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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Sen. Chris Murphy - Finding Common Ground on Gun Safety

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy shares details from the bipartisan gun reform conversations following the Uvalde shooting, discusses how the once unbreakable gun lobby is now losing steam, and explains why the current Senate rules have restricted action.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.5

Pfff!

0:03.5

Please welcome Senator Chris Murphy to the day show.

0:07.0

Sunder Murphy.

0:11.5

It...

0:15.0

It must feel at some point like you are, you know, going up against an

0:20.3

immovable force.

0:21.3

It must feel at some point like you're engaging in a conversation that seems to go

0:25.7

around and around in circles, but it seems like in and around this time there is some movement,

0:32.7

there are some Republicans who have said, you know what, maybe there is something we should be doing,

0:36.7

even if it is not the perfect solution.

0:38.7

Let's jump straight into that and talk about what you've seen in terms of a bypasses and move to change

0:43.7

what gun safety should be in America.

0:46.7

Well Trevor, thanks for having me on and it does feel often like deja vu repeating itself

0:54.7

for 10 years.

0:55.7

I've been at this, the American public has made up their mind.

0:58.7

There's nothing in this country that's as popular as changing the gun laws to make our kids safer, 90% of Americans support things like

1:05.7

making sure that everybody has to go through a background check before they buy a gun.

1:09.7

But we run up against this brick wall, which is the power of the gun industry and the gun lobby, but you're right.

1:14.7

It does feel different this time.

1:16.7

I just got off the phone off a Zoom call with about 10 or 12 Republicans and Democrats that are trying to pass something that will save lives,

1:27.7

not do everything, but try to break this log jam.

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