I HAVE A TERRIBLE, TRAGIC STORY FOR YOU.
IT IS ABOUT A
YOUNG BOY AND HIS FATHER, HE IS 14 YEARS OLD, THEY GO TO A GUN
RANGE TOGETHER -- IT IS PAINFUL TO LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, POOR
KID -- HIS DAD TOOK HIM TO THE GUN RANGE AND WANTED TO TEACH
THEM ABOUT GUNS BECAUSE HE IS VERY SURE THAT HE KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING WITH HIS GUNS, HE HAS TAUGHT ALL HIS KIDS ABOUT GUNS,
BECAUSE GUNS ARE SO SAFE.
LET'S FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED --
YEAH, WELL, THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ALL ALONG.
YOU
THINK THEY ARE A FREAK ACCIDENT, BUT WE COVER THE NEWS SO WE KNOW
THEY ARE NOT FREAKISH AT ALL, THEY HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
AND
EVERY TIME THEY HAPPEN, THE PERSON HANDLING THE GUN GOES,
SUCH A FREAK ACCIDENT.
CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HAPPENED.
IT
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW WHY?
GUNS FIRE BULLETS, THEIR
INTENT IS TO KILL THINGS.
IT'S LIKE HANDLING CHAINSAWS AND
BEING LIKE, THIS THING CUTS THINGS?
I DO KNOW THAT.
I WAS
JUST THROWING IT AROUND AND ONE OF THE CHAINSAWS CUT THE KIDS.
IT IS NOT A FREAK ACCIDENT, GUNS SHOOT BULLETS, BULLETS KILL
PEOPLE.
HERE ARE THE HORRIBLE DETAILS --
LOOK, I HOPE, AND I BELIEVE,
THAT THE DAD HAS GOT TO BE
FEELING AWFUL NOW.
MY INTENT IS NOT TO PILE ON.
BUT WHAT DOES
THE GUY DO AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS 14-YEAR-OLD BOY?
HE
COMES OUT AND SAYS --
THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR NRA TALKING POINTS, NOT THE TIME FOR
YOUR POLITICAL AGENDA AND YOUR PROPAGANDA THAT GOT DRILLED INTO
YOUR HEAD.
NOW YOU SAY I SHOT AND KILLED MY 14-YEAR-OLD SON,
BUT GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, I KILL PEOPLE.
NOT THE BEST TIME
FOR THAT.
AND YES, YOU MISHANDLED YOUR WEAPON AND THAT
IS WHY YOUR SON DIED.
BUT IT IS ALSO BECAUSE YOU WERE
MISHANDLING A WEAPON.
IF YOU WERE MISHANDLING FILL IN THE
BLANK -- A FOOTBALL -- HE WOULDN'T HAVE DIED.
A TOMATO.
AND APPLE, BANANA.
WHATEVER YOU WANT -- HE WOULDN'T HAVE DIED.
IF YOU MISHANDLE A WEAPON THAT KILLS PEOPLE, HE DIES.
HE SAYS
--
DAMMIT, YOUR SON IS DEAD.
DON'T TALK ABOUT OPERATING ERROR
LIKE YOU ARE SOME SORT OF NRA SPOKESPERSON.
ALWAYS WAS TO BE
LIKE, CONGRATULATIONS, HE HELD HIMSELF TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS
OPERATING ERROR?
IF YOU ARE OPERATING WITH THE COMPUTER AND
YOU GET FRUSTRATED AND US PEOPLE, HOW DO I GET OUT OF THAT
SCREEN?
IF YOU DO AN OPERATING ERROR WITH A GUN NEXT TO YOUR
KIDS, THEY ARE DEAD.
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL
YOU ALL ALONG.
IT ISN'T ABOUT AN AGENDA, IT'S ABOUT, I DON'T WANT
YOUR KIDS TO DIE.
I'M NOT THE BAD THAT FOR SAYING THAT, I
SWEAR TO GOD I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU AND PROTECT YOUR FAMILY.
BUT
THEY WILL NEVER BELIEVE IT.
NO, JUST AN OPERATING ERROR, DON'T
BLAME THE NRA, BLAME ME.
OPERATING ERROR, NO PROBLEM.
IT
IS A PROBLEM.
BY THE WAY, THIS TIME IT IS YOUR SON, NEXT TIME
WHO'S SON WILL BE?
BRUMBY SAYS --
YEAH, WELL, YOU MADE A MISTAKE, OKAY?
THAT IS ANOTHER
OPERATING ERROR.
IF YOU TWIRL CHAINSAWS AROUND YOUR KIDS, IT
MIGHT CUT ONE OF THEM.
IF YOU TWIRL GUNS AROUND YOUR KIDS, A
BULLET MIGHT COME OUT AND KILL ONE OF THEM.
IT WASN'T JUST THAT
YOU MADE THE OPERATING ERROR, IT'S THAT YOU CHOSE TO SURROUND
YOUR FAMILY WITH WEAPONRY THAT COULD KILL THEM, AND ANY SMALL
ERROR LEADS TO THEIR DEATH.
THAT IS WHY IT IS A PROFOUNDLY BAD
IDEA.
HOW ABOUT THE GUN RANGE?
GET A LOAD OF THIS --
-- HIGH NOON, CLASSY NAME --
THEY KNOW.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS.
YOU WILL
NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE, THOSE ARE JUST FREAK ACCIDENTS.
IT IS NOT
FOR YOU, IT IS FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
UNTIL ONE DAY IT IS YOU MAKING
THE MISTAKE AND IT TURNS OUT THOSE FIRING RANGES, THOSE GUNS,
ARE NOT SO SAFE AFTER ALL.
IT TURNS OUT, GUNS DO KILL PEOPLE.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO DO.
LAST THING ON THIS, I'M
NOT DOING IT TO BEAT UP THAT DAD.
EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT
THE GRIEF HE MUST BE IN, IT HURTS MY HEART.
I'M DOING THIS
SO YOU DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE.
GUNS TO KILL PEOPLE.
DON'T HAVE THEM AROUND YOUR KIDS, DON'T DO IT.
YOU'RE NOT
PROTECTING THEM, YOU ARE ENDANGERING THEM.
DON'T HAVE
THEM AROUND YOUR KIDS.