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Coming up this evening at 9 p.m., "Piers Morgan Tonight" welcomes Mayor Michael Bloomberg for a candid commentary on gun control.
On the heels of Friday's deadly shooting in Aurora, CO, the head of the executive branch of New York City's government feels a certain personal accountability when the topic turns towards bettering the nation:
"I have a responsibility, just like you do, just like everybody does in this country, to try to address the key issues," he tells Piers Morgan. "You and I can't solve the problem, but we can demand that those elected officials who are - or want to be in charge, have a solution to the problem."
A co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns – a coalition of more than 600 mayors fighting illegal gun trafficking and gun violence – Bloomberg suggest his particular position demands more action than those holding other offices:
"Across this country, mayors in every city have to address the guns on the street issue, some more effectively than others. But mayors are about solutions. They aren't about talking," says New York City's mayor since 2002. "It would be laughable to say to a mayor, 'Well, what are you going to do' and him saying, 'Well, I've just - I really feel your pain.' That's not what they would say. They'd never get away with that. Unfortunately, we don't hold other levels of government to that standard."
Watch the clip, and listen to the interview, then tune in this evening at 9 p.m. as the only man to ever serve three consecutive terms as the Mayor of New York City sits down for a primetime exclusive interview.
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Gun control is a critical debate. But if the smoke we see reveals fire, if James Holmes is seriously mentally ill, Mayor Bloomberg might want to consider steps to stoping flare-ups of psychosis first. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Rikers Island is among the top 4 inpatient facilities for mentally ill people because governement at all levels keeps cutting mental health services. The result, according to the DOJ, is about 50% of all inmates have symptoms of serious mental illness. I look forward to joining Piers tonight and hope to have the chance to ask his Honor about putting out fires before they start with as much vigor as his advocy for more fire extinguishers (gun control).
I am no scientist by any means, but I believe that if laws are passed for "more gun control" it will only stop honest people from buying guns. Criminal's do not follow the laws, thus that is why they are criminals. This shooting in Colorado is horrific and heart breaking, but I do not believe gun control would have prevented this, when criminals want something, they will do whatever it takes to accomplish their goals.
The far left, including CNN and Piers Morgan, scream for gun control when something like the theater killings happen.
However, they are the same people in bed with Hollywood who promotes these kinds of terrors on 95% of movies produced. How ironic that people were in the theater to watch the same type of mayhem. Let's hear the news media criticize movie-makers for a change for producing pictures that glorify guns.
i totally agree with you!! why are people that are convicted of murder or even attempted murder allowed the chance to reenter the public?!! in my opininion, any one that has even allowed the thought to enter their mind should be locked up or delt with otherwise!!!!! while a drug user has to do more time?!!!!! i am all for the nra, guns dont kill people, people do!!!! if a crazy person wants someone dead and cant get a gun, they will find an a alternative method!!!!!! and i feel the need to say this too, my grandmother was murded!! my family suffered greatly, it wasnt the guns fault!!!!!!! the fault was people and an early parole with good behavoir!!!!!! i was robbed of my grandmother growing up, but it was not the guns fault!!!! that guy was crazy and wouldve done it regaurdless!!!!!! there is more details than what ive said but they only lead to my belief that ive stated already!!!!!!! as far as tougher gun control is concerned, the only thing left to do is to teach kids growing up how to use them with strict discipline!!!!!!!
While you all debate gun control, the rest of us should be thinking of respectful and helpful ways to try and help these devastated victims and families.
while i know it does look that way,it shouldnt!!! its just bad communication!!! while my beliefs on tougher gun con control differ, my heart and my deepest sypathies go the famalies and loved ones lost in this tragedy and to those injured!!! i truely, taking all in into consideration, do not see how this couldve been prevented with out the early warning signs that shouldve gave him away a month ago or earlier when he ordered the gear. sorry, if that comes across insensitive. i believe he gave signs that shouldnt have been overlooked. responsibilities lie with those close to him and his up bringing.
Agree completely. If there were a fund established for the victims and their grieving families I would contribute. Much more productive than creating more government regulations that would do nothing to stop a determined miscreant.
I pray that president Obama make the right decision and change this gun problem....take them away completely. No more guns sold to anyone except the police.
SanbroSandrabrown obama is not a president, he's just sitting in the office. why do people like you think that laws will cause guns to just magically disappear. ask mayor daily his city banned hand guns and c\shooting and crime went up. what happened when the gov't banned alcohol. if the elected people had a pair they would enforce the laws on the books. even that won’t stop shooting, guns will flow from mexico even if sales would stop in the usa. obama would not want to stop the flow of anything from mexico because his votes are flowing from mexico.
YEP, ONLY THE POLICE....NO more Security Guards for the President or any Govt officials, Body Guards for movie stars, CEO's of corporations, no more Security Guards at the Airports, the banks or the malls, ONLY THE POLICE!! No more Military, State Guardsman or Reservists!!! ONLY the POLICE!!! Have you really thought this through SanbroSandraBrown?
If all guns are banned, then the police will not need them either. It worked for England?
Correction: I look forward to joining Piers tonight and hope to have the chance to ask his Honor about stopping fires before they start with as much vigor as his advocy for more fire extinguishers (gun control).
You asked Mayor Bloomberg why people don't rise up in outrage about gun control. There are angry people on both sides but when you contact your representatives they respond with a form letter. Our voices (especially voices in the middle) don't get heard anymore.
Please demand free media.
Sarah ask the mayor what’s going to convince the criminals to give up their guns? Gun laws only work for law abiding people. HELL will freeze over before criminals give up their guns. All this is lip service by rich people to make themselves look like they are doing something. piers morgan is like so many other do-gooders who try to convince the general public that their policies will work. it’s all smoke screens. bloombury nor piers has to live where we live they live in gated communities with guards with GUNS. For the rest of us who live in the real world has to fend for ourselves. REMEMBER BLOOMBURG IS ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU.
Free media. Free CNN. Stop blocking reply.
He stated that only the police use body armor, so why do people need armor piercing ammo? Bad guys wear armor too!! Armor is available to ANYONE for the right price. We have a right to defend ourselves from from ANY enemy to our person and property.
Thats the point! There should be no way available for a person good or bad to purchase that type of equipment. As you can see...it's always the bad ones exploiting it! I believe in the right to bear arms by the American citizens. But, I don't agree with the capability of any citizen being able to go in a local store and purchase an assault weapon with the same round capability, and no training on the weapon. In the Marines, we recieved extensive training on using basically the same rifle, only full automatic capabilities.
I really wish Piers would allow all views. These debates have been so one-side that it is pathetic and the worst I have seen so far on the news. I couldn't hardly believe my ears/eyes. Perhaps if Piers would listen to the other side of the story, as I thought you were supposed to on news interviews, he might just learn something. Gun laws only take guns from the law abiding citizens. I've talked to Piers' country men & women and heard how horrible they think it is for only criminal to have guns and they have no protection. Shame on your, Piers, for being so unfair because "you" happen to believe a certain way that you will not even allow anyone on the other side to tell their views and why they believe as they do.
If this guy were to drive his car into a crowed of people leaving the theater in the parking lot, killing 12 people and injuring 58 more would we be talking about banning cars? Law abiding citizens can own guns can own guns with using them illegally.
I agree with Bloomberg, its time for change and gun control must now be controlled. These deadly weapons are in the hands of unstable people and I wish Bloomberg was running for President, he has my vote
I say to you first and foremost get educated about guns. second, you obviously like your First Amendment right and the Second Amendment protects that right. Gun control does not do anything against the criminal only against LAW-ABIDING citizens. Grow up and educate your self first and foremost before you speak.
Tell that to the one who charged into a theatre of innocent people and slaughtered many of them. He could have had a better understanding of what the right of owning a rifle like that, and the body armour.
I have lost a lot respect for Piers tonight, he has an agenda and it really showed tonight. It didn't help him that the blood sucking lawyer wanted to ban all semiautomatic guns, so law abiding citizens should only have access to bolt action and black powder guns ? Its clear piers is part of an agenda to dearm the population through laws gradually passed by using events like this to "convince us" we should give up our second ammendment rights so there will no more of these incidents. Piers is not a journalist, he is a hired propagandist and he is not interested in honest debate, only furthering his cause and that of the people who put him on CNN to spew his propaganda.
Grow up huh? Well...then why is it JT that our country has a higher murder way, by FAR, than any of the other industrialized nations in this world? Look up the rates for yourself. The US MURDER RATE IS 5.22/100,000 PEOPLE. Germany's is only .8/100,000...and the rest of Europe and Canda's rates are 1.something/100,000 people. What say you?
I would have no problem doing that, I feel sry for those people, but you don't punish everyone for what one person does, do we? then look at the root cause and fix it not a so called solution that DOES NOT
I would have no problem doing that, I feel sry for those people, but you don't punish everyone for what one person does, do we? then look at the root cause and fix it not a so called solution that DOES NOT punish the innocent.
Thank goodness for Piers Morgan, you can see him being a European cannot comprehend why America continues to want to protect something soo obvious...guns should not, I repeat should not be in Nyones possession except a cop. What will it take for Americans to get it through their thik skulls...owning a gun is wrong and should not be permitted....8,000 deaths in the u.s. due to guns is outrageous.
Had Piers allowed his guest, John Loft, to utter a sentence, you would have known the other side of the story. Gun laws have not helped in the UK or anywhere else, for that matter. It only allows the criminals to have guns and law abiding citizens to have no protection. If you could hear some of the people in the UK talk about how horrible it is not to be able to protect themselves, perhaps you would change your mind, too. The real problem should be addressed here, which is depression/mental illness in this country. You also have to take into consideration how much bigger this country is than the UK when talking statistics. The statistics do show, tho, the UK's gun laws did nothing. And we aren't the UK or Europe & if you take a good look at those countries & what's happening & where they're going, I don't think any American would want to follow them.
all of my guns still have their factory issued serial numbers!!!!!! ive owned them and enjoyed them for over 15 years!!!!!! can anyone tell me why i was able to obptain a concealed carry permit for upstate ny, but i cannot carry in nyc (the same state)!!!!!!!!
AMEN TO THAT! Thank-you!!!! and Thank you PIERS..keep it up. There are millions of Americans on your side.
If people put put their emotions aside and look at the facts objectively, they would see that the countries that banned guns entirely saw their murder and violent crime rates increase. This would include England and Australia. If you just hate guns and want them banned, that is fine but don't try to pretend that you want it done to save lives.
Bloomberg for president? Ew, no thank you, please peddle your nanny state nonsense elsewhere, and feel free to take that fool Bloomberg with you.
Bloomberg keeps repeating "armor piercing bullets". We can not buy those, they are controlled by the ATF! Guns don't kill people, people do. No reason to restrict AR-15's, etc. If so, then you must ban ALL semi-automatic firearms. Ha, that will never happen. We have our rights.
You are a fool !!!!! GUNS kill. Gun control WORKS. Your logic is pathetic and always spoken by ignorant people.
NO guns don't kill anyone, the person who pulls the trigger is killing the person, gun control does not work, crime is worse in cities with the strictest gun control laws, so how does it work?????
LOL, yes, I can control my AR-15 just fine. I also will defend my house and my family. I also conceal carry a loaded 45ACP everywhere I go, including the movies, so does my wife. You are the fool. Guns don't kill people, people do. An A-15 is no different than any other semi-auto rifle. Morgan is clueless, an AR can't hold 100 rounds nor can it fire 100 rounds in 1 minute.
If you were in that theater R., you'd love to have a law abiding, licensed, trained person like me protecting you.
Have a nice day.
So how many times have you taken your AR to the movies to protect ppl? Your so stupid!!!
You, Piers Morgan and Mayor Bloomberg (who has armed security that the average citizen most of the time cannot afford) are ridiculous, guns kill, as well as knifes, bats, cars, bricks, you name it, many things can be used as weapons to create bodily harm. You can restrict gun ownership all you want, but you will never be able to restrict or determine evil intent, Law abiding citizens who carry weapons with permits and had to have training and take classes strictly for protection DONT kill people, CRIMINALS on a daily basis who could give two flips about gun control laws, who will get their hands on illegal weapons regardless, KILL PEOPLE. Then there's the occasional mentally unstable person as well who commit attrocities such as in CO. Once again, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS need to be able to protect themselves from people who meet the above criteria because you never know when it can happen to you, not to say just because you have a legal carry gun you will make it out alive in any self defense situation, but i rather have a slim chance than no chance at all.
So true, well said.
GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF WHERE GUN CONTROL REALLY WORKED.
Show me ONE PLACE in the world that gun control works. ONE. If you ban all guns then ONLY criminals will have guns! Ask England! There are 6 MILLION American citizens with concealed carry permits. Gun CRIME is dropping. ALL crime is dropping in America. 6 MILLION citizens carrying concealed weapons. Protecting themselves, their families, the person next to them, when there are no policemen around. You want to take that ability away from law abiding citizens??? I tell you what. If you find yourself in a situation where you NEED a gun and don't have one, but the man next to you does, remember you wanted to take his gun away when he saves your life.
I am honored to listen to one of the most intelligent men in America – MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. I would love to see him run for President. I would vote for him in a heartbeat. He's logical, bright, smart, a great speaker but unfortunately he is too smart and won't run. What a loss for the Country but I understand how he feels. PLEASE listen carefully to him, Americans.
You must be one of his followers and are blind to the real world.
No, I'm just a lot more intelligent than you.
You are an idiot! I believe in the right to bear arms. Just not the availibility of the type of weapons available to the public who don't carry a license, or any training. You'd think differently if you were the first on he aimed at. By the way...My friends AR-15 doesn't do worth a crap at deer hunting. Not even close in the distance, or range. Don't tell me you need them for hunting.
I liked him until listening to his uneducated, mindless debate on this show, he;s is quite clueless I must say.
No you truly are not more intelligent, Just blindly following. You want more gun control, but yet it will never help, criminals don't follow the law, so how does making more laws hurt the criminals, IT doesn't it only hurts the law-abiding people. no one tells you what you can do, so don't tell anyone else what they can do. Remember innocent to proven guilty, or do you not believe in to too.
Alcohol will ruin more lives and kill more people than guns in america this year we never see anybody want to do away with alcohol LEAVE THE GUNS ALONE!
Don't forget Obama and Romney are politicians, and the art of politics is to delay a decision until it is no longer relevant.
I like everyone feel bad for the victems of the latest shooting.
Controling guns do not help this problem, criminals will get them any way. The sulution is more armed and trained citizens – and the removal of most gun free zones.
And I have a right and a duty to defend myself and my family anywhere danger comes about (even in a movie theater.
I do agree we need gun control – use both hands.
It's narrow-minded people like you who keep the country in the deep hole it's in. Why don't you try to learn something NEW and read about gun control results and read about other countries who have more gun control and the success it brings? Your mind is STUCK IN THE MUCK and I doubt you'll ever learn anything. sad
Why don't you mind your own business because i doubt you live in this country. And YOU need to learn something, and quit bossing others around TROLL>>>>
I just ordered 1000 rounds online, how do you like that goofy? It should be a law to own a gun, just like several cities in the US. It's against the law living there without a gun. Guess what the crime rate is? Zero.
Oh now John, don't get so upset. I am an American citizen. And yes, you should educate yourself on this whole issue before you expound your ignorant and outdated views. And it doesn't say much for your character (or lack thereof) to start calling people names.
YOu can't compare America to these other countries. Americans have always had guns. They are part of American history. America also has large and impoverished black and hispanic populations ( mostly mexican) where most of the crime occurs. The crime and poverty rates in White and Asian american communities is roughly equal to that of Europe and Canada.
R....you are completely correct. You see, the problem is the American educational system. These people who are chanting down Piers are clearly uneducated.....because if they were educated, they would know how to research these things and would clearly see that our country ranks #1 on the list of murders among civilized countries at 5.22/100,000.! Germany has a murder rate of .8/100,000 and they have strict gun control laws. The rest of Europe and Canada also have strict gun control laws and have murder rates around 1.3/100,000 people...(you can look up the murder rates online). it's so stupid to defend these murder weapons.
If it was me that felt the earge to reply to your comment I would have signed my name to it. If defending myself is old fashioned – I guess laying down and rolling for the criminal is the current trend?
DR, You can't compare a country like England to the entire USof A. That entire country is only 50,345 sq miles. The state of Colorado is 104,100 sq miles (twice as large). Germany and other European COUNTRIES are just as small. Actually, that canbe said about countries on other continents as well. Now if someone wants to debate a SECTION of the United States, so be it., But you can't compare Country to Country, the US of A is just to large.
Oops, meant to type DM.
And if someone wants to debate a section of the United States, Make sure the sq mileage is the same.
We should stop people from owning guns: it is bad for them. We should stop people from drinking large soda pops: it is bad for them. Whats really bad is wasting valuable air time listening to this "person" and if P. Morgan says he is not from the US but condems all of the American Citizens one more time, some one should give him a large soda pop and send him back accross the Atlantic. Come on CNN... can't you find another person on this planet with a bit of sense? I watch CNN for news and watch Erin and Anderson... no more of this hokey show.
So glad to see CNN talking about the issue of gun control and prevention strategies-how many more mass shootings do we need to see before we realize that we should have more restrictions on guns. An 18 year old can go out a get a gun permit but yet can't get a drink in a bar, someone can "lose" their gun and then not be accountable for misuse of it. You can't go out and buy a drum full of sudafed becuase you might make meth but yet you can buy a drum barrell fun of bullets-something is wrong here...conditions change, communities change and values change- so should our laws.
The laws set forth by our founding fathers was for our freedom, Honestly if you want strict gun control, MOVE to another country.
Don't get personal. You have no idea where I live and it's irrelevant. I have a right to my views and you should listen to others. You might actually learn something!
No, this is my country and I have a right to my views....and I have a right to say to you that you are obviously uneducated...because if you were..you wouldn't be saying the things you are saying.
The first R is right and i support them and the second amend. the second R. that replied needs to learn something....
If some nut wants to kill someone he will find a way with or without a gun. Make the punishments more harsh...ie death penalty. 911 was one of America's worst days...they used planes, should we get rid of all the planes. Some nut use cars to run people off roads and cause deadly wrecks...do we get rid of all cars. Better answers than to ban all guns. Gun makers have gun locks supplied with the purchase of new guns. Guns are not complicated pieces of machinery...lots of people could make one from scratch if needed. The American Indian used the bow and arrow and war clubs and spears and knives...if someone wants to kill he will find a way...even without guns.
Just watched a little of your show and have became out raged over Michael Bloomberg assestment over gun control. I have a right to protect myself and my family especially from idiots like the one in Colorodo. Is it a sad state of affairs when something like this happens. I feel however that if a citizen or citizens were able to have a gun on their hip this clown maybe just maybe wouldn't have killed all those patrons at the movie. In fact he might have been stopped or killed if a few armed citizens were able to carry a conceled weapon. Trust the police Bloomberg? yea when they show up after 5 min I dont think so. My family and my life are more important to risk it on the hopes that the response time is in question. So Bloomberg nice words in a world of no sin, crazy's and lunatics. But this is the real world we must protect ourselfs at all time. Clean up New York first then talk....( not sponsered by the NRA)
I am in absolute agreement with Mayor Bloomberg. It is time for our elected, and those who want to be elected, officials to take the power away from the NRA and the criminals. Citizens and the police should be demanding answers and resolutions to this obviously horrific problem. Thank you for discussing the interpretation of the 2nd amendment. It's about time. Mayor Bloomberg for president!!
Amen Sarah! He's so intelligent and such a great person. I've been wishing for a long time that he would run for president !!!!!!!!!!!
both of you you need to close your mouths and get off your knees
I agree C....
You, Piers Morgan and Mayor Bloomberg (who has armed security that the average citizen most of the time cannot afford) are ridiculous, guns kill, as well as knifes, bats, cars, bricks, you name it, many things can be used as weapons to create bodily harm. You can restrict gun ownership all you want, but you will never be able to restrict or determine evil intent, Law abiding citizens who carry weapons with permits and had to have training and take classes strictly for protection DONT kill people, CRIMINALS on a daily basis who could give two flips about gun control laws, who will get their hands on illegal weapons regardless, KILL PEOPLE. Then there's the occasional mentally unstable person as well who commit attrocities such as in CO. Once again, LAW ABIDING CITIZENS need to be able to protect themselves from people who meet the above criteria because you never know when it can happen to you, not to say just because you have a legal carry gun you will make it out alive in any self defense situation, but i rather have a slim chance than no chance at all.
Thanks, Piers Morgan for keeping this discussion going?
Thanks, Mayor Bloomberg, for being brave enough to speak out. I'd vote for you on this one issue alone!
I really respect Mayor Bloomberg! Guns have gotten out of hand in this country. A simple gun will do the trick if someone is threatening another's security. WE DON'T NEED ASSAULT WEAPONS - EVER!!!!! I also agree with another comment that we need to look into the mental health issues in this country. Stricter gun regulations and mental health care would no doubt mean a much safer America. Thank you for your thought, Mayer Bloomberg!!!
As a Police Chief, I would like to ask why hold the gun responible for a person's action and not the person. Alcohol kills more people the guns but you will not hear the Mayor push for the banning of alcohol. Same for drugs. Mayor just said that if there was a disease that would kill 48,000 people, it would be a top story. Again alcohol and other abused drugs but those are untouchable subjects. I agree that gun control may need to be reviewed but a person's needs to be held accountable for their own actions. There are so many federal laws about firearms, but they are rarely enforced. We need to enforce these laws. Gun control is not the only answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about treating those who commit crimes as criminals not no longer allowing them to live very comfortable lives in a country club that is called prison. We have became so worried about the criminals rights that we have given up our own rights. There is so much that can be said. And now all we need is Michael Moore is grace us with his (lack of reality) knowledge!!!!!!!
Piers Morgan is a tool – First to interrupt someone he doesn't agree with just to prove his own point. I still can't figure out why anyone wants this tabloid jack a** on tv.
Because Morgan's intelligence is being insulted by the "Tool" who came on his show to speak up on behalf of semi-automatic weapon ownership, PARTICULARLY in the wake of a national tragedy. This isn't about the right to own a hand weapon or a carry conceal permit or defend one's property or self. Self defense is quite different than personal assault on other people STUPID. That's the argument here. And obviously NRA members can't follow simple logic. The question is not only who in the world would have the nerve to try and defend a broad array of gun ownership only 3 days later but who also represents people who are completely SELF ABSORBED about assuming arcane and irrelevant rights. The bright light is, Morgan not even a citizen is more outraged by his citizen guest. Notice the guest's complete lack of passion while trying to defend the notion of mass destruction weapons, because he knows how stupid its is. Semi automatic guns don't kill people except that the idiots who choose to PURCHASE them do!
Why don't you grow up and stop with the bull, what your saying only applies to you and gun control advocacy, Arcane laws, no it's called FREEDOM!!!!!
Piers threw out a stat saying over 8,000 ppl die in gun violence a year and he says there is no reason for ppl to have guns. But according to MADD, 10,228 ppl died in dui crashes in 2010. If we followed Piers's logic we would all be riding horse and buggys.
I can bring you a gun...fully loaded, you can keep it in your house and it will never harm you or anyone else. The one behind the trigger is the one that does the harm. Make death penalty a reality in every state...even a nut will think of that. If the idiot in CO did not want to die he would not have bought body armor. If he knew he would get death penalty for his actions he might have changed his mind. Who knows what these whacko's think...if we knew that maybe we could stop it. I have a son and two son-in-laws in the USAF and my daughter served 11 years...they will continue to protect American's and American's rights.
I agree CJ
Lott is totally wrong on his claim that more guns equals less crime-show us the data-American has the most homicides related to gun crime in any industrialized nation. Homicide is the second leading cause of death according to CDC for people under 24...this guy is paid by the NRA
The mayor thinks he has a solution, but he cannot be sure. He (and other elected officials) should call for a study to be done by a respected university to attempt to determine the root causes of this mass violence. This never used to happen. Something is causing this to become "normal" behavior for the unblanaced mind. Guns have always been around, so what is it that is affecting the psyche of so many epople that accepts violence as a legitimate form of exxpression? Lets see the serious study and if they conclude that it is guns, so be it. But let's see the study Mayor.
I believe even that the three person involved in the masive shooting in Virginia Tech, Tuscon Arizon and this last one are also victims of the stupid system that gives them the chance to buy these kinds of weapons. They are just poor kids got very sick. If they were in another country, they wouldn't never be able to get hands on any weapon or gun, instead they would be get treated and return to normal life. Don't believe that they can buy illegal guns, they are not criminals they are just crazy get guns because weapons are very easy to get. The real criminals are the people who made fortune from selling weapons.
There you go...assume the guy is sick. He is not as sick as you think. He did not wake up and say I'm going to kill a bunch of people today. He planed this out over months maybe years. If he had the thought process to think about body armor and to rig his apartment against police he was smarter than you think. Give him the death penalty to show other nuts this is what you will get if you do this.
Good for Piers to interrupt people that don't have their facts in order and have no clue what they are talking about!! There is no way that anyone needs to have an AK-47 or any of those types of semi-automatic weapons to protect themselves.
My gosh, would somebody PLEASE tell Morgan to STFU?!
Hey Piers,
How about you shut up for 2 minutes and let John Lott answer your questions. You jerk. I liked you up until now. I won't watch your show again. Your show turned into "The View."
Amen Rick he needs to shut up and let the guy speak!!!
This is just the WORST! Morgan's quest has not been able to finish harldy a single complete sentence. Piers Morgan has got to do - he's the worst interviewer ever.
Piers,
Get that ignorant ass off your show....boot him off! Fact is, more and more Americans now KNOW that yes people kill people, not the guns, HOWEVER, if people didn't have assault weapons with drums that carry 100 bullets, mass executions would not happen! WE NEED TO HAVE GUN CONTROL in the USA with an increasingly sick and fanatical population supporting guns!
That other guy was like "You have all the time in the world," but you didn't let him talk.
You're a dick, Piers
I agree with you Piers would not let him talk. And I will never watch this show again. Everyone has the right to speak and if you invite them to your show GIVE THEM THAT RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mayor Bloomberg is wrong about gun control. If citizens were able to carry guns in the "Criminal Safe Zones" that is where the government has decided only criminals are allowed to carry guns a citizen may have been able to react and protect himself. If you try to stop US citizens from having firearms, you have no clue. Drug runners have a billion dollar buisiness going in the US. If you stop selling Fire Arms, the average citizen will not be able to defend themselves or thier property. Only crminals will have guns. As for colorado, take the guns away and a Large Pick-Up truck in a parking lot of a movie primiere will accomplish the same thing. You can't stop "Nuts". By the way, I dislike your scewed journalism when talking to your guest. Your Guy Alan Dersherwitz Compares US Gun law to a Stalinist approach to gun law? You nee d better guests. GO BACK TO THE UK!!!!!
Piers, I'm very disappointed in you tonight. You have refused to allow your guest to speak on your show because his opinion doesn't match yours. This is a debate that needs to happen in America but the way you have handled this just creates more hate and discontent among the different sides. You need to be a little more fair if you are going to ask someone their opinion.
There have been 60 mass shootings in the United States since the January 8, 2011 massacre in Tucson, Arizona. The citizens of america need to stand up and recognize that something is not normal and we need to have greater control over who has access to guns!!!
I will not watch your show in the future. I thought your treatment of Mr. Lott was very rude. You interrupted him constantly!
That ain't nothing! If this was back in the good old days – Piers would have hacked the guy's phone!
We should put a ban on parents from bringing 6 year olds into movie theatres that have violence. The violence in movies contributes to the mental state of young people. I think parents do not want to get a baby sitter and this should be child abuse. We want to take large size pop from people but will let parents abuse their children mentally exposing them to this violence at an early age.
Just change the channel to FOX. Could not take Piers interrupting his guest anymore. Please let the guest speak! It's not about you. We want to hear what the guest has to say, that is why we tune in. Thank you.
I think black people commit @65% of the murders in this country even while they makeup only @12 % of the population. How many gun murders are committed by black people in America for you to discuss this problem. and why are you not dicussing this. I will bet that you either can't or will not discuss this.
Doggone Mark – you really have a thing about black people don't you? Think about this for just a moment – you sound a lot like the people that say if we get rid of guns, we won't have any more problems. Do you think if we get rid of black people there won't be any more murders? Maybe the problem is more complex than your simple mind can comprehend. Perhaps we could try a comprehensive approach, improve the unemployment rate, enforce the laws that are already on the books, stop drugs from crossing the border, etc. That kind of complex thought process is how we evolved since we moved out of the caves. You remember the caves don't you Mark.
This isn't Journalism – what a hack! This Joker had tear gas, booby traps, incendiary devices, 2 pistols and a shotgun -
But Piers just keeps humming the assault weapon tune. What about Gabby Giffords? You want to give power to the Government to "protect" you from every potential hazard – there is already a place like that – it's called England!
Why not try – honestly try to find out why young men think it is alright to kill people – young men that only wekks before gave no indication of trouble.
I agree with you 100%
Thanks Lisa, You are obviously intelligent and well read! Piers is a – well I hate to say it – a monkey butt!
If YOU, Pierce Morgan want to bring people on your show and debate with them, stop being one sided, your opinion might not be right so lets have a debate. This is America and not England. News Media is all biased, you, FOX, everyone... It is dissapointing the nonsense you and all media pump into the American Public's head. It is sad most don't have the common sense to see it!
I agree with Joe S. While watching the second interview with the pro-gun guest, Piers repeatedly interrupted, badgered, and insulted the guest. While I am pro-gun control, I respect the right of the guest to state his views without being rudely interrupted by the interviewer. And, by the way, why doesn't the media also cover the issue of mental illness and how ill-equipped we are to address the issues about mental illness in our country?
I agree that the "interview" was ridiculous. Can't even call that an interview. He might as well just put a mirror in the guest seat. However, I keep seeing mental illness thrown around and can't agree with that. Everything is mental illness or a disease or disorder! The gunman knew what he was doing. He's obviously intelligent enough to plan it out carefully. In my opinion, his trial should take about 5 minutes and then he should be taken out back and shot on the spot.
Its a big shame that piers would not allow Mr.Lott to answer any of his questions!!
Agree 100%. It's very irritating that we can't hear both sides, just the host's (Pierce Morgan) who does not have the common courtesy and respect to let the man talk.
Piers, your point on the gun control is valid but you need to let your invited speakers speak and you must treat people more respectfully. The beauty of a good interviewer is to make the guests make their point and be able to tactfully point out the fallacy in their logic but not being disrespectful to them or preventing them to speak. I am a fan of yours but not tonight on how you handled the interview with the 2 folks after the Bloomberg interview.
Piers, I usually agree with you on your values and ideals, but if you are going to be an authentic news person, you are going to have to learn how to interview people with whom you disagree. Allow your guests to reply, honor your guests or don't invite them on your show. Talking over the top of your guests is rude and doesn't make your point. It's not your venue... It's the story that we want to hear. Trust your audience to know our own Minds, to know our own culture. Learn to ask provacativequestions, make concise commentary and above all... LISTEN.
Yeah, Piers, SHUT UP!!!! Let the man answer your questions!! NONSENSE? Why didn't you ask Bloomberg if his programs had taken all the guns out of the hands of the bad guys, the gangs? Who cares about the stat's in England? If we wanted to live like the English we would have made them feel at home here instead of kicking their bums, not once, but twice and sending them packing. If you like their numbers so much, GO HOME you leftist JERK!!!
Ask the people slaughtered in Syria and Libya about gun control.
Piers, my in-laws were from England.....I KNOW that people over there are not killed in mass executions because of yours and many other countries' gun laws....it is gd time the USA "gets it!" I live in Denver/Aurora and have lived through Columbine horrors and now this. My friend's firstborn grandchild is being born today while her husband is in a coma with a gun blast to his head. FOR GOD'S SAKES! We need to wake up! It is about GD time those of us who agree that semi-automatic and assault guns should be banned SPEAK UP against the gun fanatics – here in CO you can pick them out in a crowd driving their big honking trucks with gun racks and a baseball cap, flipping everyone off who gets in their way.....the country doesn't want them or need them any more – enough killing!!!!!!!!!!
watching the show, and wished they would shut up and let the other party speak, he conversation was totally dominated and biased. this isn't a good show, if you are afraid to let both parties speak. 60 minutes always gave both sides f the story a chance to speak their opinion, but i guess that's why it is a great show, and THE BIG STORY is no better than in any communist news show.
Leave it to Piers Morgan and Michael Bloomberg to politicize the shootings in Colorado. Instead of any focus on the victims, we have a forum where journalist, the mayor, the author and the attorney debate the pros and cons of gun control goaded on by an emotional Piers who clearly wants to use a mental defective and his actions to define behavioral controls for the rest of us. Congratulations!!
Piers Morgan is completely out of control. For a news organization that says they are neutral and does not take sides, Piers Morgan truly violates that claim. Irregardless of whether you agree or disagree with the gun control debate, Piers Morgan has gone over the edge. He obviously has an agenda and does not give all guests equal opportunity, as displayed tonight. I have lost all respect for Piers Morgan as he has demonstrated his compete lack of fairness to both sides of the debate. There is plenty other shows to watch and I will certainly take advantage of that choice. He needs to be reined in immediately.
You have not seen anything yet....those of us who want gun control are NOW speaking up. We will not just sit back quietly any longer....I applaud Piers and so do millions and millions of other Americans. He should scream loudly!
Piers needs to close his mouth and let those he is asking for a reply to give him the reply. Even if he doesn't agree with the individual he should give sufficient time so that the other viewpoint can be heard. Piers seems to be afraid that if someone hears the opposing view they might agree with it – so he tromples over the other persons views. Difficult to watch.
Why do you even have guests if you do not let them answer your questions.
Worst interview ever. Let the man speak Piers. I see you only want to hear people if you agree with them. I hope you go back and watch this crap and see how immature and childish you acted. You only made him look better.
I agree wholeheartedly with your comment and just finished posting one of my own to that effect. That was a horrible display of journalism.
This is exactly why I logged on. While I support reform of gun control laws, I think that the strength of this country is based on respectful debate and discourse between people with opposing views. This was not demonstrated tonight. I turned the program off, and will think twice before I watch his programs again.
Just watched Pierces interview with the "guest" who is pro gun ownership. Pierce, you call yourself a "host"? You are a rude, spoiled brat . You were a real jerk to your "guest" – not even allowing him to speak because you disagreed with his point. CNN, I am done watching your network. Extremely unprofessional.
The host is an ass. Why do I even tune in. He's not listening just running off at the mouth. Totally mindless and quite lacking in interview skill.
Its NOT ROCKET SCIENCE! - Common Sense! 2nd ammendment allows guns for a "Well regulated Militia"
States with the greatest number of guns in the home also have the highest rates of homicide
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/health/23cons.html
check out the FACTS! just google: gun ownership vs murder rate/
Stats are just stats and they are not correct, i can make any stat say what i want it to by manipulating the sample group, grow up.
Shut the heck up and let someone else get a word in edgewise. You are stupid about guns, you may have learned something if you would have shut up for a minute and listened. Look, if this nutcase wanted to kill a bunch of people he could have turned a vehicle into a weapon. . .if the guns weren't available to him, he probably would have chosen some other method...that's not rocket science.
I can tell you why a person needs an assault weapon. We had a vehicle stollen out of our front yard. My property and home is my castle. When someone crosses my property line without permission, I considere that an assualt. If they do not leave when instructed, I have the right to defend that assault. There is a difference between a military version of the ar 15 and the non military. The military version is automatic, if shoots as long as you hold the trigger. The non military version is semi automatic, you must squeeze the trigger each time you want to shoot. You only fire as fast as you can pull the trigger.
We should not let actions of one person, however horrible, cause the remainder of the law abiding citizens from possessing weapons!
Piers: I am as outraged and disgusted as you are by what happened in Aurora, Colo. And I agree with Michael Bloomberg and thank you for airing that interview. But I am very disappointed and surprised at the way you treated the followup guest, John Lott, tonight. If you weren't going to let him speak and treat him with respect, why did you have him on the program? So you and Alan Derschowitz could beat him up as a tag team? I think you owe that man an apology. It's one thing to disagree, but you don't have to act like he's the one who walked into that theater heavily armed and started shooting. Yes, people need to be held accountable. But let's start with putting pressure on our politicians to do the right thing rather than beating up some poor schmuck who appears on your program. And let's have a national debate about why these gun dealers feel the need to sell these types of weapons. Once again greed has ruled the day and will be our ruination.
You started out fine, and then turned into an idiot!
Shame on you Piers. I am for gun control, but I am also for a journalist allowing each side to be able to debate their point equally. Your clear bias was unprofessional. You allowed Mr. Bloomberg to have every opportunity to make his point, but that same professional courtesy was not extended to Mr. Lott. Take your personal opinion out of the equation. Is tha news show, or just all about Piers.
Also, I agrees with Linda that a part of our problem is that children under 13 do not belong at a PG-13 film. Our society is becoming so numb to violence, and part of that problem is parents exposing their children to violent media at such a young age. No one deserved to be shot at this Batman movie, but seriously 4 and 6 year olds attending this. Shame on the parents
I think this pierce guy is an idiot. Why have someone on your show if you ask them a question but won't let them answer? I am curious to see what happens when some disturbed loser drives a Kenworth into a building . Should we then ban big rigs? It's not the guns killing people. It's the person behind it. Just as if it wouldn't be the trucks fault , it would be the idiot in the drivers seat
Piers is not an idiot, he's a societal misfit and communist. Who else would eavesdrop on private phone conversations without a warrant?
If its the "mayors'" responsibilities to take action on this issue.....? Why havent they stopped the drug issue?!
The fact of the matter is you can't stop criminals from getting what they want. Drug users are going to find drugs, just like criminals that want to guns in crimes are going to get ahold of those guns. If we made specific guide lines to control guns at the county level. The premise by which the second admendment was based upon, is that if the government defaulted and collpased the citizens of the USA could protect and defend themselves. I think there should be realistic guild lines to which we as citizens should follow as to regisitering the guns and periodic training taught by local law enforcement. Israel has one the if not the lowest crime rate and because every one in that country has the right to own a gun and most do becase they have the means to stop the crime. More gun less crime is a vailid concept. Also If you have someone on your show talk about their point of view, maybe, let them speak before you blast them. You have six or seven pieces of paper in front of you with statistics and printed facts. I would think that you would want to have them speak on the items the researched, being that wrote a book. Im not saying that completely right, but are you? I understand its your show but this is the problem with handling our problems in this country. No one side is right. It takes understanding and time to resolve these issues. I had to change the channel tonight because I really dont want to watch you and pannel talk in circles acting one side is right and one side is wrong. If you want to depict that NRA as scheming monetye hungry organisation, why dont you pointout where all our mayors and congressmen and senators are getting that extra money they stuff their pockets with?
Why do you invite guests of different opinions and not even let them get a word in. You Mr. Morgan are a bloody bully! Your not even an American. Butt out!
the CDC says you are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than a terrorist act. morgan you are a moron let you're guests answer the question you ask,people kill people this kid who killed and shot those people at the movie was being trained by a program sponsored by the DOD this has black flag written all over this,americans will never give up our weapons only slaves are devoid of weapons or not allowed to poses the police were on scene in 90 seconds and he was shooting and attacking for more than 20 minutes why did they not do anything for that long that should be the question bloke,this will not lead to more restriction but should be the opposite less ,open carry the restriction and regulations are the problem not the solution
Pierce should be ashamed of the "interview" he just finished. He did not allow those that he was allegedly interviewing to answer the question or present their case, so the viewer could decide. This was most unprofessional. I will not be viewing his show again.
Pierce, just lost alot of respect for you... Are guns bad? Maybe, maybe not... What I do know is they don't kill people. People kill people. The real debate is whether the process to obtain a gun should be re-evaluted, not whether we should have them or not... That's just nonsense! It is not a debate, their is not an intelligent way to debate it, especially when Mr. morgan will not let the debat happen... Out of control... You are just like Fox News, just they other way... Maybe America's Got Talent is where you belong becuase I am beginning to question your abilities as a host.
The worst ever Piers. The gun forums are calling for you to go back to England. Such a one-sided debate.
And for you to say "I want to be fair to you" when you clearly do not to the person you were talking to. You need to learn to shut your mouth and open your ears after you ask a question.
Why bring someone to your show just to stress your own point. Piers, Totally useless!! Go back to Americas Got Talent
The International Crime Victims Survey, conducted by Leiden University in Holland, found that England and Wales ranked second overall in violent crime among industrialized nations. Twenty-six percent of English citizens - roughly one-quarter of the population - have been victimized by violent crime. Australia led the list with more than 30 percent of its population victimized. The United States didn't even make the "top 10" list of industrialized nations whose citizens were victimized by crime. Britain and Australia have strict gun laws.
I was appalled at your rudeness. You came across as a pompous ass.
Thank You.
Beautiful Kat26, Thank you.
Why not make knives illegal?They kill people too. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The founders were very intelligent when they wrote this. The 2nd amendment is not only to defend yourself and family but from a out of control government as well. Why in the heck do you think we became America? Because some Patriots stood up to the British Government.
To even think about banning guns is the absolutely the wrong thinking. I strongly oppose Mayor Bloomberg. He is ridiculous. He wants to ban soda? The guy is a nut and needs to move to China.
England and Austalia have no weapons. The only people that own weapons are the criminals. Just look at Mexico.
Once more people start carrying firearms, the criminals will think twice about burglarizing a home or business. I am in Law Enforcement and ask the hardended criminals and they all say the same thing. "If I think someone has a gun, I ain't gonna even try."
These interviews on gun control were hyper emotional but without fact. Piers insulted Americans by suggesting that Americans were not even angered by the gun violence. Mass shootings by insane individuals get all the news, but they occur all over the world, including Canada and Europe. 19 people were shot at a party in Toronto just last weekend. Dozens have been shot in mass shootings in France ( sniper), Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in recent years. The real difference involves gun crimes on a smaller scale. Half of murder victims and murderers in the US are found in the black population. That is simply a fact. 50% of the gun violence and all murders for that matter are within a community that makes up about 12% of the population. Gun violence is very , very rare in other communities. The rate of gun violence in suburban America ( where most people live) and small town America is almost non existent.
The issue is not gun laws, it is much deeper than that. It speaks to the problems of crime, poverty and other social problems in the black community. Perhaps bringing up race is not politically correct but it is true.
I agree totally.
Kudos to Piers for focussing like a laser beam on this problem of illegal and excessive guns in America! The interview with Bloomberg and the following debate between Alan Dershowitz and that other gentleman was searing and important television. (I especially appreciate Piers' fire and sense of outrage on this issue.)
Whether you are for gun control or against gun control, Mr. Morgan...as a journalist you ought to be ashamed of yourself for conducting such a poor interview with Mr. Lott. You barely gave the man enough time to speak and you did all the talking. I think most Americans...when given the facts and doing their own research can make up their own minds on this issue without you telling us what we should or shouldn't think. I'm very offended at your arrogance and as a journalist you failed miserably tonight. If you have moved your show format from interview to commentary....hey...go ahead and talk away till you turn blue, but I thought this show was an interview format where expert guests do most of the talking and a journalist facilitates. You think too highly of yourself and your own opinions and I don't think I will watch again. I miss Larry King....at least he had interviewing skills.
Hardened*
I was a faithful watcher of Larry King for years. Larry would ask a question, and let the interviewee speak his piece. Tonight, you had your one chance Piers. You wouldn't shut up. Click. You had your one chance with me. I will no longer bother to hesitate on your show. I wanted to hear what he had to say and all you did was talk and act like a bully. Dersowitz was no better. What happened in Colorada was horrible, simply horrible. However, the two cities in the country regarding gun laws are Chicago and New York, yet it's a free for all there. It's not about guns, it's about culture. That young man could have done many things in that theatre to create just as many casulties. He didn't have to use a gun to create mass murder. Had he used a different method, would your show be calling for an end to that method? If somebody were to drive into a crowd of people and have the same results, would you be there banning cars? You are all about sensationalism, and you will never have me even slow down any ANY show you are on. You're not worth my time. Larry, what were you thinking allowing this idiot to take over from you?
exactly.. Piers was horrible tonight and the guy who he brought on ( who i normally find brilliant) to back him up didn't even know anything about guns, let alone gun laws around the world. THe rate of gun violence within the white population in the USA is about the same as it is in Europe. Mass shootings are just as common in Europe and Canada on a per capita rate. It is the day to day violence ( 1 or 2 victims) where the US is way worse but 50% of those crimes are found in the black population, which is only 12% of the US population. It is easy for Europeans in countries with 95% white populations to balk as US gun laws, but most of the violence in the US occurs in inner city Detroit and Chicago not the suburbs where most Americans live. Europe has nothing like inner city Detroit.
How sad that strict gun controls cannot prevent mass killing. In Dunblane Scotland in 1996, 16 children were killed. Proportionally, in a nation of 300 million, that would amount to roughly 1000 people.
Piers you are so freaking arrogant!!! This is the first time I ever watched your show and last!!! You are the INTERVIEWER /HOST you just do your job and let Lott speak! I would like to hear your guest right or wrong. He deserves the same respect you gave everyone else. It is called freedom of speech!!!
Piers you have made a total fool of yourself tonight. Until you can learn to do an interview which expresses 2 sides to a story without being rude, give it up. I watch only when I can stand your interviewing techniques, but tonight is the end. I have no strong feelings about gun ownership and listened to learn something but you wouldn't let anyone with a different view from yours even complete a sentence. You are not the authority on the numerous subjects which you feel you are. Take a break for a while and learn about communication skills and to control your anger and extreme bias! CNN would do well to listen to some of these posts and give you a "time out".
Mayor Bloomberg: I know you won't respond to this, or one of your minions may, but I want to express my appreciation about your willingness to stake out unpopular positions. I am an Independent and I don't generally support your political positions, but.....when you talk about gun control, international relations.....you make sense. How do we get our politicians to "make sense."?
I agree with Mayor Bloomberg and appreciated the tone and pragmatism of his comments. Now is the time to discuss what kind of guns the public has access to and how to protect the public from someone lke Holmes who clearly exploited inadequate protections to harm as many people as possible. That was the only positive part of the program Mr. Morgan's behavior with Lott wass outrageous. Why invite someone on if you have no intention of listenng to them or letting them speak? Junk science or not I would have appreciated the opportunity to make up my own mind withour Morgan interjecting. Morgan's outcries came across as a hyperactive cry for attention rather than an assertive questioning. Next time I will find other news/editorial resources.
It is funny how Piers never lets anyone talk, unless it supports his view. I would like him to do two things for me:
1. Pick up a copy of American Rifleman and read " The Armed Citizen" section of the magazine. What do you say to the fact there are countless stories nationwide(hardly ever broadcasted on the liberal media) in where a gun has prevent injury or death to a homeowner or his family).
2. Have a debate about gun control with David Keene (NRA Pres.) or Wayne LaPierre (NRA V.P.).......not some third rate hack who writes a book, who can not stand up for himself. Bring in someone who has way better skills in debating with some one like you Piers. And, let the people who are NOT on your side have just as much time on air and the people you have on to counter them.
It's no wonder that Morgans show ratings are taking a nosedive. He controls the interniew like MI6. That was a gang assault by he, Bloomberg and Dershowitz. A high schooler could take Daddy's F-150 pickup full of gasoline and incediary material and drive ninety miles an hour into the line of people in front of the theatre and kill more than died in this tragedy.
Outlaw pickups and gasoline? Put governors on the truck. Dispense gasoline at a gallon at a time? A lunatic could have poisoned the fake butter on the popcorn and took out a dozen rows of moviegoers. This is an assault on the second amendment and Piers and Co. are wanting to go after all of them. It's amazing that they didn't wait for the bodies to get cold before they started this dog and pony show.
Piers how can you answer someone who says do not interupt me with an answer you have a stupid answer that is why I interuppted you. this is not a host just a biased interview
Piers, take your opinion out of the equation: we can understand you're angry but let Mr. Lott talk. It was a breach of any standard of journalism to do what you just did to him. I don't like the NRA and its policies, but let the guy answer some of your questions with logic and civility. You turned things into FOX News. You lost a viewer tonight.
excellent ben
It's OK to be stupid Piers, But there is no reason to be rude. You should have Mr. Lott return, and turn your mike off!
Piers, you make me sick. You jump to conclusions and only want to hear people who spout your views. STOP interrupting your guests. This is America - land of the free! Did u forget we fought to get away from bloody England for a reason!
I dont like your form of journalism=you invite a guest wont let him respond because its not what you want to hear-it makes you look good -that interview with Mr Lott was a sham because you censored him-also your facts are wrong because you would not listen-what he was trying to say is if someone else had a legal concealed carry pistol -the outcome may have changed-granted he had body armor but if he would have been hit it could have distracted him long enough for one of those heroic people in the theater to subdo him=body armor stops the bullet but it stills hurts -stop grand standing because we need sensible laws not off the cuff laws like we always get-you are terrible and i hope cnn gets rid of you soon
Bloomberg needs to worry about thousands killed in New York and stopping that instead of sticking his nose in Colorado business and trying to tell us that we don't guns. This idiot killed 12 people, how many died on 9-11? Will you listen to a guy that says Coke makes drinks to big on such an issue.
Piers, you are an ignorant and arrogant "interviewer".
If I were in Mr. Lott's place I would have told you to grow up, and walked off the set. If you ask a question, SHUT UP and let him answer!!
If you want to hear yourself talking, don't bother inviting guests.
Either way, judging by your ratings, you'll soon be returning to your "safe haven" in the UK.
There was no excuse for Piers Morgan's failure to rein in HIS mouth and the mouth of his anti- gun guest! They ganged up on the pro-gun guest. The anti-gunner is well known as a "talker" who will continue to spew his positions as long as the opportunity presents itself. Morgan was almost frothing at the mouth. Any pretense at running a fair and balanced interview went right out the window. Shame on him!
When people made nonsense answers to simple questions how in this world can be a debate.
More guns means less crime in a country that's the perfect answer for idiots.
Mexico has an strict gun control that works for several years until that country was flowed with thousands of guns from our country, then the most terrible killing in history spread all over in less than five years.
When you supply guns you supply death.
A mentally ill person is more dangerous with guns than nothing, that's plain logic.
There is no excuse to have a gun at home.
Piers, you are a pitiful excuse for a journalist. If Anderson Cooper has a show AC360, yours should be PM001. You narrow minded SOB. You asked questions of a guest and when you don't hear what you want you start running your mouth with no regard for waiting for the answer. Alan Dershowitz? What the hell makes him a gun expert? Because he's a lawyer? This is the guy that was instrumental in getting OJ, that murdering thug, acquitted. Where are your morals, Piers?
A gun wasn't used for that one.
I know that. It's the fact that AD makes his living lying to get garbage to walk free. Where's OJ now? Serving hard time, where he should have been in 1995. It's the hypocracy of the guest PM used for the segment.
Piers, that's what you call a debate? talking incessantly over your guest and not allowing him to respond? He was very polite, you and the other guy employed the typical liberal tactic of running off at the mouth and not listening.
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Piers, congratulations on your great interview with Mayor Bloomberg on gun control. I simply cannot fathom why this issue has never been dealt with – and the killings go on. The founding fathers did not have mayhem and mass murder in mind when the "right to bear arms" was included.
I am just so sick and tired of hearing the debates year after year and nothing happens.
I love how you assume what the founding fathers had in mind when you used them as reference to your argument. Its my understanding from my readings in history that the founding fathers were far more used to acts of violence of this nature than were are today. I would also have to say based on their actions that it is more likely that the founding fathers disagree with Piers and Bloomberg and would oppose gun control.
Anyone else angry about this? Anyone else puzzled as to how the NRA-types can defend the right to inflict this sort of mayhem? Anyone else feel that we are shooting too many people in this country, that there are too many guns, that it is too easy to get them, so easy that the black market is swimming in supply? Anyone else feel that the legislators and the gun control organizations are so afraid of the NRA that they crawl on their hands and knees to the NRA begging for crumbs in the semblance of gun control? Anyone else understand that since the Supreme Court Heller decision in 2008 and McDonald in 2010, Justices Scalia and Alito have gun control on the run and the only thing preserving what gun control we have is the foot-dragging by lower courts who are stalling the gun control repeals that the Supreme Court is pushing? Anyone else ashamed that the world looks in disgust at our NRA-sponsored terrorism? Anyone? Anyone?
Repeal the right to keep and bear arms, impose a graduated tax on possession with penalties for misuse: Amendment and Legislation at the lower half of my mjbarkl.com/run.htm page. Eventually, we must do this. How many must die before we get angry enough? –mike
You are an idiot. So I'll stop you. NRA-sponsored terrorism? You are moron. It is because of our right to bear arms that terrorism isn't running rampant in this country, the reason why there aren't nearly as many violent crimes as there would be. Imagine a situation where a criminal, rapist, murderer, etc..can break into anyone's home and have absolutely no fear of doing what he/she wants to do.Because NEWS FLASH...vast majority of cirminals get the weapons illegally anyway. I bet we would all feel real safe leaving our wives or kids at home then.
Idiot's topper said "So I'll stop you." So, how might you do that? –mike
Explain why two of the cities with the toughest gun controls have the highest murder rates (NYC and Chicago). In Chicago, you can't even look at a gun in a store without an ID card, yet the city has gun murders that make Capone look like a pansy.
Crazy has always existed. Always will. It's one of the things to watch out for in a crazy society...hell even China, with its iron grip on every one of their citizens can't always prevent crazy. A mass killing happens there every now and then.
What "NRA-types" understand though is that it is essential people have the means to defend themselves from both crazy, criminal, and tyrant through the use of arms.
What you people averse to firearms fail to understand is that by fighting against YOUR own right to be able to defend yourself, you've simply transferred the power of self-defense and self-reliance to someone else. Someone else has the power, and you are simply theirs. Oh sure, you might think your government is honest and sincere, but, look through some books marked "history" and you'll find that soon changes when no one else but they have power over your life.
Piers, I usually like the way you interview, but today you were unfair to your guest. It was horrible! I couldn't believe you didn't give him a chance to talk. Let me say few things. A simple analysis of number of guns and gun-related violence may not give a complete picture. For instance, you may not perfectly compare England and U.S. If you want a complete analysis or comparison, you need to include other factors, such as size of countries, prevalence of mental-illness, culture, exposure to different sort of environments, per capita income, inequality etc..Other factors may explain the huge part of gun-related crime. Gun laws or number of guns may be related but its impact on gun-related may be minimal. I am not a researcher in this area but we should respect sound research outcomes. In general, we need more research in this area for a sound policy prescription.
God let your guests finish a single sentence would you? A entire show where only one side gets to make its point uninterrupted. Give me a break. We get your stance...ban all guns and treat the poor murderer as a schizo! What a joke!
Stacy is right, very rude person that Mr. Morgan. I hope his show flops!
Just watched Piers Morgan's interview of the author "More Guns Less Crime". I don't have a strong viewpoint on gun control because I need more data. However, I was appalled at Piers' interview. The guest couldn't get a word in edgewise. This was not an interview. It was a one sided conversation. I can't watch him anymore. When does Anderson Cooper come on?
Having Owned Assault Weapoms That I Legally Purchased In The United States & Then Having Them Taken Away From Me & HAving My Rioghts To Own Firearms Taken Away! I Am More In Support Of No Individual Except For The United States Military Here In The United States Having The Right To Posess Firearms!
Just saw this so called "security expert" on the show saying we can't make the movie theaters more secure because
then we have to make every other place like shopping malls more secure. Please tell this so called "security expert" that in shopping malls you have a chance to run away, in a movie theater you can't. Actually I want this guy fired and i want his job.
Arm Obama & His Administration & Send Them All Into Combat Themselves!
This gun control debate Piers is pushing is a waste of time with the country split on it as everything else.
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Well said. Bye, bye CNN. We're changing our channel. Every time Piers doesn't have the same opinion as an interview candidate, he doesn't give them a chance to explain or fully answer his own questions. We don't need to know his personal voice so strongly over his guests. He's no Larry! At least Larry was fair to everyone. I may not have the same stand as Mr. Lotts, but that poor man was treated like a second class citizen and Piers made himself look like he needed to go back to interview school. What a mess. Mr. Lotts should have left the room. It was uncalled for disrespect by Piers for a guest who was quite respectful. This was shameful.
He spent much of his time immersed in the computer, often participating in role-playing online games…”
There is already conjecture that James Holmes may have been involved in mind-altering neuroscience research and ended up becoming involved at a depth he never anticipated. His actions clearly show a strange detachment from reality, indicating he was not in his right mind. That can only typically be accomplished through drugs, hypnosis or trauma (and sometimes all three).
His behavior doesn’t add up
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
His behavior already reveals stark inconsistencies that question the mainstream explanation of events. For example, he opened fire on innocent people but then calmly surrendered to police without resistance. This is not consistent with the idea of “killing everyone.”
Furthermore, he then admitted to police that his apartment was booby-trapped with explosives. If you were really an evil-minded Joker trying to kill people (including cops), why would you warn them about the booby trap in advance? It doesn’t add up.
“Holmes was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, police said, adding he didn’t resist when he was arrested,” reports a local CBS news affiliate
I'm with you on gun control, Piers, but why invite Lott on your show if you won't let him speak? I wanted to hear what he had to say, not to be constantly interrupted by you. You have some great guests, but please let them speak! Even though I totally agree with you, it was a very disappointing show tonight.
Damn... I wish Piers goes back to UK because he is not FAIR to his guests, he kept disrespecting this guy on the panel. I don't care what his opinion is but Larry King would never interrupt a guest even if he disagrees with the guest. Piers needs to treat his guests fairly and he does not! Calm down Piers Calm down Piers and keep your emotions to yourself!
J2 is right this guy was so intelligent that he would have still killed a lot of people by making a huge bomb using common household stuff with a timer and brought it in the emergency exit!
Piers Morgan FAILED tonight and demonstrated why I will no longer be viewing his show. Guess what Piers? This isn't England, it's America, and for better or worse we have the right to bear arms. How you are allowed to continue talking over any guest you disagree with is beyond me.
I am so disappointed in how Piers just handled the interview with the author of "More Guns, Less Violence". While I assume that I would have disagreed with his views, I was unable to even come to my own conclusions based on Piers incessant interruptions and rude comments. Why was he even invited on the show? Just to insult him? I expect more out of this program...
compare household with gun + death by firearm
Result: Higher percentage of gun ownership = higher percentage of death by firearm
http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/household-gun-death-firearm
Duh!
GLAD to see there is someone else on this post that uses facts instead of propaganda to point out the fact that there is a correlation between gun ownership and violence...AS IF, that should even have to be pointed out to someone with any amount of intelligence!
Higher miles driven in car = higher chance of being killed in motor vehicle accident.
If you drive half as many miles per year you will reduce your chance of death by more than successfully taking guns away from all criminals. Problem is they wouldn't be the ones to hand them over.
I once watched Larry King moderate some brilliant debates on CNN. When he retired and Piers Morgan began his show I watched it and gave it a try. I felt that he interjected his personal opinion too much. I watched his show tonight and found myself amazed at how far CNN is slipping in quality interviews. I felt like I was watching O'Reilly or Olbermann. Piers would not let his guest speak because Piers thought his argument was "ridiculous." What has happened? The other guest also would not let the gun advocate finish either and referred to his studies as "junk science" in a condescending manner. What I did hear were some interesting points. Switzerland and Israel do have large per capita gun ownership and low crime rates. Studies do show that gun crime has risen since incorporated in UK. I thought the point about the Norway mass murderer and recent French mass murderer were also excellent things to point out. These seemed like valid arguments that could be explored. Instead Piers interrupted yelling at him that his ideas were idiotic. This is not conducive of a civilized debate. If Piers must yell to make a point and cut someone off from making their argument, it raises questions of whether Piers is worried about the truth. And if a moderator isn't interested in the truth, then why should I watch the news? I don't think I'll be watching this show again. I hope CNN doesn't continue down this path. It is the only major television news that has kept some semblance of objective reporting.
America is FREE. Freedom comes with inherent risks, but in the end the rewards outweigh the consequences. Unfortunately we have disturbed people that abuse freedom and use if for terrible acts. Gun control is much like prohibition. We learned that using alcohol was creating problems in our country, and some politicians fought to outlaw the act. Eventually the people's desire for freedom (the ability to decide whether or not they could use alcohol) defeated the prohibition and we now have the right to responsibly use alcohol.
I think what happened at the movie theater in Colorado is a horrible crime! I also believe it is a poor choice of events, in which, to use as precedence for the gun control battle. Gang violence in a particular neighborhood, or state would seem to make much more sense. This is why: I man with such deranged and psychotic plans would be much less deterred by gun control and would instead build IEDs and other terrible devices to accomplish this awful plan, as a gang member who may act in the moment and has easy access to firearms.
I do think we have a lot to learn from this horrible tragedy in Colorado, but I'm not sure sacrificing our freedom (ability to make responsible choices for ourselves and families) is the correct conclusion. With that being said. I do not believe arming our public leads to less crime. Maybe allowing each other to talk instead of asserting our beliefs over others, and truly listening to each other is the beginning to this process of learning how we can all live together as FREE Americans.
if you did away with guns they will use knives, if you do away with knives they will use bricks, if you do away with bricks they will find tree limbs, if you do away with all weapons thier hands will become thier weapon. until you change the heart of man it will not get better it will get worse. each generation waxs worse. where did that come from (try the bible) and educate yourselves
That isn't even really the issue though... There are already 300 million guns in America. If you ban ALL guns, where are they going to go? If we tell all legal gun owners that they MUST surrender their guns.. where are they going to go?
No other county has 300 million guns in the hands of their population. Europeans, under their various dictatorial governments in the 19th and 20th centuries banned weaponry from their populations, effectively disarming them. Canada would seem comparable.. but aside from Quebec,Canada was largely unsettled until after the US had their revolution and remained almost empty until decades later. There were only about 2 million people in all of Canada until the early 1900s. So therefore.. far less guns.
And above all, the rate of violence in the US black population can't be ignored. 50% of gun crimes occur there. White American crime rates are almost the same as crime rates in Canada or Europe.
John that is the real issue, and see there are some who don't wants to deal with the real issue because it requires a change of heart. and that can only happen with having a relationship with the Saviour of the world His name is Jesus. otherwise men will continue to seek ways to destroy themselves as well as other. open your eyes, it is happening all over the world. it was predicted long before our time and it is still true today. that is the reason He was born to save us from ourselves.
Piers,
I'm not particularly interested in hearing your uneducated views on gun control. You had a professional on your show who studies this area. I wanted to hear what facts he has compiled and how the statistics favor more guns. You kept interrupting him with your opinion. What scientific research have you done? This is an important issue that I want to hear debated by people who have facts and are not emotional. Dershowitz as usual was a complete ass and offered no hard data. It ended up being a waste of my time to watch. Oh well.
I hereby nominate Piers Morgan for the Rediculist. Worst "interview" ever.
In other words, this has all the signs of Fast & Furious, Episode II. I wouldn’t be surprised to discover someone in Washington was behind it all. After all, there’s no quicker way to disarm a nation and take total control over the population than to stage violence, blame it on firearms, then call for leaders to “do something!” Such calls inevitably end up resulting in gun confiscation, and it’s never too long after that before government genocide really kicks in like we saw with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao and other tyrants.
Let me ask you some rhetorical questions;... do you own a car?... Does it go over the speed limit?.... I bet it does so by your logic we should have all cars taken away that have ability to exceed the speed limit and the potential to kill. Move to England if you prefer their gun laws.. from what i understand the rifle jammed so please proceed with your argument
I bet it is nice to live in a country where people like you, Micheal Moore, and many of our politicians have the freedom to vomit your opinions and never serve to defend our country.... what are you doing with your life other than spinning hot air...
I have never written a comment in my life but I am frustrated enough.....
The point of having opposing points of view is to allow them to be expressed. Just before Lott came on the very questions Mr Morgan asked were being discussed in our living room. However, we were never able to hear his position. Is holding your thumb on the scale of opinion the mission of your program. Perhaps CNN should state up front that Piers Tonight as well as its host is not an unbiased interview program.You have the opportunity to educate and provide a civil debate. I will stop watching. I'll tune back in when CNN respects its viewers. Mr Morgan is not your "man"
Go back to Fox where you brain can be lulled to sleep with propaganda...I understand it's too painful to use your god-given brain.
Morgan, please apply journalism. You are scaring me. You are not in Britain and should no try to make the comparison. Adjust, be humble and respectful as many have done this coming to this country of hope, freedom & free speech. No person is perfect. Gun control law is not about the gun itself. It should be about preventing the persons behind the gun doing harm. Bad persons will find ways to do harm. Good persons have to find ways to protect them selfs from this harm. Banning guns, is a short cut and not resolving the root cause. Registration who has them might be part of solution by setting the right criteria. This provides balance of the freedom of owning them but applying common sense with the reason & responsibility of ownership. Listen to both sides of the argument, be respectful and don't choose a side as you did in this interview. You can do better then that. Get both sides to agree on a solution and don't put them up against each other. We need common ground. What happened this last weekend is a crime and my respect go out to the families. I can't mentally place myself in their loss and hope I never do. I hope time provides healing for the pain of loss and one day a smile of love thinking of the persons missed. My thoughts are with you as a dad. Morgan, please do better next time...
What a bunch of bologna.....look up the facts...we have a much, much higher murder rate than ALL the other so-called industrialized, civilized countries! Dumb argument man.
Look at the facts. More Americans are killed in cities that ban or restrict guns from law abiding citizens. New York City, Detroit, Chicago, LA, DC, etc. Wonder why? Not sure but my brain believes its because criminals are killing criminals and criminals are a little braver with attacks on citizens because they know the citizen is unarmed.
i am so sorry, i forgot they already use thier hands
Ok everyone is looking at these so-called assault rifles, ladies and gentlemen don’t believe the media. As tragic as this incident is, it could have been a lot worse without a single shot being fired. This man conducted research and developed rudimentary explosives and incendiary devises. I’m not going to use his name but he is, wrong, sick or evil; whatever terminology you want to use to describe him. Unfortunately he achieved his objective, just watch CNN, MSNBC, FOX….and so on, he is getting his 15 minutes of fame and it is at the cost of others (those he murdered and our society).
Had this person employed his homemade munitions in the theater I suspect the outcome would have been more horrific. Right now the emotions are high and everyone is focused on firearms, had he chosen to use chemistry verses brute force odds are we’d be seeing a different story today, and the casualty count would be much higher. Mayor Bloomberg should worry about New York and their soda pop problems because he is only capable of focusing on what happened and has missed what could have happened. This is a typical knee jerk reaction with little forethought and plays well with the public. My prayers go out to those affected by this senseless act however I am grateful it wasn’t as bad as it could have been.
I usually listen to Piers but tonight was too much. Numerous times he asked questions directed to the author "more guns, less crimes" and never let him answer. I lean left on this issue but I don't like to be baby fed what is right or wrong. I want to hear both sides of the story. Piers sounded like a ranting lunatic and was very rude as he jammed his agenda down our throats. It would have been more effective if he would have just let the guy speak. Now I find myself once again feeling turned off by our liberal peers who are making us look stupid. We can't even have an argument with a concervative any more without looking whiny. Thanks Piers for making flubbing this one up.
He is OUTRAGED that we American sit on our behinds and let this nonsense continue. And let me tell you, there are millions of us who are sitting at home cheering him because he is an intelligent, articulate man who knows his facts!!! Look them up yourself..or page down...I posted them at the bottom of this page. Use your brain!!!
And scroll down to see my contradictions to DMs facts. Just so you can see both sides of the numbers.
Millions cheering and supporting him, hm? That's not what CNN's ratings indicate. :3
See..THIS is why you need to be educated. You have not debunked any of the facts I posted for the simple reason that your logic is very faulty. While you did state that the murder rate has declined...which could be for NUMEROUS reasons other than gun control..in FACT since we're on that beam, the FACT is that scientific inquiry has shown that the variable that correlates the strongest with a decrease in violence is the abortion rate! The higher the abortion rate, the lower the murder rate...anyhow, I digress.....you have not debunked the fact that our country has, by far!!!, the highest murder rate among industrialized countries. Now, if you want to argue why that is, that's fine. However, come on...common sense. please.
I applaud you, Mr. Lott, for handling an out of control "host" as well as could be expected- in light of his RUDE and ARROGANT and UNPROFESSIONAL outbursts. I wanted to hear what you had to say Mr Lott, and am very sorry that you were not given any respect or time to speak while Piers and the attorney hammered away, concerned with only THEIR perspectives! I have NO interest in watching you, Piers, EVER again. I am surprised that Mr Lott bothered to stay- when you made it plain as day that you would not allow him to talk from the start. What a complete JERK you are Piers! I can understand your outrage about the murders, but you should calm down BEFORE you try to interview your guests- which is a laugh since "guests" are treated with respect. What happened in the theatre is NOT about guns, but mental illness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you understand that???? I enjoyed your show for a short time when you first aired last year, but you have become more and more of an a** and consistently rude and opinionated and disrepectful to your "guests", and I am done with you for good. You've dug a nice little grave for your pompous self in the past few months, and tonight, you fell right in.
So you applaud the fact that we top the list of so-called civilized countries murder rates by a wide margin?? You take comfort in that. So...that's only due to a higher rate of mental illness or something??? Curious.
Well said.. I tried watching him last night as well and was digusted with most of his actions. When someone disagrees with his point of view, Piers switches into full-blown jerk mode and shows them no respect at all. I had to turn it off about a minute in, I couldn't stand listening to his ramblings any longer..
Very disappointed in this program, someone should have shut Morgan up. I'll never watch it again. I would have like to hear what the man had to say but the host wouldn't allow it. I carry a permit and always will. Long live the Armed American .. !!
You recently interviewed Justice Scalia, the "originalist", who gives great deference to the language of the 2nd amendment itself, the federalist papers and the meanings the founders would have given the words they used. The words "well regulated" & "militia" appear in the 2nd amendment and the meaning the word "arms" would have had for the founding fathers would have included muskets, not semi-automatic assault weapons. Justice Scalia would not, or should not, allow for the meaning of the word "arms" to evolve over time from that contemplated and understood by the founders.
Absolutely correct. Thank-you. It's so simple isn't it.
147,567,270 Gun owning American citizens didn't murder anyone today. Punish the behavior.
Piers Morgan is absolutely the worst commentator ever, he talks over and shouts down a guest he does not like. Had he let John Lott respond he may have learned something.
When his ratings tank, and it won't be long, hopefully he will return to the country from which he came.
Put yourself in that theater, Piers. Want a gun for personal protection now?
Piers is clearly a piece of $h!t. Doubt he'd take a bullet for anyone.
He's brilliant...probably because he wasn't educated in THIS country...and I think you are jealous!! ha!
No, Dirk's right, the guy's a fool, and the same can be said for most reporters and lamestream media..
Chicago has a handgun ban and does not allow law abiding citizens to protect themselves yet shooting persist on a weekly basis b/c criminals know they have free rein and no worry. Theyve made us sheep and they are the wolf.
I can't understand these anti-gun people. Why don't they understand that what makes someone think twice about committing a crime is the chance that the would-be victim might be carrying a concealed weapon? If they know you aren't, they have nothing to worry about.
RIGHT..that's the answer..MORE GUNS!!! Oh boy, that's brilliant...just think about it, it would be like going back to the days of Tombstone and the O.K Corral...boy, that sounds like so much fun. Don't ya think?
Agreed....DM is a moron by the way. He doesn't seem to understand that criminals don't care about the laws as Chicago so brilliantly illustrates. More deaths this year than soldiers killed in Iraq. If this isn't proof that banning guns doesn't work too well I don't know what it.
THANK YOU PIERS for standing up for the American People on this issue. I am with you 100 percent!!!!!!! Keep quoting the murder rate of TRULY civilized countries in comparison to the United States....keep putting it out there. It is absolutely insane what is going on in this country. Just wanted you to know that there are MANY, MANY Americans who are right there with you in your outrage. Bless you!
How many murders are in 'gun-free' zones? I would be willing to bet its a very large percentage. Allow legal law abiding citizens to conceal carry every where they go and crime will go down.
Oh please.....do your research...look at the facts of our country compared to others that I posted on this blog towards the bottom. EVERY other country I listed has strict gun control laws and their murder rates are much, much lower than ours. If you can't draw a common sense conclusion from that...then go ahead, have at it, dig a little deeper. I welcome your insights.
First and foremost why doesnt the liberal media focus on the victims and there families and stop using cowardly acts to attack law abiding gun owners. You attack my guns and I'll pray for the victims and their families.
In 2006 there were 10,225 firearm murders and in 2010 there were 8,775. Piers' numbers for 2011 were less than that. So let's do the math. Gun ownership is at an all time high and murders are decreasing. This more guns = less murders. That's not removing the crimes were criminal killed criminal or murders in gun free zones. Sorry to rain on you gun hate parade.
Oh, you didn't rain on my gun hate parade. You didn't say anything at all. Look up the facts for yourself....our countries murder rates compared to the rest of the industrialized world. Just go ahead and type it into google..then you put your cursor over the country and it shows you the number of murders/100,000 people. We are the laughing stock of the world because of stupidity!!! And yet, most Americans think the rest of the world looks up to us..what a joke! Do the math and then tell me something I don't already know.
You keep saying the same thing. Did deeper and look at our decrease in firearm murder rate and out increase in guns. The two contradict your argument. You are saying how bad we are. Look at how well we have improved in 4 years. It's a decrease of approximate 14%.
Adjust the murder rate by demographics and see how it changes those statistics between countries. I'd love for you to be my neighbor I'd gladly put a sign on my front lawn pointing to you saying. "My next door neighbor wants to ban all firearms, There house is not armed! Out of respect for their opinions I promise NOT to use MY GUNS to PROTECT THEM.
And your point is?
Look at a world map that shows murder rates....you should notice a trend. Adjust the US murder rate by ethnicity. You'll see.
CNN's ratings are at an all time low and are continuing to drop. In fact, viewership for all three major news channels has dropped and will continue to do so.. proof positive that most people are tired of all the agendas, all the lies and misleading information being put out by lamestream media. I've tried listening to Piers once or twice, and the guy, like most media types, is a complete jerk to anyone that disagrees with his point of view. There is no room for debate, he won't allow it, and I find that disgusting. He treats them like garbage, and I have no time for someone like that. I offer my condolances to the familes, and those who lost friends and loved ones, and I agree that what happened was and still is a terrible tragedy, but the lamestream media is turning this whole thing into a three ring circus, just like always, and as long as they continue to do so their ratings will continue to plummet. Not that I really care anymore.. in fact, I wouldn't lose any sleep at all if the entire CNN network went under because of their shoddy reporting.
Piers,
You are the typical liberal. You called a guy on your show for a discussio. As most liberals you were afraid of listening to rational thought so you wouldn't let him talk. When your fellow liberal started running his mouth you let him ramble on and on. Now I know why I avoid your show. I don't know who is farther off the deep end you or Rachel Maddow. It's ok Aamerica is slowly waking up from the media drug we've been given and starting to realize how biased you all are. Thanks for reaffirming what I've always thought that CNN is as crooked as they come.
The 2nd Amendment was not written with these modern guns in mind. No one in America should own assault weapons except the Military. Yes we all have as American's the right to bear arms......to protect your family a deer rifle or shot gun, but NOT ASSAULT WEAPONS .....Those are only meant to kill many people at once. John Lott, is completely wrong. More guns do not mean less crime! I need someone to tell me why they need an assault weapon that can have a clip of up to 100 + rounds in it to protect their family? Don't use the 2nd Amendment as your protection. Praying for the families who lost loved ones and those injuried.
You are absolutely correct. Thank-you.
There were several members of the military active and retired in theater. If even they had been legally allowed to carry a concealed firearm the outcome could have been much different.
Right...the bullets would've ricocheted off his armor and killed more people...or maybe they would've missed seeing it was dark and killed more people. Anyways, even if one assumed your position was theoretically correct, it doesn't change the fact that our country has a much, much higher murder rate than the rest of the truly civilized world. Explain why that is please.
Have you ever spoken to someone that was shot while wearing a bullet proof vest. If you do. You'll find that most of them had the air knocked out of them or were hit hard enough to feel pain. To change the outcome you would only need a few seconds to gain the upper hand. So but I disagree and believe the outcome would have been different. Part of me believes if guns were allowed then he wouldnt have walked in to that theater and started shooting for fear of his own life. Thus the reason he armored up and went into a room of unarmed people. He was a true tough guy.
FACTS: 2008 MURDER RATES BY COUNTRY-
United States – 5.22/100,000
Canada – 1.67/100,000
U.K. – 1.57/100,000
France – 1.35/100,000 China 1.21/100,000
Germany- .8/ 100,000....yes, there's a . before the 8!
I could go on.....we're at the top of the list dummies of industrialized nations...dummies!!!
Now go in reverse order and see how many of those countries would be free today without America standing up for them with the second ammendment.
And your point is? Your comment relates to this issue how?
Adjust those statistics to account for variations between countries in ethnicity. You will find much less favorable statistics to support your view.
l agree with you Chris! They wouldn't even let the guy finish a sentence. I grew up in a military family. We were raised around guns and learned how to use them. We were raised with the moral responsibility that alot of people don't have these days. I made the decision to start carrying about 9 years ago and haven't left home without them since the day I picked them up.
I've never posted on a forum like this before, but I was so furious with Morgan's bully interview tactics I felt compelled to. Now that I've seen that I'm not the only one offended by his lack of interview skills, I hope that CNN takes note of it and finds a host worth payng attention to again with the same class and character as Larry King. As far as I'm concerned, CNN has a wasted time slot.
Hi, at tonight show : the Author of " More Guns Less Crime " John R. Lott Jr is such a idiot.
machine guns souldn't be sold to any one, and i think law is made up and it is also can be changed, so stop the gun law.
how can a 24 year old kid, buy such a large amount of bullets and all those gears, with out searching him before those payments go throw – why would the stores let these purchases throw and i think these online gun stores should be questioned too, and I think the author of this book should see a doctor himself !
Amen to that! Thank-you.
We used our guns to free our country from the repressive hands of England. Now we have to watch it manifest its ugly head again through Piers Morgan. Go back to your wonderful Great Britain, Piers.
yep..and it looks like Europe and Canada sure make better use of their freedom than we do based on their intelligence....their murder rates are much, much lower than ours...who's stupid now.
dont like it ......move. Please
You're naive. Look what happened when the sale of booze was prohibited. How did that work for us? Grow up.
DM why do you keep saying the same old thing.. repeating and repeating the same story does not make it any more true or correct. Your figures maybe correct but they only show one side of the story. The correct story is that crime in the United States has decreased every year for the last 20 years while gun sales have increased in that same time period.
according to the Justice Department’s National Crime Victimization Survey, criminologist Alfred Blumstein of Carnegie Mellon University tells the Associated Press. From 1993 through 2010, the rate of violent crime has declined by a whopping 70 percent: from 49.9 violent crimes per 1,000 persons age 12 or older to only 14.9 per 1,000 in 2010. Half of this decline came between 1993 and 2001. Between 2001 and 2009, violent crime declined at a more modest annual average of 4 percent, but that rate decline jumped to 13 percent in 2010.”
So what were you saying?. Crime rate as reported by the federal government is showing a reduction in overall crime and at the same time people are buying guns at an increasing pace.
You can repeat the muder rate all you want to but, I think the better marker is the overall reduction in crime rate and that is going down. That doesn't make for a very good argument for gun control and I find it intersisting that the FBI really can not point to a specific reason this is happening.......Humm so much for gun control
Looks like we have a Piers Morgan wanna be...trying to fillabuster the discussion board!
I love my Smith & Wesson PC and the good old US of A!!!!!!! Anyone on here that doesn't....move!
Mr.Morgan
To have a guest come on your show and be treated the way he was treated by you and the other man makes me wonder how you got the job. I am very saddened about the shooting victoms and there familys. I can't imagine how the familys and loved ones of the victoms must feel. My prayers go out to them. What I don't understand is why when something like this happens all we hear is that we need stricter gun laws. What you and people like you don't understand is if they wasn't guns the people that wants to commit such a hedious crime would commit them in some other way that would propably be worse. You gave the stastics of the people killed in the US each year with guns I wish you and all the other people like you would look at the stastics on alcohol related deaths in the US each year and you would find out that the number is far greater. A lot of the gun deaths is also alcohol related, but you and the people like you don't complain about alcohol. The familys and love ones of alcohol related deaths miss there loved ones too.
civilized and democratic country do not need assault rifles and massive fire work to preserve freedom or killing innocent people.
14 people died in a truck crash in Texas two days ago but I doubt you heard about it. If you're so worried about innocents dying I suggest you take up banning vehicles. You could save twice as many people per year if you were successful.
Piers, you interrupted a man who had something to say about mental health issues. You cut him off. and did not let him talk.
9 out of 10 Americans are gun owners. The police will never be part of gun control. It will be a U.N. enforcement. Hillary signed a gun treaty last week. Piers, Bloomberg, and Dorkiswki, scare me more than Holmes. They are 10 times more out of their minds.
Sounds like piers morgan lived up to his background, tabloid gutter press. If he was still in UK he would probably be facing conviction by the media phone tapping inquiry.
He has completely failed, as most of the 'gun-control' proponents here, to research the facts.
Some more level headed information here, for anyone interested in research rather than ideology;
http://www.crimefree.org.za/Role-players/Government/Countries/britian2.htm
and here
http://www.crimefree.org.za/Role-players/Government/Countries/gunlaw.htm
No gun problems in Tennessee, Everyone has one..... Get that??!!!!???? Everyone has a gun no problem
I actually agree with the position of Dershowitz and Morgan. HOWEVER I was extremely disappointed with how Piers Morgan conducted this interview. He usually interrupts his guests a lot and I have learned to accept that as part of his "charm" but his behavior last night was rude and unprofessional. You cannot have an invited guest on your show who you attack incessantly and don't allow to complete any questions! The fact is that a lot of Americans agree with Lott and as a viewer I was interested in finding out more about his perspective, but I was not allowed that opportunity as a viewer because Lott barely got a word in. Piers knew Lott's opinions before he was invited on the show.
To you and your producers/directors: If you truly want to remove the opportunity to be famous, stop showing still photos or video of alleged criminals as well as repeating their names. Thank you for taking this positive step farther.
There are less than 10,000 gun murders in the USA every year but there are nearly 50,000 alcohol related deaths! Lets get our priorities in order here and ban alcohol! STUPID LIBERALS get it together!
DM Wow, when I go and look up the numbers it doesn't add up to your numbers. In looking up the annual homicides by and means, I only get 4.67 per 100,000 not 5.22 that you keep quoting. Oh I'm so sorry you did say that was from 2008 which I show as 5.35 per 100,000 oops. the numbers don't add up.
But what I find of interest is that from 2008 to 2010 the numbers drops from 5.35 per 100,000 to a 4.67 per 100,000 and this is for homicides by any means not just gun deaths.
So do we really have a gun problem as you so put it, or are you trying to use your numbers to scare people and make it look like we have a gun problem because either of our numbers are not GUN only numbers but total deaths from all sources.
So the actual number of gun deaths are below 4.67 per 100,000 and the actual crime rate is declining and has been for 20 years, which does not show that we have a gun problem at least as you would like to show it. Are we the United States higher than other countries yes we are, do we have a larger contiguious population yes we do, does the United
States have a different culture in that we are more independent and rebelious yes we are. Those differences alone will make out numbers come out higher but it does not mean we have a gun problem.
In the United States, annual homicides by any means total
2010: 14,1595
2009: 15,241
2008: 16,272
2007: 16,929
2006: 17,030
2005: 16,740
2004: 16,148
2003: 16,528
2002: 16,229
2001: 16,037
2000: 15,586
1999: 12,6586 7
1998: 14,276
1997: 18,2088 7
1996: 19,645
1995: 21,606
Compare
Rate of Homicide per 100,000 People (any method)
ChartIn the United States, the annual rate of homicide by any means per 100,000 population is
2010: 4.67
2009: 4.965
2008: 5.35
2007: 5.61
2006: 5.70
2005: 5.66
2004: 5.51
2003: 5.69
2002: 5.64
2001: 5.63
2000: 5.52
1999: 4.556 7
1998: 5.19
1997: 6.77
1996: 7.3
1995: 8.1
1993: 9.939
figures for the 2010 came from the following:
UNODC.2011.‘Homicide in 207 Countries – United States.’ Global Study on Homicide 2011: Trends, Context, Data.Vienna:United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,6 October. (Q6340
Only when Mayor Bloomberg agrees to remove his police security detail's guns and only use non-lethal force (tasers or stun guns) can he preach about gun control.
Oops not happening....
I also wonder if Piers Morgan has security guards who carry guns. Now that would be fun to find out!!!!
Agreed they are such hypocrites to insist we hand over our guns and yet travel the streets with an entourage of security guards ARMED WITH GUNS. When these guys will walk alone through inner city Chicago with no security wearing their fancy suits unarmed, I might actually take them seriously. But they are point blank hypocrites.
I agree with Piers and Mayor Bloomberg and Michael Moore. Something must be done about guns. There is absolutely NO reason why anyone should be able to walk in a store and purchase the weapons like that monster that did that. There is no reason why anyone, except the military would need such weapons. IT is ridiculous. This country is nuts. If Mr. Obama does not stand up for what he believes and say that we must ban assault weapons, then I am not going to vote for him. That's it.
S. Dorsey, If you really take a look at this CO murder scene, it is straight out of an Action Movie. I think we need to outlaw ALL Action Movies because they encourage this type of behavior, and apparently TEACHES people how to plot a mass murder. Maybe you need to have a Conversation With Michael Moore, about it.. Maybe Movie Directors should be accomplishes to these murders, at the rate your rational is going. OH, and Bloomberg did not say the military should have weapons either, ONLY the Police. MY COUNTRY IS NOT NUTS....If you don't like it here, YOU TOO have the FREEDOM to MOVE.
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