Over the weekend, podcaster Joe Rogan was trending on Twitter for daring to oppose new gun control measures, saying “only criminals are gonna have [guns]”:
Joe Rogan opposes gun control: 'Only criminals are gonna have them' https://t.co/dBvPiuQilQ pic.twitter.com/bYJE8s9IjC
— New York Post (@nypost) May 30, 2022
From the New York Post:
“It’s like, how do you stop that? No one knows how to stop that,” he said during an interview with scientist Lex Fridman Thursday on an episode of his Spotify podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“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. It’s not gonna be a good situation.”
Rogan added that he doesn’t think it’s smart “to take all the guns away from people and give all the power to the government.”
Rogan’s statement caught the attention of anti-gun activist David Hogg, who challenged the Spotify host to put him on the podcast:
The shooter at my high school was 19, shooter in TX and in Buffalo were 18.
They all waited until they were legally old enough. These aren’t criminal masterminds with connections to the Black market they’re barely adults. https://t.co/0nxzUD7hre— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) May 31, 2022
Hogg tweeted, “.@joerogan , I am happy to come on bring @ryandbusse with me and discuss this and find what we can agree on. We need more discussion and action- less debate and inaction”:
.@joerogan , I am happy to come on bring @ryandbusse with me and discuss this and find what we can agree on. We need more discussion and action- less debate and inaction.
— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) May 31, 2022
Ryan Busse is a former gun industry executive, author and a policy advisor to former Rep. Gabby Giffords:
I’m a policy advisor for Giffords. I am now one of those TV talking heads. I am an author. Most of all I am an American. A parent. A citizen of a complex democracy and I know that none of our freedoms will exist without responsibilities
And I am not shying from telling the truth
— Ryan Busse (@ryandbusse) May 29, 2022
Why, yes, we bet he’d like to go on Rogan’s podcast to ~ checks notes ~ sell his book:
A lot of people ask me, “how the hell did we get here???” Well, it’s a long story but it’s one our country must know. And it’s in this book. pic.twitter.com/2JgrMbN1XM
— Ryan Busse (@ryandbusse) May 29, 2022
Hogg added that he’s a frequent listener to Rogan’s podcast, but not directly. Or something:
I have listened to your show many times because my friends at school listen to it out loud all the time.
— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) May 31, 2022
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