Inside #MarchForOurLives, The Fight Over The 2nd Amendment in DC
SUPPORT JOURNALISM. Become a patron athttp://www.patreon.com/TimcastMy Second Channel - https://www.youtube.com/timcastnewsToday I was on the ground at the #MarchForOurLives protest in Washington DC. I had a chance to speak with many people about why they supported the protest and what they hoped to achieve.Though many people seemed not to understand the basics of current regulation, there were many others who had good points to be made about the issue.You may notice that a certain word is missing and that is because Youtube restricts videos about this topic.Make sure to subscribe for more travel, news, opinion, and documentary with Tim Pool everyday.Amazon Prime 30 day free trial - http://amzn.to/2sgiDqRMY GEARGoPro Karma - http://amzn.to/2qw10m4GoPro 6 - http://amzn.to/2CEK0z1DJI Mavic Drone - http://amzn.to/2lX9qgTZagg 12 AMP portable battery - http://amzn.to/2lXB6SxTASCAM Lavalier mic - http://amzn.to/2AwoIhI Canon HD XF 105 Camera - http://amzn.to/2m6v1o3Canon 5D MK III Camera - http://amzn.to/2CvFnnm360 Camera (VR) - http://amzn.to/2AxKu4RFOLLOW MEInstagram - http://instagram.com/TimcastTwitter - http://twitter.com/TimcastMinds - http://Minds.com/TimcastFacebook - http://facebook.com/TimcastnewsBitcoin Wallet: 13ha54MW2hYUS3q1jJhFyWdpNfdfMWtmhZSEND STUFF HERETim Pool330 Washington Street - PMB 517Hoboken, NJ 07030Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate)
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This is March for Our Lives DC, and this is the main event, right?
This protest is happening all over the country, and in fact, several other countries are actually having March for Our Lives events as well.
People here are calling for gun reform.
And there's a lot of people here who are also calling for things that don't necessarily have anything to do with guns, but it's a general, I would say, left-wing event.
We're gonna go in, interview some people, and figure out exactly what they think, and
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why they think it, and what they're hoping to accomplish.
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Hopefully the audio isn't so bad, but do you want to just introduce yourself and explain what you guys are doing?
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Sure!
My name is Pam Campos.
I'm the Executive Director of Common Defense, and I'm here with several groups, Vets for Gun Reform, Common Defense, and other veterans that are just sick and tired of corrupt politicians not doing their job.
So we're here to support the youth-led movement that's been really so inspiring.
What are you hoping today will accomplish?
Action!
I think all of these folks coming out are sick and tired of inaction.
I mean, how many mass shootings do we have to see in our nation, which we served for something better?
How many of them do we have to see until politicians finally put people over profits?
And I think also we're here to say that veterans are not political props.
The NRA is an organization that betrays our values, right?
And so we're here to have our own voice and to speak out in what we believe in.
You want to just tell me about your sign, tell me what you're doing here?
unidentified
As you pointed out, I have again because the first assault weapons ban expired out of political compromise and extreme stupidity years ago, and we're just now getting around to putting it back in place, hopefully very soon.
Maybe the next time we won't be so stupid and it'll be permanent.
But don't you think parts of the country are very different from Boston?
unidentified
That's fine, but you know what?
We get to try now.
And we are not going to be told to sit down and shut up by people who think owning guns is the most important right that they have and that they get to put that above all other rights for all other people.
Your sign says the NRA is a terrorist organization.
unidentified
Yeah, I don't think all the members of the NRA are terrorists, but I think the organization is supporting Because they're valuing guns and weapons, particularly weapons of war, over human life.
Well, these, you know, these practically, they don't want to regulate guns at all.
They want people to be able to carry, you know, weapons that are designed for warfare, not for hunting.
So I don't think, you know, probably most NRA members are just, they want the right to carry a gun, you know, for recreational purposes like hunting, which is fine.
But weapons that are made for killing people, mass killing, machine gun type weapons, Uh, high-powered weapons.
Well, I think it'll raise some awareness that large numbers of people in this country don't want to just sit still while the gun lobby pushes its agenda.
They want to fight back.
They want to raise the issue.
They want Congress and the government to think about this and take some action.
Instead of just watching the headlines and saying, you know, hopes and prayers, hopes and prayers.
That's very nice, but that doesn't accomplish anything.
Do you think this is a rural or... Bernie Sanders said this is a rural versus urban issue.
unidentified
Yeah, there's some sociological aspects there.
Yeah, you know, urban people tend not to be hunters in the city, right?
But I, like I say, I think they're turning it into a human rights thing.
The right to carry guns, you know, the Second Amendment.
I don't think the idea here... I certainly wouldn't support any vision of that that says... On the one hand, I wouldn't say you've got to take guns away from everybody.
On the other hand, the gun lobby, for reasons of profit, is fully funded by the people who sell guns and make millions selling guns.
That's the other extreme, where they're saying, don't touch our right to push onto the market millions of guns and push it and turn it into an issue as if it's an us versus them.
Anyone who wants to regulate guns, watch out, they're coming to take away your guns!
I'm trying not to single out anybody I think is obviously not going to know what's going on.
And I just spoke with a woman who had a sign calling for a ban on assault rifles.
Now what you guys need to know is that assault rifles are illegal.
So an assault rifle is a weapon that is capable of selective fire.
Single burst or full auto.
I am not a gun expert.
I know very little about guns.
But, I did a Google search, and I read about the basics to better understand what's going on, and I will say, again, I know very, very little, but at least that much.
Now, assault weapons in the 90s referred to a detachable magazine and a pistol grip, among a few other things.
It included high-capacity magazines, And was typically seen as stopping these rifles that were semi-automatic, which means you pull the trigger once, one bullet comes out, another bullet enters the chamber, and in 2004 this expired.
So there are a lot of people now saying they want to reinstate the ban on assault weapons.
But as far as I can see, the latest iteration of the assault weapons ban would basically include majority of guns.
Even a Glock 9mm, a very common handgun used by law enforcement that would fall under assault weapons.
It would be a semi-automatic assault weapon and be illegal to possess.
So, the woman I just spoke with wanted to ban assault rifles.
Well, they're already banned.
And she didn't want to go on camera because I'm nice to people and I'm not trying to make anybody look foolish or anything like that.
So, I'm gonna get a couple more interviews and then give you my final assessment.
It looks like you're carrying a pro-gun sign, but I think it might be facetious?
unidentified
No, it means that if concealed carry is good enough for schools, it should be good enough for the halls of Congress.
But I would feel like then, if they did regulate firearms for the regular, for average people, but they themselves were allowed to carry, that would kind of be...
It's like the same argument.
You see what I'm saying?
unidentified
Well, this is sort of facetious because it's never going to happen.
There's no way Congress is going to allow any guns near them.
Not a lot of people ask me about doing a live stream, but this is not something you live stream.
This is just a big rally.
A bunch of people are gathering, mostly agree, not gonna be anything.
relevant for a live broadcast, for the most part.
So the most effective thing I could do, get these videos, do some interviews, and show you what I think this is all about.
And I want to say a few things.
One, I certainly did not interview everybody here.
That would be impossible.
I did a handful of interviews.
I didn't use all of them, just because audio is really difficult.
It's really, really loud.
But what I can say is, There were a decent amount of people who have a general good idea and they think that they should enact certain laws in some places because it would be better than nothing.
One of the things I hear a lot from the pro-gun side is that this is a debate between gun owners who understand guns and people who don't.
And I think that is, for the most part, the case.
Many people that I spoke with didn't understand very basic things about gun regulation.
For instance, what an assault weapon was.
And the definition can vary.
Certainly now, there's a bill in, I believe there's a bill in Congress, which classifies even semi-automatic handguns as assault weapons.
So when you hear a lot of people say something to me like, I don't want to take away everyone's guns, but we should ban assault weapons, for the most part, that would take away most guns from most people.
And they would have to do some kind of buyback.
It's very complicated.
I don't think the issue is as black and white as, you got some people who understand guns and some people who don't.
Certainly there are a lot of people here who do get it.
I would say.
I was surprised to speak with the veteran who said that people shouldn't be walking around with assault rifles when they don't.
When assault rifles are illegal.
And I think you'll definitely hear a lot of hyperbole.
People saying things like Military weapons, or military-style rifles.
And this is another part of the debate, the semantics involved.
Certainly, the military has full-auto.
I would... I would... Again, I'm not an expert, but my assumption is that people who are in the military have selective fire.
Single, burst, and full-auto.
In which case, people aren't walking around with these weapons.
Assault rifles are actually banned in this country.
So, it's certainly interesting to see the fervor over the gun control debate.
I don't know if anything... I don't see anything getting done with big events like this.
I do see things changing.
But I don't think that I've heard any cohesive solution.
And certainly, the mass, the entire group of those who want to push for these changes, will likely, in my opinion, bring about a change that doesn't directly address the problems.
It might reduce them in some ways, but what I tend to find with most protests, with most political change, is that people don't think about what comes after.
You pass the bill because it sounds like this will make the difference you need.
This will make the difference you want right now, but what comes after that?
Will the bills, will the laws they pass have a long-term effect?
Not positive.
I don't know if that's the case, but I guess we'll see what happens.
You know, I'm not necessarily for or against a lot of Gun control, per se.
I think there's a lot of good arguments to be made for specific regulation, but I certainly think there are some people who are too extreme on the ownership and the banning side, right?
So there needs to be some kind of balance.
I don't know if we're gonna find it here, but thanks for hanging out and watching.
