Question of the Day: How Do You Counter Gun Control Advocates on Television?

By Robert Farago

Magician comedian and gun rights supporter Penn Jillette gets owned on a Comedy Central’s Nightly Show debate on gun rights. For one thing, it looks like he’s struggling (#tonematters). In this clip, Jillette attempts to draw a parallel between the “technology means the Second Amendment is outdated” argument by his millennial antagonist and the technological enhancements since the First Amendment was drafted. It’s the right approach, but incomplete – thanks to an interruption. He switches gears and concedes that “we’re evolving as people.” Which is where things go seriously wrong . . .

The Second Amendment to the Constitution works today because we’re not evolving as a people. Violent crime is down, but Americans face the same threat of government tyranny that they faced on May 29, 1790, the date the document was ratified. And there’s no guarantee that violent crime will stay down. And no guarantee that any individual American won’t face an individual act of violence – whether from a criminal or his or her government – even with violent crime rates at such a low level.

Jillette really loses the plot when he states “the First Amendment has been broadened …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns