Gun Control Abroad vs. The United States | The Daily Show

The Daily Show correspondents John Oliver, Michael Kosta, and Roy Wood Jr. travel the world to find out why Americans are obsessed with guns, and what Australia, Switzerland, and the U.K. are doing right in the fight against gun violence.
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[@ULTRA1BOB]

I was visiting Australia and happened to go into a bank to deliver some paperwork. I looked around and saw there were no security precautions, no bulletproof glass. I mentioned my observation to the bank official I handed the paperwork to. She replied, "We have gun laws in Australia."

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

We have over 20,000 gun laws local and state and over 300 federal laws. We have the most gun laws in US history today.

[@thorunnsleight4199]

None of which have any teeth, unfortunately, unlike Australia's...

[@ULTRA1BOB]

@@S1D3W1ND3R015 Where do you get your statistics? Do people in Texas and FL even know what a gun law is?

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

@ULTRA1BOB Just because ban and confiscate isn't in the state laws doesn't mean they don't have laws. This just proves your ignorance. Every single state has state laws, on top of federal laws. Every single city has its own local laws too.

[@darthmarvin247]

@@S1D3W1ND3R015 -"We have the most gun laws in US history today." Ever heard of quality over quantity? Doesn't matter how many laws you have, if they are as useless as gun free zone laws then they won't have an effect. -"Every single city has its own local laws too." Yet most states (especially the ones with loose gun control) have preemption clauses regarding gun laws that limit the power of the city to enforce any laws that conflict with state laws.

[@AnotherJoe]

One lady who got interviewed said it right, my child’s only concern is to catch the bus in time. That should say it all.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

Lets say they passed control today it wouldn't remove firearms from people that actually want to commit crimes with them. It wouldn't fix anything. 400m firearms in circulation already. The scope is entirely different.

[@Nickxxx85]

@@1911GreaterThanALL Yeah it would take long time to put most of them out of circulation so f*ck it, let is stay like it always was and mass shootings aren't that bad after all

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

@@Nickxxx85 That also assumes that majority of actively participating people want that. This isn't the case. Furthermore it would be wildly Unconstitutional which therefore is illegal. Bruen decision states 1791-14th amendment that gun controls laws must satisfy text history and tradition of the time. There was no gun control law banning firearms by type.

[@rncmv]

@@1911GreaterThanALL the key problem is in your brains, brainwashed with some serious bs

[@OverlordAlpha]

​@@Nickxxx85I think you forget the concept of Rebellion

[@pamelaibarra790]

"Common sense, thats not our strength." "Yeah, ive noticed that." 😂😂😂💀💀

[@impopquiz]

I think RESPECT (the arms n more importantly people) comes in handy too.

[@frondreadz789]

Im all for common sense gun control the issue I have is the ones making the laws cant tell me the difference between said guns and instead want to ban everything.

[@trueaussie9230]

@@impopquiz The USA doesn't respect the sovereign rights of other nations. It has a loooong history of interfering with and invading much smaller nations at whim It demonstrates minimal respect for its own citizens - most notably the children who remain at risk of being slaughtered in their kindergartens. Americans, as individuals, demonstrate minimal respect for their own laws or for their fellow citizens - most notably the children who are at constant risk of being shot. Both the USA as a nation and Anericans as individuals are insular, self-centred and arrogant. It's foolish to expect the USA as a nation or Americans as individuals to have respect for firearms.

[@user-yy7fn9gz1w]

@@frondreadz789 "the ones making the laws cant tell me the difference between said guns and instead want to ban everything.". Can you show me where any lawmaker has advocated banning ALL guns?

[@frondreadz789]

@@user-yy7fn9gz1w semi automatic is like 80% of guns sure bolt action and revolvers most don't say they will ban. The fact is civilian rifles look similar to military but the mechanics are far from the same case and point the AR is not in any way shape or form the same as a M4. Also do you live under a rock? Plenty have outright advocated for sweeping gun bans just like what happened in Australia and Canada. Curious the same countries that locked down to China esque proportions during flu season. 2nd amendment is a right not a privilege homie our forefathers cemented this for a reason.

[@alexandermccarthy]

As someone who lived in the USA for 20 years, and then emigrated to Australia, John Oliver nailed it!

[@johnrussell-bk7lv]

Me too, bruv. I'm in South America and feeling much safer, and I'm saying that in Medellin where you can't go to a park on the outskirts because people get robbed at gunpoint out there and you can't go on a tinder date because you might get drugged and murdered. I still feel way safer here than I ever did in the United Stupids of America.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@johnrussell-bk7lv bruv? what is that?

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

@@johnrussell-bk7lv Yet far more murders in south america! LOL Especially the country with not a single legal gun!

[@westcoastseattleboy784]

What was the immigration process like getting into Aus?I’m starting to think the “love it or leave it” crowd might be onto something

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

@@westcoastseattleboy784 Too late they have let in the muslims and blacks!

[@user-oz7hb3vj1k]

As an also European “Let me explain you the rules” is the most European thing I’ve ever heard in my life 😂❤

[@albertsnijders7566]

Very true!

[@danielnarbett]

And they were Germanic rules, which are the best sort 😂

[@ickebins6948]

@@danielnarbett What is the definiton of that?

[@geschichteistcool7182]

Yeah and i love it sometimes 😂

[@kristi1189]

I’m American but i was raised in Europe. Europe is community oriented. America is individualistic oriented. That’s why.

[@andrewr.5909]

Europe was community oriented* American mainstream- and social media infested European children's minds.

[@paulanovelli258]

You mean self centered and selfish

[@SY-mn6qb]

@@paulanovelli258if that’s how you want to put it

[@kristi1189]

@@paulanovelli258 exactly! We are trending narcissistic.

[@kanedNunable]

europe is a lot more left wing.

[@nelinotakam2621]

"It's a problem when guns have got more rights than women in a country".. That hits hard !

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

Every Republican: Guns are people and have rights to exist! Also every Republican: Women aren’t people. They’re just vessels and should be put to death for controlling their own bodies! Psychopaths

[@bobbobberson5627]

Neither should be allowed in voting places

[@bodybalanceU2]

@@bobbobberson5627 and people with too many bs in their name

[@dennishaladyn8205]

@@bodybalanceU2 Mass shootings and oppression are american core values and cultural markers.

[@bobbobberson5627]

Totes body balance

[@hblock8361]

The Swiss have a more mature mentality….the USA is still living like they’re in the Wild West

[@ulthanesmorkums]

The Swiss are 90% white.

[@TJ-fe7rr]

​@@ulthanesmorkums U.S. is 75% white. What's your point?

[@ulthanesmorkums]

@TJ-fe7rr No, it isn't. Arabs, Latinos, and many non European groups are designated white. The non hispanic, European white population share of the United States is 56%. Find a proper comparison instead of a European ethnostate.

[@TJ-fe7rr]

@@ulthanesmorkums is that the reason why the swiss have a more mature mentality? Because they're 95% white and the U.S. is 56% white as you claim?

[@ulthanesmorkums]

@TJ-fe7rr If you want to phrase it that way, sure. Find a 90%+ white Town/City with a third-world homicide rate. They have the most guns per capita in the country, yet their homicide rate is staggeringly low. The United States doesn't have a gun problem. We have a demographic problem.

[@Bodhi_Music]

“Thats your problem” for a non American that is the most American thing he could’ve said 😂 love that guy

[@italorossid]

look how the turntables

[@trowawayacc]

Its almost like they learned the wrong lessons from the conquerors.

[@charlieshort6394]

9:45 You learned from a mistake and you made an improvement in the law. That's so European.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Uh...Switzerland is far older than USA. And they kept that attitude.

[@dreapress1227]

I think it’s a pretty terrible outlook.

[@JishnusRadiance]

If you can't be responsible for following other simple rules in society to behave, why should you have a gun. That one should be the cornerstone of the gun debate.

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

Most people technically break gun laws by accident because there are so many. It's all arbitrary and made up. All gun laws are malum prohibitum. Only illegal because we make it so. It's not objectively wrong to own a gun.

[@user-mw5wd2gd5u]

Do you follow all those simple rules of society?

[@dogfaceponysoldier]

Why should you have any constitutional rights?

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

@@dogfaceponysoldier This is the question most anti gunners don't understand until it is a right, they care about.

[@user-dz7wv6fi5l]

After the events of the last three years there is no way I would give my guns up

[@andrewh.8403]

Quoting an American comparing life in Australia to life in the USA. "When a car backfired, I hit the deck and my adrenalin's shot up, right until I looked around and I'm the only one doing this. Everybody else was carrying on as usual. The only thing Australians thought was, oh, a car backfired, that was loud.

[@yosefshekelberg5433]

Cool story bud. Shall not be infringed.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

⁠@@yosefshekelberg5433 Read up on American history re what Madison actually said. Not just 3 or 4 words. There’s more he wrote. * There is not a single word about an individual’s right to a gun for self-defense or recreation in Madison’s notes from the Constitutional Convention. Nor was it mentioned, with a few scattered exceptions, in the records of the ratification debates in the states. Nor did the U.S. House of Representatives discuss the topic as it marked up the Bill of Rights. In fact, the original version passed by the House included a conscientious objector provision. “A well regulated militia,” it explained, “composed of the body of the people, being the best security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but no one religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person.” Though state militias eventually dissolved, for two centuries we had guns (plenty!) and we had gun laws in towns and states, governing everything from where gunpowder could be stored to who could carry a weapon-and courts overwhelmingly upheld these restrictions. Gun rights and gun control were seen as going hand in hand. Four times between 1876 and 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule that the Second Amendment protected individual gun ownership outside the context of a militia. As the Tennessee Supreme Court put it in 1840, “A man in the pursuit of deer, elk, and buffaloes might carry his rifle every day for forty years, and yet it would never be said of him that he had borne arms; much less could it be said that a private citizen bears arms because he has a dirk or pistol concealed under his clothes, or a spear in a cane.”-- There’s more, go find it, it’s very interesting reading .

[@Skinski7]

@@bernadettelanders7306 Read Federalist Paper #46. An armed population serves as a check against the potential of tyranny imposed by a standing army. Hamilton explains how the existence of localised governments combined with an armed population serves as a counter to a larger centralised tyranny. Examine the following quote... > Hamilton notes how a "tyranny surrounded by legions" is able to be overthrown by an armed population coming together as a militia. Hence his statement that, "governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." Australia has no such counter to tyrannical centralised authority, nor does it have the cultural mindset to develop one. This lack of a cultural mindset to resist is one of the reasons why the Australian people so readily submitted to ad hoc unlawful proclamations regarding business closures, drug mandates, detainments and speech infringements during the pandemic of 2020 and 2021. Culturally the USA is much more skeptical as it pertains to the authoritarian and arbitrary use of power by the state, hence the higher levels of non-compliance.

[@aussiemiss1442]

I love Jim Jeffries take on gun control. Comedy but with a lot of truth. Warning Aussie style swearing. More guns mean more gun deaths That is a fact.

[@kakapofan6542]

​@@aussiemiss1442Well if you look at the Switzerland part thats not strictly true. Gun regulation is the strongest force. Anyone can have a gun when they can prove they can use it responsibly, like a drivers license. And you can't just sell a car/gun without registering it with the new owner.

[@wayno5655]

Here in New Zealand we pretty much think the USA is nuts.

[@yodaddy82daddy70]

Here in America, we think New Zealanders and Australians are cowards.

[@duncanbryson1167]

​@@yodaddy82daddy70 Who is "we"? You and your January 6th friends. We saw how people "standing up to the oppressive government" fared 🙄

[@yodaddy82daddy70]

@@duncanbryson1167 better than cowering like you

[@GarrettGuerra]

​@@duncanbryson1167ah Projecting like a idiot,

[@ratofvengence]

@@yodaddy82daddy70 "Here in America, we think New Zealanders and Australians are cowards." This coming from a people too scared to go out their front doors without a gun? You need it to cope kiddo lol.

[@kevintsetse8440]

Serbia ,which Americans consider a third world country...had 2 mass shootings in 2 days. They enacted gun laws immediately. 15 years in prison for an illegal gun...face to face interview for anyone who wants to buy a gun and psychological interviews also. Thousands of Serbians turned in their illegal guns and there has not been anymore mass shootings there. Our problem is politicians that get kickbacks from the National Rifle Association and other gun lobbyists, and they would allow children to continue to die at their schools and countless numbers of Americans die in what has become almost a daily occurrence. The greed of these politicians is killing us everyday. They don't want their gravy train to stop. And this is their PRIORITY.

[@yeevita]

Our problem are the people. Even so-called liberals do not have think the US can stop mass shootings. Death cult America will never respect guns in order to have a non-death cult society for business and peaceful living.

[@zizinnnn]

@@bobbobberson5627of course, why not risk being shot at a supermarket?! you do you, america 😂

[@yeevita]

@@bobbobberson5627 Yep, not enough Americans dead yet, for safety to be a concern. Of course, death cult America would celebrate American deaths, so they would consider shootings to be desirable, and celebrate all the gun shootings and deaths.

[@italorossid]

@@bobbobberson5627 because aspiring to improve things at home is absurd?

[@cameronweaver2013]

​@bobbobberson5627 such a childish take, lol.

[@Megadeadpeople]

It breaks my heart to constantly hear about kids being shot at school. American culture is wild.

[@holzmann-]

Ban public schools.

[@tested211]

When there are metal detectors at schools, something is very, very wrong.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

American culture doesn't condone innocence shot and killed.

[@kanedNunable]

agreed, i live in the UK. we dont even consider our kids will be attacked in school, let alone shot.

[@holzmann-]

@@kanedNunable There are other dangers in European schools tho, such as bullying and bad teachers. Homeschooling is safest, but that’s illegal in my country😡

[@ladyginger1701]

America is too prideful to accept that anyone else in the world has a “better” idea or plan.

[@johnwilson3842]

Prideful 😂

[@johnelove4714]

I've recently made a post suggesting that Americans compare their healthcare system to that in Australia. I got more than 40 replies only two of the 40-plus people said that they had made a comparison and were able to make comments !!! The rest responded with that prideful ignorance and anger !!!

[@kevinsosa2906]

Fact

[@MrJuicekrew]

Swap that word with ignorant and you're most of the way there. As the Swiss Ex-Prez said, 'It's your problem!' Deal with it or not, the world continues. Just fact

[@amyschmidt1113]

Many Americans are interested in better ideas including gun control. Our politicians are bought and paid for by gun lobbyists and other corporate interests. Most Americans are worried it might be too late to get back our democracy. We need prayers, not condemnation.

[@adam248]

"We're about to be invaded by the Indonesians" As Indonesian myself I was like... Say what mate ?? 😂😂

[@UnashamedCaliforniagirl]

😂😂😂

[@Gift0r]

I also did not see that coming. :D

[@kateemma22]

Bring the Nasi Goreng when you come, eh mate. You can keep all the Australians taking over Bali though, we don't want them back.

[@sixsixsix.]

Now it's China at your doorstep 🤣🤣🤣

[@shrubert]

Hi! Australian here! Here's why people were concerned about invasion by Indonesia (keep in mind, this is the Australian perspective): 1996 was during the Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste, a situation that held a lot of weight in the Australian consciousness. 5 Australian journalists had been kidnapped and executed by the Indonesian military in 1975 while reporting on the initial invasion (at the time, Indonesia was denying they were even there and the rest of the world seemed to be turning a blind eye. The Indonesian government's official position on these deaths is that they were killed in 'crossfire') and this event, plus the Aus govt's response to it, coloured the public's perception of Indonesia as a whole for decades. You can google 'Balibo Five' for more details. There's probably a really interesting sociological thesis to be written about the impact of that one event on the Australian psyche. Australians were angry and terrified-- people thought Indonesia was an aggressive, expansionist regime. That they would not stop with Timor-Leste and they (1996 population: 201 million) would come for Australia (1996 population: 18 million) next; what would that conflict look like if the rest of the world decided to take the same approach they had to the invasion of Timor-Leste? We would be slaughtered in our homes without significant international aid. These are the sort of things people were thinking. (I can't tell you what personally, was thinking. I was one year old and so probably not thinking anything of import.) And, as often happens when people are angry and terrified, a lot of racism was the result. In turn, that racism contributed to making gun reform more difficult. TL;DR --1996 was a pretty terrible time for Indonesia-Australia diplomatic relations and a pretty terrible time to be an Indonesian living in Australia. (apologies for so many sidenotes in parenthesis...)

[@goetzvonb123]

Imagine walking through US cities and being able to have cultivated, eloquent interviews like that....

[@-Subtle-]

Imagine understanding how media works. While these fools are fools, they do not represent the masses. In the 2016 election, Did Not Vote won by a massive landslide. In 2020, Did Not Vote won again but by a smaller margin because people were voting against Trump.

[@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ]

Lol

[@omnixtwistedx6243]

You'd probably make someone mad and they would pull out a gun cause you disagree with them lol

[@kirk5152]

You'd get shot

[@dorrisday1518]

Who are you John Lennon? Image all the people, living life in peace ah ha ah haaaha

[@franknsnodge]

As an Australian I am so grateful for the intelligent leadership shown by the Howard government on gun control. I am saddened by the madness and fear which prevents change in the US.

[@Tylerd838]

what😂

[@hblock8361]

Same in the UK, got rid of guns after the Dunblane massacre in 1996. Whilst it doesn’t completely take away gun crime, it has significantly reduced it, we barely hear about it here now, very rare. The next mass shooting however will inevitably be around the corner in the USA….they love their guns too much.

[@Butterratbee]

@@Tylerd838time to grow up rusty

[@Tylerd838]

@@Butterratbee yep, you need to except it’s not a problem

[@user-xk2ig4tc3f]

I blame hormone pumped beef, the only reason for the current madness

[@nikiTricoteuse]

The rest of the world watches the gun violence in America in disbelief. Here in Aotearoa/ New Zealand, if we'd followed Australia's lead when they banned guns and done the same here, we wouldn't have had 52 people killed and 41 wounded while at their prayers. I'm glad our government acted as quickly as they did, when they finally acted. I simply can't imagine not knowing if my child would come home from school in a box from one day to the next.

[@TiggerToo27]

Watching John Oliver parading around Australia in his underoos, brandishing a spear, is priceless. Simply priceless. This guy is comedic genius.

[@lonewolfgamingplus379]

Don't forget the kangaroo 😂

[@russellcampbell9198]

Love the traditional Aboriginal one foot stance. He did it well.

[@theperson8539]

He needs his own show!

[@shrubert]

As an Australian, that was my one critique about that story when I first saw it. He was so close, sooooo close. And then he did the white-guy walkabout while talking about blooming onions... And it felt like it really undercut what he was trying to say by making the entire piece feel less researched than it surely was. Talk about tripping at the 5 yard line (I may be misremembering this American saying but I also feel like me not being bothered to look it up is kind of appropriate to my point).

[@jamesrowden303]

@@shrubertIt was a reasonable piece of sub-Borat hijack interviewing, and then he appropriated culturally which made it seem pretty racist.

[@jeremiahealy3657]

Man, about a minute in, I'm dying as that man unironically said yes to dripping sarcasm.

[@immrsv]

The Gun Culture problem is just a very visible symptom of a larger Social Culture problem.

[@westcoastseattleboy784]

THIS. It’s genuinely hard to explain to non-Americans the extent to which violence and cruelty are valued by our society. Americans seem to think taking care of each other is somehow sinful Edit: forgot to mention the paranoia

[@RonSafreed]

@@westcoastseattleboy784in 1774, 250 years ago, England banned guns/gunpowder in Colonial America!! Attempted gun confiscation by the English army on April-19 1775 started that 8-year war for American independence & England almost won that war!!

[@lkyuvsad]

@@RonSafreedand we’ve been waiting 250 years for you to mandate that ammunition be kept separate from firearms so we can use our secret teleportation technology to seize America back before you can load your weapons.

[@lkyuvsad]

@@RonSafreedbut in all seriousness, that is partly the problem. In 1774, a well-armed population was a critical thing for the US to escape tyranny, and the echoes of those foundational experiences last a long time.

[@RonSafreed]

@@lkyuvsadEngland was never really comfortable of the colonists having guns, but at the same time saw them as a "necessary evil" because of protection from indian attacks & hunting as well as fishing & gathering wild foods supplemented the agriculture of that time!! Remember land had to be cleared of trees & brush by hand & draft animals before it could be farmed! There were also periods of "temporary gun-confiscations" in America's colonial history (1607-1776)!! Guns were stored in the gunpowder houses built of stone & strong brick away from urban areas because the gunpowder was more unstable back in that time 250 plus years ago!!

[@brucewilson2763]

“Because they’re crazy”. I think that nails it.

[@CharlesRaines4946]

The problem with the u.s of a isn't just the guns, but the people. Americans have to learn humility, they have start seeing themselves as one people instead of us and them, education have to be prioritized and the human value have to be kept in the highest regard.

[@kendallsmith1458]

That's some fantasy you have!

[@drakecarter1780]

Completely incorrect. Mental illness is on the rise at a very alarming rate.

[@9y2bgy]

@@drakecarter1780 And making guns readily available in that environment is like pouring gas on a flame, you know?

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

You have to learn that the actions of a third party have nothing to do with me.

[@CharlesRaines4946]

@@kendallsmith1458 And why is that a fantasy? But maybe you as an american consider 540 mass shootings inbetween January 1st and August 27th of this year to be totally normal!

[@ZERO_O7X]

I'm so glad John Oliver got his own show, because he's an outstanding journalist and comedian. Now we need to give Roy Wood Jr a show and to bring back Jordan Kleppers show too! It's awesome how they can make us laugh at the horrific policies that dictate our lives.

[@ZERO_O7X]

Also at 3:58 Ted Cruz says "Gun control dudn't work". It's pronounced "doesn't" you hillbilly. It almost makes me as mad as when people pronounce "fentanyl" as "fentanol".

[@scifirealism5943]

Exactly.

[@YouTubeCensorsEverything]

Its very key to point out right now a great deal of the work is done by his writers and crew. Oliver delivers it well with a style of his own but the difficult work is often done by crew.

[@gforce9596]

He's an entertaining guy at times, but a fairly weak journalist. There have been instances on his show where he astonishingly ignores glaring facts or makes a very dishonest argument or comparison of an issue to something else, and he uses appeals to emotion rather than logic quite frequently. So not technically great journalism, but he's not the worst either and I think he wants to help society

[@Dinozor3]

@@gforce9596 he has never said he is journalist in his show

[@fremontpathfinder8463]

That's the difference- Australians feel a sense of responsibility for each other- Americans don't.

[@holzmann-]

Are you talking about general civilization or Christians?

[@sspsp6545]

@@holzmann-Some Christians do, some Christians don’t. Just like every other demographic. There’s nothing special about Christianity.

[@frankibianchi6188]

​Obviously fellow citizens, it's a secular society. It's why we have Medicare, gun restrictions, and a broadly functional electoral system.

[@--enyo--]

But that’s communism! 😱

[@bunyipdragon9499]

In australia we have more guns now than before the 1996 legislation. The difference is the reasons for owning them, background checks, and storage of guns and ammo is regulated strictly. All guns are registered and even if you "found" one in the shed you have to let the police know so it can be registered. Any crime inc a gun carries heavy heavy penalties. We still have shootings but they are so rare that they all make headline news on all channels - even for one death. We are close to the swiss in rules but we cannot carry in the open or in a vehicle.

[@robertp457]

"In australia we have more guns now than before the 1996 legislation." that's not true: "Alarmingly, the number of firearms reported in Australia in 2017 (3.6 million) is now higher than pre-Port Arthur levels, prior to the 1996 National Firearms Agreement (3.2 million firearms)" I got this quote from the anti-gun website australiainstitute The key word here is "reported" and the post was very biased. Why would gun owners report their guns if they didn't have to and why would they before a possible ban? The article goes on to use that unverifiable data as a fact.

[@julesmasseffectmusic]

So Rob you assume a pre 1996 gun, which can't be worked on by a gunsmith is still operational?

[@rosehill9537]

It's common aussie knowledge that we have more guns on aus now then in 1996. We have more ppl now so more ppl have guns. We don't have a gun ban we have sensible gun laws. Even an ar15 can be owned...IF THE HAVE A VAILID REASON. A farmer with a feral pig issue for example

[@Kyohan137]

Americas problem isn’t only gun control it’s self control

[@TheGreatOne-gw7xh]

America is the problem.

[@holzmann-]

Exactly

[@4catsnow]

And Australia was a consolation prize for England when American guns revoked their visiting privileges..And didn't England take Australia by force from the Aborigines ??

[@SarthorS]

@@4catsnow So you can't see the difference between an army, and widespread civilian ownership of guns? That's why you have 10k+ gun deaths every year, and the UK rarely goes above 20. But then, British lives are worth a lot more than American ones. Guns. Fighting against health care. Pro death penalty. Against environmental controls. Against food safety. It seems that the only life that many Americans care about are foetuses. But once they are born, it doesn't matter if they die so long as it makes a profit for someone.

[@opposingcounsel]

It’s definitely both

[@joegrizzle9482]

People love their guns more than their own children.

[@SN-bl6xm]

Americans love their guns more than their own children. In the USA guns have more rights than women.

[@gePanzerTe]

Or wives

[@PewPewLookout]

I would argue some people own guns to protect said children... and wife(s).

[@gePanzerTe]

@@PewPewLookout If one have to own a gun to protect his people, this a really dire life... 😱

[@PewPewLookout]

@@gePanzerTe I can't tell if that comment comes from a place of sheltered privilege or ignorance. I'll just give a few examples for why one would need a gun to protect their family. In certain areas of the country, things like coyotes are known to attack small children. It's even happened in suburbs a few times so it's not exclusively a rural thing. Another, more likely, scenario is a dog attack. Last year a man in Philly shot a pitbull that was attacking an autistic child. His mom was unarmed and helpless. Another example would be attempted abduction or assault on your spouse and/or child. Because that kind of stuff is happening EVERYWHERE these days and not just in the high crime areas like it used to.

[@Seilolo]

Even ppl in other countries know say that😮 in America guns have more rights than women.

[@einienj3281]

Because it's true. Americans aren't as free as they think..

[@bobbobberson5627]

We should restrict women from entering polling places then.

[@Deezy_Ankh]

Nobody has more rights and benefits than women.

[@einienj3281]

@@Deezy_Ankh go away.

[@Deezy_Ankh]

​@@einienj3281lol. That's your answer. Nothing of value. Did I hurt your feelings?

[@kevinn1158]

They don't have to look at Australia. Canada here and the few shootings here are all as a result of illegally smuggled from the US.

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

The Swiss guy having a fully Finnish name was a surprise. Great compilation!

[@bernadetteblack7028]

He is Finnish.

[@Legaleze]

I’m an Australian gun owner. I was not happy handing over my semiautomatic firearms. But, it was the right thing to do. I still have bolt action rifles for the control of vermin on my farm. Self defence is not a consideration at all. What’s the problem?

[@GarrettGuerra]

2 different world idiott We have more people & way more crime

[@ratofvengence]

@@GarrettGuerra True, 'Muricans are much more criminally minded. Just look at the incarceration rates, the so-called 'land of the free' has the most incarcerated population on the planet... :D

[@finbarrsaunders8688]

@@GarrettGuerra Would you like to try that again in English? When you do try explaining why the US has way more gun deaths PER CAPITA* then the other countries mentioned here. * Can you look this phrase up yourself or do you need me to explain it to you?

[@finbarrsaunders8688]

@@ratofvengence Not just incarceration. Look up freedom index by country and then for fun world rankings for gun deaths, healthcare, dental health, poverty............ All useful when someone claims 'merica is the best at everything.

[@ratofvengence]

@@finbarrsaunders8688 Indeed. Every quality of life rankings too. It seems everyone knows this except 'Muricans lol.

[@warren52nz]

*_I haven't seen a real gun in person for about 10 years. Even the cops don't carry them here in New Zealand. Not even border security. Why? Because they don't need to._*

[@sAturN83p]

boorring... lol.. kidding.. I wish here in America had the same value for human life.. I do love this segment of the daily show though.

[@Andreas-gh6is]

And when you have a low chance of actually using the gun for self-defense, even trained police are more likely to shoot themselves or others by accident.

[@LordCoeCoe]

Why would border security need guns? They gonna fight against whales?

[@warren52nz]

@@Andreas-gh6is That's right. More kids are killed by guns than anything else in the USA! Our cops have tasers and access to guns if needed.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

NZ had christchurch. I believe The NZ police had firearms then eh?

[@claireluvsthemovies3294]

As an American that lived in the UK ( I know not Australia) i feel safer in the UK then I do in America. 😢 I want to go back.

[@joshbhoy]

Yup in the UK you just get stabbed instead.... Although to be fair you have a better chance surviving and a guy with a knife cant mow down tens of people in 1 min.

[@NiekNooijens]

@@joshbhoy and how much stabbing is there in the UK number wise? Compare that to gun deaths in the US

[@Karma2Babylon]

@@NiekNooijensdeaths related to stabbing - in the UK: ranges from 220-282 every year over the last 3 years US - estimated number of firearm death excluding suicides: just over 20,000 in 2022 alone, a slight decrease on 2021. Add in suicides by firearms and those numbers double

[@blazzz13]

@@joshbhoy You've just underminded your own point. Bravo

[@ratofvengence]

@@joshbhoy And even with all those guns to 'protect' themselves, the US has a HIGHER knife homicide rate than the UK...

[@rmd8873]

I had a pistol when I lived in another country, it was a .380. It was designed to be a close quarters weapon. This business of carrying a semi-auto rifle, firing military grade ammunition, is insane. No one needs that.

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

The second amendment enumerates and protects the ability to address tyranny with violence. This potentially means violence against the state. Do you think Americans would need such firearms to address violence against the state? I believe so. I also believe that such weapons are in common circulation and even if it weren't the case I would want the most effective options available to me in terms of self defense. What happens when you have multiple armed attackers? I would especially want a rifle for that situation.

[@yoboy6319]

​​​@@1911GreaterThanALLi believe if you even tried to fight a tyrannical government you'd be on reddit with a drone dropping a grenade on you within a week, gun aint helping you in your weird fantasy

[@osvaldomedina173]

@@1911GreaterThanALL how many times did you protect yourself from a hoard of shooters??

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

@@osvaldomedina173 How many shooters operate in gun free zones?

[@osvaldomedina173]

@@1911GreaterThanALL where i live , basically every place is a gun free zone...

[@marvinmartin4692]

I can tell you why in a short sentence. Fear! And the illusion of control! They are literally cowards without that gun!

[@impopquiz]

It’s always “me vs the others”.

[@user-dz7wv6fi5l]

The cowards are the ones who leave the defense of their home and family to others .

[@user-dz7wv6fi5l]

@@impopquiz true

[@staygolden9264]

WHY? BECAUSE WE CAN.....LOL....DUNNO IF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES THAT PRETEND THERE FREE CAN SAY THE SAME..... COWARDS GETS THERE GUNS TOOKEN AWAY.

[@staygolden9264]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brigitperry4991]

Three and a half months. And it worked, and it still works 30 years later. John Howard did the right thing.

[@shrubert]

Having worked in the Aus public service, this is the part of the story that blows my mind the most. Christ, people must have been working 100 hour weeks.

[@vickigreen9545]

I didn’t like John Howard for any of his 1950s policies, but I forgive him all of that for this one thing he achieved.

[@RonSafreed]

In 1774, 250 years ago, England banned guns/gunpowder in colonial America!! Attempted gun confiscation by the English army on April-19 1775 in the colony of Mass. started that 8-year war for American independence & England almost won that war!! Then England came back for the War of 1812-1815 & burned down Washington D.C.!!

[@frankibianchi6188]

It doesn't wash out the undeniable damage he did to this country, but it is something we can be forever grateful for. Only a popular conservative leader could have done it, and even they couldn't do it now.

[@martialmarcotte1186]

Americans fixation with guns and anti abortion is just plain weird. Saying this as a Canadian 🇨🇦

[@noahsawyer7155]

Oh yes the country that was afraid of some truckers

[@colbicolbiWTF]

just 2 mo ago right outside my house were 3 " mass shootings " and 2 of em were people going on a homeless shooting spree, killing homeless and the 3rd was same thing possibly but ended in a shootout with police, bullets hitting my house... then my car last week broke down RIGHT THERE but luckily police moved all the homeless away from under the bridge due to violence. its nothing new, i grew up getting drive-bys and ive losst friends to them but the thing is i specifically moved to a " Safe ' better place and then found out nah, theres still shootings here daily. my neighbors brothers friend and him were outside playing 7 years ago or so and a guy started shooting the kids, my neighbors brother survived but became a mute after his friend died in his arms. when i was a kid a gunman entered the school days after 9/11, then my sister also had a school shooting around that time. so things havent changed only got worse the last 20 so years. im 100% raising my kids in a different country.

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

Bye.

[@thorunnsleight4199]

I so understand you. I left 40 years ago.

[@samsolida]

This makes me incredibly sad... This should not be part of childhood memories, man... Switzerland is also a great way to see how to responsibly enjoy gun ownership. One thing that was not mentioned in these clips is that Switzerland has a very peaceful culture. For example, it's illegal to make excessive noise past 10 pm, before 7 am, on Sundays and on holidays. We value each others' freedom, individuality and right to a peaceful, private life. I'm sure that that plays a role. On the whole, we feel safe too. Sure - there are always nutjobs and drug-addled, aggressive people, but it's the rare exception - not the norm.

[@user-yy7fn9gz1w]

Come to the UK. I'll even take you shooting, I have plenty of guns.

[@colbicolbiWTF]

@@user-yy7fn9gz1w your ipa says otherwise, you are not even near uk lol and no thanks, i got plenty of my own guns passed down 3 generations xD

[@ThreeRunHomer]

I think all of us Americans need to go walkabout. It’s clearly the answer.

[@Maverick21491]

You dont have kangaroos so it wouldnt work .😋

[@ThreeRunHomer]

@@Maverick21491 yes, but we could certainly have people in roo suits.

[@peterleadley]

Please don't........

[@kanedNunable]

americans just need to be more educated on how other countries are run.

[@arklyn]

​@@kanedNunable too many people in America are too arrogant to even consider respecting people from other countries, let alone learning from them.

[@MonsVonD]

I live in Norway and the police dont even carry guns unless they have to, the way the US is about guns is actually insane

[@ptv8113]

It’s true and I strongly believe in gun control and that things in US are totally moronic but there is a huge difference between US and other places- the fact that there are 300m guns here already. Even the most optimistic agree that confiscating all weapons is never, ever going to happen. So gun control starts at that point - not at the point it did in Australia or UK or Norway- where there are only a tiny fraction of those weapons. So the approach and immediate results cannot be compared to those countries. You can’t just say “do what Norway or Australia or UK did” - because it’s too late for that. Again, that doesn’t mean that the US shouldn’t be moving forward with the most effective controls it can.

[@ratofvengence]

​@@CK-ri7ufFreedom? Lol, both Norway and Australia outrank the US in EVERY freedom index do let's not pretend letting any fool have access to firearms makes you more free 😂

[@ptv8113]

@@CK-ri7uf How so? What freedom are you talking about? Sometimes gun activists (and btw, i hunt and support hunters) hijack the 'freedom' thing. You aren't talking about freedom as a whole. You are talking about your freedom to own a gun without background checks or rules. Is that freedom really more important than safety? What about the freedoms we should have to go to school or college or the mall or theater, without the fear of being gunned down?

[@Tylerd838]

@@ratofvengenceno they don’t 😂

[@ratofvengence]

@@Tylerd838 Oh, you challenge that kiddo? Name the recognised freedom index that the US leads. Or, we'll see if you have the integrity to admit you're wrong.

[@TheDysartes]

The same thing happened in the UK, it took one massacre to implement stricter gun control and no mass shooting since. The problem America has is that it's economy is built on developing and creating products for the Industrial Military Complex and weapons for home use. There are roughly currently about 400 million guns in circulation, which is also about 46% of guns worldwide in civilian hands.

[@Moose_King_05]

Way to go guys, let's get to 50.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

Like our indonesian 3rd president Mr Habibie, when USA accused us trying to make WMD when we tried to make Space rocket in 98, "not all country want to make living with blood money!"

[@franciscoburgos787]

It’s not just the guns Americans buy, there is also the guns sold and shipped to Mexican cartels. NRA ain’t gonna give up that money.

[@bobbobberson5627]

You think the cartels buy the guns from… the NRA?

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

You mean when the Obama administration sold weapons to the cartel, full auto ones at that? Ones that ended up killing a border patrol agent.

[@i.sodeikat8397]

And that can't be changed?

[@franciscoburgos787]

@@i.sodeikat8397 not when the NEA has the people they can change it in their back pockets. This is known as corruption in Mexico, but in America we just call it lobbying.

[@frondreadz789]

Sounds like ATF doesn't do their job they're too busy knocking on some old man's house with a pistol brace. If ATF border security DEA and coast guard actually targeted the real illegal firearms being sent into the nation I'd be more open to the idea of gun control. But by every metric the responsible citizen is who they want to turn in guns...why? DEA budget gone up every year the amount of drugs imported has only gone up...they literally don't do their job unwilling or unable why fund it if it don't work?

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

John Oliver was just a baby ❤ My how he's grown!

[@asdfg78547]

and now he's American!

[@mphoramathe1801]

Miss you all! Paramount your writers are a global treasure, stand with them and give them their fair due, these reruns just show that they're worth every cent!

[@sandrathompson1277]

Why do you think everything American is a GLOBAL treasure…they are your writers not ours…Americans need to get over themselves…

[@jmd1980]

Took a gun safety course last year and instructor was Miko. I was so confused for a while knowing I knew this guy from some place (original interview was from years ago) before final figuring it out and he of course laughed cause gets that a lot. He was a great instructor. And pretty funny even though seemed dry in the video (just how Swiss kinda are).

[@ingalappalainen]

Im wondering if he is actually from Finland because his name, Mikko Leinonen, is typical finnish.

[@jmd1980]

@ingalappalainen Yeah not sure. He said he grew up in Switzerland but parents could be Finnish. He has the look.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

@@jmd1980 yep. That viking look

[@Anjasotherchannel]

@@ingalappalainen thought the same immediately when I heard the name.

[@kat4428]

He sounds more Finnish than German/Swiss.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

More like guns out of control in the US vs safety in normal countries

[@The_Gallowglass]

Guns aren't the problem. They just make the problem worse.

[@dd-jm1md]

whoever picks the talent for The Daily Show sure knows what they’re doing…

[@seshigcreative]

*knew

[@dd-jm1md]

@@seshigcreative in my rendition they’re still there but you do you…

[@jimwheeler9840]

Loved the pieces on Switzerland. I used to be an avid target shooter and hunter. And even in that arena, I wished there could be a requirement that a person have to pass a safety and shooting accuracy test before you could buy a hunting license. Why? I was almost shot by a group of trigger-happy idiots shooting at a deer, and I saw too many deer not taken down quickly and cleanly. Honestly, some people simply don't have any business having a loaded firearm, unless they were alone on another planet. 😊

[@frondreadz789]

IDK about all the states but theres a written and practical portion to get a hunting license in the west coast montana etc. IDK where this was or if you dont know the laws.

[@davedavids57]

Unfortunately the problem is they made all the laws up at 11.44. The guy they interviewed isn't even Swiss and had no idea about Swiss laws. He states you can't have a gun with a criminal record, which is untrue (you can have one non violent offence every 10 years), I don't understand how they can make stuff up like this. We literally have no training requirements to own a gun. We don't have waiting times (they claim it's two weeks - not a thing), or mental health checks (they made that up), ammo storage requirements (made up), unloaded when not in use (made up) etc etc. It shocks me they can literally just made up stuff and tell americans it's true when it's not. Don't believe me just check the laws yourselves.

[@woking_around]

The US national motto "In Guns we trust"

[@simontouyet5478]

It's clear that the role of media cannot be understated in shaping our perspectives on this issue. As a Franco-British individual currently residing in Ireland, I've noticed a stark contrast in societal attitudes, deeply influenced by media, education, and family. Here in Europe, our exposure incites a sense of caution, a healthy concern. However, it seems that in the United States, this caution escalates to fear. This distinct divergence in sentiment fundamentally alters the relationship one has with firearms and the concept of gun control. The lens through which we view these matters greatly dictates our responses, making it an important facet to consider when deliberating on such critical issues. TLDR: Europeans are taught to be concerned, Americans are taught to fear and be scared.

[@EnilSsab]

This is why legacy news is failing in the US. They are failing us because there's always a bias or an agenda. I disliked guns because of how they were portrayed in the media. It didn't help that I had a mother who believed it and sold all my father's guns after his death while I was too young to understand. Now I'm a licensed concealed carrier because I separated my mind from the brainwashing.

[@james.telfer]

Fear comes frorm insecurity - Europeans have had millenia longer to learn who they are and what they stand for. The US is still at the hormonal teenager stage by comparison, coupled with mass indoctrination of USA=always best and ultra-capitalism with regulatory capture preventing reform. Oh, and one point everyone skirts around - the 2nd AMENDMENT was added to the Constitution, so why can't be REMOVED?!?

[@larryc1616]

GOP =Party of hate, trumptards, conspiracy theories, racism, homophobia, sectarianism, demagoguery 🤡😈👈

[@Gilliganfrog]

The problem is NOT the American media, because all it's doing is giving the American viewers what they want; the problem is the American people. News that teaches us to "be concerned" is considered preachy, spineless, BORING. News that teaches us to "BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID" is considered hard-hitting, brave, important, and comforting (in its reinforcement of our paranoid worldview). America needs a mass enema.

[@numberMX]

This comment sounds like it was written by ChatGPT

[@shortstuffstumpleson]

Yeah if I could, I would move to Australia. I've been all over the continent twice and it has been my favorite place in all of my travels. Basically what that young gal said - they just hang out and be happy. Fantastic beaches almost everywhere you go, surfing, better food than they have a reputation for, minimum wage is over $21/hr, and most of the people are happy and friendly. I yearn to go back.

[@frondreadz789]

Not after 2019. You couldnt pay me enough to go to the prison colony

[@Mububban23]

@@frondreadz789 Geez, what happened in 2019? Mass shooting?

[@ratofvengence]

@@Mububban23 Some who only get fed their ideas from far right wing 'news' think that we went all tyrannical when covid hit, instead of just taking sensible actions to prevent having over a million of a our people needlessly die, like the US did.

[@bobbobberson5627]

Sounds like Australia has a pretty bigoted immigration policy. I’d be happy to write you a letter if it would help you move out of my country. Please reply your address.

[@ratofvengence]

@@bobbobberson5627 That's kind of you, helping him move to a nation with a better quality of life and higher ranking in EVERY freedom index :)

[@patrickjenkins6383]

(@18:50) "Probably the Constitution & just because they're Crazy," and: "It's a problem when Guns have more rights than Women within a Country." -from a young South African woman as to why Americans love Guns so much. Said with an Insanely beautiful smile. 🌍😎

[@S1D3W1ND3R015]

Whats ironic is South Africa has more gun crime then we do but whatever. Also I didn't know women have over 20,300 laws against them just cause they are women, have to be locked up in safes, have to be licensed and have a background check etc etc. This is the silliest disingenuous comparison ever.

[@sirmarisa]

he had nothing to say to that. Thats a checkmate

[@shanepallette]

In America, women and men are equals. So, I guess you are saying that guns have more rights than its citizens.

[@EdwardDragon96]

​@@shanepallette Looking at it from the outside of the US, I would say no, men and women arent equal in the US. They may have similar rights in many cases, but parts of you society and some of your lawmakers still see them as "second class citizens". That being said, that probelm is not exclusive to the US.

[@shanepallette]

@EdwardDragon96 Please give me an example of what you see from the outside that doesn't make women equal to men in the USA? We have the 14th Amendment with equal protection and rights. Before you give biased based media answers, I'll bring up Abortion rights. #1killer of children in the USA is abortion. Over 620,000 unborn children were killed last year alone. Guns killed 1600. I'll bring up pay. Look at the jobs generally women take in the work field, medical insurance used, and time off requested compared to men.

[@kevindwelle1625]

Honestly! America will never ever have a "Peaceful Safe Civil Society" when everybody has easy access to End Life...

[@J.M.-nb4gw]

Sadly you are correct 💯 and that's just one reason why my wife and I are moving to Costa Rica next year, no crazy gun nuts and no insane military industrial complex

[@henrymccoy7171]

@@Doran_Krotann - Oh, for pity's sake.... hundreds of children murdered *every year,* and you're blathering about some supposed 'tyranny' that *hasn't shown up in 247 years*... ... are you in therapy for that maniac paranoia?

[@darthmarvin247]

@@Doran_Krotann -"We prefer dangerous freedom" Yes, nothing says freedom like indirectly giving the government your hard earned cash so that they can keep you paranoid with rhetoric and convince you that you shouldn't expect them to do their jobs. Fun fact, the US does not even make it into the top 10 on the freedom index, while Australia and Switzerland do. So much for the guns = freedom argument.

[@nedisahonkey]

​@@J.M.-nb4gwHell yeah! That way you can rest on your moral high horse while exploiting 3rd world workers firsthand!

[@drtino8261]

Wow, great report... This is why, we americans have a high rate of violence, murders, killings ... and that increases more violence like beatings, robberies, crimes in a broader sense. Europeans belittle Americans in this regard cause we can't control our negative impulses and we don't respect the law. There's much to learn for a change, starting with politicians on gun control issues.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

"We can't control our negative impulses?" Most of us can and do and those who don't are either immature or need therapy. We can change this part of our society, as we now wear seatbelts when in our vehicles, don't smoke anywhere and everywhere, we videotape police officers doing their jobs in case they cross the line, etc.

[@ricpr]

Let's see, with an average income of @ $140k and average home price of @$1.2 million, I'm betting that same demographic in the US has similar crime stats. Switzerland's actual answer to crime is: If we make it too expensive, they won't live here. That's the farce of doing these types of comparisons. To put it in perspective, the US has somewhere in the neighborhood of 47 million people under the poverty line. The population of Switzerland is 8.8 million. Switzerland's answer isn't an answer at all. You could remove most gun restrictions there and they'd still have little to no gun crime.

[@davedavids57]

It's totally and utter garbage. Literally everything they say at 11.38 is totally false and made up. It's incredible they can get away with it!!! If you actually want to know what the laws here in Switzerland are watch the youtube reply for swiss gun owners. "The Truth About Switzerland's Gun Regulations: Not The Daily Show's Fake News Version"

[@1911GreaterThanALL]

And I suppose it has nothing to do with gangs or drug affiliations that create violence? You think it is solely the guns eh?

[@holzmann-]

Healthcare problems, not gun problems

[@mike12345807]

Because they can’t fight without guns. With guns= tough guy. Without = cowards

[@Oneofakind123]

6:50 it's possible because the population has human rights, health care, vacation, get paid a livable wage. Less have nots on the limit to breaking.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Yup

[@Seilolo]

BINGO!

[@MrSheduur]

And less "us vs them" pitting in politics too. Everything in the us seems to be about this conflict and picking sides constantly, its all very tribal, not really much about finding compromise and solutions.

[@Maverick21491]

I refuse your pesky facts .

[@id10t98]

Going to the beach in a suit and interviewing people in bathing suits. Yep, that's the British for you! lol

[@user-yy7fn9gz1w]

We also have guns. I have......quite a few.

[@sandrathompson1277]

As an Aussie…I thought the same thing…

[@Mk.IV.b]

We don't need to have guns for protection here in NZ.... the reason being that we all kind of like each other. Strange, eh.

[@davedavids57]

Is that why over 170,000 semi automatic rifles went missing after the ban. Where do you think they are? That's an insane number for such a small country.

[@SamLanena]

I was in Hobart, almost 28 years ago. Everyone on the island felt pain that weekend, wether we were Tasmanian or not. No mass shootings since.

[@janenef]

I support the writers, but your archival choices of shows I missed are awesome. This was a great one.

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

This is what I mean. People call this content old, but not everyone has seen it. It's interesting to see how this was covered in the past.

[@Vagajammer]

@@boringperson-zb8vy Not to mention a lot of older content is still relevant thanks to the GQP and their sugar daddies

[@Jb-ky8tb]

Greetings from switzerland, soooo much truth in this❤❤

[@tonib5899]

Switzerland, another great example of strict gun regulation and legislation that works. Your watches are also brilliant. Hello from the U.K. We also have very strict regulations and legislation that works.

[@davedavids57]

All the Swiss laws are simply made up. At 11.44 none of them are our laws. The guy they spoke to isn't even Swiss. Yes you can have a criminal record (one every 10 years - non violent). We have no mental health checks, no two week wait, no ammo storage laws, no training requirements, you don't have to write and ask permission. I mean they just made the stuff up. It's quite shocking really.

[@MAchannel2024]

Australians love their country and respect others. That will never happen in America. It’s all about me, me, me.

[@FuckDemocrats.]

Yes, narcissism is strong within the left-wingers due to victimhood mentality and resentment of others

[@frondreadz789]

kinda racist. I mean I traveled all over europe and absolutely loved it. IDK how I cant respect another nation and disagree with its laws? I lived in Italy for three years and it was some of the greatest moments in my life.

[@ratofvengence]

@@FuckDemocrats. It's so cute you think the problems are only one side of politics :D

[@TJ-fe7rr]

​@@ratofvengencehe's an American, what did you expect?

[@kanedNunable]

aussies arent terrified of their neighbours, unlike americans.

[@ardentynekent2099]

I could happily live this life without being caught in a mass shooting, Southerners sleep with their guns. This country is just flipping sickening.

[@1stsampan]

Chicago is northerners not southerners. Of course you're are always free to escape to Cuba. In broad daylight.

[@earthbndmissfit]

John Oliver was so great on the daily show! I have seen this since it originally aired.

[@jessicabw]

This is incredible 😂 I never watched the show back then

[@davedavids57]

Everything they say about Switzerland is made up. They literally just made up the laws. Amazing how they can get away with it.

[@charlieboy6315]

16:16 Notice that Michael is the only one who flinches and ducks when a gun is fired nearby

[@pamelaibarra790]

Oh how i miss this john oliver 😂 i still love and watch him, but this was the original daily show with jon stewart and it was amazing! Oh the nostalgia 💙💙💙

[@nicolasm.3708]

Mass shooting in parliament wasn’t in Swiss main parliament but in a “canton” parliament (kind of a small state…)

[@davedavids57]

Absolutely everything they say in this entire video is wrong about Swiss gun laws. They just made stuff up.

[@jimbrunsman1011]

Kosta is a comic expert. Would like to see more of him. Roy and Oliver are consistently excellent also.

[@sarahnewman4529]

It’s not true that there are no guns in Australia. People have guns. They go hunting and use them on farms etc. there are just common sense gun laws.

[@diannamurray3040]

I'm pretty sure no one said there are no guns!!😂 another made up "thing" for you people to freak out over😂

[@MotionPersonified]

There isn't a country in the world that banned guns!

[@Moose_King_05]

​@@MotionPersonifiedentirely banned firearms? No. But banned enough to destroy all human rights? Yes.

[@alanpartridge1385]

Foster's lager and Bloomin' Onions; two things no Australian would ever associate with Australia.

[@kendallsmith1458]

World Cup?

[@CrankyQuokka]

As an Australian I'm offended by the Blooming Onion. I've never seen one and would at least like to try it awesome point.

[@RapsCalorie]

Let me assure you that you should have one before you die.

[@toonarmycaptain]

As a fellow Aussie...nothing that special

[@aaronleverton4221]

@@RapsCalorie New South Welshman told me Tooheys couldn't be beat. As a Victorian I highly doubted them. Tasmania and South Australia both had Tooheys beat. Moral of the story? New South Welshmen know nothing, why else was the national capital Melbourne and then Canberra?

[@markwilson4710]

They are a big, artery clogging, grease ball. You are missing nothing.

[@ajs11201]

@@toonarmycaptain As an American--I couldn't agree more.

[@Palidor19]

Love how the Swiss still wears those hats. Makes want to Yodel and get a ricola

[@paulkearney4565]

Brilliant, get this out there, give it to the Lincoln Project 🙏🇺🇸

[@rlp4260]

The question should be "Why are some Americans obsessed with the control of others?" Guns are just one more object they use to make them feel they are in control.

[@ajcatter1011]

Gun Control was created to prohibit FREE BLACK MEN from obtaining guns to defend themselves. Albert Pike, enforced it, he was the military arm of the Democratic Party, also head KKK, and head Satanist. One has to be a total ignorant scumbag to advocate gun control.

[@SlinkyTWF]

You hit that one on the nose. The firearm allows the wielder to intimidate others around them. Until the other fellow had the same idea and a gunfight breaks out.

[@savevsdeath]

@@SlinkyTWF So my 5'9" 145-pound self is supposed to do...what when someone decides they want my stuff and are willing to cave my skull in or shoot me for it?

[@NotThatOneThisOne]

@@savevsdeathyet the number of instances of guns being used defensively for protection or validly defending property is statistically so small to be almost insignificant.

[@MisterTwister88]

⁠@@NotThatOneThisOneBetween 500,000 to 3 million times per year is insignificant?

[@gwen3010]

Thank you John Oliver!!!

[@markg9674]

As an Australian, I'll never understand Americans and their guns.

[@donjani7131]

5:28 pure intellectual gold... Poor guy did not know what hit him. Bravo Mr. Oliver👋

[@johnbaldock6353]

I'm watching this on the 4th july 2023 having woken up to news of yet another gun massacre in the US and of a women killed by her 2yr old who found her gun and shot her not only killing her but also her unborn baby.😢

[@RonSafreed]

IN 1774, 250 years ago, England banned guns/gunpowder in the 13 American colonies!! Attempted gun confiscation by the English army on April-19 1775 started that - year war (1775-1783) for American independence & England almost won that war!! Then England came back for the War of 1812-1815 & burned down Washington D.C.!!

[@k.p.9990]

The way the US is going I hope my daughter gets her Au. citizenship. Now to get my other kiddo to move there 🤞

[@mp88885]

Canada has similar gun control but we still get the odd shooting but they are few and far between incidents. I chalk those up to living next to the USA which Australia escapes. American gun laws are all about money and power, shameful.

[@lyleabraham470]

I don't know anyone who drinks Fosters here in Australia, its a beer that only seems to exist overseas.

[@TJ-fe7rr]

Absolutely agree. We don't even have it on tap here in my town. It's great northern super crisp for most of us here.

[@sandrathompson1277]

Found the same thing on visit to uk..they must think that’s the only choice we have…

[@kanedNunable]

@@sandrathompson1277it was the main heavily advertised aussie brand in UK. people have gone off it lately.

[@skippyoz3366]

I only drink Fosters…love it

[@Meh-qe4rw]

The Australians know what they are doing, the problem is with the American politicians who love money more than life. Let them do what they think is right for their own people. 🤷‍♂️

[@oneofus6924]

i love one of the swiss rules was "always pull out"

[@4catsnow]

The germans had a rule about them during the war "Never go in"....

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@4catsnow?

[@davedavids57]

They literally made up the Swiss gun laws. We don't have mental health checks, red flag laws, we don't have to have a reason, we don't have to keep ammo separate, we don't need training, we don't need a reason, we don't have strict storage laws. I don't know why they made these things up.

[@davedavids57]

I think that's the only swiss rule they got right. The rest were just made up. It's amazing how they can put a graphic up at 11.44 with loads of rules that aren't Swiss rules and then later claim it had nothing to do with Switzerland. Also yes you can have a criminal record and own a gun in Switzerland. You are allowed one non violent record every 10 years. Which includes felonies which is actually a lot more liberal than in the US.

[@Vagajammer]

If people are the problem and not guns, then the solution is to stop regulating guns and start regulating people

[@einienj3281]

Or not give guns to those people..

[@adamkimara6919]

This is always the hilarious thing with cons. “Guns aren’t the problem, people/mental health is the problem!” “Okay, so you’re saying that we should be investing more money in mental healthcare then.” “Woah there, let’s not get too hasty.”

[@labor4]

you're talking about different shampoo for better brainwash. it doesn't matter where you begin. Initialize change. Guns are bad.

[@questworldmatrix]

Oh for Pete's sake. How dense can you be? Guns aren't some freaking puppy. If we're keeping guns from people, then by all means, we can put you in a locker called prison until at such time your guns need you for their protection. If guns aren't the problem, and people are, then the same result applies and is to not give guns to people. And yes, that includes you.

[@gforce9596]

That sounds like it could be a Stalin quote; a pessimistic worldview combined with contempt for the common person, while also pretending that you care about them

[@DistinctiveBlend]

Americans need guns to protect themselves from all the other Americans with guns.

[@DistinctiveBlend]

@@CK-ri7uf You're right, it's just I thought it was disrespectful to bring up the American pastime of mass shootings, so I went with the nicer sounding defense justification.

[@brent3086]

It's true. And if you ban guns in America so only criminals will be able to own them.

[@bobbobbington3615]

Almost all violent gun crime occurs in Liberal cities.

[@timdunn2344]

That was badass by Howard and Fischer - wow...

[@RapsCalorie]

That Swiss dude IS a hunk. lol

[@einienj3281]

A Finnish hunk living in Switzerland.. 😉

[@RapsCalorie]

@@einienj3281 I stand corrected. All them northern European fuckos 😂

[@davedavids57]

Yer he is a Finnish guy who was lives in Switzerland. He nearly had to move after this piece came out as they deliberately made all the Swiss laws up. It's amazing how they got away with just making all the rules at 11.44 up.

[@maxvosper9420]

I have never been more confused and scared of ninja police....

[@nickxplore4265]

"Cancelling my trip to Oslo" - because he thinks there are polar bears in the capital. The video just HAD to end with American geography fails hahah

[@Elriuhilu]

The face that Finnish guy made when the reporter asked him if he gets hard when loading a gun was pure gold.

[@bl3788]

Man, I love the daily show

[@davedavids57]

I wish they wouldn't make up the Swiss gun laws though. Makes the show a mockery. Everything they said was wrong.

[@BanjoLuke1]

We can be a little smug on the UK about the US obsession with guns. It is a function of their history and of a massively powerful gun lobby. I worked often in the US and colleagues there refused to believe that most UL police officers were unarmed. There is something charmingly, artlessly childlike about the belief that guns bring peace. Also... (and sadly) lots of innocent people people get splatted.

[@rorywilson656]

I'm from Scotland, I was in the pub one night and got chatting to a man from USA who was on holiday. He asked me if it was really true that we had no guns there at all, I said basically yes (no handguns anyway). He couldnt believe it, he asked me how did we feel safe? And he was being completely serious, it was incredible at that moment how large the culture gap betweem us was. I told him i could look around the room and say with absolute certainty no one had a gun there, it wasnt something i ever needed to think about. I never need to be even aware of feeling safe in my country, I just am.

[@1stsampan]

You are subjects, Americans are citizens. There's difference.

[@ratofvengence]

@@1stsampan Nope they are citizens too kiddo. Citizens with a fraction of the US homicide rate.

[@Moose_King_05]

And yet in Scotland you get arrested for mean comments on Facebook. The UK has no human rights or freedoms.

[@ratofvengence]

@@Moose_King_05 You can be arrested for telling the wrong joke on social media or in the wrong place in the US, let's not pretend that's not the case kiddo 🤣🤣

[@itsROMPERS...]

Australia is right and America is wrong. If police are a threat we should fix the police. If you have to defend your property with guns, there something much more deeply wrong that should be fixed.

[@DocReasonable]

@@Doran_Krotann Do you and your buddies have more combined firepower than the US military industrial complex?

[@AveragePicker]

@@Doran_Krotann "...let's depend on big brother gov't for our safety and protection! " You do that already. Every single day, every minute. ...Or do you check your own food for contaminants? Is there an open waste runoff stream going through your property? Are the traffic lights generally working in your area? When you aren't home with all your guns, would you want the neighbors to call the police if they see something suspicious?

[@AveragePicker]

@@solaceofsnow2140 🤦🏻‍♂️ Does it need explaining?

[@Harry-hq8fi]

It is encouraging to hear non-Americans say “…because they are crazy.” The World understands even if Americans don’t.

[@TheOleHermit]

Referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, the presidential hopeful said: "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."