STEVE: WE ARE BACK WITH A
FOX NEWS ALERT.
THE COUNTRY OF NEW ZEALAND
BANNED HIGH-POWERED
MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS DAYS
AFTER THE DEADLY MOSQUE ATTACK
THAT KILLED 50.
BRIAN: THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING
ON BUYBACK PROGRAM, SO THE
POLICE DESTROY GUNS THERE
ILLEGALLY.
THOSE WHO DOESN'T TURN OVER THE
FIREARMS COULD FACE FINES AND
PRISON TIME.
>> WEAPONS BAN IS EXPECTED TO
START NEXT MONTH.
WE HAVE BEN SHAPIRO, HOST OF
"THE BEN SHAPIRO SHOW," THE
AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK, THE
RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY HOW REASON
AND MORAL PURPOSE MADE THE WEST
GREAT.
WELCOME BEN.
BRIAN: IS THIS A REASONABLE
ANSWER TO THE MASSACRE THAT TOOK
PLACE?
>> EMOTIONALLY REASONABLE ANSWER
BUT NOT A FACTUALLY REASONABLE
ANSWER.
THERE IS 1.2 MILLION GUNS IN
NEW ZEALAND.
IN COUNTRY THEY HAD 35 MURDERS.
MOST WERE NOT WITH A GUN.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
CRIMINALIZING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALAND
CITIZENS WHO DON'T TURN OVER
GUNS RESPONSE TO ISOLATED
STATISTICALLY.
CRIMINALIZING HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF LAW-ABIDING PEOPLE
ON BASIS OF THAT SEEMS LIKE BAD
POLICY.
STEVE: BEN, SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS TWEETED THIS OUT.
THIS IS WHAT REAL ACTION TO STOP
GUN VIOLENCE LOOKS LIKE.
WE MUST FOLLOW NEW SIGH LANDS A
LEAD.
TAKE ON THE NRA, BAN THE SALE
AND DISTRIBUTION OF ASSAULT
WEAPONSES IN THE UNITED STATES.
BEN?
>> OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN
DEMOCRATS TRIED TO RUN AWAY
SUGGESTING THEY WERE PUSHING FOR
GUN CONFISCATION.
NOW APPARENTLY THEY EMBRACE GUN
CONFISCATION.
WE HAVE SECOND AMENDMENT.
DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN AMERICAN
CULTURE, RIGHTLY SO IF YOU PICK
COUNTRIES GOOD EXAMPLES WHY GUN
CONFISCATION IS NEEDED
NEW ZEALAND IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
235 MURDERS IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY, 2017, COUNTRY OF
1.4 MILLION PEOPLE.
BRIAN: BETO O'ROURKE HAS SOME
INTERESTING BELIEFS WE'RE
FINDING OUT.
DOESN'T REALLY STAND ON POLICY.
LOOKING IN HIS BACKGROUND.
HE WROTE A NOVEL HOW GREAT IT
WAS TO RUN OVER CHILDREN.
HE WAS A KID THEN.
HE WAS PART OF A HACKING GROUP.
WE DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THAT
UNTIL RECENTLY.
THEN WE FIND OUT HE LIKES TO EAT
DIRT FOR REVITALIZATION, DIRT
FROM NEW MEXICO.
WE FIND OUT WHERE HE STAND ON
LATE-TERM ABORTIONS.
LET'S SEE IF HE HAS A POSITION
HERE.
>> YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT
LATE-TERM ABORTIONS.
IF YOU SPECIFICALLY WON THE
ELECTION LAST NOVEMBER, YOU WERE
IN THE U.S. SENATE, HOW WOULD
YOU HAVE VOTED ON THAT BILL?
>> I WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE
WOMEN, I WOULD HAVE LISTENED
DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROVIDERS.
I WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE FACTS
AND UNDERSTOOD THE TRUTH AND,
THEN I WOULD HAVE VOTED WITH
THOSE WOMEN TO MAKE THEIR OWN
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN
BODIES.
JEDEDIAH: BEN, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT A FULLY FUNCTIONING,
VIABLE BABY.
I'M STILL CONFUSED AS A WOMAN
WHY PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN RELATION TO A
CHILD THAT NOW HAS ITS OWN
RIGHTS.
IS THIS REALLY WHAT DEMOCRATS
WANT TO BE PUSHING?
>> REALLY QUITE INSANE.
THE FACT BETO O'ROURKE AND EVERY
OTHER MAJOR DEMOCRAT FEEL FORCED
TO EMBRACE THIS POSITION, THAT
YOU HAVE TO BE FOR ABORTION UP
TO, SOMETIMES BEYOND THE POINT
OF BIRTH DEMONSTRATES THE
RADICALISM OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
EVEN BETO'S GENERALIZED POSITION
WHICH IS IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER
ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL, FORGET
ABOUT THE INFANTICIDE POSITION,
THIRD TRIMESTER POSITION ONLY
13% OF THE AMERICANS HOLD.
THIS IS FAR OUT OF THE
MAINSTREAM THEN GENERALIZED
PRO-LIFE VIEW ON REPUBLICANS
SIDE AISLE.
MEDIA TREATS IT AS WOMEN HAVE A
RIGHT TO KILL FULLY PERFORM
FORMED BABIES.
STEVE: YOU WERE OUT IN
CALIFORNIA.
SOMEBODY DOING RECRUITING FOR
TURNING POINT USA NOW CHARGES
WERE FILED AGAINST A NON-STUDENT
OUT THERE.
THE PRESIDENT, BEN, WILL SIGN AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON FREE SPEECH
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS.
WHO IS THIS GOING TO HELP?
>> WELL, PRESUMABLY IT WILL HELP
PEOPLE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHO
ARE TRYING TO EXERCISE THEIR
FREE SPEECH, ARE PREVENTED FROM
DOING SO BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
THE REAL QUESTION WITH ALL
EXECUTIVE ORDERS HOW IS IT
LEGALLY DRAWN UP?
JUST THE LAWYER IN ME WANTS TO
KNOW THAT THE CONSTITUTION IS
BEING FOLLOWED.
THAT ALL OF THE LAWS ARE BEING,
BEING USED.
THIS ISN'T SORT OF AN OVERREACH.
I DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL I HAVE
SEEN THE TEXT.
GENERALIZED IDEA PROTECTING
FIRST AMENDMENT, CONNECTING FOR
EXAMPLE, UNIVERSITY FUNDING FOR
RESEARCH TO THEIR ADHERENCE TO
THE FIRST AMENDMENT, THAT SEEMS
PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO ME.
BRIAN: SOMEBODY WHO HAS GOTTEN
PROTESTED, LOCKED OUT, SCREAMED
AT, GOING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY THE PROBLEM.
YOUR NEW BOOK IS OUT.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, HOW
REASON AND MORAL PURPOSE MADE
THE WEST GREAT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN REASON?
ARE WE REALLY REASONABLE PEOPLE
HERE IN THE WEST?
>> I THINK THAT THE BASIS OF THE
WEST IS REASON.
THE BASIS OF THE WEST IS THIS
NOTION THAT WE ARE INDIVIDUALS
MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
THIS COMES FROM THE
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION.
AS INDIVIDUALS MADE IN THE IMAGE
OF GOD WE HAVE REASONABLE
CAPACITIES WE OUGHT TO USE TO
PURSUE VIRTUE THE GREEK IDEA OF
NATURAL LAW.
THAT COMBINATION BETWEEN GREEK
NATURAL LAW AND JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
VALUES CREATED WEST.
THESE ARE DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND
CONSTITUTION.
ONE OF THE REASON OUR CONFLICT,
ANGER LEVELS ARE SO HIGH IN THE
UNITED STATES, WE HAVE LARGELY
FORGOTTEN THOSE ROOTS.
WE MOVED SUBJECTIVE BELIEVE OUR
FEELINGS MATTER MORE THAN
OBJECTIVE TRUTH OR ETERNAL
VALUES.
STEVE: WE SEE A LOT OF THAT
ABOUT FEELINGS, AREN'T WE?
>> THE SELF-ESTEEM MOVEMENT DID
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO
THE UNITED STATES.
HOW I FEEL TODAY, IF YOU OFFEND
ME, SOMEHOW YOU SINNED AGAINST
ME OR CERTAINED AGAINST MY
IDENTITY.
INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS FOR
AMERICAN POLITICS AND ACTUALLY
EXACERBATES THE IDENTITY
POLITICS AND POLITICAL
POLARIZATION, RACIAL
POLARIZATION YOU SEE IN THE
COUNTRY.
JEDEDIAH: REMINDS ME YOUR FACTS
DON'T CARE ABOUT MY FEELINGS,
