Piers Morgan got upset when I explained the basis for the 2nd Amendment, then called Constitution #YourLittleBook. Whew.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 11, 2013
Breitbart editor-at-large Ben Shapiro made a fantastic appearance on Piers Morgan’s CNN show tonight. For anyone who’s ever seen Shapiro speak, suffice it to say that he did not present as easy a target for Morgan’s condescension as Alex Jones.
Ben Shapiro just told Piers Morgan. Yes, Piers does stand on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook.
— Adorable Deplorable (@MyFlagIsBest) January 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/baileymwood_/status/289558529491234816
"All I'm asking is for you to be philosophically consistent." Ben Shapiro to @PiersMorgan , interesting gun control debate going on now #CNN
— Elizabeth Cherneff (@echerneff) January 11, 2013
@piersmorgan debate tactics: 1. avoid the question 2. smear the opponent 3. straw man 4. attacking opponent's appearance 5. sneer 6. repeat!
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) January 11, 2013
Shapiro repeatedly tried to get Morgan to answer whether he would support a broad, British-style blanket gun ban as a solution to Chicago-style gun crime, noting that most such crimes are committed with non-assault weapons. Morgan wouldn’t answer, and Shapiro shot back with the fact that handguns cause much more death than assault rifles, and that it was illogical to ban only the less widely used guns. He also suggested stricter background checks as a solution.
"They need them for the prospective possibility of resistance to tyranny" @BenShapiro on why Americans need assault weapons
— Piers Morgan Live (@PiersMorganLive) January 11, 2013
Shapiro said he feared what could happen “in the next 50 or 100 years.” Morgan, the subject of a petition to have him deported, considered it absurd to think that the U.S. government could ever — even in the distant future — turn tyrannical.
Piers Morgan says it's absurd to believe that sometimes governments become tyrannical. Piers Morgan doesn't know much about history!
— Donna (@Donna4Liberty) January 11, 2013
Shapiro refused to be lumped with Alex Jones, and responded with a list of democracies that went bad in the 20th Century. Shapiro calmly noted that while both he and his children may die before such an event, the point of the Second Amendment is to prevent it from ever happening.
RT @bdlerch: @benshapiro is opening up a can of whoop-ass on @piersmorgan. It's great TV.
— Dos Mas Cervezas (@DosMasCervezas) January 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/kiradavis422/status/289561037009731584
Oooish! This young man really came prepared for Piers Morgan! He's just rattling, and the look on his face plus his body language. Woooo `.`
— Annette H Condobrey (@annetto_Obrey) January 11, 2013
Sudafed on set…@PiersMorgan demonstrating how he could not buy 6 packets of antihistamines legally, but could buy an assault rifle.
— Piers Morgan Live (@PiersMorganLive) January 11, 2013
Yes, Musket, overcriminalization is a problem — and we should review that law regarding your Sudafed. So, your point is?
Piers Morgan just said he is Ronald Reagan, or something
— Kev (@KevDough) January 11, 2013
Actually, Morgan was just reading a letter in which Ronald Reagan supported an assault weapons ban. Shapiro’s response: “So?” Great stuff.
@benshapiro so what if Reagan backed an assault weapons ban? They tried it, it failed. There are more guns & fewer murders 2day @piersmorgan
— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) January 11, 2013
Hey @CNN, Maybe you should dump @piersmorgan and give @benshapiro the show. #MoreViewers
— Bob ن (@BobHicks_) January 11, 2013
By the end of it, media bully-in-chief Morgan was accusing Shapiro of bullying him! Astonishing, especially considering the type of horrible (and borderline anti-Semitic) things said about Shapiro by Morgan’s supporters.
https://twitter.com/Pecinov/status/289561526371745792
Morgan, obviously bothered by his drubbing, continued to trash Shapiro behind his back but in front of his much more sympathetic follow-up guests, to whom he declared his great admiration and respect for the U.S. Constitution — the same document he just minutes before had deemed to be Shapiro’s “little book.”
Bravo. Even though Morgan trashed you later. /RT @benshapiro: Well, that was fun 🙂
— Tim Peck ?? (@timothypeck) January 11, 2013
That's right, Piers. #YourLittleBook is my Constitution.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 11, 2013
What's in #YourLittleBook? The 2nd Amendment is in mine.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 11, 2013
Hmmm. Wonder if @piersmorgan cares that a lot of folks have fought for, and some died, #YourLittleBook. @benshapiro
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 11, 2013
Video here:
Kudos to @benshapiro for his appearance on @piersmorgan http://t.co/zHjQafzs #DPRS
— Dennis Prager (@DennisPrager) January 11, 2013
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