Joe Rogan on Mass Shootings "What is Happening Here!?"

Speaking of which, I was watching a video today, you know how YouTube for whatever reason just starts recommending things and you click on it? Watching a video today on, oh, this is what it was, I was looking at bulletproof clothing for whatever reason. Because I was like, I saw an ad on Instagram where this guy had a bulletproof hoodie on and it looked like a regular hoodie and he shot himself. Is that like a John Wick situation where it's like? Yes. It's like sewn in between the fabric? Yes, yes, yes. So this guy had a regular hoodie and he shot himself in the gut with a 9mm just bang while I was playing this video with like a regular hoodie. I was like, this is crazy. And this hoodie, it looked like a regular hoodie but it's some sort of Kevlar or something. So then it recommends this next thing. And this next video that I watch is on whether or not you should carry with a bullet in the chamber. So it's this guy who's just speculating like that there's two kinds of people. There's kind of people that thinks they're going to have enough time to rack a bullet and there's a bunch of people that realize that when something happens, it's like being in a car accident. It happens quickly and you got to be prepared. You're not going to have enough time to rack a bullet. And so there was this long discussion as to whether or not you should have a bullet in the chamber or not when you conceal carry. He was talking about how this guy was open carrying but he could see that the guys, the hammer was shut down on the pistol which means he was going to have to cock it because it was a not a revolver but a you know whatever an automatic semi. What is it when you call one of those when you have to load it like that? Like a 9mm like a Glock. What is the difference? One's a revolver, revolver revolves. So it's not a revolver, it's just a pistol. Anyway he was saying because of the way the hammer was, he could tell that this guy you know he was going to have to pull that hammer back. He was going to use that gun. And I was like this is like next level thinking. Like these people everywhere you go, someone's worrying about shooting you. And then I go on to Twitter almost like this is synchronicity and Eric Weinstein, who's a friend of mine says is this the year where the debate is something in terms of is it appropriate to bring a loaded gun into a place where you worship now to protect yourself? Because there's been so many attacks on people in synagogues, in churches and mosques. And I'm like fuck man. Probably. What is happening here? It's I mean it's bad. I'm not like a gun guy. There's two more today. What do you mean? There's two more attacks today. At synagogues? There was one was in a church. What were the ones that happened today? There was two smaller ones. There was no as there was the church that was in San Diego this weekend. No the synagogue in San Diego this weekend. But there was another one. Like this morning when I was reading the news. Los Angeles. Yes. What was it? It was a 26 year old US Army soldier serving at the Aniston has been charged with plotting terror attacks in Los Angeles area. Rally in Long Beach. So it's on the front page of see it there. You got some like some sounds leaking through that video. Did he do something or did he just got caught plotting? It says he was accused of targeting Jews as they walked to a synagogue police officers a military facility in crowds at the Santa Monica Pier. I think there was another one too. There was another one somewhere else. Might have been outside the country today. It's like fuck like this shit is ramping up. Yeah. It's getting worse and worse. Are you a gun guy? I have guns. I wouldn't say I'm a gun guy but I have them. Hunting or like just. I don't really I have hunting guns and I have safety guns like security guns or private you know personal protection guns. But I hunt with a bow and arrow mostly. But of course I'm not opposed to why I say of course being sarcastic. I'm not opposed to it. Was this a California synagogue attack latest. Oh this is the they found a social media message I guess right before it happened. Of course. Jesus Christ. No I don't know. I think there was some another one that I saw. I believe it was in another country. That's all right. It's enough. There's so many. I know. You just numb to it. Well also that they're targeting places of worship now. What the fuck man. Do you have guns? No. Would you ever own one? They make me uncomfortable. Like I'm not like against people want to have guns. Okay. I'm not dumb. It's not a hill I'm going to die on. But I think what's happening with with schools and churches is reprehensible. And it's we are the only country where this really happens. You know as much as it does. I mean it's happening you know around the world but it's it's much more often here. Yeah. Yeah. Now there's there's certainly an argument for that. The real problem is the guns are already there. It's like how do you what do you do when you live in a country of 300 plus million people with 300 plus million guns. How do you ever eradicate that? How do you ever how do you shift the path that we seem to be on? Like what do you do? I mean everything is like you know people talk about this and then like you know how do we do. What is it the culture is it this. And you turn on the TV and it's like a video game commercial or a commercial for a movie and it's just a supermodel spinning around in circles shooting everything she sees. You know like you don't think this is having an effect. Like they just make it look so cool that if you want to be the hero you got to have a gun. You know. How about John Wick. John Wick 3 coming out soon. John Wick is my fucking favorite thing ever. Like this is the most the most glorifying gun shit ever but I love it. Like I love it. That's a problem right. It is a problem. I mean it hasn't made me turn to guns. You know I wouldn't say that like video games you know make this video games are making people more violent. I don't I don't believe that. I don't know if there's evidence to back that. But I mean I've always loved you know James Bond movies you know things like where guns are are are a big part of it and it's never made me want to pick one up. Well there's a real argument that that alleviates some of the need for violence. That people like seeing it and in seeing it and something like John Wick it actually relaxes people. There's a real argument for that and there's a real argument that you can make with that with video games too. But that is not with everybody. The problem is certain people are very susceptible to influence. They're susceptible they're vulnerable to being influenced or excited in one particular direction whether it's excited to become radicalized and become a white nationalist and want to shoot up you know whatever figure out that whatever the group is or whether it's you know there's certain people that you know they'll see something in a movie or a video game it'll make them want to act that out. But they're usually mentally ill. I mean that's that's the real problem. The real problem is mental illness. The type of person that could go into a synagogue and just start shooting people. That's a mentally ill person. That's regardless of whether or not they have a gun or not. That's a sick person. So we have to figure out like what's causing this massive amount of mental illness in this country because that's a big that's that's the guy in Aurora is a perfect example. That guy was they knew he was sick. They knew there was something really I mean if you see photos of that fucking guy look at his eyes he was completely bat shit crazy. I think there's something too it's like when they when they now they've started to refuse to show the guy's face you know they won't show it because like this guy's getting glory now and the next shooter wants to top that right but I think they're getting a little bit smarter about it but what's the what's the quote no man chooses evil because it's evil they only mistake it for happiness. Like I believe that. Yeah that's a good quote. Yeah they mistake it for happiness or they want other people to feel what they feel. They want other people to suffer the way they're suffering. 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