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Piers Morgan: Say, I guess government can become tyrannical after all
Hot Air ^ | May 17, 2013 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 05/17/2013 1:20:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Via NRO’s Andrew Johnson, Joe Scarborough isn’t the only TV show host rethinking his scorn of gun-rights advocates this week. Piers Morgan, who engaged in some of the worst demagoguery outside of the White House and Capitol Hill over the last six months on that issue, routinely derided the idea that the American government couldn’t be trusted to abide by the law and tell the truth. Now, after watching what happened at the IRS — and to the Associated Press — the CNN host admits to Penn Jillette that maybe people had a point about creeping tyranny after all:

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“I’ve had some of the pro-gun lobbyists on here, saying to me, ‘Well, the reason we need to be armed is because of tyranny from our own government,’ and I’ve always laughed at them,” Morgan said last night. “But, actually, this is vaguely tyrannical behavior by the American government.”

Guest Penn Jillette agreed with his assessment: “I think that it shows you that how much we can trust the government and just sit back, which is not very much at all.”

Vaguely?

I’d guess that these scandals have put an end to any notion of reviving gun control in this session of Congress.....

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; guncontrol; obama; piersmorgan; secondamendment
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1 posted on 05/17/2013 1:20:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

..hey Piers,your a moron and always will be


2 posted on 05/17/2013 1:23:54 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Deport his arse.


3 posted on 05/17/2013 1:24:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is there no end to his stupidity? And he gets paid for it!


4 posted on 05/17/2013 1:25:08 PM PDT by free-n-TX
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Hey, Piers, what do you think about the IRS enforcing Obamacare and having access to every confidential thing about your health? Piers? .....Hello......hello?
5 posted on 05/17/2013 1:37:31 PM PDT by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Vaguely? Yuh think that is the minimum term you deem apropo, at the margins of your conceit and thoughts on what government ought to be able to do and what The American Citizen can demand an end to?


6 posted on 05/17/2013 1:37:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Piers wins yet another “NO SHIT’ award....


7 posted on 05/17/2013 1:38:29 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

America is based on the concept of mistrust of government.

When you take away mistrust of government, you take away what it means to be American.


8 posted on 05/17/2013 1:39:11 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Someone in the Marines needs to quickly bring a coat for Obama because hell has frozen over.


9 posted on 05/17/2013 1:44:10 PM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam! 969)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In a drawer full of plastic sporks Piers is the one with the handle broken off.


10 posted on 05/17/2013 1:44:41 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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11 posted on 05/17/2013 1:50:57 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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It does’t redeem him completely, but I appreciate that he said it publicly. Now just let the Americans handle this, Pierce.


12 posted on 05/17/2013 1:51:47 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Doogle

Yes, but if even that neo-Redcoat, lefty clown can start to see why we need guns to prevent tyranny, I think the IRS and A/P scandals are really waking people up and making them rethink Big Government and guns.

Perhpas “rethink” is the wrong term as most have probably not really thought analytically or critically about guns before. At any rate, anyone who starts to think logically about gun rights, will eventually support them, unless they LIKE tyranny.


14 posted on 05/17/2013 1:54:34 PM PDT by Above My Pay Grade (The people have the right to tell government what guns it may possess, not the other way around.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Looks like Piers Morgan was really born just yesterday.


15 posted on 05/17/2013 2:01:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Deport any of those foreigners that talk like they have a mouth full of cat feces.


16 posted on 05/17/2013 2:06:25 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (IRS/Obamacare Death Panels selection criteria ....Tea Party, Patriot, 9/12, Constitution,...)
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Our founding fathers were intelligent and had foresight. Piers Morgan is a dumb ass.
17 posted on 05/17/2013 2:14:51 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Not being a citizen of the USA I feel he should have no say pro or con! This is not his Country! go home to Briton and clean your own closet! I would not have a prob with him having an interview with any citizen, But to weigh in with an opinion
is TABOO! Otherwise , words of Darr!


18 posted on 05/17/2013 2:15:21 PM PDT by Conserev1 ("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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To: C. Edmund Wright

LOL!

Hey! Isn’t he Sherlock’s compatriot?


19 posted on 05/17/2013 2:19:06 PM PDT by stormhill (Guns Save Lives!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bookmarking this for the record.


20 posted on 05/17/2013 2:42:29 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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