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NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR SHOW WAS OFF THE
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AIR LAST WEEK, SO THIS IS OUR FIRST SHOW BACK SINCE THE TRAGIC
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SCHOOL SHOOTING IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA.
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WE WANT TO SEND OUR LOVE TO THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, TO
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THE VICTIMS WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THEIR PHYSICAL
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INJURIES, TO THE INCREDIBLE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE
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INVOLVED AND, OF COURSE, TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO SURVIVED BUT
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WHO WILL DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS FOR THE REST OF THEIR
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LIVES.
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WHEN I CAME TO AMERICA THREE YEARS AGO TO TAKE THIS JOB, I
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COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT, AS A LATE NIGHT HOST, I WOULD BE
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TALKING ABOUT MASS SHOOTINGS, LET ALONE SO MANY OF THEM.
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AFTER I SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING, SOME SAID
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THAT I SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT IT.
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ITS NOT MY PLACE, I'M NOT FROM THIS COUNTRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
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THE HISTORY.
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AND MAYBE THEY ARE RIGHT.
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I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL,
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BASEBALL, AND I JUST ONLY LEARNED HOW THIS COUNTRY
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PRONOUNCES THE WORD "OREGANO."
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IT'S CLEARLY "OREGANO."
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I MAY NOT BE AMERICAN, BUT I HAVE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED
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IN MY COUNTRY WHEN A MASS SHOOTING HAPPENED.
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I ALSO HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE AMERICAN AND WHO GO TO SCHOOL
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HERE.
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AND, LIKE ANY PARENT, I WANT MY KIDS TO BE SAFE.
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HERE IN CALIFORNIA, KIDS EXPERIENCE TWO THINGS THAT I
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NEVER EXPERIENCED GROWING UP; ONE IS A DRILL FOR WHAT TO DO IN
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THE EVENT OF AN EARTHQUAKE.
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AN EARTHQUAKE, AN UNAVOIDABLE PHENOMENON OF NATURE.
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AND THE OTHER IS A DRILL ON WHAT TO DO IF A PERSON ENTERS THE
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SCHOOL WITH A GUN, WHICH, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT AN UNAVOIDABLE
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PHENOMENON OF NATURE, AND YET, SADLY, IS WAY MORE COMMONPLACE
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IN AMERICA THAN MAJOR EARTHQUAKES.
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I SAW THIS CHART FROM THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WHICH MANY OF YOU
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WILL HAVE SEEN THAT SHOWS EVERY LARGE COUNTRY THAT HAS
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EXPERIENCED A MASS SHOOTING.
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AS YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT-SIDE REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF MASS
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SHOOTERS AND THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF GUNS IN A COUNTRY.
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NOW WHERE IS AMERICA ON THIS CHART?
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THERE'S AMERICA.
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SO ALTHOUGH THESE TYPES OF MASS SHOOTINGS HAVE BECOME NORMAL IN
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THIS COUNTRY, THEY'RE NOT NORMAL AT ALL FOR THE REST OF THE
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PLANET.
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ITS PRETTY CLEAR FROM THE GRAPH MORE GUNS LEAD TO MORE MASS
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SHOOTINGS.
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AND I KNOW THIS FIRST HAND BECAUSE I'M FROM BRITAIN WHERE
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IN 1996, THERE WAS A PRIMARY SCHOOL SHOOTING WHERE 16
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CHILDREN AND ONE TEACHER WERE SHOT AND KILLED.
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AFTERWARDS, LAWMAKERS PASSED RESTRICTIVE HANDGUN LAWS IN THE
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U.K., AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A SCHOOL SHOOTING SINCE.
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22 YEARS AGO.
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IN 1996, A MAN IN AUSTRALIA KILLED THIRTY-FOUR PEOPLE IN
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PORT ARTHUR, TASMANIA.
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IN RESPONSE, THE COUNTRY PASSED THE NATIONAL FIREARMS AGREEMENT,
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AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A MASS SHOOTING IN AUSTRALIA SINCE.
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LET'S LOOK AT JAPAN.
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ACCORDING TO "BUSINESS INSIDER," PEOPLE IN JAPAN CAN OWN A GUN IF
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THEY DO THE FOLLOWING; ATTEND AN ALL-DAY CLASS, PASS A
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WRITTEN TEST, ACHIEVE AT LEAST 95% ACCURACY ON A SHOOTING-RANGE
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TEST, PASS A MENTAL-HEALTH EVALUATION, AND PASS A RIGOROUS
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BACKGROUND CHECK INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF YOUR FRIENDS AND
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FAMILY.
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AND THEN THEY CAN ONLY BUY SHOTGUNS AND AIR RIFLES.
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THEY CANNOT BUY HANDGUNS.
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AND EVERY THREE YEARS, THEY MUST RETAKE THE CLASS AND INITIAL
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EXAM.
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AS A RESULT, JAPAN HAS VIRTUALLY NO GUN DEATHS.
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NOT NO MASS SHOOTINGS, BUT BARELY ANY GUN DEATHS IN
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GENERAL.
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NOW, MAYBE SOME OF YOU MAY THINK THAT THE LAWS IN JAPAN AND OTHER
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COUNTRIES ARE TOO EXTREME AND INFRINGE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES.
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BUT WHAT THE STRICT GUN LAWS IN JAPAN, ENGLAND, AND AUSTRALIA
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SHOW US IS THAT STRICTER GUN LAWS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN
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REDUCING MASS SHOOTINGS.
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AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AFTER THE MASS SHOOTINGS OF THE
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PAST FEW YEARS IN AMERICA, I'V FELT EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU.
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I'VE FELT ANGRY, CONFUSED, AND FRUSTRATED
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THAT NOTHING WOULD BE DONE TO TRY TO AVOID THESE MASSACRES.
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IT SOMEHOW ALWAYS BECOMES POLITICAL.
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SOME ON THE RIGHT WOULD ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT TIME TO TALK ABOUT
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GUN CONTROL, WHILE SOME ON THE LEFT ARGUE THAT, FOR THE
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VICTIMS, IT'S TOO LATE TO BE TALKING ABOUT GUN CONTROL.
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BUT PERHAPS SOMETHING HAS CHANGED AFTER THE SHOOTING IN
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PARKLAND.
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THIS TIME, THE CHILDREN SEEM TO BE USING THEIR VOICES LOUDER
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THAN EVER TO DEMAND THAT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ADDRESS THIS
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ISSUE.
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THE SURVIVORS OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL,
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NOT THE RIGHT WING OR THE LEFT WING, BUT THE KIDS WHO, FOR MOST
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OF THEIR LIVES, HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME ACTIVE-SHOOTER-DRILL
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THAT OUR KIDS WILL DO.
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THE SAME DRILL I BET MANY PEOPLE IN THIS STUDIO HAVE DONE.
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THEY ARE SAYING, "YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANT SOMETHING DONE.
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NO MORE JUST TWEETING "THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS" FOLLOWED BY
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INACTION.
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THEY ARE SAYING "WE DEMAND CHANGE.
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AND UNTIL WE GET IT WE WILL CALL YOU OUT.
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WE WILL LAY DOWN IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN PROTEST.
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WE WILL ORGANIZE A "MARCH FOR OUR LIVES" IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON
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MARCH 24 UNTIL SOMEONE LISTENS TO US."
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WHEN I SEE THESE KIDS TALKING, IT MAKES ME FEEL HOPEFUL.
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IT ISN'T FOREIGN LATE NIGHT HOSTS YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO.
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YOU SHOULDN'T BE LISTENING TO ME.
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JUST ASK ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME.
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BUT YOU CAN LISTEN TO AMERICA'S CHILDREN.
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AND THAT FILLS ME WITH OPTIMISM, THAT MAYBE AMERICANS WILL BE
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ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND PUT ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES TO MAKE
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A SENSIBLE CHANGE FOR THOSE KIDS, FOR OUR KIDS, AND FOR ALL
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AMERICANS.
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MARCH 24th, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
