Comments by "YSongCloud" (@YSongCloud) on "The Quietest Sniper Rifle Ever... and Why The Government Doesn’t Regulate It..." video.

  1. What is happening in this country is that the media is sensationalizing the shooters who commit these horrible crimes and pushing blame onto the weapon itself instead of the causes behind the people who committed the crimes. When people were run down with cars, why were there no calls for common-sense car laws? It's just as easy, if not easier, to kill more people with a car than with most guns. The issue is that people don't want to think critically and they are, instead, ruled by their fears over being shot, as unlikely as that is. I liken it to the same reason people are afraid to fly on planes, but have no problem driving cross country. More deaths each year are on the roads than from planes going down, yet a plane crash is big news, so it feed the irrational fears that people have of that happening to them. If you take away guns, you only take them away from the law-abiding citizens that want to use those guns responsibly, be it for hunting or for self-defense. Anyone who has a gun with the sole intention of killing someone, or many people, is already a criminal as they intend to commit murder, a crime. If someone is a criminal, they do not care about the law, therefor more laws regulating any weapon, be it a gun, knife, bomb, etc, will not mater to them as they're already breaking the law by doing whatever criminal act they are doing. Sadly, the media never seems to dwell on the people who STOP shootings by using their own legally owned firearms. Like the guy from Texas who shot the shooter from that church shooting, or the school resource officer than shot the kid in Maryland before he had a chance to kill anyone, only injured 2, I believe. They don't dwell on those for weeks and weeks, because it goes against the fear mongering and ratings that scary stories bring. There are just as many guns today as there were even a few years ago, and I was never afraid of a school shooting. Even before my time, still no afraid, because people had respect for everyone and they were taught properly. They weren't these precious little kids who were raised in "safe" households, no exposure to germs or hard times, and given participation awards for everything. Now these kids are growing up and finding out the world will knock you on your ass. You aren't given anything, you have to work for it, and sometimes you don't come in first, but you try again and get better. These kids never had the small disappointments growing up, so when the bigger ones come, as they always do in life, they can't handle it, and their worldview shatters. They lash out at everyone for things being "too hard for them to handle" and, because they never learned to respect other's lives, because they were coddled and made to believe they were the center of mommy or daddy's attention, they blame everyone else and target them. Do all shooters fit this pattern, no, not all.... some are straight up whack jobs, like the guy from Sandy Hook, or the shooter in Florida who all had patterns of behavior that should have led to them being put away for the good of themselves and others, or at least under a more watchful eye, but a lot of the school shooters happen to be people who either had warning signs or who should have been under a hell of a lot closer supervision. Don't blame the weapon, blame the person using it for the wrong reason. Also, where do you draw the line for what guns to ban and what to allow? Matt clearly demonstrates that this weapon is good for hunting, so why ban it? Why ban the other ones you classify as "not for hunting or self-defense"? You do understand self-defense means more than the criminal breaking in your door at 2am, right? It means defending yourself from ANYONE that would take away the freedoms offered to you by the US constitution, including a corrupt government or foreign invader, should that need arise. If that were ever to come to pass, I'd bet a hell of a lot more people would be wishing for a .50 BMG vs. a .22 Luger.
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