America's Gun Culture Is Melting Down

With Americans once again crying out for sensible gun control legislation, leaders like Mitch McConnell are standing firmly in the way of changes that could save lives. #LSSC #Monologue #Colbert
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[@NewTypexvii]

"It's all well and good to offer thoughts and prayers, but sometimes you want shouts and swears." great line.

[@couragekarnga8735]

He's right. Sometimes you just need to cuss.

[@drewdurbin4968]

Really....now trump is taking your Hope's and dreams? Good lord you people are unhinged. No one but the shooter is at fault here.

[@alexisrivera200xable]

Nah, thoughts and prayers taste like a shit sandwich to the victims and their families since that is all they always get with voters still choosing the same politicians that did nothing each mass shooting, no gun law reforms to stop these imbeciles from buying guns and no assurances that this isn't happening again to their loved ones.

[@reljamrkic2663]

@@drewdurbin4968 Yeah. "I mean, I just sold him a dozen of assault rifles, a bunch of hand grenades and a bazooka. He told me he was going for some duck hunting. Oh well, next."

[@gobthegreat7797]

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln

[@walstib4945]

excellent!

[@sirmount2636]

Says the guy who destroyed the South, forced young men and immigrants to fight against their will (the draft) and put journalists in prison for defying him and suspended habeas corpus. Not to mention the first income tax!

[@walstib4945]

@@sirmount2636 interesting point!

[@AnonRanGER01]

@@sirmount2636 Well, he never said HE could handle power.

[@ashton3458]

Which is why they never gave me credit for my works.

[@AnimeWolf5193]

Thank you for calling out the video game BS. Literally millions of people play "violent" video games (and very violent TV and Movies) and we don't kill people.

[@ravenelmasri4441]

seriously. anybody who gets the clever idea to go kill some people bc of a violent video game already has mental issues and chemical imbalances going on. Can't blame a damn fictitious game for a very real problem that is gun violence. It's just a bullshit excuse so they don't have to actually change anything.

[@ravenelmasri4441]

change doesn't insight itself, we MUST insight change.

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

That's the same logic as "This person that ran someone over always rides bumper cars and therefore we should ban bumper cars because it's THEIR fault this guy didn't stop!"

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

I play many violent video games still. I haven't committed a crime let alone murder.

[@CodexArgenteus]

“That IS his mating call” - it took all my composure not to spit my coffee out!

[@cycoklr]

When the stable genius reads from a teleprompter and speaks in a monotone, he does not mean what he says.

[@DrWhom]

and he is scared people might hear his real thoughts

[@bleh5409]

And his followers know that. To them, he is doing what he has to, to please the left for a moment. They are well aware of what he stands for

[@Bartetmedia]

of course not, it's fake. He doesn't have a heart to say anything heartfelt or emotional, only hateful.

[@xxGraham1969xx]

Hmmm....wait, Trump can read now?...when did that happen

[@couragekarnga8735]

Just wait. He'll come out tomorrow and say something stupid.

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

*toughts and prayers, blame video games and mental illness, gun profits go up, everyone forgets... rinse and repeat.*

[@colingreen5553]

Prashant Anand all terrorism is bad but there is more right wing terrorism than left wing

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

@Hellkite1999 Right wing terrorism is just the symptom. The root of all the problems is the marriage between corporations and religion. Corporations want us poor, religions want us stupid, and both need us fighting eachohter or fighting whoever they tell us is the enemy. Power. That's all anything is ever about.

[@Cobalt360Degrees]

@@rsh650 News Flash, Dipshit: it's the right-wingers that are fucking shooting and killing your citizens. Don't try all your Whataboutism here.

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

@@rsh650 text-book false equivalence fallacy you got there...

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

@Laurie Huntley How? When? Where are the millions to do this? We'd be shot if we did anything other than stand there and scream for a few days. We need millions of people, including in the military and police forces, to literally march into the supreme court, white house, congress and the senate on the same day, at the same time, and physically drag-out every corrupt GOP and a lot of Dem politicians. And we'd a means to seize their assets. But that won't happen. The government will rather shoot at us. Because that is what their corporate masters want. Chaos is not good for business, especially if that moment of chaos would ring real economic, environmental and basic human justice back. It isn't possible to overstate the layers and depth to what is wrong with everything...

[@LadyUsakoB]

Dear America, We are worried about you-- Get better soon

[@abthedragon4921]

Thank you Canada, hopefully the cure will arrive in 2020 and we'll be better in 2021.

[@kellym9190]

(sobs in American)

[@LoveLee_Dreamer]

Thank you. We're doing our best.

[@gilbertspader7974]

Dear Canada we are screwed.

[@sandernielsen8018]

America probably need a 2nd Civil War before they adopt either European or Canadian reforms.

[@joelopresti5471]

Steven Colbert: There is no links between video games and shootings Everyone liked that

[@tjwilson1591]

No, there ARE no such links!

[@jacobsmith2577]

The only thing Colbert got right

[@sentientpotato9342]

What a legend

[@IHScoutII]

GOP, NRA and Fox News have helped bring us to this miserable point.

[@tannerwilson4843]

International Harvester Shut down the NRA please!

[@brainflash1]

The NRA is a terrorist group.

[@nocdful]

blaming the NRA wont get you anywhere

[@HumanBodyMaintenance]

@@nocdful they buy politicians with campaign contributions. What planet do you spend most of your time on?

[@brainflash1]

@@nocdful Yeah it will, cause it's their fault.

[@satnitcboy]

When you finish commenting here, contact your representatives. KZbin comments don' t reach them.

[@phaedrussmith1949]

They don't care one bit. Contacting them is a total waste of time.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

@@phaedrussmith1949 so make 'em. Threat of mockery like "missing person ad" for some representative are quite effective in fight for ACA.

[@earthatom7]

Drop that mic ... 😎👍 that's real and people don't even know or believe they are a part of the process... Which is why we're here now... Smh

[@petercarioscia9189]

I will, MAGA

[@scarletletter4900]

Already do, thanks

[@MMChoza]

''I try my best every night, but you're still in Office!'' SC

[@darktealglasses]

True. Politicians view their power more important than anything than saving people's lives.

[@happymerchant2385]

Lets list the last names of those politician, and then lets talk how you will ditch the topic when we found out they are jews.

[@darktealglasses]

@Justin Mathew What do you mean?

[@bullrider2515]

@patrickkelly3 www.thesun.co.uk/news/8104412/london-stabbings-2019-knife-crime-statistics/

[@bullrider2515]

@patrickkelly3 their rights to protect themselves were taken away. So these people are sitting ducks. Sad. The government can not protect them from CRIMINALS.

[@bullrider2515]

www.austriancenter.com/gun-control-laws-failed-latin-america/

[@purrbugaloo]

After Mitch fell and broke his shoulder Sunday I saw someone on Twitter joke, "he finally brought something to the floor." Edit: since this joke is so popular I searched twitter and found it again. It only has 10 likes! Maybe the show will buy it from him. KyZephyr @Louzephyr76 replying to @NBCNews Does this mean he finally brought something to the floor?

[@marshwetland3808]

If he wants to be symmetrical, I'll break the other one for him, no charge.

[@genghiskhan9269]

Too bad it wasn't another part of his anatomy

[@EldritchTeacup]

Yeah, his sagging chins cushioned his fall.

[@roseviolet1]

This is funny, but I'm 1000% sure MoscowMitch is lying about his "injury" and is just hiding because he's up shit creek without a paddle.

[@brockalbert5111]

That's hilarious. And thank you for admitting it's not your joke. That's refreshing and respectable.

[@Tessmage_Tessera]

I hope the good people in Texas and Ohio will remember these events when they vote in 2020.

[@corvus2512]

They wont

[@MsOrangeSoul]

Probably not. And I wont be surprised

[@JSkyGemini]

I'm in neither of those places and I will NEVER forget those or any of the other bullshit he's pulled.

[@joerockenfelder4910]

I live in ohio, and i wont forget! TRUMP 2020!!!

[@jkjkk5819]

Keep America Great

[@leanie9660]

It's so nice when your leaders cannot care enough about a tragedy to remember where it happened...

[@gwenwalravens8030]

Before his speech: what will the president do or say? After: He cannot remember where it took place? How shameful. He blamed videogames? How dare he. Reality: Nobody's talking about the guns anymore. Used this tactic like a pro during elections and his presidency. It is simply impossible that someone can be that stupid and become president. Think about it please. People let him get away with too many things bc he's 'stupid' or 'speaks his mind'.

[@rachelmoody1520]

We're all numb to them at this point. I don't think anyone would be able to get up and go to work if we weren't.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

@kcotte59 You do realise he has staf writing these trivia and speeches, right?

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

I'm not a leader also I don't care where. Where doesn't really address the issue.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

I live here and I don't even care. It doesn't matter really where it happened - it happened.

[@angelleigh9468]

Mick Mulvaney is the same guy who advocated for defunding school breakfast arguing that there's NO RESEARCH THAT SHOWS THAT KIDS PERFORM BETTER IF THEY HAVE BREAKFAST. Never forget Mick is an unconscionable mouthpiece for 45.

[@iainwmacintosh]

Well if the kids are going to get killed in school then there's no point in giving them breakfast

[@khaias7822]

The Awesome Ninja last meal?

[@shelbytomy07]

"This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in" ~Theodore Roosevelt

[@Alternate1234ify]

Also Teddy Roosevelt: "There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all ... The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic ... There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else."

[@thegreatanointedlordtrump.336]

The liberals are in good hands!

[@thesoundsmith]

And it is RAPIDLY becoming Trump's "shithole country" as he is DETERMINED to Make America White Again by bringing back the ownership of people of color, or people of debt. (Yes, this IS happening in the back rooms, legislation is being prepared. You don't hear about ALEC any more, but they continue to write bullet-proof legislation that enables the right-wing's power grab.

[@retnavybrat]

@@CDexie Different Roosevelt.

[@CDexie]

@@retnavybrat oh, I'll retract that

[@IAmSuzyQ]

Now that Trump has said "Hate has no place in America". When's he leaving?

[@Alternate1234ify]

@Suzy Q Colbert hates Trump, but I think Colbert's staying.

[@jakevoss4917]

And he also has complained about the U.S. many times. I mean, if he doesn't like it, he should feel free to leave. Nancy Pelosi really would be happy to work out free travel arrangements.

[@josieenglin8697]

#reasonablequestion ❤

[@songlee8456]

😂😂😂

[@gammaraygem]

@@Alternate1234ify Colbert loves Trump...he made him no1 talkshowhost.

[@djdamagecontrol86]

I fail to understand how a country that wages war as a major export expects that not to permeate down through its culture.

[@junioradult6219]

Well to be honest the mass shooting thing is more a new phenomenon. Considering guns use to be easier to get your hands on. They use to just be on the wall. Its more what has changed mentally and socially compared to say 20 to 30 years ago.

[@ArchangelSteve]

@@junioradult6219 Charles Whitman killed 16 people in 1966, this is not a new phenomenon, and America's failure to enact appropriate legislation has allowed the problem to escalate.

[@chaoslord8918]

The US is full of idiots. That's how.

[@kennethbaker5223]

@@chaoslord8918 Well, we all can't be the intellectual giant that you obviously are. lol

[@chaoslord8918]

@@kennethbaker5223 Well... I'm also American, so I guess that makes me an idiot too, lol.

[@tintinban]

The flags are flying half mast, more days in a year than they are otherwise. And they say, kneeling is disrespect?

[@herbertcamacho1461]

Psychological warfare. They want us depressed.

[@9ZERO6]

I wish I could decode your post. In layman's terms, what do you mean? There are multiple trigger points, but honestly and with all due respect, what do you actually mean? What does a mass shooting have to do with an American expressing free speech. Help me.

[@9ZERO6]

@@herbertcamacho1461 fair enough. I am always willing to hear different points of view. And I respect them as best that I can.

[@tintinban]

@@9ZERO6 The point here is Kneeling is not Disrespecting. It's one of the most elegant ways of expressing against injustice in the country. The people on the other side call them traitors and brag themselves as true patriots only because they stand during Anthem. Meanwhile, our country's flags are flying half staff because of mass shootings and tragedies all the time. Those who claim themselves "to be patriots", if they were who they claim to be, they would take actions to solve the problems of these tragedies and make the Flags fly high.

[@9ZERO6]

@@tintinban I wish these tragedies could be solved by a group of politicians. I would vote all of them right now. But it is a pipe dream. Millions of guns are in the hands of millions of people, and a certain percentage of those millions of people are hell bent on destruction. Flags up/down, knees up/down, makes no difference as far as I can tell. Hopefully we figure this out in our lifetime, and keep our freedom intact.

[@AppleCore360]

The fact they couldn't even name the right places these things took place speaks volumes about how much they actually care.

[@2126Eliza]

It might speak more about their age. Run someone younger than a mummy ffs

[@MyMomo17]

AppleCore360 It May also be because the Mass shootings have occurred in every city this year alone 250 mass shootings but age is part of it yes, I say Beto for President .

[@leggiemeggie5837]

HEY LATE SHOW!! CAN WE GET SOME CAPTIONS PLEASE!! People who have hearing issues, myself included..rely on the closed captioning..Nobody likes to be left out! Thanks!! 😊👍

[@blessall4ever]

Thanks for the request. CC is also helpful for people whose first language isn't English :-)

[@brockalbert5111]

No need to yell. We're not deaf.

[@kerryn6714]

The NowThis! channel captions all their uploads. I don’t have a hearing impairment but read them anyway!

[@outlawJosieFox]

KZbin do have their own captions under the CC tab. It isn't perfect but better than nothing

[@christiansomers4188]

@@outlawJosieFox KZbin's own subtitles are based on automated speech recognition and can be very noisy at times.

[@ohyeah6729]

"A giant pork sausage is even more phallic than your gun and it's only going to hurt you."

[@jspres86]

“The answer to all of your questions is money.”

[@puppetmaster706]

Phil Buckhouse no shit

[@sirmount2636]

I don’t mind money in politics if that money is being spent to protect our Bill of Rights.

[@iendedyoui]

Nope; "Power."

[@Vought999]

When Trump is condemning violence, he sounds like he's about to fall asleep; yet when he is inciting violence, he is full of energy!!!

[@jent.6622]

I'ts called reading from a teleprompter vs. saying what you really feel.

[@brockalbert5111]

You mean he more energetic when he's standing in front of a crowd of adoring fans than when they make him speak between naps? Weird.

[@tylerhackner9731]

That’s why he’s so proud to align himself with his hateful base.

[@jill-of-all-trades]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bettythomas8660]

Yep & he loves it!

[@memully]

WOW. BETO O'Rouke showed great honesty and sincerity!

[@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250]

nope. copying yang's honesty approach. smh

[@JSkyGemini]

@@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250 Go "syh" somewhere else, fucktard.

[@jamescooper5028]

@@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250 he did 100 times better than trump "Donald Trump cares so little about mass shootings that he says it happened in the wrong city ("Toledo"). What's worse, he seemingly read it off the teleprompter, meaning the entire White House didn't care enough to get it right, either" twitter.com/votevets/status/1158389477678538753?s=19

[@cctomcat321]

Too bad that if he really cared, he'd be running for Senate, not President.

[@dwally4198]

@@cctomcat321 is there a Senate seat open in Texas for 2020?

[@angelmatos9143]

Whenever a major social problem is ignored it will soon knock on your door

[@phx4closureman]

Yes, and it's coming. And when it does, you'd better be ready to deal with it. In THIS country, we HAVE that right. Other countries don't. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@angelmatos9143]

I don’t know if you’re a history buff...........

[@Stevie8654]

Using terms like sensible and common sense doesn't make your point valid, it makes you dishonest.

[@mareemaree5091]

good for Beto O'Rourke and his direct and honest answer!!!! Shouts and Swears!

[@jasonscottjenkins]

Yup! I do like Beto a lot for him being so genuine but won't vote him for potus this time around. he needs to focus on Texas and level up for a decade or so and then we'll see.

[@ryansheesley3703]

More like it was a set up to make him seem passionate, people buy into that shit. Same goes for all politicians, it's a little game and you're all marching to the tune. Let's see if they censor this comment like they did the last time I said this shit. Who's president won't matter when you meet the reaper, quit worrying about it and be a good person in the meantime

[@r78633]

@Jody Owen Just like Trump

[@r78633]

@Jody Owen What?..I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the second part of your statement..He should gave run Dem??

[@TonesDroneVisuals]

“It’s all well and good to offer “thoughts and prayers”, but sometimes you want “shouts and swears”

[@christianwhite3555]

Koolbananas bars

[@Drecon84]

I don't want shouts and swears. I just want a law that stops people from buying guns. It's insane that anyone can just buy a gun and start killing people. At least without a gun it's hard to kill someone.

[@behappy5869]

Drecon84 its still easy, multiple people is the issue with guns though

[@marsattacks7071]

This is one of the best Colbert speech ever ! The tone is right and he knocks Trump as Muhammad Ali would jab our dying face lolll.... Great job Stephen Colbert ! Keep on with the good work even though it's depressing.

[@DemocritusWept]

This is just brilliant. To pull a trumpie, I’ll repeat myself, this segment of Stephen’s is a masterpiece of modern political commentary; Mark Twain would doff his hat.

[@SFolkes97]

Just when I thought Trump's speaking style couldn't get any creepier - literally nauseating.

[@ValerieJNorse]

It's that automaton quality he gets when he's reading something written for him, and about which he couldn't care less.

[@marshwetland3808]

He was struggling to read. His face was like wax. Orange wax.

[@jent.6622]

It's called a teleprompter. Effective speaking is very hard for many people even presidents.

[@lokiboy7029]

Omg yes was looking for this comment, it was the most nausea inducing thing I’ve ever seen on a screen 🤢🤮

[@marshwetland3808]

@@jent.6622 He can barely fucking read. He can only play to people's emotions with his nasty middle school vocabulary, taunting whine, and self-aggrandizement. That's why he's waxen when reading a prepared speech that clearly someone else wrote, as it refers to concepts and emotions he has no fucking clue about.

[@silencedogood7297]

Colbert is the only thing keeping me from jumping off the bridge. Colbert eases my pain and fears and is a national treasure. Colbert for President !

[@ValerieJNorse]

In God's name, Susie, whatever you do, don't jump off a bridge until you VOTE in the next election. My guess is, after that, you won't feel like jumping anyway.

[@jkjkk5819]

Trump will stomp the female democrats (Warren and Harris) so hard, that their periods will return to them once again.

[@michaelguckian5373]

Please don't do that. You have a friend here too.

[@michaelguckian5373]

@Joe Mincey can you recommend good news?...please.

[@FizzleFX]

6:25 *Grand Theft Pong* ......... you mean, *PACMAN?* ... he does eat ALL the dots!

[@camsheet4649]

Colbert’s lowkey anger at this whole situation sums up Democrats feelings in a situation they can’t help. We have to keep doing our jobs while watching the boss undermine everything we do.

[@garettclement6671]

"I try every night but you're still in office." 😂😂 That hit hard!

[@debdennis5373]

Seriously!

[@Christian988.]

Yeah that cut deep

[@ryansheesley3703]

Was kinda corny tbh. These late night shows in general are cringey, minus Conan. The only one that doesn't spew political bs all the time.

[@jayyyzeee6409]

The comparison between gun control and Chernobyl was very insightful. Well done to Stephen Colbert and everyone at the Late Show!

[@sirmount2636]

The biggest problem isn’t the guns. It’s the volumes of psychiatric drugs we’ve been prescribing to our youth. Drugs that have been clinically proven to cause anxiety, hostility and rage.

[@sirmount2636]

America consumes more mind-altering psychiatric medication than any other country by far.

[@bigdrill8881]

Sir Mount good point. I feel like this part of the problem is often overlooked. But sadly it's currently not possible to fight the pharma companies or the NRA-lobbyists in the United States of Mitch McConnel.

[@janeenharris3074]

@@sirmount2636, the biggest problem is the guns and the gun culture. It's as if God himself decreed American's right to bare weapons, instead of a mere amendment written on a piece of paper.

[@Kenneth2413]

Joe biden wrote a bill that that passed years ago that banned semiautomatic rifles. It had a clause in there that if 10 years later a study couldn't show that it had an impact on reducing gun violence that it would expire. They could not get a study to show that so the law expired since it did not have an impact. The problem is not the guns. The problem is the public mental health crisis and public financial crisis. If we address those 2 things and work on getting people the emotional and financial help that they need then we can reduce all violence across the board, reduce the number of suicides, and work on making the world a better nicer place.

[@kyoopihd]

"This is supposed to be a happy occasion! Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who!"

[@gavh6789]

When your country has that many mass shootings your president can’t keep up with the correct city

[@vellabella1]

So true, that is many because it happens so often but then again I am not the president

[@onedivbypi2241]

Unfortunately his staff didn't send him to the wrong place. They could have all got on a different plane for Cancun.

[@richardsmart5532]

@@onedivbypi2241 Or, alternatively, Moscow...

[@bzolsen]

@@richardsmart5532 Moscow is where Erik Prince will be flying Trump after his term is over, if he can avoid arrest.

[@nedstewart1]

@Steve Bingham Yes better stay out of those Democrat cities. Yes, because they are and have always been the most corrupt cities in America. Remember when corrupt Mayor Daily of Chicago was using city employees casting votes for Kennedy using lists of voters whom were dead in cemeteries. How many local politicians from Baltimore are currently serving time in prison. Think Bloggo will soon be pardoned? Democrat cities are the most corrupt in America.

[@mlghelp2day]

Damn! I need to write to Beto O Rouke thanking him for his HONEST words on TV. Its RARE to see that nowadays. YEAH!! 👏👏👏 Trump supporters bringing up the OLD "Oh but Obama....card' in 3,2,1...smh😒

[@ingriddubbel8468]

I absolutely agree but its damn not damm.

[@mlghelp2day]

@@ingriddubbel8468 Thank u! I corrected it. 😁

[@trevorbowen1747]

Be careful what you wish for, the same thing was thought by people during the 2016 election and look at how it turned out.

[@HunterShows]

Got some red herrings there. Obama wasn't crazy like Trump; that's why there were no mass shootings when Obama was- oh wait.

[@AlastorsShadowDemon]

@@HunterShows But unlike trump, Obama was actually capable of sympathy. He didn't hold hate rallies stoking the flames by singling out certain races of people and calling them rapists/criminals/invaders etc.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"I don't know what kind of question that is." Seriously. Does the media _really_ expect O'Rourke to tell them something they haven't heard a thousand times already?

[@gororo9380]

That's sky 4 so from our friends in the UK. Did they send someone over just to ask that or what?

[@shaquevara]

of course they do. it's not like thy write down the question when they quote statements. while I agree with what he's saying 100%, O'Rourke was being populistic

[@chrisrichmond1941]

I agree, but journalists have to ask the question, however obvious, to elicit an answer. Otherwise the media would just be full of journalists' opinions and assumptions, instead of actual quotes from the people concerned. And if you just have the media's opinions and assumptions, that's Fox. Isn't Beto's animated response better than Hannity telling you what to think?

[@readmore3634]

​@@chrisrichmond1941_________ I occasionally listen to CNN just to hear what the Democrats are being fed.....and the phrase "I think" is used way too much.....the phrase should be "It's been proven"....not "I think"....reckless divide is the product of this behavior. (The Late Show)

[@chrisrichmond1941]

@@readmore3634 That's a fair point - and, yes, I mention Fox because of their talking heads, rather than the actual News team, but my point stands - journos have to ask the question, however banal or obvious it may seem. Viewers/readers want the subject's unvarnished opinion, quotes make news more 'colorful' and save the reporter from making assumptions that the subject may later dispute.

[@js1742]

"It's more phallic than your gun and it's only going to hurt you." 😂💜😂💜

[@breakmynose]

lol as i read this he said it

[@timmurphyofficial]

Thank you Stephen Colbert!

[@roydunn2865]

Beto may not get the primary but still needs to be a part of the political system.

[@cabinetengineer]

Beto should run for Senator!

[@just_lisa1931]

He should run for senator and take John Cornyn's seat.

[@sandpiperr]

That's why he should have run for Senate again.

[@stacia6714]

definitely

[@harrisjonas2363]

Same for every Democratic candidate that doesn't get the nomination.

[@Tatchko]

God, you can actually see how uncomfortable and unwilling Trump was to make that speech. You can see it in his body language.

[@marshwetland3808]

Waxy paralysis.

[@g0679]

Tatchko Indeed. He is a DoodyFace.

[@starmune7942]

He had how many hours to practice before he actually said anything about it?! And he still sucks!

[@genghiskhan9269]

Kremlin Donnie Caligula Pennywise the BUTCHER of Murica who befriends other psycho butchers like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and that Saudi prince.

[@Herryje]

That's cause he hates reading.

[@huddyrj]

If prayer worked we wouldn't need hospitals.

[@brianfp8081]

Unstable Genius That’s like saying that if hospitals worked, you wouldn’t need to look both ways before crossing a street, or saying if schools worked, we wouldn’t need to learn how to read or to do independent research. Just trust me, you may be unstable, but you sir, are no genius!...

[@clarettaorr9712]

@@brianfp8081 Very good comeback!

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

@Big Bosseseses As a Christian disgusted with how most of the other Christians behave, yeah that's actually probably accurate. :(

[@brianfp8081]

@Metalmanmick13 LOL, Unless you are already in critical shape, i.e. very likely about to die anyway, there is actually a lot of evidence that shows that you are MORE likely to die from going to the hospital than if you had just stayed home. If you want to look more into the subject, you should read some of the papers published by the MD. Craig Feied on doctor efficiency. Essentially, when a series of doctor strikes took place in Columbia, Israel, and Los Angeles during the early 2000's, there was CONSISTENTLY a DECREASE in the death rate, anywhere from an 18 % to 50% decrease, depending on the location. Dr. Feied at first thought that this might be due to patients postponing elective surgery during the doctor's strike, but then the same thing also happened close enough to him to witness firsthand when there was a Medical convention which caused many Washington Doctors to all leave town at the same time, LEADING TO AN ACROSS THE BORD DECREASE IN OVERALL PATIENT MORTALITY!!!! This was all detailed in the book "Super Freakonomics", but essentially, the logic goes something like " If you go to the hospital, you will be exposing yourself to people with highly aggressive infectious, highly contagious diseases, which all have a probability of being contracted and leading to life ending complications. Ergo, if you are not ALREADY at an EXTREMELY high risk of dying if you do NOT seek immediate medical attention, then you are probably best staying at home and recovering naturally. This isn 't just my opinion though, it is one that is also now shared by many physicians like Craig Feied, due in part to Dr. Feied's prolific work...

[@OriginalCreatorSama]

@Metalmanmick13 I was replying to someone else, not the original post.

[@saintantoine2113]

Bravo Stephen! We love you.

[@asecretone]

This is the most uncomfortable I've seen Trump in a speech since he took office. Wow.

[@floatingf8783]

Mitch McConnell isn't TRYING to put a price on human life. 1.26 million dollars IS his price for the "All You Can Shoot" buffet.

[@mediamattersismycockholste562]

vs the $155 billion and 4000 dead Americans illegals cost us every year?

[@kbanghart]

@@mediamattersismycockholste562 proof?

[@pennyhollifield5055]

@@mediamattersismycockholste562 Don't pull all that bullcrap right out of your butt to throw at us! It stinks with corruption, just like Traitor Trump & Moscow Mitch!!

[@mediamattersismycockholste562]

@@pennyhollifield5055 that russia collusion horse is pretty dead, but keep beating it if you want to, lol!

[@mediamattersismycockholste562]

@@kbanghart what? you're the only guy on the planet without google or duckduckgo?

[@cloud__99]

This monologue had fire! Well done, Stephen

[@redumbrella4218]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Great job!

[@MrSukhoi25]

No one in US media is talking about the fact that 7 mexican citizens that were in the US legally got gunned down, and they weren't there looking for a job, they were at that walmart to do some shopping! I can't imagine the media frenzy if 7 US citizens were gunned down in a mall across the border! I get that the gun conversation is important to have and I agree with it, but just for this one, make racism and extremism in the US more of a priority in the conversation! Because now, Trump and anybody who ever endorsed him, defended him or corvered for him has blood on their hands!

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

You are an idiot. Guilty by association is a terrible thing.

[@Mara_143]

"I try my best every night, but you're still in office."👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@TheLovie999]

Well put, dear madam. Keep it up. Love from Germany.

[@Dreamskater100]

@@TheLovie999 It's a Colbert quote from this.

[@couragekarnga8735]

Stephen and the other late night hosts do their best to keep us sane through all this.

[@annabelliott]

@@couragekarnga8735 Yes, INDEED!

[@Mara_143]

@@couragekarnga8735 yes!!

[@marynoellias9256]

I try my best every night but your still in office! Absolutely 😁

[@glaubhafieber]

Bad video game Tetris. We all learned to build walls from it

[@metalcake2288]

@Duribethin that's an amazing rebuttal. Video games teach us so much...

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

PC entertainment ban list: 1980, Fahrenheit xxxx and Tetris.

[@Itsallaboutlove52]

Many will criticize Betto for the language he chose even though the pain, agony, anger, and confusion that’s emanating from this man is blatant . In his February State of the Union address to Congress, trump derided El Paso as one of America’s “most dangerous cities” with an “extremely high” crime rate before a barrier was constructed along its boundary with Mexico, which was a total lie. To republicans and the Republican Party what else is needed for you to stop and actually be patriotic. Stop putting money before the citizens of this country. Moderate Conservative Against trump!

[@stellashepherd844]

Averil Williams And in February Beto was a leader in the March for Truth in El Paso. He’s really ba wonderful contrast to Trump.

[@Itsallaboutlove52]

Wendy Pastore Yes he is

[@ruthv2352]

And that's why I Love Beto...👏👏👏 The press keeping playing this disgusting political game and Beto just basically told'm "Go to Hell" he knew right the way what that question really meant and he killed it! He called out the press with a well deserved WTF!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250]

Yangs closing statement about reality tv and the demo debates… He kinda was there with public honesty first and I think these guys are adapting his style. smh yang2020.com/policies

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

I needed that shit today. He gets his mojo on any time he's in El Paso

[@ValerieJNorse]

That's not a "disgusting political game." What do you want, for the reporters to voice THEIR opinions? They need to elicit the opinions of the people they're interviewing. I understand why O'Rourke sounded desperate and enraged -- because it's entirely the appropriate response to these God-awful events -- but there's no point in blaming a reporter for asking the opinion of someone he or she is interviewing. That's the reporter's freaking JOB.

[@jamespreston510]

His name is Robert

[@ruthv2352]

@@ValerieJNorse Don't you get it? The questions are design for political reasons, they know the answer, I'm sorry but come on??!!!

[@indominuswrex9465]

Seeing Beto show so much honest emotion was so INCREDIBLY refreshing.

[@rustynails.8550]

Oh, what part was truthful? Must have missed that part. 🤥

[@thegreatkrimpus6139]

and all i hear is a lot of bullshit that i can disprove

[@ClaytonJones03]

That was amazing, playing _Korobeiniki_ during the video game segment, lol

[@SueBeka]

4:22 It's all well and good to offer thoughts and prayers, but sometimes you want shouts and swears. Powerful statement. Thank you Stephen

[@R00365]

Great job Mr Colbert! So important to call out corruption - even if it's uncomfortable.

[@user-li8qh4tv9t]

Roo Thunderbear That’s funny. I want sensible people. Btw, McConnell has other constituencies to adhere to, like his voters. The reason why an interest group would provide campaign assistance is because Mcconell represents voters that also do. It maintains the status quo by winning his next campaign using pro gun dollars. It’s very rare a pro gun Interest group would lobby a legislature that represents anti gun rights since its a illogical expenditure. They will lose important voters as a result. They are managing the status quo. To elude that he votes for pro gun rights due to campaign financing by NRA is illogical in its assumption as you are forgetting the element of the voters. Are you saying this is not a democracy? Idiot.

[@R00365]

@@user-li8qh4tv9t Dumb rant buddy. The US campaign finance system is a joke. Polls suggest the vast majority of US population want gun safety legislation. You sound like a partisan loser rather than a "sensible person". I'm a Conservative, but not a lap dog to Moscow Mitch.

[@user-li8qh4tv9t]

Roo Thunderbear I’m for gun control, and anything to stop idiots like you misinforming people. We don’t have gun rights because of the NRA. The constituents support it and voters. The voting system in America doesn’t support the popular vote as you saw with Trump winning. I’ve studied interest groups to an extent and it’s a woven into our capitalist structure. A private interest can only be pushed as long as it doesn’t interfere with the legislators constituents. In this case they are aligned.

[@dominicdominic9425]

Correlation does not imply causation. You cannot prove cause and effect from two variables solely based on their correlation. Also, according to statistics, 98% of all mass shooting occur in gun free zones.

[@cookiesandeggpie]

Guys, you need to invite Bruce W. Nelson, he wrote Moscow Mitch, The Musical (Theme Song). Clever lyrics.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@GamingTonberry]

As he reads from a cue card with an emotionless face and tone of voice "Some bad stuff happened, but nothing is going to change."

[@chuehlor]

Media needs to stop calling these “disturbed young men.” Call them what they are, a terriost.

[@halgraves4800]

White supremacist male Trump supported criminal and american with legaly owned military type guns. Long tittle I know.

[@doubleg281]

Gun ownership is at an all time low, while mass shootings are at an all time high. In one day we get both a far-right nut in TX and a far-left nut in OH. It seems clear that the spread of this violence is by the hands of the media glorifying this violence and fueling their hatreds

[@bigdofba]

Wasn’t the Dayton shooter a left wing extremists? What about San Bernardino and Orlando? Was Trump responsible for Newton and Charleston even though it happened on Obama’s watch? I don’t care if we ban assault rifles but I feels like the issues are much bigger. We need education, opportunity, and we need to work on mental health. Assault weapons are banned in Chicago and 73 people were still shot last week. Most of it is African Americans shooting other African Americans. Was that Obama’s fault when he was in office? Is it Trumps fault now? I feel like it’s a symptom of a deeper root cause. People need hope and opportunity.

[@orchidlilly7518]

And murders

[@xenophon343]

@@doubleg281 Please have some common sense. According to the data, the US has 120.5 guns per 100 residents in 2017 - meaning more guns than people. You're argument is totally invalid.

[@tmacdigital]

"For politicians, power is more important than saving lives" - Stephen Colbert 2019 - Politicians I have come to realize are the same everywhere. Whether in America, Russia, North Korea, Nigeria or China/Hung Kung - They all speak the same language and read from the same logic book.

[@frstnmlstnm3521]

A light in the darkness....kzbin.info/www/bejne/iorFimdrp62dbtk

[@sirmount2636]

China has very strict gun control laws.

[@sirmount2636]

North Korea too.

[@tmacdigital]

Why is it so difficult for bring an end to this needless lose of lives? New Zealand reviewed its gun laws in less than 2 weeks, In China, the background checks people are subjected to just to get a den-gun can take up to 6 months or more. You are also subjected to serious psychological check and supervisor will visit your home to see where the gun will be kept. When the 2nd Amendment was written, things were different than they are now, why not review the law to reflect current realities? "Thoughts and prayers" with the family who lost loved ones won't fix the problem. Get NRA's lobbyists away from the corridors of power, name and shame those who will not allow parliament pass needed laws to regulate proper checks on people with interest in guns. A lot of us who look up to America are today forced to look elsewhere. Fix you once-great-a-nation and save your country's image globally.

[@sirmount2636]

TMac Inc. China is a dictatorship where the people have no rights. They don’t have freedom of speech. They don’t have freedom of religion. We have rights in America. And they do not go away simply because some people think they should. The vast majority of gun owners are peaceful. It makes no sense for the majority to be punished because of the actions of a handful of people. The NRA protects our civil rights. Even when it is unpopular. Especially when it is unpopular.

[@KANGGOOEv94]

Nope you still have to “come and take it” 🇺🇸

[@ugheieiemmmfmfmff]

All we want is common sense gun laws to keep people from being murdered by domestic terrorists.

[@sanzuriver2959]

If video games caused stuff to happen, then there should be an influx of civil engineers students every time a city building sim is released.

[@rammym23]

Sanzu River to be fair simcity almost made me go into civil engineering myself

[@tracehorrocks2473]

Makes me wonder how much incest was caused be crusader Kings 2

[@sanzuriver2959]

@@rammym23 Try surgeon simulator. Also, let me know where you practice after graduating, so I can stay far far away.

[@viksaggu9085]

We should have millions of all star FIFA, NHL, NBA, and NFL players at young ages worldwide!

[@viksaggu9085]

Sanzu River I should have built so many rollercoasters by now 😂😂

[@anirudhmenon4234]

I'm not American but I gotta say, the lengths y'all go to protect your guns is incredibly insane. I mean, my country maybe a third-world nation with a lot of problems but we've had, get this, ZERO mass shootings.

[@Itsallaboutlove52]

Anirudh Menon I’m originally from Trinidad and yes they’re dealing with their crime situation but we’ve never had any mass shootings. Not even in Jamaica when their murder rates where high did that ever happened.

[@aryanshah1529]

It's not the country, it's the idiots in Senate

[@mattizzle81]

@McLarenBMW Did it help in this situation? Did a bunch of bystanders come by to save the day with their AK-47's? That's pure fantasy.

[@coreoYEAH]

McLarenBMW do you feel powerful? What power do you have when children can be gunned down while going to school? What power did the gun wielding people of TEXAS have in preventing this attack? Guns aren’t the main problem at all but they are a massive symptom of the underlying sickness.

[@alainarchambault2331]

@McLarenBMW Ah yes, the power to shoot many people with a high rate of fire and large magazines. That power? The power to destroy? Because what's the bloody point of an AR? A single bolt action rifle is all that a hunter needs. A twin barrelled shotgun for home defense perhaps. Just how many people are you planning to shoot otherwise?

[@lune78]

Beto O'Rourke is my new hero. I'm alone in my living room and I still wanted to give him a standing ovation. Also, we're STILL blaming video games??? Seriously??? How far these people will go to deny the truth is simply mind-boggling.

[@nataleesteele1688]

Oh Stephen.... well said 💖💖💖

[@xadam2dudex]

You know Trump was reading a teleprompter...he couldn't even express sorrow to people without reading it

[@novardifunkegenaamdkaiser3491]

Would't it be a great, but fun failure if he would read out loud: "Now try to show affection!"

[@bigmamabecky30ross2]

Right, he was forced to say what he said ,you could tell it was not genuine at all 😬

[@Damesanglante]

Yeah, Obama, Bush and Clinton were better actors.

[@xadam2dudex]

@@Damesanglante hurt Trumptard ?

[@liloleist5133]

There is one thing the president can do: Step down from your office.

[@petercarioscia9189]

You mean get reelected, right?

[@billy909420]

Get rid of spoons because of obesity. And the pen because of overdrafted check.. What about the guy who tried to hit me with his car, should we sue Ford... Lol

[@himbeertoni]

@@billy909420 How many persons can you kill with a spoon. Within 5 Minutes?

[@billy909420]

@@himbeertoni dam you got me....most likley none.. Just like the gun wouldnt either unless you put it in the hands of the wrong person..

[@nonaboccalupo7733]

Agree! Trumpets comments are beyond stupid, I can’t stop laughing to respond to them. Dumbasses think it will never happen to them, trump will have another racist rally and it will start all over again and again. I wonder if Flying bullets are racist! Smh

[@PheonixEXE]

The AR next to my desk has never shot anyone, it must be defective :(

[@christophtrispec3083]

5:04 The greatest burn I have seen yet. Keep up the good work Mr. Colbert.

[@farmerbill5079]

His breathing when he reads shows how difficult it is for him.

[@cycoklr]

It sounded like a sigh of disgust that he had to say what needed to be said. But the lack of warmth in his tone of voice exposed his true sentiment for the victims: NONE. No trace of empathy at all.

[@terencehamilton4219]

maybe b/c that fat bigot had fast food for the third time that day

[@blue7cat10]

"Every country has video games, but it only happens in the US". Spot on, Mr. Colbert! 💙

[@lessoufi]

Don't forget Trump's rhetoric is the primary reason

[@landrybt]

In Europe, people murder with knives and trucks. No matter what you do, people will kill.

[@oscarp4328]

👏🏻 well said !

[@ilovementhol]

Possibly one of the most bitingly funny episodes. Every time I despaired, I hooted. Thank you, Mr. Colbert, but allowing me to learn without leaping off a cliff.

[@jayl2298]

“It’s all well and good to offer thoughts and prayers, but sometimes you want shouts and swears.” I need that on a sign.

[@aranyanifox4375]

Get me one too, please! 💖

[@myco_chaotix]

"Shouts and Swears do more than 'Thoughts and Prayers' "

[@deesestone1382]

Sometimes you want action.

[@MethosFilms]

We play video games in 🇨🇦. We are not shooting up walmarts.

[@sirmount2636]

30% of American schoolchildren are prescribed mind-altering psychiatric drugs. Drugs that are clinically proven to cause anxiety, hostility and rage. There’s the difference.

[@struthsayer]

@@sirmount2636 plus the crappy gun legislation, and the gun culture.

[@jonathonreid222]

I guess Mario Kart has been making us drink and drive home drunk the whole time!

[@AM.000]

@@sirmount2636 that's not actually different from Canada. So try again with your made up excuses to keep guns.

[@axelfoley1812]

I hate that they blame video games it is ridiculous

[@hummingbirdcity]

I knew he was gonna blame Tetris!

[@visageliquifier3636]

I've played plenty of Monopoly in my time and never once have I wanted to be like Trump.

[@albinoshamrock8871]

Hey, Trump. 1999 called, they want their scapegoats back.

[@cedbanani]

2016 also called. They want their election back.

[@kamuelalee]

1949 called, Job well done!!

[@williamkeys5701]

1899 too.

[@nicolasarias2666]

Colbert is the Voice of Reason in America. A comedian, thats sad

[@robertfreeman3831]

Stewart/Colbert....2020

[@bensaylor9093]

Dude comedians have always been the voices of reason. Look up Aristophanes

[@HBarnill]

Trevor Noah?

[@adorable3817]

Unfortunately he doesn't think Trump should be impeached. He thinks Trump should FINISH UP HIS TERM, and be voted out in next election.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

@@bensaylor9093 I didn't really like it when Aristophanes decided to go "blue".... ;-P

[@angelp.5224]

#lssc #colbert thank you for helping this RN for 36 yrs hospice nurse and geriatric bedside warrior cope with this crazy nightmare! Go #beto love you getting real!

[@Sou1defiler]

Mitch McConnel sums up what I've always said. If a President can only sit two terms. That goes for EVERYONE in Government. And yeah. Videogames. I thought we had left the 90's... Errm 80's...Wait the 70's...

[@dredai]

I agree however Moscow Mitch can be voted out of office after his first term. We the people have always had the power to change things but we sit back and watch our political process morph into a sporting event. We should be engaged in the process so much so it wouldn't matter how much a candidate raised to put out signs and ads removing the power of big donors. But that's my pie in the sky thinking

[@brianfp8081]

dredai There are a mountain of studies that show that the amount of money spent on the campaign has literally NO EFFECT on the outcome. The best possible indicator of a candidate’s chances of winning is simply how popular they have been in PREVIOUS elections. Studies have shown that, if a particular candidate A has been historically less popular than candidate B, that they are less likely to win the upcoming election being examined, EVEN IF they outspend Candidate B by more than double. It’s also worth noting, that the way that most people assume that this works, os they imagine various lobbies bribing politicians to flip on positions and take opposite stances to what they used to believe. In REALITY, what is usually happening is, on any given political issue (say gun rights vs. gun control), there are ALREADY politicians on BOTH sides of the aisle. (This shouldn’t be hard to accept, since there are different PEOPLE who are on both sides of the argument, and politicians are just people who got involved in the process). What lobbyists do is, they find politicians WHO ALREADY support the same beliefs as themselves, and they donate to those like minded individuals to assistbthem in getting elected against politicians who naturally DISAGREE with their beliefs...which isn’t really a problem, or sign of corruption, since as I stated before, spending has virtually no effect on the outcome of an election.

[@richardsmart5532]

TBH, video games actually help people work-through their frustrations...

[@nedstewart1]

@@dredai We the people may not be on your same wave link.

[@WHBJr]

1. Do away with corporations as people 2 campaign finance reform

[@willtheangrydudeist9120]

💯

[@Jowls2024]

And give us back our National Parks!!

[@neuroisis85]

3 Make lobbying illegal

[@danr154]

Right. It's fine to say fuck the nra......but it won't happen unless we get collectively far more politically active as a culture or we make it so that running for political office isn't just a fundraising contest backed by corporations. But I mean what can we do? Give every presidential candidate a fixed, publicly funded budget for their whole campaign and allow no donations? Disallow all corporate donations to congressional campaigns? I mean maybe.........but you will have to get them to vote against their own interests so good luck. It will be like trying to get them to approve term limits. Pfft, as if.

[@darkwizard9536]

No contributions from anyone outside the district you are running in. No more pacs. Election reform needs as much work as election security. It's easily doable, we just need to vote for representatives that actually represent us, not their biggest donors (hence my first comments) Outlaw lobbies, corporations should not dictate our laws.

[@AmethystEyes]

Mitch broke his collarbone by trying to retract into his shell. 🐢 Edit: it also must be hard as he sold his spine to the NRA. So he doesn’t have one anymore.

[@janeboucher8314]

AmethystEyes Lmao

[@pennyhollifield5055]

Hahahahahaha! Yes! All his chins made a safe retraction impossible!

[@ivansmith654]

Poor little Moscow Mitch May he rest NOT in peace!

[@glazierblue573]

Am not for killing animals, but right now I say, being out the turtle soup!

[@barbreader]

Please stop insulting turtles.

[@MforMovesets]

"Ban videogames. I'm old. It's convenient." Getting rid of the old is also convenient... ahem.

[@susanmerring9678]

Well spoken Stephen.

[@aggressivelyzoe]

same dude who said he could shoot someone on 5th ave says violence is incited by video games

[@nicolesalmon4583]

Wonder which ones he was playing. "Dodge of Duty"? Can someone tell me.

[@mylist3259]

100% agree

[@mxmeseeks]

Some guy at the dmv just yesterday was talking about everyone having a right to protect themselves and their family but in the same breath said x person should be shot for their values . It's my opinion people like that should be screened out and have their gun privileges (not a right!!!!) taken away

[@love-hammer]

To be fair you have to consider the video games from when he was a child, such as stick-ball, push the hoop with a stick, and burn the lowercase t on the lawn of that family that moved in down the street.

[@vera_nika2]

which is BS...games are paid in Europe too, still not so many shootings.

[@HayderAbdulridha]

You know what, I play with lots of Canadians who play these “violent video games” and guess what, the have pretty much NO MASS SHOOTINGS!

[@kart112]

From the UK here. Same.

[@hollyrosumny2777]

The Late Show with an audience...ah yesterday...much nostalgia.

[@brittensomerville8883]

I live in New Zealand. As everyone knows, we had a massive shooting in our country this year which was in fact our only mass shooting of the 21st century so far, and you know what our Government did? They didn't even HESITATE to ban assault rifles in our country, despite our already very very strict gun laws. And this was only 2 weeks after the shooting happened. Compare this to the 250 mass shootings in the US this year alone, and still nothing has been done. There's no way else to put it - It's absolutely fucking pathetic that the US Government has refused to change. It's quite unfortunate because it seems like no matter how many Americans want gun laws to change, it all depends on the opinions of a couple of corrupt assholes that run the US Government

[@demanischaffer]

You know that a majority of mass shooting in the US are gang related and include things like drive by shootings? New Zealand caved to pressure after 1 incident and banned guns based on cosmetic features, and somehow belive that "assault rifles" were the weapons even used

[@brittensomerville8883]

@@demanischaffer I don't care if they are gang related or not. Shootings are shootings. Second of all, the NZ Government didnt cave in to pressure. They are smart and realised that no one needs to own a semi-automatic rifle, so they banned them. (My mistake btw, full auto assault rifles were already banned before the shooting). I believe all of these guns are still legal at shooting ranges though

[@demanischaffer]

@@brittensomerville8883 Shootings are shootings, but how do you stop gangbangers in inner cities with some of the strictest gun laws in the nations? And yes NZ did cave, the actions of one man who even admitted his intent was to cause debates over gun control and cause people to try and ban certain types of firearms "No one needs" Which acts like semi automatic rifles are killing machines when they are responsible for less deaths then fists and feet per year

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

Even if they banned "assault rifles" (they aren't) they didn't ban the other firearms he used in the mass shooting. Any repeating firearm is apt for shooting multiple times and thus a mass shooting. You even openly admit that NZ already had strict measures yet the shooting happened. It will happen again give it time. All that has resulted is the theft of private property from individuals and one more measure of arbitrary control on the citizen. It also has to do with the voting majority which happens to be conservative. Lefties are too busy doing snapchats and other social media to vote. They can whine and protest ok but where it actually matters they do not participate. the number of lobbying funds in total is far higher for gun controls yet the number of unique pro gun voters is detrimental to this end. I don't think you should trust a government with firearms when 94% of background check denials are fraudulently declined (CPRC). Gun owners have zero reason to trust the government. I have been denied a firearms transfer through a form 4473 and I am a certified firearms instructor. I have no criminal record and haven't been adjudicated mentally ill. If (according to the government) I am a prohibited person then I see no reason why the government should decide who gets what. Considering the entire American basis of ownership of arms is violence against the government any preemptive measures from government is infringement by definition. People are going to fight and die for the second amendment and ironically it will be due to gun control that gun violence increases and not decreases. It is sad that it needs to happen but it is going to happen.

[@leetraviusmckay314]

"I try my best every night but you're still in office"

[@quaifong]

classic

[@computerbiscuit]

You should not be able to purchase a firearm without some training, private or military service. You will start to wash out people who have no business owning a firearm like this. " A well regulated militia......

[@nettoyagedelamaison9557]

get lost Get lost

[@modernman1948]

I love that ass-croutons wasn't censored. Great new word. Thanks Stephen!

[@gdconde]

I remember watching Bowling for Columbine (2002) and Elephant (2003) and I couldn't believe how anyone could buy war weapons anywhere. 17 years later, and USA has the same problem. That is incredible.

[@onikin]

Oh wow. You are like one of 10 people who saw Elephant, a fictional reimagining of Columbine. Me, you, and maybe 8 other people ever saw it.

[@ryansheesley3703]

@@onikin I saw it. It was horrible lol

[@terracrincoli5267]

Oh my gosh I need to see more Smile Files XD