Australian Comedian Jim Jefferies TAKES ON NRA, American Gun Nuts And Wins

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Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, whose brilliant commentary on American gun policies make up a good portion of the Netflix comedy special “Bare,” says he receives a minimum of 15 hate letters per day, from US-born-and-bred gun nuts. Hate mail and death threats aside, Jefferies’ stand up won The Interrobang’s Best Comedy Special of 2014.

Who cares what some Australian has to say about American gun policies? Well, I do, for one. So should everyone who actually cares about this country and wants to protect the lives of the people who live here. Australia banned guns in the 1990’s, and not a single mass shooting has taken place in that country since. What’s more, at last count, Americans were over 20 times more likely to be killed by firearms than citizens of Australia.

But it’s not just Australia. It’s Australia, France, the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland), Israel, South Korea, Norway, Poland and Slovenia. Americans are over 20 times more likely to be killed by guns than citizens in any of those countries. And let’s look at Japan, a country which has implemented some of the strictest gun policies on the planet. According to The Atlantic:

“In 2008, the U.S. had over 12 thousand firearm-related homicides. All of Japan experienced only 11, fewer than were killed at the Aurora shooting alone. And that was a big year: 2006 saw an astounding two, and when that number jumped to 22 in 2007, it became a national scandal. By comparison, also in 2008, 587 Americans were killed just by guns that had discharged accidentally.”

Citizens of the US are ten to sixteen times more likely to be killed by a gun than citizens of Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand and Spain.

The list goes on and on and on.





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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/26/australian-comedian-jim-jefferies-gun-control-video/

[Number23]

1. "I use MY slaves responsibly. I keep MY slaves locked in a safe."

[Dawson Leery]

2. k/r

[Hoyt]

3. That is one of the funiest, but true, depictions of gun fanciers.

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[gcomeau]

4. Saw that on facebook last week, hilarious... -eom

[Iggo]

5. K&R

[iandhr]

6. Guns to a drone fight

LMAO

[FSogol]

7. K&R. Hilarious. Thanks for posting. n/t

[billh58]

8. K & R! n/t

[navarth]

9. kick!

[ybbor]

10. "10% of you are seething!"

So fucking true! And probably frothing at the mouth.

Truth through comedy is the best!

[valerief]

11. Brilliant. This must be the tenth time I've seen this, and I still think he should do

his bit before Congress.

[glasshouses]

12. Only police officers should be trusted with guns

[former9thward]

13. "not a single mass shooting has taken place in that country since"

I guess the hostages who died in that Sydney coffee shop were an illusion.

[one_voice]

14. I'm going to lock this as it doesn't meet SOP for GD...

no big news exception right now. Feel free to re-post in the gun forum. Thanks.