Jon Stewart: The NRA has us at the intersection of ‘open carry’ and ‘stand your ground’

[Electric Monk]

(re-posting from GD)

Daily Show host Jon Stewart observed on Thursday that despite their brief rift, the National Rifle Association (NRA) and groups like Open Carry Texas had created a “perpetual violence machine.”

“We are at the intersection of Open Carry Road and ‘Stand Your Ground’ Place,” Stewart said. “So what the f*ck are we supposed to do now? According to the NRA’s basic principles, you have a right to carry a weapon that may cause a reasonable person to believe they are in danger of great bodily injury. And they have a right, if they feel that way, to respond with deadly force. It’s a perpetual violence machine. It’s ‘Gunfight at the Golden Corral.’”

Just then, he came to a realization.

“Wait a minute,” he said. “This isn’t an argument about freedom at all, is it? This whole f*cking thing’s a business plan for arms dealers. Son of a b*tch.”

VIDEO:http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/06/jon-stewart-the-nra-has-us-at-the-intersection-of-open-carry-and-stand-your-ground/