John Oliver Investigates Australian Gun Control | The Daily Show
In 1996, Australia enacted sweeping gun control laws in response to a mass shooting. The result? Reduced gun violence and zero mass shootings. John Oliver went to Australia to see what Americans can learn from this endeavor… if they’re willing. #DailyShow #JohnOliver #GunControl #2013 #TDS30
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@farrahlipsham5533
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
"It doesn’t work" except in all the places it has. 100% of them 😂😂😂
@catobekkevold8333
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
The 2nd amendment ran out on date ages ago
@who-gives-a-toss_Bear
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
2:19 How can anyone talk to that useless waste of time PM.
Still draining the public for all he can.
@defjam1902
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
PLEASE DONT STOP AMERICANS FROM SHOOTING EACH OTHER.
GIVE EVERYONE THERE A GUN FROM BIRTH.
@Danhausen420
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
Yes gun control works, it has been proven in many places around the world. Besides that though, the Second Amendment is dead. For decades Americans preached to the rest of us about that Amendment and if we disagreed we got insulted, called names, looked down on, and were told "Murica". But the reality is that they preached about that Amendment for decades, while allowing droves of innocent school children to die to keep it and they still do. But when the tike came to act they refused. ICE slaughtered people in the streets. The whole Trump regime were revealed to be lying grifting pdf files. So, the time came to act. And Americans proved that after all that preaching to the rest of us for all that time, when the time came to act, they were infact weak lying cowards all along. So, the Second Amendment is dead. Americans already proved they will not use it when they need to. They talk but never act. They do not need guns anymore.
@MmeAshby
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
Do not forget that when the PM before John Howard, Paul Keating, proposed gun control legislation, John Howard and his party refused to support it. It kind of makes one think that John Howard was responsible for the massacre, doesn't it?
@s9505280
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
John Howard was a pathetic weasel who sold out Australia's future and brought mercenaries onto our soil. However, that little worthless man did more than the entire GoP for public safety.
@stevenyue5967
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
I miss when John goes out in the field
@richardhatton3097
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
Ive been to Woopdidoo
@MrDino1953
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
As an Australian, I can tell you that gun control works. I haven’t been shot once yet, and if anyone deserves to be shot, it’s me. So there.
@1dtbimp
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
Australians are not real people.
@lukek8357
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
There are more guns in Australia now than when gun control was enacted after Port Arthur in 1996. The key difference is that the guns are heavily regulated, the people who are permitted to possess them are background checked and storage is inspected.
Gun's are not illegal here, neither are fireworks or other dangerous goods they are regulated, they require a legitimate reason for possession and if you qualify licensing and security clearances are required to obtain them.
@OliverisRight
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
There are literally African and Arab gangs in Sydney and Melbourne rocking around the suburbs with Ak-47s, Sawn off shotguns and pistols. 2 months ago a guy was arrested with a dessert eagle. Gun laws work but criminals still get guns.
@missionpupa
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
Theres a reason that America had that in their constitution, its because the founding fathers were fighting tyranny, you dont need guns until you absolutely need them.
Youre not really banning guns, the government still has the guns, you just cant have it, and when the government is the problem and they have all the guns, you see the problem here.
@ConnorSvoboda
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
4:28 last I checked there are more guns than people in America.
@stephenpaxman6180
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
SO NOW WE HAVE BLACKS IN OUR COUNTRY WITH MACHETES IN CRIME RELATED IVASION
@stephenpaxman6180
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
PORT AUTHOR WAS A FALSE FLAG
@stephenpaxman6180
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
BOB HAWKE WAS AN IDIOT
@stephenpaxman6180
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
THE SO CALLED GUN LAWS IN AUSTRALIA DID NOTHING ,, THE CRIME RATE WITH GUNS JUMPED 45 PERCENT ,, THE PEOPLE COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM CRIMINALS WHO KEPT THIER GUNS ,,,,,, THEY WONT TELL YOU THE TRUTH ABOUT GUN LAWS IN AUS
@stephenpaxman6180
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
GUN LAWS DONT WORK IN AUSTRALIA BECAUSE THE CRIMINALS WONT HAND IN THIER GUNS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE GOV SAYS SO
@TruthHurts-o3j
August 30, 2026 at 11:09 am
Australia's system of gun control centres on a concept that would never succeed in the USA. There are only three justifications for the use of a rifle (Handguns are outright banned). 1. Target Shooting. 2. Hunting under supervision. 3. Feral pest control by a licensed exterminator. Under no scenario is a rifle to be used for self defence. A rifle must be stored in a gun safe, and the bolt and working parts in a separate safe. A rifle can only be transported in a locked container in a vehicle and cannot be fired in a metropolitan area other than at a range under supervision. The above makes the job of police in working out who is the bad guy. He's the gun holding a gun.