“Now, ladies and gentlemen, we taped this show earlier in the day, and I just want to let you know, shortly before I came out here tonight, we learned of the unspeakable shooting in Uvalde, Texas, today. And while we can add our prayers for the dead, there isHe continued: “But while we’re at it, let’s pray this time our leaders show a modicum of courage in trying to prevent this from ever happening again. But prayers won’t end this. Voting might.
Later, he welcomed New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as a guest, and the two discussed how her country instituted strict gun-control laws and a gun-buyback plan in the wake of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings—in which a far-right extremist killed 51 people. The measures have managed to curb gun violence in the country.
“Why was New Zealand able to do that when we can’t do so much as pass universal background checks for people with a history of mental illness or violent behavior even though 91 percent of Americans approve that?” asked Colbert. “I can only speak to our experience in New Zealand, but when I watch from afar and see events such as those today, I think of them not as a politician—I see them just as a mother, and I’m so sorry for what has happened here,” she said. “And then I think about what happened to us, and all I can reflect is: We are a very pragmatic people. When we saw something like that happen, everyone said, ‘Never again.’ And so then it was incumbent on us as politicians to respond to that.
“Now, we have legitimate needs for guns in our country for things like peace control and to protect our biodiversity, but you don’t need a military-style semiautomatic weapon to do that. And so we got rid of that,” she added.
PROPAGANDA
We are definitely not pragmatic here. And its a detriment and diminishes the country because of it.
What she didn't say is that there is 85% non-compliance to her gun control.
One of Canada's challenges if the US role as gun dealer to the world. Illegal weapons imported into Canada and Mexico make the situation worse. US dealers sell to the Mexican cartels, gangs in the US and Canada - all legal in the US. It's not just Americans dying from US guns.
I love her. And NZ
It took Canada less than 2 weeks to strengthen the ban on assault rifles after 22 people were slaughtered in Nova Scotia in 2020. It took even less time in 1989 when 14 female engineering students were massacred in their classroom at Ecole Polytechnic.
morgfair NZ are the most ardent sports shooters and hunters on the planet. So don’t go saying gun control impacts that
Seems like a reasonable way to run a society
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