A Gun Control Advocate PISSED OFF Malcolm Gladwell During a 'Revisionist History' Interview

This clip is from a recent episode of Danger Close with Jack Carr, an IRONCLAD original. Watch Malcolm Gladwell's full interview with Jack Carr here: • Malcolm Gladwell: Guns...
Malcolm is a journalist, speaker, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and host of the Revisionist History podcast.
He is the author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers, and The Bomber Mafia.
Malcolm is also the president and co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company best known for the podcasts Revisionist History and Broken Record, which he hosts with Rick Rubin, Justin Richmond, and Bruce Headlam.
In the new season of Revisionist History, Malcolm explores how people talk about firearms and how we can have more honest conversations about the topic.
Malcolm has landed on Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list and is considered one of Foreign Policy’s “Top Global Thinkers.” He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2011.
To learn more about Malcolm, follow him on Instagram @malcolmgladwell and visit his website gladwellbooks.com.
Danger Close with is an IRONCLAD original

[@The_Red_Off_Road]

“You gotta be honest.” I agree with you Mr. Gladwell. But…Our leaders don’t know what that is.

[@bobmarlowe3390]

Anyone who trusts the government hasn't been paying attention.

[@R005t3r]

I listened to that episode and frankly I had to play that segment back to make sure I was hearing correctly. Thank you Malcom, for giving me hope.

[@zeake13]

Malcom is a solid good man. I love what he does. He is one of my favorite authors.

[@beldonhuang]

same same

[@squeakydolphin9615]

What most gun control is currently focused on is banning semi-automatic weapons. (Because automatic weapons are already incredibly heavily regulated to the effect of a ban for average citizens) The fact that we won't just come out and say, "We are going to ban semi-automatic weapons," or "We are going to heavily regulate semi-automatic weapons in a similar manner to automatic weapons," is the problem. We will call them, "assault this, military that, weapon of war, etc." Just call them what they are. Don't add made up, irrelevant labels. Just call them, "semi-automatic weapons," because that is the actual classification based on the functional mechanical operation of the weapon. Let's say, for whatever reason, pump-action shotguns are the target of a ban. You don't go about banning them by calling them, "trench guns," and then legally define a trench gun as any pump action shotgun with a heat shield, a bayonet, and slam fire. That doesn't do anything for anyone. Be honest about it. Say what you want to ban outright. No made up labels. No deception. Of course, that would likely cause a massive conflict, possibly a civil war, but let's at least not beat around the bush when it comes to legislation.

[@adamcuneo7189]

It's a stupid route to ban semi-automatic weapons because I have a right to them and even when they ban them, they'll just go after the bolt-actions, lever-actions, and pump-actions next, and then after that, they'll go after knives like in the U.K.

[@squeakydolphin9615]

@@adamcuneo7189 It's dishonest AF to use the people's ignorance, confusion, and emotions to get them to voluntarily give their own freedoms away. That's some regime level stuff right there.

[@RetUSNdude]

"Be honest about it. Say what you want to ban outright. No made up labels. No deception." this need to be pinned. It is the goal.

[@adamcuneo7189]

@@RetUSNdude I know, they should just admit it, because we already know you want to ban all guns, the reason why I don't trust anti-gun people is not just because they want to take my guns, but by how they treat me like a gullible fool that wouldn't notice that they want and would try to ban all guns in a heartbeat. I don't trust people who try to be sneaky, for they always have ill intentions.

[@billbillerton6122]

I wish they would be honest. That way, more people would rise up against it. That's why they DON'T say it out loud.

[@banshee6363]

Thank you Mr. Carr, content has really been hitting lately🙌🏼

[@jeffhaddox2239]

Every gun control law I can remember being passed in my lifetime has been through ignorance, and or deception.

[@leonardjanda6181]

A person is the Assaulter not the gun period of any kind 👀 look at CHICAGO ESPECIALLY DISTRICT 8

[@RobertSaxy]

True but if I assault you with a stick the outcome has a greater chance of not resulting in death than if I use a gun, look at the mas school shootings

[@thinkharder9332]

@@RobertSaxy look at the mas school shootings -The deadliest school shooting involved handguns, not "assault rifles". There's also been stabbings more deadly than school shootings with "assault rifles", IE sagamihara stabbing was more deadly than the parkland shooting.

[@1111Tactical]

Very (pleasantly) surprised Gladwell has this stance. He often falls on the left side of an issue. And maybe he ultimately supports some restriction I disagree with, but he acknowledges (and is pissed off by the fact) that one side of this issue is just malevolently and deliberately dishonest.

[@jargero8203]

The fact ads are turned on, speaks volumes about the necessity for this content..... skip

[@Pops2]

Malcom is a great communicator and a gentleman. To hear him swear is like hearing my grandmother swear. It rarely happens and when it does, pay attention.😅

[@EndoftheBlock7224]

How is this any kind of revolation that you need to have an honest argument, I'm appauled that this is a discussion to pursuade people that truth is fundamental to proper decision making.

[@CharleyVCU1988]

The commies have the idea of “lived experience.” True, while not everyone has the same life experience, the commies have twisted it into the worst form of moral relativism and rely on emotion rather than logic and a universal truth.

[@langreeves6419]

Can you think of even one current public conversation that does not have people lying to convince us they're right? No, you can't. So it sounds like we DO need it pointed out that we cannot make any progress if we keep lying.

[@RobertSaxy]

It’s not a revelation that’s why he got so angry

[@bobbeckel5266]

Malcolm should qualify his ignorance of guns. His assumption, that everyone is as ignorant of guns as he, is an error. He should read the stats on how many lives are saved each year by people who know guns. I am surprised he does not tell us police and military are ignorant of guns. The bigger question is whether Jack Carr is for real or just playing with poor Malcolm.

[@RobertSaxy]

I didn’t hear the assumption of which you speak, he was talking about about the people trying to legislate them and the people who believe their arguments

[@Human-ll5yv]

Glad Malcolm has a working brain!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Galtj38]

Malcom is a joke😂😂😂

[@lunkerjunkie]

i keep hearing more people are killed with knives than guns. is this accurate and does anybody care.

[@danemense9573]

More people are killed with knives because there are knives available in every kitchen and at every store. Even more people are killed by their heart because everybody has one of those. It's just a law of large numbers.

[@the__project__8707]

I don't know the number but also 50% or so of gun deaths are suicides not homicides.

[@adamcuneo7189]

60% of gun deaths are suicides, and 80% of gun violence is gang violence.

[@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595]

More people are killed with knives than rifles. Not guns overall.

[@bearsbreeches]

Sorry, I'm English, I don't understand what you're talking about. Semi automatic/automatic 'assault ' weapon. What they do is in the name

[@the__project__8707]

The only people that call them "assault" weapons are people that don't know what AR means. Also you basically can't get an automatic weapon.

[@bearsbreeches]

@the__project__8707 'Armalite rifle' named after the manufacturer. Its not me calling them assault weapons it's American media. 'Basically ' can't get an automatic weapon means what?

[@the__project__8707]

@@bearsbreeches You need to give up liberties. The ATF could come to your house 24/7 and check on it you have to wait prolly 2 years to get the weapon. Before that you need an FFL that requires you to have to felonies or anything. You basically have to be a veteran or cop to own one. An everyday person couldn't just get one easily at all. Even for a binary you have to do the same thing. For a rifle that has 2 less inches you have to wait a year and pay a tax stamp cause it makes it "more deadly".

[@bearsbreeches]

@the__project__8707 I live in England. I can't do any of those things. Even our police don't all carry guns

[@the__project__8707]

@@bearsbreeches And that's honestly sad. Personally I've watched a lot of police footage from England and seen cops be chopped up with axes because they have to wait 30 minutes or so for a taser unit if there's one working today close by. I get if you don't like violence but I can't tell you a quicker way to stop any type of illegal activity, sometimes you don't even need to shoot the firearm. I'd rather be overprepared then underprepared.

[@edmundschubert4963]

I like Malcolm Gladwell, but he misses two fundamental points. 1: I don’t need an engineering degree to understand the basics of how a car works and what you can do with it, and the same is true of guns. 2: He talks like gun rights advocates have ANY interest in compromise, which they absolutely do not. It’s like getting in the ocean and thinking you’re going to have a reasonable conversation and compromise with a shark. It’s just not going to happen.

[@wendylafolle]

I don't agree. Most gun advocates are reasonable on the issue of gun control. The politicians who promote gun rights are the problem. As for whether you need to know about guns, yes. You do have to know what they do. Just like you need to know what a car does. Not necessary to know the mechanism, but the effect.

[@dthomas9230]

@@wendylafolle 18-year-olds in TX ought to be required to take a class before they get an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine, as it might show if they are psychotic. TX Supreme Court ruled a 68 IQ was not a mental handicap in TX. In 49 states and DC, it is equal to a 13-year-old. Men don't reach the full mental maturity of a 13-year-old until 26 in TX, so an 18-year-old is a 9-year-old with an AR-15 and a grudge against schoolmates.

[@bassandtrebleclef]

Gun control advocates have taken exactly the same approach to their cause as Anthony Fauci took to advocating school closures and vaccine mandates - by lying about the evidence.

[@RobertSaxy]

Did he state you need a degree to understand guns?, no. He stated that you should be knowledge on them to have any arguments surrounding them. And your also wrong in the second part, we only hear the extremes because they’re the squeaky wheels so they get the attention from the media. I myself fall in the middle here, I want both rights and regulations

[@billbillerton6122]

I'm a gun rights advocate, and I have zero desire to concede any ground whatsoever. More laws will only affect law-abiding citizens. No more compromise. No acquiescence.

[@f.kieranfinney457]

Gun owners aren’t transparent either. The ultimate basic reason they want a gun is “because I want it”. That’s it. It’s not needs based, it’s pure selfishness. Once they admit that the talks can proceed. They need understand they’re simply carrying water for gun manufacturers whether they understand that or not. The wishes of the few should not supersede the safety of the many.

[@dthomas9230]

Who needs to fire a 30-round magazine in 15 seconds? Who needs a 100-round drum magazine semi-assault with a bump stock? The 30 good guys with a gun in Uvaldi TX couldn't stop the thing most want to ban.

[@CharleyVCU1988]

@@dthomas9230 because the cops were too cowardly to run in. Ccw permit holders have a pretty good track record of stopping these monsters.

[@CharleyVCU1988]

@@dthomas9230 if cops can justify why they need large magazines and assault rifles so can we. Why should we wait for their superior equipment to show up while a criminal is trying to kill us?

[@CharleyVCU1988]

I want a gun for self defense and that’s the only reason I will give you.

[@supersheena]

Well said! Here in Texas the crime rate involving guns has gone up due to taking away the training and license requirement. Why do these politicians think putting guns in the hands of EVERYONE is the right choice? Now we just have a bunch of idiots running around with guns who have no business owning a gun. Road rage and domestic disputes are even more dangerous, especially for cops! If they care so much about cops then why make their jobs more difficult? Why put them in even more danger?! :(