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A shooting in Washington state provides a window into America’s obsession with the AR-15. In the summer of 2016, a 19-year-old in a Seattle suburb gunned down three peers with a rifle that he called “a symbol of power.” Increasingly popularized by movies and video games, the AR-15 has become a weapon of choice in some of America’s bloodiest mass shootings.
AJ+’s documentary series Guns in America explores how fear and power define Americans’ relationship with guns. The six-part series examines the controversy over assault rifles, guns in schools, the rise of concealed carry, the NRA’s new agenda, smart guns and record shooting rates in Chicago.
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USA has been mess and will be worlds 1st developed local terrorist nation gud luck
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I like my armalite 15
Ar 15s are weak rifles. There are plenty more rifles out there that do a lot more damage I can go buy. Which I do.
Lol I don’t think the battle rifle from halo and an ar-15 are the same thing.. but okay.. say what u will
This has nothing to do with the AR-15. This is about mental health, social media and society. Ban it! Go ahead! Socialist Democrats, in 50 years it'll be the FU-76 rifle with different features they'll try to ban too. Sad but true.
Putting tighter restrictions on rifles and pistols such as the AR-15 would only increase its demand. Its hard enough to get a gun as it is.
Let's talk about America's obsession with assault shoes. 100% of mass shooters would never have left their parent's basement without strapping on a pair of shoes. Who else wears shoes? Bin laden, Hitler, Mao, and Mussolini. Coincidence? I think not. Write your representatives and tell them they have blood on their feet!!!
all due restect to the families, but these retards keep saying "assault weapons", the ar-15 is not an assault weapon. For it to be an assault weapon it must have full auto fire capability, it does not it's semi-auto only. They are deliberately skewing the facts.
“Popularized by movie and games”
shows clip of halo
at the very end: "It's almost like we're asking for it". Yeah just like when a woman wears revealing clothes and is "asking for it". What a pompous douche.
The AR 15 is for tyranny just like our forefathers had muskets
I stopped watching at 3:15 when they tried to paint the picture that gun violence went down after the 2004 "assault weapons" ban, when it didn't. Giving selective information is the same as lying.
i love them. a deranged individual is a deranged individual. no amount of gun laws will diminish stupid people. it is a people issue not gun issue.
“From outward appearances, he had potential” , means what? That he’s white? Lol.
Remember this folks! Al Jazeera support many Islamic terrorist groups. For they would love to see us disarmed folks.
3:28 Check the math again.
well you own an ar 15 and it wouldn't havre saved your son cause you weren't there or at any of the other shooting so you are a idiot.
Put some shoes on guys come on.
How to lie with statistics:
See Al Jazeera video
Stats are way off. Most gun violence including mass shootings are from small arms. Almost every single mass shooter had SEVERAL hand guns but if they also had one AR-15 then the AR-15 is all they talk about. It's on the FBI website. This is just propaganda. I can't stand when some politician tells me what I need or don't need to properly defend myself when my home is being invaded by multiple criminals. They used to blame rock and roll, then it was violent movies and now it's video games. Give me a break. Just more anti-gun propaganda.
It's because of Journalism like this. attorney general like Bob Ferguson and a mayor like the one in Mukilteo, that taxes the hell out of everyone who's honest and who plays by the rules .that is why you will never get our guns. Enjoy your heroin addicts your property crime you should be plenty busy their problems you created.
these are tragedies where you should go is after all guns because if it wasn't an AR-15 it would have been a double Barrel duck gun. Or a handgun with a 7-round magazine. You must be government paid propaganda you're right in there narrative.
The part where the guy texted "What's Ruger gonna think ?" suggest to Me that He was part of an agenda.
Rifle popular in video games
shows a game that doesn’t even mention the AR-15 (cough cough Halo cough cough)
Actually the definition of assault rifle is a weapon that has select fire capability
6:17 the purpose of an ar15 is to have some means of protection from scumbag government tyrants like Bob Ferguson.
Firearms are not easily accessible as everyone thinks. Do I believe we need a reasonable back ground check system…yes. Do I believe 18-20 should be restricted from owning firearms…HELL NO! You do not get the luxury of picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution your going to follow. It is the law of the land…PERIOD! And don't give me that BS that it is outdated and needs to meet the times of today. The failure is a break down of society. Educating about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, The Federalist Papers have been missing from our school systems for years. In the home is also a huge problem with parents caving to the society changes and the break down in communication. Kids now a days care more for their social status than ever before. Its all about that Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
Lastly…we as a society have completely disconnected ourselves from what life has to offer in our world. Best way to think of it, we have plugged into the matrix.
The racists don’t like this video. Less surprising than Trump sucking as a husband and President.
Ar 15 isnt an assault rifle get your shit straight!
There are millions of lonely guns at pawn shops and gun shop go out and adopt a few and bring them home.
Ar15 is a Squirrel Round hahahaha
12:19 "… a big assault rifle looking thing … I'm just guessing from the (video) games…"
Hey David: Do you PISS on the grave of your own son every morning?
I wonder why mental health issues don't seem to cause the same frequency of massacres in other countries as they do in the USA?
This video is full of shit! Starting with their statistics about 3:30 into the video. The "Ban" on "Assault Rifles" was exactly that, on Assault Rifles (automatic weapons) such as AK-47's, UZI's and such. The civilian AR-15 never has been nor will be considered an "Assault Weapon" because it's a semi-automatic weapon just like any other legal rifle or handgun. There never has been a lift of the ban on assault weapons. You still can NOT have an automatic aka assault weapon. The AR-15 is simply a cheaper alternative over a standard rifle for long range shooting and looks more intimidating or "cool". It's the ignorant people that typically know nothing about weapons that are crying about banning a single, specific weapon that has no special powers any more than any other semi-automatic rifle. Alcohol is responsible for the deaths of far more people in a year than any AR-15 is. However, you don't see people calling to ban certain types of alcohol or all alcohol for some odd reason. Wait, so it's the drunk driver that killed that family of 8 in a mini van, not the alcohol, right? It's the same for the AR-15 and other weapons, it's the PERSON that did it, not the weapon. Would people have felt better if the mass shooters used two Glock-19 handguns with multiple 15 round magazines? Come on, give it up already. Get educated and support the 2nd Amendment.
AR-15 style rifle only? Ok, I'll just get an Steyr AUG.
P/s: AR-15 is faster than the police, except if they're with you.
I have no problem with law-abiding Americans owning an AR-15. Personally I'm not interested in getting one. I like my AK 47.
P R O P A G A N D A
The AK-47 and AR15 shoot the same caliber and are both very dangerous, but the AR15 gets band and the AK-47 doesn’t.
I like how they fail to mention that the FBI did a study and found that the Assualt Weapons Ban had little or no affect on the crime rate. They also fail to mention that the vast majority, abt 2/3 of mass shooters use handguns and not semiautomatic rifles
It's funny how they say that during the ban people killed with assault weapons declined but in fact, the number of gun murder overall went up. let's face it that's all that matters.
HALF TRUTH LIBERAL LIES… YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY.. WHY DONT YOU BAN CARS.. THEY KILL MORE PEOPLE THEN GUNS.. BY FAR… PLUS THEY HAVE SILENCERS ON EVERY ONE.. ITS CALLED A MUFFLER. AGENDA PUSHING JOKE.
Wtf was with the halo reference at 1:26 the gun is in no way real or a ar15
This guy is why gun laws will never change. And, it doesn’t happen all over the world, not everybody in the world are idiots.
In My Country there are also no Guns allowed, when you got a Gun no matter how small the GSG9 or SEK will swat you down and put you into jail.
Also all kinds of weapons are forbidden even Tactical knifes, Swords,…. you can buy them but not wearing them.
We have also no shooting, this is very very rare when someone got an illegal gun or uses a gun meant fur hunting but even with this it is hard to kill. When there is a crime mostly be done with knives, but mostly everyone can hide or defend or survive a knife attacker.
The assault rifle from halo isn't an ar15