Joe Rogan warned against giving the government more power by taking guns away from law-abiding citizens following the mass shooting at a Texas school last week.
On Thursday, Joe Rogan spoke with AI researcher and fellow podcaster Lex Fridman. The pair discussed a wide variety of topics, including the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which left twenty-one people dead.
Both Rogan and Fridman took the opportunity to condemn gun violence, but suggested the government should use caution when crafting policies to deal with it, and not act in ways that hurt law-abiding citizens.
It was a "completely f***ed up situation," Rogan said of the shooting, "where a sick person got a hold of a bunch of guns and decided to go kill kids.
Fridman agreed, saying it was "much more a mental health problem." He added that "it's dangerous to generalize from those problems into something like what I hear about 'there’s a race war or there’s a gun control problem."
"No one knows how to stop that," Rogan said, pointing out that mass shootings "happens in this country every now and then."
"Is the answer to take everyone's guns?" Rogan asked. "Well, they're not gonna give their guns up. So, you're gonna have, only criminals are gonna have guns. It's not gonna be a good situation."
Joe Rogan: "It’s like, how do you stop that? No one knows how to stop that. What is the answer? Is the answer to take everyone’s guns? Well, they’re not gonna give their guns up. Only criminals are gonna have guns." pic.twitter.com/UhmIWej22y
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 30, 2022
He went on to discuss the idea of having armed guards outside every school, a solution that has been pushed by a number of politicians and pundits, saying "that’s not something we want either."
Rogan then turned his attention to the notion that punishing law-abiding gun owners would help end gun violence.
"I don't think it's wise to take all the guns away from people and leave all the power to the government," Rogan said. "We see how they are even with an armed populace; they still have a tendency towards totalitarianism. The more increased power and control you have over people, the easier it is for them to do what they do."
"Freedoms lost are rarely regained,” Rogan continued, adding that given the fact that "police are horribly understaffed," it is ridiculous to leave unarmed people at "the mercy of a criminal."
Join and support independent free thinkers!
We’re independent and can’t be cancelled. The establishment media is increasingly dedicated to divisive cancel culture, corporate wokeism, and political correctness, all while covering up corruption from the corridors of power. The need for fact-based journalism and thoughtful analysis has never been greater. When you support The Post Millennial, you support freedom of the press at a time when it's under direct attack. Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1.
Remind me next month
To find out what personal data we collect and how we use it, please visit our Privacy Policy
