John Oliver On Gun Control In Australia
In a 3 part series, John Oliver investigates the success of gun control in Australia.
Gun Control Whoop-de-doo - Following the Senate’s defeat of the Manchin-Toomey amendment, John Oliver tests the theory that government-mandated gun control doesn’t work.
Gun Lobbyist Philip Van Cleave: The US has a very high number of guns, therefore there’s going to be more chances for somebody to be killed with a gun.
John Oliver: Right.
Van Cleave: Right.
Oliver: Right. That’s my point.
Gun Control & Political Suicide - John Oliver vows that never again will a political career end in a senseless act of meaningful legislation.
Democratic Strategist Jim Manley: The NRA is still a very powerful force in this country. They have 4 million members who are very, very determined to get their way.
Oliver: And how can a nation of 300 million compete with that?
Australia & Gun Control’s Aftermath - John Oliver learns it’s pointless for America to study the Australian gun control experience because the situations are just too similar.
Van Cleave: We’re not Australia.
Oliver: Right. There’s no similarity with Australia. Australia is a former British colony with a wild frontier that was tamed by brave men who also wiped out almost an entire indigenous population and we are… not similar to that. Right?
Van Cleave: Right.