Tonight, Piers Morgan took to Twitter to proudly display his bigotry against law-abiding gun owners.
It started when Morgan’s CNN colleague Dana Loesch tweeted that she had taken some friends to her gun range earlier today.
Took a crew of friends to my home range where we fired all manner of rifles, pistols, and yes, some fully auto. #Merica
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 6, 2013
My AR-15 with standard capacity mag to the side there. http://t.co/7kDnRiAa3j
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 6, 2013
Loesch did not violate any law. She is a responsible, law-abiding gun owner.
Nevertheless, Morgan had some issues:
Yee-haw! > RT @DLoesch Took crew of friends to my home range where we fired all manner of rifles, pistols, and yes, some fully auto. #Merica
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2013
The assault rifle used at Aurora & Sandy Hook > RT @DLoesch My AR-15 with standard capacity mag to the side there. http://t.co/dnt8nPlTQi
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2013
Like Mrs Lanza? > RT @DLoesch @piersmorgan And everyone safe with all these rifles in the hands of law-abiding citizens!
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2013
Wait. What?
Let’s spell out Morgan’s logic:
- Dana Loesch is a law-abiding owner.
- Nancy Lanza was a law-abiding gun-owner.
- Therefore, Dana Loesch is like Nancy Lanza.
- By implication, Loesch’s children are potential mass murderers. Just like Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza!
When Loesch questioned Morgan’s logic, he doubled down:
No. But she was a law-abiding, gun-loving, AR-15 owning citizen like you > RT @DLoesch @piersmorgan Are you calling me Nancy Lanza?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2013
No @DLoesch – I'm saying Adam Lanza and his mother were both 'law-abiding citizens' with a house full of guns. Then he shot up a school.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2013
No @DLoesch – that's not what I said. You insist law-abiding citizens with AR-15s don't kill people. The Lanzas were law-abiding citizens.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 6, 2013
Of course, every criminal is law-abiding up until the moment he or she commits a crime. It’s tautological. One could just as easily argue that since serial rapists are law-abiding initially, all law-abiding people must be viewed as potential serial rapists.
It is, in short, an insipid, utterly pointless attack on Loesch and her family.
This much is clear: Sneering Musket Morgan is not just content to stand on the graves of dead children in the name of gun control. He’ll happily smear the parents and children of any law-abiding, gun-owning family who dare to defend and enjoy their Second Amendent rights publicly.
Meanwhile, he continues to lionize a gun-loving, violence-glorifying rapper who has had multiple run-ins with the law.
That’s liberal “logic” for you.
Editor’s note: The typo in the headline has been fixed.
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