Two weeks after an 18-year-old shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, John Oliver decried one of the most misapplied responses to school shootings in the US: putting police officers in classrooms. “We all know what the key problem is here. It’s guns,” the Last Week Tonight host said. “It’s because we let basically whoever wants to buy a gun in this country have one, which has led to tragic consequences.”
