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Former U.S. Marine Vs. Piers Morgan on Guns: ‘We Can’t Give Up Our Rights Because We’re Afraid’

Jan. 8, 2013 11:00pm Jason Howerton

Former U.S. Marine Joshua Boston Battles CNNs Piers Morgan on Gun Control

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Fresh off his crazy interview with Alex Jones, CNN’s Piers Morgan hosted former U.S. Marine Joshua Boston on Tuesday to continue the debate over whether America needs stricter gun laws to address violent crime. Boston’s scathing letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) regarding her strict gun control proposals, titled “No Ma’am,” went viral last week.

Boston said more gun laws is not what the country needs — It needs more firearms in the hands responsible gun owners.

“Where does that lead America to, other than utter Wild West hell,” Morgan later asked.

Boston calmly replied, “They said this was going to happen whenever Texas instituted its concealed handgun laws, and it hasn’t happened.” The former marine went on to say that there were concealed carry permit holders at several shootings, including the Tucson, Ariz. shooting that injured Rep. Gabby Giffords, but they did not draw and start firing their guns wildly.

“The American people aren’t as gun happy and as trigger happy as they are being made out to be by the media,” he said. “They are smarter than that. They know when to hold their fire, they know when to fire. And we can increase the chances of success for these people who get caught in these situations, for their survival, by education. We’ve got to stop making this a taboo subject to everyone because its scary.”

“We can’t give up our rights because we’re afraid,” Boston said.

To that, Morgan replied, “I believe the rights of a 6 or 7-year-old child to go to school without the fear of being murdered” are more important than other rights.

Boston then noted that the previous assault weapons ban didn’t stop Columbine from happening. Congress will never be able to legislate bad people from doing bad things, he explained.

Watch the segment via CNN/Mediaite below:

(H/T: Mediaite)

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Comments (238)

scrapadapolis
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:54am
Hey Blazers here In Upastate The police will give you FREE gunlocks for all your guns.All you need is ID and how many guns you have!Wow Like Im telling them how many guns I have and where to come and get them.

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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:59am
  Tell them you have 183, just for fun.
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 6:03am
I think the Blaze can stop posting so many Articles that are about Piers Morgan. We all know what he believes and what he stands for. Enough already. It’s bad enough to have daily stories on the Fuhrer and to see his Communist, Murdering face everywhere you go. Yeah, i know the Blaze is about News. But how about something good for a change..
EEhh, maybe there isn’t anything good !

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ZOZOMAN
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 5:59am
F… the Brits,,,,, they are just socialist slaves

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PAUL GULLO
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 5:28am
My goal is to arm all of my neighbors.

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orecon
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 5:02am
Not a single child was shot in the deadliest school massacre in the US. In the 1927 Bath school massacre 38 children and six adults were killed while 58 more people were injured. Andrew Kehoe, a disgruntled school board member bludgeoned his wife to death, burnt down his farm, blew up the School and then himself in his pickup truck taking out several bystanders. In 1927 it was legal for Kehoe to own a full automatic weapon. Approximately 500 lbs of his explosives did not go off or the death toll would have been much higher.
Disarming law abiding citizens does not deter a determined mass killer. Let’s not forget that slaves were the first people in the US to be illegally disarmed.

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yorkie
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:51am
Semper Fi Marine! Piers, get your sorry arse back to Great Britain. Haven’t you heard? The muslims (er islamists) are coming! The islamists are coming. Your little ***** arse just might have to pick up a gun to fight for what your forefathers gave you and the rest of the world. Or you can do like your family probably did during the American revolution with people who had the balls to pick up guns and chase you back across the sea, hide behind mommy’s skirt and let somebody else pick up those old mean old guns to save your sorry ****! Join the real world, girl!

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pakaeboiboi
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:24am
Piers …. SLAVES DON’T NEED GUNS …. help disarm the SLAVES NOW before its too late ….

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Daggerandgun777
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:01am
13A, Beck is a Mormon, and while he might be saved, he likely believes their outrageous, extra-biblical beliefs. Strange, no inane liberals or incorrigbles are commenting…..

See, what these people do not understand is that they will be among the first gone when the revolution comes. I wonder is Morgan is protected by armed security; does anyone know where one might legally acquire that information?

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Pacman116
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:40am
Smart guy. Makes the bumbling englishman look like an idiot.

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sheik
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 3:25am
Piers Morganputz, run for your life! Go home! Go back to Pommie land and let Americans cling to their guns and their religion, and forget about changing the constitution, you pompous bastid! Go back to journalism school, buy some truth serum, and forget about commie spin, America isn’t having any of it!

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TreeTrimmerJim
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:56am
The question is cause.

Violent choices are reduced as more and more ethical, moral, self reliant individuals are added to the population.

State run mandatory attendance public schools no longer teach ethics, morality or self reliance.

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- Daggerandgun777
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:11am
  My state med it law that students cannot miss more than five days of school and still continues to standardized tests. My parish still uses uniforms to “stop bullying”, but it does not do much.
  
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synergy4one
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:44am
pierce Morgan is an idiot. Unfortunately liberals are never asked the questions, they are always asking the questions and then giving their stupid, idiotic opinion. Who is talking about banning movies and video games that have violence? I don’t see anyone on the left pointing the finger at all the gratuitous violence that has desensitized and hypnotized so many people into violent acts. What about the glorification of drugs, something every liberal loves to use, and claim never killed anyone, what about promoting such drugs that’s trade has killed thousands of people, but in stead of tightening the ban on drugs there they are pushing for increased legalization of drugs. Do they think that if it is legal nobody will kill anyone for them anymore. They are so backwards. They want the right to chose to kill an unborn baby, but god forbid you run a pipe through the habitat of the caribou disrupting the “potential life of future caribou. The point is, none of it makes sense, and it never will. People need to stop voting for liberals, or we deserve what we get. Any of you idiots who didn’t vote for Romney because he wasn’t conservative enough, how you like the results now?? Give it 4 more years

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MisterSarcastic
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:43am
I’ll bet Piers is absolutely ecstatic about his new found attention and ratings. Probably doesn’t even bother him that he’s exploiting the Ct tragedy.

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Guitar Master
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 2:22am
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Notice how Pierce Morgan CONTROLS the interview with leading questions and prejudicial remarks when the answers are given.

Fortunately, in spite of Glenn Beck’s biased, unfair criticism, Alex Jones shut Morgan down during his interview.

In the United States everyone wants to be so prim and proper and when someone gets into someones face, as Jones did to Morgan, all of a sudden you are a lunatic.

It’s time that people have the courage to shut these guys down during interviews. Jones is the only one with the courage to do so. He also made some devastating points and pointed out Pierce Morgans true colors and identity. Go Alex, go.

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davidwjohnson
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:58am
I’ve never owned a firearm but now I’m feeling it’s imperative for me to own a few. Not because I fear criminals, but because I’m now beginning to fear my government.

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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 11:51am
  “beginning to fear” them? Holy crap man where have you been the last 20 years? Welcome aboard sir. All hands on deck.
  
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Kerstile
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:41am
Morgan evidently gets his education from the movie industry. The “Wild” West was not all that “Wild”. Why? Criminals were dealt with swiftly once caught. Violence against the people was cured with a prescription of rope tied around the neck. Recidivism was not a possibility. We need to expedite violent criminals meeting with our Creator. Also, we must return to the days of identifying madmen, removing them from society, treating them humanely, in a locked, controlled environment if necessary. Slippery slope? Of course. Everything in life is a slippery slope. Mistakes are going to be made. Fix them and move on. Destroying the State’s mental health hospital systems was not the right and proper fix.

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marssnw
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:38am
Its our right to have weapons to fight the tyrranical government. It has nothing to do with HUNTING. The left is going to start a war that they can’t and will not win.

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never_slow_down
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:37am
I thought I would never say this but…I want Larry King back. Larry’s replacement is the most smug, arrogant SOB on television. How does a trash tabloid reporter turned reality show judge land on CNN?
Piers, please go home to your beloved police state of Great Britain.

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shift
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:32am
The argument always gets sidetracked on various issues by the liberals, we must always remember that regardless of the many various reasons that we need guns i.e. to protect our lives, property etc. We should always bring the conversation back to why the founding fathers created the 2nd Amendment in the first place. Its not for hunting, its for standing up to a tyrannical government. Its the one argument that liberals dont really have a legitimate response for and they will always try and steer away from it. You can not defend against a tyrannical government should the need ever arise and god hope it doesn’t with bolt action rifles. Period! We’ve seen the government step on the 1st Amendment, The 2nd Amendment, the 4th Amendment and the 10th Amendment numerous times. The Patriot Act, Arrest of American citizens without Habeus Corpus, warrant-less surveillance and recording of phone calls by the NSA, Sobriety Checkpoints, and many more examples are all signs that given time the government will step all over citizens rights and ignore the constitution of the United States. At some point the government thugs will overstep their bounds too far and at that point the American people will need to stand up for themselves. This is the only reason we need for arguing the 2nd Amendment.

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blue_rain
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:29am
Correct me if I am wrong; but wasn’t it put in the constitution that we have the right to bear arms to defend ourselves as well as to help insure the people of their freedoms against a strong arm of government take over,, or was that Sweden, or was that for rabbit and squirrel hunting? I was pretty sure the people are the employers of the govt. and govt. works for us. I know several schools that have cameras and intercom and are always locked down and do not let anyone in without ID why not do that with the schools and stop this crazed administration from messing with our rights as free people and keep our children safe as well. I think this is just another ploy to destroy more of our freedoms in this country.

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heretic
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:20am
1. Learn the difference between British and English.
2. Not all Brits agree with Morgan.
3. Do Not insult HRH. Some of us take it personal.
4. We do not want Morgan back….you took him in you can keep the #######

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- Daggerandgun777
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 5:04am
  Perhaps South Africa will take this limey fool….
  
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UseTP2wipe
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:17am
Joshua Boston is wrong. He makes the stupid gun nut analogy about cars and guns. How many times do Americans have to inform these idiots that cars are made to TRANSPORT people somewhere. Get it? They are transportation and not made to kill as an AR-15 or semi-automatic weaponry. No, we don’t take cars from people due to accidents. Accidents happen on the road, on the freeways, with higher speeds, etc. Semi-automatic weapons are made to kill. It is no accident that they kill, and kill many. The analogy that gun nuts use is not logical or reasonable. The point made about the guy having 6 bullets in him and just getting up and walking off, so that’s why we need military-grade weaponry is just stupid. There’s no other word to describe that type of statement. For one thing, we don’t even know if that happened. It is probably a right wing fable. For another thing is not even remotely feasible. The thing is that Morgan invites these guys onto his show, and just lets them dig themselves deeper and deeper. He doesn’t have to argue, or talk over them. They do themselves no favor by just opening their mouths and making these ludicrous statements.

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NotPoliticallyCorrect
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:11am
I really don’t understand why these people think if guns are banned then no criminals will have them. Do they REALLY believe that??

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Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:10am
Piers Morgan doesn’t see the purpose of a U.S. citizen having an AR-15. He’s an idiot, and Thomas Jefferson, who was much more wise that Piers ever will be, disagrees with Piers:

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
–Thomas Jefferson, quoting Cesare Beccaria in On Crimes and Punishment (1764).

“Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference — they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.”
George Washington
First President of the United States

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Skee
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:09am
My child knows about the shooting and doesn’t live in fear of getting shot at school.
He’s more concerned about the lunch menu. I’m tired of these paranoid aholes pumping
up something that rarely happens.

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