Here's what he tweeted in the early morning hours of July 20, 2012.
More Americans will buy guns after this, to defend themselves, and so the dangerous spiral descends. When/how does it stop? #Colorado
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 20, 2012
Here's my response:
Dear Piers Morgan,
First of all, it is all well and good that you have sympathy for those who were killed and/or seriously wounded in the senseless massacre in Colorado. I am just as sad as you are about it. The issue I have is with your tweet, implying that owning a gun for self-defense is somehow dangerous, when that has been a lie being forced down the throats of Americans for as long as I can remember. However, if you think that law-abiding American citizens who are licensed gun owners are going to roll over and give in to the unfounded fears of a few people who are calling for the virtual abolition of the 2nd Amendment (via a UN Small Arms Treaty), you are sadly mistaken!
I live in a state where the people pride themselves on the ability to use their rifles for hunting during the fall and for basic target practice - within the limits of the state regulations. They also have the right to defend themselves against those who invade their homes. In the city were I live, we have had a handful of law-abiding gun owners preventing their homes from being robbed by intruders, and their very lives were saved because of how their guns were used. If given the proper respect and training for gun use, there is nothing wrong with a citizen making such a purchase.
Let me remind you, Piers, that your own country has very strict gun control laws. According to those who have done their homework on this issue, business owners and non-business owners alike have been left defenseless against looters and other violent criminals because they are not allowed to own a gun at all! Crime rate in the UK has gone up since the gun control laws went into effect in 1977. There is a really good article about this with verifiable information. I suggest you read it, and educate yourself. You can find it here.
If you still choose to live in fear of guns being used at all by law-abiding people for self-defense - in the United States - maybe you should consider working for one of your own British TV news outlets instead of CNN. Just so there are no misunderstandings in what I am saying here, I ask that you not read between the lines, but take it only as my rebuttal to your tweet with a couple of suggestions for you - nothing more and nothing less.
Thank you!
