Debating School Shootings the Day after Uvalde (Joe Piscopo Show AM-970)

Discussion of gun violence in schools the day following the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas

Call starts at 4:30 mark following a wide-ranging, unhinged rant by Piscopo invoking frequent right-wing themes about gun-grabbing, transphobia, rigged elections and leftist censorship, laying blame on Joe Biden, "Marxist" Democrats, Covid and Satan among others.

In the call, I describe the predictable repetition of these copycat massacres with mentally unwell 18-year olds easily obtaining assault weapons, the role of the media in publicizing shooters' manifestos, and the effect on young students in my classroom.

Piscopo seems to ponder red flag prohibitions on access to guns for "crazy" people, but continually mentions his doubts on gun restrictions because of potential civil unrest on the horizon. This is reinforced in a subsequent call at the 10:40 mark from a gun rights advocate who believes we are in the final stages of a Marxist insurrection which is "going to get really hot" and the massacres we're seeing in classrooms do not qualify as an epidemic. Followed by some final thoughts around the 13:00 mark.

Originally aired on The Joe Piscopo Show AM-970 on May 25, 2022. Show archive version:
https://am970theanswer.com/podcast/episode/577/6-am-hour-the-joe-piscopo-show-5-25-22