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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Admiral James Stavridis On America's Permissive Gun Laws

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO joined Stephen for a fascinating discussion about NATO, the relationship between Russia and China, and how the rest of the world puzzles over America’s chronic gun violence problem. Check out the new book by Admiral James Stavridis, “To Risk It All,” available everywhere now. We want your feedback on The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert! Visit http://www.colbertlateshow.com/podsurvey to take a brief survey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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My next guest was a four-star admiral in the US Navy and served four years as supreme

1:00.5

allied commander of NATO. His new book is called To Risk It All. Please welcome Admiral James

1:06.0

Stavridis. Admiral, thanks for being here. My pleasure. We will get to your book in just a moment.

1:15.2

Here it is. It's called To Risk It All. Before we get into talking about NATO and the situation

1:23.2

in Europe right now in your book, I want to talk to you about, well, a story related to what's

1:30.6

going on now down in Texas and happens to often the tragedies we see. If I'm not mistaken,

1:36.9

the AR-15 was designed to be essentially a civilian version of the M-16 that has been used for

1:43.8

decades by the US military. You spent 37 years in the military. You were in wars. You saw a battle.

1:53.1

Do you think that civilians should be allowed to purchase weapons that were specifically

1:59.1

meant to be used in battle? I'll answer in three words. Of course not.

2:09.6

Let's be clear. I spent my life in the profession of arms. I chose the gun. I understand what this

2:19.6

means. I've seen hard things in my life on battlefields. These are destructive, powerful weapons.

2:27.5

They should never be placed in the hands of an amateur or tragically in Texas, essentially a child.

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