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He knows, and its why he does it. There's ratings in being hated...
He recently came to Australia to watch the cricket, in which his team England was getting pounded, and he started making stupid comments on Twitter about how the players were afraid and he could do a better job. At which point a former Australian player and media darling gave a completely unprepared out of the blue challenge to Morgan to face his bowling. Luckily the heavily planned lunchtime cricket schedule had a gap for such a media event in just a few days time... so Piers turned up, got humiliated and seriously hurt by a guy bowling very quickly straight at his body, and everyone at home got to laugh at the idiot with the big mouth.
Just ignore Morgan. He's a loudmouth for money.
Hehehe I hadn't heard that story, but I do remember Jeremy Clarkson taking a swing at him
Hordini wrote: I'm starting to feel bad for Piers Morgan. I don't think he has any idea how out of touch he is with a large segment of the American population.
He knows, and its why he does it. There's ratings in being hated...
He recently came to Australia to watch the cricket, in which his team England was getting pounded, and he started making stupid comments on Twitter about how the players were afraid and he could do a better job. At which point a former Australian player and media darling gave a completely unprepared out of the blue challenge to Morgan to face his bowling. Luckily the heavily planned lunchtime cricket schedule had a gap for such a media event in just a few days time... so Piers turned up, got humiliated and seriously hurt by a guy bowling very quickly straight at his body, and everyone at home got to laugh at the idiot with the big mouth.
Just ignore Morgan. He's a loudmouth for money.
What ratings? He has about 7 viewers worldwide. Rumor is his show is toast. It was definitely toast until everyone else started sucking there too. I like CNN for news, but never ever watch in the evening. If I want lefty commentary I can swing over to the scenery chewers at MSNBC. The CNN ones are just...boring. Their new morning show is boring too. Its like lame GMA.
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I'm being subjected to Piers Morgan being an idiot about guns on CNN tonight. I don't like it.
And again, from the British public, we're really, really sorry he's a thing.
Pretre: OOOOHHHHH snap. That's like driving away from hitting a pedestrian.
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Frazzled wrote: What ratings? He has about 7 viewers worldwide. Rumor is his show is toast.
As I already said, that makes it a top rating show by CNN standards.
It was definitely toast until everyone else started sucking there too.
When everyone on CNN started sucking? You mean 1998?
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Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Piers Morgan
Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms Without Infringement
Act".
We used to have Concealed Carry with a license. Then a few years ago we passed Open Carry with a license. This would attempt to pass Open Carry without any license.
Frazzled wrote: What ratings? He has about 7 viewers worldwide. Rumor is his show is toast.
As I already said, that makes it a top rating show by CNN standards.
It was definitely toast until everyone else started sucking there too.
When everyone on CNN started sucking? You mean 1998?
Sir you have me on both counts. Game, set, match: Sebster.
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cincydooley wrote: I was surprised to see that Fox News has added like, 3-4 'liberal' commentators over the past two months (I actually really like the hire of Carville)
carville's a hoot to watch, even when I disagree with him.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
sebster wrote: [ so Piers turned up, got humiliated and seriously hurt by a guy bowling very quickly straight at his body, and everyone at home got to laugh at the idiot with the big mouth.
Just ignore Morgan. He's a loudmouth for money.
Give him props for showing up though. Even if he got humiliated, at least he put his money where his mouth is.
(For the record, I have no idea who this guy is, nor do I care to.)
You know, off thought here, but is it legal to carry a sword? Something tells me you can't which would be silly if you can openly carry a gun but not a sword or large knife...
Also, if someone openly carrying a firearm acted beligerently towards me could I shoot them because I thought my life might be in danger? "He had a gun and was yelling at me, started moving his hand towards his hip..."
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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I actually think you can as long as its not concealed.
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I feel like we could convince hipsters to start carrying swords.....
Someone help me make this happen....
That'd be awesome then pass some duelling laws; I mean, you're protecting yourself, right? Pistols at dawn and all of that.
I know myself well enough to not ever carry a weapon; sometimes I have poor impulse control.
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You know, off thought here, but is it legal to carry a sword? Something tells me you can't which would be silly if you can openly carry a gun but not a sword or large knife...
Also, if someone openly carrying a firearm acted beligerently towards me could I shoot them because I thought my life might be in danger? "He had a gun and was yelling at me, started moving his hand towards his hip..."
In Cali...technically yes. Fixed blade knives could only be legally carried openly...with no blade length restriction (Unless county or city had more restrictive measures). Batons were a massive no-no however, unless you had a badge.
And...it depends. Belligerence in the form of telling you that your favorite my little pony is wrong and the choice of uncultured swine, followed by putting his hands on his hips in victory is NOT the same as a guy getting into an accident with you, stepping out of their vehicle, declaring they are going to <CENSORED> you up for ruining their truck, and actually moving to grab a weapon.
SOFDC wrote: In Cali...technically yes. Fixed blade knives could only be legally carried openly...with no blade length restriction (Unless county or city had more restrictive measures). Batons were a massive no-no however, unless you had a badge.
And...it depends. Belligerence in the form of telling you that your favorite my little pony is wrong and the choice of uncultured swine, followed by putting his hands on his hips in victory is NOT the same as a guy getting into an accident with you, stepping out of their vehicle, declaring they are going to <CENSORED> you up for ruining their truck, and actually moving to grab a weapon.
Sharp pointy thing but no stick...makes no sense, does it?
So, how do you draw the line. Road-rage guy drives up yelling and reaches towards his glove compartment, can you blast away because you fear for your life and have reasonable suspicion to think he's going for the now ubiquitous hand-gun (vs. his cellphone to take a picture of your car)?
One thing that I've noticed about peope who carry firearms in hipholsters is that a great number of them actually rest their hands, naturally, near the weapon. I don't think any of them are intending to be threatening but if you have a large sidearm, even going into your hip pocket for your wallet or cell-phone combined with threatening language could result in a shootout.
Picture this lady not smiling, in the same pose, yelling expletives at you. Would you have reason to fear for your life? Enough to draw and fire upon her?
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She's brandishing right now. What are you talking about? I've never seen anyone resting their hand on their pistol in a CC situation. Again, what are you referring to?
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Frazzled wrote: She's brandishing right now. What are you talking about? I've never seen anyone resting their hand on their pistol in a CC situation. Again, what are you referring to?
Yeah, it's mainly me being stoopid and talking about open carry which is becoming the new thang and what I'm quasi, genuinely concerned about. I've been around guns my whole life but I will never be comfortable sitting in a restaurant or somewhere and seeing people sitting around with guns falling out their pants:
I guess I just don't see a need for it. I was brought up to have a healthy respect for firearms and that they were only to be carried/used in specific situations. While I understand that not everyone shared that upbringing, it's something that lingers with me nonetheless.
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That's why if I were ever to carry I'd get one of those armpit holsters. Not as much chance for misunderstanding, plus it looks very badass
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How many of those people have sprung up and started shooting? Do you feel that same discomfort when walking down a street with traffic?
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Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote: How many of those people have sprung up and started shooting? Do you feel that same discomfort when walking down a street with traffic?
I'm pretty sure we'd have non-stop news coverage if such an instance were to happen.
Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote: How many of those people have sprung up and started shooting? Do you feel that same discomfort when walking down a street with traffic?
I'm not expecting such laws to result in wholesale carnage, I was just expressing my personal opinion and discomfort at open carry. I've had my entire life to get used to people driving on roads, this open carry thing is fairly new. Besides, I can dodge traffic a fair bit more successfully than bullets were somebody to lose it and the news is replete with stories of people "losing control" and barrelling into groups of pedestrians...
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Well, the right to keep and bear arms, is a constitutional right. Opening a bank account is not. Besides a bank is a private firm, they can ask you whatever they want, within reason, when you ask to open an account.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Wishing I was back at the South Atlantic, closer to ice than the sun
Grey, you're missing my question, it's not whether you have the right to bear arms, it's about the requirement to show a good reason to carry a concealed weapon.
Cheers
Andrew
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Mr Nobody wrote:
Does a canoe with a machine gun count?
AndrewC wrote: Grey, you're missing my question, it's not whether you have the right to bear arms, it's about the requirement to show a good reason to carry a concealed weapon.
Cheers
Andrew
I think your missing the point. The 2nd Amendment reads "bear arms". It does not read "bear arms after showing good cause".
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No, I didn't think I was. I'm not asking about banning firearms, or restricting open carry policies, I'm asking about one narrow view on concealed firearms.
Cheers
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Mr Nobody wrote:
Does a canoe with a machine gun count?
AndrewC wrote: No, I didn't think I was. I'm not asking about banning firearms, or restricting open carry policies, I'm asking about one narrow view on concealed firearms.
Cheers
Andrew
Because "self-defense" wasn't seen as a good enough reason for regular citizens in many cases, so it could be used to restrict licenses to celebrities, politicians, and people with connections. If you're a law-abiding citizen, there is no reason to restrict your rights.
I hadn't heard that story, but I do remember Jeremy Clarkson taking a swing at him
