NRA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- 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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"No way to prevent this" says the only country where this is a problem
+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
Onion
Writing this from Canada, where we have to deal with this shit coming up from our southern border. Maybe WE should build a wall.
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....
@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...
America: "Gun ownership is a right, healthcare is a privilege"
The Civilized World: "Healthcare is a right, gun ownership is a privilege"
Precisely
They are both rights. Goverment doesn't pay for anyone's gun
Gun ownership is explicitly covered in the 2nd amendment of the United States constitution that's why it's a right.
And America happens to be the most powerful country in the world lol
jack mehoff It's a constitution, not Holy Scripture. It has been amended before, it can be interpreted differently, it can be improved.
"No Way to Prevent This", Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
you dont know latin america right?
@@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
@@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.
@@elblitzb Latin American criminals got their guns from America. Even our neighbors are suffering because of us
@@elblitzb do you just say things sometimes?
Just had to comment on this after learning that the NRA filed for bankruptcy
As part of a scam to make life easier for themselves, it should be illegal
Same
Really?
yay
@@adamfernandez3846 Yep, they filed bankruptcy in NY, so they don't have to go before court in NYC.
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
BANA Nawal its not at all
Well... Weiner's going to have a little more trouble texting his junk.
I remember how the Onion sometimes does the same thing. They just change the names and numbers because it's always the same.
That's the scary thing. Nothing has changed.
BANA Nawal I didn't even realize it was old until your post.
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."
-Winston Churchill
did he actually say that
@@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.
Winston church hill was a crime lord
@@techgoggles you trippin bruh
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.
Just realised the year Australia bought in revolutionary gun control is the same year USA banned funding researching gun safety.
also, Australia is a prime example of the fact that gun regulation works
And also literally the entire EU@@chl_ca
Anyone else depressing themselves even more by watching this after Texas?
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.
Yup
Yep, what's also fun is knowing that I was 14 when this released, I'm an adult now (18) and nothing has changed.
@@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.
“Here we are again” no truer words have been uttered 😩
Does... Does American congress seriously vote orally as if it's the fucking nineteenth century?
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.
And if it were popular vote alone, the only thing that would matter would be appealing to highly-populated areas.
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.
Thankfully, we're a republic, not a true democracy.
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.
Even if you are against gun control you should probably be concerned with how much influence a private organization (NRA) has over the government.
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
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.
DFX2KX please name a few of those left lobbies you talk about..
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.
You should probably be even more concerned about Planned parent hood.
“have to live indoors like a bunch of nerds”... that hit hard after COVID-19
what year do you live in that Covid is over?
Defne Genç after Covid? When you wrote this it was barely the beginning.
@@partlycurrent After it started, he means.
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!
Did you try shooting out the glass?
Be serious or get the hell out.
You sir have won the internet this day
@@sebastienholmes548 Tell that to elected officials who are against even common sense gun laws.
@@Camazotz-kz9wr there is no such thing.
It took me some time to realize that this is an old episode.
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).
Thats the sadness of this ongoing situation and so called "debate"
John Chessant s
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.
me too. its sad
It's kind of amazing to hear that people on terror watch lists AREN'T barred from buying firearms already.
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).
You'd think of all things republicans would support that
It violates the 5th amendment tho
@@sethpadakandla2797 No it doesn't.
@@sethpadakandla2797 you mean the second?
Sorry, but why do government officials still use the "Aye" and "No" method? That's a seriously archaic and flawed way to tally votes.
Secret Steve I agree a Kahoot game or something would be more useful
+Shaggy The Geek "The red squares seem to have it"
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.
Because it makes it easier for the person taking the votes to get their preferred outcome.
Brings a new meaning to "Tone deaf government".
If only the US was a actual democracy then public opinion would maybe change some shit.
The us is a constitutional republic
@@moistplum3317 exactly
Yeah , who doesn't like mob rule, am I right ?
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
@@moistplum3317 A constitutional republic is a form of democracy. Specifically a representative democracy.
"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
Black Knight not even doubting you but what's the proper way to search for that? Aside from "existing gun laws"?
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.
"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_
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.
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.
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.
Why do they vote like this anyway ? Like, if I shout, does my voice count for three ?
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?
I don't understand how they vote like that
Welcome to the realization of what bs like gerrymandering, self entitled guvernors and lobbyism does.
I once attended a vote about horse racing. The neighs were miscounted.
It’s sad that it took me a second to remember which shooting he was talking about
Been sooo many... 😕😔😕😔😕😔😔
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.
Catch Jordan Klepper's full coverage of the Million MAGA March: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLpb...
I'm rewatching this now in honor of the NY attorney general moving to dissolve the NRA ☺️
But is that gonna change ANYTHING with republicans controlling everything?
CERIOUS it will if they get enough public pressure.
The NRA care as much about guns and gun owners as Kanye thinks Bush cares about black people.
@@TR0VEX. It actually might, because while there are successor groups they may not be nearly as united and well organized.
NO doubt you want to defund the police.
They just reposted the one from the last shooting...that's more powerful than anything he could have said
Nothing has changed, so they might as well use it.
I'd still like to see a new clip by next Sunday. Come on, LWT.
Like the Onion article where they just change the location and number of victims.
u wot m8 No it isn't.
How does this have anything to do with a "leftists' inability to learn"? What drugs are you on?
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.
Because US congress are a bunch of scared rats who just wanna be reelected, instead of actually caring for the country and their people.
Because people want more than just that.
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
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.
Because universal background checks aren't background checks and the terror watch list has five year olds on it.
“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?
That's legislation in the US. Just guessing and hoping you got it right.
Yeah thats what I was thinking, that seems like such an easily corruptible system.
Anyone here after Texas in 2022?
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.
This is a reupload I think, but yeah, nothing has changed.
Maybe that was the point.
It took me quite some time to notice that it was an old video
Holy shit I didn't even realize that. This just makes the whole situation even worse...
That was probably deliberate. The people behind this show are extremely savvy on the happenings.
Conservative principles in a nutshell:
Ownership of guns is a constitutional right.
Health insurance for victims of that right is a privilege.
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.
CaptainRidley one thing saves lives, the other has the potential to take lives away. Shouldn't they be treated slightly differently?
Yes it is a Constitutional right, is it not?
Handgun? Its an embarrassment that every American doesn't own a bazooka. Sanders, get on that.
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.
And yet, it happened again. Sad day in USA@ El Paso, TX/Dayton, OH.
This video will still be 100% relevant a decade from now. It'll never fucking change
How is it that fireworks are not allowed in my state, but guns are?
@@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS seriously you cannot use fireworks I mean are fireworks not allowed in certain places or banned as whole ?
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 :)
"sad" for like 2 people.
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.
I got stuck on that one too. what is even the point of voting for people if this is how they make decisions?
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 😬😬
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.
@@RubyRedDances It's retarded, which is perfectly in character for every other US system of government. :P
Just a reminder, this is a reupload from the Orlando shooting. The fact that it's still relevant is sickening.
he had bomb making materials also he would have killed without guns
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.
And it probably will still be relevant in four years :/
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.
Techno Maestro Good to know--I was thinking, Orlando? What about Las Vegas!
'No Way To Prevent This,' Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens'
- The Onion
Do you read The Onion by any chance?
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.
Christopher Peterson Do you think Europe is shitty?
Christopher Peterson most people don’t think the rest of the world is shitty.
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
Adam P hello from 2020, we’ve had much less shootings this year, but that’s not our biggest problem at the moment.
@@sophiesometimessews By Republican logic, Covid is the solution, not gun control.
That would also explain why they don't try to slow it down.
@@7thquark309 Republicans are now officially a death cult because economy.
Here after Kenosha
Here after Georgia Spa shootings and Boulder Supermarket shootings, March 23, 2021, it hasn’t gotten better at all
4 years ago...
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.
That's one of the most insightful comments I've read here.
@@schwindsichtigaderechte5293 ⁿ
Or Uvalde Tx
thanks for letting Australia watch your videos for once
Speaking of Australia, aren't you guys that evidence that Gun control works?
get a vpn xD
Peach Man lol Australia doesn't have to worry about random people bringing guns around with them in Public.
N8RADE All of these things PLUS mass shootings happen in America.
Aaronkarlh Hansen yep after port Arthur there was a massive crackdown on guns
saying hi to everyone who’s back after the boulder shooting 🖤 i know, i’m upset too
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.
It happened again, AR-15 again too.
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
I won't believe in anything without proof, now excuse me, I'm late for church....
Brian Benoit preach brother. Last Sunday father Jacob explained to us how it's all the gays fault.
Be careful....mfers will shoot up churches
XD
lmaoooo
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.
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.
This came out today.... not a year ago
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.
OsgodTheViking just watch the first 6 seconds...
No, I think they just re-uploaded or uploaded.
FlyBoy You don’t have facts to back that up, do you?
UA-cam brought me here again after the recent Texas school shooting..
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.
I mean... bans do work, they worked in my country.... and Australia... and Japan
@@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.
@@NewMateo so gross, I'm glad I don't live there
Canadians would never do a mass shooting. Too many people to say sorry to afterwards.
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.
Currently writing a thesis on the NRA campaign ads. This video keeps me going when I start falling into the dark pit of despair.
And how the Russians funnelled millions thru them? Decided to re-watch this after learning that.
Drew Russians and the NRA? 😂 Lay off the grugs
Make sure you include the statistic of many mass shooters are NRA member's... post the numbers here also
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.
Well if you want to just ignore researched facts, that's you. Maybe lay off the fake news
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..
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.
ua-cam.com/video/rfxCy0wj4uw/v-deo.html
"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.
@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?)
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.
It's 2022.....yet another school shooting. So depressing.
What is different now than it was when this video first came out?
It’s sad I thought oh yeah Orlando shooting I forgot about that. Because there is too many
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.
Lol Wut
Challenge them to a Pokemon battle.
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.
Lmfao they just legalized swords and daggers in Texas.
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....
As a non-American, I find it hard to believe how a single country can be this fucked up. I'm genuinely impressed.
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.
Yeah... Guess all the bombings and stabbings and vehicular attacks in Europe are just accidents...
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.
EU has almost 200million more people than the USA, and still has fewer homicides--even including the terrorist attacks. Your numbers argument is bullshit.
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)
Four years on and the same problems and excuses.
*stares down at my Planet Fitness memebership*
Damn, John. I felt that.
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.
How this can be considered a democratic process I will never understand. Even raising hands would be more accountable.
I could not even hear a difference between the aye and the no
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#
TheFrozenfish legit liberal starter pack "I get all my knowledge from John Oliver therefore I know everything about this subject" fuck off
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.
You know its bad when John Oliver makes an episode out of schedule
João Fernandes its old....
Orlando shooting ( happened last year); not the Las Vegas one !
it's not out of schedule, it's an old episode of Orlando shooting, that has become topical again
João Fernandes This is a re-posting of an episode that followed the mass-shooting in Orlando.
João Fernandes he’s talking about Orlando! It’s an old episode silly
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.
So... run this again but change out the names every couple days?
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.
Same.
Agreed. A very short. Concise dialogue.
pokefan548 don't let violent criminals, people on no fly lists, and people with mental issues own firearms, but everyone else can.
Only tyrants fear an armed citizenry. pokefan548 you are a tyrant.
Fernando N if he's a tyrant then i'm Selena Gomez
You drive a car and it requires months of training,restrictions, & background checks why can't we do the same with guns?
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.
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.
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.
Cars aren't protected by the constitution.
Sierra Rambles A Lot you've been watching JRE
This aged not at all
Back here again in 2022. And I've no doubt people will be coming back to it for years to come! America is fucked.
Why is America fucked?
I'm a foreigner I barely understand about 10% of what he says but I still watch his videos
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....
KingofUSA85 why not provide health care to keep people alive?
kap1618 it doesn’t matter, they’ll all have been killed by guns before health care becomes an issue
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.
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.
according to reddit there is free healthcare for the victims of mass shootings.
“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.
Now the Uvalde shootings, worth a rewatch indeed, again and again, & again, ...again.
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?
You should be forced to pass an obesity check before buying a burger, then. That thing is 10x as deadly as any firearm.
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!
Most Serious Duelist Eating burgers isnt a right, owning guns is.
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.
*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.
"Days until gun massacres Fewer and farther between"
Well, this year had at least two such days so far....
Good. Overpopulation of libtards is a problem.
Likewise with the Rightwads
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.
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.
Sadly, this aged pretty well...
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?
Well-timed re-upload
Rohit G they re uploaded cause of how relevant it is
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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.
You're a moron.
When was the original?
If you take away guns how will I change the channel, or open a beer, or get the cat down from the roof.
Or scratch my eyebrow
Crossbow. Trebuchet. Unlicensed gun. More trebuchet. Sheer willpower. Rocks. Be creative man.
do what I do, throw a shoe
Sheer Willpower xD
I appreciate this reference, Paul!
Politics 101 - To stay in power, keep the masses uninformed.
Gun control advocates are idiots.
... or better to keep them permanently informed about the "right" things.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
Sad this video is still relevant
The onion keeps reposting the same article too.
I know. Why can't people learn that this wouldn't have prevented the shooting in las vegas?
Lukaaz you act like it's decades old
Justin Tee a video on current events shouldn't be still be current over a year later.
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.
Here after Parkland shooting. Nothing's gonna change.
Let’s see how long it takes until the next one
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
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 ?
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” 🤪🤘
ergys hila That wont took long.
2022, NOTHING HAS CHANGED
4 years has passed and nothing has change
It's relevant again :'(
mujerforalibre Seems so
No it's not.
It's relevant every single day. You just don't hear about the shootings that involve less than 10 people.
Dan Fernandez parkland shooting.
it's relevant all the time, dude
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
As long as the NRA exists, this video will be in our recommendations every year from some bad news.
Uvalde in 2022
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.
As African gangs rise, or China invades you’ll wish we had guns
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.
Tis an oldie Goldie
Yep
Yes Flame. Hence why Dante called it an "oldie Goldie".
that's his point. this issue isnt a flavour of the month deal. he will keep reminding people of this again and again
There's no reason to do a new one but Las Vegas probably spurred a rerun
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.
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?
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.
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.
Canada has less people than California. Just to put some perspective on your comment.
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.
We also have less gun violence than California.
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.
You're an idiot. Wise up please
"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.
Grandsome Republicans are trying to fix healthcare. Just look at Rand Paul.
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.
It's like you dipshits have never heard of a truck bomb.
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.
Well. there are laws that make truck bombs illegal. And very few of them happen, so it must be working ok.
Depressed to be here again after Uvalde
Wow I saw this after El PASO and Ohio shootings. RIP those who lost their lives.
Oh look, this video is relevant again. 18 school shootings so far in 2018.
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
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!
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.
@ Nate Dawg I'm amazed by your stupidity
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.
C’mon kids, we can’t even get research to prevent gun violence.
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? 🤔
This is still accurate as of August 2019.
Very correct.
Exactly.
No it isnt
@@klingerkun5766 Yeah it is.
@@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
Glad you uploaded this again
lotrdude13
Better reupload again... I gotta feeling somehow that this is gonna happen again
Why are you glad he's profiting off of a mass shooting?
What's the difference between an "assault rifle" and a regular rifle?
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.
But this video has no monetisation. How does he profit?
Nonsensical
Rifle
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Alternatively: Nonstop Ridiculous Apathy
Gun
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Bl U, same can be said about many gun owners and especially the NRA.
PS. I am a gun owner.
You're just trying to fit in as many swear words and insult words as you can.
Fandom guy how pathetic
2019 and still relevant
And probably still will be for a long, long time :(
Gee this hits a little “exactly the god damn same” since Texas
This clip is a year old, but still exactly relevant today...
Yash Kshirsagar its one year old?
Yash Kshirsagar a year isn’t old...
+Earth Mars And you are American. Stop propagating that stereotype.
It's a repost, but it's not the first time they're reuploaded a video that recently became a lot more relevant.
more relevant because more deaths, sad.
Octuplex best part is, John Oliver has more subs than the NRA has supporters
Octuplex pretty scummy
Time to repost again T.T
Paul Ryan is just Chris Traeger from Parks and Recreation in real life
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.
400k *+*
Don't come down here it will depress you
Too late.
Isn't this an old clip?
It's still relevant.
Yes it's from last year.
And yet nothing has changed, except the mass shooting location
Yes, for some reason it seems relevant again (still).. 🤔
DabIMON Not much has changed since the first time it happened
Lol the NRA just filed for Chapter 11
This feels like it could have been a story last week… again