Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "The First Modern Military Rifle: The Modele 1886 Lebel" video.

I know most people will say as the op does 'what if they had just waited... How silly it was etc' I'd say it's more interesting to say. What if a German/french war kicked off in 1890? Or 1895? One was due 😂 I mean 1870/71 was ages ago. Had that happened and the French had this new wonder weapon in HUGE numbers that the Germans weren't expecting. And A: the french would be utter genius and B: history would change massively. The German empire probably wouldn't fall. Would Alsace or Lorraine be part of France again. Would a German/English arms race ever happen... Would the entant cordial endure as it did? Butterflys indeed.
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@runninggames771 I live in a country like the op. Owning a shotgun or bolt action rifle is possible but not easy and most people go their entire lives and only ever see a gun carried by a specialist police officer or someone in the military. I love learning about guns and shoot myself. I wouldn't change our gun laws a bit. We don't have gun crime, violence does happen in the bigger cities. But in my home town of 20,000 people I believe the last murder was in the 1980s. I don't suggest our laws would work in countries where guns are already common. But my point is you shouldn't have to 'feel sorry ' for us people who live in countries like mine.
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@Darthdoodoo define "free". As for 'what's coming'. If you live in a country where nobody but law enforcement/the military have firearms. Then why would you need firearms. I mean assuming the current world system of (mostly) capitalism and democracy falls apart. Your no worse off than anyone else that's not a general. None of your competitors for food and shelter have firearms. So your on an even playing field. You'd have to bonk your rivels with a big rock or be stabby if you want to kill your fellow man and take his stuff. This may suck. But he has the same problem so it's a fair game.
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