The View’s Whoopi Goldberg went on a rant, Thursday, as she reported the news that a majority of Americans oppose a new ban on so-called assault weapons. Referencing Donald Trump, she lobbied, “Because it seems to me, you know, you want to ban people, you want to ban a people from coming. You want to build a wall? How about an assault weapon wall? Let's build a wall about that!”
Goldberg didn’t explain what an “assault weapons wall” would actually mean. Arguing for more gun control, she lectured, “Let's be thoughtful about this. What is the government supposed to protect you from? Sandy Hook didn't come from another country. That came right out of here.”
In October, the View women ambushed John Kasich, demanding that he come out for more gun control.
It should be pointed out that two of the show's co-hosts own guns themselves.
A partial transcript is below:
View
12/17/15
11:06WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Gun violence has been making headlines on an almost daily basis this year. So tell me if this new poll surprises y'all. Right now, more Americans are against a ban on assault weapons than have been against it in the last 20 years.
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GOLDBERG: But here's the thing. Let's be thoughtful about this. What is the government supposed to protect you from? Sandy Hook didn't come from another country. That came right out of here.
JOY BEHAR: In Connecticut.
GOLDBERG: Connecticut came out of here. North Dakota — I'm sorry, Colorado came out of here.
BEHAR: Aurora, Colorado.
PAULA FARIS: There’s so many.
GOLDBERG: So many.
BEHAR: Oklahoma. Timothy McVeigh.
GOLDBERG: Oklahoma. They came from here. So what is the government supposed to do? Because it seems to me, you know, you want to ban people, you want to ban a people from coming. You want to build a wall? How about an assault weapon wall? Let's build a wall about that!
...GOLDBERG: These are issues that we have to be smart about how we do this, because you can't say I want the gunman to protect me because knock on wood, so far we've been relatively lucky. We've been relatively lucky. We're doing okay. But, man, these, you know, these local home grown things that are legal, I think you have to ban that thing. If you make this impossible, people can't get it because the robbers aren't using those.
