These Are the Questions Europeans Always Ask About America

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  • @Psycho-go5yr
    @Psycho-go5yr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2102

    To answer your question on if we think guns would ever become illegal in the US... Not anytime soon. For that to happen, our culture would have to completely change. As things stand... trying to outlaw guns is one of only a small hand full of actions that I think would absolutely result in a civil war. As an American and a gun owner myself... if the government wanted my guns, they would have to kill me and then pry them from my cold, dead fingers. There is no situation in which I'd voluntarily give them up and I know a lot of people who feel the same.
    Edit: Holy smokes! Thanks for all the likes! It's reassuring to know there's so many freedom-loving patriots out there.

    • @aaronburdon221
      @aaronburdon221 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +187

      oh, there's no doubt about it that it would cause a civil war. I'm a lazy fuck, but that would get me off of my couch. From my cold dead fingers is an apt quote.

    • @scrambler69-xk3kv
      @scrambler69-xk3kv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Trump says he will be a dictator. I don't know any dictator that allows it's citizens to own guns. Time will tell.

    • @Sarah-cq1vb
      @Sarah-cq1vb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

      You basically said what I was going to say. Cold dead hands is very apt! 👍

    • @Cjinglaterra
      @Cjinglaterra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      Yeah, that’s probably the only thing that would be guaranteed to get us all up in arms, literally.

    • @williamryan5646
      @williamryan5646 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      Ya im a dem and in full support of the second amendment. A lot of Americans feel this way

  • @rex8255
    @rex8255 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +750

    I'm in Northern Nevada at the moment.
    Re. the gun issue:
    A. It's in our founding law (the Constitution) that they Government CAN'T make them illegal.
    B. The cities with the WORST gun violence have the strictest gun laws. Conversely, I live in a town with no police department (the Sheriff handles any needed law enforcement). People openly carry on a regular basis, and it's quite safe.

    • @philipdennis-rh7uj
      @philipdennis-rh7uj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Washoe county rules

    • @CaptnJack
      @CaptnJack 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What people seem to not understand is that the second amendment is to protect the USA from invaders, AND to protect the people from the USA getting tyrannical. It literally has NOTHING to do with hunting.

    • @potroast1797
      @potroast1797 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Me too
      Reno

    • @morrisyoung2682
      @morrisyoung2682 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I live in an area that could be described this same way but I'm in Maine. And for those that don't realize that's basically the complete opposite side of the nation.

    • @SavedByFaithInJesus
      @SavedByFaithInJesus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Ain't that funny how that works??? northeastern Ohio.
      Early Sept, the Wife and I drove from Portland Or, down to Sal Lake City, stopping to see some sites... took 140 out of Oregon, down to Winnemucca then 80 out to Salt Lake. WE live in a beautiful country.

  • @fredthegonzalo
    @fredthegonzalo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +706

    There are over 400,000,000 guns in the hands of civilians in the us and there are fewer than 15,000 homicides from guns a year. That is an incredibly low amount compared to the amount of guns in civilian hands. The actual problem in the us is mental health and gang violence which if we got our heads out our butts and actually tackled these issues, gun violence would drop significantly

    • @richardfolden3860
      @richardfolden3860 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

      If you discounted the top five democratically controlled cities, America becomes one of the top 10 safest countries in the world as far as gun crimes go. And if you discounted a certain racial group, we would also be one of the top 10 safest countries for gun violence.

    • @Leonard-td5rn
      @Leonard-td5rn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How is gun control working in Sweden Gangs using hand grenades

    • @thommccann1770
      @thommccann1770 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      I would suggest the use of citizen not civilian. If you are comparing gun owners to Military then civilian is correct. otherwise we are citizens, Police in the US are also civilians. For example they are civil police, not Military police.

    • @theminister1154
      @theminister1154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Avoiding gun violence in the US basically = avoiding urban lower class black people & Latino gangs. It's as simple as that. Most gun murders are intramural black crime w illegal pistols. ALL rifles, scary black, 22 plinkers, scoped sniper rifles (aka hunting rifles,) =< 300 defensive/murders per year. Of 350,000,000 people.
      If you remove the city crime you get pretty much Switzerland or Austria. A pretty civilized VERY heavily armed populace. Often in rural areas VERY far from the law & close to bears & coyotes & cougars & tasty animals. It's pretty cool actually. guns are fun!
      No few of those rural folks are law-abiding blacks & latinos btw. Especially Latinos in the SW. Some have been here 300 years or more.

    • @joecallahan3379
      @joecallahan3379 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Well said.

  • @davidhairston1542
    @davidhairston1542 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I am Scots Irish and we have been here since the 1710's. We will never ever surrender our weapons. We lived thru the test acts and other discriminations in Brition. And lived on the frontier with Indians. Never ever surrender your weapon. And never trust any central government.

  • @seantodd8875
    @seantodd8875 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +792

    I am in Florida. And the thing about Americans talking more about their state is basically because every state is like its own country. For those who have never been here, it's easy to assume that the states are like regions in the country. But it's more like the states are countries and the federal government unites them. Similar to the EU and its member nations. So an American saying '"I'm from America" is like a European saying "I'm from the EU" instead of "I'm from Portugual"

    • @richardmartin9565
      @richardmartin9565 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Good point.

    • @Cookie-K
      @Cookie-K 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      Great explanation 😊

    • @sonofbelz
      @sonofbelz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      Yeah a lot of people forget that the word "state" is another word for country, at the very least it was in the late 1700s when the USA was formed.

    • @rinhayashi8949
      @rinhayashi8949 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@sonofbelz Yup! A lot of people forget about "city states" too, places like Monaco over in Europe. I guess the main difference between "state" and "country" is that state is more politically defined (borders, population, government) whereas country is more geographically defined (mountainous regions, fertile regions, etc)...Though country can also be and is used in place of state, state cannot be used in place of country in every case. Reminds me of how a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square.

    • @davidlinehat4657
      @davidlinehat4657 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      The concept of living in two separate and distinct sovereigns at the same time is complicated. It confuses Americans, too! I had no idea how complicated it is until I went to law school and took civil procedure. It's easy to understand how Europeans are confused about how our country is organized.

  • @donosborne9398
    @donosborne9398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +253

    Speaking from North Carolina, lots of guns keep people safe. Its when there are a few guns that gun violence takes place. Ironically, most of the gun violence in America takes place where guns are outlawed. The old saying goes "if guns are outlawed, then only outlaws will have guns". Its very true.

    • @TheGreatRepeller
      @TheGreatRepeller 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Guns make people feel safe and make people more polite.

    • @Dreadwolf3155
      @Dreadwolf3155 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      very true. for perspective, i was talking to my realtor the other day. He mentioned that prior to thanksgiving dinner he was headed to the range to make sure his rifle was ready for the start of buck season this weekend.

    • @southerncross4956
      @southerncross4956 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I’m in a red county in North Carolina. Some times when I’m sitting in a restaurant or church I look around and think I’m not the only man in here with a concealed weapon ( that’s gun to you in Europe or California) and that is a good thing.

    • @andrewulrich8053
      @andrewulrich8053 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@southerncross4956 I completely agree Don't stop carrying
      I have yet to start carrying maybe this change in politics will make it easier for me to start

    • @danielhall6578
      @danielhall6578 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Dreadwolf3155 well, did he get one?

  • @Swindle1984
    @Swindle1984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +337

    Europeans speak multiple languages because you can get in the car, drive in a random direction for an hour, and when you get out you're in a different country with a different language. In America, you can drive for five days in the same direction, and when you get out you're still in America. Same reason why most of us don't bother to get passports; we have an entire continent to ourselves, and you guys can't go for a jog without crossing a national border.

    • @SavedByFaithInJesus
      @SavedByFaithInJesus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      I drove from Ohio to Oregon many years ago, and it took me 5 days. WE live in a VERY big country and it is gorgeous.

    • @kimberlydunn954
      @kimberlydunn954 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Great response 👍

    • @NevisYsbryd
      @NevisYsbryd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The continental US is about the same size as Europe.

    • @theminister1154
      @theminister1154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@NevisYsbryd Euros never get that... until we ship em over on a PoW boat in 43 & they are like, "oh, zees vas a very stupeed var"

    • @lightningdriver81
      @lightningdriver81 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well said, quite true.

  • @danielgunderson8272
    @danielgunderson8272 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Wisconsinite here! As for guns, no, they will never be made illegal because THAT would be illegal. We became a country by defeating the most powerful military in the world, which happened to be Britain at the time, making it ironic that British people question our philosophy on guns, because without private guns we would be British today!
    America is so big that you can find any climate or ecosystem in our borders. We have deserts, mountains, rainforest, swamps, prairies, rolling farmland, and everything in between. That being said, most of us do want to travel and see the world. It’s just not as convenient with two giant oceans to cross to get anywhere we can’t drive.

  • @brycepatties
    @brycepatties 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +410

    An outright ban on the ownership of firearms will take a constitutional amendment. This requires a 2/3 majority in both houses of Congress and 3/4 of state legislatures/ratifying conventions to vote in favor of it. This is an extremely high bar that will frankly never happen.

    • @davidpolhill797
      @davidpolhill797 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A lot of gun deaths are from cops

    • @cp368productions2
      @cp368productions2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Pretty sure the Bill of Rights can't be altered at all. It's the rest that can be.

    • @GodelFishbreath
      @GodelFishbreath 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Given that any law can be amended to death or reinterpreted to uselessness, no law is safe

    • @Bird-of-prey
      @Bird-of-prey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      @@cp368productions2 The "Bill of Rights" is just a fancy name for the first ten amendments made to the United States Constitution. They receive no special privileges.

    • @joewebster9229
      @joewebster9229 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      You could pass all the firearms bans you'd like, but firearms owners would never allow it...

  • @williamthehuntsman
    @williamthehuntsman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +171

    I was born and raised in Maine. America was won by the guns of the people. We enshrined the right to keep and bear arms in 1792 to protect our freedoms from tyranny, both foreign and domestic. Nowadays, we use the right for a multitude of reasons including hunting, target shooting, competition, militia training, and personal defense. However, the presence of our firearms has deterred a mainland invasion by the Japanese in WWII, and the government has tried to get rid of our 2nd amendment, but it has always failed and led to the death of political careers.
    Long story short, this country is here because of the guns and blood of patriots, and we treat our constitution almost like a sacred treasure.

    • @SavedByFaithInJesus
      @SavedByFaithInJesus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      It was ratified on December 15, 1791. No hate.
      ALL gun laws are infringement.

    • @williamthehuntsman
      @williamthehuntsman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @SavedByFaithInJesus oh. Thank you for the correction. I didn't know the exact date, so I guessed. Wasn't too far off though.

    • @elvisream3322
      @elvisream3322 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well said thanks

    • @gregwilliams386
      @gregwilliams386 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It takes more than a day, just to get out of Texas.

    • @brianreilly3227
      @brianreilly3227 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@gregwilliams386 The sun has riz and the sun has set. We ain't out of Texas yet.
      Been there, done that.

  • @toddr.6209
    @toddr.6209 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +360

    I'm 67, first time I went to a rifle range, I was age 5. I've never seen a gun fired at a person except movies & TV. I've lived all over America except big cities.
    I am currently living in Texas for the last 36 years.

    • @TheUnhousedWanderer
      @TheUnhousedWanderer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I live in a city and have been shot at but not hit.
      That really is the difference between cities and the country

    • @ssnerd583
      @ssnerd583 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheUnhousedWanderer ...NO, it ghetto or not.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@TheUnhousedWanderer yep, i used to live in a large city of 250,000 smack in the middle of latin kings territory and used to hear numerous shootings on an almost daily basis. one incident i counted 35 shots in 30 minutes. the funny thing is i only used to hear sirens in response about 50% of the time.

    • @smckay6438
      @smckay6438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      63 shot my first dove at 6 ! Been shot and hit at pheasant hunting farm by shotgun at 250 yrds!
      Knew right away to duck, its a different sound you just react to instinctively! Only one pellet broke skin on arm !😊

    • @acevirginian2203
      @acevirginian2203 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great state Texas ..
      we used to live in Denton...
      Texas has shooting ranges in public parks.... I miss that here in Appalachia....

  • @frankclarke6624
    @frankclarke6624 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Within this country's nearly 4 million square miles, virtually ALL "gun violence" happens within the about 400 square miles represented by the inner cities of only about two dozen of our major cities, and almost all of it is drug-fueled gang violence, primarily black-on-black. Were these enclaves excluded from America's gun violence statistics, we would rank among the safest places on Earth. Put another way, if you stay out of places like that, then you ARE living in the safest place on Earth.
    Perhaps not coincidentally, those 2-dozen-or-so cities are and have been run for decades by Democrat mayors, city councils, and other functionaries. A better reason to steer clear of them I cannot envision.
    Most "reasonable gun control" schemes aim to move the entire country in the direction of Baltimore MD. Statistically, it is more dangerous to have a Baltimore address than it is to be a uniformed policeman. Since I can't imagine any thinking person advocating putting the entire citizenry in such a position, I am forced to conclude that anyone who does advocate such is not a thinking person. Either that or they just like to read lurid headlines and don't care how many of their fellow citizens have to die to get them their 'fix'.

  • @tomtrostel4091
    @tomtrostel4091 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    Watching from Texas. Lived in 6 different states. Visited 48 states and 14 foreign countries. Only time I witnessed gun violence was with the US Army in Vietnam. Love your show.

    • @susielaw9876
      @susielaw9876 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Thank you for your service!!!!

    • @jamesdellaneve9005
      @jamesdellaneve9005 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes. I live in the suburbs too!😂

    • @melgillham462
      @melgillham462 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Welcome Hom3, both my brother and father served in country. Brother was 173rd 67-69.

    • @johnc2438
      @johnc2438 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And I served in Vietnam for a year-and-a-half with the Navy and Navy Seabees. We were very well-armed (even with leftover Thompson submachine guns from WWII!). I traveled all over the Mekong Delta and and various bases up north. But the only time I fired a weapon was on the training range. The "violence" I saw I could count on the fingers of one hand. Living in L.A. -- that was a different story! Of course, I had it much easier with the Seabees and the Market Time people in Vietnam than you did with the U.S. Army.

  • @jjhdarklight007
    @jjhdarklight007 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +521

    Oregon here. If guns were illegal, this would no longer be the USA. Gun culture IS America and always will be. "Behind every blade of grass" was a statement not only about guns but also about who lives here. That spirit of freedom comes with a heavy price tag. We never know which generation will need to fight for those freedoms promised by our founders, so we all just stay vigilant. We have seen time and time again what happens to unarmed citizens throughout history and looking at the Democrat regime and socialist agenda of late, it is fair to say that the government would have destroyed America already if not for the fear of civil war. Real Americans will fight and die for our freedoms when threatened from foreign foes or from within with equal vigor. All governments eventually turn on their people. History has shown this, and the American citizens are always ready to start over from the start and do it all again!

    • @inthegarage342
      @inthegarage342 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      This is great to hear from a Oregon resident. Nothing personal against your state, but not alot of patriotic news makes it out our way (Tennessee) from the west coast.

    • @jennybaby2010
      @jennybaby2010 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      💯 That is also another reason why we worry so much about illegals. They don't understand the price of being an American and the duty of an American. Those that come in the legal way are educated as to the cost and duty to each American . I think this is another reason they are being bused in by the thousands... to out way True American citizens... and it is very obvious that because of the sneaking that they won't fight with their life for the real American Dream... our freedom and happiness.

    • @trentR3437
      @trentR3437 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Regime, agenda lol like both sides don't have one. You fell for the propaganda.

    • @davidkachel
      @davidkachel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well said, indeed. What scares me the most is the proof we now have that democrats actually believed they could assassinate President Trump and get away with it. That is stupidity on a scale never before imagined.

    • @Zerbyte
      @Zerbyte 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Regime? Don't see Dems trying to overturn elections, even the latest one. Socialist agenda? Yes, be very scared of people wanting healthcare for everyone and nobody starving. What the Right does very well is fear monger. Just using the term regime like that is a subtle fear factor. Oh, and before anyone jumps to conclusions I grew up with guns, lots of family with guns but I know a couple who should definitely not be allowed to own any.

  • @SerunaXI
    @SerunaXI 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +659

    6:35 For a bit of context, a mass shooting is classified when 3 or more casualties of a shooting occur. Incidentally, most mass shootings are gang violence, and tend to be ignored by the press.
    Edit: It appears I've had an inaccurate understanding of this situation. Though, I feel that adds its own context. Better information in the responses.

    • @sterling557
      @sterling557 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the famous ones are perpetrated by Trans or Bi people

    • @evilrevolations
      @evilrevolations 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      There is no actual fixed definition, and that is part of the problem. The FBI does not have a definition for "mass shootings"; instead, they call them active shooter incidents and mass murders. An active shooter incident refers to an event where one or more individuals are actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area, without a specific requirement for the number of casualties. Mass murders, on the other hand, involve four or more people being killed, not including the shooter. Incidents like those involving gangs, drugs, or other criminal activities where the shooting is not the primary intent are typically not calculated as active shooter incidents.
      Depending on the source, a mass shooting might be defined as an event where three or more people are injured or killed, or even just present when the shooting occurred. One notably less rigorous website has called an incident where someone was shot by a BB gun a mass shooting, and no, I am not joking.

    • @TheRealMrBlackCat
      @TheRealMrBlackCat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The mainstream media uses "Mass Shooting" consistently for any non-gang related shooting involving 3 people. The court of public opinion is managed by this narrative. Gang related "mass shootings" by mainstream media definition, occur pretty much every day in Chicago for instance, but aren't reported on as this doesn't support the anti-white narrative.

    • @hoppermantis7615
      @hoppermantis7615 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Most gun violence tend to be Socialist Democratic.

    • @poopy_pants_joe1194
      @poopy_pants_joe1194 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@evilrevolations Regardless to the terminology used, one demographic is doing all of the shooting and it's not CPL holders or NRA members.

  • @sawsrhed
    @sawsrhed 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm in West By God Virginia, and to comment on the statement "are you afraid of all the guns", one thing all these anti-gunners don't seem to realize is; Who do you have to thank for the freedoms you enjoy, including the freedom to protest? Men with guns, that's who.

  • @frankpuncekar5051
    @frankpuncekar5051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +126

    Thomas Jefferson one of our founding fathers of this country and one of the signers of our Constitution said it best, “ The beauty of the second amendment ( the right to keep and bear arms) is it’s not needed until a tyrannical government tries to take it away.” The second amendment is there to protect all the other amendments and rights of Americans citizens to pursue life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness! God Bless 👍🇺🇸

    • @marstondavis
      @marstondavis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yeah, old Tom was some smart guy. He could see the future and knew that somewhere down the road the second amendment would be needed. It's the ultimate check against groups of evil people in government. Thank you, Tom.

    • @carchick7545
      @carchick7545 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      President Jefferson wrote the Constitution

    • @MrColpy
      @MrColpy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@carchick7545 Sorry, but that is not correct. James Madison was the major contributor to the constitution, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Canadian here, but a history buff.

    • @PatrickWeberIAC
      @PatrickWeberIAC หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Our founding fathers understood that a government that can determine your rights based on "need" is vastly more dangerous than citizens owning firearms.

    • @markalexander832
      @markalexander832 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@carchick7545 No, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution was drafted by the Constitutional Convention, which included representation by most, but not all, of the states. If anybody could be claimed to be the the primary author of the Constitution, if would be James Madison.

  • @Zebra66
    @Zebra66 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +117

    As a Brit living in America the most important difference is the freedoms enshrined in law. I watched freedom in the UK get slowly dismantled throughout my life and now it's tyranny.
    Half the people there don't understand that it's not normal to live under constant surveillance and have speed cameras on every street.
    Or to not be legally entitled to defend yourself in your own home.
    Many don't understand that arresting citizens for "hate speech" is tyranny.
    Or why it's a problem that they are a minority in their own capital...
    It's become a terrible place.

    • @danieljamesbinderystu2968
      @danieljamesbinderystu2968 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm glad you came to the land of freedom, my fellow American! We love it when people come the correct way and become more American than Most of the blueanon cult here that h8t our own country. The blueanon goons here do try their best to turn us into a socialist shythole. They get so power hungry, and they are jealous of the other globalist and dictators overseas. They want full power and control and have 🧠 washed many of the left here, the left have lost their damn minds They want to ban arms so badly, yet in every blue city they have the strictest arms laws/bans, and the worst crime areas. Yet that is where the majority of arms crime comes from. And the. Criminals using them for crime are not even allowed to have them. Criminals dont follow laws, rules, and bans. But I am glad you made it out of there. We know what is at stake here looking on in horror. Like what Australia did to their people with these tyrannical lockdowns and camps. Dems do run their states a bit like Europe, we'll they wish they could, but the constitution protects us and tells the g0v what they aren't allowed to do. We will never give up our arms. We will always give our lives to defend our families, our communities, our towns, and our country. Even in the stricter blie states, there are a ton of arms owners and patriots behind "enemy lines," as they say. There are also a ton of dem arms owners too, but they tend to be the old school type dems that still love America. The radical progressive liberals are the wannabe socialist commies here. lmao.

    • @Ceabrus74
      @Ceabrus74 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We need an exchange program. Freedom loving immigrants for freedom hating Americans.

    • @TetsuYama-t4b
      @TetsuYama-t4b หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It's not that our freedoms are enshrined in law, it's that the recognition that our freedoms come from the fact that you exist, are enshrined in law. You lost the freedoms in the UK because you all think that our rights come from government. What the government can give, the government can take away. That's why the founding fathers enshrined the unique at the time concept, that we have inalienable rights granted to us by our creator.

    • @Zebra66
      @Zebra66 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @TetsuYama-t4b it's a nice idea but it's not reality. Politicians in America have tried multiple times to take away rights like the 1st and 2nd. The constitution and it's Amendments are the only thing that prevented it.
      Rights don't actually exist without governments and laws.
      You might think you have a right to life. Without a government someone can take that from you whenever they feel like it.

    • @brianreilly3227
      @brianreilly3227 หลายเดือนก่อน

      SoSad!

  • @Magnar-7
    @Magnar-7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    Here from Washington state. Coming from a cop, gun violence isn’t as bad as people think. Issue is that the gun violence statistic used includes suicide by gun. Which account for over 3x the gun violence without suicides included. Furthermore, more homicides are committed with blunt objects than guns. Coming from likely the person in this comment section who is most likely to be killed by a gun, the more regulations equals more violence and we need next to zero regulation in order to be the safest.

    • @jakman2179
      @jakman2179 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Another point to make is that it's comparing specifically GUN violence. When you add in all forms of violence the numbers aren't as far apart. The US does have higher crime rates than Europe, but we've always had higher rates. Part of that is the culture, but it's also because we're far less settled and younger. Younger nations tend to have higher crime.

    • @Magnar-7
      @Magnar-7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @ exactly. There’s a lot of contributing factors that nobody ever talks about. It’s annoying.

    • @jaredray7034
      @jaredray7034 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hello to my fellow resident of the people’s Republic of Washington!
      I completely agree with your statement. Working as a nighttime first responder, I am much more likely to be killed by bad traffic than by “gun violence“.
      (Seriously, why does no one in Washington know how to drive in the rain?)

    • @theminister1154
      @theminister1154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep, you're forced to go down where the gun violence mostly happens. You & the decent folk who live there. Sucks for you both.
      The rest of us live where it's peaceable, most everywhere. I will say this though: I DO NOT BUY the 300 rifle defensive/murders / annum stat. My guess is a lot of those hunting accidents are "oopsie I put a round of 308 in my asshole brother in law / guy who's fucking my wife."

    • @rolandswift4311
      @rolandswift4311 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      "Gun violence" also often includes incidents where a firearm is used defensively rather than it specifically being criminals attempting to use a gun to commit a crime.
      That means that a, to give an example, if a woman out walking with her two kids where to shoot someone who was rushing them with a knife; It would count as one death to "gun violence." Meanwhile, If she doesn't stop the guy and he manages to kill them; Three deaths- no "gun violence".
      It's also worth mentioning that, at the lowest estimates, three to five times as many cases of "gun violence" are acts of self-defense as compared to assault or intimidation with a firearm.

  • @keithvernonlewis9403
    @keithvernonlewis9403 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a native-born American, one's whose family goes all the way to this country prior to the founding of the American Revolution both on the Native American side and on the Revolutionary side. I am proud to say I believe in the right to keep and bear arms because an armed society is a polite society and an arm Society keeps their government under control.

  • @williamroberts8344
    @williamroberts8344 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    Tennessee here. There are those who want to make guns illegal, but there are an equal number (plus or minus) who stand by the second amendment and believe guns ownership is a protected right. Ultimately, there's an irony in imagining how the ones who don't want guns, and generally don't own guns, are going to come get the guns from those who have them. This actually is the type of tyranny that the second amendment was created to protect against, among others.

    • @jamesbrown8766
      @jamesbrown8766 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I live in Washington State, but grew up in Texas. I don’t own a gun and probably never will, but I will vigorously defend any American’s right to own a gun. I believe in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, which says the government shall not infringe on our right to keep and bear arms.

    • @michelleb7399
      @michelleb7399 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You might be surprised. I live on the west coast and I have met more, many more, people in my liberal state who would like to return to Prohibition than I have those who would like to make guns illegal. The county I live in is a “toss-up” county, politically. But I haven’t met anyone who is capable of complex problem-solving and reasoning who has said we should make guns illegal, unless you mean specific types of guns (those capable of automatic or maybe even semiautomatic rounds, for example). But I have, on the other hand, met several people who’ve been incapable of seeing why returning to Prohibition era is a silly idea.

    • @thurin84
      @thurin84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      there are many more that stand by 2A. the gun control lobby is simply an opportunistic, vociferous minority that wants you to think its the majority.

    • @frybellevue
      @frybellevue 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@michelleb7399, automatic weapons require special permits and cost big money. As far as your thoughts on semiautomatic weapons, most firearms are semiautomatic.

    • @theminister1154
      @theminister1154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michelleb7399 You should get a pistol or a 20 gauge or a small carbine (pistol caliber rifle) michelle. That's in order of difficulty to shoot hard to easy btw. Women are the biggest beneficiaries of civilian firearms. *THEY EQUALIZE! especially if you concealed carry a pistol.*
      Lotta training required, but it's fun for women unless you're shooting a 12 gauge or a snappy lil pistol. Bigger the gun the easier to shoot given similar calibers. Most women enjoy shooting a full-sized John Wick sorta 9mm but not a pocket 9mm.
      They are getting better & better at making soft-shooting mouse guns though. Smith & Wesson just came out with a tiny 380 (smallest proper defensive round) that's supposed to be fun and effective. that would be a perfect purse gun w the right holster.
      Women also love AR-15s, which surprised me before I shot one. These days everyone has to be able to shoot the military's main gun (AR-15 civilian version.) It's an EXTREMELY effective home defense weapon despite shooting real soft. Get a suppressor for it if you expect to need it ever. Blow your damn ears out, which is bad. Blows the bad guy's out too, which is good. Bad guys who hear a rifle tend to relocate with alacrity.
      AR-15 is also a superb "stop the coyotes/cougars from killing my kitties" gun in case you live out in the mountains or desert. Both kinds of Coyotes in case you live S of San Diego.

  • @williamhamilton6643
    @williamhamilton6643 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    I'm in California for the last 40 years but grew up in Ohio. The right to bear arms runs deep in America. The American Revolution, which overthrew a tyrannical king, was fought by citizen soldiers, many of whom brought their own rifles to the battlefield. Even as the war progressed, General Washington's men were poorly equipped, sometimes not paid, and always on the verge of freezing or starving. It was far from a professional army. But since we were citizens, and not subjects of a king, after victory was won the Founding Fathers thought it was critically important that citizens continue to have the ability to defend themselves and the country, and that included from a potential tyrannical American government too. The federal government was weak in the early years and Congress didn't want to pay for an army or navy, even though the necessity for both became quickly apparent. It was always intended that local militias of citizens would be available to supplement the army in case of war. But let's go back a bit. You can't overlook the importance of the previous mention about armed citizens being the last check on the power of a tyrannical government. The states had more power than the federal government at that time. The people that just won the Revolution were very skeptical about handing over power to another centralized government. The Right To Bear Arms was considered critical, and so obvious to those people that they forgot to put it in the Constitution. They corrected that oversight when they made it the second amendment, the first amendment being the right to free speech. It's often said we only enjoy the first amendment because we have the second amendment. And when I see what's happening in the UK, even just this week, I appreciate the wisdom of the Founding Fathers in that regard. They understood human nature and how things could go wrong. They installed a system of checks and balances in the federal government to prevent anyone, or any branch, of the government from becoming too powerful. It means our democracy is sometimes messy, but it also keeps a critical balance between the branches of the federal government. And elections can restore balance if things go too far one way or another. As you may know the balance between the states and the feds is a different story and takes us into the Civil War where "States Rights" was a central issue. But that's a story for another time.

    • @danielplatts9446
      @danielplatts9446 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Yes. Private gun ownership is so deeply ingrained in our history that it has literally become part of our culture as Americans. You can hardly find any example of significant American history that doesn't have guns involved. Western expansion, wild west, all of the wars, we love our firearms because they represent the freedoms and challenges that helped to build this great nation.

    • @rosemarykriegel3226
      @rosemarykriegel3226 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The first amendment also guarantees freedom of religion.

    • @richardpate4732
      @richardpate4732 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well said.

    • @Princess_Celestia_
      @Princess_Celestia_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It had more to do with their mistrust of a professional standing Army who's loyalty belonged to whoever was in power at the time. Immediately after the war the Continental Navy was completely decommissioned and the Continental Army was reduced to a single artillery battery stationed at the National Armory and two foot regiments stationed along the western frontier and an elite Corp of officers stationed at West Point. The founders preferred the defense of the nation to rest with the State Militias (organized Militias funded by each state) and the great American Militia (unorganized Militia formed from an armed citizenry) who would take to the field at a moments notice to bog down any invaders until the National Government could raise troops to rebuild the Army as needed. This would also ensure that no politician could become a king as if they tried it, armed citizenry could mobilize against them and forcefully remove them from power before they could fund, tain and mobilize a professional standing Army.
      Unfortunately the State Militias have been coopted by the federal government through the various Militia Acts turning them into the National Guard while at the same time vilifying unorganized private Militias as terrorists and criminals, it didn't help that back in the day one such Militia was arrested in Arizona after explosions where reported, explosions caused by a local Sheriff's Department detonating old dynamite found at some abandoned mines. Never the less, that Militia's members where all arrested for detonating explosives but their innocence was never reported nor was the sheriff's departments responsibility for the explosions reported cementing the negative connotation of Militias as terrorists in the mind of the American people. Point is, since the feds can't control them like they can the State Militias, the brand then as criminals and push "gun control" with the end goal being to remove private civilian ownership of guns so unorganized Militias can't be formed.

    • @awilson2385
      @awilson2385 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Princess_Celestia_ I think the government sometimes underestimates the number of soldiers who are very aware that their oath was sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution, not the politicians. And that oath doesn't have an expiration date. ;)

  • @bloodboughtsaint777
    @bloodboughtsaint777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +89

    I'm an American. I live in Virginia. The primary reason an American will share their home state with you is because they are trying to distinguish themselves from other Americans. Keep in mind that the US is very large. There are estimated, by many experts on the subject, about 11 to 13 different nation-groups in the US. I'm not talking about dividing people by skin-color per se. More so, Americans from Louisiana might have a hard time understanding other Americans from Massachusetts. These are two wildly different culture groups. The English spoken by both groups are very different.
    If you've met enough people from New York, you'll notice that people who are from the Bronx have an accent which is a bit different from the people who are from Queens, or some other Borow in New York. As you can see, we not only have these major culture groups, but also sub-groups. As a Viriginia, I would have to distinguish myself as a Northern-Virginian (and I was born in Washington, D.C.) Those who live in the more rural parts of Virginia, especially in the Appalachian region, have an accent that I have some difficulty understanding.
    -------------------------------
    The US Constitution (and most State Constitutions) Protect the Individual & Private ownership of Guns. However, this is implemented differently throughout the US. Usually, the Urban the area is, the more dominated it is by Democrats. They tend to have more Gun restrictions. This is also where you have more of the gun violence. We also have, by Federal Law, all public schools being "Gun Free Zones". These zones are where most of our Mass-Shootings take place.
    In the places where there are fewer restrictions on guns in the US, there are fewer illegal guns. Oddly enough, you'll also have less gun violence, even though there might be more guns per capita. Also, keep in mind that, according to the CDC the US experiences an average of about 30,000-gun-related-deaths per year. However, the CDC also estimates that about 500,000 to about 3,000,000+ lives are saved every year in the US by responsible-private-gun-owners.

    • @zombie5505
      @zombie5505 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like I always say, a gun is simple old technology that's still effective, it wouldn't go away, it would be like asking everyone to forget electricity

    • @LiamGardner-u9k
      @LiamGardner-u9k 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Please Texans will never admit that people in Boston actually speak the same language,

    • @WonderingWildWanderingRose
      @WonderingWildWanderingRose 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great breakdowns for each subject you touched on

    • @ohboah320
      @ohboah320 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm from the South Carolina low country. Growing up in the '60's there was Southern English, Geechee and Gullah spoken. Now there are countless languages and dialects from all over the world spoken there and Geechee and Gullah are almost gone.

    • @Wypia
      @Wypia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Louisiana here. I can understand, but do I want to.

  • @kellysong2256
    @kellysong2256 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    In America, lots of people have signs in their yards or on their houses that say something like, "This house protected by Smith and Wesson" or "We don't call 911" with a picture of a gun beside it. Many pick-up trucks have gun-racks. My father had a license-plate frame on his truck that said, "I have 4 beautiful daughters, and I carry a gun". 😊 It's normal here to let people know you will protect yourself

    • @TetsuYama-t4b
      @TetsuYama-t4b หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Forget the dog, Beware of the owner" with a picture of a firearm(s).

    • @kellysong2256
      @kellysong2256 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @TetsuYama-t4b 👍👍👍

    • @samuelferrell9257
      @samuelferrell9257 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I have a sign that says "Beware of Sam"

    • @unclefessaddams805
      @unclefessaddams805 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "Because of the high price of ammo there will be no warning shot".

    • @kellysong2256
      @kellysong2256 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @unclefessaddams805 😂 I haven't heard that one...love it

  • @jessica45915
    @jessica45915 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    I've lived my entire life in America and have never once seen gun violence first hand, known someone who has, or know someone who knows someone.

    • @andrewulrich8053
      @andrewulrich8053 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same

    • @willylumpnj
      @willylumpnj หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too and I'm from New Jersey

    • @daveray44
      @daveray44 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was on a jury for a murder trial. Guns are strictly forbidden in taverns, here in Washington State. Culprit went in to one, just looking for a fight, lost in a battle of cue sticks, pulled out his .357, and killed that long time tavern patron.
      So sad

    • @basprad1563
      @basprad1563 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Question, why do we say "entire life?" Wouldn't your "entire life" be the time from when you were born to the time you die?😉

  • @mbourque
    @mbourque 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

    Since States are as big or bigger than European countries, it's like an European saying what country they are from.

    • @Patrick-nv5ug
      @Patrick-nv5ug 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      True. My answer is always Hawaii.

    • @dead-claudia
      @dead-claudia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      not entirely wrong tbh.
      especially with this recent trend i've noticed of western europe and scandinavia becoming culturally more and more unified despite the language barriers. and scandinavia's long been pretty culturally similar, especially norway and sweden (who sometimes joke about it).

    • @kylejohnson1308
      @kylejohnson1308 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      When I chat a foreigner on the net and they ask where I'm from I always say Missouri USA. That way they know what part of the USA I'm from. If they know anything about America they might know my culture here a little.

    • @NevisYsbryd
      @NevisYsbryd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The continental US is 95% the size of Europe, and there are distinct subcultures and ethnic zones. It is comparable.

  • @wrecklass
    @wrecklass 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    I'm in Colorado, born in Texas. I've traveled much of the US, but also been to Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean and some of South America. That included some eastern block countries when there was a Soviet Union.
    Leaving the US is the best way to learn that we do indeed live in the best country.

    • @pissymema6633
      @pissymema6633 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      "Leaving the US is the best way to learn that we do indeed live in the best country." Having lived in Europe for three years long ago, I completely agree.

    • @FuzzyWCTX
      @FuzzyWCTX หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ah, Colorado. Old Texas.

  • @slant6guy
    @slant6guy 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Am from Wisconsin since 2022 & previously lived in Alaska from 1979-2022...do have a US Passport (and a US Passcard) as such was needed to cross the border at The People's Republic Of Canada during Covid-9teen era before Justin Trudeau / Fidel Castro, Jr. closed the borders from the Canada side. We have many guns, like the ones that can mount a bayonet & hold 30+ rounds = I'm an American military vet that's thankful to live in these VERY interesting times: the American bully empire of exclusivity, with its fiat nuclear backed US Dollar, is giving way to a multi-polar World wanting to move to a commodity based commerce system of fairness.

  • @Kuroi65
    @Kuroi65 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +148

    I'm a life long resident of Washington state. Also, the next time you see Americans in Portugal, I would encourage you to go up and talk to them. Personally, I think they would be very happy to talk to you. 🙂

    • @brent8133
      @brent8133 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I am from Alabama and I have known a few people who moved there. Love you guys and your state

    • @danielplatts9446
      @danielplatts9446 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Agreed. Especially if it gives us a chance to talk about our country to someone who is genuinely interested. We love doing that. 😅

    • @KathyM1611
      @KathyM1611 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      We would love to talk to you, we also like our space. That just means give us some room when we chat. 😊

    • @KathyM1611
      @KathyM1611 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We would love to talk to you, we also like our space. That just means give us some room when we chat. 😊

    • @leviturner3265
      @leviturner3265 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I live in Washington state, but I personally would like to seek to live in another state.

  • @christomashofski9160
    @christomashofski9160 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +134

    It is very safe here. To keep it safe, pay attention to what Lawrence said: Stay away from the "bad" areas of a city or town. Some neighborhoods are particularly crime prone. Listen to advice of locals and stay out of troubled areas. Especially after dark. Do that and America is one of the safest and happiest places on the planet.

    • @jodyharnish9104
      @jodyharnish9104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I almost walked right into a multiple shooting in the King County Courthouse in Seattle years ago. A phone call saved my life. People get gunned down at concerts, in movie theaters, in schools...

    • @jodyharnish9104
      @jodyharnish9104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wrong! I almost walked right into a multiple shooting in the King County Courthouse in Seattle years ago, just because I wanted to get some water.

    • @shinchcliffe2133
      @shinchcliffe2133 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@jodyharnish9104 King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle hasn't been a safe area in over a decade.
      actual mass shootings are rare

    • @christomashofski9160
      @christomashofski9160 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@jodyharnish9104 You're so upset by my comment that you felt the need to post this twice? I said it was one of the safest and happiest places on the planet. I truly feel sorry for you that you feel unsafe and unhappy in your own country. You're free to consider relocating if that option feels right to you. But don't sensationalize a few terrible things to make it sound as if "people are getting gunned down in concerts, etc." every single day. That's a ridiculous and hysterical thing to say. I don't know what charge or "high" or feeling of importance you get out of trying to scare innocent people away from visiting our beautiful country by exaggerating like this. Besides you violated my principal caveat for ensuring safety: Stay out of unsafe places. First one needs to understand that courthouses are inherently potential places of danger because every rotten criminal element of society passes through courthouses. That's their purpose. Second, you're projecting Seattle onto everywhere else. Look what the goofball politicians allowed to happen in Seattle in 2020. Or are our memories that short?

    • @j.pershing2197
      @j.pershing2197 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Whats in the cities that causes so much violence. Its like there is a people that commit more violent crimes at a staggering rate than others. Hmmmm🤔

  • @karinthomas8365
    @karinthomas8365 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    A Japanese leader was asked during WW2 about why Japan was not invading the mainland of the US. He said, "That would be crazy! Americans have guns and are the biggest standing army in the world. No way to invade them and take them over."

    • @evilrevolations
      @evilrevolations 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      I believe the quote was, "There would be a gun behind every blade of grass." Although there is no actual verification that that quote is real. That said, the sentiment is very accurate as there are are 520+ million firearms in the United States and about 340 million people.

    • @Jefferson-l7o2j
      @Jefferson-l7o2j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And we have a lot more guns now than we did back then

    • @parrj316
      @parrj316 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      For one, the Japanese they did not have the man power to hold american.

    • @evilrevolations
      @evilrevolations 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Jefferson-l7o2j by orders of magnitude..

    • @andrewhirsch6472
      @andrewhirsch6472 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Japanese expansionism was stopped primarily due to the sacrifices of the United States Navy, and not the fear of getting shot by random older civilians armed with 30-30 rifles and Auto-5 shotguns. Over a million men in eastern and southern Ukraine legally owned long guns in 2022, and they have collectively had almost no impact whatsoever, relative to organized military force.

  • @reahalea1
    @reahalea1 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am in Missouri, and I would be hard pressed to give up my guns. At age 63, this woman still hunts.

  • @brave_dave
    @brave_dave 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I'm in Ohio. We are a Constitutional Carry state. As an adult, you don't need a permit to open carry or conceal carry a firearm. The 2nd Amendment is our Permit.
    Here in the US the politicians that talk about taking our guns turn out to be the best gun salesmen. When they talk about taking our guns away... we go out and buy more.
    No politician is going to take our guns. That's a situation that would get very messy very quickly and the states down to the local governments would revolt.
    The County Sheriff where I live has stated that if the Federal Government came to take our guns he would Deputize the entire county.

  • @Sgtnolisten
    @Sgtnolisten 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    On the topic of guns, they keep trying, we keep fighting. We won’t ever stop fighting cause we’ve seen your history (Europe) and we know we should never give up the ability to defend ourselves from the animals both fang and claw, and who we give political power to

    • @laurasteif86
      @laurasteif86 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      If they made guns illegal, the only people who would not have them are the ones who obey laws. Criminals do not care for laws therefore they will be the only ones still carrying.
      Saying that guns kill people is about as smart as saying that spoons are making people fat.
      If you come to America (depending on where you land of course.) It is highly unlikely you will actually see a gun unless you go to a gun range.
      But yeah most people own one or more.
      Americans are good people. It seems that lots of people seem to enjoy the tales of lawless, battle hungry monsters the same way we all enjoy a scary story about an old abandoned house in the neighborhood. Over Time people begin to believe the story and fear the house.
      Next people start throwing rocks through the windows in an effort to show that they are not afraid. All the while it was just a house. Just sitting there.
      I am a Virginian.

    • @bigbird4481
      @bigbird4481 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@laurasteif86 as soon as guns are outlawed is when I become a criminal

  • @michaeljenkins8330
    @michaeljenkins8330 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    West (by God) Virginia here. Montani Semper Liberi ! Most mass shooting have occurred in “gun free” zones. West Virginia is a constitutional carry state, which means that anyone who has not lost their right to carry a firearm ( i.e. convicted felon) can carry a firearm without a license/permit whether they open carry or conceal carry. This makes it risky to try to commit a crime using a gun because you never know who might be able to stop you with their own gun.

  • @michelepurington3227
    @michelepurington3227 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have a passport, don't care about the royal family, I'm an American.

  • @jasontauscher3132
    @jasontauscher3132 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I am a country kid for the most part. I had my first buck at 12 and it was a 12 point. I joined the army in 89. Went to war in Iraq at 19. I returned home. Lived all over. Saw one shoot out in Indianapolis between two people running away from each other. No one got hit. In my 40's learned of a couple motorcycle gang members died from a shots. I am 53 and gun owner. Its not often as the news acts like. USA is HUGE

  • @kellieweeks5600
    @kellieweeks5600 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    Texan here. And No, there will never be a time where guns are banned. It is the second amendment of the US constitution...the right to bear arms. Besides, you try taking away a gun from a texan...not gonna happen.

    • @steamro11r
      @steamro11r 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      yea some people in the cities might be willing to give up their guns but that wont happen without a fight anywhere in rural USA

    • @Mr_Dopey
      @Mr_Dopey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I live in New York State. I don't know of any home without at least a shotgun. But, that's the culture of the red counties.

    • @stevenseul361
      @stevenseul361 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      wanna make a bet.... if they want your guns they will pry them from your cold dead fingers. the old saying gun people love to say

  • @sallygolderclark
    @sallygolderclark 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As the old adage goes, "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." And, a nation of unarmed citizens it a sitting duck. Our founding father's knew that because they fled tyrannical situations. That's why they put it in the Constitution.

  • @djjazzyjeff1232
    @djjazzyjeff1232 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Minnesota here! Rural MN, to clarify. Small town farming community. I used to own so many guns, but sadly I lost all of them in a terribly boating accident. If you know you know!

    • @frankbuck99
      @frankbuck99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      sorry about your loss.(:

    • @RalphReagan
      @RalphReagan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​@frankbuck99 😅

    • @ulical
      @ulical 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Shocking how often those boating accidents occur in blue states.

    • @djjazzyjeff1232
      @djjazzyjeff1232 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@ulical They do, but to be fair the Land of 10,000 Lakes (actually containing 11,842 lakes, which is an unfathomable number btw) it's easy to see how it could happen.

    • @youwillneverguess
      @youwillneverguess 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's incredible how many of us that has happened to!

  • @robertburns4429
    @robertburns4429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +115

    Californian here. Remember that there are an order of magnitude more defensive uses of firearms than gun murders in the US.

    • @jodyharnish9104
      @jodyharnish9104 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That is false. Look up the actual statistics.

    • @robertburns4429
      @robertburns4429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@jodyharnish9104 Try again,

    • @robertburns4429
      @robertburns4429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@jodyharnish9104 2023 Firearm Homicides = 17,927. The CDC reports between 500,000 and 3 million defensive firearm uses per year. Technically you are correct because there are significantly MORE than an order of magnitude defensive gun uses than gun homicides.

    • @brent8133
      @brent8133 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He means to say they will allow all crimes theres. Its not even like the rest of the 49. They literally allow people to suck. The only state they push being a shit person.

    • @DarkKatzy013
      @DarkKatzy013 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@jodyharnish9104 wrong.

  • @richardmartin9565
    @richardmartin9565 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    I'm in Massachusetts where it all began.
    To understand why we is identify by state first it helps to understand that historically we are citizens of the state where we reside. The Civil War was first known as the "War Between the States". It was up to all able bodied men to defend their state if called upon. Back then, our nationality was American, but our citizenship was the state where we lived.
    After the Civil War, the 14th Amendment clarified by stating those born withing the jurisdiction of the United States were citizens of the US AND the state in which they reside.
    We do have state pride, we also have city and town pride...and rivalries.

    • @FRAME5RS
      @FRAME5RS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm just to your north. You guys can't even own pepper spray. No self protection allowed so it seems. We've got open and concealed carry up here with no permit, yet we are the #3 safest state. I think it has less to do with guns and more to do with who OWNS the guns. Manchester is about the only city with any real crime and it's still low by percentage.

    • @nunyalastname-ej8vl
      @nunyalastname-ej8vl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Bahh it's the war of Northern aggression.
      😊
      Bet you put pineapple on pizza . .lol

    • @birchtree2274
      @birchtree2274 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@nunyalastname-ej8vl

    • @richardmartin9565
      @richardmartin9565 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@colreb7149
      Excuse me, It's The Commonwealth (not state) of Massachusetts.
      I'll have you know that we've made governmental corruption an art form. I laugh when corrupt officials from other states get caught. No one gets caught here!

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And for many years, in time of war our army units were named for the state of origin, for example the 11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

  • @libertylady1952
    @libertylady1952 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I'm from Ohio.
    Americans tend to be love our flag, country and our rights. We understand the right to bear arms is include the second amendment to our Constitution. If you try to take our guns, you are trying to take our rights. Furthermore, if the right to bear arms is taken away, then we can't defend the other rights effectively.

  • @bigbubba357m
    @bigbubba357m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Texas here, love the interpretation of our country and the way he lays down the facts of “gun violence”. If you want to talk about patriotism look into the way Texans feel about their state, takes patriotic to a whole new level.

    • @therealajnelson
      @therealajnelson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      God Bless Texas!

    • @fedup1606
      @fedup1606 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can confirm. I lived in Tx for 2 years. They won't shut up about it. :)

    • @MonotoneArms
      @MonotoneArms 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Moved to Texas last year after leaving the service, and absolutely love it. I've lived in half a dozen states so far (I'm only 23), and Texas has by far been the best.

  • @duffydobelbower6137
    @duffydobelbower6137 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The right to have guns ("bear arms") is written into the US Constitution (which defines the powers of the government): the Second Amendment, part of what is called "The Bill of Rights" gives citizens the right to bear arms. In other words, when the country was formed, the right to own weapons was considered a crucial right of the citizens (to defend themselves, and to be able to form a militia, and other reasons), and this Amendment basically forbids the government from taking weapons away from people. The only way a Constitutional Amendment can be removed is by another Amendment that removes it. To make an Amendment, 2/3 of Congress has to propose it (there's another way, but this is the more common way), and then 3/4 of the States have to ratify it. So even if Congress votes to put up a change to remove the right to own guns, it doesn't become law unless a majority of States agree. The Founders made modifying the Constitution a very balanced process between the Federal government and the States, so that it wouldn't be subject to changes of the times. There has only been one successful removal of an Amendment (the 21st repealed the 18th). So no, it's not very likely that the government will ever take away guns in America, because first, they would have to get the citizens and the States both to agree that the government can have the right to do so (which they do not currently). (and since you asked, I'm from Ohio :) )

    • @bobbiejojackson9448
      @bobbiejojackson9448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They're definitely not going anywhere. Especially when you consider what has happened in countries where they have been taken from the people through tyranny or coercion or where the government has convinced the citizens to turn them in for "the greater good". Historically, every country that has disarmed its citizens has been overtaken by a fascist or communist dictatorship and millions have perished. The founders took all of that into consideration when they wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

    • @Deathbecomesme3
      @Deathbecomesme3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      The bill of rights doesn't grant the rights it enshrines them. They are considered "god given". Ohio as well btw.

    • @rich7447
      @rich7447 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      The problem is that the courts are more than happy to legislate from the bench and allow legislation that is obviously unconstitutional to stand.

    • @JesusOurGoel
      @JesusOurGoel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Deathbecomesme3Amen to that. The Constitution is meant to limit government, not citizens. (Me

  • @kingofopossums
    @kingofopossums หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I'm from the state of Kentucky and I was rasied around guns and hunting my entire life. The first thing you learn is never point a gun at something you don't intend to kill. I've never seen any type of gun violence.

    • @TrailRunnerLife
      @TrailRunnerLife หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same, same, same, and same.

    • @Eniral441
      @Eniral441 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm from Wyoming, am I'm in the same boat.

    • @mrshadow8096
      @mrshadow8096 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      From Colorado same rule

  • @karenhirschboeck7582
    @karenhirschboeck7582 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m from Eastern Missouri. Being centrally located in the US and we have access everything you could want or need. The cost of living is low compared to NY or California. Tax rates do differ between counties usually 7%-10%.

  • @rg20322
    @rg20322 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    If you buy bakery bread it has much less sugar usually. Bakery bread is the best and preferred by me, but bakeries are not everywhere so you may have to drive.

    • @Blade247
      @Blade247 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Forget the bread.... You need home made tortillas ! Surely this was the Mana from heaven in the Bible...

    • @Kozycz
      @Kozycz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Blade247absolutely not. U couldn’t sustain on just tortillas. Mana would’ve had to have been a very high protein, starch based bread to be a sole food source

    • @dan2wee
      @dan2wee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We buy our bread from a bakery, sugar is not in their breads unless it is a dessert bread.

  • @chipwood1030
    @chipwood1030 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    From Ohio here; I love your videos brother. You seem like a kind person; I wish the whole world would stop the hate and embrace each other and our differences. Love the positivity, and I hope you get a few hundred thousand more subscribers. Take care.. :)

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just wish he would work in improving his English. He is very inconsistent.

    • @StudSupreme
      @StudSupreme 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jovetj "work on", not "work in." Ye who live in glass houses should not be throwing stones, son.

  • @dandickerson_randomstuff
    @dandickerson_randomstuff หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    From the "Volunteer State" of Tennessee, which now has a Constitutional Carry Law in order for me to carry a loaded firearm basically anywhere (except government buildings). I enjoy your perspective on all things American. I would suggest that if you plan to visit and want an authentic experience, stay away from the big cities. American has many diverse areas and cultural norms from northern to southern to mid-west, east coast/west coast, mountains, and beaches. You could stay one month per state over the next 50 months, and still not get the full experience and feel for the area.

  • @rain_on_wax_feathers
    @rain_on_wax_feathers 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Watching from New Hampshire! Another thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet (about why we answer with states) is that Americans don't often travel outside of America (comparatively to inside America) so most of the time, if someone asks "where are you from?" it's another American asking what state you are from. So, answering with a state just becomes habit.

  • @shabadabadoo4326
    @shabadabadoo4326 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    @7:30 - “The government” is constantly trying to ban guns in various ways.

    • @loyalwar658
      @loyalwar658 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think there’s 2 parts to that.
      I think a lot of “anti-gun” politicians get more screen time on mainstream media than the counter point.
      From a European prospective, I am sure that gun violences is blown out of proportion to scare Europeans into thinking guns are more dangerous than they call are. In reality the average person is a law abiding citizen and not-violent. In the US guns outnumber people, yet most shooting happen to unarmed civilians or criminals.
      Real life experience
      Look at Ukraine, they were anti-gun just like most of Europe. They were invaded and now virtually every citizen has a firearm… crime in general (including gun crimes) are at an all time low in Ukraine. The real question is, when the war is over… will they be allowed to keep their guns and how will crime be impacted.

    • @Ceabrus74
      @Ceabrus74 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      According to the government, they never are. Until they do, of course. Then it's a good thing.

  • @Motorboatasaurus
    @Motorboatasaurus 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    7. Also I am in South Carolina. We tend to mention the specific state because it would be like asking you where you're from and answering Europe. I mean yea that's correct but that's a big area and there's a pretty easy way to narrow it down since most of our states are as large or in most cases larger than countries in Europe.

    • @armstrong2052
      @armstrong2052 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      If both parties are in state residents, it's common to use county, or area code/zip.

    • @dirtfarmer7070
      @dirtfarmer7070 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I notice county is used more in the south, I am from NY and never use my county. It would be pretty useful because NY is huge​@@armstrong2052

    • @DocR16
      @DocR16 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like to mention the state I'm from because it keeps people from guessing California.

  • @zatoichi101
    @zatoichi101 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Re: Football. When football was originally "invented," much of the scoring depended on kicking the ball through the goal posts. A move called a Drop Kick, where the ball carrier drops the on the ground and then kicks it through the goal posts was quite common. (By the way, the Drop Kick is still legal, but you rarely see it.) Then in 1906, the Forward Pass was legalized - and the game fundamentally changed into more or less what we see today. Anyway, THAT is why the game was called Football.

  • @mitchc3569
    @mitchc3569 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    Most Americans are convinced (wrongly)that America is a “democracy” and therefore really don’t understand how and why things here are the way they are. America is actually a Constitutional Republic, a group of what are in essence individual republics (the states) which delegated a very small amount of Representation on their behalf to the Fed. Of course we all know how that’s turned out… There’s absolutely nothing “controversial” about Firearms, in fact America rates 63rd in so calling “mass shootings” on the list of top 100 Nations and “mass shootings”. The Propaganda Ministry is who decides what’s “controversial”.

    • @StanSwan
      @StanSwan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What? America is a democratic republic. Who elects members of Congress and the president? In a Republic no one votes genius. You been listening to far right wing radio I see. lol

    • @jus10rox89
      @jus10rox89 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Bravo!

    • @StanSwan
      @StanSwan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right out of the Putin propaganda playbook.

    • @ruthsaunders9507
      @ruthsaunders9507 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@StanSwan Your statement makes no sense.

    • @StanSwan
      @StanSwan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ruthsaunders9507 Only to someone dumb.

  • @jdrew5367
    @jdrew5367 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    Omaha, Nebraska.
    I was raised in a household that had many rifles for hunting and for sportsmanship. They would also go hunting with my father who was in the army and used to teach to respectable a weapon and how to use a weapon he instilled that in all of us kids before, and as we grew up to value human life and be respectful of others. I do not think there will ever be a time in America that will not be weapons. I do not have a a gun or a rifle in my household. If they don’t leave the country, then they don’t need a passport. I have a lot of family members that haven’t even left the state that they were born in. Thank you

    • @Stitch-smart
      @Stitch-smart 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Another Omaha, NE person here!

    • @tywaits3896
      @tywaits3896 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I dont know how u live in Omaha without a gun the first gas station me and my cousin went to we got peaceful robbed. A dude went by every car in this gas station asking for money giving off bad vibes .
      If we wasn't going to a concert we would have been armed.

    • @BionicDeathclaw
      @BionicDeathclaw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice to see another Nebraskan! Never lived in Omaha though, I'm from Custer county.

  • @greatgreyowl2583
    @greatgreyowl2583 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The extra sugar is from southern cooking. They found that large amounts of sugar would stop or slow spoilage of food during hot/warm weather. And as US spread westward of Appalachians, it was much hotter in the summer in the north as well, and they adopted the extra sugar. When refrigerators came into use, most were used to the extra sweet taste, and while they may of reduce the amount of sugar, they didn't go back to the low/no sugar recipes.

  • @karenhirschboeck7582
    @karenhirschboeck7582 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I live approx 35 miles of St. Louis Missouri. We like to go to fairs and festivals, camping and floating down rivers, trying new restaurants. We have a lot of caves, six flags over mid America ,all types of shops, an awesome zoo and museums. So much it’s hard t explain.

  • @america3373
    @america3373 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I am a proud American gun owner, and here is my take. People like to say that those supporting gun rights and opposing regulation either don't care about the violence or don't have answers. That's simply untrue. I believe in preventing violence by beefing up security specifically in schools, and having improved access to training gun owners. I am strongly against any law attempting to help solve the problem by punishing the responsible people in the process.

    • @bug5654
      @bug5654 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It appears you either put a negative in the last sentence by accident or left out some grammar.

    • @america3373
      @america3373 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @bug5654 how so?

  • @kerim.peardon5551
    @kerim.peardon5551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I was born and bred here in the mountains of beautiful East Tennessee. Our nickname is The Volunteer State because we have historically sent a LOT of men off to fight in various wars. If I remember correctly, the name came about after a lot of Tennesseans went down to New Orleans with future-President Andrew Jackson to beat the ever-living snot out of the British, but prior to that--prior to becoming a state, actually--we had the Overmountain Men who went to South Carolina during the Revolutionary War to beat the ever-living snot out of the British. And later, we had Davy Crockett and his crew of Tennesseans go to fight at the Alamo. It didn't end so well there, but plenty of other Tennesseans joined with the Texans at San Jacinto to beat the ever-living snot out of the Mexicans. (And if it wasn't the Battle of New Orleans that earned us the name The Volunteer State, then it was the Texas War of Independence that did; it was one of the two). Last time I saw any stats on it, more Tennesseans volunteered to serve in the military per capita than residents of any other state (a distinction we've held for a long time).
    As for guns, there's no way in hell that Americas will give up our guns. For one thing, how would we beat the ever-living snot out of people who come asking for it? We're very BYOG when it comes to wars on our own turf (bring your own gun). They may limit them in cities or even certain states, but nationwide will never happen. You will get the Second Civil War if it's attempted because people would rather shoot the person coming to collect them than hand them over. Our country was founded on the principal that all governments are inherently untrustworthy and that the citizens should be armed to defend themselves against their own government as well as foreign invaders, and that distrust has been bred into us. There may be periods of time when there's relatively high trust in the government, but you see now that it's rapidly disappearing. We will always revert back to our usual state of distrust.
    I have seen statistics that show if you remove something like the top 20 largest cities' gun violence stats from the equation, America's violent crime rate is somewhere around the median rate of Europe. Like he said, if you stay out of the bad side of the big cities, it's no more unsafe here than Europe. But here, at least, if someone tries to commit an act of violence against you, you can pop a cap in them and make them rethink their life choices. I mean, it's not even possible to imagine the sort of mass SA that happened to women in Cologne, Germany on New Year's a few years ago happening here. If large roving gangs of men tried to grope and r*pe women in a city in Tennessee, within 15 minutes, they'd be in piles in the middle of the street riddled with more holes than Swiss cheese.

    • @user-fd7tl4xg6y
      @user-fd7tl4xg6y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hahaha HEAR, HEAR! WELL spoken!!

    • @WonderingWildWanderingRose
      @WonderingWildWanderingRose 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very great points! 100%🎯

    • @rebeccahelton3888
      @rebeccahelton3888 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen

    • @StudSupreme
      @StudSupreme 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One error in your essay - it's not the top 20 cities, but the top 5, and specifically only the poorest neighborhoods in those top 5, that account for 80% of America's gun violence. Almost all of the gun violence is shootouts between street gangs dealing drugs (which also affects the statistics on youth gun deaths and mass shootings, which is three or more people getting shot.)

    • @kerim.peardon5551
      @kerim.peardon5551 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @StudSupreme I thought it was the top 10 cities, but I couldn't remember exactly. Top 5 is even crazier.
      I'm waiting for the Futurama future where they pick Atlanta up and relocate it out to sea. Imagine if we could do that to the other 4 bad cities.

  •  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Sugar is probably the most dangerous thing here.

    • @tmarcus309
      @tmarcus309 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The lack of... Thanks to the Corn lobby and corn syrup.

    • @brianreilly3227
      @brianreilly3227 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sugar is not alone in being nutritionally dangerous. I lived in FROG for 3 years as a GI, and the bread was marvelous! Only American breads that I'll eat are RYE, SOURDOUGH, SPELT, or SPROUT.

  • @newdefsys
    @newdefsys หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ive lived in America my whole life and I've never known anyone who was killed by a gun, or who was shot, or the victim of an armed robbery, or an armed home invasion. But I have known several people who were killed in car accidents, (including my uncle, a cousin and even a brother-in-law, and a classmate from school, too).
    I've seen so much death by car accidents that I personally keep car travel to a minimum, today.
    I'm not saying that gun violence is not a thing in America. My local news paper has its fair share of stories about murders, but it really does depend on where you live and what you are doing. If someone is a gang member or a drug addict then their chances of being killed by gunshot go up about 1000%.

  • @DamonNomad82
    @DamonNomad82 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I'm watching from Nebraska, specifically a small town (between 7K and 8K people) called "Seward". It is fairly quiet most of the year, but 30K people show up every 4th of July because Seward is Nebraska's official "4th of July City". Yes, that is actually a thing here! There are many activities that holiday, including pet shows, a big parade, an antique car show, pie eating contests, and, of course, a big fireworks show after dark.

    • @ohnoohyeah3205
      @ohnoohyeah3205 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd love to visit to chase tornadoes. Michigan fella here. Cheers!

    • @cartercantrell2878
      @cartercantrell2878 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @DamomNomad82, that isn't very small, I'll I've in Missouri in a town if about 600-700 people

    • @DamonNomad82
      @DamonNomad82 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cartercantrell2878 It's small compared to anywhere else I've lived (which is a VERY long list of places, hence the "nomad" part of my screen name). I never said it was the smallest town in the world or anything like that.

    • @cartercantrell2878
      @cartercantrell2878 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DamonNomad82 I don't think so could deal with living in big places like that, Id rather stick to the little towns

  • @DebbieDeSpain-me8mp
    @DebbieDeSpain-me8mp 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I live in WA state, but I was born in Montana where when I was a toddler many people drove pick up trucks that had rifles arranged on racks attached to the vehicle's rear window.

    • @rubenarce3324
      @rubenarce3324 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Same in California in the 60s. Almost all pickups seemed to have gun racks mounted on their rear windows. Not at all uncommon to see the racks occupied while parked in store parking lots or on the road.

    • @VivacityTS
      @VivacityTS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      When I moved to Washington, I noticed the gun racks in truck windows, and I was like, ok, ok, that's how it's done. Then I saw preteens driving on fields, and I was told that those are farmer kids working on their farms. Another great observance.

    • @missano3856
      @missano3856 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah, I miss that but theft is an issue.

    • @avazettle4676
      @avazettle4676 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Grew up in Oklahoma in the 70's, same there.

    • @daveray44
      @daveray44 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My daughter was born in Great Falls and lives in Port Townsend. Small world!

  • @ryantannar5301
    @ryantannar5301 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Oh also travel by air in the US is MUCH more expensive here than a lot of other places. It can genuinely be too much for a lot of people. Even if you can afford a flight to anywhere in the US, you still have to decide if you want to spend a lot on just transportation to go somewhere far in the US or if you want to just drive somewhere closer and spend that money on fun things at your destination.

    • @jlaurelc
      @jlaurelc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And to go along with this, travel to anywhere except Canada or Mexico is even more expensive. If I could afford a flight to England or Italy, I would most definitely get a passport. It's not about lack of interest, it's about being separated from most other countries (even South America is quite far, relatively speaking) by very large oceans.

    • @jlaurelc
      @jlaurelc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You seemed skeptical, André, but I'm middle class and I certainly can't afford a trip to Europe.

  • @juliec3489
    @juliec3489 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just found your content and am really enjoying it. I want to address your comment about talking to visiting Americans. Personally I LOVE talking to people when I’m traveling internationally. I enjoy learning about the local history and culture from the people, not just the tourist guides.

  • @Thetequilashooter1
    @Thetequilashooter1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    From Southern California 🇺🇸.
    I’m an old man, and I have never seen an act of violence with a gun.

  • @PioLisieux
    @PioLisieux 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I'm 51. I've lived in PA, NJ, California, and SC.I have never seen a shooting except on TV/internet. I've also heard several policeman say they went their entire career without ever needing to draw their service pistol even once.

    • @user-xd1ze4jf6e
      @user-xd1ze4jf6e 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Clearly it never happens and it’s just a hoax

    • @tvc184
      @tvc184 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those officers must have been in a very small community with no crime.

    • @PioLisieux
      @PioLisieux 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tvc184 Naw. Not small community but I'd be happy to agree that my sample size (n=2) is pretty small and can't possible represent the majority

    • @nodebt6188
      @nodebt6188 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I know several retired metro police officers in Las Vegas who never fired their weapon while on duty.

  • @joshfrerichs7068
    @joshfrerichs7068 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Wiconsin here! I am so happy for you, in regards to the growth of your channel. Keep it up!

    • @chitlitlah
      @chitlitlah 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Wisconsin here as well. Just moved here about a month ago.

    • @markanthony7764
      @markanthony7764 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Get out ​@@chitlitlah

  • @alienrocketscienceshared8454
    @alienrocketscienceshared8454 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Re: Bread..... sugar is not added just to make it sweet. It is not a preservative either (except for the effect alcohol is produced while the dough rises... meaning ferments). Sugar is food for the yeast and helps the dough rise quicker and fuller. Considering how much bread is made in America, it quadruples the batches a bakery can make in a single day.

  • @JymboSlice
    @JymboSlice 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    I'm from Indiana, Fun fact Indiana is 1%larger than Portugal. We identify by state because there can be a huge difference in accent and culture. An example would be comparing North Dakota to Massachusetts.

    • @dead-claudia
      @dead-claudia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      the average foreigner wouldn't notice that large of a difference in accent, between those, but they 100% would notice a difference between a wv accent and a boston accent.

    • @JymboSlice
      @JymboSlice 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@dead-claudia I literally used an example my Croatian friend gave me a couple of years ago. He noticed a difference, enough of one to bring it up in conversation

    • @JoeLandrigan
      @JoeLandrigan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep, I'm also from Indiana. Culture in Indiana is far more open than in states with more larger cities. American states being so similar in size to European countries really makes the question "Why can't Europeans point to every American state?" . . . and you very quickly understand why Americans can't point to every European country. I'm not claiming Americans are more educated than Europeans by any stretch, but it explains the difference.

  • @djjazzyjeff1232
    @djjazzyjeff1232 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The USA is bigger than the entire CONTITNET of Europe. That's why we don't speak multiple languages because you can experience pretty much everything the world's landscape has to offer without leaving the USA.

  • @jonkeau5155
    @jonkeau5155 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I’m from Oklahoma here! That’s just sandwich bread, you can buy rye and sourdough bread with no added sugars.
    As for guns it’s literally built into our constitution, which supersedes any laws. Our gun rights are intended to be a protection from our government. Basically our founders felt we the people needed to be so armed that the government wouldn’t think of taking our other rights like freedom of speech, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, etc…

  • @debbiemaze1938
    @debbiemaze1938 หลายเดือนก่อน

    California here! SF Bay Area. In a couple of hours or less I can go to the snow in the mountains, the desert, ocean, redwoods, Yosemite, the gold country, large city or rural towns. Amazing place!
    I’ve never seen a gun. Know only 2 people who own them for safety, and one hunter.
    I proudly fly my flag. As a retired teacher and now tutor my kids learned/learn our national anthem (and story behind it), the pledge of allegiance , all states and capitals, American and CA history.
    I state CA as origin, as you don’t say “I’m European, you say from Portugal”. Makes total sense.

  • @JoPerry-by3wd
    @JoPerry-by3wd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Many foreigners rightly understand the US is very large, but we are not mile after mile of same all the way across. In France, you have city French, and rural French, and so forth, but such is not the case here.
    In California you have strawberry 🍓 farms, orange groves, garlic 🧄 farms, lettuce 🥬 farms, and many many other varieties, plus wines 😁. There's dairy cattle. Then there are massive forests, with trees big enough to hollow in and construct a full apartment. There's gold mines. There's beaches, and mountains. That is just one state.
    Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and several other states have Amish farmers, and they keep themselves apart from other people mostly, but they sell wonderful handmade wood furniture, and they grow amazing vegetables. Several times I have been in a car following an Amish buggy for some distance before getting a good opportunity to pass.
    Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa have Dutch settlements which are exciting to visit. There are cities and reservations populated by indigenous people. They have handmade crafts and tools for sale in many places, including online. I wish I could afford a pair of quill earrings!
    There are many settlements of Puerto Rican immigrants in cities on the east coast. Mexican Americans populate Texas, Arizona, and other South Western states. We have villages sprinkled throughout cities nationwide, many Chinese, many, Korean, many Japanese, many German, and many more.
    This is a long post, and few will read the whole thing, but I have only briefly touched on the population variety, geographic differences. There is so, SO MUCH MORE variety to be discovered in this one country. Attributing our lack of world travel to size of our country only is quite demeaning. The United States of America is a world 🌍 within itself. For visitors to restrict their visits to only cities, is to deny themselves a great deal.
    You're welcome. ❤

    • @guildig1
      @guildig1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I read the whole thing and I agree.

    • @TheJwbooth
      @TheJwbooth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even most Americans do not know how much of our country is devoid of humanity. Sometimes the only sign of civilization is the highway.. where you have lost your cell signal, do not see anything down the road, and the fuel guage is getting close to zero. And just for good measure the sun decides to set.

    • @pissymema6633
      @pissymema6633 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Read your entire comment. I agree.

    • @tomlyerly850
      @tomlyerly850 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Read it all, fantastic. I added my own brief history.. some was different .. it was mainly in addition to not instead of.

  • @davidradich9342
    @davidradich9342 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Responding from the US Territory in the Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. I successfully challenged the last total handgun ban in the US, here in the US Territory of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, as well as challenging the last ban on armed self defense, ban on carry in the home and a few other issues. A friend also successfully challenged our Assault weapons ban, ban on certain calibers (over .22 LR) and registration requriements. Crime dropped 54% overnight and the gunpocalypse the liberals screamed would happen never happened. I lived through the LA riots in 1992 and the only people in my neighborhood who did not get their properties burnt or looted were those who had guns.
    Most "Gun violence" occurs in big cities and is primarily associated with the illicit drug trade and gang activity. I have found that in places with more strict gun laws, there is more crime because private gun ownership is a deterrent to crime.
    In my court case the argument was that the 2nd Amendment codifies the inherent and inalienable fundamental human right to self defense. Our Constitution, unlike many other countries is a treaty between the people and it's government and the Constitution is a list of rules for the Government to follow, not the people.
    We have the 2A so that we can fight our own government or any other tyrannical force should the need arise. And if the Government ever started mass gun confiscation, it would 100% trigger a civil war. Most members of the US Military come from areas where gun ownership is common and I doubt a large portion of them would comply with orders to take guns from their fellow countrymen. I got surveyed by the Navy while on active duty back in 1993 regarding that question. I answered NO, along with 79% of respondents.
    I also think that since America has a large number of military veterans, who are familiar with firearms, contributes to the large gun culture in the USA. I grew up in a suburb of Detroit, where we had lots of veterans, and about 70% of my neighbors were gun owners and about half were hunters.
    Watching the video out here in the CNMI, a beautiful chain of islands north of Guam. I am on Saipan the largest of the chain and most populated. Grew up in Michigan though, and lived in California.

    • @matt291
      @matt291 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hello from California. I'm so proud of you guys getting your rights restored. A right delayed is a right denied!

  • @TheImmortalBloodwolf
    @TheImmortalBloodwolf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    FLORIDA!!!
    Edit: on the topic of guns in the United States; a gun is simply a tool. if you ban guns, people will simply fall back on the next best tool, which is typically a knife... Great Britain having a lot more knife violence than the United States, because even though Great Britain banned guns like most of the world, the violence remained they just use a different tool...
    The only way to get rid of violence is to create a culture where the intent to harm is unthinkable, I lived in South Korea as a foreigner for 6 years of my life, and the intent to harm was unthinkable because of the culture, and At the time I left back in 2016, that was still the case. That's the reason that they don't have problems with violence, and it was actually commonly understood in that country, that really anything can be used as a weapon...

    • @jimcalhoun361
      @jimcalhoun361 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You're more likely to get killed by deer in this country. And that graph was a little misleading. The second most common cause of gun violence are accidental deaths.

    • @user-xd1ze4jf6e
      @user-xd1ze4jf6e 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Guns are a tool used to efficiently kill game, and auto/semi auto guns allow you to scale that up that killing to dozens of victims per minute.

    • @TheImmortalBloodwolf
      @TheImmortalBloodwolf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@user-xd1ze4jf6e another thing to consider is that in the states there simply isn't a way to remove guns from law breaking citizens, a ban on guns in this country would only ever be able to remove them from law-abiding citizens who would only use them in self-defense to protect themselves from the law breaking criminals who actually do kill people...
      For the most part criminals would get their hands on weapons just as easily as they do now even with a gun ban; because not one of them uses gun stores to get their guns anyways because of background checks; they only use alternate methods to get their guns... These alternate methods are still going to exist even with a gun ban... On top of that they're not going to give up their guns just because you outlawed having guns; and if you come to take said guns that will ONLY succeed in instigating a shooting because they're going to refuse to give up their guns.

    • @chiefcrash1
      @chiefcrash1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jimcalhoun361 Correct about the deer, incorrect about the accidental deaths. Accidental gun deaths are usually a tiny fraction of the yearly totals. For example: In 2021, 54% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides (26,328), while 43% were murders (20,958), according to the CDC. The remaining gun deaths that year were accidental (549), involved law enforcement (537) or had undetermined circumstances (458).

    • @jimcalhoun361
      @jimcalhoun361 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chiefcrash1 Not the first time I've gotten mislead. I probably need to a better job of verifying sources

  • @greghight954
    @greghight954 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I live in Dallas and it’s a 4 hour flight to Seattle or 3, 12 hours days of driving. There is so much to see here without leaving although I’ve been to 35 other countries.

  • @jwmemories
    @jwmemories 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I am here in Arizona;I really like your channel. Regarding gun violence, it's there long as you are not in bad areas you might never even see any of it in your life. Growing up with guns, I've taught my children to respect them and understand they're not toys. They're aware of their impact. I've visited 16 states; while not a large number, it's significant, especially in the Western US where states are vast and each offers much to explore. For perspective, Arizona is as large as Italy.

  • @pacmon5285
    @pacmon5285 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    If nothing else, Andre learning how to pronounce Arkansas correctly is a win.

    • @GodwynDi
      @GodwynDi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      R Kansas is entirely appropriate

    • @KirkWallace2
      @KirkWallace2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope towards getting Massachusetts one day :P

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@GodwynDiNope. Both by the origin of the name and by an act of the Arkansas legislature, the final S is silent.

    • @bill.godwin-austen
      @bill.godwin-austen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That is frequently one of the things that most surprises people from other countries...
      And the really fun part is that while Arkansas is pronounced "ARK-an-saw", the Arkansas River (same spelling) is pronounced "Ar-KAN-zas", using a similar pronunciation to the state of Kansas.

  • @gotham61
    @gotham61 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I am in New York.
    The right to bear arms is part of the Bill Of Rights in the US Constitution. Changing that would be almost impossible. What can and has happened in the past however is to make changes in the types of weapons that can be owned, or to make rules about registration and licensing.
    In my 40 years in NYC I have seen gun violence one time, over 35 years ago, when I witnessed an exchange of gunfire on a Subway platform between police and a criminal. Nobody was injured.

    • @BBMC101
      @BBMC101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm also from New York. The state not the city. NYC is over 250 miles from me. (Over 400km) Out where I live I hear gun shots all the time. It's hunters or people target shooting. I've never seen gun violence in person in my 35 years of life. Even when I have traveled to larger cities like NYC, Boston, Chicago, and so on.

    • @1pcfred
      @1pcfred 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What part of shall not be infringed don't you understand? Is it the meaning of the word infringe? Any impediment is infringement. If you say I need a license that means I have to do something. That's an impediment and hence infringement. Gun ownership is a natural right. Like your right to exist. If you're here you should have a means to defend yourself.

  • @karenlkvm
    @karenlkvm 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am originally from North Carolina but moved to San Francisco, CA after college. Now I am retired on the Oregon coast. Looking forward to your videos when you come to America!

  • @lewisneeley4151
    @lewisneeley4151 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Hail from Arkansas
    Love your channel
    I harvested a Whitetail Deer yesterday we enjoyed hunting and fishing in Arkansas
    Come see us and enjoy the natural beauty of our state

    • @StudSupreme
      @StudSupreme 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I drove across your state 1 month ago from Fort Smith to the west side of the bridge that crosses the Mississippi to Memphis. You have a lovely state, and your citizens are by and large lovely people. Thank you. 🙂

  • @RandallsLittleAdventures
    @RandallsLittleAdventures 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Republic of Texas here. Enjoyed the video.

    • @marymorris6897
      @marymorris6897 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This might require explanation. Texas was its own nation before it joined the U.S., quite a while after the original colonies. Seeing how it's Texas and (in my opinion) quite boastful, it only joined with the understanding that they would be allowed to fly their flag at the same level as the U.S. flag. Every other state must fly their flag at a lower level. Some states call themselves other things besides states. There is the Commonwealth of... I can't remember what state. Virginia???? Anyway, not every state calls itself a Republic.

    • @alexmartin3191
      @alexmartin3191 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@marymorris6897There are 4 Commonwealths in the US, mostly made up of states from the original 13, with the exception of Kentucky. Outside of the name there is little difference.

    • @marymorris6897
      @marymorris6897 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alexmartin3191 Thanks for clarifying!

  • @ralphtacoma9468
    @ralphtacoma9468 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I live in Wyoming, USA, and I’m very much enjoying your channel. I do think that the sheer size of the US is a major reason for our not traveling as much to other countries. Just my state of Wyoming is larger than the UK (~97,090 square miles vs ~94,060 square miles) but our population is only ~586,500 vs ~69,000,000 for the UK. People living close to the borders tend to have visited out northern or southern neighbors (Canada, or Mexico) and at least when I was living in the border areas (30 years ago) we didn’t require a passport to visit. When I worked for BASF in New Jersey we would get visitors from our German parent, and when they were going to have a weekend for sightseeing they would want to see New York City, the Grand Canyon, and Disneyland in a few days! We’d have to explain that it was further from New Jersey to the Grand Canyon than it was from Berlin to Moscow. I have been fortunate to visit the UK, Belgium, and Switzerland on business trips though I only had a few days for sightseeing in the UK. For me the most amazing difference was how much older many in Europe are than most structures in the US. For instance Dover Castle in the UK was continuously occupied by English soldiers for nearly 900 years.

    • @TheShaggyRifleman
      @TheShaggyRifleman หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just left wyoming. Beautiful state, gonna miss it.

  • @carsparks1980
    @carsparks1980 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A couple of things....
    Concerning firearms, very few people talk about purchasing them. The general impression is that it's like buying a six pack of beer. You pick one out, you plonk down the money, show your ID, and go on your merry way.
    No.
    They need your ID, it must be up to date (correct name and address), and your social security number, then (assuming they do not refuse the sale - that does happen) you fill out the questions on Federal Form 4473. You cannot have someone else fill out the form for you. That form gets put through the FBI database (NICS). Some states have their own questionnaires as an additional form.
    If you give the wrong answer such as admitting you are convicted of a felony, sale denied. Fair enough, but here's the kick. If you lie, that's perjury on a federal form. They will send a team from the sheriff's office tp search your home and remove ALL firearms. You can also get arrested.
    As for why Americans mention the state they are from, there are HUGE cultural differences depending where you are from. You have Midwest, Northeast, Old South, West Coast, and so on, so states can be a big deal.

  • @BuilderofRat
    @BuilderofRat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I now live in Idaho. I was born in Oregon 77 years ago. I have lived in Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Southern Cali, and now Idaho. My favorite at this time is Idaho. I ride my Quad (small 4 wheel drive ATV), all over. We have trails in the mountains just made for quads. I am normally armed with a pistol when I go riding. I ride alone 99% off the time, and everywhere that I ride there are Cougars, Bears, and everything in between. I usually do not ride in Grizzly Bear country. I have no issue leaving their country alone. Grizzly Bears are unpredictable, much more so than Black Bears.
    I always carry a Personal Locater Beacon with me, because most of the time I am out of cell phone coverage, and as I am well aware, crap happens!!!!
    As far as guns go, I have a 12 gauge shotgun, a small rifle, and 2 hand guns. Every gun that I own is loaded. I do not like to hunt or fish, I just like to ride my quads. I do not think that Europeans have any Idea of the amount of federal land that there is in the western states. I can go across most western states on small dirt roads. I personally have driven across Nevada on dirt roads. Close to 400 miles. I only went to a city/town for fuel and food. Many times I can go for 12 hours without seeing another soul. I like it that way. Crowds make me very nervous.
    In Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, I can usually open carry anywhere, but I normally don't. I do not feel unsafe. I live in a Red state, and we punish criminals. Not so much in a Blue state. Criminals in those states can steal up to $1,000 worth of merchandise, and all that happens to them is a slap on the wrist. We do NOT have homeless living in tents on the sidewalk and crapping in the street like the Democrat states do. I would not like to live in a city like that.
    I see all of the very narrow streets that are in the videos that I see of Europe. I watch a Girl from the Netherlands that has a video channel called "Itchy Boots." She is in Turkey now, and although the country is beautiful, their streets are so narrow. I understand that some of the streets that I see are many hundreds of years old. I can't imagine that.

  • @jimmyb.6272
    @jimmyb.6272 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    As an American, I have eaten American bread all my life, and it does not taste sweet in any way whatsoever to me.

    • @reginagraham821
      @reginagraham821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree.

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cut out all sugar for 5 days, and not only will you taste it, you’ll be disgusted by it!

    • @Kim-427
      @Kim-427 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too especially to the point he said it tastes like cake. Lol What type of cake has he been eating😂😂

    • @firghteningtruth7173
      @firghteningtruth7173 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@unsignedmusic I mean...you'll taste it. But it really isn't much, and being "disgusted by it," is a bit of a reach.
      I don't eat it often but those hawaiian rolls are absolutely amazing. And they have WAY more sugar. 😂

    • @dead-claudia
      @dead-claudia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@firghteningtruth7173yup and they're called sweet rolls for a reason lol

  • @pamabernathy8728
    @pamabernathy8728 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    2nd generation native southern Californian here.
    Mother born in 1919, just outside of Brawley, CA.
    Have enjoyed each of the few other states I've visited: Washington, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North & South Carolina, Ohio, Hawai'i & Texas.
    The diversity within & between each state is interesting & inspiring.
    I loved Charleston, South Carolina, for example. Had read so much about the history, culture, even some geography. We were there in summer each time, & I felt good in the heat & humidity -- had assumed I would feel uncomfortable.
    The architecture, the food, the people, seeing the Low Country & barrier islands, were all so wonderful.
    I also stood in the Slave Market, unable to move or speak, as I felt the horror, grief, terror, in that place.
    And spent a long time talking to a woman who wove sweetgrass baskets. I had read a lot about their history.
    When she found out that we were there to spend time with our eldest son, who was stationed in the Navy & at Power (nuclear power) School at Goose Creek, just north of Charleston, she gave him her phone number & said that he was invited over for a home cooked meal & some mother love, anytime.
    So, yes, I do love so many things about California.
    But I have loved things about each state we have visited.
    Blessings, all.
    7

  • @WillowRaven7
    @WillowRaven7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Currently living in Oklahoma City, OK. Originally from Massachusetts (just southeast of Boston), born and raised and spent some of my adult life there. As for the whole gun thing here in the US .... it is a very hot and controversial topic and both sides are very defensive of their position about guns, gun ownership, gun laws, protection and more. From what I've seen and experienced, by and large most of the issues aren't with the legal gun owners who use their gun responsibly and secure them responsibly when not in use. The problem is when someone who doesn't have legal documentation to own a gun gets their hands on one (for example, a minor-aged child) and then something bad happens, or someone who is suffering from a mental health disorder or has a breakdown, and then gets their hands on a gun, or the gangs on the street who don't care about the laws or waiting periods to buy a gun or anything else because they didn't get their guns through proper legal channels which shows their lack of care and respect for the laws that are suppose to protect all of us, gun owners and non owners. The area where guns are the problem and need to be really reviewed and researched are those that have guns illegally..... because they are the ones that think the laws don't apply to them because, well, no gun permit. Guns have always been a hot topic in the US and I'm sure it will continue to be one.

  • @Justin-tw5ig
    @Justin-tw5ig 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Kentucky here! Thank you for your videos. It's great to see what other points of view are.

  • @toad6284
    @toad6284 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    13:18 Americans get asked the question by other Americans so much our first ingrained response is the state we grew up in. So when Americans travel abroad it's the first time out of thousands of times they've been asked that same question that they need to clarify in the U.S.A. first.

  • @darrellgrant7615
    @darrellgrant7615 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I live in Northeast NY. I’m 20 minutes from Vermont, 40 minutes from Massachusetts, and 2 hrs from Canada. I can actually see the Green Mountains of Vermont from my Walmart parking lot😂 Love your channel bud 😊

  • @CassandraDawn-zs5co
    @CassandraDawn-zs5co หลายเดือนก่อน

    Born in Niceville, Florida. Now I'm outside of Concho, Arizona.
    This country is so beautiful, and there are so many different environments, to experience. There's so much to see here.
    Cost is a big part of why some of us have never left the country, also many of us don't get paid vacation time . I always wanted to travel to see other countries, but for the above reasons, I haven't.

  • @fasttruckman
    @fasttruckman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Don't fear walking up to Americans you might see in your country and start a conversation with them. It's always nice to speak with a local, and you could also be of great help to them to navigate and learn about the hidden gems of your city. Howdy from the Great State of Texas.

  • @Wonderfeet101
    @Wonderfeet101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I am watching from Ontario, Canada. The big country to the North of the US.

    • @anonygent
      @anonygent 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Never heard of it. 🧐
      (I'm kidding, of course.)

    • @nunyalastname-ej8vl
      @nunyalastname-ej8vl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are all dozen of you sharing a PC?
      I was shocked at the population demographics.
      Love ya guys hate Trudy

    • @JesusOurGoel
      @JesusOurGoel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Howdy neighbor!

    • @suzanneterrey4499
      @suzanneterrey4499 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Will Trudeau EVER be gone?????

    • @JohnDoe-fu6zt
      @JohnDoe-fu6zt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is there a country north of the US?

  • @johnmorris6851
    @johnmorris6851 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Watching from the state of Louisiana. Enjoy your reviews.

  • @glockguide
    @glockguide 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Growing up in the 80s - my first real firearm training was in my public high school. We have a competition rifle team and shotguns (skeet shooting) were used as part of hunter's education which was a required class. Guns were allowed in student vehicles on school property and we were allowed to carry knives with blades 3" and below in school. While there were lots of fights, no one was ever shot or stabbed - the issue has never been guns.

  • @JustMe-gw3eo
    @JustMe-gw3eo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Texas here, fair questions. It all seems perfectly normal to me because its all I know. Inner cities can be a bit dangerous in certain places but rural America is generally awesome, full of wonderful and amazing people armed to the teeth. .. don't need a passport if your never leaving. Never thought the bread was sweet but maybe so. Great video Thanks. Yall come back now you hear.😊 🇺🇸

    • @theminister1154
      @theminister1154 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Our bread is awful unless you have a good bakery or a store like Lidl or Wegmans. It's like beer. There's a TON of good beer in the US, but there's even more crappy beer.

  • @BLee-yf1gm
    @BLee-yf1gm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    No chance. It's the second amendment of the constitution. We have the right.