The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - The Larger Fallout of a Mass Shooting

Episode Date: August 9, 2019

Trevor talks about how a false alarm caused by a backfiring motorcycle in Times Square demonstrates the state of terror that mass shootings have created in the U.S. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You know, a lot of people are like, why are we making this such a big issue? Statistically, it's such a small version, or such a small number of the lives in America. Why aren't we we we we we we th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi, to to to to to to thi thi to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to be to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thin. thin. thin. thin. teean. tean. tean. thauoo thauo to to to to to to to t But it's like, yes, but the ramifications, the fallout, is actually a lot broader than you think. And I don't think I truly realized how intense it was until I watched a video this morning about something that happened in Times Square last night where people, there was a motorbike that backfired,

apparently I just backfired over and over again, people in Times Square panicked and like ran and you see the footage on like because there's the earth cam that shows Times Square and people ran for their lives it wasn't even like a shuffle it was you could see people were like it's happening I'm running and time square is not just Americans by the way do you know what I mean it's people from all over the world tourists from other parts of America, and then people from other countries, but everyone goes, America mass shooting. Everyone ran.

It's not like the Germans were like, why is everybody's running? Everybody was like, oh shit, it's the thing. And I was just like, when I watched that, I was like, man, is this how people want to live? where you don't don't you you you you you you you don't you don't you don't you don't you don't th th th, you don't th, you don't th, th, th, th, thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi.. I thi, thi, thi.a.I. It's, thr-a.I.I.I.I. It's, th. thr-I. thr-I. th. th don't even realize it, but you are constantly terrorized. It is domestic terrorism. You are terrorized. You know what I mean? If you can't hear a bang and be like, what was that, your instinct is to run,

you are living in a state of terror. I watch those people, they said they ran into every people were running into like Broadway shows, I think people ran into to kill a mockingbird and the people in there were like what is going on. Then the cast, imagine this knock on effect, they ran in, then the people in the theatre thought like it was coming in so then the cast ran off stage and then the whole thing was now everyone. Like it just, it shows don't leave a stage. Like normally you'd come in like, ah, and they'd be like, ah, ah, and you'd be like, no, ah, and they'd be like, ah, ah, no. But every, like, it's, it's genuinely insane.

It's like a, and that's what I wish more people would understand is that it's not about just like a loose thing of like, is America bad guns? Isn't America not about guns? It's like, no, what is the effect of these guns having on America? And not just America as a country, but America the people, the people, there is no country. The people of the country, what is happening to them? And genuinely, over and over again, I see the people fight, but the Constitution, I'm like, yeah, but the Constitution is supposed to be for the people.

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