Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "Stossel: Armed Teachers" video.

  1. +Santiago Bron don't come here pretending to know shit when you're completely wrong. During WWI the advancement in weapons technology and the lack of mobility/combined arms tactics forced combat into trenches. The Germans came up with infiltration tactics and trained men called "stosstruppen"/"sturmtruppen" to attack the trenches. During WWII warfare became more mobile and the military realized most soldiers can't hit past 300 yards so they came up with a weaker rifle, the lighter ammunition allowed soldiers to carry more of it and upon trials they figured soldiers equipped with the new rifle were faster at advancing because they could suppress the enemy while the machine gun is down (reloading, being moved or having the barrel changed). They named it "Sturmgewehr" for propaganda purposes. Soldiers were expected to conduct assaults with bolt action rifles, pistols and bayonets if they had to and in the past soldiers conducted assaults with muzzle loaders, lever action rifles and revolvers. Assaulting is an action, not a feature. Although it fits the technical definition for an assault rifle the military doesn't call M16s assault rifles. They are "Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16" because they aren't used for specifically "assaults" but as general purpose service rifles. If you paid attention so far, you'll also realize that they're not "long distance" weapons - older rifles fired more powerful ammunition to be used at longer ranges. "try the same thing with a pistol let's see how many people you can hit" You do realize that before the Vegas shooter, the deadliest shooting in the US was committed with two pistols? 34 dead in Virginia Tech.
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  2. lmao and why the fuck does serving military personnel even need an AR? They get theirs issued and they train on government dime, then return the gun to Uncle Sam's armory before leaving base because they're not at war. Veterans don't need to train anymore so why would they need a service rifle anyway? Is this related to that European concept where military/veterans are exempt from gun laws over here? Why are you pro military fascism, putting the military on a different class of people with more rights? If you're making the argument that active duty should be able to privately train in their home country to improve the skill level among professional soldiers, then ANYONE should be able to privately train to improve the skills of the population that may be called to defend their country, not just active duty soldiers.
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  3. I am from Europe. Without guns, the strongest people will take your liberty away. How is that liberty?
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  4. You don't need to know the difference, there's plenty of people in this world that have fought in wars and killed people without needing to know the model of their own weapon.
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  5. +Mat Broomfield the leading countries in murder rate have very low gun ownership rates. There's absolutely no correlation between number of guns and deaths.
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