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  • John Oliver discusses the way the NRA not only works to prevent gun control, they work to prevent an informed discussion about gun control.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 16 тис.

  • @GeniusLad32
    @GeniusLad32 6 років тому +4056

    "No way to prevent this" says the only country where this is a problem

    • @XxAnnaThatsMehxX
      @XxAnnaThatsMehxX 6 років тому +173

      +b zanon honestly...writing this comment from New Zealand, where our gun use is almost completely safe, and where we will continue to safely use guns while watching America fuck it all up

    • @c.m.5804
      @c.m.5804 6 років тому +27

      Onion

    • @formerhunter2
      @formerhunter2 6 років тому +304

      Writing this from Canada, where we have to deal with this shit coming up from our southern border. Maybe WE should build a wall.

    • @espada9
      @espada9 6 років тому +42

      Dummy: Mexico has far more gun homicides than the USA but LEGAL gun ownership is strictly limited. Guns are illegal in Brazil where they have among the highest gun homicide rate in the world. Switzerland has an extremely high gun ownership rate and very low gun crime statistics. If you remove the gun crime in major cities like Chicago, Detroit, Camden, Newark, Philly, Oakland, Baltimore, Saint Louis our gun homicide rates are on par with most Western European countries. Not that you'll actually research this....

    • @blaisehanon
      @blaisehanon 6 років тому +184

      @espada
      you're a dummy
      gunfree countries all over the world have 10 times less violent death by firearms than America on avg.
      Of course,brazil and mexico have massive drug problems and 10's of millions under the poverty level,they are not considered the equivalent of a western modern civilized country like the us or countries in Europe.
      you mix everything,typical illiterate american gun lover...
      you're the only civilized country with a high gdp pro capita with this problem,ask yourself why genius...

  • @alexhutcheson8467
    @alexhutcheson8467 6 років тому +3713

    America: "Gun ownership is a right, healthcare is a privilege"
    The Civilized World: "Healthcare is a right, gun ownership is a privilege"

    • @haydenaa6282
      @haydenaa6282 6 років тому +117

      Precisely

    • @rewase11
      @rewase11 6 років тому +77

      They are both rights. Goverment doesn't pay for anyone's gun

    • @SDBRiCKS
      @SDBRiCKS 6 років тому +72

      Gun ownership is explicitly covered in the 2nd amendment of the United States constitution that's why it's a right.

    • @BookofProverbs
      @BookofProverbs 6 років тому +29

      And America happens to be the most powerful country in the world lol

    • @MariaMartinez-researcher
      @MariaMartinez-researcher 6 років тому +250

      jack mehoff It's a constitution, not Holy Scripture. It has been amended before, it can be interpreted differently, it can be improved.

  • @GM-js2yg
    @GM-js2yg 2 роки тому +457

    "No Way to Prevent This", Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

    • @elblitzb
      @elblitzb 2 роки тому +1

      you dont know latin america right?

    • @GM-js2yg
      @GM-js2yg 2 роки тому +83

      @@elblitzb Countries with the Most School Shootings (total incidents Jan 2009-May 2018 - CNN):
      United States - 288
      Mexico - 8
      South Africa - 6
      India - 5
      Nigeria & Pakistan - 4
      Afghanistan - 3
      Brazil, Canada, France - 2

    • @elblitzb
      @elblitzb 2 роки тому

      @@GM-js2yg usa got a REAL problem with school shootings. I dont know why american kids want to kill each other. Aside that almost ANY latinamerican country has higher gun homicide rate that USA, most of them WITH very strict policies on gun buying.
      There is a problem in USA schools? Absolutely. There is a problem about gang violence? Thats along the whole continent. Guns are the cause of murder? Im not sure. Im not happy with knowing that the only reason that we dont kill each other is because we have not the means.

    • @ProtectChildrenNotGuns
      @ProtectChildrenNotGuns 2 роки тому

      @@elblitzb Latin American criminals got their guns from America. Even our neighbors are suffering because of us

    • @gsp4prez
      @gsp4prez Рік тому +22

      @@elblitzb do you just say things sometimes?

  • @erichfiedler1481
    @erichfiedler1481 3 роки тому +700

    Just had to comment on this after learning that the NRA filed for bankruptcy

  • @bananawal8215
    @bananawal8215 6 років тому +3264

    John Oliver didn't even have to do a new segment on it, they just reposted an old video. Nothing has changed, and everything in it is still accurate after all this time

    • @TastyAppleFTW
      @TastyAppleFTW 6 років тому +5

      BANA Nawal its not at all

    • @jupiterkansas
      @jupiterkansas 6 років тому +21

      Well... Weiner's going to have a little more trouble texting his junk.

    • @Unluckyblackjack
      @Unluckyblackjack 6 років тому +57

      I remember how the Onion sometimes does the same thing. They just change the names and numbers because it's always the same.

    • @JFAOwner
      @JFAOwner 6 років тому +15

      That's the scary thing. Nothing has changed.

    • @jeffghant4760
      @jeffghant4760 6 років тому +12

      BANA Nawal I didn't even realize it was old until your post.

  • @MrCal2648
    @MrCal2648 6 років тому +834

    "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
    -Winston Churchill

    • @rossburns2905
      @rossburns2905 2 роки тому +6

      did he actually say that

    • @moonlight-hm4bh
      @moonlight-hm4bh 2 роки тому +34

      @@rossburns2905 so, I googled it and I found out that while it is famously atributed to him, there's no actual proof of he saying it, neither in public nor private settings. Anyways, being latin american, I hope this quote Is true, belonging to Churchill or not.

    • @techgoggles
      @techgoggles 2 роки тому +4

      Winston church hill was a crime lord

    • @rossburns2905
      @rossburns2905 2 роки тому +15

      @@techgoggles you trippin bruh

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 2 роки тому +6

      Well then I'm sorry to say we're pretty much fucked as we can't even seem to manage trying more than one thing. If we're still trying the same thing after 3 decades, Christ knows how long it will take us to try everything else.

  • @jeald0003
    @jeald0003 3 роки тому +130

    Just realised the year Australia bought in revolutionary gun control is the same year USA banned funding researching gun safety.

    • @chl_ca
      @chl_ca Рік тому +11

      also, Australia is a prime example of the fact that gun regulation works

    • @thepioneer1525
      @thepioneer1525 2 місяці тому

      And also literally the entire EU​@@chl_ca

  • @jonathanrodriguez4666
    @jonathanrodriguez4666 2 роки тому +260

    Anyone else depressing themselves even more by watching this after Texas?

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 2 роки тому +12

      Nope, I'm depressing myself more by watching it after Tulsa. Lets keep the chain going, someone else leave the next one after mine, Im presuming before the month is out.

    • @nappasavestheworld4757
      @nappasavestheworld4757 2 роки тому

      Yup

    • @gofriskyourself-truepacife6025
      @gofriskyourself-truepacife6025 2 роки тому +7

      Yep, what's also fun is knowing that I was 14 when this released, I'm an adult now (18) and nothing has changed.

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 2 роки тому

      @@gofriskyourself-truepacife6025 oh I can beat that...millennial parents know 3 things for sure.
      1. You had a fear that your school could be the next to join the world's worst club.
      2. You thought that fear of a school shooting occuring after highschool (surely college!Surely!) Would be over and just an abstraction gut response like you'd have to any major tradegy. But instead you have that same fear only it's so much worse because it's for your own lil chunkers your sending off to school, with the very real possibility that that was the very last time you kissed your baby good bye...
      3. You've had a front row seat for the last 2 + decades(3 really ....) To show us just how dedicated they are to making this clusterfuck a permanent tradition of American values, ALL WHILE running around like religiously fanatically chickens with their heads cut off, and have no, nor ever did have any intentions to changing quite literally anything.

    • @angelagraff1666
      @angelagraff1666 2 роки тому +1

      “Here we are again” no truer words have been uttered 😩

  • @JediMB
    @JediMB 6 років тому +1520

    Does... Does American congress seriously vote orally as if it's the fucking nineteenth century?

    • @jasperzanovich2504
      @jasperzanovich2504 6 років тому +152

      They also "sent" their votes per state like its the 18th century. They would be able to count every vote but that would mean gerrymandering wasn't as effective.
      Or just how Trump got elected despite more people voting for Hillary than him.

    • @rexydallas8D
      @rexydallas8D 6 років тому +23

      And if it were popular vote alone, the only thing that would matter would be appealing to highly-populated areas.

    • @JediMB
      @JediMB 6 років тому +167

      If it were "popular vote" it would be a democratic election, i.e. an election where the people decide the outcome rather than arbitrary geography and gerrymandering.

    • @YTMsux
      @YTMsux 6 років тому +42

      Thankfully, we're a republic, not a true democracy.

    • @rexydallas8D
      @rexydallas8D 6 років тому +25

      Popular vote is not fair to people who are not urban, or are not part of the (even slight) majority. Nor is it fair to small states. Which is why we don't have a popular vote. the views of small states and non-urban areas matter in an electoral system.
      Unless every state had an equal population, and there was an equal split of all demographics, (urban, rural, etc) a popular vote wouldn't be fair.
      Someone living in a high rise, or in a suburban area, for instance, probably won't care too much about whether pipelines and trains can just take people's land for their own. Because it won't affect them in any way.

  • @AD-df5tm
    @AD-df5tm 6 років тому +1299

    Even if you are against gun control you should probably be concerned with how much influence a private organization (NRA) has over the government.

    • @aneonrat
      @aneonrat 6 років тому +33

      1. NRA gets triggered that a CDC-funded independent study gets media attention and revealed that the presence of a firearm in household increases risk of homicide. *FACT.*
      2. NRA lobbies Republicunts to *DISBAND THE CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention* in 1996. *FACT.*
      3. NRA successfully gets law enacted to PREVENT CDC from using funds that might lead to -- or promote the reality of -- a logical conclusion that gun control might be needed as a result of increased homicide risk from presence of a firearm in a household. *FACT.*
      (It might be argued the Republican assholes who made the Dickey Amendment didn't make their wording clear on this, but anyone with half a brain can reach this conclusion.)
      4. NRA successfully lobbies Republicunts in Congress to *cut $2.6 Million from the CDC budget*. THE EXACT AMOUNT THEY HAD DEDICATED THE PREVIOUS YEAR FOR FIREARM INJURY RESEARCH. *FACT.*
      5. Firearm-homicide link researcher admits about federal workers at CDC: "no federal employee was willing to risk his or her career or the agency's funding". *FACT.*
      www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence.aspx

    • @DFX2KX
      @DFX2KX 6 років тому +15

      I know plenty of folks who are pretty damn Pro-2A, to include myself, who dislike the NRA for that reason.
      Because the Left has lobbies just like it, that operate in similar ways.

    • @fonetikaly
      @fonetikaly 6 років тому +27

      DFX2KX please name a few of those left lobbies you talk about..

    • @ninetailedfox579121
      @ninetailedfox579121 6 років тому +71

      DFX2KX Literally the definition of "lobbyist" is people who try to influence legislation, so saying the left has lobbyists too is rather obvious and pointless.
      The issue isn't that lobbyists exist. The issue is that the NRA is so powerful that they can literally influence the funding and capabilities of government agencies.

    • @SidestickPilot
      @SidestickPilot 6 років тому +3

      You should probably be even more concerned about Planned parent hood.

  • @whoopsywoo1
    @whoopsywoo1 4 роки тому +362

    “have to live indoors like a bunch of nerds”... that hit hard after COVID-19

    • @partlycurrent
      @partlycurrent 4 роки тому +11

      what year do you live in that Covid is over?

    • @craftfredo1479
      @craftfredo1479 3 роки тому +3

      Defne Genç after Covid? When you wrote this it was barely the beginning.

    • @MJ-pu5lf
      @MJ-pu5lf 3 роки тому

      @@partlycurrent After it started, he means.

  • @eln5343
    @eln5343 5 років тому +199

    Who says it's easy to buy guns in usa? I tried to buy a .44 magnum and it got stuck in the vending machine!

    • @rheasilverstorm6366
      @rheasilverstorm6366 3 роки тому +22

      Did you try shooting out the glass?

    • @sebastienholmes548
      @sebastienholmes548 2 роки тому +2

      Be serious or get the hell out.

    • @TonySpike
      @TonySpike 2 роки тому +9

      You sir have won the internet this day

    • @Camazotz-kz9wr
      @Camazotz-kz9wr 2 роки тому +6

      @@sebastienholmes548 Tell that to elected officials who are against even common sense gun laws.

    • @sebastienholmes548
      @sebastienholmes548 2 роки тому

      @@Camazotz-kz9wr there is no such thing.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 6 років тому +3871

    It took me some time to realize that this is an old episode.

    • @jondunmore4268
      @jondunmore4268 6 років тому +139

      It's amazing, isn't it? I thought it was about Parkland too - until 12 minutes in! This discussion is going to be had again and again as long Congress is owned by the CMC (Child Murdering Cunts, formerly NRA).

    • @bossgandy
      @bossgandy 6 років тому +45

      Thats the sadness of this ongoing situation and so called "debate"

    • @sahej8563
      @sahej8563 6 років тому +1

      John Chessant s

    • @Lagunaticmom
      @Lagunaticmom 6 років тому +19

      John Chessant, Same here. Unfortunately, this can be replayed every few months in the USA. :-(.....💔💔💔 for Parkman kids & others, I’ll be pushing my reps for action.

    • @bibiblue310
      @bibiblue310 6 років тому +3

      me too. its sad

  • @4tahlulz4
    @4tahlulz4 6 років тому +320

    It's kind of amazing to hear that people on terror watch lists AREN'T barred from buying firearms already.

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 2 роки тому +1

      YOu want amazing? Keep checking back on this comment thread as people keep watching it after each shooting. Its more than amazing, its like a paradoxical nightmare time loop (where nobody's trying to pork their own mom).

    • @Furonanator139
      @Furonanator139 2 роки тому +26

      You'd think of all things republicans would support that

    • @sethpadakandla2797
      @sethpadakandla2797 2 роки тому +2

      It violates the 5th amendment tho

    • @GOgg13s
      @GOgg13s 2 роки тому +21

      @@sethpadakandla2797 No it doesn't.

    • @piercegordon6404
      @piercegordon6404 2 роки тому +1

      @@sethpadakandla2797 you mean the second?

  • @that-guy-pearce
    @that-guy-pearce 6 років тому +281

    Sorry, but why do government officials still use the "Aye" and "No" method? That's a seriously archaic and flawed way to tally votes.

    • @shaggythegeek159
      @shaggythegeek159 6 років тому +55

      Secret Steve I agree a Kahoot game or something would be more useful

    • @timmydirtyrat6015
      @timmydirtyrat6015 5 років тому +42

      +Shaggy The Geek "The red squares seem to have it"

    • @sailorplanetmars6103
      @sailorplanetmars6103 5 років тому +36

      It’s good for exactly two things - speeding up votes that are close to unanimous and suppressing votes that are close to equal so that the chair can usurp the power.

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe 5 років тому +34

      Because it makes it easier for the person taking the votes to get their preferred outcome.

    • @GlassesnMouthplates
      @GlassesnMouthplates 5 років тому +11

      Brings a new meaning to "Tone deaf government".

  • @Jan_Iedema
    @Jan_Iedema 3 роки тому +188

    If only the US was a actual democracy then public opinion would maybe change some shit.

    • @moistplum3317
      @moistplum3317 3 роки тому +4

      The us is a constitutional republic

    • @amyheath6324
      @amyheath6324 3 роки тому +1

      @@moistplum3317 exactly

    • @idenree8606
      @idenree8606 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah , who doesn't like mob rule, am I right ?

    • @Timmy_T
      @Timmy_T 3 роки тому +4

      The sad part is that democracy don't exist and public opinions are generally stupid. Yes, it's a negative view, but people like negative shit. We're screwed

    • @Pokemon_Trainer_Black
      @Pokemon_Trainer_Black 3 роки тому +6

      @@moistplum3317 A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Specifically a representative democracy.

  • @Ch1nny1985
    @Ch1nny1985 6 років тому +1769

    "If you want to see serious changes, you actually have to show up, every fucking day." - John Oliver 2017. I might put that on my wall

    • @bigbrown630
      @bigbrown630 6 років тому +2

      Black Knight not even doubting you but what's the proper way to search for that? Aside from "existing gun laws"?

    • @robwhitmore3040
      @robwhitmore3040 6 років тому

      OK, but that's wrong. he said this in 2016 after Orlando and hasn't mentioned Vegas. He'd rather attack trump needlessly every week.

    • @Todd_Coward
      @Todd_Coward 6 років тому

      "if you don't take these violent people of an alien culture that don't work and repeatedly try to kill you, then you'll like die and stuff because it's 2015!"
      _~current year man_

    • @Todd_Coward
      @Todd_Coward 6 років тому +4

      it's fucking hilarious to me, the entire argument is "the year is X so you should do Y". It makes me wonder if John Oliver's script is written in crayon with doodles for the cues.

    • @pankakesnotstellar
      @pankakesnotstellar 6 років тому +5

      Black Knight oh ffs, there's a scale from not being allowed to eat ice cream and being starved to death from your parents... Use your brain.

  • @jameshill2450
    @jameshill2450 6 років тому +717

    10:05 and 10:40 - Oh my god are you serious? I can't be the only one who thought the "ayes" sounded noticeably louder in the first, and close enough to call for a closer vote in the second, but I guess they just let the moderator call it and that's the end of the vote? Is that really the way our government is run? That's one of the first thing that needs to change.

    • @ManaPeerfr
      @ManaPeerfr 6 років тому +246

      Why do they vote like this anyway ? Like, if I shout, does my voice count for three ?

    • @TransparentLabyrinth
      @TransparentLabyrinth 6 років тому +111

      Seriously, this video made me question how much I actually understand about how our government operates. And how effective it actually is, on basic levels like this one... I mean, this call up your congressman stuff?? That couldn't have existed when the country was formed. It had to have evolved as part of phones becoming something that most people have. But what did the government do before then to factor in public opinion? Nothing? Is the government even factoring in public opinion in the first place, or is that part just a modern illusion to make us feel like we can do something about it?
      And if our opinion is supposed to factor in, why don't they set up an SMS service, where we can just have upcoming bill info sent to us and then we text how we feel about it, and it's stored in a computer? I mean, how has no one proposed such a thing in a serious manner if public opinion is supposed to matter?

    • @ari7610
      @ari7610 6 років тому +67

      I don't understand how they vote like that

    • @Hellsliver
      @Hellsliver 6 років тому +74

      Welcome to the realization of what bs like gerrymandering, self entitled guvernors and lobbyism does.

    • @koohlwranchdoughreetoes3356
      @koohlwranchdoughreetoes3356 6 років тому +92

      I once attended a vote about horse racing. The neighs were miscounted.

  • @hannahhunsaker3786
    @hannahhunsaker3786 4 роки тому +209

    It’s sad that it took me a second to remember which shooting he was talking about

    • @misslanapford9169
      @misslanapford9169 4 роки тому +4

      Been sooo many... 😕😔😕😔😕😔😔

    • @kellyb7321
      @kellyb7321 4 роки тому +3

      I live in Orlando and was confused. Figured he was talking about Pulse but that happened in the summer of 2016. This is from October 2017. Unless UA-cam didn't upload it until over a year later.

    • @lesiqajeni3273
      @lesiqajeni3273 3 роки тому +1

      Catch Jordan Klepper's full coverage of the Million MAGA March: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLpb...

  • @catelynrossetto4279
    @catelynrossetto4279 4 роки тому +483

    I'm rewatching this now in honor of the NY attorney general moving to dissolve the NRA ☺️

    • @TR0VEX.
      @TR0VEX. 4 роки тому +17

      But is that gonna change ANYTHING with republicans controlling everything?

    • @ultimatehawkeyefangirl
      @ultimatehawkeyefangirl 4 роки тому +10

      CERIOUS it will if they get enough public pressure.

    • @stevebrown4401
      @stevebrown4401 3 роки тому +16

      The NRA care as much about guns and gun owners as Kanye thinks Bush cares about black people.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 3 роки тому +8

      @@TR0VEX. It actually might, because while there are successor groups they may not be nearly as united and well organized.

    • @joecole5643
      @joecole5643 3 роки тому +3

      NO doubt you want to defund the police.

  • @patrickmurray2786
    @patrickmurray2786 6 років тому +1245

    They just reposted the one from the last shooting...that's more powerful than anything he could have said

    • @verheughej
      @verheughej 6 років тому +101

      Nothing has changed, so they might as well use it.

    • @gfox9295
      @gfox9295 6 років тому +3

      I'd still like to see a new clip by next Sunday. Come on, LWT.

    • @Schmidtelpunkt
      @Schmidtelpunkt 6 років тому +38

      Like the Onion article where they just change the location and number of victims.

    • @JamEngulfer
      @JamEngulfer 6 років тому +17

      u wot m8 No it isn't.

    • @TheSchuetzeP
      @TheSchuetzeP 6 років тому +39

      How does this have anything to do with a "leftists' inability to learn"? What drugs are you on?

  • @7mike2300
    @7mike2300 6 років тому +579

    Universal background checks and denying people that are on a terror watch list is reasonable. I don't understand why this is even a debate.

    • @TheSchuetzeP
      @TheSchuetzeP 6 років тому +68

      Because US congress are a bunch of scared rats who just wanna be reelected, instead of actually caring for the country and their people.

    • @BrainEatPenguin
      @BrainEatPenguin 6 років тому +1

      Because people want more than just that.

    • @dogguy8603
      @dogguy8603 6 років тому +34

      Because terror watch lists do not involve due process, you are essentially taking away someone's right because they brought nail clippers on there carry on, and all gun dealers are required do do a background check

    • @Nick30468
      @Nick30468 6 років тому +35

      dog guy flawed argument. yes the terror watchlist is a bullshit. I remember reading about a three year old banned from a flight because he shared the same name as a terrorist. but then we have a valid to actually fix how the watchlist is implemented instead of this half-assed thing we've got now. remember the watch list isn't set in stone. if we can require background checks and watchlist crossover, then we can fix the watchlist as well.

    • @Seth9809
      @Seth9809 6 років тому +8

      Because universal background checks aren't background checks and the terror watch list has five year olds on it.

  • @vexxama
    @vexxama 3 роки тому +64

    “The no’s seem to have it”
    I’m sorry...what? You didn’t even count or carefully check, you just eyeballed it and called it a day. What if he got it wrong?

    • @TheHobatron
      @TheHobatron 2 роки тому +9

      That's legislation in the US. Just guessing and hoping you got it right.

    • @kempolar9768
      @kempolar9768 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah thats what I was thinking, that seems like such an easily corruptible system.

  • @kylesmith816
    @kylesmith816 2 роки тому +13

    Anyone here after Texas in 2022?

  • @wolframstahl1263
    @wolframstahl1263 6 років тому +784

    The video is in part outdated. The part being the single word "Orlando".
    Exactly nothing has changed except the name of the city people on facebook send their thoughts and prayers to.

    • @jcdeguz14
      @jcdeguz14 6 років тому +60

      This is a reupload I think, but yeah, nothing has changed.

    • @trish5111
      @trish5111 6 років тому +98

      Maybe that was the point.

    • @Nardril
      @Nardril 6 років тому +27

      It took me quite some time to notice that it was an old video

    • @BigLord
      @BigLord 6 років тому +26

      Holy shit I didn't even realize that. This just makes the whole situation even worse...

    • @UltLuigi1
      @UltLuigi1 6 років тому +38

      That was probably deliberate. The people behind this show are extremely savvy on the happenings.

  • @LordofBroccoli
    @LordofBroccoli 6 років тому +494

    Conservative principles in a nutshell:
    Ownership of guns is a constitutional right.
    Health insurance for victims of that right is a privilege.

    • @hieronyma_
      @hieronyma_ 6 років тому +14

      Because you aren't entitled to own either, but you have the right to own both. Anyone should be able to get health insurance if they can afford it, anyone should be able to buy a gun if they can afford it.

    • @bgpapa52
      @bgpapa52 6 років тому +52

      CaptainRidley one thing saves lives, the other has the potential to take lives away. Shouldn't they be treated slightly differently?

    • @neopangean6218
      @neopangean6218 6 років тому +1

      Yes it is a Constitutional right, is it not?

    • @levongevorgyan6789
      @levongevorgyan6789 6 років тому +10

      Handgun? Its an embarrassment that every American doesn't own a bazooka. Sanders, get on that.

    • @bgpapa52
      @bgpapa52 6 років тому +18

      willdoesthings why are you putting the two on the same playing field? Healthcare should be a right, not the ability to obtain it. If we have a difference in opinion on that fact, there's no reconciling our disagreements.

  • @raultorres951
    @raultorres951 5 років тому +287

    And yet, it happened again. Sad day in USA@ El Paso, TX/Dayton, OH.

    • @thepolarcool1
      @thepolarcool1 5 років тому +11

      This video will still be 100% relevant a decade from now. It'll never fucking change

    • @LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS
      @LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS 5 років тому +10

      How is it that fireworks are not allowed in my state, but guns are?

    • @karnasingh860
      @karnasingh860 5 років тому

      @@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS seriously you cannot use fireworks I mean are fireworks not allowed in certain places or banned as whole ?

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 5 років тому

      White nationalist christian too boot due to his retard racist pastor and the last one current one, another white nat... I love to see them broadcast this shit on the news, but they won't, guess who owns the news :)

    • @ThatGuy-te9wh
      @ThatGuy-te9wh 5 років тому

      "sad" for like 2 people.

  • @NazoKiyoubinbou
    @NazoKiyoubinbou 6 років тому +163

    That counting system is definitely the most kangaroo court sort of system I have ever seen. So basically the person in charge just gets to decide regardless of what actual votes say.

    • @RubyRedDances
      @RubyRedDances 2 роки тому +34

      I got stuck on that one too. what is even the point of voting for people if this is how they make decisions?

    • @shrubert
      @shrubert Рік тому

      Every single time I watch this episode it always shocks me. To the point where I find myself saying something like, 'mother f**er, is this how you do government?!'
      ... and then I realise, 'oh, it's this episode again,' and feel bad about just how predictable I am 😬😬

    • @orlkorrect
      @orlkorrect Рік тому +4

      It's called a 'voice vote' and congressional committees use it for the sake of efficiency---and because it's relatively anonymous. Your colleagues might know how you voted but your constituents are far less likely to find out. But if 1/5 of the committee disagrees with the chair's call, they will conduct a recorded roll call vote and get the exact number of ayes and nos. I assume that must have happened for at least some of these examples.

    • @Aedrion-
      @Aedrion- Рік тому

      @@RubyRedDances It's retarded, which is perfectly in character for every other US system of government. :P

  • @IAmTechnoMaestro
    @IAmTechnoMaestro 6 років тому +796

    Just a reminder, this is a reupload from the Orlando shooting. The fact that it's still relevant is sickening.

    • @tjh7797
      @tjh7797 6 років тому +2

      he had bomb making materials also he would have killed without guns

    • @iSaintRichie23
      @iSaintRichie23 6 років тому +39

      So, just because someone has access to other materials, we should forget the whole thing and allow them to have access to every material?
      Fact is, he didn't kill without guns. He used it because it was the easiest and most effective resource to utilize. I say, make the guy have a hard time learning how to make a ghetto bomb - everyone knows how to fire a gun already.

    • @TheoneandonlyDrops
      @TheoneandonlyDrops 6 років тому +7

      And it probably will still be relevant in four years :/

    • @iSaintRichie23
      @iSaintRichie23 6 років тому +23

      So, because someone can kill people by any means then concludes the point that.... we shouldn't bother trying to make it as difficult as possible for people to acquire said means? Shit, drug addicts go through any means to get high, but that doesn't change the fact that we regulate prescription drugs and what can be sold easily as over-the-counter. Right now, all guns are like over-the-counter medicine.
      Some people complain about the tree while there is a whole forest around them. Incredible.

    • @evrena5210
      @evrena5210 6 років тому

      Techno Maestro Good to know--I was thinking, Orlando? What about Las Vegas!

  • @cyork1288
    @cyork1288 6 років тому +431

    'No Way To Prevent This,' Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens'

    • @TyiffaTina
      @TyiffaTina 6 років тому +22

      - The Onion

    • @cilency
      @cilency 6 років тому +1

      Do you read The Onion by any chance?

    • @christopherpeterson9175
      @christopherpeterson9175 6 років тому +2

      C York you could live in any nation you probably live in this one for it's many freedom's. don't give up freedom's, because a few well placed laws can make it just as s**tty as the rest of the world. if you don't think the rest of the world is s**tty go live there.

    • @lucas07700
      @lucas07700 6 років тому +11

      Christopher Peterson Do you think Europe is shitty?

    • @TheTrueLDS
      @TheTrueLDS 6 років тому +16

      Christopher Peterson most people don’t think the rest of the world is shitty.

  • @adam_p99
    @adam_p99 5 років тому +251

    Here after Parkland
    Here after Orlando
    Here after Las Vegas
    Here after El Paso
    Here after Dayton
    Here after _________
    Here after _________
    It’s August 2019, so you’ll have to fill in the blanks if you’re reading this in 2020. I hope only two will suffice, but I think I’m being optimistic. I don’t look forward to the next round of “thoughts and prayers”, followed by the token conversations about background checks and video games etc etc

    • @sophiesometimessews
      @sophiesometimessews 4 роки тому +69

      Adam P hello from 2020, we’ve had much less shootings this year, but that’s not our biggest problem at the moment.

    • @7thquark309
      @7thquark309 4 роки тому +23

      @@sophiesometimessews By Republican logic, Covid is the solution, not gun control.
      That would also explain why they don't try to slow it down.

    • @steveb4662
      @steveb4662 4 роки тому +18

      @@7thquark309 Republicans are now officially a death cult because economy.

    • @HelloItsMikkan
      @HelloItsMikkan 4 роки тому +22

      Here after Kenosha

    • @inactiveaccount72537
      @inactiveaccount72537 3 роки тому +17

      Here after Georgia Spa shootings and Boulder Supermarket shootings, March 23, 2021, it hasn’t gotten better at all

  • @craigh2577
    @craigh2577 2 роки тому +12

    4 years ago...

  • @TheYurpman
    @TheYurpman 6 років тому +69

    It's a very sad state of affairs when it's this easy to just play a video from another shooting, remove the word "Orlando and replace it with "Las Vegas", and the video still applies.

  • @peach0221
    @peach0221 6 років тому +640

    thanks for letting Australia watch your videos for once

    • @zeehansen3011
      @zeehansen3011 6 років тому +82

      Speaking of Australia, aren't you guys that evidence that Gun control works?

    • @jarijulien3397
      @jarijulien3397 6 років тому +8

      get a vpn xD

    • @brennanboone1879
      @brennanboone1879 6 років тому +19

      Peach Man lol Australia doesn't have to worry about random people bringing guns around with them in Public.

    • @HanQ28
      @HanQ28 6 років тому +16

      N8RADE All of these things PLUS mass shootings happen in America.

    • @rileywilliams9086
      @rileywilliams9086 6 років тому +2

      Aaronkarlh Hansen yep after port Arthur there was a massive crackdown on guns

  • @jaydensmith6502
    @jaydensmith6502 3 роки тому +54

    saying hi to everyone who’s back after the boulder shooting 🖤 i know, i’m upset too

    • @TheAirBear2000
      @TheAirBear2000 3 роки тому +6

      Made worse by the fact that the shooter was able to buy an AR-15 because Boulder had lifted its restrictions against those kinds of guns just days prior...as a result of being sued by the NRA.

    • @Renvaar1989
      @Renvaar1989 2 роки тому

      It happened again, AR-15 again too.

  • @rjpittman4510
    @rjpittman4510 Рік тому +15

    One of my favorite pieces ever is from when John did a gun control piece while with the daily show. It was about Australia's gun laws. John has been fighting for gun control for a long time. Hope he wins one day

  • @brianbenoit6883
    @brianbenoit6883 6 років тому +1743

    I won't believe in anything without proof, now excuse me, I'm late for church....

    • @andrewg.68
      @andrewg.68 6 років тому +102

      Brian Benoit preach brother. Last Sunday father Jacob explained to us how it's all the gays fault.

    • @calabis
      @calabis 6 років тому +36

      Be careful....mfers will shoot up churches

    • @stefane4581
      @stefane4581 6 років тому +11

      XD

    • @bennyton2560
      @bennyton2560 6 років тому +4

      lmaoooo

    • @watyhu99
      @watyhu99 6 років тому +56

      yeah how about you don't bring christians into this, I know that it may seem dumb to alot of ya'll. But personally as one, I refuse to be grouped with those idiots who don't believe in gun laws, vacinating kids, global warming, same sex rights, etc... religion has nothing to do with how certain others like to use it as excuse to be cunts... It's more how they're brought up, I was raised to learn to give others a chance.

  • @jamesburgess2k
    @jamesburgess2k 6 років тому +962

    It's sad that this video was made a year ago and is still relevant, and its sadder that even 8 years ago it would've still been relevant.
    But what's the saddest thing is it's probably still gonna be relevant 20 years from now. The NRA is so deep in our politicians pockets, its gonna take a lot of effort to get them out of Congress.

    • @texasfatgum6579
      @texasfatgum6579 6 років тому +42

      This came out today.... not a year ago

    • @flyboy2099
      @flyboy2099 6 років тому +7

      James Burgess dude, all politicians are crooked. Obama, Trump, McConnel, both Clintons. All of them. Not a single goddamn congressman or woman is an honest person.

    • @jamesburgess2k
      @jamesburgess2k 6 років тому +27

      OsgodTheViking just watch the first 6 seconds...

    • @escobarisanoctopus
      @escobarisanoctopus 6 років тому +14

      No, I think they just re-uploaded or uploaded.

    • @wolf8550
      @wolf8550 6 років тому +3

      FlyBoy You don’t have facts to back that up, do you?

  • @socrates704
    @socrates704 2 роки тому +9

    UA-cam brought me here again after the recent Texas school shooting..

  • @NewMateo
    @NewMateo 2 роки тому +51

    Its crazy. Here in Canada we were able to even buy AR 15s up to 2020. Funny enough we havent had a mass shooting everyday.
    Its because to get a gun in Canada you NEED to pass a national background check AND safety program.
    Bans alone dont work. You need to do the educational and registry too.

    • @jakehague1
      @jakehague1 2 роки тому +7

      I mean... bans do work, they worked in my country.... and Australia... and Japan

    • @NewMateo
      @NewMateo 2 роки тому +1

      @@jakehague1 in America you can buy any other type of gun in the same aisle. If they remove the ar-15 theyll just buy whatever is next on the shelf.

    • @jakehague1
      @jakehague1 2 роки тому +2

      @@NewMateo so gross, I'm glad I don't live there

    • @themancuniancandidate2744
      @themancuniancandidate2744 2 роки тому +1

      Canadians would never do a mass shooting. Too many people to say sorry to afterwards.

    • @beardiemom
      @beardiemom Рік тому +3

      I live in a country that has very strict gun laws (You need to pass a background check to legally obtain a gun and show that there is a necessity for you to own one, i.e. because you're a hunter, as well as undergo training to obtain a licence to purchase firearms) and I don't think that that calliber of gun laws will ever pass in the US, due to cultural differences.
      However, you'd think that it would be common sense that people have to have a clean criminal record and undergo some basic gun safety training before being allowed to own one. Nothing too restrictive, just the equivalent of a driver's license for guns. Will it completely stop gun violence? Of course not, since the amount of violent crime in the US goes deeper than every idiot being allowed to purchase a gun. But it would, at the very least, reduce it.

  • @Liihdeoz
    @Liihdeoz 6 років тому +691

    Currently writing a thesis on the NRA campaign ads. This video keeps me going when I start falling into the dark pit of despair.

    • @Earbly
      @Earbly 6 років тому +5

      And how the Russians funnelled millions thru them? Decided to re-watch this after learning that.

    • @frostyheat22
      @frostyheat22 6 років тому +8

      Drew Russians and the NRA? 😂 Lay off the grugs

    • @HooyahPeacock
      @HooyahPeacock 6 років тому +6

      Make sure you include the statistic of many mass shooters are NRA member's... post the numbers here also

    • @frostyheat22
      @frostyheat22 6 років тому +1

      RantChant 316 so are over 5 million other Americans and growing by the day. Means absolutely nothing. Nobody takes you seriously outside of your echo chamber. Especially while making that argument.

    • @Earbly
      @Earbly 6 років тому +5

      Well if you want to just ignore researched facts, that's you. Maybe lay off the fake news

  • @DaijDjan
    @DaijDjan 6 років тому +977

    What's the most outrageous fact concerning this video? It's a reupload from last year - and I'm afraid we'll see it again next year as well..

    • @malificentpurple
      @malificentpurple 6 років тому +46

      What's worse is that you might need it in a month or two. Things are escalating in your country, and your leaders are so dishonest they are willing to trade your safety for their profit. I'm truly sorry about that.

    • @dragonnes
      @dragonnes 6 років тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/rfxCy0wj4uw/v-deo.html

    • @PvblivsAelivs
      @PvblivsAelivs 6 років тому +2

      "What's worse is that you might need it in a month or two."
      We don't _need_ it at all. The cynic in me notes that this was not someone who "just snapped." He took days to bring guns in unnoticed. This was a planned operation. The only question is for what purpose. This could have been engineered to get people to support gun control.

    • @DaijDjan
      @DaijDjan 6 років тому +10

      @John: Do you really think the point of Las Vegas was to make people support gun control? o.O Don't get me wrong, you're right about this not being an impulsive act - but seriously.. (And doesn't the majority support at least some sort of control anyway already?)

    • @dwerg1
      @dwerg1 6 років тому +6

      John Undefined, that's a good observation. It takes time to bring in that many weapons and nobody would bring that many to a hotel room for no reason other than to do what he did.
      Your idea that it could have been engineered to get people to support gun control sounds extremely ironic. As if some guy thought "the best way to prevent mass shootings is to commit mass shooting", it's just ridiculous.

  • @Lehigh_Sky_High
    @Lehigh_Sky_High 2 роки тому +18

    It's 2022.....yet another school shooting. So depressing.

  • @JackiJinx
    @JackiJinx 2 роки тому +9

    What is different now than it was when this video first came out?

    • @HigherKaiju
      @HigherKaiju 2 роки тому

      It’s sad I thought oh yeah Orlando shooting I forgot about that. Because there is too many

  • @joshkorte9020
    @joshkorte9020 6 років тому +377

    Take away every gun and replace them with swords and have open carry. If you want to kill someone you have to fight them face to face. Not to mention the people around you that will attack you.

    • @WOLF-mh6kq
      @WOLF-mh6kq 6 років тому +8

      Lol Wut

    • @wickedmonkeylover
      @wickedmonkeylover 6 років тому +75

      Challenge them to a Pokemon battle.

    • @mgtowtalk3402
      @mgtowtalk3402 6 років тому +2

      Josh Korte king David killed 1000s with a sword. Sal or someone killed in the 10,000s. Of course these happened in wars, but my point is that won't do anything.

    • @GodlyHyo
      @GodlyHyo 6 років тому +30

      Lmfao they just legalized swords and daggers in Texas.

    • @ladycatfish2896
      @ladycatfish2896 6 років тому +6

      Yeah.... I don't know what universe you live in, but if I see a dude with a sword, I don't plan on fighting him.
      I plan on walking the opposite way. Away, away, away.
      The only way I would fight the swordsman is if I have a gun. But of course, no guns, so....

  • @Teddeskompest
    @Teddeskompest 6 років тому +490

    As a non-American, I find it hard to believe how a single country can be this fucked up. I'm genuinely impressed.

    • @iraqiwalker1436
      @iraqiwalker1436 6 років тому +63

      Stop dropping the population numbers as some kind of argument. It's stupid, and has literally no bearing whatesoever on the discussion. Every other country out there has some measure of gun control, and they all have their fair share of psychos, and maniacs. However, this is the only country where this happens, this regularly. Mixed groups of people? So is the rest of the planet. That's not it. This leaves only 1 thing: The laws, and culture of the country.

    • @DragonMaiden77
      @DragonMaiden77 6 років тому +14

      Yeah... Guess all the bombings and stabbings and vehicular attacks in Europe are just accidents...

    • @SmackcrackIV
      @SmackcrackIV 6 років тому +28

      The difference being that most of the attacks in Europe are based on the conflict in the middle east.
      American mass shootings are actually quite rarely linked to the middle eat.
      And as an aside, you have more time to evade a vehicle AND an easier time of spotting said vehicle than any bullet. A guy shoots a gun at you, there's a good chance you're dead. A guy fires an automatic weapon, there's a good chance dozens die. A guy has a bunch of military grade rifles? 59 people can die. What can a guy with a knife do? Sure he might manage to kill a person or two (as terrible as that is). But he's LIMITED in what he can do compared to a gun. I've got basic knowledge of firearms, never shot a full auto or even semi auto military grade rifle. But give me an AR-15 with a mag or two, change my mindset to allow senseless murder, and I can guarantee you dozens will die. Now do the same thing but give me a knife. Far less danger.
      Btw, a knife is far more personal a method of killing than a rifle. You need far more desire to kill an innocent when you have a knife than a gun and it requires violent physical actions. A gun does not. Don't need to use a lot of effort, just aim at a person and squeeze the trigger.

    • @TyiffaTina
      @TyiffaTina 6 років тому +32

      EU has almost 200million more people than the USA, and still has fewer homicides--even including the terrorist attacks. Your numbers argument is bullshit.

    • @logic9436
      @logic9436 6 років тому +5

      Every state is it's own country regarding laws etc. But general culture, you are indeeeeeed fucked up. "Guns, scams, corruption and your entire politic is ran by companies...." It's "sad" as your orange president would say (THAT YOU VOTED FOR)

  • @mikebirks2336
    @mikebirks2336 2 роки тому +16

    Four years on and the same problems and excuses.

  • @dreboy7688
    @dreboy7688 5 років тому +119

    *stares down at my Planet Fitness memebership*
    Damn, John. I felt that.

  • @bravo2278
    @bravo2278 6 років тому +86

    That 'say aye say nay' thing is the dumbest thing ever. Oh the side that opposes what I want was slightly louder, I'll just say that my side seems to have it.

    • @jasperzanovich2504
      @jasperzanovich2504 6 років тому +20

      How this can be considered a democratic process I will never understand. Even raising hands would be more accountable.

    • @Silverwing28
      @Silverwing28 6 років тому +13

      I could not even hear a difference between the aye and the no

    • @TheFrozenfish
      @TheFrozenfish 6 років тому +8

      I know right!? How can something like this exist in these modern and oh-so-democratic times! Jesus fuck… with each new episode of J. Oliver I learn more and more about the USA. And while I absolutely despise terrorism, I actually start to see why so many middle-eastern states hate Americans. That idiot Trump surely isn't helping either! #sigh#

    • @David-pz7ju
      @David-pz7ju 6 років тому +1

      TheFrozenfish legit liberal starter pack "I get all my knowledge from John Oliver therefore I know everything about this subject" fuck off

    • @cleanseroftheworld
      @cleanseroftheworld 6 років тому +6

      Davister 2500 Legit Conservative Starter Pack: Let's strawman the opposition because I have no argument of my own; Edgy Meme Profile Pic that isn't edgy at all; Uses one item for a "starter pack"; Tells someome to fuck off because they know their arguments are shit.

  • @joaofernandes8444
    @joaofernandes8444 6 років тому +506

    You know its bad when John Oliver makes an episode out of schedule

    • @ggndemy
      @ggndemy 6 років тому +60

      João Fernandes its old....

    • @rigormortis6481
      @rigormortis6481 6 років тому +22

      Orlando shooting ( happened last year); not the Las Vegas one !

    • @january0th
      @january0th 6 років тому +33

      it's not out of schedule, it's an old episode of Orlando shooting, that has become topical again

    • @dennishena1399
      @dennishena1399 6 років тому +5

      João Fernandes This is a re-posting of an episode that followed the mass-shooting in Orlando.

    • @LadyHashZ
      @LadyHashZ 6 років тому +1

      João Fernandes he’s talking about Orlando! It’s an old episode silly

  • @KysonChannell
    @KysonChannell 4 роки тому +36

    Here's an idea: use the NRA's info against them; find out when and where legislation will be debated and go and contribute to the debate and help it pass.

  • @bram5825
    @bram5825 2 роки тому +13

    So... run this again but change out the names every couple days?

  • @poke548
    @poke548 6 років тому +349

    I'm a proud gun owner, been in Arkansas almost all my life, and if I could have it, I'd spend every day putting rounds through at a range, but even I recognize that there has to be a DIALOGUE.

    • @worshipcatalyst1
      @worshipcatalyst1 6 років тому +10

      Same.

    • @darcyrobbs6866
      @darcyrobbs6866 6 років тому +11

      Agreed. A very short. Concise dialogue.

    • @BrainEatPenguin
      @BrainEatPenguin 6 років тому +18

      pokefan548 don't let violent criminals, people on no fly lists, and people with mental issues own firearms, but everyone else can.

    • @Icureditwithmybrain
      @Icureditwithmybrain 6 років тому +2

      Only tyrants fear an armed citizenry. pokefan548 you are a tyrant.

    • @mathiasvestergaard6014
      @mathiasvestergaard6014 6 років тому +6

      Fernando N if he's a tyrant then i'm Selena Gomez

  • @SierraRamblesALot
    @SierraRamblesALot 6 років тому +493

    You drive a car and it requires months of training,restrictions, & background checks why can't we do the same with guns?

    • @dahat42
      @dahat42 6 років тому +40

      In all 50 states, driving is a privilege, while owning of a firearm is a right. Don't forget that the LV shooter had successfully passed background checks for his purchases.

    • @GurvirSingh64
      @GurvirSingh64 6 років тому +25

      There are no background checks and months of training for a drivers license.
      There are restrictions and background checks for guns, and if you want to legally conceal carry a gun, there is training and a test.

    • @matteblack5805
      @matteblack5805 6 років тому +6

      Idiocy for one, although I wouldn't mind all of the above.
      And the 2nd amendment says nothing about firearms, so in theory they can be restricted, but we would still have knives and arrows.

    • @ryan-jb9fh
      @ryan-jb9fh 6 років тому +4

      Cars aren't protected by the constitution.

    • @mohamedal-riyami4084
      @mohamedal-riyami4084 6 років тому

      Sierra Rambles A Lot you've been watching JRE

  • @Jbjackson320
    @Jbjackson320 2 роки тому +7

    This aged not at all

  • @propjoe1060
    @propjoe1060 2 роки тому +46

    Back here again in 2022. And I've no doubt people will be coming back to it for years to come! America is fucked.

  • @suryahr307
    @suryahr307 6 років тому +44

    I'm a foreigner I barely understand about 10% of what he says but I still watch his videos

  • @markrooney8785
    @markrooney8785 6 років тому +437

    The U.S. a country where the weapons used in a massacre are considered a constitutional right, yet healthcare for the victims isn't!!
    Priorities eh....

    • @kap1618
      @kap1618 6 років тому +27

      KingofUSA85 why not provide health care to keep people alive?

    • @TheTrueLDS
      @TheTrueLDS 6 років тому +4

      kap1618 it doesn’t matter, they’ll all have been killed by guns before health care becomes an issue

    • @EridianX
      @EridianX 6 років тому +33

      Yes, because why should people have the right to be healthy. Why should a government that is NOTHING without people be inclined to keep them alive. Why should people, who would also be nothing without their government, demand to be given the right to live a healthy life. Healthcare is a human right and if you don't agree then I think you should be banned from any medical care facility.

    • @eyeofjake
      @eyeofjake 6 років тому +1

      Mark: a person that can't figure out that US citizens can easily get healthcare. They just have to pay for it just like firearms.
      The right to access it isn't the same is the right to have it provided to you by the state. Try again Mark.

    • @Strohalm4Me
      @Strohalm4Me 6 років тому

      according to reddit there is free healthcare for the victims of mass shootings.

  • @WindrunnerB4
    @WindrunnerB4 3 роки тому +36

    “A group of wily bastards that somehow convinced us we need to live indoors like a bunch of nerds.” Well, now we’re living inside like a bunch of people in a pandemic.

  • @ambre2496
    @ambre2496 2 роки тому +15

    Now the Uvalde shootings, worth a rewatch indeed, again and again, & again, ...again.

  • @Quadrant555
    @Quadrant555 6 років тому +367

    Why would any sensible person be against background checks? Or any checks of competence?
    Are they afraid they wont pass because they're incompetent with a gun?

    • @harambe4267
      @harambe4267 6 років тому +13

      You should be forced to pass an obesity check before buying a burger, then. That thing is 10x as deadly as any firearm.

    • @MSDuelist
      @MSDuelist 6 років тому +38

      Harambe fine then if I really want the burger I'll diet lose weight and the pass the test, as in you know follow the proper steps!

    • @gentlemenoffortune4001
      @gentlemenoffortune4001 6 років тому +9

      Most Serious Duelist Eating burgers isnt a right, owning guns is.

    • @harambe4267
      @harambe4267 6 років тому +3

      That's cute, but it would more akin to not being able to pass obesity check if you once were obese, to make it more comparable to gun background checks.

    • @princesssookeh
      @princesssookeh 6 років тому +85

      *CONCERN TROLL ALERT* you don't care about obesity. you're just using it as a weak prop to back your shitty argument. Besides; YOU eating a burger isn't likely to kill an innocent bystander. your comparison doesn't work on any level.

  • @ObesePuppies
    @ObesePuppies 6 років тому +763

    "Days until gun massacres Fewer and farther between"

    • @wolframstahl1263
      @wolframstahl1263 6 років тому +4

      Well, this year had at least two such days so far....

    • @lamashtu5959
      @lamashtu5959 6 років тому +3

      Good. Overpopulation of libtards is a problem.

    • @littlelegato
      @littlelegato 6 років тому +49

      Likewise with the Rightwads

    • @Vegas242
      @Vegas242 6 років тому +22

      Yes God forbid we give a shit about a fellow human life, let alone 50+ of them. Pardon me I was wrong this whole time I can't believe I was so stupid as to actually experience empathy when I hear about needless death. You're right everyone who doesn't agree with me should just die unless they happen to be in a position where they haven't already been shot, can shoot the attacker, and the attacker has run out of bullets.

    • @naughtiusmaximus7103
      @naughtiusmaximus7103 6 років тому +11

      Referring to Lamashtu. Country Music is predominantly a red state thing, so okay.....'tard. Also, Las Vegas is great proof of one thing. Great self defense, guns. All those Republicans sure returned fire effectively and showed that guy.....oh wait.

  • @thierry860
    @thierry860 2 роки тому +7

    Sadly, this aged pretty well...

  • @thunderpussy8956
    @thunderpussy8956 6 років тому +8

    As an outsider looking in, (I'm from Scotland), I just can't get over the power the NRA have over the government. It amazes me that in this day and age we still hear about mass shooting sprees and the fact nothing gets done about it. We had the Dunblane Primary School shooting in 1996 and that was enough to lead to change. Common sense prevailed and we haven't had small children slaughtered by a piece of shit with a gun since then. We have terrorists bombing us and trying to tear our nation apart, but we don't have mass shootings - enough is enough, surely the people can see the need for gun control?

  • @rohitg1529
    @rohitg1529 6 років тому +567

    Well-timed re-upload

    • @ellycantsleep5838
      @ellycantsleep5838 6 років тому +12

      Rohit G they re uploaded cause of how relevant it is

    • @vastalapasta9739
      @vastalapasta9739 6 років тому

      Rohit G
      I

    • @deathisnear2424
      @deathisnear2424 6 років тому

      It still works well. I remember reading somewhere that The Onion runs the same exact article every time one of those shooting happens. They just change the location, amount of people killed, and a few other minor things.

    • @lamashtu5959
      @lamashtu5959 6 років тому

      You're a moron.

    • @worshipcatalyst1
      @worshipcatalyst1 6 років тому

      When was the original?

  • @fricken99
    @fricken99 6 років тому +571

    If you take away guns how will I change the channel, or open a beer, or get the cat down from the roof.

    • @ultimatemeepo
      @ultimatemeepo 6 років тому +19

      Or scratch my eyebrow

    • @MxSlfDstrct
      @MxSlfDstrct 6 років тому +39

      Crossbow. Trebuchet. Unlicensed gun. More trebuchet. Sheer willpower. Rocks. Be creative man.

    • @RandomPPerson
      @RandomPPerson 6 років тому +10

      do what I do, throw a shoe

    • @matthewhayes8961
      @matthewhayes8961 6 років тому +1

      Sheer Willpower xD

    • @tommydevine9993
      @tommydevine9993 6 років тому +4

      I appreciate this reference, Paul!

  • @csm2455
    @csm2455 4 роки тому +23

    Politics 101 - To stay in power, keep the masses uninformed.

  • @longleaf1217
    @longleaf1217 4 роки тому +18

    I am a member of the NRA yet this sickens me. bear in mind i am only a member cause I enjoy shooting guns as a sport and i have to be a member to exercise that sport at my local gun range. if it really comes down to it, if the only way to keep the world safe is to give up my guns i will. Gun violence is a serious issue that NEEDS to be investigated in full and if you are an NRA member who opposes that notion then you are a fool plain and simple. its not just cause there is a fully justifiable reason to study thus issue, its also because if you oppose this you WILL get run over by the bus of social change at some point. the difference is is that when that bus comes through (and it WILL come through) the difference between people being able to keep their guns and everyone loosing that privilege rests on the shoulders of what you do now. will you be responsible with that privilege or not? if you really do think guns are a RIGHT then fuck you and the horse you rode in on. it is, and always has been, a privilege.

    • @Nanofuture87
      @Nanofuture87 4 роки тому +1

      A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the *right* of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

    • @Nippleless_Cage
      @Nippleless_Cage 4 роки тому +2

      THANK YOU for being the first sane gun owner I've ever met who acknowledges that owning a metal death machine is not a God-given right.

    • @Nanofuture87
      @Nanofuture87 4 роки тому +1

      @@Nippleless_Cage Throughout history, the right to keep and bear arms (which were typically swords before firearms) was reserved only for the nobility. The founders of the United States had a different vision, one where there was no nobility, where all men are created equal, where we the people have the means to alter or abolish the government should it become destructive to our unalienable rights.
      The founders themselves didn't live up to their own standards, but that doesn't mean they aren't good ones.

    • @beardiemom
      @beardiemom Рік тому

      @@Nanofuture87 The founders probably didn't envision a country where people exercising the right to bear arms break into a school and shoot a bunch of innocent children, though. Or into a club and shoot up a crowd of innocent people. And if reality is so fundamentally different to their vision, maybe, just maybe, the laws that enable that reality should be changed.

  • @las1147
    @las1147 6 років тому +329

    Sad this video is still relevant

    • @Avrysatos
      @Avrysatos 6 років тому +4

      The onion keeps reposting the same article too.

    • @caddydonstans116
      @caddydonstans116 6 років тому +4

      I know. Why can't people learn that this wouldn't have prevented the shooting in las vegas?

    • @justintee3241
      @justintee3241 6 років тому

      Lukaaz you act like it's decades old

    • @las1147
      @las1147 6 років тому +2

      Justin Tee a video on current events shouldn't be still be current over a year later.

    • @las1147
      @las1147 6 років тому +6

      TheAwesomeG All we went is a sensible debate about gun control. It's not all or nothing, we need to debate to come to a middle ground that protects people who want to hunt or whatever and people who just don't wanna die.

  • @chriscoates1406
    @chriscoates1406 6 років тому +738

    Here after Parkland shooting. Nothing's gonna change.

    • @DirtMerchant693
      @DirtMerchant693 6 років тому +23

      Let’s see how long it takes until the next one

    • @reubenbell1980
      @reubenbell1980 6 років тому +21

      As far as I’m aware there’s been over 30 mass shootings in the US this year, by this point it could be over 40. America is broken and I’m starting to wonder if it’s even worth caring anymore

    • @zm1786
      @zm1786 6 років тому +10

      The cops knew about him and did nothing. Florida State law requires him to be put in a psychological evaluation, but the police department never followed through . He had over 39 police calls on him, some involving domestic violence. That's not even including the 2 FBI Tips. Hownaremore laws going to help if the cops don't even bother enforcing ones that exist ?

    • @ian12346
      @ian12346 6 років тому +6

      Legit Communism We got a pool going at work. 8 of us already owe a dude 20$ each cuz last pool, he picked Florida. I says to him “Florida?!? Dude, Orlando wasn’t that long ago.”
      He says, “Yea, but dude, they’re fuckin crazy over there. Put me down for 20 on Florida”. “All right,” I says.
      This one broad said we’re all goin to hell. I told her “Yea, but at least one of us is leaving work with more gas money” 🤪🤘

    • @drextrey
      @drextrey 6 років тому

      ergys hila That wont took long.

  • @jcarle1001
    @jcarle1001 2 роки тому +4

    2022, NOTHING HAS CHANGED

  • @Imperator-SPQR
    @Imperator-SPQR 2 роки тому +5

    4 years has passed and nothing has change

  • @mujerforalibre
    @mujerforalibre 6 років тому +599

    It's relevant again :'(

    • @dignity263
      @dignity263 6 років тому

      mujerforalibre Seems so

    • @_DanielFernandez_
      @_DanielFernandez_ 6 років тому

      No it's not.

    • @nikolai3620
      @nikolai3620 6 років тому +9

      It's relevant every single day. You just don't hear about the shootings that involve less than 10 people.

    • @dinobotful
      @dinobotful 6 років тому +1

      Dan Fernandez parkland shooting.

    • @offbrandcereals
      @offbrandcereals 6 років тому

      it's relevant all the time, dude

  • @Zortakable
    @Zortakable 6 років тому +19

    The funniest thing about those "workout Paul Ryan" pics is that they aren't even photoshopped, but actually real, he really thought it would be a good idea to take those photos

  • @RSAgility
    @RSAgility 4 роки тому +53

    As long as the NRA exists, this video will be in our recommendations every year from some bad news.

  • @davidparbery8640
    @davidparbery8640 2 роки тому +4

    I live in Australia, and that is the point I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA. No guns on the streets, no guns in the schools, no. guns anywhere. As far as I can see and hear is stupid is what stupid does.

    • @Norwoodg00ner
      @Norwoodg00ner 2 роки тому

      As African gangs rise, or China invades you’ll wish we had guns

  • @handsinknead77
    @handsinknead77 6 років тому +24

    One of the best videos yet. Using the Planet Fitness analogy of "to see results you must show up every day." to talking to your congressman every day about the Dickey Amendment was fantastic.

  • @ethereallens
    @ethereallens 6 років тому +1220

    Tis an oldie Goldie

    • @darth_yoda
      @darth_yoda 6 років тому +3

      Yep

    • @xF3arl
      @xF3arl 6 років тому +10

      Yes Flame. Hence why Dante called it an "oldie Goldie".

    • @DieTreppenwitz
      @DieTreppenwitz 6 років тому +26

      that's his point. this issue isnt a flavour of the month deal. he will keep reminding people of this again and again

    • @noggggginful
      @noggggginful 6 років тому +9

      There's no reason to do a new one but Las Vegas probably spurred a rerun

    • @darkrai6543
      @darkrai6543 6 років тому +9

      He hasn't been reminding people - but I think this was in response to the Vegas shooting, since you can basically translate the same situation from Orlando to it, but with a higher death toll.

  • @campbelldeck8066
    @campbelldeck8066 4 роки тому +4

    I’m a liberal! I support gun ownership but I have a questions? Why are people so opposed to regulations and tighter rules regarding ownership? Background checks, limits of magazine sizes and banning people who have or are suspected of committing a violent crime. Or allowing the CDC to study gun violence? What’s wrong with that?

  • @Onyxiate
    @Onyxiate Рік тому +6

    It’s awful that we’ve got to the point where the statement “the recent shooting” does not narrow down to what year it could be. This video is 5 years old, and this video could work even today without mentioning the location of the shooting.

  • @JosheyG34
    @JosheyG34 6 років тому +351

    I really hate how the state of American gun laws gets super imposed on Canada. Canada doesn't have a gun problem. We can still have AR-15's but they are highly controled and owners get regulate background checks by the RCMP. We don't have mass shooting like the US and we still get to enjoy the sport.

    • @HughJorgan1
      @HughJorgan1 6 років тому +31

      Canada has less people than California. Just to put some perspective on your comment.

    • @TyiffaTina
      @TyiffaTina 6 років тому +104

      What is it with people citing this worthless population comparison? Canada has fewer people, sure. But what about the EU? They have almost 200million more people than the US and still have far less gun-related homicides.
      Edit: and herp derp, before you say, "BUT WATTABOUT THER TERRURIST ATTAX?!??" Even including the terrorist attacks in the EU, their annual homicide rate per 100,000 people is lower. Guns kill more people annually in the western world than bombs and vehicular rampages.

    • @Thurrak
      @Thurrak 6 років тому +50

      We also have less gun violence than California.

    • @turkkaloimisto1558
      @turkkaloimisto1558 6 років тому +49

      Of course, you must compare statistics per capita. Typically, it's a value of how many gun deaths there is per 100.000 people per year, so it's actually apples against apples comparison.
      Oh, and by the way the numbers are 10.54 for USA, and 1.97 for Canada. That is over 5 times more gun deaths in the USA. Per capita.

    • @markramkhelawan1580
      @markramkhelawan1580 6 років тому +1

      You're an idiot. Wise up please

  • @grandsome1
    @grandsome1 6 років тому +357

    "Murders occur every year, obviously murder control laws are useless and should be done away with." - Republican logic when it comes to gun control and health care; if it's not going to be perfect we shouldn't even try.

    • @flattspvp
      @flattspvp 6 років тому +3

      Grandsome Republicans are trying to fix healthcare. Just look at Rand Paul.

    • @cepheus9856
      @cepheus9856 6 років тому +12

      All the time they say there's no data yet they're the ones who prevent research with how much nra bribes them. See that fking list of how many gop senators or congress got paid to keep doing whatever nra wants.

    • @Shankabottomus
      @Shankabottomus 6 років тому +7

      It's like you dipshits have never heard of a truck bomb.

    • @TyiffaTina
      @TyiffaTina 6 років тому +10

      Jesus christ. Yes, we've heard of truck bombs. But how many people die of truck bombs in the western world each year? Far fewer than those that die by gunshots.

    • @darrynfrost3401
      @darrynfrost3401 6 років тому +15

      Well. there are laws that make truck bombs illegal. And very few of them happen, so it must be working ok.

  • @moneyball32
    @moneyball32 2 роки тому +6

    Depressed to be here again after Uvalde

  • @rchopra535
    @rchopra535 5 років тому +79

    Wow I saw this after El PASO and Ohio shootings. RIP those who lost their lives.

  • @tkinsey3
    @tkinsey3 6 років тому +397

    Oh look, this video is relevant again. 18 school shootings so far in 2018.

    • @peter5844
      @peter5844 6 років тому +23

      I'm here (again) because of that, too. My condolences to all the families who suffer from Americas ridiculous approach to Guns. Best wishes from Germany

    • @tkinsey3
      @tkinsey3 6 років тому +10

      Appreciate that Peter. Hopefully we can vote out every Congressman (or woman) that has been bribed by the NRA, and actually do something to protect our children over here. Best wishes to Germany as well!

    • @tkinsey3
      @tkinsey3 6 років тому +15

      Couple of things - The 2nd amendment was created in 1791, 150 years before Hitler. It had nothing to do with anything he did. If you have evidence to the contrary, please show it, but I could find nothing linking the 2nd Amendment in any way to Hitler's actions. It was created so that the people of the US could defend themselves against the government, but it's based on a world that looked much different than ours does today. Imagine creating a law today that is expected to manage weapons created 230 years from now. It's ludicrous.
      Even so, I (and most other people pushing for reasonable gun laws) are not attempting to destroy the 2nd Amendment. We simply want to make it more difficult for untrained 19 year olds with mental health issues and well known racist behavior to obtain assault rifles.

    • @peter5844
      @peter5844 6 років тому +7

      @ Nate Dawg I'm amazed by your stupidity

    • @3halfshadows
      @3halfshadows 6 років тому +3

      If germany had an equivalent of the second amendment the holocaust wouldn't have happened. " It was created so that the people of the US could defend themselves against the government, but it's based on a world that looked much different than ours does today." Right, and modern governments are far more terrifying than anything the founding fathers could have imagined.

  • @staredwards268
    @staredwards268 6 років тому +25

    C’mon kids, we can’t even get research to prevent gun violence.

  • @marthagregory3852
    @marthagregory3852 4 роки тому +11

    Anyone else thinking we need to sign up for the nra mailing list so we hear about this stuff and have a chance to contact our representatives in favor of gun control? 🤔

  • @redheadedsailor
    @redheadedsailor 5 років тому +78

    This is still accurate as of August 2019.

    • @jammer3618
      @jammer3618 5 років тому

      Very correct.

    • @noahdewitz790
      @noahdewitz790 5 років тому

      Exactly.

    • @klingerkun5766
      @klingerkun5766 5 років тому

      No it isnt

    • @sensationalrebel9459
      @sensationalrebel9459 5 років тому +1

      @@klingerkun5766 Yeah it is.

    • @klingerkun5766
      @klingerkun5766 5 років тому +1

      @@sensationalrebel9459 no it really isnt because the NRA is an organization that has very little influence still and they only spend like a million dollars on lobbying which is the least amount from a lobbying group even today because that money is split up to like 1 thousand per politician

  • @lotrdude13
    @lotrdude13 6 років тому +339

    Glad you uploaded this again

    • @jackolaf4867
      @jackolaf4867 6 років тому +4

      lotrdude13
      Better reupload again... I gotta feeling somehow that this is gonna happen again

    • @bobbinsthethird
      @bobbinsthethird 6 років тому +3

      Why are you glad he's profiting off of a mass shooting?

    • @bobbinsthethird
      @bobbinsthethird 6 років тому +2

      What's the difference between an "assault rifle" and a regular rifle?

    • @YoMazR
      @YoMazR 6 років тому

      Lmao, any video about anything Oliver uploads will get the same viewership. He will profit regardless. What you just said was irrelevant, he is talking about issues that need to be discussed... I would rather him talk about issues that need to be talked about and make money than to talk about garbage issues and still make money.

    • @Red-sv5fu
      @Red-sv5fu 6 років тому +6

      But this video has no monetisation. How does he profit?

  • @meescheveux
    @meescheveux 6 років тому +367

    Nonsensical
    Rifle
    Addiction

    • @margotharris3670
      @margotharris3670 6 років тому +5

      Alternatively: Nonstop Ridiculous Apathy

    • @blu2106
      @blu2106 6 років тому +3

      Gun
      Usurpers
      Never
      Conclude
      On
      Normal
      Truthful
      Reasoning
      Or
      Logic

    • @hildemel
      @hildemel 6 років тому +6

      Bl U, same can be said about many gun owners and especially the NRA.
      PS. I am a gun owner.

    • @blu2106
      @blu2106 6 років тому

      You're just trying to fit in as many swear words and insult words as you can.

    • @whitewall4403
      @whitewall4403 6 років тому

      Fandom guy how pathetic

  • @azifazeez
    @azifazeez 5 років тому +60

    2019 and still relevant

    • @SoulonFire13
      @SoulonFire13 4 роки тому +1

      And probably still will be for a long, long time :(

  • @StratfordWingRider
    @StratfordWingRider 2 роки тому +4

    Gee this hits a little “exactly the god damn same” since Texas

  • @YashKMusic
    @YashKMusic 6 років тому +162

    This clip is a year old, but still exactly relevant today...

    • @pyramidhead6998
      @pyramidhead6998 6 років тому

      Yash Kshirsagar its one year old?

    • @starkiller578
      @starkiller578 6 років тому

      Yash Kshirsagar a year isn’t old...

    • @nikolai3620
      @nikolai3620 6 років тому +1

      +Earth Mars And you are American. Stop propagating that stereotype.

  • @octuplex
    @octuplex 6 років тому +145

    It's a repost, but it's not the first time they're reuploaded a video that recently became a lot more relevant.

  • @nwm156
    @nwm156 3 роки тому +2

    Paul Ryan is just Chris Traeger from Parks and Recreation in real life

  • @InfinityKrompt
    @InfinityKrompt 4 роки тому +25

    Ready for something absolutely depressing?
    We're in the middle of a pandemic that has claimed almost 135,000 US citizens.
    And we've still surpassed 2013 and 2014 for mass shootings in a single year. If numbers continue on trend (284 mass shootings in 191 days, average of 1.48 shootings a day), we will surpass 500 mass shootings by the end of the year. Beating last year's record by over 100 shootings.

  • @porky8278
    @porky8278 6 років тому +20

    Don't come down here it will depress you

  • @DabIMON
    @DabIMON 6 років тому +579

    Isn't this an old clip?

    • @TrainerAQ
      @TrainerAQ 6 років тому +228

      It's still relevant.

    • @worshipcatalyst1
      @worshipcatalyst1 6 років тому +70

      Yes it's from last year.

    • @cardigait75
      @cardigait75 6 років тому +308

      And yet nothing has changed, except the mass shooting location

    • @lemonielala3080
      @lemonielala3080 6 років тому +29

      Yes, for some reason it seems relevant again (still).. 🤔

    • @cheybat5390
      @cheybat5390 6 років тому +19

      DabIMON Not much has changed since the first time it happened

  • @sneezyg1
    @sneezyg1 3 роки тому +8

    Lol the NRA just filed for Chapter 11

  • @Dresdenandmousedad
    @Dresdenandmousedad 2 роки тому +6

    This feels like it could have been a story last week… again