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In reply to the discussion: Watch Amy Schumer Taunt America’s Obsession With Guns In SNL [View all]SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)92. Jim Jefferies has THE best comedy monologue on the stupidity of guns.
Last edited Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:36 AM - Edit history (1)
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/australian-comedian-jim-jefferies-perfectly-skewers-the-progun-lobby-in-america--gkj8i36nCeHere's 7:47 minutes of brutal, hilarious truth about America's gun obsession:
There is one argument and one argument alone for having a gun. And this is the argument: "Fuck off. I like guns." It's not the best argument but it's all you've got.
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Don't give me this other bullshit..."I need it for protection."...You have guns because you like guns. Thats why you go to gun conventions, thats why you read gun magazines. None of you give a shit about home security. None of you go to home security conventions, none of you read Padlock Monthly.
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Don't give me this other bullshit..."I need it for protection."...You have guns because you like guns. Thats why you go to gun conventions, thats why you read gun magazines. None of you give a shit about home security. None of you go to home security conventions, none of you read Padlock Monthly.
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No, you are really entertaining. I know I know, a great AZ liberal who just happens to focus....
Logical
Oct 2015
#72
Obsessed? Arrogant? You are a small percent of my posts. Quite trying to sound important. nt
Logical
Oct 2015
#78
I have several purposes in DU. One is persuading DUers that the gun issue is self-destructive...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#115
You remind me of the people who love to quote Archie Bunker as a great truth teller. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Oct 2015
#88
The NRA won't be happy until businesses are shut down, streets are empty, schools closed
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#46
No doubt, many half-wits and under-educated idiots believe that twenty dead school children
LanternWaste
Oct 2015
#121
Gun violence is to a gun lover is like crack cocaine is to an addict, it takes over their lives and
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#66
Cool. Because making gun owners targets of culture war has been working out so well!
pablo_marmol
Oct 2015
#97
NRA has a real war, with real guns, against real people. Mostly minorities and poor. Neo-confederate
whereisjustice
Oct 2015
#126