Amid mounting pressure to enact gun control legislation, Republican lawmakers have argued in recent weeks that Americans need assault rifles to shoot animals such as feral pigs, raccoons and prairie dogs.
On Wednesday's episode of "Late Night," Stephen Colbert tapped some of his animal friends from "The Lion King," Timon and Pumbaa, to explain why military-style weapons repeatedly used in mass shootings are not necessary to hunt game.
To the tune of their "Lion King" duet "Hakuna Matata," the animated meerkat and warthog begged those defending civilian access to assault rifles to "just shoot us with shotguns."
