“The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” debunked the claim on Thursday night’s episode that the only way to prevent mass shootings is to arm the good guys.
Correspondent Jordan Klepper went across the river to New Jersey to train for his concealed carry permit. After finishing his training, he went to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training in Texas to learn how to respond to an active shooter.
“With my Glock 17 modified to shoot paintball-like bullets, I’m the good guy with the gun whose going to take him down,” Klepper said of his first simulated active shooter situation.
Watch how Klepper’s active shooter training goes below. Here’s part one of Klepper’s report:
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And part two:
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Well, sure, it doesn’t work there. But in the real world, say in a darkened packed movie theatre, or in the bleachers at the ball game, the good-guy-with-a-gun gambit gonna work like a charm - trust me, and trust the NRA -they wouldn’t just make things up to sell guns!
You bet it would work! I saw it in a movie once!
Gun training is on my list, right after replacing the Zombie Apocalypse sticker on my Jeep.
Just as long as people wear the right color hat. things will be just fine…
The gun is neutral and that is the problem. Good guy or bad, the gun fires and kills and maims and the good guy and the bad guy aren’t immune. There are examples of this just about every single day.
In fact, I’m named after a cop friend of my Dad’s that has a bullet lodged in his spine for over 50 years now and has been wheelchair bound ever since. It was proven that he was shot by a fellow officer by crossfire during a bust. So good guy shot good guy and that was way before the NRA even dreamed up their fantasy excuses.
Some good guys are bad shots and some are trigger happy. All supposed good guys are still human and make mistakes and act out on their own impulses.
I’m thinking that ‘good guys’, really truly good people, aren’t carrying a weapon that’s loaded and walking around prepared for the shootout. These are just more gun nuts who live in the fantasy world of playing hero.
Show me the good guy ready to kill with his gun and I’ll show you a gun fanatic waiting for the opportunity to bust out his/her steel then claim to be a badass good guy.