Piers Morgan: No regrets over calling US gun lobby stupid

[John_Goldman]

So, logically if someone were to say kill a bunch of people with a hammer, would you call for stricter hammer control? Or what if someone uses their car as a weapon, would we make it harder for people to get cars? No, we wouldn't. The sad thing is, if someone uses a knife to kill someone, the person is blamed. But, if the same person were to use a gun, the gun would be blamed and not the psychopath behind it.

I can't find it logical to blame an inanimate object for some psychopath's desire to kill. 

Keep this stat in mind though:
34 Americans are killed everyday
2,191 Americans use guns in self defense every day.

[Mikal]

The chances of someone killing a whole bunch of people with a hammer are slim, because people would see whats going on and over power him(or her if hench lady), you cannot over power someone whos firing a machine gun in every direction unless you dive on him from above or behind, in which case the person shooting would probably just turn round and shoot you.

34 Americans are killed everyday
2,191 Americans use guns in self defense every day.

Those numbers are pathetically high..

[SugarD]

Those numbers are pathetically high..

So we should get rid of guns and flip those numbers then?

[Mikal]

So we should get rid of guns and flip those numbers then?

Get rid of guns = 2,191 less Americans use guns in 'self defence' everyday and resort to something less lethal, like a bat.
34 Americans are killed everyday = Probably 10 or less without guns.

[Khakaure]

So many dumbasses on this thread that know little about firearms and think it's actually possible to obtain automatic rifles in the United States.

[Mikal]

So many dumbasses on this thread that know little about firearms and think it's actually possible to obtain automatic rifles in the United States.

and think it's actually possible to obtain automatic rifles in the United States.

THATS BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE!

[Khakaure]

THATS BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE!

I think it was the Panorama TV programme in the UK that went to the US, bought an M4A1 and some ammo from a gun market (where different people all go sell their guns in 1 place), she didn't have to show ID or anything, just took the M4A1 in a case after paying and left the building. :roll:

My point still stands, I see.

[Pandalink]

And thats why the blood of all shootings is on your hands, you continue to support guns even after a bunch of 5 year olds were shot up, sick in the head.

While I don't really think having guns as widely available as they are in the US is a good idea, that is a flawed line of thinking.

THATS BECAUSE IT IS POSSIBLE!

It isn't actually, though.

[SugarD]

Get rid of guns = 2,191 less Americans use guns in 'self defence' everyday and resort to something less lethal, like a bat.
34 Americans are killed everyday = Probably 10 or less without guns.

Ya, meanwhile the thousands upon thousands of criminals who shoot people while committing crimes will only continue to do so without resistance.

[Adam.]

I can't help but find it funny how everyone bashing the U.S. is in Europe for the most part. Are you Europeans still mad because you can't own a firearm yourself, and are just taking your anger out on the U.S., the great nation that it is (Although with Obama not so much), and trying to bring us down to the same level as you?

[Mikal]

It isn't actually, though.

Right, so even though the BBC did it, and put it on TV, you say it isn't possible?

Ya, meanwhile the thousands upon thousands of criminals who shoot people while committing crimes will only continue to do so without resistance.

And meanwhile the police can shoot at the remaining psychopaths with their own guns until they are all extinct.

I can't help but find it funny how everyone bashing the U.S. is in Europe for the most part. Are you Europeans still mad because you can't own a firearm yourself, and are just taking your anger out on the U.S., the great nation that it is (Although with Obama not so much), and trying to bring us down to the same level as you?

:gd: Hey man, don't call me a European, that shit is offensive.
And no, we don't want your problem.

[Khakaure]

Right, so even though the BBC did it, and put it on TV, you say it isn't possible?

It's up to you to provide your evidence.

[Huntsman]

I don't understand why non-lethal weapons like tazers, bean bags, etc have a more prominent role in the self defense laws. Killing someone for self defense isn't self defense, it's murder. Defending yourself by taking somebody elses life and JUSTIFYING that under retard ancient laws is simply inhumane. To consider your life so valuable that you end somebody elses in order to protect your own.... Man that's selfish.

So, you're saying that I should sacrifice myself by trying to shoot someone who has a real gun aimed at me with rubber bullets? Because i cannot kill shoot him with a real gun? So he can come and threaten me but i still have no right to end his criminal scum life?

[SugarD]

And meanwhile the police can shoot at the remaining psychopaths with their own guns until they are all extinct.

Ya, while CSI is collecting bodies of innocent victims who couldn't defend themselves, not to mention any officers who couldn't pull the trigger before it was pulled on them...

[Mikal]

Ya, while CSI is collecting bodies of innocent victims who couldn't defend themselves, not to mention any officers who couldn't pull the trigger before it was pulled on them...

Yes because criminal drug dealers (the main ones who use guns for bad) are running round gagging to shoot at innocent civilians.