Outspoken gun control advocate Piers Morgan took the opportunity to once again fight for new gun control laws in the wake of the mass shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard on Monday.
“We have this debate every time,” he said his CNN show “Piers Morgan Live” Monday night. “I want the day to come when we don’t have to have this ridiculous debate time and again in America. AR-15, killing multiple Americans, I just cannot have this debate anymore and it’s ridiculous!”
As usual, Morgan took the opportunity to bash his three conservative guests and spew off random statistics. The statistics, however, were effectively shot down by John Lott, an economist and the author of “More Guns, Less Crime”.
Morgan had previously called Lott a “liar” when he brought him on the show shortly after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School back in December.
They don’t use a consistent standard,” Lott told Morgan. “Piers, yelling isn’t going to make those numbers right…others have looked at this, and they would warn you to be careful, not to use those numbers.”
The basis of Morgan’s argument continued to center around limiting firearms in circulation, specifically assault weapons. It has since been revealed that the alleged shooter, former Navy contractor Aaron Alexis, did not use an assault weapon during the rampage – as Morgan and others had previously reported.
Conservative talk radio host Ben Ferguson challenged Morgan’s position in stating that anti gun laws are not working and his desires are ‘misguided.’ Ferguson favors arming the correct officials in hopes of offering protection to civilians.
“We are saying that if you are in the United States Navy, and we trust you with Navy ships and war… why the hell wouldn’t we trust you to carry your weapon to work with you,” Ferguson said.
Ferguson and Morgan, along with fellow conservative talk radio host Dana Loesch, were involved in a heated Twitter fight last week over a new Iowa policy that allows legally blind Americans to apply for gun permits.
Watch the debate below.
