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<\/p>\nStephen Colbert Rips Marco Rubio, Stands with Parkland Students on Gun Control: WATCH<\/b>
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Stephen Colbert returned to The Late Show for the first time since the Parkland, Florida High School shooting and had a lot to say about it.<\/p>\n
Colbert first took aim at Senator Marco Rubio, who has said that it\u2019s useless to ban assault weapons because people will find a way to get them anyway.<\/p>\n
Snapped Colbert: \u201cAs long as you\u2019re being clear and honest, Senator, as a lawmaker your position is \u2018the laws are useless! Everyone into the Thunderdome!\u2019 \u2026 Then why do we need you<\/em>? It seems like a houseplant would do a better job and (playing the well-known thirsty Rubio clip from his State of the Union response) it would probably need a little less water.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Colbert noted that the kids have been far more effective in drawing attention to the need for gun control than the adults.<\/p>\n He said we should use that to our advantage: \u201cUntil we do something about guns, you can\u2019t vote if you\u2019re over 18.\u201d<\/p>\n Finally, Colbert offered some advice:\u00a0 \u201cI hope these kids don\u2019t give up, because this is their lives and their future. Someone else may be in power, but this country belongs to them. And there is reason for hope: Look at the #MeToo movement. A lot of men<\/a> in power did not see that coming, but it proved that change can happen overnight. And this is an election year \u2014 so if you want to see change, you have to go to the polls and tell the people who will not protect you that their time is up.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Stephen Colbert Rips Marco Rubio, Stands with Parkland Students on Gun Control: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n