Maher noticed how much the Senate compromise bill focusing on background checks goes out of its way to make sure gun owners are protected, while accepting that things like an assault weapons ban are basically dead on arrival. Former Obama campaign manager Stephanie Cutter was more optimistic about the bill, while Bob Costas said the gun debate need to also be about mental health, better enforcement, and mandatory minimums for gun criminals.
Maher argued that the gun debate is a “constant center-right debate,” and that liberals are too afraid to
Costas added that there are so many “paranoid types” who think that they’re going to need to rise up against the government, wondering exactly who is going to lead that movement. He said that the NRA is just a political lobby trying to protect the rights and profits of gun manufacturers, and so they’re not going to just simply evolve on gun control overnight.
Maher concluded the segment by saying that there is a big problem on the left with guns as well, pointing to how guns are still fetishized by liberals, citing how even after she got shot in the head, Gabby Giffords said she still supports the Second Amendment.
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