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this is "nightline." >> tonight, guns for everyone. like your prize with a side of firearms? these brazen new crusaders are bringing their right to bear arms to your backyard. no license? no problem. and they insist we're safer for it. plus, new york men. here in the e.r. with dr. oz. the heart stopping moments between life and death. we're along for the amazing race against the clock to save a man whose heart is ripped in two. >> i don't want to die. and frisky female fans going wild for french mars at
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good evening. it seems more americans are packing heat in public. and now members of a new group
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are bringing their guns with them everywhere, not only to rallies, but to stores, even family dinner. they're certainly making waves with this approach to bearing arms, but are their civil liberties encroaching on public safety? >> reporter: just imagine you're sitting down to dinner with your family at a restaurant, when in walks a handful of men, armed with assault rifles. are you frightened? >> 911, what is the emergency? >> i seen four white men walking towards the jack in the box with assault rifle. >> reporter: angry. >> if a bad guy comes, there's a lot of good guys here to protect me. >> reporter: surrounding a group of gun carrying activists, flexing their legal right to bear arms. >> this is probably the safest corner in san antonio right now. >> reporter: they call
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themselves open carry texans. their enthusiasm for packing heat in public has led national chains ask customers to love their weapons at home. but what they're doing is legal. gun control activists detest it. >> you're ammo sexuals. >> reporter: far more than a punchline, open carry texas has become the hype in the sand between those in america who fear guns for violent use and those who fear losing their guns. >> everybody say freedom! >> freedom! >> this is sort of my around the house ar-15. >> reporter: i've never heard it phrased that way. this is the man behind open carry texas. master sergeant c.j. grisham. a 20-year u.s. army veteran and father of three. he keeps his own arsenal of
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assault rifles in his bedroom close et. >> all my weapons is always loaded. it's just a beating stick if'9"'s not loaded. >> reporter: he said one traumatic event was the spark that ignited it. >> i was arrest ee eed last yea. >> reporter: he said he had that rifle to protect them from wild animals. >> a police officer approached. >> some reason why you have this? >> because i can. >> reporter: since carrying a rifle is legal in texas, he believes what happened next is illegal. >> at that point, he stuck his head to my gun and threw me to the car. >> reporter: his son videotaped the arrest. his father later convicted of interfering with police duty. >> my son had to watch this
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whole thing. >> did y >> reporter: he said he's state battling the demons from tours in iraq and afghanistan. the arrest triggered one of the worst episodes of ptsd he's ever endured. >> i've always been a gun rights advocate, but this turned me into an activist. >> reporter: that arrest video took off and a movement was born. >> the first flag we ever had ordered. >> reporter: with a goal to expand open carry rights in texas. while it's legal to carry so-called long guns like ar-15s, state law prohibits the open carry of hand guns. he wears a plastic pistol every day to symbolize his fight to expand open carry laws. that's the bottom line for you, the right to openly carry a pistol. >> right. once we get that, we won't be
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walking around with rifles. but we should have that opportunity. >> reporter: nearly every week, dprisham, his wife and often 1 and -- 1 and 16-year-old hit the road. this night he invited us to a rally in san antonio. >> here are people with guns that are not shooting up schools. i realize there are people that have what i call an irrational fear of guns. >> reporter: he stressed the fact that he always calls ahead to alert police about his marches. we meet nearly two dozen supporters, men and women, gun lovers of every raise. so often when these events are covered by the media, i may see this gentlemen or that gentleman, but i don't see you there. >> my house was robbed about four months ago. the police did nothing. therefore, it's my duty to
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protect my family. crime has no color. >> reporter: open carry members waving and passing out flyers. most motorists are supportive. but some -- what do you think of these guys? >> they're [ bleep ] nuts. what do you think? >> reporter: i'm a journalist. >> run away. >> what did they do? >> reporter: amidst the smiles, there is hardline rhetoric, deep contemperature for those who see the spike in mass murdering as a cause for greater gun control. >> instead of standing on the bodies of those dead shoulders as a soap box and trying to reign in gun rights, there's more people killed by hammers and fists than by firearms. >> reporter: actually, the hatest data shows that firearms are responsible for 69% of homicides in america. clubs and fists, 9%. but the nation's gun debate is far more than statistics. it's emotion, mass murder that
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cannot be easily explained away, from aurora to sandy hook. >> one line of reasoning one might think is someone like yourself who has seen the results of what can happen when a gun is used against another human being, but you might be more inclined than the average person to want to restrict who has access to that kind of power. >> no, i don't see it that way. i'm sure some people probably do. >> reporter: he spoke to us openly about his battle with ptsd, including the memories of the seven people he says he killed in combat. >> i can picture exactly how that person fell. how that person, you know, limped off or tried to get away. >> reporter: for those that would hear that part of your journey and say here's someone that understands better than most the demons that can exist with mental health issues. >> going back to my ptsd, regardless of everything i've
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been thu and how i felt, i never once reached for a gun. the way to deal with a mentally disturbed person with a gun is a sane person with a gun. >> reporter: of course, gun control advocates disagree. right now open carry texas is at the center of a massive petition movement led by a group called moms demand action for gun sense in america. >> there's no background check required. there's no training required. and there's no licensing required. so anyone can be walking around with one of these long guns and they carry them rnld loaded. >> reporter: carolyn is part of the movement pressuring stars like target and home depot to ban open carry this their stores. >> companies need to provide a safe environment for consumers. >> reporter: but grisham and supporters believe more guns means greater safety, and his movement is growing. gun owner by gun owner. >> anybody want a flag or t-shirt? >> as long as there are people that don't think law abiding citizens should have guns, this is going to be a struggle that's
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going to go on forever. >> reporter: for "nightline," byron pits, in san antonio. up next, one minute he's having chest pains. the next, he's fighting for survival. what happened when we visited the e.r. with dr. oz? ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save.
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a young actor with big dreams arrives at the emergency room suffering from chest pains. only to find himself in the fight for his life. tonight, we're taking you inside a real-life drama in one of the busiest hospitals in america
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where dr. oz was on duty that night. with only minutes to save his patients. it was all captured on camera for abc's series "new york med." >> how are you doing? >> thank you. >> reporter: when dr. oz isn't hosting his popular talk show, here's here at new york presbyterian hospital, doing the job that helps make him a household name. as one of the leadinggw surgeons in the nation. >> cardiac surgeons spend most o.r. but sometime lgs we go to the e.r. to see folks with heart issues. this is a fie that has a genetic tissue disorder. what brings you here today? >> i have to have heart surgery.
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they have to fix my aorta, the top part of it, because i have an aneurysm. >> reporter: juan is an actor and he's worried about his condition, since his father died from the same disorder at a young age. dr. oz is by his side, as his condition deteriorates quickly. >> ouch. i can't breathe. you don't understand. >> is the page you had before? >> no, it's in my back and it hu hu hurts. oh, my god. >> have you had this pain before? >> no. >> this is a different pain? >> yes. i don't want to die. >> i don't want you to die either. that's not going to happen. they're bringing you some morphine. it will take a few seconds to work. he's had a bad heart his whole life because of his genetic disorder. but this sudden pain is an emergency. here's the morphine. >> oh, my god!
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>> he's extending a tear that he had from his aorta. and he feels cold. that's the worst thing, because they're dying. >> you have to get here like now. >> hello. this is dr. oz, how are you? it's your mom. >> mom, you need to get here now. mom, this is no joke. you have to get here now. mom! >> i'm putting the oxygen on his face. it's hard to talk. he will has an aneurysm. we think it may have torn. so he's got pain consistent with that. >> reporter: dr. oz orders a cat span to be performed immediately. >> he tore right there. >> all that agonizing page was his aorta being sheered in 456.
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i'm worried his vital organs aren't getting enough blood. if true, he's going to need emergency surgery now or he'll die. >> he's dissected all the way down. >> all right. i'm going to come to 21. >> my colleague is one of the best in the world at repairing these. he's going to hook at the scan and see if his vitals are getting enough blood. >> you tore the aorto. >> my dad died the same way. he was 21. >> you never knew him, obvious hi. >> i want to be a dad. i want to be healthy enough to raise a child. >> we have to determine if his organs are getting the blood they need. >> we're going to track it all the way back. it just stops at the kidneys. >> people describe it as a knife in the center of your back and ripping straight down. >> he just looks at a guy in the
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most pain. >> i'm dr. stewart. >> nice to meet you. >> i'm going to feel your pulses in your legs. pretty good here. feels pretty good here. good news for you. all the vital organs are getting blood flow. you're going to need emergency surgery. >> all right. you guys work wonders here. thanks so much. it's a relief. >> reporter: after his blood pressure stabilizes, juan goes back home to arizona and receives four surgeries to fix his cardiac issues. ten months ha s later, he returd visits dr. oz. >> he's back to visit me. >> i was about ten months ago, so it's been a lot. i've had a couple surgeries, but everything worked out. i'm going pack to mill acting career. it's going to be fun.
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>> there he is. >> thank you so much. >> you survived. >> yes, i did. >> a very different you. >> yes, it is. i appreciate it. >> i was so worried. '9"'s so rare in our lives when you see that kind of trauma happen and the person survive. >> you learn to appreciate life. live it as simple as possible. >> thank you so much. he appreciated the gift of life more than most of us, because he's faced head-on the possibility he could have lost it all. >> i'm happy. good times, good times. >> to see more of surgeon oz, don't miss "new york med" tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. eastern. up next, while tourists at the world cup are partying it up, some unlucky athletes are playing by a more chaste set of rules. so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings.
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in usage in brazil, where over 500,000 tourists are celebrating the world cup. seems like everybody is looking for love down there. so why are there some players being asked not to score? here's abc's nick watt. >> reporter: at the world cup in this land famous for sex and sam ba, sex mow, chile, bosnia, cameroon, ghana and south korea, have banned their players from making love. they've nixed nooky. >> there is no scientific rational. >> reporter: he co-hosts "soccer gods" on our sister network, fusion. >> it's the old wives tale that women make men weak in the knees. >> reporter: french are allowed, but only during the day. and they've scored eight times on the field. nigeria, to that end, banned players from having sex with anyone other than their wives. >> a normal, healthy amount of sex i tout will have a
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significant effect on a players' performance on the field. >> reporter: there could be a psychological component to this. maybe those chaste chilens believe their sex ban is making them strong, so it does. just a few hours, a crucial matchup. team usa faces the mighty germans, who are banned from booty the eve of every game. >> in terms of physicality and intimacy, do you set any guidelines for what your players do off the field? >> no. i think we're very casual in the way we approach things. >> the u.s. has a lot of fight in them, maybe their sex the night before will give them the extra step they need. >> reporter: bosnia, whose players were totally banned from world cup sex, was eliminated today. so tonight, there is a silver lining to their dark cloud. i'm nick watt for "nightline." in los angeles.
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>> and finally from us tonight, you may have heard the exciting news here at abc. diane sawyer will be taking on a new role focusing on her indepth reporting from around the world. while david muir begins anchoring "world news" in the fall. and george stephanopoulos becoming chief anchor for abc news. we at "nightline" want to congratulate all three on their new expanded roles and the exciting changes ahead. thank you for watching abc news. good night, america. [dramatic music] >> hey! hey! [cheers and applause] how are you? how are you? hello. how are you? >> nice to see you. >> yeah.
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