Fact-checking three widely held misconceptions about firearms.
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The Truth About Guns And Gun Control | Debunker | NBC News
Finally.
Those tiny AR mags were sad to see. Must be commifornia compliant.
Gun control means using both HANDS
Your “full auto” is someone bumpfiring, not a fully automatic weapon. Done for kicks and giggles, not in any way accurate, plus it looked like he jammed twice. Couldn’t you have found an actual machine gun? I guess at least it’s not the typical fearmongering
Who’s hip firing aks 😂
Is… is this really NBC? I’m pleasantly surprised.
Incredible bit of honesty.
This something Liberals don’t want to hear
Personally, I would rather have a semi automatic rifle than a fully automatic rifle. The semi automatic rifle is more accurate.
Who are you and what have you done with the mainstream media?!
Don’t believe these lies all of the fully semi automatic ghost guns get bought in Indiana and sold to kids from the back of a van
Did.. did I just agree with NBC?
That bro with the AK was bumpfiring
Also the AK-47 that make sure the beginning was not a machine gun. The guy was in gripping the pistol grip. The AK was actually being bump fired and no you do not need a bump stock to do that. Just arrest the gun in your hand and use your other hand to pull the trigger back and then it will shoot like it’s a machine gun.
Really happy to see a non-biased and actually factually video from mainstream media with no political agendas 🙂 I wish this is how the news always was
yeah guys idk i asked about the gun show loophole and i didn’t get anything
UMM, Does NBC know this is on their chanell? It doesnt fit their agenda and narrative.
Wtf?! Mainstream media posted facts instead of propaganda?! It’s the end of the w….oh wait… It kinda is… But I’m proud of you this time NBC.
How did i get here on a random night at 350 in the morning? Also is this really NBC? It can’t be this is the truth and wow i’m honestly amazed! This video has so few views but should be shared with the like of all the major gun channels!
Wow.
Some truth from these scum?
Who hijacked nbc
I didn’t even want to click on this video cuz NBC but I’m actually surprised at its honesty.
1:02 hes bumpfiring thats not full auto
Truth is, let’s say, worst case scenario- every mentally ill person was able to get a gun, and… let’s get this straight. They go on a shooting rampage, killing millions, until a full military martial law is imposed, or the military combats these individuals, sending everything to neutralize… perhaps how many people that have possible violent tendencies?
Those statistically judged to be potentially a criminal? Now, how many are going to rise against, copycats, etc, and also with people just fighting each other. The economic damage of QoL would be severely… tremendous. But is it? No access to flammable materials, nothing but guns, no melee weapons, nothing but every gun in a hand. But that’s not possible of course in reality.
This is absolutely naieve, and ridiculous of what I’m trying to say. Moving on, with the statistics of good people being killed are in the near hundred millions, say, if they overran the gun shops. Ammunition etc. Or some don’t care, and get killed with last mag, akin figuratively to a zombie, although probably not.
Point is, what are the statistics, that a person will die from an actual shot, or stray, ricochet? Behind walls, penetrable objects, etc.
Okay, maybe in the hundred millions. I’m not sure. Now, run those statistics against, other methods of murder. Everyone isn’t allowed to use guns. No guns exist. Will the rate of death be higher or lower with guns? If it is higher, I admit, maybe they’re right. Now if it is lower, that’s a concern. Then, there’s an equal rate to other types of murder without a firearm. Then yes. Things are as is, so what I’m saying is invalid/irrelevant. But as you can see, deaths by being killed by a bullet, truthfully, pales in comparison to how many people are killed by… man made weapons (bombs, gas, sharp, etc etc), let alone Nature doing the job. Even now, with COVID-19.
There are many horrible things to be killed by far beyond a gun. That alone, placed in the hand of either a cop or a criminal, or even a lawful abiding citizen that’s just teetering on the edge, or a kid who died of misuse. It’s the problem where you have to place the *human element* in.
Nowadays, even if you label me as those nutcases, it’s a fact. Wars are not won in the traditional sense. It’s covert and smoke and mirrors all around. Because today, economic control is much more successful. The needs and wants are satiated, not content, not satisfied. Control and power can only be taken away when you allow it to, with it, the majority rules. But we’ve allowed it. Only now, we’re aware… even the basic things, we don’t take it for granted. At least, the awareness is there.
There is no such thing as an assault rifle. I’m sorry but there is no such thing.
There’s only two types of people who don’t like guns: slaves and their masters.
Except, when it comes to suicide, there isnt any kind of link to guns. Guns have nothing to do with someone wanting to commit suicide. Take the gun away, what do you have? Someone who STILL wants to commit suicide. Also, that AK wasn’t a full auto firearm.
There goes nbc trying convince the people that they aren’t a left wing propaganda outlet. If thats the goal, maybe try reporting ACTUAL news from a neutral view point. 2 minutes of truth does not justify the years of misinformation. And one more point, bump firing does not make a firearm automatic so do your research and find footage of an actual automatic weapon rather than hoping nobody notices. Ill be more appreciative of this footage once i’m convinced you actually deal with facts rather than what your puppeteers make you report.
Wow, NBC actually put together an objective video about firearms in America. As I said before numerous times, guns aren’t as dangerous as they seem. Well done NBC, create more content like this.
Thank you for not being like CNN and having integrity
Wow this is amazing how this news media is accurate. Most of the news media spread false information about the gun laws.
What?? They’re not spewing Liberal propaganda? Good for you NBC!!
Love you guys
This made me subscribe to NBC because they arent bias idiots like CNN. CNN is garbage.
Wish they would have mentioned how expensive it is to legally own automatic weapons, but good on you NBC for being unbias
WHAT!? HONEST NEWS?
“fully automatic weapons”
shows a man bumpfiring a semi-auto ak
We can even see the selector fully down
I think someone hacked NBC’s account
When I read “truth about gun control” I thought it had something about the media pushing an agenda, but I guess it’s about stuff that only idiots don’t know about
Surprised to hear this from NBC news
Lol that vid for automatic guns wasn’t even a automatic. It was a guy replicating a bump stock mechanism with his belt loop.
Wow I cant believe they actually tried to tell the whole truth with the little mistake with the bump firing rather than a fully automatic weapon. Probs to u NBC
Draw your game
What in the world? Mainstream media actually got this right?
I didn’t find a single error in this video clip. It certainly wasn’t comprehensive; it only covered a few specific issues.
But, what it covered was spot on.
Good job, NBC News. I’m impressed.
Pretty good report, but your “fully automatic” b roll was just a semi auto being bump fired.
Wow thanks for some truth for once
Finaly an unbiased report on gun control by the news media
https://youtu.be/SDlSVE0X3Ao
AR-15 style firearms are one of the best weapons for self defense of multiple armed attackers, so is the opinion of every Municipal, County, State and Federal non-military agency. If non-military agencies are buying them, the average law abiding Citizen should own, practice/train with them.
“Between 2006 and 2014, the report shows, 67 federal bureaus, departments, offices, and services spent at least $1.48 billion on ammunition and materiel one might expect to find in the hands of SWAT teams, Special Forces soldiers….” https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/06/25/the-fda-stockpiling-military-weapons-and-not-alone/iGbHhnnkTbsSMnnO23obiI/story.html
I’m a conservative guy, but I have to applaud NBC here. They reported the facts, without the bias. Good job. 👍
I never thought I would see the day. Respect ✊🏻
The fanatical advocates of more and more “common sense gun control” are much like the Little Moron in the
old joke, where he had his car taken to the shop and told them “The brakes don’t work, put in a louder horn”.
Antigun fanatics must hate the fact that virtually all so-called ‘mass shootings’ have taken place in “gun free”
zones and that not ONE of the shooters was ever shown to be a bona-fide NRA member.
I wonder if they would care to hazard a guess on what percentage of the victims in those cases, as they
sat watching their friends being murdered, were thinking “well, thank God there are no good guys with guns in
this here place”…
The truth about guns and gun control ? Here the second amendment! That is the only truth. I know the video debunks all the politicians lies but this should not be an argument. “SHALL NOT be infringed”.
In Ireland we have lower gun deaths per 100,00 than the United States and no mass shootings. Statistically, firearm restrictions work incredibly well
That’s not true!! The more restrictions we have, the more the government controls us, remember over here we want freedom!!
whatever you do over there in your country you can keep on doing it we don’t care!!
zane cole actually the facts prove otherwise https://www.irishpost.com/news/new-study-ranks-ireland-one-worlds-democratic-nations-178101
@Jim 54 😂😂😂 No!!! The website you gave me prove nothing – the more firearms restrictions we have the more control the government has on its citizens.
I live in America, the population is over 300 million.
You live in Ireland and the population is right around 5 million.
Not even a comparison.
In America we have about 40,000 gun deaths per year, 75% of the mass suicides about 83% of the rest are gang and drug related.
that will leave you with about 1600 gun deaths left most of them are accidents.
More gun control equals more victims – for example look at California – they have the most gun control in the United States and they had eight mass shootings last year – gun control does not work.
zane cole the website showed that Ireland has more freedom than most countries despite its gun restrictions. Besides, give me one example from history where lenient gun laws prevented abuse of power on the part of a government? And also, there are far more comprehensive statistics about US gun crime than what you referenced https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081
I am amazed at NBC for getting the facts correct here.
Propaganda for gun lovers leaving out most gun facts
That AK-47 is not fully automatic. That is a semi auto AK that someone was bump firing.
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omg they didnt lie WTF… shows a dude bump firing an AK to show full auto
Bruh there’s a bug. This channel is Fox News but it says NBC.
Anyone notice how the AK at 1:00 was semi-auto, and he was just bump firing it.
i like how they showed a semi automatic rifle being bump-fired as an automatic weapon. the trigger gets pulled once per shot but you pull on the front of the gun to create a rocking motion so the trigger gets pulled insanely fast. still semi automatic, just shot very fast.
I like how they actually used real terms and not stupid ones like magazine clip
Bro what …only thing wrong is it looked like that guy was bump firing that ak . I don’t think it was automatic lol
I am in awe that mainstream media especially NBC got this right. You usually hear from the media that guns are running rampant killing people.
This was an NBC news article!?
Perhaps they should re-air this episode for the new Dictatorship.
You want dictatorship? Vote for the new feudalist party that I might make before the 2024 election. The only problem is, the US election doesn’t include any other ideologies aside from democracy sooooooooooooo
If you can buy a gun at an ffl then you can most likely buy a machine gun. You just need thousands of dallers and a 5 month wait. Totaly constitutional
I don’t believe in gun control that’s fear i believe in the 2nd Amendment that any law abiding citizen should protect there own and what they care about
Mainstream Media getting the gun debate correct? Wait that’s illegal…
Totally surprised that YouTube hasn’t suppressed this for their political agenda. The truth is not something they generally allow unless it meets their guidelines politically.
Wow, I was cracking my knuckles to get ready to post where this video was wrong…however this one is actually right.
@ 0:56 that’s not a full automatic AK that is a semi auto one that someone is bumpfiring, It is a junking WASR-10 using a tapco junk magazine.
Wow nbc telling the truth?! What happened?
WOW FACTS and full auto/class III LICENSE!
#1 Applies to rifles only. States require a transfer to be done by a licensed seller to do a private sale of a handgun.
Since when?
1:56
Assualt weapons have a safe/semi-automatic/automatic or burst fire selector. Virtually none of the modern sporting rifles in private American hands today are assault rifles…..
WOW NBC News telling the truth?!?!
Except at 0:57 that isn’t an automatic rifle! NO IT’S NOT S H U T U P !!
Thank you for finally telling the truth
King Biden legacy, it’s true he has never had an original thought of his own, currently all his plans come from the left, the man who wanted to be president, really never had a plan of his own, or any dream for America of his own, except too destroy Trumps accomplishments. He is mentally unfit to be our President, this guy spent a life time of lying or stealing others ideas, he is a relic from the past who should have stayed there, not any new ideas, only spend and tax, spend and tax, this does not solve problems, he can’t solve problems because he is not a leader, only someone who can cause real problems as indicated, by his current border policy. I’m still convince 90% of his smoke screen BS are attempts to hid the money the Biden family “his son” received from Communist China. After all 200 million dollars is no small amount of money, what did the Biden’s do to earn it? or is it being earned now? Why does everyone in DC think, that flying around the world on tax payor monies, cutting personal deals to make money OK? this is sick, where is the report he is fit to serve? His actions are not reflective of American values, trying to bankrupt our Country, and hope all of his actions take away from the fact, his family [son] got the 200 million from communist China. Defunding police return us to days of vigilante justice, radical democrats, this will open a Pandora’s box of righteous justice extremist, seeking their ideal of justice, instead of established law, provided by our courts and society. If law and order is not allowed to continue, the radical left “under Biden” will destroy out country from within. these deceivers attained a political voice, positions of authority. must be removed and voted out of office, they are not true Americans, and don’t abide by American values, or our American Justice system. Democrats in office now, lack any ability to govern, again, tax spend policy does not solve problems, without the police force to serve, we will have total chaos in society.
#AllGunLawsAreInfringements #DoNotComply
Based NBC?
>talks about “automatic weapons”
>shows a guy bumpfiring
Yeah, no, nice try though.
Am I hearing this right? Did NBC actually speak a lick of truth? 🙄
Woah, this is almost accurate! Well done 9/10.
back when NBC used to be a a REAL news corp that cared about just presenting you the facts and and thats it
Nice job NBC
This video is a hook.
Although it speaks truth the mainstream main media is false. It tells a little truth hooking you, then feeding you with more lies.
It did in Australia
Based
I searched for “gun control lies” and this is the first clip that came up. Imagine my surprise seeing some honesty from this network.
This must be the last real news thing NBC did.
to my surprise this video was actually correct👌🏻
NBC must be feeling the heat. This much honesty was totally unexpected, considering the source. I will probably pinch myself for the next hour now…
WTH IS HAPPENING??? This was actually accurate. Is this a sign of the end times? I don’t even know what is up and what is down anymore, it’s gotten all so crazy.
Forgot to mention that “Class 3” license holders CAN purchase automatic weapons in the US, but those automatic weapons can cost as much as $20K. So, in America if a lot of money is involved, of course there are ways to purchase even so called “illegal things or weapons”.
Oh look, they are being honest now
That wasnt automatic fire. That was bump fire with a semi auto AK. Its just fast trigger pulling
Wow! Surprisingly, that was honest information. Too bad the higher profile anchors and personalities don’t do the same and instead spew false information and opinion laced with large amounts of emotion. They could take some tips from this guy.
This was on NBC??? I guess it aired at 3 AM….