For the last couple of years, in the immediate wake of numerous mass-shootings, Americans have had to suffer through Piers Morgan’s thoughtless exploitation of the shooting victims in furtherance of his own personal anti-gun crusade. Although his ratings were embarrassing, Morgan still enjoyed a massive megaphone in the form of a primetime CNN slot.
Wednesday, within hours after news broke of a mass-shooting at Ft. Hood (the second in five years), America could at least feel grateful that Morgan no longer held that megaphone. Last week was Morgan’s last at CNN as a daily primetime presence, and that meant he was left to rage impotently and ignorantly at his own Twitter account.
One quick note about the first tweet below: Early reports say the shooter was indeed stopped by “a good guy with a gun,” a female MP who confronted the suspected-shooter with her own weapon. Reports suggest that it was then that the suspected-shooter stopped killing innocents and turned his weapon on himself.
Here are five reasons — five Morgan tweets — from Wednesday that should makeevery American grateful CNN’s carnival barker is off the air:
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‘If only there’d been a good guy with a gun…’ – such crap. This #FortHood soldier/shooter WAS a good guy. Until he turned bad, with a gun.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2014
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Mass shootings will only drop in America when the availability of guns is dramatically reduced & mental health issues tackled properly.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2014
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Yes. > RT @TheJhusty @piersmorgan And what are we supposed to do about it? Give up our guns?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2014
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Thanks ‘bowhunting maniac’ > RT @Bowhuntermarvin @piersmorgan you wanna go to a country that doesn’t have guns? GO HOME!! Otherwise shut up!
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2014
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Because they’re complete morons > RT @_tanyalong Why do people think threatening @piersmorgan will change his stance on guns?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2014
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