Watch Jon Stewart Demolish the Arguments of Republican State Senator That More Guns Make Us Safer: ‘Would a Billion Guns Do It?’ (Video)
thewrap.comJon Stewart faced off with an Oklahoma state senator on gun regulation and the Second Amendment, calling out the lawmaker for “hypocrisy at its highest order” for his contradictory stances.In a sit-down for his Apple TV+ series “The Problem With Jon Stewart” airing Friday, the host confronted Oklahoma State Sen.
Nathan Dahm on his views about regulating guns and the idea that more guns make the country safer.Dahm has written multiple bills loosening gun restrictions, including the nation’s first anti-red flag law against restricting gun access to those deemed dangerous.The Republican lawmaker stood his ground on the fact that the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms is the only one that the Constitution says “shall not be infringed,” to which Stewart shot back that it’s also the only one that uses the phrase “well regulated.” “Just for clarity’s sake, I’m not against the Second” Stewart said. “I don’t want to ban guns.
But you’re saying, ‘More guns makes us more safe.'” Yet the host noted that as gun ownership has soared, so have gun deaths. “So when exactly does this curve hit that takes it down?
Will a billion guns do it?”Dahm maintained that even with 50,000 gun deaths a year, that represents just a fraction of the 400 million guns in the country.
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