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BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 01:44 AM Jan 2013

I used to despise Piers Morgan

but his coverage of the gun issue has changed my mind. On his review show he just called Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America, who argued that the solution to gun violence is for everyone to be armed, "an incredibly stupid man."

An outside perspective comes in handy once in a while.

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BainsBane

(53,010 posts)
2. Yeah, I saw a petition to have him deported
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 02:10 AM
Jan 2013

over his position on guns. What hypocrites. The only part of the constitution that matters to them is the Second Amendment, and they are happy to advocate violation of the First Amendment in support of the gun lobby.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
4. I'm having a hard time...
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 04:53 AM
Jan 2013
K&R

...getting used to Piers. Don't watch him allot. But I must say he has gone ballistic (no pun intended) on this issue. What set him off was the Newtown, CT murder of all the babies and their teachers, as it rightly should have. That was it for Piers. He said it straight about Pratt. Thanks for the thought-provoking OP...
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