Kimmel breaks down discussing gun control after Las Vegas shooting [blames Repubs]

[mystery-ak]

Kimmel breaks down discussing gun control after Las Vegas shooting
By Avery Anapol - 10/03/17 07:51 AM EDT

Jimmy Kimmel broke down late Monday while talking about the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

“It’s the kind of thing that makes you want to throw up or give up,” he said. “It’s too much to even process”

As he talked about the public’s response to Sunday night’s massacre, which left almost 60 dead and 500 injured, Kimmel slammed the argument that “there is nothing we can do” to prevent future attacks.

Kimmel, who is from Las Vegas, noted that Stephen Paddock, the suspected gunman, obtained his arsenal of semi-automatic weapons legally, and passed a government-mandated background check when purchasing them.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/353565-kimmel-breaks-down-discussing-gun-control-after-vegas-shooting

[skeeter]

So Kimmels the new conscience of the nation?

[driftdiver]

Did Schumer write this for him as well?

[mystery-ak]

So Kimmels the new conscience of the nation?

It looks that way doesn't it...he is now empowered by the failure of the Health Bill

[Applewood]

"Stephen Paddock, the suspected gunman, obtained his arsenal of semi-automatic weapons legally, and passed a government-mandated background check when purchasing them."



Which means all those restrictions so far have done nothing to prevent such tragedies. 

Typical of liberals to think that if something doesn't work, it just means they haven't done enough of it.

[verga]

"Stephen Paddock, the suspected gunman, obtained his arsenal of semi-automatic weapons legally, and passed a government-mandated background check when purchasing them."



Which means all those restrictions so far have done nothing to prevent such tragedies. 

Typical of liberals to think that if something doesn't work, it just means they haven't done enough of it.

Communism doesn't work, so we need more of it. Socialism doesn't work, so use it for health care, Gun control doesn't work, so we need more of it. Look just how successful it has been in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City.........

[driftdiver]

When did his weapons turn into semi-auto?

What did I miss?

[Bigun]

Dear Mr. Kimmel

Guns are inanimate objects! and as such cannot do a single thing own their own.  They can only do what they are directed to do by some outside agent. Most often a person!

Blaming guns for crimes is like blaming spoons for making you fat!

[Frank Cannon]

This whining loser is constantly breaking down anymore. Last week it was that we don't have socialized medicine.

[verga]

This whining loser is constantly breaking down anymore. Last week it was that we don't have socialized medicine.

@Frank Cannon Maybe he is channeling Glenn Beck.

[thackney]

When did his weapons turn into semi-auto?

What did I miss?

Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,284068.msg1470928.html#msg1470928

[driftdiver]

Gunman Had 'Bump-Stock' Device That Could Speed Fire
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,284068.msg1470928.html#msg1470928

@thackney
Thanks

That sucks on a number of levels.

[edpc]

Someone should pull his man card and tell him to get off the soy.  His estrogen level is way too high.

[dfwgator]

Someone should pull his man card and tell him to get off the soy.  His estrogen level is way too high.

Adam Carolla needs to knock some sense into him.

[cato potatoe]

How did this guy get a job in light night comedy?  He is a disaster.  Nobody wants to hear this crap at midnight. 

[Applewood]

Kimmel and the other whiners need to realize that yes, there is nothing that can be done to guarantee such a tragedy won't happen again. If it wasn't guns, any number of other inanimate objects could have been used to kill a lot of people.  As was pointed out elsewhere on this forum, Paddock was a licensed pilot.  What if he had taken it into his head to fly a plane into the crowd?  Or maybe he could have mowed down concertgoers with a truck. Or stabbed a lot of people with sharp instruments.   There are plenty of ways to kill people.  Should we ban aircraft, knives or trucks too? 

From what I've heard, there were security checks at the venue -- bags were chevked, certain bags and objects could not be brought in, etc.  When you have a guy shooting at people from high up in a hotel, checking bags on the ground is not going to prevent the carnage. 

These snowflakes need to get their collective heads out of their collective backsides and understand that all the rules, regulations and controls in the world are not going to prevent tragedies like the one in Vegas.

[Applewood]

How did this guy get a job in light night comedy?  He is a disaster.  Nobody wants to hear this crap at midnight.

Late night shows went downhill after Johnny Carson. Leno was ok, but the current crop of gabbers consists of unfunny, uncharming, selfish, spoiled brats.  There is no entertainment on late night tv. Only liberal politics. 

[austingirl]

Dear Mr. Kimmel

Guns are inanimate objects! and as such cannot do a single thing own their own.  They can only do what they are directed to do by some outside agent. Most often a person!

Blaming guns for crimes is like blaming spoons for making you fat!

That is logic and liberals operate on emotion. I'm sure we can look forward to more pontification about many topics from Kimmel.

[jmyrlefuller]

Late night shows went downhill after Johnny Carson. Leno was ok, but the current crop of gabbers consists of unfunny, uncharming, selfish, spoiled brats.  There is no entertainment on late night tv. Only liberal politics.

Carson was overrated. I've watched the reruns they show on Antenna TV. He wasn't that funny.

Jack Paar? From what I've seen of him—now HE was funny, and one of the most gifted raconteurs to ever grace a TV set.

[Applewood]

Carson was overrated. I've watched the reruns they show on Antenna TV. He wasn't that funny.

Jack Paar? From what I've seen of him—now HE was funny, and one of the most gifted raconteurs to ever grace a TV set.

I myself liked Carson, but I agree that Jack Paar was a lot of fun.  I even read one of his travel books. The guy was extensively well traveled, often to countries most Americans could not or would not travel to.  He was a far better travel reference than any encyclopedia or travellogue.  And he made his adventures entertaining.

Steve Allen was also good, we though his late night stint took place during my early childhood, so I didn't get to watch his show much. 

[mystery-ak]

I myself liked Carson, but I agree that Jack Paar was a lot of fun.  I even read one of his travel books. The guy was extensively well traveled, often to countries most Americans could not or would not travel to.  He was a far better travel reference than any encyclopedia or travellogue.  And he made his adventures entertaining.

Steve Allen was also good, we though his late night stint took place during my early childhood, so I didn't get to watch his show much.

Loved Steve Allen...my mom used to let me stay up and watch a little of his show.

I also liked Carson....his comedy was subtle and suited that era..

[mountaineer]

Loved Steve Allen...my mom used to let me stay up and watch a little of his show.

My father worked on Steve's syndicated show in Hollywood 1962-65.

Here's a little something Jimmy and all the other weeping gun grabbers should read (published, surprisingly, in the Washington Post - not a reaction to Las Vegas; note the date):

Why our emotional reactions to terrorist attacks and other tragedies are a poor guide to policy
By Ilya Somin
 June 12, 2016

Today’s horrible mass shooting (and likely terrorist attack) at a gay night club in Orlando naturally generates strong emotional reactions. It is entirely understandable for us to feel anger, fear, and sorrow. But it is also important to remember that such emotions are a poor guide to public policy.

Strong emotional reactions to dramatic events exacerbate the effects of two already serious flaws in our political discourse. First, much of the public is ignorant about public policy issues, and forms opinions without serious consideration of the evidence. Such ignorance is not necessarily a sign of stupidity or bad moral character, but is usually just a result of rational behavior by individual citizens. Nonetheless, if you know very little about terrorism, gun control, radical Islamism, and so on, your immediate emotional reactions to a terrorist attack are unlikely to be a good guide to policy. Anger and sorrow are not substitutes for knowledge. Unfortunately, however, in the aftermath of a terrible tragedy, there is an even stronger instinct than usually to just “do something” that feels good in reaction to the event instead of carefully considering our options, or at least acknowledging the limitations of your insight.   ...

Read it all here

[mystery-ak]

[from: mystery-ak on Today at 11:16:02 AMQuote
    Loved Steve Allen...my mom used to let me stay up and watch a little of his show.

My father worked on Steve's syndicated show in Hollywood 1962-65.

So cool....those were the years I watched...I bet your dad had stories to tell....Louis Ney, Jonathan Winters, Tom Poston et al.....great comedy

[jmyrlefuller]

Allen was pretty good, too, though I haven't seen quite as much of him. From what I understand, he was a guy who loved the surreal. You take a look at a lot of the early stuff of David Letterman (when he was still sharp and before he got washed up) and it shows a lot of influence from Allen. (He also made a point of being a clean comic, too, which most comics don't bother to do these days.)

Carson was OK. He's definitely dry, and he was great with characters, but he had some lousy monologues. I'm not going to mock him too much, since he did last about 30 years and was able to choke out pretty much any competition he had, but he's not the kind of guy I'd consider a great comedian, although he was a great emcee. Carson was an expert straight man.

He's only overrated because people consider him this sort of king of the genre, just out of longevity and reputation.

[Bigun]

My father worked on Steve's syndicated show in Hollywood 1962-65.

Here's a little something Jimmy and all the other weeping gun grabbers should read (published, surprisingly, in the Washington Post - not a reaction to Las Vegas; note the date):Read it all here

An EXCELLENT piece that I hope will be read by many.