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<p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Fox Business&#39; Lisa Kennedy made a point about &quot;the screeching gun debate&quot; in the aftermath of <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/cnn-kellyanne-conway-las-vegas-gun-control/">the horrific Las Vegas shooting</a>. Unfortunately for her, every critic on Twitter couldn&#39;t help bringing up the obvious. </span></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/KennedyNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KennedyNation</a>: &quot;If that psychopath had...driven a truck into that crowd and killed 100 people would we be talking about truck control?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3K00LJDScK">pic.twitter.com/3K00LJDScK</a></p>&mdash; FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxBusiness/status/915376145926832128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;If that psychopath had&mdash;god forbid&mdash;driven a truck into that crowd and killed a hundred people,&quot; said Kennedy, &quot;would we be talking about truck control? ... No.&quot;</p><p>If it&#39;s not already, her next sentence will raise your blood to its boiling point. But let it simmer, because the responses on Twitter will cool you down. Chided Kennedy:</p><p>&quot;Using logic in an emotional argument is a no-win in this climate, and <strong>don&#39;t expect gun control nuts to employ reason and facts</strong> any time soon.&quot;</p><p>Alright. Okay. Deep breath. The world has not flip-turned upside down. There is still some good in the world.</p><p>Because obviously, everything Kennedy mentioned for her truck analogy already exists, and the saner heads of Twitter pointed that out.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Can you imagine that? Registering trucks? Requiring insurance for injury they caused? Licensing and testing drivers? <a href="https://t.co/sBNDjK22Y9">https://t.co/sBNDjK22Y9</a></p>&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/915537952243109889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">National database for vehicle owners. Mandatory insurance. Must track all sales. Must take test to get license. Must renew registration.</p>&mdash; Scott Springer (@scott_springer) <a href="https://twitter.com/scott_springer/status/915381466523160578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don’t understand. There *is* truck control. I just don’t understand.</p>&mdash; Nicholas John (@NicholasAJohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/NicholasAJohn/status/915532438230757377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Then there&#39;s the fact that where the above measures haven&#39;t been enough, cities have taken further action after vehicle-related attack to <em>further control trucks</em>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Truck control in Perth, Australia in July. We&#39;ve never had an attack down here but of course we talk about it - <a href="https://t.co/A8nsDrDV3D">https://t.co/A8nsDrDV3D</a></p>&mdash; Liam Croy (@liamcroy) <a href="https://twitter.com/liamcroy/status/915402912297246720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Montréal : we block bridges with huge tow trucks when they are open to pedestrians for big events. Truck control, just in case. It works. <a href="https://t.co/PyuXQ6kVr4">pic.twitter.com/PyuXQ6kVr4</a></p>&mdash; Alexandre Danault (@AlexDanault) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexDanault/status/915578681837441024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s what Fox News does in front of their studio... preventative measures. <a href="https://t.co/ZORsnSGTYH">pic.twitter.com/ZORsnSGTYH</a></p>&mdash; Jonathan Tipton (@JonathanLTipton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanLTipton/status/915792924834779136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Guess that&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s not an extremely powerful truck lobby.</p><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The worst part is, Kennedy&#39;s point was <em>this </em>close to being a good one. If she had used the truck logic it to make the exact opposite point. Luckily, someone&#39;s already done that.</span></p><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">In the days after the deadliest mass shooting in American history, <em>Meet the Press</em> anchor Chuck Todd made several similar, much more salient arguments about the gun control debate.</span></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="someecards-embed" id="someecards-embed-3738651" data-id="3738651" data-type="post" data-url="https://napi.someecards.com/embed/post/chuck-todd-meet-the-press-gun-violence-debate-twitter/"><a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/chuck-todd-meet-the-press-gun-violence-debate-twitter/" target="_blank"> Chuck Todd destroys pro-gun arguments after tragedy in approximately 1 minute. </a></blockquote><script async src="//cdn.someecards.com/assets/embed/embed-v1.07.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;We hear it after every incident like this, and we&#39;ve heard it again today. &#39;Now is not the time to talk about how to deal with gun violence. Now is not the time,&#39;&quot; pleaded Todd.</p><p>&quot;Think about that. Why is now not the time? When planes flew into the World Trade Center, did we say &#39;now is not the time&#39; to talk about terrorism? Or homeland security?&quot;</p><p>&quot;When our banking system nearly collapsed in 2008 did we say now is not the time to talk about financial regulation?&quot;</p><p>&quot;When we learned that some 140 million peoples records had been breached at Equifax, did we say now is not the time to talk about cyber security?</p><p>Chuck Todd. Such a gun control nut.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Fox host tries to compare gun laws to truck laws, gets her a** handed to her by Twitter.

Mitchell Friedman

Fox Business&#39; Lisa Kennedy made a point about &quot;the screeching gun debate&quot; in the aftermath of the horrific Las Vegas shooting. Unfortunately for her, every critic on Twitter couldn&#39;t help bringing up the obvious. .@KennedyNation: &quot;If that psychopath had...driven a truck into that crowd and killed 100 people would we be talking about truck control?&quot; pic.twitter.com/3K00LJDScK&mdash; FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) October 4, 2017 &quot;If that psychopath had&mdash;god forbid&mdash;driven a truck into that crowd and killed a hundred people,&quot; said Kennedy, &quot;would we be talking about truck control? ... No.&quot;If it&#39;s not already, her next sentence will raise your blood to its boiling point. But let it simmer, because the responses on Twitter will cool you down. Chided Kennedy:&quot;Using logic in an emotional argument is a no-win in this climate, and don&#39;t expect gun control nuts to employ reason and facts any time soon.&quot;Alright. Okay. Deep breath. The world has not flip-turned upside down. There is still some good in the world.Because obviously, everything Kennedy mentioned for her truck analogy already exists, and the saner heads of Twitter pointed that out.Can you imagine that? Registering trucks? Requiring insurance for injury they caused? Licensing and testing drivers? https://t.co/sBNDjK22Y9&mdash; Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 4, 2017 National database for vehicle owners. Mandatory insurance. Must track all sales. Must take test to get license. Must renew registration.&mdash; Scott Springer (@scott_springer) October 4, 2017 I don’t understand. There *is* truck control. I just don’t understand.&mdash; Nicholas John (@NicholasAJohn) October 4, 2017 Then there&#39;s the fact that where the above measures haven&#39;t been enough, cities have taken further action after vehicle-related attack to further control trucks.Truck control in Perth, Australia in July. We&#39;ve never had an attack down here but of course we talk about it - https://t.co/A8nsDrDV3D&mdash; Liam Croy (@liamcroy) October 4, 2017 Montréal : we block bridges with huge tow trucks when they are open to pedestrians for big events. Truck control, just in case. It works. pic.twitter.com/PyuXQ6kVr4&mdash; Alexandre Danault (@AlexDanault) October 4, 2017 Here&#39;s what Fox News does in front of their studio... preventative measures. pic.twitter.com/ZORsnSGTYH&mdash; Jonathan Tipton (@JonathanLTipton) October 5, 2017 Guess that&#39;s what happens when there&#39;s not an extremely powerful truck lobby.The worst part is, Kennedy&#39;s point was this close to being a good one. If she had used the truck logic it to make the exact opposite point. Luckily, someone&#39;s already done that.In the days after the deadliest mass shooting in American history, Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd made several similar, much more salient arguments about the gun control debate. Chuck Todd destroys pro-gun arguments after tragedy in approximately 1 minute. &quot;We hear it after every incident like this, and we&#39;ve heard it again today. &#39;Now is not the time to talk about how to deal with gun violence. Now is not the time,&#39;&quot; pleaded Todd.&quot;Think about that. Why is now not the time? When planes flew into the World Trade Center, did we say &#39;now is not the time&#39; to talk about terrorism? Or homeland security?&quot;&quot;When our banking system nearly collapsed in 2008 did we say now is not the time to talk about financial regulation?&quot;&quot;When we learned that some 140 million peoples records had been breached at Equifax, did we say now is not the time to talk about cyber security?Chuck Todd. Such a gun control nut.

Fox Business' Lisa Kennedy made a point about "the screeching gun debate" on Tuesday in the aftermath of the horrific Las Vegas shooting.