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White House Petition to Deport Piers Morgan Over Anti-Gun Views Hits 31,900

Dec. 24, 2012 8:06am Billy Hallowell

TV hosts Jerry Springer and Piers Morgan arrive to BritWeek 2012′s ‘Evening with Piers Morgan’ on May 4, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Credit: Getty Images

LONDON (TheBlaze/AP) — Remember that Piers Morgan petition we told you about? You know — the one seeking his deportation? Now, more than 31,400 people have signed in support, calling for the British CNN host to be sent away from the U.S. over his gun-control views.

Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Last week, he called a gun advocate appearing on his “Piers Morgan Tonight” show an “unbelievably stupid man.”

Now, gun-rights activists are fighting back. A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging in a “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution” by targeting the Second Amendment and demands he be deported immediately.

TV host Piers Morgan attends the WWE SummerSlam VIP Kick-Off Party at Beverly Hills Hotel on August 16, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. Credit: Getty Images For WWE

The petition has already hit the 25,000 signature threshold to get a White House response. By Monday, it had 31,430 signatures.

Morgan seemed unfazed — and even amused — by the movement.

In a series of Twitter messages, he alternately urged his followers to sign the petition and in response to one article about the petition said “bring it on” as he appeared to track the petition’s progress.

“If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?” he wrote.

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Fubar Frog
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:56am
Although I care for Piers Morgan about as much as I desire a case of the crotch crickets and the clap, he is covered under the 1st amendment, peroid. If we deny this right to him, how long would it take before the left denied us ours? Give the left enough rope, maybe they’ll hang themselves.

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- iFixRJs
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:08am
  Not being a US citizen (I am assuming he is not) then he is entitled to no such protection. The same goes for terrorist who want the same protection as US citizens in court, sorry, you don’t get that.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:22am
  IFXRJS
  
  You are WRONG.
  
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- GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:03pm
  I heard about it from an independent blogger, posted the site here the 1st day. Later found out this has some association w/ Alex Jones, which knowing he is a disinformation agent, starting to suspect this is a baited move.
  Have no intention of suppressing the 1st amendment, but to believe it is not being exploited by the MSM is down right gullible.
  
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- Maji
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:05pm
  My point is more want him to leave
  than watch his show!
  
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- repairsea
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:24pm
  Theoretically he would be covered under freedom of speech but in general – No. He is not a citizen; therefore, he is not protected by the bill of rights.
  
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- NukeHaze
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:46pm
  KUPO: IFIX is correct. The Constitution applies to citizens. There is no provision for aliens, legal or otherwise. It may have to be pressed to the Supreme Court but this has been largely unenforced and ignored fact.
  
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- KevINtampa
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:53pm
  #1 All men are created equal.
  
  This means that yes, even Piers Morgan has 1st Amendment protections. It doesn’t state that all men are equal only if they are an US citizen.
  
  #2 Just because he is covered under the 1st Amendment doesn’t mean his visa can’t be revoked. He is a guest of our country. As the people of this country we do in fact have the right to say who is welcomed and who has overstayed their welcome. We are not talking about jailing this man, that would be a violation of his 1st amendment rights. We are simply demanding he go back home. Rather we are saying, you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. Now, if he is making a case of political asylum because the gun laws he preaches about has led to a rise in violent crime back home so therefore he feels threatened, then we can consider providing such asylum. But remember, he has no right to be here, he is only here because we have welcomed him; and we have every right to tell him to leave for any reason we want as we are a sovereign country. Unwelcoming him is in no violation of any of his rights as a man. If he is offended by that, he should have thought about that before offending the American constitution.
  
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- motherboard
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:00pm
  I don’t care if he (Morgan) has 1rst amendment rights or not personally, I do, and I actually am a citizen of the US. So, I will use my own 1rst amendment rights to remind him that he can shut the F up!!! How is that?
  
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- FoxholeAtheist
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:15pm
  Ifixrjs, does that mean if a man from a country that allows slavery or multiple wives visits this country, then that slave is not free or he is not in violation of polygamy laws?
  
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- shorelineliz
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:30pm
  Excuse me? He is not an American is he? He is a British Citizen as far as I know. So, he is in this country as a “guest worker” so he should keep his trap shut or we will send him back to his land. His British Constitution covers him. Our Constitution covers American citizens born here and naturalized here. He is not in that category. When you come here to work you need to shut your trap and fall in line. How do I make this petition read 31, 901?
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:36pm
  “…“If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?” he wrote…”
  
  Probably none that value freedom. Of course, Engrund will probably take him since they have the same views.
  
  As for his right to free speech- he sure has every right we have: freedom of speech, press, self defense, et al.
  
  What he doesn’t have is the right to tell us how to live our lives and run our country or get involved in our politics. If he wants to live and work here, he has the right to a green card, but that doesn’t give him voting privileges or the right to denounce our government.
  
  As for calling us names, he has that right as well. Even if he is a POS Limey with no more brains than a box of rocks.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:41pm
  You’re wrong too, Nukehaze. The Constitution applies to all, not just American citizens. Did you sleep through U.S. government class in high school?
  
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- Lee_in_PA
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:52pm
  As soon as he steps one foot in the US, he is covered by the laws of the land, including the First Amendment.
  
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- ZZTOP
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Morgan didn’t use a fair and balanced approach to the gun ban issue, he overwhelmingly had a onesided view inwhich he violated his own right to speak while denouncing the other side of the issue.
  
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CHROME_PLATED_HEART
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:38am
I thought treason and sedition were the same whether they come from a U.S.Citizen or an interloper. Why spend money to deport him? Ropes are still cheap.

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- Ohello
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:45am
  Unfortunately, subversion and treason laws only refer to the undermining o the US Government, and not the Constitution. The US Government is the main criminal force that subverts the Constitution so deporting King Obama’s emissary is impossible as he is actually supporting and not subverting the US Government. Guns are not the great equalizer, US Government says so!
  
  Communism Rules! Hail the almighty King of the World ! Obama forever and ever!
  
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- crackerone
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:04pm
  I like Chrome’s idea!
  
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GrayPanther
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:29am
Mr. Morgan, your factually challenged dialog only works on MSNBC. Clearly, the BLAZE should not promote you stupidity. and if you don’t work cheap you won’t work in the USA. Back to gun control England and the BBC.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:51am
  I get your point, GRAY, but Morgan works for CNN.
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:55am
  Piers does not want to go back across the pond – UK Home Office reported 11, 749 crimes committed with firearms in the UK and Whales in 2011. Piers knows gun control does not work and why he uses armed security.
  
  The UK Home Office:
  “The Home Office has also announced its intention to strengthen the legislation around the importation and supply of illegal firearms.”
  
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whiskeyrebel
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:26am
You can outlaw guns like they did in australia, but organized criminals can pay metallurgists to make guns illegally whilte the peaceful citizens will be unable to protect themselves. What do people of superior intellect like Piers not understand about that?
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- JohnnyinthePedros
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:14pm
  Here’s a website with plans to help you do that very thing – http://defensedistributed.com/
  
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Geardo
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:23am
Deport Obama, he’s also British, and wants too disarm America

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matinva
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:19am
If it weren’t for our ‘guns’, we’d all be speaking with a British accent, no?

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jessieH
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:19am
To me, his attack on the Constitution is no different than me badmouthing their Queen & their country. I don’t want him deported. We need comic relief. Without this “court jester” we’re stuck with the comedy of Chrissy Matthews. I wonder what he would think about a road sign that says ” GOD enslave the Queen”? No, not San Francisco, the “other” queen.

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whiskeyrebel
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:17am
If he hates our laws so much he should move back to Europe. If only snobby sarcasm made us bulletproof we could all act like Piers and wouldn’t have to worry about guns. Until that happens I’ll carry my Px4 and AR15 wherever I go.

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progressiveslayers
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:16am
Morgan’s just another idiot lib spewing the line they all throw out there,ban guns,white males are evil he’s a broken record.The petition should read deport the 20+ million illegals.

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ktmrider1
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:15am
all the left wing loons should be deported to make this once great country the best again

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- CHROME_PLATED_HEART
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:43am
  They all laugh and snicker at us because they think we can’t lay a hand on them. Hopefully, that’s gonna change real soon.
  
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lel2007
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:07am
There must be some qualifiers I missed on the “freedom of Speach” article in the Constitution.

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lel2007
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:05am
But I thought America was a beacon of freedom and works to spread freedom throughout the world?

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- GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:16pm
  Think that argument ended when Kuwait continued to allow slavery. Anymoreplanemyths?
  
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freedomnetworker
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:03am
My only question to you all is ,”Whos next”?, what if the opposing side doesnt like your view or someone you cherish that is a foreigner? When the first Amendment was brought up it covers the speech we don’t like as well as the speech we do like. I do not like or respect this em-basil but while here he does have the right to say what he chooses as long as he is not inciting riots or violence and even then you have to ask one question; When it is time to yell the redcoats are coming when our govt turns completely on us what will your punishment be for speaking about taking to arms?” We have to very careful people. Very careful.

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Gorp
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:02am
32,604 as of this posting. Nothing will ever come of it though because he’s a Left-Wing Hack and Obama probably loves him.

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- lel2007
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:10am
  I’d be surprised, and concerned, were any administration to deport someone for exercising their right of freedom of speech.
  
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- Geardo
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:25am
  LEL, he’s trying too destroy America, just like his fellow Brit Obama
  
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RudyBoy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:48am
I imagine Iran would have Piers Morgan, oh wait no, never mind, Iran doesn’t like infidels, especially stupid ones.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:56am
  Lets drop him into North Korea then.
  
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starman70
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:46am
If he is so unhappy here, he should just calmy deport himself. GO HOME!!!

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RightUnite
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:45am
Oh, I imagine his own country will want him, as he’s facing criminal charges there. I say, hand over the little toad. Have him face charges in his own country the dumb*ss hypocrite.

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Eastinfection
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:42am
How’s the “Deport POTUS” petition doing?

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Stab_friendly
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:41am
Wow… That is almost enough to fill up my high school football stadium on Friday Night in Texas..

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KingCanon
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:36am
If I remember correctly we fought to rid ourselves of these Brits.
I could be mistaken. History IS so fuzzy these days. Just ask any
Harvard, Yale or Brown grad and you’ll understand what I mean.
However, these days it seems a media program can’t exist without
the accent. By the way….. ” ‘ave you seen tha kween? “

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BSdetector
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:33am
Go sell some other country into slavery. Maybe if you beg hard enough, the brits will take back a sniveling worm like you, morgan.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:29am
Okay, while many here will disagree with me on this special subject. I must point out that the 1st Amendment protects speech that may not be popular. I feel that the right to free speech is a right bestowed upon all in this country, and even the despicable Piers Morgan. I certainly do not care for much of anything he says or does, but I still say that he has his right to say it. This petition I see just as much of an over reaction as ENCINOM’s simpleton rants regarding the 2nd Amendment. It does appear as though the Supreme Court disagrees with you ENCINOM. Okay, back to Piers, if anybody is going to complain about him and wants it to count. Contact CNN, his employer. Remind them of the shay ground they are already on. CNN is in no position to lose another single viewer.

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- Zipit
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:43am
  You are as usual, correct! But hey, 31K plus! That number probably close to exceeding his viewership.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:44am
  And! MERRYY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:50am
  I’m right there with ya man. In the comments for the other story I was pretty much a lone voice of reason in a sea of stupidity. No matter how much I pointed out that his speech is indeed protected, people kept chiming in with “yeah let’s boot the limey bastard” as well as loads of people who, for some reason, think that the Constitution only applies to citizens.
  
  People like these are the ones who are giving us conservatives a bad name and an image of utter lunacy.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:59am
  Yes, we need to hear what their motives are…. Let them spew their hate, lies and propaganda…That way we have the tools to fight back. Nut job Bill Maher says things that make anyone want to throw a brick at the TV…But We need to hear him out even if he is despicable…
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:38am
  ZIPIT, KUPO, SKIPPY6, First thing is first, I wish you a very Merry Christmas this morning.
  We do seem to be in agreement here, along with another post well above who has said just about the same thing. I suppose that explains the truly low numbers for such a petition. Of all of the conservatives in the nation it seems now that only a little over 32,000 have had such a knee jerk reaction to Morgan. While it would not bother me to see him leave the country, and hopefully there would be a CNN camera crew appropriately at the Atlanta Airport to see Piers board a Delta aircraft. Those militant crews will stuff him in a toilet the moment he complains about his empty Champagne glass. Now, that much I could see myself wishing for him. But, as far as I am concerned he can do this for himself, or as CNN sees fit, they can end his employment. But, he can have his 1st Amendment rights…..until he lands in his own country.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:37am
  I personally can’t stand Piers Morgan’s smarmy face and I do disagree with him 1,000% on this gun control issue, and pretty much every other issue for that matter. That said, one of the main reasons that the 1st Amendment was created in the first place was that so people could speak out against the government without fear of being punished or censored. Were we to deport Morgan for speaking his mind then we would really be no better than some 18th Century redcoat flogging a colonist for trash-talking King George.
  
  Free speech doesn’t need to be protected when it comes to popular statements. It’s the unpopular, rage-inducing statements that need to be protected the most; and to see so-called conservatives seeking to undermine one of our most fundamental freedoms absolutely repels me. If we could deport someone for exercising the 1st Amendment then a very small leap remains in punishing citizens for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Do we really want to see conservatives being thrown in jail for calling Nancy Pelosi a moron? How about people being thrown in jail for being Christian?
  
  Think about it rationally for two seconds, people.
  
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blanco5
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:18am
No one is going to deport him. He serves as a mouthpiece for the state. There is no justice anymore.

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- loriann12
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:34am
  Europeans just don’t think like Americans, never have, never will. I have a very nice sister in law from the Netherlands. We get along great, but she was not steeped in American values. She sees nothing wrong with getting patted down, hands on breasts, hands slid into pants, every time she flies back home. She says she’ll put up with it if it keeps her safe….really? TSA isn’t interested in keeping us safe, they want to desensitize us to control. It’s the same with gun control. It’s not about controlling if we have guns or not…it’s just control.
  
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- progressiveslayers
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:31am
  @LORIANN12 I agree 100% it’s all control simple as that.
  
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dissentnow
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:18am
“A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas”

That user would be Kurt Nimmo of Infowars.
Give credit where credit is due, the blaze!

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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:13am
The limey needs to go back to his country of origin. He is not an American.

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- cdn1979
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:52am
  freedomofspeech is your name but i guess it only applies to those who think and speak the same way you do. dictators do what you are suggesting. freedom my a$$.
  
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