For the second time on Piers Morgan's CNN show, Breitbart's Ben Shapiro got the better of his host as on Thursday he goaded Morgan into calling for a British-style handgun ban in the U.S.
"You're from the UK, why don't we go with a full gun ban?" Shapiro challenged Morgan, who, audibly flustered, admitted, "Listen, we've discussed this. The UK has 40, 50 gun murders a year, America has 12,000. Why don't we try our way?" He then promptly switched the topic.
"I'm glad you finally let your agenda out there," Shapiro gloated. Just before, Morgan denied wishing to infringe on the Second Amendment rights of Americans: "I'm not remotely against people having right to bear arms, I'm seriously against the right to have military style assault weapons to blow kids' brains to pieces in school."
The two were discussing poll numbers showing 29 percent of Americans affirming that "In the next few years, an armed revolution might be necessary in order to protect our liberties." Shapiro placed some blame for that fear at Morgan's feet.
"And honestly, I think part of it is due to folks like you, Piers because, you know, you go out of your way to really give the impression that you're interested in taking away people's fundamental right to bear arms and I think that scares a lot of folks," Shapiro insisted.
Back in January, Morgan scoffed at Shapiro using a pocket-sized Constitution on set as he argued against gun control. "You come in. You brandish your little book as if I don't know what's in there," Morgan sneered.
Shapiro had also attacked Morgan's gun crusade: "You tend to demonize people who differ from you politically by standing on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook saying they don't seem to care enough about the dead kids."
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