Daily Show segment about Australians and Gun Control wins an Emmy

[Robb]

The segment, which was aired in three parts, followed comedian John Oliver as he investigated Australia's gun control legislation, which Howard, Fischer and Borbidge had been instrumental in bringing about in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre.
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The point of the segments was to illustrate that gun control can reduce gun crime, a point which is frequently shot down - pun intended - by the gun lobby in the United States.

In was produced in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last year.

The third of the three segments won an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Picture Editing for Short-Form Segments and Variety Specials.

It featured footage of a defiant prime minister John Howard, then at the height of his political power, standing down an angry pro-gun crowd, shouting "there is no other way".

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/box-seat/the-daily-show-segment-about-australians-and-gun-control-wins-an-emmy-20130916-2tu4t.html#ixzz2f4MbSK3m

[billh58]

1. A road map for

implementing new gun control legislation in the USA, and for restoring sanity to our streets. The NRA and its apologists from both sides of the aisle can, and must, be made politically impotent.

Support The Brady Campaign, MAIG, VPC, Americans For Responsible Solutions (Gabby Giffords), and other grassroots gun control proponents. Supporting these groups is easy and painless: show up to vote! Don't give the right-wingers and gun nuts easy victories as happened in Colorado. Support these groups monetarily if you can, but voting is more important.

We can win the battle against an ingrained and insidious gun culture in this country if we vote. When the voter turnout is high, Democrats win.

[Sanddog42]

2. Kudos to the Daily Show

and to Robb for posting this.

Vote!

[progressoid]

3. It was a great segment.

[DanTex]

4. Here are the videos. A great segment.