Piers Morgan, British host of CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” has threatened to leave America if the country doesn’t change its gun laws. In a lengthy column written for London’s Daily Mail, Morgan defends his position on stricter gun control.
On Dec. 18, Morgan interviewed Larry Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America, in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Morgan’s rude and ignorant treatment of his guest led to a petition being posted on the WhiteHouse.gov website calling for Morgan to be deported for his attack on the Second Amendment. Almost 100,000 people have signed it, which could very well be more people than watch his poorly rated show.
Morgan wrote in his column:
I can spare those Americans who want me deported a lot of effort by saying this: If you don’t change your gun laws to at least try to stop this relentless tidal wave of murderous carnage, then you don’t have to worry about deporting me.
Although I love the country as a second home and one that has treated me incredibly well, I would, as a concerned parent first – and latterly, of a one-year-old daughter who may attend an American elementary school like Sandy Hook in three years’ time – seriously consider deporting myself.END OF BLOCK QUOTE
Morgan, the father of four children, was apparently affected, as we all were, by the Connecticut shootings. He said he finds the fact that AR-15 rifle sales skyrocketed in the days after the killings “insane behavior” on our part.
“To me, this is a warped, twisted logic that bears no statistical analysis and makes no sense,” Morgan wrote. “Do you fight drug addiction with more cocaine? Alcoholism with more Jack Daniel’s? Of course, not. But woe betide anyone who dares suggest this.”
Morgan continued by explaining his problem with the Second Amendment saying,
I also understand, and respect, how there is an inherent national belief in America, based on their understanding of the 2nd Amendment, that everyone should be allowed to have a gun at home for the purposes of self-defence.
But where I have a big problem is when the unfortunately ambiguous wording of the 2nd Amendment is twisted to mean that anyone in America can have any firearm they want, however powerful, and in whatever quantity they want.
Ah, well, the cheeky Brit is protected by the right to free speech, and he bloody well knows it. He wrote, “I will not stop in my own efforts to keep the gun-control debate firmly in people’s minds, however much abuse I’m subjected to.” But he is fully aware the Brits don’t want him back, because there are several counter-petitions on the White House website demanding we keep him here in America.
And considering hardly anyone watches “Piers Morgan Tonight,” we can be assured bad behavior — like telling one guest, an American gun right activist, “You’re an unbelievably stupid man, aren’t you?” — won’t help his ratings.
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So long Piers, you won’t be missed, you hav’t done anything for this Country, so you can leave. Now our Founding Forfathers have done great things for our Great Country, and one of those things is the Second Amendment, now if you can,t come to this Country and respect our Constitution then I’ll be happy to help you pack your bags..
I wish he would deport himself, and all the others who are stupid enough to think that if you take guns away from citizens, you will deter crime. Crime is committed by criminals who have weapons. You only help crime grow and make citizens vulnerable to violence when you take legally owned guns away from good people. Look at Australia, New Zealand, Britain, etc…. Look at their crime rate. Mr. Morgan, so long….go where you are more comfortable and happy!
Piers Morgan is an insufferable oaf and a first class buffoon. He has zero interview skill, zero journalistic ethics, and zero integrity…not to mention a serious lack of understanding of how the real world works. I just hope he buggers off back to the UK or Australia, and doesn’t come to South Africa and irritate us in this part of the world.
The reason we fought the American Revolution was so The Damn Brits could not tell us what to do.
And here comes yet another British boil to to be excised.
There’s the door, you marvelous twit. Don’t let it hit your fat arse on your way out .
I apologize for the double article “to” in line 2.
Nothing else.
I got what you meant.
Amen…………..if England is so great………..why are you here?
Hey Pierce, let me know when you want to leave and I’ll buy the ticket!!!
Please leave our great country…………go back to yours and raise your daughter………..how dare you try to change our constitution….
you are SOOOO THICK!!! so you WANT your school teachers to have guns do you? omg you are RETARDED! GREAT COUNTRY…HAHAHAHAH dont make me laugh you are so deluded its UNREAL!!! wake up dead head!!
more worreid about some stupid document than your kids, yeah wow great country! lololol
You are either a troll or immensely juvenile. Please go work on your grammar if you wish to be taken seriously, then you can come and talk to the grown-ups.
And yes: the US constitution is that important, you imbecile.
I would like to point out that “UKRULES” doesn’t speak for the majority here, though it is indeed a product of our education system, as is Piers Moron.
Please ignore the grammatically atrocious, “text speak” he & his ilk thrust upon us, along with his patently ignorance driven views.
Oh: Please DO keep Piers Moron in the US as I don’t want him once more polluting the airwaves over here.
Is there a country that will have him?One comes to mind,perhaps Pakistan,they do need to be enlighted.
Actually grown ups would know whats really going on here, and its bullying plain and simple, you guys say what ever about pierce thats america we have the right, but when you attack him for simpley wanting to save lives then thats bullying, you dont accept anyone who does not see the world through your eyes.
Lets hit some key points here, you will hear people saying Piers dont try to change or take away our second anendment…….fact is pier never suggested such a thing he just wants to keep the assault rifles off the streets, limit magazine clips and make stricter rules for keeping a firearm, there is no argument to dispute this, piers has never suggested to do away with the 2 nd amendment just keep it from being abused, any person with any kind of intelligence would know that the world was alot different when the constitution was wrote, hence why jefferson suggested revisiting the document every 20 years, they didnt even know back then what type of weapons we would have today people .
here is another lil bit that bothers me, every one tells piers go back home you brit, just know that every person here in america came from some where else well that is unless your american indian, who because of american guns had everything taken from them, every part of them was viciousley raped and destroyed, and why…..because of guns , fact is if the ” americans ” who came to this country did not have any guns they would of gotten there ass kiked right back to europe.
I find that most people get their knowledge of the second amendment from “what they hear” because fact is if you read it its not a clear cut case for americans owning assault rifles, Americans definetley have the right to bear arms , but anyone with an I q knows you have to have limits, assault rifles should not be tolerated in todays society, we are supposing to be evolving as a people, with that I say good show piers, I support anyone who trys to save a life, “its the people not the guns” is a very accurate statement, lets join piers and try to make it harder for the bad “people” to get the assault rifles that kill our loved ones.
Do you need help packing, Piers? I would be happy to buy you the one way ticket.
I certainly hope he has reason to leave, I don’t want to see our constitution abandoned. Good Bye Piers, you won’t be missed.
Empty threat. Mr. Morgan CHOSE to move to America and CHOOSES to remain here. He is NOT an American. He is British by birth and he can go home anytime he wants to leave, but he has no intention of leaving the US. He knows he has it better here than any other place in the world. This is simply a transparent effort by an insignificant man desperate for any publicity to boost his flagging TV ratings. If he actually liked socialism, he’s still be in England. Before he came to America he was found by the Press Complaints Commission in England to have breached the Code of Conduct on financial journalism and later he was fired as Editor of the Daily Mirror when it was proved he printed fake photos of British troops supposedly abusing Iraqi prisoners. He is a total fraud!
Pack your Shit & Leave Piers! Take Bob Costa with you!