violent acts. .....
..... Wait a minute!....No, they most certainly do not!!!!....
I've never known of a vehicle to kill anyone, nor of conveniences causing health problems, or of books, television, or social media causing any violence. No, like injuries and death related incidents, where guns were involved, it isn't the gun or those other objects that caused or inflicted the harm done. Rather it was: the driver controlling that vehicle, the one lacking the gumption and care to work and stay healthy but instead chose to be lazy and unhealthy, the one having anger issues or lacking the self-discipline or concern for others and went ballistic, or the one for whatever messed up idiotic reason either had no respect for gun safety or fell off the deep end and chose to harm or kill others and do so with the aid of a gun. None of those objects or conditions were the cause of anything. Some human was the cause of each. That's just as true with the gun.
Guns do not harm or kill anyone, alone or assisted by someone...well, for the most part. I suppose there are instances where someone beats someone to death with a gun. Other than that though, they don't. The injury or killing is done when the bullet cuts into vital areas, causing damage or death. The lack of oxygen, blood, or commands from the brain, are what cause death. This may have come about through the introduction of a bullet. Yes, that bullet came from a gun, but not before it was ejected from a shell or case. And true, that gun housed the cartridge, and it's firing pin hit the primer that caused the powder to ignite; the trigger even released the firing pin so that it could hit the primer.
Here's where the concept of it being the gun that kills stops. Triggers do not pull themselves. They don't release the firing pin, unless they break. Though one breaking and causing a gun to fire could of happened, I've never witnessed such or even heard of. Therefore it can't be the gun that kills. Something has to engage the trigger. That would be a human. Period! Plain and simple! There has never been a violent, or protective, or self willed gun documented. At least none I've ever heard of.
I have guns that are loaded and chambered, and with only a 1/8" thick sheet of glass between them and everything else. Some have been this way for years. During that time there have been 1,000s of times people have walked within touching distance of them. There have been close to as many driving by, all well within range of the various ammunition of the different guns. Out of all that time and encounters, not one single time have any of those guns, so much as bobbled, bowed up, took sight of, or pulled off a warning shot, much less actually shot or killed anyone...imagine, not one so much as threatened to even scare anyone. To hear many, though, you could almost swear that, at least once, one of those guns would have attempted to harm someone. Guns do kill, don't they? Hmmmm...mine sure haven't, nor have they tried to.
Aside from fun (aside from those that be distasteful amongst us and would use a gun to harm or kill under the surmise of protection.), many prefer to have them for protection. Protection from various enemies, whether invasion from foreign forces to an attempted takeover by our own corrupt government, and from would be thieves and rapists to wild animals. I personally have no intention of causing harm to anyone, because God has told us not to. I do, however, occasionally have the need to protect myself, and those around me from wild animals. As such, I have a gun close by most times. (More on the distasteful: are those that use the idea of protection to mask the truth. That truth being they really want, enjoy, and hope to harm or kill those they consider enemies. They're not included in the scenarios above, but are in a class of their own. They really shouldn't have guns, but it's not my right to make a law preventing them from having guns.)
Besides those things listed as fun or enjoyable; planning for the future; and protection; there are many others. There are also other good reasons for owning guns.
I assumed that you were asking what concepts or ideas are there, that are good, that guns are in relation to, rather than actually what is good about guns. If not, then the answer would have to be nothing. There's nothing bad about them either. Just like any other inanimate object, there's nothing good or bad about them. The good or bad is in the one controlling whatever it may be-car, knife, glass picture, vial of poison, a cutting torch, or a gun.
yep, that's why I said it
Just because you are famous does not mean you have common sense...If IF he would have had the pistol in a secured handgun safe or a regular safe..His kid would have never of had access to that pistol. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
But if a gun is in a safe what good is it to protect yourself from an intruder, if someone breaks in when you are asleep or in the shower you would have to say to the burglar...'hang on a minute just let me get my gun out of the safe' I live in England so i admit the gun culture isnt something i really understand because most of us here dont have guns in our home, although we do have a problem with knife crime here in London, im not saying we dont have social problems, we do
(eye roll) People trying extremely hard, as you are, to distract from another even more obvious truth tend to yell the same thing in caps everywhere the word "gun" is mentioned on the internet. It's especially tedious when the pro-guns-for-all-because-Gawd types do their allegedly plain and simple "answer" with such obvious neglect of listening to anything in the video they're yelling about. See, Steve Earle isn't pretending to have been a responsible guy. During that era, as you would perhaps have heard if you could listen, his kids were COLLECTING UP CRACK PIPES hoping Daddy would stop getting high if they threw away all the drug-using-crap. Of course it is true "everybody oughtta keep guns locked up", like it's true that "folks oughtta be good people". But yelling about total wasted lunatic geniuses (like Steve Earle) with loaded guns lying around while they huff crack being irresponsible is like exclaiming that the ocean is mighty liquid. The important point where gun policy is concerned is not "ooh peeps oughtta use commin sense" but rather than someone as completely off the rails as Earle was, before he got sober in prison, was able to GET those guns to be irresponsible with. Sane countries choosing to allow, or even require, firearms ownership also make licensing mandatory and difficult-- you have to prove you're responsible enough to be trusted with a gun, not throw tantrums about how "gunowners are responsible!" and demand that we all just take their word for it. Anyone who doesn't grasp that people often fail to be (and can claim falsely to be) responsible and trustworthy, and therefore it may be necessary to prove oneself to be so when the difference between the true and false claim actually matters, is probably too insane and/or stupid and/or evil to be trusted to lock up their guns and not (for instance) leave them lying about, loaded, while also getting loaded despite your children's efforts to stop you. People who throw a fit about having to jump through hoops to get licensed to own dangerous weapons are, in my experience, actually those who are themselves extremely irresponsible and know they would not be able to qualify to own guns in any state whose laws are structured to prevent gun "accidents" (so called) rather than to prevent at all costs any murderous idiot's being unable to buy any gun he can afford (which seems to be what our laws value most-- MOAR gunz.)
If you aren't intelligent enough to understand why licensing is necessary, or responsible enough to understand the importance of proving oneself to be responsible, or serious and patient enough to maintain licensing that is deliberately made enough of a hurdle to weed out the lazy and easily distracted... well, your having a gun will most probably be more of a hardship for those you hurt or kill with your "accidents" than your not having one to play with will be a hardship to you. Every serious devotee of gun ownership and gun safety and responsibility I have ever met agrees that there are no no-fault no-foul "accidents" with guns; there is only neglect of proper care and attention, resulting in entirely foreseeable bad outcomes. The ignorant and the morally slipshod consistently excuse their culpable neglect of proper care, and pretend the harm and death they cause aren't really their fault because they didn't 'mean to' do it! But intention alone cannot delimit responsibility for bad outcomes in contexts such as gun ownership and the moral requirement for control over the risks inherent in lethal weaponry; it's not enough not to intend for your child to shoot the neighbor's kid. Nor is it enough to intend to maintain rigorous control over your guns; you must actually do it, over time, all the time, without lapse or screwup or immoderate outbursts of bad temper, and insure that your kid does not (because cannot) grab your gun from your purse and blow away another kid. Strict liability laws would make everything done with a particular gun the fault, legally speaking, of the registered owner. No squirrelly BS excuses like "well, that other guy actually shot someone, with the gun he swiped from under my car seat; I didn't do anything wrong with my gun, he did, and my leaving it under my seat was fine because it WOULD have been fine... if only that other guy hadn't found it, and used it to hold up a liquor store." In other words, the whine of "none of this is on me, I'm a good responsible gun owner! It was an accident, that someone ended up bleeding out on the liquor store floor with three slugs from my gun in his chest!" Accident.... it just "happened". That line of excuse particularly appalls Jim Wright, the retired chief warrant officer who spent a good deal of his military time devising the training protocols governing the qualifications of gun safety instructors-- he's the guy who decided what you had to prove you knew in order to be adjudged capable of teaching others how to handle firearms responsibly. His series on essays on American gun violence, Bang Bang Crazy, can be found at his site Stonekettle Station; they are excellent. The habit of avoiding sanity and facts when arguing gun policy is disturbing-- only two days ago, the Austin public radio station broadcast various callers' comments on the increasing frequency of gun massacres, and one rather terrifying idiot opined only that "guns had nothing to do with it" and since gun control could not change the evil hearts of men, our only recourse was praying to God to change men's evil hearts to stop their committing gun rampages. Apparently, the difference in murderous capacity between an evil man with a high-capacity rifle and an evil-intending man with a Bowie knife does not seem important to people whose priorities are making sure they themselves can always buy more guns, no matter how violent, irresponsible, and fanatical they may be.
@@judithbradford9130 Plain fact, guns don't kill people. People kill people, the gun is just the tool if it is used for such a crime.
Anthony E. Idealistic Woodworks and if you take the guns away people will kill each other with knifes and if they take knives away we will go back to smashing heads with rocks it’s in our nature but at least give me a way to protect myself because if the bad guys have guns I want guns too
This guy has built his career on pseudo-intellectual claims of political superiority though. He’s famous primarily because a lot of people think he’s right. Same with James McMurtry and countless other Americana artists.
My son was diagnosed with autism when he was 8 years old. He is 36 now and lives a normal life. There is hope as long as you have good parents. If you have parents that smoke crack then that’s another story.
i love all of your songs and i can relate to them. NO MATTER WHOM YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU BEEN THROUGH YOUR STILL YOU GOD BLESS YOU YOUR SON AND BABY MAMA
he's simply being an honest guy... if we could all admit to being flawed parents and people maybe we'd write songs like he does... as far as the gun control issue, i think this is one of the most relevant and touching stories i've heard. thank god it didn't end in tragedy. i too have an autistic child and agree with everything he said on the subject.
He didn’t say anything about gun control. He said he was an irresponsible parent who couldn’t control his children and as such, removed his fire arm from the home.
Touching? He is shockingly careless. You dont leave a loaded gun available to anybody period. Or an unloaded one for that matter. I dont leave a Skilsaw plugged in in the shop. I dont leave sharp kitchen knives sitting on the edge of the counter. I put all tools away safely as I can.
Not only was he so careless as to leave a loaded gun under his bed, seemingly rarely check on it or keep track of it, the only viable response he had was to send his kid off somewhere else. I trust everybody in my house. When I have a gun out of a safe, I am within 5 feet of it keeping track of it 100% of the time. What good is a loaded gun under the bed if there's a robber if you're not under the bed yourself?
He doesn't say anything about gun control, but he does specifically say his "stance" has changed from... nobody knows to nobody knows.
@@timmorrison4117 not all gun owners in this country are as responsible as you, very irresponsible people can get legal firearms pretty easily and that’s a major argument for gun control, basic stuff like back ground checks and all
Not to mention that he was an addict plus he owned a gun. The police would have thrown him under the prison for that. If you’re going to own a gun for protection, ya just can’t keep it in a big safe. You need quick access to that firearm. They make small table top safes for just such occasions.
As a father of two how the fuck can you have kids in your house with loaded guns and crack? Jesus we stressed out over the freakin door locks on the kitchen cabinets. Loaded guns hanging around? Crack? Sorry that's totally beyond my ability to understand. Respect -> gone.
Im glad the comments are spot on. Makes me think there is hope!!
Great guy. So much love from Germany!
The moment I know longer was a fan of Steve Earle......
Ewe don't grammar very good.
okay I recognize I'm leaving this reply 6 years after the fact... but this just cracks me up to no end. I can't tell you the number of times I've been around a vast array of youtube spots the last couple years where someone featured in the video openly advocates some sort of right wing idealogy, talk for the first time publicly about how they vote republican or whatever, a commenter perhaps more left wing remarks on how they'll now probably have a reevaluation of watching this person, or say 'no thanks' if it's someone that was brand new to them. Then without fail, a slew of clearly conservative based user accounts swoop in with the "here we go yet another typical liberal snowflake, just can't handle and starts freaking out when god forbid someone has a different opinion with them about something, so they'll run off to their safe space and never watch this performer again because the person had the gall to think for themselves about something".
thus I'm scrolling skimming down this whole page and seeing user after user who clearly had long been into this guy's music, hearing him express an opposing opinion (especially when he's not even at all saying what all these people are bitching that he said), and announcing they were officially done with Mr. Earle. Hilarious.
@@kevinw712 thanks. You said what I wanted to but my fingers are tired too tired from my shorter and numerous comments. Its nice when reading all the bs comments here to find someone who agrees w me. Bunch o gun lovin steve earle haters and im bettin trump supporters
‘Moment’ back atcha C Kid. I know Mr Longer too, but I did not know he was Steve Earle fan.
well, he didnt say he changed his stance on guns as the title says. He just said he personally never had a gun in the house again....which is probabily bullshit.
hahahaha! Hell yeah!
1:37 Well, supaVillan must have trouble seeing and hearing.. he did say he changed his stance. DUmFook.
.. exactly
@@whoreshoe gun nazis hear what they want to hear. If it's not gunz r awesome they put their fingers in their ears and go la, la, la, la la I can't hear you la, la, la, la, la, la.
Why are people so thin skinned about guns? Guns are just guns. Now when they get in the hands of stupid asses that's a different story. Like the Tiger Kings boyfriend or husband. Now fools like that are bad for guns. You figure if you have a respect for your gun rights you would respect your guns.
first, thank you Steve Earl for the music. Second, thanks for the new phrase I'll say every time I go on an outdoor adventure that goes bad for weather or some other reason - "That was bad enough to make me tell Dad where I hid the gun."
Regardless of whatever your stance is on the gun control issues or whatever arguments you might want to present, Steve Earl changed his opinion on the issue based on having chosen a shitty spot to hide his weapon, and not teaching his kids to respect fire arms.
Good singer, lousy parent. You don't hide guns and make them a big mystery, it only increases the curiosity factor.
Guns and drugs at that. Justin now has a serious substance problem and I don't think he gets along with ol dad.
Cue Hank Williams, Family Tradition.
8x56 Amen,If you hide something from a kid his curiosity will get the best of him.My kids all start hunting and shooting by the time they can stand, By the time they are Five and that has been pretty consistent with all three,They couldn't care less about shooting a gun and hell yea the first time they see what a gun does to a bird or a bunny they will never aim it at a human being unless it is for self defense.when my now 19 year old was 11, his friend showed him a gun he had found at an uncles house and stole it, my boy took it and brought it to me,Found out that the only reason that kid hadn't shot him self or someone else was he didn't know how to take off the safety,The parents still thank my son for saving their kid.Educate Educate Educate,Don't hide.
I totally agree. But also you don't hide crack pipes either. You don't hide drugs and make them a big mystery, it only increases the curiosity factor. Please note that to people in other countries your gun laws are as shocking as handing a child a crack pipe. But each to their own.
Where I live we have a culture of outdoor activities that include hunting and fishing. Children and women are included in these activities. A child who learns at an early age just what a gun is about and what it can do is a safer individual over somebody who has never handled a gun until they sign up for military service.
He was asked about his view on guns , he told a story , thats it, quit blowin it up more than what it is, he is allowed to say what he thinks.
He is. What are you against freedom of speech?
@@lachlanneville7138 No. I am against those who make nonsensical statements.
Buzzbox3rd Everyone makes nonsensical statements. You proclaiming your censorship of someone who doesn’t agree with you was in it of itself a nonsensical statement.
@@lachlanneville7138 No. But you carrying on about nothing is the very thing that i detest. You wont get a rise out of me, so go and do some gardening or something. Do something productive, youll get over it.
@@Buzzbox3rd What Steve said was nonsensical, and many have logical opinions on the matter.
i remember that kid Justin running around in overalls at his Dad's shows!
Wow a lot of hate for a man that changed his life around for the better. I myself have been sober for over 20 years and wish one day I could meet Mr. Steve Earle and shake his hand and say to him good work and good job on getting clean, also wishing we might get to sit down and share ideas on music and life in general.
Give no fux about anyone that hates. They have no bearing on truth.
I was about 10yo when I shot a gun for the first time. It was my dads Springfield model 67 pump action 12ga. And I got my first gun when I was 13. It was a Ruger 10/22. I never touched It when I was home alone unless some one tried to brake In. First thing you need Is a gun safe rather you've got kids or not. Second thing Is to teach your kids on gun safety. And last thing Is to go out to the range a few times or go hunting to allow them to understand the firearm. There's a lot of responsible gun owners. But there Is that "5% or so" that just don't give a fuck and give us responsible gun owners a bad name. And apparently Steve Earle Is one of them. He must not have any common sense..
I guess I need to watch this one again. I seem to have missed the part where he talked about confiscating people's guns.
An Abrams Tank won't get my guns!
@@allananderson1906 great buddy👍
You show 'em🤦♀️
@@nochepatada Slave
@@tuckerbugeater 🍆✊💭😀
@@allananderson1906 cringe dude
I've always been a huge Steve Earle fan. Gosh, I liked him better in his wild, beautiful days.
Hmmm. No crack or unlocked guns in my house. Just a thought.
I have been a Steve Earle fan for many many years and love and respect the man so much. Thank you Steve for showing us that you can change your life around for never giving up on your dream and bring so much joy into this world with you wonderful talent. )O(
Steve Earle blaming the gun is like me blaming Steve Earle for my hearing loss due to playing music too loud…
When did he blame the gun? that’s right. he didn’t!
@@stephantelm4922 Ha!
@@stephantelm4922 In essence he did
He didn't blame the gun for anyting. He wasn't responsible enough to have a gun, which the vast majority of people are not
I think I bought a couple of his tapes back in the day.
I am glad the situation was resolved in a safe manner. If its not the kids its the grown ups. Knowing your responsibility helped. As for autistic child they have to feel included and have a place in family setting. Remember playing is hard work. Have a blessed day. 💋.
We are all dumber for listening to that entire video...
Make me want to load up the AR.
LMNO!!!
Not as dumb as those who believe what the NRA says.
Thanks. I quit 30 seconds in because of your helpful insight.
Well, one of us is.
Remember earlier in the video when he said his kids threw out hist crack pipes and syringes?
Yeah what about it?
The took the needles he kept the cotton.
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@@orphanoforbit7588 I honestly don't remember why I made this comment eight years ago. I'm just as confused as you.
@@PolyphonicPress 😂
This guy is playing at a tiny festival in a nearby village to me called Wickham in Hampshire, UK!
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could not love this man any more than i do
As much as I believe that Steve Earle is one of the greatest songwriters of all time, I rarely agree with any of his political views and that's fine I still love his music. But if you have kids in your home, your firearms need to remain locked up and secure. It's irresponsible to do otherwise. As a resident of Nashville and former musician. I've heard many stories of Mr. Earle doing some pretty stupid shit while in possession of a firearm. Whether or not they are true, I don't know but if so, maybe it's better off that he doesn't have one.
guitartownguns
@Matt Beeman steve's been sober for 19 years. Townes never got sober and died bc of it. Steve has a successful career which has also made him a very wealthy man. You just hate steve
I agree but also think need to do something about with people having AKs, Semis, and automatics
@@mikegrey5663 lol...that's why it says "arms" in The 2nd amendment and isn't specific to any type of weapon.
@@guitartownguns 2nd amendment was also wrote back before automatics, semi, and Aks back when only weapons people had were pistols, revolvers, shotguns, and muskets/rifles. Still need to get rid of or not let civilians have AKs, semi’s, or automatics
I think Steve Earle is a fine example of what man can be. A man can dig a god damned giant hole. He can throw himself into that hole and wallow in the filth. But, Steve Earle has shown us that redemption is not as far away as we think it is. Steve Earle has shown us how to take misery and turn it into something good, kind, and generous. His talent and intellect has surely done a great deal of good for people who are struggling. Steve's caring has done even more.
I was diagnosted as being 50% hearing impaired at the age of 17. i was 10% in grade school. My father would never accept it. At 16 I was placed in a Peoria Hospital w suisidaul tendices. He took me took ure concert in Springfield, IL in 1988 or 1989. I ws wearing the pink shirt w the grimme reaper on it. Your concert conected me and my father forever. He has a tat of the copperheadroad skull on his arm that says KEEP YOURSELF TO URE SELF Thank you so much for changing my life with ure songs
When was the last time someone asked YOU to come on their show and share your experiences?
This man is far from an idiot.
Unlike most folks who rant on here.
Lighten up and have some respect for somebody who dedicated most of his life to his art.
Right, you're way in front of him.
He dedicated most of his life to drugs. He is a moron because drugs fried his brain and he lost the ability to reason. Guns are not dangerous, he is dangerous with guns. Yeah, he wised up and got rid of his guns, but if he tries to tell me to get rid of mine just because HE is irresponsible, I'll tell him to kiss my ass.
I appreciate his music but maybe he should've dedicated more time to family as well. And of course don't do drugs.
Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the US. Or should I say the strictest anti gun laws. But still they have the highest murder rate. What does that tell you??
Nothing until you can prove s direct correlation. Anxiously awaiting your evidence
July 4th - 60 drive by shootings
Handsome Timmy Please explain how the anti-gun laws correlate to the crime rate. Your example proves nothing. It's a snapshot in time. I'd really love to know more about the cause and effect you imply
Per Merriam Webster. The last sentence is key
cor·re·la·tion noun \ˌkȯr-ə-ˈlā-shən, ˌkär-\
the relationship between things that happen or change together
................a relation existing between phenomena or things or between mathematical or statistical variables which tend to vary, be associated, or occur together in a way **not expected on the basis of chance alone**
Gangs are going to get guns regardless of laws. I went to Chicago a few years ago and it was the friendliest city I've been to. It was gorgeous to walk around and the people were the nicest strangers I've ever met. I felt safer walking downtown Chicago than I did downtown Calgary, Detroit, Toronto, and Cleveland. Gun laws work when you're a law abiding citizen.
I know. I was in Chicago and the area I was in wasn't bad.
I love you Steve!!!
Steve Earle is the best.
Steve is a recovering addict, as one myself i can tell you addicts do stupid things. but, he continues to be an inspiration to those of us who are parents, addicts and citizens of the world. God bless him.
He's a real piece of work!
I think I'll pass on his music from now on.
Steve is the absolute truth of the phrase die young as a legend or live old enough to be a traitor.
damn, thats a good hiding spot. i appreciate that steve earle isn't a liar and tells the truth about dad guilt and parenting. its not pretty but its real. I'd rather watch him than all the hypocrits
When my nephew stole one of my dad’s pistols I gave him about 2 or 3 good, firm slaps to the face and had the gun back right away.
His son died recently from drugs. Just goes to show that parents are on a learning curve. Be careful what you pontificate on. It will come back to haunt you.
The wisdom of children is sometimes great.
Love Steve.
So his stance on owning a gun changed when he couldn't find a secure, 14-year-old proof place to keep his firearm? I don't know what exactly he's trying to say other than he's too stupid to own a gun...
I agree.
he's saying that he had a scare where his kid got access to his gun and this was one of the reasons he changed his mind about guns. kids kill themselves and others, sometimes accidentally. all the time.
Hola Senor Not if you secure your gun. For that matter, if you teach children to respect the danger of a gun and responsibility that comes with owning it, as I was, it reduced that likelihood.
anyway there are statistics and reality. yours are old pro gun arguments
Statistics are reality…that is how statistics work.
I have been a a fan of Steve for many years . Great music ..authentic music that I love . The gun thing perplexes me though . I have always owned guns and always kept them locked in a safe . I do keep one locked and loaded for home protection always but when the kids were there it was kept in a locked drawer ...never had a problem .
Proud of you, Waylon.
Link the moment. I'll watch it later.
He lost me when he said autism was an epidemic. Then he just made me mad when he started blaming his kid for his lousy parenting. I know it's tough when you don't understand your kid, but make an effort goddammit.
He has a point, I'm no scientist, but there has to be a contributing factor to the mutation of genes. Autism is spread out over the entire world, if it was genetic, how come 1 in 50 children get it? My genes, yes they are similar to someone in Istanbul because we are Homo sapiens, they a very, very different on an atomic level.
Seems a tad bit far fetched for it to be solely genetic, maybe the shit they put in our food, pollution, something strange.
***** well, an epidemic tends to be associated with an infectious disease. when people use it in the context he did they are generally trying to evoke an emotional response.
yes it's true autism appears to be on the rise, but it is kinda hard to tell. they really didn't even diagnose people as autistic til about the 1930's, less than 100 years ago. kinda makes it hard to trend people suffering from autism with less than 100 years of trending data.
data pertaining to an increase in diagnosing children with autism is solid though (a roughly 30% increase since the 1980's), but usually doesn't take into account that our society has heavily expanded what is considered to be someone suffering from autism and has also gotten much better at diagnosing it. It is very possible the ratio of people we would diagnose as autistic today has been constant for hundreds or thousands of years.
if you go back to the early 1900's someone we'd consider to be autistic would probably just be considered 'weird' or eccentric back then, now they'd be diagnosed as autistic.
They are finding autism is caused by all the dam vaccines given to kids now days. What's in them vaccines?
My Godson has Autism, and I can tell you it's NOT about parenting. It's something you cannot understand unless you're around a child battling that on a daily basis. I'm not attacking you, just saying.
D O B wrong. Debunked years ago.
Love ya to death steve and I know I am far from being perfect but it seems to me that if I'm the parent and I leave my guns lying around loaded where they can access them I should be the one who has to go to the wilderness camp. Especially if I hadn't taken the time to educate them on firearms and firearms safety and responsibility. This is usually a result of a person who owns guns but has never been educated on the safety/responsibility side of gun ownership themselves.
Steve is not entirely honest with himself about the autism issue. There are a lot of theories out there, but the most reliable recent studies have shown that the highest risk factor is age of the parents. I have never heard him acknowledge that is even a possible factor, though I can't imagine that he doesn't know about those studies. I feel for them, though, and know it has probably been very difficult, especially on Allison. I miss them on stage together.
I completely agree with Steve
Steve Earl is a good guy now. I don't know why people on here think they are better than drug addicts. there are all kinds of other stuff people are addicted to just don't admit it and cut down everyone else. you people making disgusting comments probably are either overweight... addicted to sex... alcohol... anger... divorced... and or in a bad relationship... or don't like where there life is going.
So, you are perfect...right??
Nothing to do with him being an addict. It's his 'blame others' attitude! He didn't say they should ban all pipes now did he? And that is what his kids were looking for....He's an idiot, one the "nothing is ever my fault" ass hats
There are no good DRUGGIES, The only people who do DOPE are the WEAK, COWARDS who can't face reality...
Known enough junkies to know that non-junkies are, in fact, better than junkies. If you can't see that, it means you are still a junky.
classickruzer1 no good food addicts.. no good sex addicts. anything that is first before God is bad
Because he never taught his kids about proper safety and storage of firearms; this means guns are bad and we need more non sensical asinine gun laws....
Respect to Steve.
One of his sons died of a OD a few years ago if i rember correctly
Summary: "Hi, I am totally irresponsible with guns, so I got rid of them and, since it is impossible for anyone to be more responsible than me, they should also be forced to disarm or face a prison term/death."
Please move to Canada. Kthxbye
If he's in favour of banning guns, I wonder if the thought ever occurred to him that the crack he was on at the time was also banned, and yet somehow he managed to find an inexhaustible supply of the stuff. I don't know what his stance on drugs is now, but I've noticed that people who are in favour of prohibition of guns are usually the same people who are against prohibition of drugs because "prohibition doesn't work". I think they need to do a little more thinking. LOL.
PutItAway101 Amen
I love Steve but because he makes music doesn't make him *smart* - those of us that grew up when and where he did know is full back story. Steve's got a damn good soul but no one would include the word smart when talking about him except to preface it with "He's not that _ _ _ _ _."
Yeah, he'd be welcome here in Canada, where shootings are practically non-existent. Keep worshipping your gun and stay where you are.
@@gilliangirl1 WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT FANTASY. Sure, no "gun" crime. They moved to knifes. I wonder how many of the DEAD innocents would have been saved if they had a GUN. in Canada (0.59),[51] stabbing homicides occur 51.3% more often than in the U.S. (0.39). ----> 51% MORE OFTEN. Gilliangirl1, are YOU good with a knife? If YOU were about to be stabbed, wouldn't you want a gun then? Sure you would. Of would you just let whoever kill you? It's EASY to pass judgement. The best part is since Canada is so disarmed, it would be relatively easy to invade. Try that shit here in the U.S. LOL
PER 100,000 PEOPLE:
Violent Criminal Code violations
Homicide 1.76 (2018 Stat)
Attempted murder 2.25
Sexual assault 67.22
Assault 595.05
Robbery 61.95
Criminal harassment 52.95
Uttering threats 169.10
Total violent crime violations 1098.40
Property crime violations
Breaking and entering 438.51
Theft of motor vehicle 231.61
Theft over $5,000 47.01
Theft under $5,000 570.17
Mischief 713.84
Total property crime violations 3244.76
@@waydav1s That's the problem with Americans. You're all so paranoid.
Hey Steve, It's not the guns fault your not smart enough to store it properly..
I think that was his point.
It's you're, you twit
Interesting that so many folks find it easy to throw stones and have easy solutions to complex problems that have been with us for generations......
There are no complex problems. Only complex answers that fail to address the real problems.
Your words seem thoughtful and wise, thank you for sharing your insight.
Tell me a problem, and I will tell you the simple solution.
All these years I didn't know it was him on The Wire.
That moment when a musician talks... I prefer the music.
Remember kids:
A) Store your firearms safely
B) If you had to agree with an artist's opinions on everything you would be living a life without art.
What they don't tell you is they keep broadening the definition of autism, so of course, the numbers are skyrocketing.
Steve makes great music . He isn`t someone to emulate when making life choices . I am sure he would agree .
Everyone's on his back but he did say he is not proud of it and he has tried to change his ways. You have to respect the fact he is openly admitting to making some appalling decisions in his life. I think the reason he is admitting to it is because he feels he needs to tell his story and not lie about it weather he looks bad or not. Clearly crack is a terrible drug that distorts your views and makes you do stupid things.
Agreed...but you don't go on a public forum as he did...and knock gun ownership...because you were a turd. He has the right to say.."I'll never own a gun again because I'm irresponsible" but speaking against gun ownership when you're the turd, is chicken shit!
56tinman56 Did he though? I'll have to watch again. I thought the title made that out but thought he just changed his stance on guns. Ill have to rewatch, but anyway the gun crisis in the States is epidemic. It's hard to say you shouldn't ban them but with so many Illegal ones around I suppose why bother. I'm on the fence with this one. One thing I do know is in Australia we banned guns in the 80s after a massacre in Tasmania and the only people getting shot nowadays is crims shooting crims. No massacres at schools, no shootings while mugging people and Police hardly shoot anyone either because they don't really expect people to be packing. The States do love their guns though so I can't see much changing either way. It would be fun to have an AK47 and just shoot up old cars but I'm not sure its worth the hassle. Peace
+56tinman56 potty mouth
You are not serious, really? Get your head out of your ass and open your eyes. Bad people are going to own guns no matter what the law is. It's the bad people that shoot up schools and cops. If they could keep guns out of the hands of bad people that would be wonderful. There is no need to fear a good person who owns a gun. Only the bad people who own guns, and bad people will ALWAYS own guns. GET IT? If not, I feel pity for you.
sheila Boyd Are you talking to me?
My 16 year old step son was shot and killed in a house where the grandfather had left a loaded 22 pistol. The cops swept the whole thing under a dirty rug and NOTHING was done about it. All I am left with is a wife and family that is totaly destroyed.
I feel really sorry for you and you're family, but that is totally unfair of you to use that as a reason. My little brother, was killed 2 years ago, at 17 years old in a car wreck and the driver was higher than boat dock gas. No one has stopped driving cars because of that and I would never expect them to. People need to just be more responsible with anything they do in general.
iBlazeHayAllDay Sorry for your loss. May I please ask if the driver of the vehical was convicted of a crime and held responsible?
Thank you and it's still going on he's still free now and nothing has happened to him yet. It does feel like a slap in the face
Rip Justin Townes Earle.
And God bless John Henry.
I have sooo many cousins with middle name earle. Comes from my grandma rose caline earle. She was an earle.
Sounds more like poor parenting and lack storage habits.
I let my kids see my guns. I let the shoot them (under very careful circumstance, safety is #1 and their first few times I keep MY hands on that thing!!) and I eliminate that mystery of them. To them, it's no big deal. Now... My kids aren't disabled. If one was, I wouldn't keep my handgun close by, I'd lock it up. As it is, if they go into my room during the day it's on my person. I don't leave it where they can get to it. I think that children make rash decisions and don't understand consequences, so if I don't have them on my person, they're locked up. Except my handgun, it's on my nightstand when I sleep. I figure if I kept them a secret from them, they'd dig into it because kids are always in the mood for a mystery. They like to figure things out. Take the mystery out of firearms and they'll respect them. Teach them how to handle them safely, teach them how to unload it and make it safe first and foremost. Then teach them how to shoot. I was raised with firearms and have never even considered committing a crime with them. Teach kids the right way and we'll forever have responsible gun owners instead of mindless thugs.
Wow you commit your crimes without a weapon. Slick dude. Do u teach your kids that skill too? You may be a thug but at least you're not mindless
You just told the whole world you dont have a gun in your house.
Brilliant.
Your "love for your family's safety" just endangered them even more.
Why would you do that?
Steve Earle wrote some cool songs with Junkyard
Steve , I love you but your inability to safely secure your firearm is not my fault and my rights should not suffer as a result. My guns are safe and secure.
That's what I'm talkin' about man...
+Enrico Palazzo No one in the US is taking away any guns. Politicians don't touch the subject considering the US has started more wars (or military actions if you will) than anybody else the last 60 years. Counties such as the US doesn't disarm its citizens.
Besides, doesn't a massive portion of its population hunt deer, pheasants, quail, and the like? Can't disarm those people, so no one in the US is being disarmed any time soon. Cheers
The moment that Steve Earle is no longer played in my house
that's ok don't need small minded people listening to his music
1:36 Keeping a loaded pistol under your bed when you have a 14 year old son.
That's too reckless to be a parent in my book.
It is important for a man to know his limitations.