CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST PAT ROBERTSON HAD A SOMEWHAT
SURPRISING TAKE ON THE GUN CONTROL DEBATE WE ARE
HAVING, HE TENDS TO BE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE AND
TRADITIONAL AND HAS KNEE-JERK REACTIONS TO A LOT THAT'S
GOING ON BUT IN THIS CASE HE MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
>>LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM A GUN OWNER, I HAVE HUNTED, I HAVE
SHOT SKEET, I HAVE GOT AWARDS WHEN I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS
FOR SHOOTING, I HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO SHOOTING, BUT FOR
HEAVEN'S SAKE I DON'T THINK THE GENERAL POPULATION NEEDS TO HAVE
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE --
>>AMEN.
>>IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE RUSSIAN BUILT OR CHINESE BUILT
MACHINE GUNS.
IT JUST DOESN'T.
IT'S ONE THING TO DEFEND
YOURSELF WITH A PISTOL OR SHOTGUN, TO HUNT WITH.
IT'S
SOMETHING ELSE -- AND I THINK WE COULD BAN THOSE THINGS WITHOUT
TOO MUCH TROUBLE, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL THE BUMP STOCK THAT
WOULD GO AUTOMATIC -- WE CAN STOP THAT.
AND THERE HAS TO BE
SOME MEDICAL BACKGROUND CHECK, IF SOMEBODY IS SEEING A
PSYCHIATRIST, IS ON MEDICATION, HE OR SHE NEEDS TO BE PROHIBITED
FROM BEING TURNED LOOSE TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
IT'S JUST
GOT TO BE.
IT'S SENSIBLE.
BUT AS FAR AS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE ARE
ALL FOR IT.
>>YOU KNOW THINGS OF GOTTEN CRAZY WHEN WE AGREE WITH PAT
ROBERTSON, OR HE AGREES WITH US.
I THINK WE ARE GETTING THERE.
IF
WE BROKE THROUGH TO PAT ROBERTSON, OR THE SHOOTINGS DID,
I THINK WE ARE NEAR THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU
UNFAMILIAR WITH AMERICA, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE
COUNTRY WATCH US AS WELL, WE HAVE THE REVERSE OF WHAT YOU
PROBABLY HAVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
AND YOUR COUNTRY PROBABLY THE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, THE NUNS, PRIESTS, THE PREACHERS, ARE THE
FIRST TO CALL FOR NONVIOLENCE.
IN OUR COUNTRY THE PREACHERS ARE
THE LAST TO CALL FOR NONVIOLENCE.
SO IS PAT
ROBERTSON, WHO HAS BEEN FOR WAR AFTER WAR, AND DEVASTATION,
ETC., IF OUR RIGHT WING PREACHERS ARE CALLING FOR
NONVIOLENCE, WOW.
THAT MEANS WE HAVE REACHED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF
THE BARREL.
LIKE WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BEGIN TO TURN AROUND.
AND ONE QUICK POINT ABOUT WHAT HE SAID ABOUT LIMITING GUNS TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, HIS STANDARD WAS ANYONE
GOING TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIST.
THAT WILL NEVER PASS, NOR SHOULD
IT PASS.
>>THAT'S WAY TOO FAR.
>>BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL STANDARD IS IN AMERICA NOW QUEST
BUT THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE BARRED FROM BUYING A GUN IS IF A COURT
HAS ADJUDICATED YOU MENTALLY INCOMPETENT AND AND CAPABLE OF
TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF, OR YOU HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN A MENTAL
HOSPITAL AGAINST YOUR WILL.
AND BY THE WAY, JUST SOME
ADJUDICATIONS OF MENTAL INCOMPETENCE IS NOT ENOUGH.
FOR
EXAMPLE SOCIAL SECURITY SAYS SOME PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY
INCOMPETENT AND CAN'T RECEIVE A SINGLE DOLLAR ON THEIR OWN, THEY
MUST HAVE SOMEONE TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THEM.
REPUBLICANS
OVERTURNED THAT LEGISLATION, SAYING THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO
BUY A GUN.
THEY CAN'T CONTROL THEIR OWN MONEY BUT THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO BUY AN AR-15.
A COURT HAS TO SAY YOU ARE SO MENTALLY
UNBALANCED AND UNHINGED THAT YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO BUY A GUN.
WHICH IS THE CRAZIEST STANDARD, I'M SURE IT'S THE MOST STRIDENT
STANDARD ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
SO PAT ROBERTSON HAS NO IDEA HOW
FAR AWAY HIS STANDARD IS FROM THE ACTUAL STANDARD IN AMERICA.
WE LET CRAZY PEOPLE BUY GUNS HERE ALL THE TIME.
>>I NOTICED IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT VIDEO HE EITHER DID OR HAD
TO DO THIS THING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN AMERICA, IF YOU WANT TO
BE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT GUNS, LET ALONE GUN CONTROL, YOU HAVE
TO GIVE YOUR RESUME.
SO YOU DON'T GENERALLY SHOOT A LOT OF
GUNS, SO I WILL NEED YOU TO ZIP IT ON THE GUNS.
I WILL SAY I'VE
NEVER OWNED A GUN BUT MY FATHER OWNED A BUNCH, I HAD MY GUN OF
HIS, I'VE BEEN TARGET SHOOTING MANY TIMES, I'VE BEEN SKEET
SHOOTING LIKE PAT ROBERTSON, SO I'M ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT GUNS
ACCORDING TO THE TWISTED LOGIC WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND
NOBODY NEEDS THESE ASSAULT WEAPONS, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
IT'S
NOT JUST THE HUGE CLIPS, OR THE ACCURACY, IT'S THE INCREDIBLE
DESTRUCTIVE POWER THEY HAVE EVEN COMPARED TO SHOTGUNS AND
HANDGUNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO GIVE A TINY BIT OF
CREDIT TO ANDERSON COOPER, WHO I DON'T NORMALLY GIVE CREDIT TO,
BUT HE POINTED OUT ON HIS SHOW YESTERDAY THAT WE SANITIZE A LOT
OF THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY BUT ONE THING WE SANITIZE MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE IS THE EFFECT OF THESE GUNS.
PEOPLE THINK A
GUNSHOT IS A GUNSHOT, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
A GUN IS A GUN.
IT'S
NOT LIKE YOU GOT SHOT AND YOU HAVE A HOLE, THIS BLOWS BODY
PARTS OFF, IT DESTROYS TORSOS, SHATTERS SKULLS.
AND I DON'T
KNOW HOW YOU GET THROUGH TO PEOPLE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF THIS, AND VERY FEW AMERICANS
SERVE IN THE MILITARY, BUT I THINK IF PEOPLE SAW HOW UNIQUELY
DESTRUCTIVE THESE WEAPONS ARE THEY WOULD NOT THINK THIS IS
JUST LIKE ANY OTHER WEAPON.
IT'S NOT A RHETORICAL TRICK TO CALL
IN A WEAPON OF WAR, IT LITERALLY IS IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD,
AND THANKFULLY PAT ROBERTSON IS BEING INCLUDED
IN THAT NOW.