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David Gregory, Piers Morgan Under Assault Over Guns
Daily Download ^ | 12/26/2012 | Howard Kurtz

Posted on 12/26/2012 10:40:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind

I seriously doubt that he’s going to jail. But the D.C. Police Department apparently has nothing better to do than examine whether he violated the city’s gun laws.

Was the moderator of Meet the Press caught on tape, armed and dangerous, liberating a few Slurpees from a 7-Eleven? No, he waved a high-capacity ammunition clip on the air while interviewing Wayne LaPierre, asking it shouldn’t be banned.

Was it a stunt? Yep, and an eye-catching one. Was Gregory being aggressive with the NRA chief, or seeming to push gun control in a confrontational interview? All that is up for debate.

But a police probe over what I assume was an empty ammo clip is a total waste of time. What it demonstrates above all is that journalists are getting ensnared in the political war over gun control.

Even more absurd than a criminal inquiry into David Gregory is an effort by pro-gun enthusiasts to kick Piers Morgan out of the country. His crime? Carrying on a passionate crusade for gun control.

Thus, more than 68,000people have signed a petition urging that the CNN host be deported back to Britain. That’s right, they are so outraged about his perceived attack on the Second Amendment that they’re willing to ignore the First by banishing Morgan for his views.

I’m not going to defend Piers telling gun advocate Larry Pratt, “You’re an unbelievably stupid man, aren’t you?” But raising the specter of deportation is ludicrous.

Morgan has been cheeky on Twitter, saying: “If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?”

The gun issue, in the wake of Newtown, could not be more serious. These sideshows are anything but.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abovethelaw; banglist; davidgregory; guncontrol; guns; piersmorgan; secondamendment; thedailymail; unitedkingdom
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To: NoGrayZone
New petition urges US to keep Piers Morgan 'because UK doesn't want him
21 posted on 12/26/2012 11:07:57 AM PST by NeoCaveman (SMOD 2012)
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To: NeoCaveman

How did we end up with him? I thought UK sent their undesirables to Australia.


22 posted on 12/26/2012 11:10:10 AM PST by Morris70
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To: SeekAndFind

Someone should fire warning shots.


23 posted on 12/26/2012 11:12:03 AM PST by righttackle44 (Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
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To: Morris70
How did we end up with him? I thought UK sent their undesirables to Australia.

For some reason, CNN outbid them.

24 posted on 12/26/2012 11:15:31 AM PST by NeoCaveman (SMOD 2012)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a ridiculous law.


25 posted on 12/26/2012 11:15:48 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a ridiculous law.


26 posted on 12/26/2012 11:15:48 AM PST by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: SeekAndFind
That’s right, they are so outraged about his perceived attack on the Second Amendment that they’re willing to ignore the First by banishing Morgan for his views.

The 68,000 that signed the petition don't have the first amendment soapbox that Morgan does so they are using this platform to exercise their First Amendment rights. Not many people signing this petition think deportation would actually happen (nice as it sounds) and are only doing so to make a statement. Liberals have trouble recognizing irony in the tripe they write.

27 posted on 12/26/2012 11:18:03 AM PST by Starstruck (Washinton is presently building a diving board on the fiscal cliff)
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To: SeekAndFind
David Gregory, Piers Morgan ...

Just a meeting of the Whining Wankers Union.

28 posted on 12/26/2012 11:18:15 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Morris70; All
How did we end up with him?
I thought UK sent their undesirables to Australia.
save the airfare..send both to Detroit, MI / East St. Louis, IL. & Newark, NJ....
one thing is common to these cities: they're all run by (have a history of) Liberals.

29 posted on 12/26/2012 11:18:45 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :-)
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To: SeekAndFind

Probably got it from ‘Gun-Runner’ Holder.


30 posted on 12/26/2012 11:27:35 AM PST by RedMDer
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To: SeekAndFind

Advocates of banning magazines above a certain capacity ask who needs them. Putting aside that we tread on dangerous ground when we put any Constitutional right to a test of need (for example, who really needs to trample on the American flag?), the burden of proof is that the cost of such a ban will be justified by improving public safety. In an era of trillion dollar federal deficits, this raises a question of best use of finite government resources. If history is any guide, few people who already own any of the estimated 100 million such magazines in private hands can be expected to turn them in. Aren’t we better off allocating our money to improve school safety rather than fund a war on newly-outlawed firearm accessories?

I would remind people that while we are now having a “national conversation” on firearms regulations, we have yet to have a similar conversation about what changes we must make to the treatment of citizens with mental health issues, not to mention how we are going to fund any changes that we decide to make.

If we get down the road a few months on these topics and the loudest voices on the left still give the highest priority to funding the waging of a new war on firearms accessories, above funding improvements in mental health or school safety, we will know who the real ‘gun nuts’ are. And they won’t be the people with NRA bumper stickers.


31 posted on 12/26/2012 11:27:46 AM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: gitmo

Yes, I agree it is a ridiculous law. And I think holding Democrats to the standard of the ridiculous law of their own making is a good tactic. Straight out of Alinsky’s playbook.

There was a story yesterday that chimpy-boy’s producers tried to get prior approval from the Metro Police Department, were denied, and went ahead with the stunt knowing full well it was illegal. We must keep the pressure on MPD.


32 posted on 12/26/2012 11:44:53 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Criticism is an assault? Is there an assault on gun owners, maybe?


33 posted on 12/26/2012 11:45:18 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: NoGrayZone
As I understand it, Piers is NOT an American citizen; therefore, he has NO protection under the 1st amendment.

Hmmm, ILLEGALS aren't citizens but they have more rights than I do, so I'm guessing Piers will be protected as well.

34 posted on 12/26/2012 11:45:31 AM PST by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: SeekAndFind

First, Piers is a foreigner trying to muck around in a foreign country’s politics. We aren’t over there trying to change how they run themselves. I know exactly the response we’d get, and it would be SOD OFF or EFF OFF or worse.


35 posted on 12/26/2012 11:49:33 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: SeekAndFind
What it demonstrates above all is that journalists are getting ensnared in the political war over gun control.

What it demonstrates is that the media is on the same side as the far left and have been for decades.

36 posted on 12/26/2012 11:58:16 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The one thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that crminals will always get them.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Howard Kurtz feels that this pile of dirt is ready to be swept under the media rug.
37 posted on 12/26/2012 11:59:57 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: jimbo123
re; #5, A great image find and a reminder of our current dual system of justice that is so similar to that dual justice system that helped to push our Founders toward our Revolution.
38 posted on 12/26/2012 12:06:30 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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To: SeekAndFind
Gregory showed how easy it is for someone to illegally get arms...haha.

Why would additional laws do any good? Even the media transgresses them!

39 posted on 12/26/2012 12:09:58 PM PST by what's up
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To: SeekAndFind
Morgan has been cheeky on Twitter, saying: “If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?”

Is it a crime to actively strive to deprive legal citizens of a Constitutional right?

40 posted on 12/26/2012 12:13:05 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah, so shall it be again,")
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