So when former L.A. police officer Christopher Dorner goes on a shooting spree after issuing statements praising President Obama (while savaging Obama's critics), lauding MSNBC news figures as well as the edifying CNN's Piers Morgan, who is to be held responsible? The gunman, of course. And that's exactly how it should be in these types of situations. And if some idiot (media or otherwise) blamed Morgan for stirring up anger in Dorner which in turn caused him to go on a deadly shooting rampage, I guarantee I would be just as indignant as I was over the misplaced blame of the Loughner and Holmes shootings.
However, given Morgan politicized mass shootings (i.e. using them as a cudgel for his gun control platform) merely hours after the tragedies in Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT, he got little sympathy when it was learned that Dorner stated he agreed with Morgan "100% on enacting stricter firearm laws...."
Naturally, Morgan didn't appreciate the irony.
Shocking to see how many gun rights tweeters think this shocking LA cop-killer's manifesto is something to joke about. It's not.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 7, 2013
The LA cop-killer murder spree has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with deranged criminality. I hope they catch him asap.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 7, 2013
Did you catch that? Deranged criminality? Does this mean Mr. Morgan is finally acquiescing to the fact that guns in the hands of mentally unstable people are actually the more salient issue than the type of weaponry one possesses? Dare to dream.
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