>> Jon: WELCOME BACK. FOR MORE ON THE GUN DEBATE WE BRING YOU THE FIRST PART OF A THREE-PART SERIES WITH JOHN OLIVER. >> YESTERDAY, AMERICANS WATCHED IN SHOCK AS EVEN WATERED DOWN GUN LEGISLATION DIE ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE. BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE IT BELONGS, ACCORDING TO GUN LOBBYIST OF THE VIRGINIA CITIZENS DEFENSE LEAGUE. >> THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS SACROSANCT. >> YOU HOLD THUP SIGN WHENEVER I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT YOU THINK IS INFRINGING UPON YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTSES, OKAY? >> OKAY. >> ASSAULT WEAPON BAN. BOOM, THERE IT IS. INCREASED BACKGROUND CHECKS. REALLY? >> YES. >> JUST FOR BACKGROUND CHECKS? >> WE DON'T DO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT. >> OKAY, SO LET'S JUST TRY THIS ONE, NICE AND EASY. >> SURE. >> A MANDATORY ONE-HOUR WAITING PERIOD IF YOU BUY A GUN. >> WHY-- WHY-- ( BLEEP ). >> UNLESS I CAN SEE A REASON. NO, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING THEY SUPPORT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, NONE OF IT WORKS. >> EXACTLY, GUN CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. WHAT IF HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, GUN CONTROL COULD WORK-- WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT CAN'T SO WE KNOW IT WON'T SO THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, BUT WHAT IF IT DID. >> WHEN WAS THAT? >> AUSTRALIA. YES, AUSTRALIA INSPECT IN 1996, A CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD INSTITUTED SWEEPING GUN CONTROL LAWS FOLLOWING A MASS SHOOTING THAT SHOCKED THE NATION. SO SHOULD WE BE LEARNING FROM THIS EFFECTIVE EXAMPLE? OF COURSE NOT. >> I GUESS IF WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PLANET X. AND SAY IT'S NOT UNITED STATES, SOME OTHER PLANET, DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT EVERYTHING, I DON'T KNOW, YEAH, YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE REAL WORLD WITH HUMAN BEINGS IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, AND GUN CONTROL ISN'T GOING TO WORK. >> UNFORTUNATELY NOT TONAL IS AUSTRALIA ACTUALLY IN THE REAL WORLD. EVEN THEIR ANINALS CAN HOIST A WEAPON. WHO IS RIGHT ABOUT GUN CONTROL? THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT. CONFRONT THE MAN RESPONSIBLE. MR. PRIME MINISTER, LET'S BEGIN IN THE FORMAL AUSTRALIAN WAY-- G-DAY. >> HOW DO YOU DO. >> OBVIOUSLY, GUN CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. IT CAN'T WORK. IT WILL NEVER WORK. SO WOW WAS YOUR SCHEME A FAILURE? >> WELL, MY SCHEME WAS NOT A FAILURE. WE HAD A MASSACRE AT PORT ARTHUR 17 YEARS AGO, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NONE SINCE. >> ZERO GUN MASS CERS. HOLD ON. DID GUN CONTROL ACTUALLY WORK? >> IT STOPPED ONE THING. THAT COULD ALSO BE A STATISTICAL ANOMALY. >> YEAH, IT WAS JUST MASS SHOOTINGS DISAPPEARED. >> THERE WERE SO FEW OF THEM, WHOOP-DEE-DO. >> WHOOP-DEE-DO? >> YES THEIR SHOOTINGS ARE RARE ANYHOW. >> EXACTLY, THEY PROBABLY BARELY HAD A MASSACRE BEFORE 1996. >> THERE WERE ABOUT 13 IN THE PREVIOUS 18 YEARS. IN THE 18 YEARS BEFORE PORT ARTHUR, THERE WERE 13 MASS SHOOTINGS. ALMOST ONE A YEAR. >> I WAS UNAWARE THEY HAD THAT MANY. MASS BEING, WHAT, MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME? >> MORE THAN FOUR. >> MORE THAN FOUR, OKAY. >> WHOOP-DEE-DO. >> PERHAPS THERE WERE OFFER NON-WHOOP-DEE-DO SIDE EFFECTS. >> THE HOMICIDE RATE INVOLVING THE USE OF GUNS HAS DECLINED SIGNIFICANTLY BY FACTORS OF UP TO 50% AND 60%, AND THE INCIDENCE OF YOUTH SUICIDES INVOLVING GUNS HAS DECLINED DRAMATICALLY. >> WHOOP-DEE-( BLEEP )-DO. SUICIDE WITH GUNS WENT DOWN, ZERO MASS SHOOTINGS. >> AUSTRALIA STILL HAS MURDER RATES AND ROBBERIES LAST I CHECKED. >> UNLESS YOU CAN GET RID OF 100% OF CRIME, IT'S NOT WORTH DOING AT ALL? >> PUT IT THIS WAY, IT'S ILLEGAL TO HAVE CRACK COCAINE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. DO YOU THINK IF SOMEBODY REALLY WANTS IT THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON CRACK COCAINE IN AMERICA? >> SO UNLESS WE CAN COMPLETELY GET RID OF DRUGS, THERE'S NO POINT IN HAVING DRUG LAWS AT ALL. ( APPLAUSE ) >> LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE. WELL, I GUESS, EFFECTIVELY IT DOESN'T WORK. >> YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH PHILLIP. EVEN HIS LOGIC IS BULLETPROOF. >> WELL, LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY. THERE ARE MORE DROWN IN BACKYARDS WHERE THEY HAVE POOLS. IF THERE ARE NO POOLS THEY DON'T HAVE A DROWNING IN THE BACKYARD. THE U.S. HAS A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF GUNS. THEREFORE, THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE CHANCES FOR SOMEBODY TO BE KILLED WITH A GUN. >> RIGHT. RIGHT. >> RIGHT. >> RIGHT. THAT'S MY POINT. THE SENATE MIGHT THINK LIVING IN A SOCIETY WITH DRAMATICALLY REDUCED GUN VIOLENCE IS EYE WHO-DEE-DO, AND PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA COULDN'T AGREE WITH HIM MORE. >> WHOOP-DEE-DO. >> WHOOP-DEE-DO, MATE. >> WHOOP-DEE-DO, WHATEVER THAT MEANS. >> WHOOP-DEE-( BLEEP )-DO! >> Jon: WE'LL BE RIGHT
