AFAIK the only time the doctrine changed (from carrying with a round in the chamber) was after the P320 debacle. I heard some police departments started carrying with an unloaded chamber if they couldn’t switch to something else.

It’s ultimately up to the officer, and there’s no way for me to know, but I get the feeling this guy was running with the +1

I see a lot of comments dismissing the nuanced difference between a magazine and a clip, and I agree that from a linguistic perspective it doesn’t matter…

But it may be relevant here. A clip is used to load a magazine. In the case of the M1 Garand and the new Kel-Tek PR57, the clips are used to load an internal (integral) magazine. This gun uses conventional magazines, and the magazine can be dropped (the ICE agent in the video must have pressed the magazine release button while scrambling for his weapon) while there is still a round in the chamber.

TL;DR he was probably waving around a loaded gun at those people.

Nobody ever checks sources.

I don’t disagree, but it is a shame.

Thanks! I fixed it

I agree, that is absolutely a better representation of the data

I wanted to look up the statistics for myself and see what the numbers are, given a room size scaled around 1 person dying from firearm related injury. I chose people dying from firearm injuries because I had a hard time finding a statistic for all people who were shot. If you are aware of better sources for my numbers (or a math error on my part), please let me know. I primarily used sources from the US government, but I recognize that those sources might not be completely transparent right now. Also, I don’t mean for this to undermine the intention of the author here. Every issue mentioned is absolutely a problem in america, regardless of arbitrary comparisons. Also also, transgender people are valid and deserve rights regardless of how many people are shot per year.

Say you’re in a room with 2,584,401 people. 206,752 don’t have insurance. 273,947 live in poverty. 542,724 are illiterate. 596,996 suffer from mental illness. And every day at least 1 person dies from firearm related injury. But 21,192 are trans so you decided ruining their lives is a priority.

The population of the US was 341,140,964 on 12/31/24.

92% had health insurance in 2024.

10.6% lived in poverty in 2024.

79% were literate in 2013. (Hopefully there is a more recent source for this somewhere)

23.1% suffered from mental illness in 2022.

132 died from firearm-related injury daily in 2022. This is the number from the CDC, which is more generous than gunviolencearchive.

The number of injuries (including deaths) from the gunviolencearchive puts the daily count at 87 (I am rounding up despite 2024 being a 366 day leap year).

0.82% identified as transgender.

Yeah I agree, asserting that all of the countries around the world believe something is pretty stupid, even as a hyperbolic statement.

Is that actually what he’s trying to say?

It sounds like he’s talking about what Russia thinks they are doing, not the reality of the situation.

Idk what the rest of the context is, and I’ve never watched Hasan.

There’s a big difference between being a safe/competent shooter and being a gunsmith.

3d printing a firearm you’re planning to bet your life on is a big ask for someone who isn’t already a gun owner.

Also, if you’re buying a glock slide and parts kit to put in your plastic gat, you aren’t really saving much money.

A glock can be had for nearly $300 on sale sometimes.