TBS’s ‘The Detour’: Guns Endanger Kids, Constitution in Need of ‘Update’

Dylan Gwynn | May 23, 2016
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True to its name, TBS’s comedy The Detour, detoured from an otherwise hilarious episode and instead derailed completely, in a ridiculous attempt to smear gun owners, the 2nd Amendment, and the U.S. Constitution.

While at a theme park in Salvation, Florida, which celebrates Christmas 364 days a year (they’re closed on Christmas), husband and wife team Nate and Robin (Jason Jones and Natalie Zea) alienate a Christmas reveler by acting in a decidedly non-Holiday kind of spirit.

But before the well-intentioned guy can get away, Robin notices something under his shirt:

**WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE**

Robin: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.

Christmas Reveler: What?

Robin: Who do you work for and why are you packing?

Christmas Reveler: This?

Robin: Yes.

Christmas Reveler: Oh, I keep this to keep our government honest.

Nate: Whoa! What is wrong with you?! There's children here!

Christmas Reveler: They are safer now.

Robin: No! No! They are statistically way less safe now!

Christmas Reveler: Our founding fathers knew how –

Nate: Our founding fathers would sh*t their pants if they saw what this gun could do.

Christmas Reveler: The Constitution is the oldest –

Robin: Is in dire need of an update.

Christmas Reveler: It's the most sacred document ever written.

Nate: This "Sacred document"? It's been amended 27 times! And then those amendments have been amended.

Robin: See you later, slavery.

Nate: Yeah, hello, women's suffrage.

Robin: Goodbye, alcohol.

Nate: Welcome back, alcohol.

Robin: This guy.

Nate: This stupid guy!

Christmas Reveler: Me?

Nate: Yes!

Robin: Yeah.

Christmas Reveler: You two have ruined my entire Christmas dinner! Jeez!

Nate: Your gun! Take it!

Robin: Take your gun!

Christmas Reveler: I know! You've got me all flustered.

Nate: Yeah. Responsible gun owner.

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