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Chris Rock reveals his gun control platform during TV critics panel for ‘Totally Biased’
NY Daily News: Chris Rock has a suggestion for reducing gun violence: Limit gun ownership to people with mortgages. “Every mass killer lives with his mother,” said Rock. “It’s never people who have their own place.”
His suggestion would address the issue of personal history, Rock noted, “because every mortgage already comes with a real background check.” It would also have a pre-deterrent effect on potential perpetrators. “If you go to jail for 30 years,” said Rock, “you’d still have to pay that mortgage.”
Rock made his suggestion at a TV critics panel for “Totally Biased,” the W. Kamau Bell late-night talk show that Rock executive-produces. Rock had a standup routine years ago in which he suggested guns should be given out free, but bullets should cost $5,000.
Beyond the obvious that this requirement isn’t in the Second Amendment, how would that work out for many people? Number one, many military personnel do not have a mortgage as they are frequently transferred to different posts. Secondly, are those who rent not allowed to protect themselves? What if a woman renter has a stalker? Isn’t she allowed the same Constitutional right as others?
His theory on a mortgage background check is ridiculous. Having gone through the mortgage application process several times myself, I never had to complete a form about my mental capacity, just my financial capacity. Heck, I had a more thorough background check (and fingerprinted) when I applied for my CLP. And if you go to jail and still have to pay the mortgage, how exactly would one do that while unemployed?
Chris Rock again opens his mouth and removes all doubt of how much of a fool he is.
DCG