Samantha Bee highlighteda glaring, surreal NRA double standard on Full Frontal Monday, stockpiling a small weapons arsenal while trudging through red tape as she tried to nab her own Eddie Eagle costume, the NRAs gun safety mascot.
As the host explained, the NRA has set upmyriad hurdlesin front of potential Eddie Eagle buyers and has even banned theresale of costumes on secondary markets. Bee, however, was able to send an employee to a parking lot in Atlanta to buy a used shotgun out of a mans trunk.
But while the NRAs rulesdid not deter Bee, her pursuit grew more Kafkaesque. Producerstried to track down Eddie at a New Mexico gun show, but returned only with more guns. And after learning non-law enforcement groups could purchase Eddie Eagle costumes, Bee formed a safety group but was once again foiled by the NRAs strict, and apparently in-flux policies regardingwho could purchase Eddie.
Finally, Bee foundEddie at a home builders expo outside of Nashville, Tennessee, but the man in the suit sadly declined her $3,000 cash offer for the costume.
The NRAs nationwide costume control prevented me from getting an Eddie, Bee bemoaned at the end of her journey. But using all those guns, she was ableto Etsy her own.