If the U.S. doesn’t change its gun laws, I may have to leave
The ‘more guns, less crime’ argument is utter nonsense. Britain, after Dunblane, introduced some of the toughest gun laws in Europe, and we average just 35 gun murders a year.
Japan, which has the toughest gun control in the world, had just TWO in 2006 and averages fewer than 20 a year. In Australia, they’ve not had a mass shooting since stringent new laws were brought in after 35 people were murdered in the country’s worst-ever mass shooting in Tasmania in 1996. Fewer guns equals less gun murder. This is not a ‘pinko liberal’ hypothesis. It’s a simple fact.
In conclusion, I can spare those Americans who want me deported a lot of effort by saying this: If you don’t change your gun laws to at least try to stop this relentless tidal wave of murderous carnage, then you don’t have to worry about deporting me.
Although I love the country as a second home and one that has treated me incredibly well, I would, as a concerned parent first – and latterly, of a one-year-old daughter who may attend an American elementary school like Sandy Hook in three years’ time – seriously consider deporting myself.









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I thought Christmas was already over!
Living4Him5534 on December 30, 2012 at 9:18 AM
See ya!
darwin on December 30, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Operative word being “may”. He’ll never leave. He is paid millions to work here. All his blubbering about guns is merely to increase ratings.
Blake on December 30, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Good! Leave!
Stoic Patriot on December 30, 2012 at 9:20 AM
If there is a better argument to fight gun control, I would like to hear it.
BigGator5 on December 30, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Don’t let the gunstock hit you in the ass on the way out.
Insufferable twit.
turfmann on December 30, 2012 at 9:21 AM
well…bye!
cmsinaz on December 30, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass when you go.
Mitoch55 on December 30, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Please.
rbj on December 30, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Awwww. Sorry to hear that Piers, but bye.
MikeA on December 30, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Anyone got some rock-salt?
OldEnglish on December 30, 2012 at 9:25 AM
You know, being a red-blooded American male, whenever I read a story on the Daily Mail’s website my eyes inevitably drift to the right at all those pictures of attractive young actresses and models in bikinis. And as brief as their outfits are, not one of those women sports a bikini with less substance than Piers Morgan.
radjah shelduck on December 30, 2012 at 9:27 AM
It really is frightening how these Leftists want to disarm single moms and the elderly living in bad neighborhoods and out in rural areas.
Sounds like a “War On Women” to me…
visions on December 30, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Here. Let me get the door for you.
davidk on December 30, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Since he isn’t an American citizen, why is he still here again?
upinak on December 30, 2012 at 9:30 AM
He cut his teeth as a reporter for sensationalist left wing tabloid rags. He knowingly published a damaging and entirely false story about British troops that cost him his last real job.
He’s having a great time with all this and is not leaving any time soon.
CorporatePiggy on December 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I have a long list of people he can take with him when he goes…lol
Tilly on December 30, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Someone please inform me why I should care what this ninny thinks about our gun laws.
The U.S. has way too many laws for firearms (have heard 20,000), why don’t we try enforcing or better yet rescinding those before we waste the time, money, and effort just to satisfy the mind numb douches who want even more laws that obviously don’t work due to lack of enforcement or utter ridiculousness.
Take David Gregory for a prime example; has he been arrested yet for violating D.C.’s gun laws?????
Go away Morgan and don’t say another word about your guest nation’s laws.
D-fusit on December 30, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Can I help you book your ticket to your socialist paradise of choice?
dczombie on December 30, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Piers! Don’t! I just turned in my Glock and AK! Please reconsider!
The Count on December 30, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Oh, please. Your daughter won’t attend public school. You’ll send her to a private school that has armed security.
ladyingray on December 30, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Piers, aren’t you the same POS who couldn’t even keep a job at a British tabloid because of your dishonesty?
I’m not sure the Brits would take you back. It is amusing that CNN (a competitor for MSNBC when it comes to crap “news”) would actually pay for Brit garbage such as yourself. You should apply for a job at the NYT, as they are well known for employing “reporters” who make stuff up.
trl on December 30, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Wow, only 35 murders a year in Britain. Oh, “gun murders.” I don’t see Piers getting worked up over the murder of six children. I guess it’s ok if you kill people by fire.
Dongemaharu on December 30, 2012 at 9:49 AM
He is a stereotypical pseudo-intellectual leftist. He doesn’t just hand pick facts, he hand picks pieces of facts and presents them as the entire truth. By all means Mr. Morgan, flee back to Britain where your children may be unlikely to be shot but your daughter’s chance of being raped or assaulted is about 10X greater. And be sure to completely ignore the enormous disparity in racial demographics of US violent crime. Let’s not actually address the problems but knee-jerk react by incorrectly categorizing firearms and then banning law-abiding citizens from owning them. But at least he is in good and familiar, to him, company as China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and Yemen have also called to disarm US citizens. Reminds of that whole being known by the company you keep. …
deepdiver on December 30, 2012 at 9:53 AM
The ‘fewer calories, less fat’ argument is utter nonsense. After topping off at 240, I deeply cut my cholesterol intake, and my doctor says I’m now at a low risk for heart disease.
HitNRun on December 30, 2012 at 9:53 AM
And the winner is.
BullShooterAsInElk on December 30, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Wow 2nd Amendment, is there anything you cant do?
Valkyriepundit on December 30, 2012 at 9:55 AM
by all means
GO!
NOOOOOOOOOOW.
blatantblue on December 30, 2012 at 10:02 AM
As if the guns came to life, organized, grew feet, and went on this “relentless tidal wave of murderous carnage” by themselves.
Not to mention, he’s in the US to make a buck and feel relevant with his own “news” show. Morgan needs to sail back to the UK and return to buzzing bad acts on Britain’s Got Talent”. That’s his speed.
JetBoy on December 30, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Piers, it’s not you, it’s us. You’ll have to leave the U.S. to show us how right you are.
Fallon on December 30, 2012 at 10:07 AM
America has a proud tradition of getting Brits to leave because of our guns.
gwelf on December 30, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I’m afraid that this is all bluster and nothing more.
Although I would be happy to drive you and your lovely family to the airport, when the day comes.
Hill60 on December 30, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Ouch!
OldEnglish on December 30, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Happy New Year!
CW on December 30, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Aww… Those were the days.
BigGator5 on December 30, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Er, to where are you going to self-deport? Even many Brits don’t want your pompous arse back.
I’m was thinking “The Land of the Rising Google Bank Accounts” – Bermuda. As Steyn suggested, Obama “gifted” Her Majesty and Bermuda 4 Uighurs from Gitmo (there’s got to be a 12 Days of Ramadan or Obama song in there somewhere. On the 4th day of blank, my true love gave to me, 4 Uighurs surfing..).
Why? ‘Cuz:
On one level, I think you’re the type that actually believes you are one of the precious and that everyone loves you. Sort of like Madge. Yes, at 54, any woman would KILL to have her body, but NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THE BOOBIES AND VAJAYJAY ON STAGE ANYMORE…OK, maybe, Ray Charles. If she had any sense or class, she’d take some lessons from Dita von Teese. Ahem.
On another level, you’re George Constanza. I remember that I tagged Obama with that label immediately following the first debate (the jerk store called…), but my good man, you bring some serious ‘nutter game.
EIGHT YEARS AFTER after you were frogmarched out of your office at The Mirror for knowingly running hoax pictures of British soldiers “torturing” Iraqis, you are STILL Tweefending yourself and blaming a vast-right-wing-Neo-Con-Israel-Firster-Bilderberger-NWOer-Tri-Lat-CFRer-Freemason-NRA-Globalist-False-Flag Planner-MK-ULTRA Practitioner-Paid Propagandist-CIA-MI6-DGSE-Mossad-conspiracy for photoshopping those pictures on the same Olympia manual typewriter
that createdthat did not create Dan Rather’s “fake, but accurate” Bush AWOLdocumentsforgeries.After the Leveson Inquiry said this about you, specifically:
…and coupled with the aforementioned FAUX FOTOS, I find the irony deeeeelish when you complain about “FAUX News.”
You’re STILL fighting the War of the Faux Roses Iraqis, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting the English Reformation, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting the English Revolution, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting the Glorious Revolution, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting the Act of Settlement 1701, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting the American Revolution, which you lost… long ago.
You’re STILL fighting Lord Hardwicke’s Marriage Act of 1753. You’ve been losing, but against the will of the British people, the Fabian Socialist Archbishop of Canterbury, who fought to open the CofE to gay priests, but has announced his retirement in protest, the grassroots and peers of the Conservatives, Muffin Cameron will win SSM for you…even if it puts Ed the Red or Boris in 10 Downing.
Nothing, however, can win back your integrity, trustworthiness, Q-rating and “Why you matter” factor…although I’m sure that China or Son of Son of Kim in NorKo will take you. (Hell, if PSY can be the Elvis of South Korea, surely, you can be the Edward R Murrow of North Korea!) After all, you’ve always been great at spouting propaganda and weaving faerie tales of the blissful nature of My Progressive Little Ponyland, which is, of course, a gun-free zone where unicorns and teddy bears can marry and produce litters of lollipops and cupcakes with sprinkles.
Piers, short pier, and long walk. Some assembly required.
Resist We Much on December 30, 2012 at 10:19 AM
His sincerity about this is right up there with all the liberal celebutards who said they would leave the country if Bush were elected.
JetBoy on December 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Let the door hit ya.
dogsoldier on December 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM
I’ll help you pack!!
Sachiko on December 30, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Even if you stay, dirtbag, nobody’s watching you. Your own country wants no part of you. Hey, maybe you could move to Bulgaria, and do the morning Buttermilk Report.
kingsjester on December 30, 2012 at 10:28 AM
What offends me more about Gregory is that his kids school has numerous armed guards while he argues to deny our kids the same.
Blake on December 30, 2012 at 10:30 AM
“America has a proud tradition of getting brits to leave because of our guns”
Well done, sir. Very well done.
wolly4321 on December 30, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Curly Bill said it best
Rio Linda Refugee on December 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM
davidk on December 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Great line. COTW.
davidk on December 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Never gets old.
davidk on December 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Bye! Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya! Or do. Limy puke fluffer!
Bmore on December 30, 2012 at 10:40 AM
At roughly the same size as MI, and just about as nice.
Bmore on December 30, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Bravo.
Fallon on December 30, 2012 at 10:52 AM
I’m not at all sure why conservative websites care so much about this guy — it was the “lead story” over at Town Hall early this morning. He’s a third-rate mind (at best), working at a network that we’re told no one watches; he doesn’t shape opinion or the news agenda. Going after Gregory, his hypocrisy and demagoguery is one thing. But, really, worrying about this guy? We’d be better off with stories that told the real history of guns in the U.S., the 2nd amendment….and why anyone would name their son “Piers.”
EastofEden on December 30, 2012 at 10:56 AM
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