National Carry AcademyThe 2nd Amendment Is Not the Enemy: Colion Noir Interviewed on Self-Defense
August 2, 2016
“The only person that is in charge of your safety is you.” – Paraphrase from Colion Noir
In a four-minute YouTube response video, Colion Noir, attorney and host of the online show “Noir”, challenges the belief that taking away guns is the magic eraser to stopping mass shootings. In the first 20 seconds, he points to a serious flaw in the media’s portrayal of gun ownership. When mass shootings occur, advocates lobby the public for “more gun control”; yet when someone stops a mass shooting, all you get is silence.
Colion argues that media coverage of violence actually feeds into the delusions of a mass shooter. Instead of focusing the public’s attention on the heroes who stop a mass shooting, the media focuses on the mass shooter. In the video, he says “they {the media] practically turn these guys into celebrities overnight”. Going further, he says they are “practically demigods”. To make his point go even further, Colion asks viewers to name at least one mass shooter from the past couple of years. If you can name just one mass shooter from the past couple of years, Colion Noir suggests, then your focus is on the wrong thing.
Turning the tables, Colion asks viewers to identify the person who stopped the gunman in Arizona…or in Oregon…or who stopped a second attempt at the movie theatre in Colorado.
Unless you’re in the news industry, you probably can’t.
There is something fundamentally wrong with that, Colion argues. We shouldn’t shine our spotlight on the mass shooters. Instead, Colion defends, the media unleashes “experts” on gun control who turn anyone who believes in the Second Amendment into a villain.
What kind of logic is that?
The Natural Right to Defend Is Now Under Question?
Humans, like all animals, Colion continues, have a natural right and instinct for self-preservation. We have a right to defend ourselves when others try to take that right away from us. Somehow when the media and politics show gets done with it, this right to defend ourselves gets mixed up into a “no one should have guns” policy.
Mr. Colion Noir, for one, is sick of it.
He asks “What kind of backwards society do we live in where we glorify the sociopath and then demonize the good people who want adequate means of protecting themselves from said sociopaths?”
Mr. Colion Noir then goes on the offensive.
The public, he argues, wants public “gun-free” zones in places like schools and movie theaters; yet will quickly say that they can’t protect people in these places from mass shooting. What kind of logic is that? Colion also challenges viewers to consider whether a mass shooter will even pay attention to a “gun-free” sign. Did the person who committed the horrible shooting in Aurora, Colorado worry about being in a “gun-free” zone? Colion answers that, “it’s not anywhere on these mass shooters’ bucket lists”.
How do you stop mass shootings? Give Credit to the Heroes, Not the Bad Guy
Colion then offers his own solution to ending mass shooting. Put people in place to stop the killer before violence becomes a “mass shooting”. Instead of hiding behind “gun-free” signs and policies, our society needs to stand up to those mass shooters the moment they think about doing violence. The main goal of mass shooters, according to Colion, is an “easy body count”. The best way to stop that is to stop that “easy body count” from happening. As Colion points out, when a mass shooter’s fantasy of an “easy body count” is stopped, then the fantasy ends.
The other thing, Colion suggests, is that we celebrate the people who stop these mass shootings, the trained men and women who risk their lives to keep others safe…..and leave the mass shooter without the one thing that person craves, attention.
Colion ends with some good quotes to consider:
“Fight the bad guy. It’s not a “pro-gun” or “anti-gun” thing.”
“Taking away guns is not the answer. It’s not the feel-good measure.”
“The people who are in the best position to stop mass shooting are the people there.”
Key Takeaways from the Post
- Learn to defend yourself and your family.
- Watch the focus on the news: Is it on the bad guy or the hero (if someone stood up)?
- Get informed, don’t perform the “media battle” of “pro-gun” vs “anti-gun” battle.
Want to hear the interview yourself? Click here.
Charles Franklin is an almost-graduated college dropout turned freelance writer and marketer who writes about marketing, politics, and psychology.
The 2nd Amendment Is Not the Enemy: Colion Noir Interviewed on Self-Defense
August 2, 2016
“The only person that is in charge of your safety is you.” – Paraphrase from Colion Noir
In a four-minute YouTube response video, Colion Noir, attorney and host of the online show “Noir”, challenges the belief that taking away guns is the magic eraser to stopping mass shootings. In the first 20 seconds, he points to a serious flaw in the media’s portrayal of gun ownership. When mass shootings occur, advocates lobby the public for “more gun control”; yet when someone stops a mass shooting, all you get is silence.
Colion argues that media coverage of violence actually feeds into the delusions of a mass shooter. Instead of focusing the public’s attention on the heroes who stop a mass shooting, the media focuses on the mass shooter. In the video, he says “they {the media] practically turn these guys into celebrities overnight”. Going further, he says they are “practically demigods”. To make his point go even further, Colion asks viewers to name at least one mass shooter from the past couple of years. If you can name just one mass shooter from the past couple of years, Colion Noir suggests, then your focus is on the wrong thing.
Turning the tables, Colion asks viewers to identify the person who stopped the gunman in Arizona…or in Oregon…or who stopped a second attempt at the movie theatre in Colorado.
Unless you’re in the news industry, you probably can’t.
There is something fundamentally wrong with that, Colion argues. We shouldn’t shine our spotlight on the mass shooters. Instead, Colion defends, the media unleashes “experts” on gun control who turn anyone who believes in the Second Amendment into a villain.
What kind of logic is that?
The Natural Right to Defend Is Now Under Question?
Humans, like all animals, Colion continues, have a natural right and instinct for self-preservation. We have a right to defend ourselves when others try to take that right away from us. Somehow when the media and politics show gets done with it, this right to defend ourselves gets mixed up into a “no one should have guns” policy.
Mr. Colion Noir, for one, is sick of it.
He asks “What kind of backwards society do we live in where we glorify the sociopath and then demonize the good people who want adequate means of protecting themselves from said sociopaths?”
Mr. Colion Noir then goes on the offensive.
The public, he argues, wants public “gun-free” zones in places like schools and movie theaters; yet will quickly say that they can’t protect people in these places from mass shooting. What kind of logic is that? Colion also challenges viewers to consider whether a mass shooter will even pay attention to a “gun-free” sign. Did the person who committed the horrible shooting in Aurora, Colorado worry about being in a “gun-free” zone? Colion answers that, “it’s not anywhere on these mass shooters’ bucket lists”.
How do you stop mass shootings? Give Credit to the Heroes, Not the Bad Guy
Colion then offers his own solution to ending mass shooting. Put people in place to stop the killer before violence becomes a “mass shooting”. Instead of hiding behind “gun-free” signs and policies, our society needs to stand up to those mass shooters the moment they think about doing violence. The main goal of mass shooters, according to Colion, is an “easy body count”. The best way to stop that is to stop that “easy body count” from happening. As Colion points out, when a mass shooter’s fantasy of an “easy body count” is stopped, then the fantasy ends.
The other thing, Colion suggests, is that we celebrate the people who stop these mass shootings, the trained men and women who risk their lives to keep others safe…..and leave the mass shooter without the one thing that person craves, attention.
Colion ends with some good quotes to consider:
“Fight the bad guy. It’s not a “pro-gun” or “anti-gun” thing.”
“Taking away guns is not the answer. It’s not the feel-good measure.”
“The people who are in the best position to stop mass shooting are the people there.”
Key Takeaways from the Post
- Learn to defend yourself and your family.
- Watch the focus on the news: Is it on the bad guy or the hero (if someone stood up)?
- Get informed, don’t perform the “media battle” of “pro-gun” vs “anti-gun” battle.
Want to hear the interview yourself? Click here.
Charles Franklin is an almost-graduated college dropout turned freelance writer and marketer who writes about marketing, politics, and psychology.