Jordan Klepper Debunks The “Good Guy with a Gun” Argument | The Daily Show Throwback 

Wait?!! You can mail in a gun application in Florida but they don't want you to mail in a ballot to vote? Yeah, tell me what's not wrong with this.

30-50 fully armed police officers, swat, border patrol, etc. geared to the hilt (literally), full body armor, tactical etc. can't/aren't willing/able to combat a single gunman w/ rifle, but sure, a gradeschool teacher w/ a holstered pistol will be able to no problem.

“I’m one of the co-authors of the report” always gets me 🤣

"From a gun idiot to an idiot with a gun" !! 😂😂😂

nothing more reassuring than having an ARMED, UNDERPAID, and STRESSED teacher in the same classroom as your child.

It's one thing to learn how to pull a trigger, but a completely different set of skills to handle a real-life high stress panic situation.

I love how the instructor says leave it to those who dedicate their lives to protecting people even though by law, the authorities have absolutely no obligation to protect you, which is why the Uvalde police are going to get off without even a slap on the wrist. Just a failed rescue attempt in the law's eyes.

It’s sad when you hear that even the guys that are trained to protect us still don’t believe that there is ever going to be any change in our lifetime. 😞 😔

So in summary, an 18 year old who only had his Assault rifles for a week had 30 fully trained police officers with literally decades of training on their knees and cowering in fear

The irony is Kepler probably had more training then most gun owners-- statistically, only 13% go to a gun range "often."

I'm a veteran and former law enforcement and I can tell you know that if you do not have the training you will hesitate to shoot another human being. Even if you are trained to handle situations it has severe psychological damage. Because no decent human wants to harm another human.

"gun idiot to idiot with a gun" - hilarious

Teachers are struggling to put food on the table and already spend significant hours after their work day on lesson prep and grading. So how anyone thinks they can afford to hit the range enough to be actually proficient with a gun or have the time to do so is beyond me. The only way it makes sense is if you think so little of military training that anyone can just pick up those skills in a casual afternoon.

Having a fully equipped school scenario as a training facility tells a lot about the situation in the US.

“Are rounds bullets”? Hahaha that was the best response ever

When he turned that gun sideways.. That was so funny. 😆

The US has a population of around 332 million, Europe has around 751 million, so far this year there has been 213 mass shootings in the US and 3 in Europe. For those who think gun control is not an issue, I don't know what to tell them. Edit: to address some comments January 24, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 1 killed, 3 injured. January 27, Dnipro, Ukraine. 5 killed 5 injured. April 26, Veshkayma, Russia. 3 killed, 1 injured.

Jordan debunking people’s flawed logic is everything

What do you do when the cops refuse to stop an active shooter? Let them run out of bullets?

"Quit fiddling with it, you'll break it off". "That's what my mother used to say". 🤣🤣🤣

The honesty of the trainers is overwhelming. From safety of hand weapons to use in emergency. It is scary truth.

Man those trainers looked so defeated when he brought up the idea of gun control.

I grew up and used to live in Germany. I owned a hunting rifle. This had to be stored at all times it was not in use in a locked gun cabinet, unloaded, with the ammunition kept in a different secure place. I had to pass a police background check and psychological evaluation to acquire it. I find this perfectly reasonable. Oh and in order to be allowed to go hunting, I had to pass a test called a 'huntsman' s license ', which covers not only the mere mechanics of handling and firing a gun, but a ton of stuff on the animals' habitat, biology and natural behaviour, forest ecology, hunting custom and etiquette etc. It's as extensive as a driver's test. Nobody goes out and guns down wildlife for a bit of drunken fun after 8 hours of beginner's practice.

Lol imagine to qualify as a teacher, you need to take a gun handling course. And to remain qualified as a teacher you are routinely tested for reaction to an assailant entering classroom while you concentrate on giving a lesson.

I'm a teacher, a parent, and a gun owner. My wife and kids are all in my building. I can't tell you how messed up it is that people would suggest teachers have guns on their person in a school situation. For them to be effective, they would all have to be strapped and loaded like police officers, at every grade level and teacher age/fitness. Not in their desks or a safe. If effective, mass shooters would shift to other soft targets and our kids and teachers would get shot more often by accident from more guns being mishandled in a regular classroom setting. Eventually we would resemble more of an armed vigilante police state than a nation. I can't tell you for sure what the source of the problem is, because it's complicated. But I can tell you what I think, which is based on studies and my observations as a teacher for over a decade: 1. Students are more isolated and excluded as a result of the internet and video games. A majority of mass shooters are single white men who have been isolated or made more extreme through the internet, rather than poor, desperate minorities. Regardless, it's our culture of exclusion that has increased since 2006 when the smartphone hit the scene. 2. Families are under more financial and marital pressure since wages have stagnated for 40+ years and parents have to work longer hours and can emotionally support kids less. It takes a village, but the village is off trying to pay the bills. 3. The gap between rich and poor has grown. Studies imply this perception can breed social resentment. This can manifest both racially and through class differences, but also through intra-class violence- poor vs. poor. 4. Mental health services have been cut back since the 80s, resulting in more people with mental health problems on the street, or even raising raising own kids. 5. More guns are in production and available/being sold, including the AR-15, since the 2005 assault gun ban was lifted. People are more likely to be shot with a handgun, but more mass shootings are with semi-auto long guns. Sales have skyrocketed since Sandyhook out of fear of a ban, leading to greater access and political clout from manufacturers and NRA. 6. The NRA has effectively become a tool for the gun lobby, which, coupled with the gerrymandering of legislative districts, has led many politicians to move further to the right and open up gun laws so they don't get primaried from the right by an NRA-backed challenger. This has created a race to the bottom on gun regulations, and resulted in regulations with huge public support being killed in congress. 7. Fame culture and glorification of violence at about every level, especially including video games and tvs/movies. Couple with increased suicides and "death by cop" self-harm, and some see it as a way to go down in a blaze of glory. 8. A decrease in social trust and trust in institutions. When people think the system is corrupt, they are more likely to be violent. A profoundly biased media has exacerbated this issue by capitalizing on fear and resentment for profit. 9. Cultural pride and resentment toward government authority. "Cold dead hands" and Christmas cards with the whole family holding their favorite gun is proof of this. This increases social tension, backalsh to reform, and access to weapons. 10. Political division and extremism. Social media echo chambers helping validate extremist views that become mainstream, and suddenly people are surprised at something like January 6th happening. No, this was coming for a while. 11. Schools have been slowly handed more social responsibilities with fewer resources. We feed kids, take care of special needs kids, and do it with fewer pay and resources every year. Toss covid in there and teaching was a nightmare. Kids are more likely to feel unsupported and fall through the cracks. Combine that with any/all of the above factors, and some people may snap and start shooting. So this issue is very uniquely American, because we are one of the only powerful countries with all these problems intertwined in our system at this moment. We can't fix it easily because it wasn't created easily, but rather in many different ways over a long period of time. To think we can solve it any other way than varied and over multiple generations is pretty foolish. Even something as drastic as our children being murdered hasn't done it, because we seem to only be able to focus on one or two of the sources of the issues, then argue they are the only source. Add to it that we are trending more toward division than unity in the past decade, along with another potentially inflammatory SCOTUS ruling on guns coming up in the next month, and this problem appears to be headed down a path of worse rather than better for the foreseeable future. Thank you for attending my Ted Talk. Please remember: people in a democracy get the leaders they deserve. It's up to the people to be responsible, and we simply aren't right now.

My heart aches so much for those parents that brought their children to school but didn't get a chance to bring them home 😞

Elisjsha Dicken watching this adds a level of funny.

Couldn’t stop laughing at “Is rounds bullets??”

“I’m getting lost in this metaphor” 😂😂😂

Years ago I had this crazy notion that I wanted to go hunting. I went through an 8 hours of gun safely class and a final test, very similar to the test Jordan took. After spending 8 hours with the other nut jobs who were taking the safety class, I decided hunting in public land was probably the unsafest thing I could do.

Being snarky toward the guy trying to teach safety is just asinine. I understand it’s satire but if you’re not going to respect the firearm that is how people get accidentally hurt

Reality check ... I served with the US Army for 9 years and was also an infantry training NCO plus I served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne, 2/502 Inf. To train a combat solder to be competent with weapons, it take a total of 16 to 22 weeks. Now that's not actual fighting, that's play war and live fire target practice. Jordan is doing a simple gun course. Imagine the time to teach a teacher the same training I got, plus the insurance costs and training costs to each and every teacher/employee in every school district. Hard Example; A ricochet, bounces, or skips off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile and hits a child. Kills or seriously injures them ... who covers that cost? The idea of arming teachers is insane and undo-able ... it's a smoke screen from Republicans and the NRA as they have to know that information also.

Healthcare and infrastructure were too expensive to even give a second thought, but arming everyone in schools, which when you put to cost of it like he said at the end, thats worth it

"I don't think that's gonna happen in our lifetime." I laughed, and then I cried a little on the inside.

Ok that transition from the first instructor to the second was hilarious.

In the Netherlands where less than 0.2% of the population owns a gun, it takes two years to get a license. Even if it is a paintball gun, or a historical gun. You are not allowed to have a bigger caliber than 0.50

He did so much better than the cops in the Uvalde school shooting.

Every senator, Governor and congressman should go through that training in an elementary school at least once, (Ted Cruz can do his training in Cancun.) Then they can use the footage in their campaign ads.

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing." A Sledge Hammer reference, I see you too are a man of culture.

In my country (Czech Republic), most people dont have guns. We had only 3 mass shootings in the last 30 years. We have never had a mass shooting in a school. The reason? Less guns mean more safety. Period.

“I’m not sure that how math works.” 😂

America: How do we stop mass shooting? 5 second later America: I know a GUN

The people at the Greenwood Park Mall food court in Indiana would like to have a word with you.

I really enjoyed ALERRT. It was solid training when i got to go through it in 2013. But my base firearms course was 9 mm and 12 ga, all in a week long 40 hour course with a yearly 8 hour refresher, complete with written before range time.

SCOTUS ruled back in June of 2005 that "Police *Do Not* Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone", with the case of 'Castle Rock v. Gonzales'. Seriously. No joke. The legislature and SCOTUS *could* reverse this position, along with reeling in the vastly broadened use of "Qualified Immunity". Just a thought...

The Uvalde PD has their hands full trying to slow down the release of information so they have time to figure out how they can mitigate the damage to their reputation. It is astonishing how they can flip flop on whether or not there was a school resource officer on-site and whether or not that officer had engaged with the shooter before the shooter gained entry.

Elisha Dicken.... "...And that's all I have to say about that "- Forrest Gump.

It’s now so easy in Florida that you don’t have to even get a license!

In the Uvalde, TX elementary school shooting, the police reportedly did not go inside the school to stop the shooter despite arriving on the scene. If police officers have been trained for this exact scenario, then why do they still hesitate to head inside the school and put the training to use? All this training is not seen in real life because of hesitant police officers. Ultimately, the shooter was stopped by an armed police officer, but by then, the damage had been done.

This is the third time I'm watching this, and I still find that Jordan Klepper and the Daily Show hit the nail right on the head.

And now we got Mr. Dickens.

What I find kind of jarring here, is that most of the trainers involved, are doing what the NRA was about when it began, until in the 1970's began to focus much more heavily on the lobbying side of the issue.

I do wonder if they tell the people in interviews that Jordan is going to make things hilariously difficult.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the Republican Party acted as quickly on much needed common sense gun control as they have acted on women’s Rights and abortion.

"If 97% more people had guns 100% of the time, there'd be 0% crime."

Best to be found facing the shooter, with a weapon in hand, than found cowering in a corner.

The NRA is having a convention in Texas, they have banned guns from the complex, what industry bans their own product from their convention? Don't you claim that it is safer the more people that have guns?

Just because a guy can swing a sword doesn't mean he can be a knight in 1 day

If the Police can't handle the "active shooter" situation professionally and allow 19 kids to be murdered, why do 2nd amendment activists think that Teachers with guns could do any better? Police train for YEARS to handle this situations, some are even veterans with combat experience who served overseas. They think that a teacher with a gun and a few hours on a gun range a week (or no training at all) is going to react instinctively and be able to save lives? Teachers should not be the first line of defense for students in a situation like this. It's not their job to be combat trained soldiers and teachers.

This didn’t age too well

Republicans care deeply for children... right up to the moment they're born.

Leave it up to Jordan Klepper to find imperfections in everyone's logic.

1:55 This instruction seems legit. Glad he takes his job seriously.

Excellent presentation, and the law enforcement commentary lends it plenty of weight.

I love how those guys kept straight faced and professional. I’d have a hard time not laughing.

I'd like to add one more issue that almost never gets mentioned. No matter the situation, the "Bad guy" with the gun ALWAYS gets the first shot!

Jordan always be having me cracking tf up lol

I've owned firearms for 20+ years and I can safely say at least %50 of people that own guns legally should definitely not.. I've seen them in the gun stores flagging people and on the range with negligent discharges.. a lot just buy them on a whim and have had no safety courses at minimum.. I support at least a two day(weekend or whenever) safety, training and mental health evaluation.. if passed is a SHALL issue permit valid in all 50 states like a driver's license.. that infringes on nothing, the 2nd is still valid and it would keep so many people who just "want one" from getting one.. of course some crazies will slip through the cracks but it's a kind of common sense gun law that I'd be all for.. don't ask me how I feel about what's considered an "assault rifle" and if we should be allowed to have them though.. probably wouldn't like the answer..

The first time a teacher would snap an shoot a kid the republicans would say to arm the students. This video was hilarious Thank you Klepper. Thank you to all who participated! This film makes a great case.

Seeing this from outside the US is just bonkers….seriously, you as a country need to figure this out!

"I'm one of the co-authors of the report." 😂😂😂👍

So, you want your already stressed-out teacher dealing with a room full snotty, rebellious teenagers to have a firearm at their disposal? Lots of stories that will end wonderfully in that scenario.

You can’t even give cops with fully loaded guns and tasers and all of the power courage. We can load them up with weapons and whatever else the politicians want to spend money on, but courage comes from within. Seems to me like there were a whole lot of cowards out there in Uvalde wrangling and tasing terrified parents.

The media: you don’t need a gun, the police will protect you The police: *stands in the hall way for a hour scared to death while tackling and threatening to tase parents trying to rescue their kids*

Exactly Will L. This country’s default is insanity.

When the alertt guy said 3%, it went from comedy to hard hitting journalism. Shocking truth, thx Jordan.

straight from this FBI study they mentioned, "Even when law enforcement was present or able to respond within minutes, civilians often had to make life and death decisions, and therefore, should be engaged in training and discussions they may face."

“I’ve gone from gun idiot to idiot with a gun” pretty much everyone at the NRA convention today 😂😂😂

Pure silliness about a serious subject.

500,000 - 3 Million lives each and every year with the use of a firearm. CDC.

So, the guy Jordan was trained with was asked the question, “Shouldn’t we just be able to prevent this bad guy from getting a gun?” Answer, “No.”. Kentucky

Greg abbott and cops should resign be arrested or fired

What about states like TX that don’t require gun owners to have training? In 2020, a Houston TX mom riding bikes with her family, shot at a Boxer dog that ran out of someone’s house - she ended up accidentally shooting her own kid on his bike. Every gun owner should have several hours of training before being allowed to carry

Australia Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted

The officers here in Texas obviously need more training on responding to active shooter situations considering they stood outside the Uvalde elementary school maintaining a perimeter for 40 - 60 minutes after gunman entered the school. The only people they stopped was parents trying to rush to the school to get there kids and asking why the police haven't gone into the school yet.

I would love to see Jordan interview Herschel Walker, please?

Discipline? Respect? This is the daily show baby!

"is rounds bullets??" that was hilarious

I live in Brazil and even I would be scared of going to the United States...

Would a bumper sticker that read.. “Promote gun safety - Shoot a Politician who votes against it!” ..be too much? Asking for a friend. Thx!

"And I may have shot an unarmed teen twice in the chest." Considering the most recent reports out of Uvalde, this somehow got even less funny...

Look up how many times guns were used to thwart crimes. CDC and all major studies estimate about 500k to 2.5million annually.. me personally deterred an attack about 3 times. And I saw someone use it once to defend themselves.

I wish all news is like this, laughing all the time.

I've said before, Jordan Klepper should get an oscar or emmy for his brand of journalism. Using humour he is able to make important points, in fact revealing points. Please Jordan, make more of such videos. In fact ramp up your work, address those things that people need to WAKE UP to!

This didn’t age well.

This report didn't age very well past six weeks. One word: Indianapolis

Problem is since Jordan taped this you can walk in any gun store in Texas and buy a gun no training needed.

❤️❤️Jordan❤️❤️ He is the best at revealing the idiocy.

I ❤ that gun trainer. He was so patient but consistent with you.

"You believe that liberal clap trap?" "I'm one of the co-authors of the report..." Dunno about the Glock 17, but the words are lethal and flyin' fast.