CNN is gushing over Ben Beers, an Oregon gun owner who voluntarily turned his guns over to police in the wake of the mass killing at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Beers, a father and retired Marine, posted a video on social media about his decision to quit exercising his 2A rights.
“I no longer want them,” Beers said on TikTok.
“I know this will not change legislation or anything to do with gun culture in America but hopefully it’ll be a form of symbolism and hopefully America can wake up because no other country has the problems that we do with gun culture and ideation and gun violence like we do,” he said.
Beers turned in a 9mm handgun and two AR-15s to his local police station.
In his interview with CNN’s Alisyn Camerota, Beers says, “It’s not patriotic to own a firearm.”
He also tells Camerota he doesn’t worry about being defenseless in the instance of a home invasion, despite having two small children.
“I’m not seeing crime reports that show many break-ins with families being slaughtered for no apparent reason. Home invasions or break-ins are usually for theft and when the homeowner is gone,” he says. “I don’t think someone’s out trying to take my life.”
Camerota concludes the interview by saying, “We thank you for being brave enough to share your story and we thank you for your service.”
GunsAmerica also thanks Mr. Beers for his service. We’d add that he’s a grown man and he can exercise his 2A rights in the manner he sees fit. If he doesn’t believe he needs to keep and bear arms for self-defense or other lawful purposes, well, that’s totally up to him.
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But the notion that self-disarmament by responsible gun owners is a noble and brave endeavor, as Camerota insinuates, is totally absurd.
As Jordan Peterson correctly observed in his book “12 Rules for Life,” evil thrives when capable individuals refuse to take responsibility for their safety.
“The forces of tyranny expand inexorably to fill the space made available for their existence. People who refuse to muster appropriately self-protective territorial responses are laid open to exploitation as much as those who genuinely can’t stand up for their own rights because of a more essential inability or a true imbalance in power,” wrote Peterson.
“Naive, harmless people usually guide their perceptions and actions with a few simple axioms: people are basically good; no one really wants to hurt anyone else; the threat (and, certainly, the use) of force, physical or otherwise, is wrong,” Peterson continued.
“These axioms collapse, or worse, in the presence of individuals who are genuinely malevolent. Worse means that naive beliefs can become a positive invitation to abuse, because those who aim to harm have become specialized to prey on people who think precisely such things,” wrote Peterson.
Being harmless or defenseless in the face of evil is not a virtue. It’s not something that should be embraced or lauded or encouraged.
And then, of course, there’s this:
He made two mistakes, #1, he gave away his firearms, #2, he just advertised to the CNN and now the world via internet, passing his story everywhere that he has no guns and thinks home invasions and attacks are nothing to worry about. He needs to post one of those signs all anti-2A folks need on their front yard about no firearms in their house if he is so concerned about it. Oregon is an odd state, maybe more odd than California since at least in CA, there are no city downtown’s still occupied by transients that the citizens are afraid to go to.
Crimony, what an absolute idiot. So, he is gambling that he won’t become a vicitm instead of trying to proactively trying to protect himself and his children. Yeah, chances are he won’t become a victim of, say, a home invasion, however, if he is, then he is SOL at that point. Of course, he could just call one of the crisis counselors to come out and try to talk sense to the perp. These stupid libtards might as well just roll over and let the criminals walk all over them. I bet the perps love hearing such good news stories. Way to go moron, and stop telling us what is or isn’t patriotic. I think it is unpatriotic to sell out your fellow man with your anti-2A BS. You are a tool and are also being used as a tool by the leftist propoganda machine. You don’t even deserve to be called a Marine. Next time we go to war, we can just show up with boquets of dasies and just reason and plead with the enemy to engage in a warm embrace instead. OMG, where do they find these pathetic people.
I’ll bet $100 Gunny’s name for this blob was “Nancy”. An absolute disgrace to the name Marine. Half a century ago I was 82nd Airborne and I STILL have no desire to surrender any of my multitude of weapons, and out of all of them not a ONE has killed anyone. They have killed untold numbers of dove, quail, ducks, geese, deer, rabbits, squirrel, hogs, snakes, coyotes and half a forest of targets, but for some reason no people have been harmed. I thought these weapons were capable of spontaneously mowing down people by the carload, but I guess mine are just better disciplined. And when my 5’1″ 90 lb wife was being harassed and tried to be run off the road, she pulled out a Walker Colt muzzle loader from under the seat and laid it on the dash, and the maggots almost wrecked trying to get away from her. This was before concealed carry, and being black powder it wasn’t a “firearm”, but all it took was the sight of it to scare away human debris and possibly save a life. If this thing that called herself a “Marine” can’t comprehend that, he deserves whatever he gets. I just hope nobody harms his innocent family, because he cretainly isn’t fit to protect them.
Hey Moderator. Lick some cop boot while you are at it! kiss, kiss,kiss
Gee whiz someone just hit a guy with his car so I’m gonna sell mine!! Frickin’ idiot!!
I decided to purchase a new AR – 15. Thank you for inspiring me to make my decision. God Bless You.
Weak people will cave without you even touching them or saying anything to them or about them. 👶 That’s not brave.
There they go again, exploiting This poor Marine’s TBI for their own BS purposes. Reprehensible.
Someone ate too many crayons.
I wonder if he’s going to turn his vehicle over for destruction seeing as two teenagers lost their lives in a horrendous crash in a neighboring town.
I can hear the sucking sound in my head as his wife pulls the strapon out of his behind. What a spineless idiot. Those cops took those guns home for themselves without a background check!
The police had guns at Uvalde. They did not use them for some strange reason. lol!
Lives in a libtarded state and disarms himself. Stupid is as stupid does.
In light of his symbolic act, I am going to buy a new AR today. I’ve had my eye on the 6.5, but hadn’t decided to buy. Now, I will.
Good thing seems to lack common sense and is confused not quite operating on a level bubble!
Accident waiting to happen!
The Gunny has the right to do as he pleases . I don’t agree with it ,
but it’s his right .
I do think decisions can be made in a state of emotional hyperbole
that are often reconsidered as emotions subside . Perhaps he will
change his mind as time goes along .
Firearm ownership is not for everyone , and it may be best left to
personal choice , as it is now . However , demanding no one have
the opportunity to choose , “do as we say “ , so to speak , is inherently
wrong .
Just an attention-seeking fool.
He could have quietly and with dignity rendered them non-op and moved on with his bad self but then, no one would pat him on the head and tell him what a good BOY he is.
Those who patted him on the skull in praise could careless about his family or his welfare. What a mockery.
Anything for a moment in the spotlight. Thanks for bringing yourself to everyone’s attention.
More disgusting trash from the garbage liberals, this Marine, I use that lightly he is NO American Marine, he is a Fool? CNN the lying trash media if you call what they say and print news. They just STINK.
COMMIE NEWS NETWORK loves propaganda. and thats what this is
Crayon eating Marines are not always known for being critical thinkers .😂 I wonder if he’ll have himself castrated if the neighbor raped somebody? Or if the his other neighbor kills somebody in a DUI will he turn in all his alcohol and stop driving a car. He clearly did this for a little publicity, what a loser
I do NOT know or care to hear what a “Crayon eating Marine” is supposed to be. This guy was probably under pressure from his wife and is going through so sort of crisis. Maybe he knows something about himself that compelled him to make this move. He speaks only for himself. Maybe law enforcement is so solid where he lives that he will be safe and sound while civil servants protect him, his family, his home and all his property. Maybe he will regret his extreme decision. He will soon be forgotten.
Surely he doesn’t have to stop with turning in his guns. He could always book wang-removal surgery to prevent rape. That’ll really send a message. Hey, seriously, what he does with his weapons is up to him. It doesn’t affect me at all. If he’s happier now then I’m happy for him. But he may find with his virtue-signaling that he’ll become the Left’s newest ‘poster boy’ for gun control.
What a knucklehead! “It’s not patriotic to own a firearm.” ?!?!
What about the oath to defend the Constitution? What about the Biblical law to defend your family? To defend the innocent …. to guard against evil?
Useless waste of skin, vet or no vet.
Gun violence, what a myth the that the lame stream media promotes, and people buy it hook line and sinker. It isn’t GUN VIOLENCE ITS VIOLENT PEOPLE USING GUNS!!!
This guy just looks like he shouldn’t have a weapon . . . He ought to fit in good out there in Oregon.
Did you know now in Cali the new thing is, if you support gun bans you put out a Red porchlight ????
Good Lord, we are doomed . . .
Sure glad this snowflake was never with me in a stack going through a hot door. The Marines I worked with on joint operations were all studs.
This will not fix adamn thing when crooks don’t give famm about you or your rights just like the government they do what they want and flip you the bird politicians are worse than the criminals you now what the crooks want the politicians just sneak it past you under the lastest incident that happened seriously sucks to be normal American these days 🙈🙉🙊
Eeh, who cares?
Symbolism over substance.
And once again, “gun violence” is a CRIME problem, NOT a ‘gun problem.
These alleged ‘Mass shootings’ are most often Gang violence, yet not one thing is being done about that.
He just declared himself a gun free zone in liberal Oregon.
All I see here is a disgrace to the Marine Corps… who is obviously now a Brainwashed Indoctrinated Communist Criminal and possibly also a Seditious Traitorous Chinese Communist Puppet Lao! 🤬
Time for Civilian Tribunals and Institute Lottery Firing Squads! 🤬
I love the way the liberal media trots this guy out, like this is the opinion of all veterans. Got news for you for every veteran you can bring out with this mind set I can give you 20 veterans that feel the complete opposite
I glad I didn’t serve with him.
Same here. It boggles my mind thinking this guy could have been serving on active duty. How did the drill instructors let this sweet pea get passed them?
Giving up you guns because some else committed a crime with a gun is like getting a vasectomy because your neighbor has too many children.
What a cowardly pussy
The final meme beat me to my comment.
This guy is at best a section 8 FORMER marine.
Good luck to him when the rampaging hoards descend on his neighborhood and home, such as happened so recently in Portland and elsewhere. I’m sure that he will be happy living in the next CHOP, or similar, with BLM marxists running his and his family’s lives.
Well.. you know what they say………
. . ….if you ain’t CAV, YOU AINT SHEOT!
Sound the Charge.
Unless he was planning to harm someone with his firearms, this is pointless virtue signaling. $20 says within the next year or so, this jackass will announce his run for some political office. He will trade on his “former marine” status to try to win people over who wouldn’t normally vote for anyone anti gun. The twist is; he will run as a Republican so the left can flaunt that it isn’t republicans but it’s the “alt-right” or whatever nonsense term they have. He will be the new McCain/Romney/Crenshaw…whatever.
Yes, unless he had thought about a school shootup…. Simply pointless virtue signaling.
But you caught something I missed…. Where is the Gain in this for him??? ….
It would now be a cinch for him to get Elected to Whatever in most all of Central to Northern Oregon
The fact that he Announced this on Face Crook was a Big Clue!
Although a stupid Act like that probably would NOT fly in most of Southern Oregon!
This guy is an idiot
Guns don’t kill people by themselves
A crazy person will find a way to do harm with whatever
He just told people come on over to house I wouldn’t try to stop you
Innocent people are killed almost every day in their homes
Wake up stupid
My wife & I will always try to protect our family with a firearm
We also will not comply
Great! Hope you enjoyed your 15 seconds of fame, it cost you enough. Now, you can fade back into obscurity.
I do have some hand guns, (regular pistols to unknowleged persons) but my first home defense weapon would be one of my easily accessible shot gun pistols. If I have a need to shoot, I don’t intend to miss.
Talk about an empty-“jar”head. What an idiot. Yeah we will see when shit hits the fan, this moron will be back at the gun store desperately trying to purchase another gun. And no, it’s not most of the time homes are empty during home invasions. So you are willing to take that chance of having ur whole family slaughtered or being tied up and at the will of criminals during this time of great increase of violence?
He must have been the cook in the Marines.
Hey, don’t insult Marine cooks! All Marines are rifleman first…..well, maybe except for this moron.
His action will prove nothing, it will save nothing. I would like to know how much he was paid for doing this, and by whom.
Only time will tell if choosing to leave his family defenseless is the best way to halt crime symbolically or otherwise. “Forgive him, Lord, for he knows not what he does.”
And all this time I was told that there was no such thing as a former Marine.
Yeah…looks like there is one.
Chesty is clawing his way to the surface to dress this Jarhead down…the “sissyification” of the US sashays on by.
I was not a Marine…. But sure know who Chesty was! You simply cannot research US Military History of the 20th Century….. Very thoroughly without reading about his Exploits!
Another superior Leader was Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr…. ( Lt Gen) The highest Ranking Officer killed in the Pacific Theatre of Operations.
He fought to keep the different Branches of Service from fighting each other! LOL
There is no such thing as an X marine. But being a former Marine is a thing. I’m a Marine, I only served 4 years but I’m still a Marine, not a “former” anything. I’m old and beat up and can’t do much but I’m still a Marine, they can’t take that away from me.
I don’t know this man, and for all I know he has more combat time than Chesty, but he doesn’t seem to have the spirit that makes him one.
As for giving up his weapons, no Marine would ever do that. But he can if he wants and likely that makes us all safer.
There’s no such thing as an ex-Marine. If this guy’s a Marine, I want to see a DD214. Otherwise this is just another wannabe trying to make themselves look like something they ain’t. And, while possible, I’ve never heard of a Marine that would even consider disarming themselves.
SFMF
Undoubtedly a “true believer” in unicorns, fairy dust, Joe Biden, and other liberal fantasies
Shows that Pavlov’s theory works on the weak willed n minded
Now you have just let all the criminals in your area know your helpless. I get it, but this is just a ploy by media and government to try and get people to comply.. I WILL NOT COMPLY!!
Guns don’t kill ppl.. Crazy and demonic does.
I keep guns so I don’t have to hurt ppl…
That has worked real well for 50 years as a gun owner for me..
@bobs your uncle: You mean, like the man who made a SHORT BARRELED RIFLE with the metal cutter? My understanding is; HE WAS NOT ADDRESSED BY THE AFT(xiden)! Never heard of a follow-up information about this AFT-LAW BREAKER.
SOOOOoooo, I take this man to belong to the SHEEPLE CLASS of the DemoKKKrats. This EX-military person decided he cannot trust himself with weapons! It IS a good thing he turned in his weapons. Now, he HAS TO turn in his HANDS due to the TRAINING he received as to how to KILL with his bare hands!!!!! Even SCROTUS has announced and published: “Police are NOT RESPONSIBLE to protect individuals. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF”.
I agree with you Laddyboy. This guy looks like he has mental problems. Probably best he turned his in.
I think it would have been more dramatic if the guns were cut up with a metal saw, lots of grinding sound and sparks, but of course his pointless, overdone, gesture doesn’t do shit.