Quite incredible that Bob Costas makes an impassioned plea for less handguns, and Americans go crazy with indignation. He's 100% right.
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Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 03, 2012Sportscaster Bob Costas might have stolen the spotlight by hijacking Sunday Night Football to deliver a sermon on the evils of guns, but CNN’s Piers Morgan wants you to know that he’s been consistently first to the scene of every high-profile gun crime, calling out for gun control. Morgan, of course, lends the perspective of a bemused non-citizen, enabling him to step back and observe as “Americans go crazy with indignation” when their Constitutional rights are questioned.
Fox’s Brit Hume tweeted that Costas had managed to “cite all known gun control clichés” during his brief rant, but Morgan was there to offer even more.
The 2nd amendment was devised with muskets in mind, not high-powered handguns & assault rifles. Fact.—
Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 03, 2012
@piersmorgan It was devised 4 people 2b able 2 protect themselves w same type of weaponry used by those from whom they might need protection—
Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) December 03, 2012
@caroljsroth Where exactly does it say that in the Constitution – must have missed it?—
Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 03, 2012
@piersmorgan right next to the word "muskets"—
Carol Roth (@caroljsroth) December 03, 2012
Zing!
I don't normally say this, but follow @caroljsroth. This was an EPIC beclowning that she did: twitpic.com/biw5po—
Moe Lane (@moelane) December 04, 2012
Epic, indeed.
Boy, we Americans do cling to outdated, musty old pieces of paper, don’t we? What were those crazy Founding Fathers thinking, anyway?
The 2nd Amendment was devised with liberty and tyrants in mind. Fact. @piersmorgan—
Pablo (@Pablo_1791) December 03, 2012
.@RBPundit @piersmorgan The founders created the constitution to protect us from incursion & tyranny. The types of firearms are immaterial—
teal (@sirenidica) December 03, 2012
@piersmorgan 2nd amdmnt was designed to give the people the ability to defend themselves from the govt w/ ARMS (power of arms is irrelevant)—
Loudmouth Elephant (@LMElephantBlog) December 03, 2012
.@piersmorgan: The 1st amendment was devised with printing presses in mind, not social media & cable television. Fact.—
(@CamEdwards) December 03, 2012
How does the concept change? RT @piersmorgan: The 2nd amendment was devised with muskets in mind, not high-powered handguns & assault rifles—
blackMcConaughey (@LeoLesoro) December 03, 2012
@CamEdwards @piersmorgan And yet the freedom to speak and express is STILL just as sacred
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(@MsLamanda) December 03, 2012
@piersmorgan And free speech was devised with newspapers in mind, not the internet, radio or television. Your point is…….?—
David Ashford (@kaptainkremen) December 03, 2012
@piersmorgan That's like saying that freedom of the press was only intended for newspapers since TV and radio didn't exist yet.—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) December 03, 2012
Time to shut your show down, since it isn't protected by the 1st. #fail RT @piersmorgan 2nd amendment was devised with muskets in mind—
Linoge (@linoge_wotc) December 03, 2012
So, why is that cities with strict control laws seem to have the highest rates of gun crime?
It's awash with guns stolen from other Cities > RT @jcourtney2406 @piersmorgan Chicago has strictest gun laws, yet the most violent crime.—
Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 03, 2012
Does Morgan understand guns themselves any better than he does the Second Amendment?
Define "high powered" handgun, thanks. @piersmorgan—
RB (@RBPundit) December 03, 2012
@piersmorgan You also have to really understand what the phrase "assault rifle" really means before jumping on the ban bandwagon.—
SocialDeception (@socdec) December 03, 2012
We’d said that Morgan was quick to jump on any high-profile gun fatality to push for gun control, but there were a couple of incidents that didn’t rate much of an outcry from CNN and the rest of the mainstream media.
If Jovan Belcher had killed Brian Terry or Ambassador Chris Stevens, the media wouldn't want to talk about it anymore.—
Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 03, 2012
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