‘Idiot Control Problem’: Colbert Slams Kennedy for Gun Control Remarks
Stephen Colbert is slamming Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) for his remarks about gun control following the fatal mass shooting in Colorado earlier this week. During Tuesday’s “The Late Show,” Colbert showed a clip of Kennedy…
Stephen Colbert is slamming Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) for his remarks about gun control following the fatal mass shooting in Colorado earlier this week.
During Tuesday’s “The Late Show,” Colbert showed a clip of Kennedy speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing during which he compared gun violence to drunk driving.
“We have a lot of drunk drivers in America … We ought to try to combat that too,” Kennedy said.
Colbert responded, “OK, I’ll take that deal. Let’s regulate guns the way we regulate alcohol and cars. You got to be 21, you got to pass a test to get a license, you got to have a registration and insurance for your gun.”
He added, “If you move to a new state, you got to do the whole damn thing all over again and you can’t go out loaded.”
Watch Colbert’s comments below:
Offering another take on gun control, Kennedy later said, “I don’t believe we have a gun control problem in America. I believe we have an idiot control problem.”
Colbert fired back, “Oh, we definitely have an idiot control problem. It’s people who don’t recognize that this country has long had a gun problem,