Posted on 02/07/2013 10:59:39 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
CNN's Piers Morgan invoked the death of Trayvon Martin to support his case for gun control, but the brother of Martin's accused shooter George Zimmerman had a retort ready on Tuesday's Piers Morgan Tonight.
"You would accept, would you not, that if your brother had not gone out armed with a gun that day, Trayvon Martin would be celebrating his 18th birthday today," Morgan first pressed Zimmerman.
But Zimmerman responded with his side of the story: "You know, there's no telling what would have happened. We don't know if we would have been commemorating shortly the one-year anniversary that George was another statistic, another person killed at the hands of his attacker."
He added, "You know, you can only slam someone's head violently into the concrete so many times. You can only break someone's nose and sit on them for so long while they're screaming for help for over a minute before that person has to take some kind of action."
What was clear was that there were two sides to the debate, but the liberal CNN host was the one taking a position against his lone guest. The journalist, not a liberal guest, pushed for gun control...
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If George Zimmerman didn’t have a gun, he’d be dead now, and it would be all good. Right, Morgan?
See my tagline.
If someone was getting beaten on the street, I’d use a gun to defend them. If the someone was Piers Morgan, I’d think about it.
I wish I knew how to use photoshop on his images.
My prayer is that Piers Morgan will run into one of these little hoodie-bedecked Trayvons* while walking from his favorite bar to his apartment some night.
Boy, will that sissy change his tune!
* Trayvon: a fifth-generation welfare recipient crack baby.
Mark Omara Press Conference Right After the Pre-trial Hearing - Feb 5, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GwwXM349fh0
O’Mara on the DeeDee/Crump interview:
“We know there was a camera there”
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