John Oliver Pushes For Less Police In Schools On ‘Last Week Tonight’

The recent string of mass shootings is raising questions about how to address gun control.

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Many on the left are calling for an outright ban on assault weapons.

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Those on the right are calling for stronger police presence in schools.

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One conservative on Fox News even called for ballistic blankets to cover windows in classrooms.

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Oliver slammed the measure, saying it’s “not a strategy for stopping deaths during a school shooting.”

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“It’s barely a solution for ‘there’s a bird in the house,’” he countered.

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Oliver also pointed to a 2019 study that showed that police presence did not lessen the severity of shootings in 179 separate incidents.

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In addition, school police had arrested a total of 54,321 students in only one calendar year.

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Most of these students are people of color or disabled, including one autistic teenager who carved his name in a sidewalk.

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