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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:52 PM Jun 2015

An Australian Comic on what U.S. Gun laws look like to the rest of the world | Washington Post

Jim Jefferies - US Gun Control - Live Stand Up Comedy - Best comedian ever 2015

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By Ana Swanson June 19

"I'm going to talk about something now that sort of splits the crowd a little bit," Australian comedian Jim Jefferies says. "Gun control."

"Don't get excited," he continues, "because the other people have guns!"

"Shhhhh."

In this hilarious act, Jefferies says he believes in the right of Americans to have gun, but seems skeptical of the argument -- often made by gun rights activists often claim -- that Americans need guns for their own security.

"In Australia we had guns, right up until 1996. In 1996 Australia had the biggest massacre on earth. Still hasn't been beaten," Jefferies says. "Now after that they banned guns. Now in the 10 years before Port Arthur, there were 10 massacres. Since the gun ban in 1996, there hasn't been a single massacre since. I don't know how or why this happened. Maybe it was a coincidence."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/19/an-australian-stand-up-comic-explains-what-u-s-gun-laws-look-like-to-the-rest-of-the-world/?tid=pm_pop_b

Highlights:

"There is one argument and one argument only for having guns and the argument is ...fuck off, I LIKE guns!"

"i have had people come up to me in parking lots after a show and say 'you can't change the second amendment! And I said, 'Yes, you can. It's called an amendment. If you can't change a thing called an amendment many of you need a thesaurus more than you need an amendment".

"I am a responsible gun owner, I keep my guns in a locked safe....then what fucking good are they?!"

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An Australian Comic on what U.S. Gun laws look like to the rest of the world | Washington Post (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jun 2015 OP

It's embarrassing Warpy Jun 2015 #1

I had a French client ask if I could take him to a shooting range Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2015 #7

Funny dude. Scores the point on US guns quite accurately. Sounds like a Sydney accent. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #2

Nailed it! salimbag Jun 2015 #3

Brilliant LittleGirl Jun 2015 #4

Wow! SheilaT Jun 2015 #5

Thank you for posting this, really funny! nt betsuni Jun 2015 #6

Very good comedian 90-percent Jun 2015 #8

All of our problems are rooted in the right wing, every single time IHateTheGOP Jun 2015 #9

Thanks. Never heard Jim Jefferies before. Hilarious & brilliant! Number9Dream Jun 2015 #10

In between my sadness and anger heaven05 Jun 2015 #11

Great comedic routine! ManiacJoe Jun 2015 #12

Loved his thorough evisceration of the "protection" argument . . . markpkessinger Jun 2015 #13

Any of our resident gun lovers and NRA defenders make one of their childish "arguments"...hit them with this video. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #14

Just had an exchange on Facebook with a gun nut . . . markpkessinger Jun 2015 #15

Excellent! Gun lovers hate research, it results in facts to meet and destroy their NRA spoon-fed fantasies. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #16

Warpy

(111,478 posts)

1. It's embarrassing

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 12:08 AM

Jun 2015

There's a joke photo of the typical US breakfast circulating around that features one egg, a plate piled high with bacon, and a handgun.

It's amazing how many people outside the country expect us all to be crazed lunatics with arsenals in our basement (and bats in our belfries).

They're shocked when I tell them I don't have a gun, I'm too afraid somebody would take it away from me and shoot me with it.

If I lived outside the city, I'd have a shotgun. Those are a necessity in bear country. A handgun? Never.

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

7. I had a French client ask if I could take him to a shooting range

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 03:03 AM

Jun 2015

He was actually quite surprised when I told him I wasn't carrying a gun, didn't own a gun and had no interest in guns and didn't have the foggiest idea where a nearby shooting range was and you could stop a hundred people at random here (Orange County, CA) and probably not find a single person who was carrying a gun because it is extremely difficult to get a permit here.

This guy was actually expecting me to roll up my pant leg and hand him a pistol.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

2. Funny dude. Scores the point on US guns quite accurately. Sounds like a Sydney accent.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 12:12 AM

Jun 2015

salimbag

(173 posts)

3. Nailed it!

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 12:25 AM

Jun 2015

The numbers don't lie.

LittleGirl

(8,292 posts)

4. Brilliant

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:18 AM

Jun 2015

Thanks for sharing that. I love a good comic but that guy has us pegged and we should be ashamed.
What a perfect way to explain the gun violence in this country to change folks' mind.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

5. Wow!

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 01:50 AM

Jun 2015

He sums it up beautifully in 15 minutes.

betsuni

(25,840 posts)

6. Thank you for posting this, really funny! nt

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 02:02 AM

Jun 2015

90-percent

(6,834 posts)

8. Very good comedian

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 08:43 AM

Jun 2015

A lot of Carlin-esque wisdom in this.

-90% Jimmy

IHateTheGOP

(1,059 posts)

9. All of our problems are rooted in the right wing, every single time

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 08:46 AM

Jun 2015

Number9Dream

(1,565 posts)

10. Thanks. Never heard Jim Jefferies before. Hilarious & brilliant!

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 09:24 AM

Jun 2015

Like 90 Percent said... Reminded me so much of a Carlin bit.

heaven05

(18,124 posts)

11. In between my sadness and anger

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 11:31 AM

Jun 2015

at this truth, I laughed so hard...... This guy is on it! And yes we deserve and ARE everything he said about this issue. Wish I could rec this 1million times

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

12. Great comedic routine!

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2015, 06:01 PM

Jun 2015

Thanks for posting!

markpkessinger

(8,409 posts)

13. Loved his thorough evisceration of the "protection" argument . . .

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:06 PM

Jun 2015

. . . but even more generally, this is a spot-on critique of American culture! Thanks for sharing!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

14. Any of our resident gun lovers and NRA defenders make one of their childish "arguments"...hit them with this video.

Reply to markpkessinger (Reply #13)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:09 PM

Jun 2015

markpkessinger

(8,409 posts)

15. Just had an exchange on Facebook with a gun nut . . .

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #14)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:18 PM

Jun 2015

. . . who was commenting a friend's post that mentioned the increased likelihood of death by suicide in homes where a gun is present. The gun nut, clearly too clever by half, asked:

Hmmmmm why, do they talk you into it?!!! "

My response:

No, genius, but let me explain how that works . . .

What the research has found is that suicide attempts -- ATTEMPTS, not deaths -- are roughly the same in state with relatively low levels of gun ownership as they are in states with relatively high levels of gun ownership. But having a gun in the home increases (a) the likelihood that a suicidal person will opt for a gun as the method of choice, which in turn (b) drastically increases the likelihood that the attempt will be successful (so to speak). It's pretty straightforward -- nothing mysterious or hard to understand at all.

See http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2013/09/06/harvard-study-finds-gun-the-home-increases-risk-suicide/Ab0CurEcKHhPm7clW9NIPO/blog.html

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

16. Excellent! Gun lovers hate research, it results in facts to meet and destroy their NRA spoon-fed fantasies.

Reply to markpkessinger (Reply #15)

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:35 PM

Jun 2015

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