Trevor Noah to America: Your Love for Guns Comes at a Cost

‘The point is, the point is just because there is a problem with terrorism doesn’t mean there isn’t also a problem with access to guns’

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Comedy Central's Trevor Noah, a South African, told Americans on Monday's "The Daily Show" that the national affinity for firearms "comes at a cost."

Here's an excerpt from his monologue:

NOAH: "This guy is selling terrorism like used cars so what are you waiting for? Because this is what we are saying, so when people say this is not about guns, it is about terrorism, no, it's about terrorism and it's about guns. Because you realize there were two other gun incidents this weekend that didn't involve terrorism. Just two days before this mass shooting a 23-year-old singer named Christina Grimmie was also gunned down in Orlando. And the day after the nightclub shooting, some other guy got caught driving to an L.A. gay pride parade with a [bleep] load of guns in his car. This was not related to terrorism. We don't know why he had all of those guns. Maybe he was just mad that everyone kement asking him if he was Elijah woods. We don't know what it was. The point is, the point is just because there is a problem with terrorism doesn't mean there isn't also a problem with access to guns. And I understand that Americans love guns. But this love comes at a cost."

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