Yep.

I watched it last night and he did well.

I think he did a great job at making a fool of Morgan. Mad props!

I don't agree with everything he said, but he stuck to the main purpose of the 2nd Amendment and that left Morgan floundering...

It's the only way to defend the 2nd Amendment. We have to make the discussion not about hunting or self defense from fellow citizens but about why the 2nd exists to begin with. It's a check on Government tyranny by the citizens. Period!

Ben Shapiro needs a lesson in the difference between a semi-auto and "assault weapon".

I don't agree with everything he said, but he stuck to the main purpose of the 2nd Amendment and that left Morgan floundering...
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Nor do I Mark. Nor does TTAG who followed yours and horse1's thoughts but,when it comes to putting the wood to Morgan,this guy scored,imo.

He had Morgan flustered inside the first 90 seconds.

Shapiro did a very competent job, although he's just a little soft on the issue for my liking (e.g., he said he agrees with having a national registry of gun owners). That said, Morgan's tactics are consistently despicable.

He gets props for understanding the reason for 2A.

Now, watch the villification begin.

That was so painful to watch. My urge to reach out and bitch slap that condescending A-Hole Pierce Morgan now means I have to get a new monitor. Props Ben!

The best part is from 12:00-12:40.

The kid went toe to toe and came out on top.

Typical anti stance....paint anyone who believes in the 2nd ammendment as a paranoid kook waiting for their gov't to turn on them.

Prepare for marginalization, and villification, the likes of which, you've never seen. He is spot on, the lefty-zealots recognize that, but are not going to stand still and watch generations of brainwashing be undone.

"Hunting, and self-defense, hunting, and self-defense, hunting, and self defense, etc, etc, etc."

True dat!

He put the screws to him in a most beautiful fashion! Hopefully more people will take note and hammer this issue home...

Did you notice Morgan call the Constitution "your little book"?

The young man did an excellent job. However, when the simpleminded Morgan continued to ask them why they need semi-automatic weapons. I do not understand why he simply didn't say. That the citizens have a second amendment right, which allows them to have the same type of weapons that could be used against them. I mean after all, does anyone interpret the Second Amendment in a way that feels we should only be able to own bow and arrows.

And really, I don't know why we even bother giving Mr. Morgan any attention whatsoever. He's not even a citizen and just a bloodsucker sucking American dollars down his throat.

Take care, Willie

Notice how the idiot, when backed up into the wall keeps going back to how he was "bullied" in the beginning?

Ben Shapiro may have just sold another book!

And really, I don't know why we even bother giving Mr. Morgan any attention whatsoever.
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I think for the same reason one can't wait for the assshole on the road to run into a telephone pole.

He supports registration (around the 8 mn mark)... Screw that..


First time I've ever watched Morgan.. IMHO he's about as detestable as M. Moore..

While I don't agree with him on registration, he's got the purpose for 2A spot on.

A refreshing occurance, a step in the right direction, one I hope gets noticed by politicians (yeah, right), and is sure to bring fire from the left (and a few tools in the GOP).

Chris Wallace just reported that it appears the WH is stepping back on a ban of the "assault weapon" after realizing it won't get through Congress and it can't be EO'd. It seems like it's heading more to the background checks and high capacity magazines route,FWIW.

Sound familiar, Mike (watch4bear)?

I wish he would've said for self defense as well.

In a LA riot type situation an AR would be nice to have when they come and try to burn your business down and murder you. Just ask the Koreans.

young man was cool under fire indeed.


like others while I may not agree 100% with all of his points, he carried the argument well

and you boys can read sign, Pierce was furious for being called out on his tactics in the opening salvo.

no doubt he ended up screaming at some producers that scheduled this "little jewish twit, get me another Alex Jones you morons"

still we are at a political divide in this country, this one little victory will have less impact than most of us would desire in the battle to keep 2nd amendment rights intact.


appreciate you posting this Bob as I'm not a TV watcher, so would have missed it. and you can bet the LPE of the week this interview will only be seen on conservative sites like this while
Alex Jones interview (didn't see it, just heard about it here) will be played in bits and pieces all over the MSM.

I sure wish those giving air time to the piers a hole would go completely prepared to really engage in the self defence debate and bring up the evidence of people defending themselves with guns. We need stories of Women and children defending themselves with guns,like has been in the news this last few weeks. Women and children are trotted up as the victims of gun violence and need to be able to defend themselves and their families. We need to get the women that shoot and hunt talking and put them into the debate.

I wanted to bookmark into perpetuity Morgan's doltish behavior in telling Shapiro "your little book" after Shapiro handed him a copy of the constitution.

He handled Piers well, but there are DEFINITELY valid uses for miltary style weapons. Top of the list is ranchers and home owners along the southern border who must be able protect themselves because the federal government refuses to do their job. Also, defense of family, property and life after catastrophes is another - Katrina, Hurricane Sandy, California race riots, etc. Third is hunting - it's probably the most popular coyote and prairie dog hunting platform in existence. Fourth is simple sporting purposes.

Last.. remove all the military style weapons and it won't make a blip on the crime statistics radar. The murders and mass murders will still happen, and the VERY few that happen now with the black rifles will simply happen with handguns.

So he handled himself well, and he put the 2nd Amendment into the right perspective - but he also failed to cover points that he absolutely should have.

When you are the one being interviewed by a agendized host who controls the show, seeking perfection will forever leave one frustrated.

Pier's: "I'm not the one who came in here and said you were standing on the graves of children at Sandy Hook."

Shapiro: "That's because YOU are the one that's doing that!"

Zing!

what he should also have said when piers asked for the reason would be that we don't trust Obammy to uphold the Constitution and we are fearful of him becomming a dick,tator the use of zars ,EOs and btpassing the congress,is pointing to tyrannical gov.

norm

Morgan just can't seem to fathom any purpose at all for a citizenry to be armed and continues to tout the unarmed British utopia. Seems that it might be appropriate for someone to remind Morgan of Britain's desperate need for weapons to protect their homeland during WWII. (And who willingly supplied them, most to never be returned)

Perfection, no... but repeatedly saying the only valid use for a military style semi-auto is to defend against the government? That's almost a total failure in understanding the topic.

But the kid was from California, so considering this he did quite well.

Shapiro needs to go home.

These are the useful idiots that are going to continue to give our guns away one at a time.

But why are these people going on Piers show? Morgan needs a show we don't need his show.

Recognizing there is nothing to be gained by engaging a fool in the first place would be a step in a more productive direction. By engaging any of the left wing wacko's we actually lend credibility (which they lack) to their preposterous suppositions. At some level, we must refuse to engage, (thereby validating their absurdity).

Kind of like arguing with a certain poster here at the fire...

Morgan continues to get called out. This one, surprisingly, is from WaPo.
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WaPo: Yeah, Morgan got pwned last night
January 11, 2013 by Ed Morrissey

Normally I�d be tempted to just add this as an update to the previous post, but it�s just too delicious not to highlight on its own. As Duane wrote in his GR post, Piers Morgan went from his embarrassing display in his interview with Ben Shapiro to lamenting about Shapiro�s �intransigent� performance with Mark Kelly afterward. Eric Wemple at the Washington Post confirms that Shapiro wasn�t intransigent � he was just a lot smarter than Morgan and beat him at his own game:


And Piers Morgan struggled to find the appropriate strategy for dismissing Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart.com and a foe of extraordinary polemical agility. He started in on Morgan by contending that the CNN star had exploited the dead children of Newtown �

Patented outrage spilled from Morgan: �How dare you.� And then the conversation took a turn for the better, as Shapiro cornered the CNN host on a central disconnect of the ongoing gun-violence debate: Proposals are floating around to redo the ban on assault rifles, something Morgan supports. But Shapiro wonders �.

Wemple then excerpts Shapiro�s challenge to Morgan on handguns. Murders by rifle are relatively rare, more rare than murders by knives, for example. Most murders by firearm involve handguns � so why isn�t Morgan backing a handgun ban, too? Wemple cuts out the best part of Shapiro�s pushback, though:


SHAPIRO: This is what I wanted to ask you, Piers, because I have seen you talk about assault weapons a lot, and I have seen Mark Kelly talk about assault weapons. The vast majority of murders in this country that are committed with guns are committed with handguns, they are not committed assault weapons. Are you willing to ban handguns in this country, across this country?

MORGAN: No, that�s not what I�m asking for.

SHAPIRO: Why not? Don�t you care about the kids who are being killed in Chicago as much as the kids in Sandy Hook?

That�s the exact kind of argument that Morgan uses on his guests, but can�t handle when used back on him. Wemple points out that Morgan seemed completely unprepared for his own tactics to be used on himself, and for Shapiro�s preparation:


Where Jones proved needy of a background screening, Shapiro was rational and on point. Where Jones failed to directly address Morgan�s points, Shapiro went right at them. Where Jones monologued, Shapiro got through his points quickly and shut up.
All those skills came in handy as Morgan tried to trap Shapiro by noting that Ronald Reagan had supported curbs on assault weapons:

MORGAN: One of the great right-wing presidents of modern times agreed with me.

Shapiro�s priceless retort: �So?�

It�s what happens in a battle of wits when one side is only half-armed. In truth, it doesn�t take �extreme polemical agility� to beat a poorly-informed journalistic bully like Morgan � but it certainly helps.

Update: As Twitchy reports, the whining continues.

Update II: In a more serious vein, Michael Moynihan perfectly captures the dishonesty of Morgan and his entire approach:



None of this should be surprising, coming as it does from a disgraced former tabloid editor and ex-talent show judge. Indeed, a quick look at Morgan�s oeuvre, which includes stints at the News of the World, which was shuttered during the phone hacking scandal, and the Daily Mirror, from which he was fired for publishing fake photos of British soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners, and one understands that Morgan is incapable of nuance. Take his description of supermodel Kate Moss, whom he dismissed as a �drunken, foul-mouthed, ill-mannered, paranoid Croydon girl with a cocaine- desecrated hooter and spots.� Her ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty, former guitar player in The Libertines, a seminal British post-punk band, is a �filthy talentless junkie who can�t sing.� They are funny lines, for sure, but one needn�t rush to YouTube to discover that Morgan is even more contemptuous of Second Amendment enthusiasts.



This is not an argument about the wisdom of owning an AR-15 or the judiciousness of outlawing certain high-capacity clips, but of the silliness of the Drudge and Morgan-style debate, which has abandoned reason for moral outrage. To disagree with Piers Morgan is to argue in bad faith, to be opposed to common sense, to be an uncaring, unfeeling tool of the gun lobby. Former CNN host Larry King, who Morgan replaced in 2011, told the Huffington Post this week that the show was now �all about the host,� where �the guest becomes the prop to the host.�



The Leveson Report on phone hacking in the British tabloid industry noted that in 2003 Morgan sent an email to a police officer who had complained about a story in The Daily Mirror, shrugging that �fame and crime sends most of the usual rules out of the window.� Morgan is himself famous, and has now taken it upon himself to adjudicate the complicated issue of crime�the thorny issue of America�s gun culture�by having shouting matches with paranoiacs like Alex Jones and Jesse Ventura. And in the process, he has, as promised, tossed the rules of responsible journalism out the window.

Nothing on his resum� indicates Morgan ever cared about �responsible journalism� in the first place.

As gun owners, we really have to stop the "assault weapon/rifle" term, and start referring to it as a semi-auto sporting rifle.

"Typical anti stance....paint anyone who believes in the 2nd ammendment as a paranoid kook waiting for their gov't to turn on them."
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The sad part about it all is that the government IS beginning to turn on the average American citizen! It's happening just a little bit at a time but faster every day since the current occupent took over the W.House! Just wait 'til after his second inauguration and watc how fast things go down hill from there!! He has NOTHING TO LOSE as he doesn't have to run again for office! By the next election he will just be known as Comrade Leader!!

ironbender: "As gun owners, we really have to stop the "assault weapon/rifle" term, and start referring to it as a semi-auto sporting rifle."
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If that's the case then it sure as hell would NOT hurt if all the damm sellers of AR15 type items would drop the damm words "TACTICAL & SOCOM" and all the Military jargon when advertising the junk! It makes gun owners look like a bunch of Rambo fools just by the ads alone!! What else would the general public think just from the ads alone? Our shut-up pie holes brought a lot of this crap into our laps ourselves so now it's time to repair the damage the best we can and lett advertisers know how damaging this type of advertising is to gun owenership overall! I am NOT anti-AR but I really find this type of advertising to be totally disgusting and a turn-off towards this type of firearm! Oh, and quit putting them on the cover of every dang magazine ever printed so that they are right in front of every soccer mom who ever goes into a grocery store!! Yeah!! THAT really helps our cause, too!

Yep kudos to him for that.

Good stuff for sure.

Yeah but they forget... Ya ain't paranoid if they really are out to get ya.

Clinging to my guns and religion, I'd say they're clearly comin.

Kid was right on when he pointed out how screwed his people were by Morgan's Chamberlain-esque understanding of history.

He did good.

The terms assault weapon and assault rifle are ridiculous, have no actual meaning, and need to be unused.

The "need" bs needs to go too.

I will stop at that; no need for a book.

Even Piers should understand what a tyrannical government can do as his was one at one time and that was solved with the modern weapons of that time.

But he probably has never had a hard day in his life.

instead of assault rifle how about Modern Sporting Rifle.

Piers, why does somebody need a BMW that travels 110 mph, think of the lives we would save if we only made vehicles that maxed out at 45 mp.

PROPS for Shapiro traveling into the lion's den, more conservatives need to be doing this to reach those who watch Piers Morgan, and give them an intelligent argument as opposed to letting Piers define the pro-position.

i took the liberty of adding something. your opinion is spot on!

So Alex Jones didn't do it for you?

That pommie-poofter Morgan needs to be biatch-slapped back to the cesspool the Brits have recently created for themselves.

We killed their henchmen oppressors to get rid of them 230 years ago. He needs to be reminded of that and of why he's not welcome here.

We're not SUBJECTS, YOU SMIRKING SMARMY MORGAN!

He should have pointed out how Obama has repeatedly violated the constitution. How he abandoned the people in Libya. How he lied to the country over and over. How he stood by as his minions in the Democratic party tried to destroy Joe the plumber in order to teach us all not the challenge Obama.

Thanks for posting that.he made that brit look like the fool he is!

Well he's got the 2nd down now he needs to understand that so-called assault weapons are already banned. What the A-hole Brit wants to ban are rifles.

Sure did. Somebody needs to kick that Brits ass all the way back to Britain just like we did in 1776.

Liberal's standards are very low.
Their morals lower still, if some can be found at all.

Just look at the man.
An insignificant lying socialist foreigner douche bag with nothing to offer humanity but a ridiculous imaginary utopic panacea with history of proven failures.

In other words, he's perfect.
Exactly what they look for in someone to regard highly, be attentive to, follow, make their spokesperson, leader, their hero, and shower with admiration, loyalty, and reverence.



Hmmm.
Something is eerily familiar about that, isn't it...

"insignificant lying socialist foreigner douche bag with nothing to offer humanity..."


with a big empty sinister darkness right in the middle of him.

Much the same - in fact EXACTLY the same - as dingleBarry and McRomney's first "debate".

Either the fork tongued freak's fantasy facade foisted on his fellow fools suddenly failed him, from stage fright or something, or he smoked a fatty immediately before steping out under the lights.

Whatever the case he just stood there like my cat got his tongue appearantly wishing it was all over with, and daydreaming happy joy-joy thoughts.
In the end it meant exactly nothing.

It did nothing to his faithful followers, they continued fawning at his feet as though they didn't notice.

And the only thing it did to his opponents and their hopeful followers was give a false sense of security so they slacked off right when they should have accelerated and re-doubled the efforts.

It could well be, with news of Obama's inability to function without teleprompting an ongoing and so oft repeated joke and everyone believing he's stupid and can't defend against facts, his fumbling and flailing and deer in the headlights routine was probably all staged.

Anyone ever think about that?

Whether a premeditated put-on (suggesting someone over there is quite clever, not to mention a gambler with balls of steel) or he just hit an air pocket, the result was expensive.
And will remain so for a long, long time.

Liberals think those days are over and government is now all soft and heartfelt and generous and overflowing with kindness and benevolence with their best interest in mind and always will be, getting only better from here.

They HAVE to be thinking that.

Keeping guns legal and readily available to one and all doesn't mean people are radical rambos with visions and fantasies of SHTF, it just means they're smart enough to know they should leave currently enjoyed protections for future generations.
No one can forcast the future.
Being prepared "just in case" is common sense, nothing more.

Words have meanings.

Sinister means on or from the left.
Deliberately contrary.
Wrong minded.
Ill intent
Evil.
Unlucky, unfavorable omen.

Sinister from its origin in Latin, besides the obvious left side not the other, means wrong and bad behavior and/or beliefs and mindset.

The right, on the other hand (pun ) means correct.
Right minded.
On the strait and narrow.

Righteous.

This is no small thing.
This is for a reason.
It's even in the bible.

NOT an accident.
Many, if not the majority, full well know it.
And they wear their rebelliousness, contradictory ways, and crosswise to reality attitude, as a badge of honor.