Piers Morgan Debates Gun Control With Tomi Lahren After Nashville Shooting

[@Redballoon_Cartoons]

Receiving treatment for emotionally and psychological issues and was able to buy 5 guns legally- INSANE

[@t.d6379]

MERICA

[@stepherson13]

Because she lied on her application. HIPPA prevents it from popping up on background checks.

[@SherLock55]

In my country you couldn't even get your hands on any firearm with a mental illness period, even for law abiding citizens with no mental health issues you have to go through so much red tape to acquire firearms it's almost not even worth it, in fact it's definitely not. The US at least needs universal background checks, it won't stop all the mass shootings and other gun violence obviously but it will prevent some.

[@jdsasser3715]

Well let me ask you something if anybody has ever had a history of depression or anxiety should they have the right to gain access to a weapon to protect their home or property. What line do you want to draw is my question. Who can and can't have access.

[@davehale2309]

@@jdsasser3715 Mental stability is the key. I served 36 years as a police officer in Canada I have PTSD and I can not own a firearm. Despite carrying one for 5 years on duty after my diagnosis. My wife however can.

[@jimmychoi5219]

We all know what is going to happen now…some politicians express their grief and sorrow and up to the next one

[@goldenduck854]

in a few weeks

[@sara-lou9825]

@@goldenduck854 or days 😩

[@jenkins5265]

Yes, here comes the latest shipment of thoughts and prayers…

[@shefchenko111]

And Biden will talk about ice-cream

[@unitysnip3zz794]

@@shefchenko111 shouldn’t have voted him in then

[@safetymikeengland]

We need to enforce existing laws, not criminalize legal behavior.

[@ozarkman1478]

The elites understand this perfectly, however our safety and well being is not what they are after. They want a defenseless society !!!

[@hmmmm_fendo450]

Yes but if those legal laws are outdated and in some ways stupid Mabye they should be changed, I think the argument that guns are necessary to maintain freedom is one of immense stupidity if people are afraid to leave their houses. That doesn’t sound like freedom does it?

[@FREEPERCS184]

Just a reminder “mass shootings” are not school shootings

[@mattieclan8957]

Never thought much of Piers, but this time, I am surprise he can be this sensible and logical.

[@ianmccown]

He has surprisingly been humble more? I don’t know honestly

[@mattieclan8957]

@Ian McCown yes, i am not sure that he can change that much. It needs to be more than a one-off to convince me that he has changed.

[@updaterequired1173]

Andrew Tate set him straight😂

[@Marsh_125]

@@updaterequired1173 he’s not gonna shag you

[@kitchenskills5427]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[@TheDemmy22]

Let's protect our schools like we protect the politicians and celebrities!!

[@scottbivins4758]

Yeah start putting armed cops or retired cops or military on school campuses all cross america. I dont know why we protect our celebs and politicians more than americas future which our kids. Im all for putting military/law enforcement in schools across this country.

[@DZ-te2po]

We are the laughingstock of the world, are you happy now.

[@laythadrian5705]

That would be paid for with tax dollars? You sound like a RINO promoting more socialism.

[@daveg9000]

Let's stop "protecting" all the politicians who refuse to deal with this issue...

[@daveg9000]

​@@DZ-te2po China, Iran, and Russia are laughing at us.

[@patricklutz9802]

Tomi Lauren’s arguments are insane

[@jasondelaney6849]

Her arguments are facts, not insane

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@jasondelaney6849 they are insane.

[@jasondelaney6849]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 no they are not.

[@juanitosuriel6931]

What else could you expect from yoyo brain here?

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@jasondelaney6849 he is talking about you. You sound brainwashed.

[@BrooklynPhenixRising]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. There aren't many things I agree with Mr. Morgan about this one is spot on. As a Marine, as proud gun owner and now grandfather, I don't see this problem getting better... I am fearful of the society my grandson will have to live in if something doesn't change.

[@NANA-lq5md]

I don't see it getting better either. Democrats rather shit on everyone's rights than actually fix the problem. Everything in this country that is considered valuable is protected by guns except our schools.

[@shinyagami8843]

@@migue24 your response doesn’t even make sense kid I take it you didn’t even understand what the guy said…

[@vintageplanet9376]

We have tons of guns in Canada and no shootings. No crazy amount of legal drugs either...

[@migue24]

Ok, sorry.. I’m in the wrong… I watched two Piers Morgan videos back to back and I was half asleep. The other one was about Transgender issues and I got confused. I apologize, truly sorry

[@whitegoodman7465]

@@vintageplanet9376 We do not have tons of guns here in Canada..not more than people like the US thats for sure..also we are 1/100th less people here, generally less fckn sociopaths too.

[@MKillip1994]

I really like this new piers who actually talks quite sensibly for the most part and let’s all his guests speak without constant interruptions

[@brandonbp122]

Yep. He used to be annoying. He's learned and has become better at his job. That's what intelligent people do. Good for Piers. 👍

[@lucy2014]

I agree. I love Piers but he's awful about interrupting his guests. He needs to let them speak without interrupting them.

[@thelearner9984]

The thing is, I am Londoner/British and so is Piers, for us British people the answer is really simple, in fact, ask any British person and they will tell you the solution and I guarantee you one hundred per cent of Brits will agree. Piers knows the solution but he won't direct tell them because of the fact he is British, and the last time he tried to tell Americans what to do with their guns he was hung out to dry. While the solution is simply for us Brits it is not for Americans and having a British person tell Americans what to do with their guns won't go over well.

[@brandonbp122]

@@thelearner9984 You're right. If we had wanted your opinions then the States would still be under King Charles. Our gun rights exist because of tyrant English kings and their abuses. Your ancestors are to blame for our gun rights and our obsession with liberty. You are perfectly right to withhold your opinions because you don't control us anymore.

[@davidbent347]

We all know the scenario, young teenage boys going into schools & murdering kids & teachers with legally bought firearms! Except this wasn't a teenage boy, it was an ex female student who transitioned to a man... Can we get some statistics for this because i dont know of any school shooting carried out by a girl or woman... I would like to put a bet that this "woman" was juiced up to the eye balls on Testosterone (amongst other prescription meds) by Big Pharma's Trans Industry... These fu*kers have a lot to answer for!🤑🤮

[@leanonme1065]

Tommi, the master of repeating the memorized sentence.

[@willsmith39]

And yelling it. These MONSTERS these FREAKS!! Yeah we get in Tomi, mass shootings at American schools invariably feature trans people 🙄 so you are right to make this the focus. And mental health in general because when I lived in Japan that was what I noticed - no dissafected young male loners 🙄 who read violent manga and spend hours playing violent video games🙄 Yeah America is uniquely mentally ill. That must be it - brilliant Tomi.

[@robtay1963]

Her eyes were glossed over while he was talking. She had prepared what she was going to say it did not matter what he said she was going to say the same thing. You were so busy going over her own speech she probably didn't hear most of what he said

[@mh_golfer]

Unlike the other woman who lied about background checks etc. The left can never have an honest conversation about anything. They have to sensationalize everything because all their arguments are based on emotion.

[@TheQueenrevolution]

Yup. While sitting pretty...and that's the ONLY reason she has a platform.

[@keribrunelle5257]

It’s all she’s got.

[@CeCe-xv1fr]

So a jewellery store is more protected than children. Nice.

[@LJ2K2025]

Schools shouldn't even need an armed guard America is a joke

[@worldz_gone_crazy4398]

A jewellery store is protected because it has high value items that would be desirable to thieves. No one in their right mind would expect a school to be shot up in a "civilised" western society. Well anywhere but the Unites States of Gunland🇺🇲

[@philippequast809]

yeah lets put armed guards in front of schools and pretend its normal...

[@iaingreig9685]

@@philippequast809 It is a compromise the democrats should make with the republicans in exchange for stricter gun control. That is the only way they will cooperate on the issue. It wouldn't be normal to have armed guards in front of schools but America isn't a normal place. School shootings are as American as apple pie.

[@jolty9540]

They are a nation controlled entirely by money and the NRA. Britain isn't far off on being controlled by the money aspect, glad we at LEAST got guns off our streets though.

[@brittanybradford9239]

America ain't Britain Piers. Guns allowed us to kick the British ass and separate. If there were just a few gun holders in those massacres they probably don't even happen. You know this Piers. One good gun carrier stopped a church massacre immediately in Texas. More guns in the right hands are how Americans CHOOSE to protect ourselves.

[@atheistangel007]

Tomi failed miserably here as she continually got slammed with the facts. Nice job to both Piers and Ashbey.

[@danieldeplorable4960]

What facts??

[@AirglamGuru]

​@@danieldeplorable4960 STATS, you deaf fool.

[@auralplex]

@@danieldeplorable4960 Go watch football, dummy.

[@atheistangel007]

@@danieldeplorable4960 I take it you are a Trump supporter?

[@atheistangel007]

​@@danieldeplorable4960 "What facts??" 1. A good guy with a gun is no guarantee that they will be able to neutralize a bad guy with a gun. 2. More guns obviously do not make us safer. 3. Guns should at least be as well regulated as cars. 4. Other countries have just as high a rate of mental illness as the US, yet the US experiences far more gun violence. 5. Because Britain has more strict gun laws, they experience fewer gun related crimes/deaths and still are just as safe. 6. Nothing in the system stopped the Nashville shooter from getting a gun even though he had a history of mental illness and was on medication. 7. He still was able to purchase 7 firearms from 5 different gun stores. 8. No one needs an AR-15. 9. America has a history of getting things done, yet it seems to not be able to do anything about gun violence. 10. The lives of kids come before anything. 11. Congressman Andy Ogles is a dumbass. 12. Tomi is a dumbass. I added the last fact.

[@ChristoAbrie]

i live in South Africa, and if you ask any American what we are most known for it's probably our high-crime rates. we do have a serious issue regarding the crime rates in the country, but almost none of them have to do with school-shootings or mass shootings of any kind. the last mass shooting we had was at Marikana in 2012, but that was a police-engaged incident that had nothing to do with the gun laws of the country. Our firearms laws have a 3 step-process; the written forms (competency tests, psychiatric/medical evaluation, and criminal record evaluation); the practical exam (competency test; includes disassembly and re-assembly of firearm): and then finally sending the application for the license (each gun requires an individual license), you have to pass all three to complete the purchase and only then can you take delivery of the firearm (which in this case can take several weeks after initial application). it doesn't prevent people from owning them, it just makes it more cumbersome to purchase a weapon (people would feel less inclined to own a gun if they don't like going through the drama of buying one) and if you're really into that 2nd Amendment law, there is nothing saying you cannot be patient and wait for the process to be completed legally. This does not prevent people from stealing firearms and selling them on the black market, but in those cases the stolen firearms are more linked to gang violence rather than mental cases. We do still get gun-violence related incidents, but these are mostly relegated to smaller scale armed robberies and murders. The most major school incident (ie happened at the school) we've experienced was the slashing at Nic Diederichs in 2008, but this involved a samurai sword and we've had no other incident like it since, only small scale incidents like a stabbing and kidnapping. So not to downplay the seriousness of any of these crimes, but most Schools in South Africa are relatively safe from any form of violence, unlike the US that experiences a shoot shooting every 2 months (exaggerating).

[@V305G]

Can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m starting to love Piers. He’s a changed journalist

[@trashtvinternational]

i'm confused if host is not american how can he stray in the country for more than 3 months...???

[@V305G]

@@trashtvinternational Look up the term “dual citizenship”

[@larrymclovestein709]

Nope

[@psycho8927]

HONK

[@rosejack7738]

I got you. Maybe in some arguments like this, but in totality, I am still not totally trusting him. He's also a bff of the orange guy and many others like that conman. He's still the same guy who is really so insecure in my opinion both with Prince Harry and Meghan.

[@shacharrachmany1102]

6:40 There weren't good guys with guns in Uvalde, Piers. There were cowards with guns.

[@January.]

*The shooter in Uvalde wasn't a good guy. He was a coward with a gun.

[@shacharrachmany1102]

@@January. Cops there too

[@run2cat4run]

USA got the second worst gun violence in the world

[@johnfranklin8319]

Her point was having a good guy with a gun at the school first, an armed security guard, so the bad guy doesn’t attempt it.

[@LJ2K2025]

​​@@johnfranklin8319 how do you know the security guy is good? Nobody is good or bad, we all get mad from time to time 🔫 🤠

[@Frank00]

A week ago the Washington post was telling trans to arm themselves with AR-15’s

[@January.]

*AR-15s

[@Frank00]

@@January. lol loser

[@run2cat4run]

Whats the difference since all the mass shootings in the past were done by cis people

[@az..0N3]

😂

[@dutchdna]

LMAO

[@Godjbehdk]

Was going to suggest that Piers invite Tomi for a debate!!! Thank you Piers for saying "the lives of kids come above EVERYTHING". Why do we NOT see that?????

[@orangemanbad]

exactly. It’s time for democrats to act. Stop making this a political issue. Solve the problem. Stop promoting mental illness. & get schools protected.

[@robertlangley1664]

Because your politicians don’t care and life is cheap in America

[@rockytoptom]

Because unfortunately that's not true. In America, we've made it very clear that money and political propaganda greatly outweigh the importance of keeping kids safe in schools.

[@ljb8157]

I think most people agree on that... we just disagree on how to keep them safe

[@davidjamesaustin]

She debated him many times and won easy

[@montehibbert3606]

I love how piers brings up the example of how laws of the road have changed to prevent accidents and points out rules against drinking and driving. There’s more drunk driving deaths then there is gun homicides in America. Everyone reading my comment right now knows someone who has drank and drive or did it themselves. It’s an even bigger problem then guns, yet piers brings up the fact we made it illegal. Very true piers, but what we didn’t do is take the right to buy alcohol away from all the people who drink responsibly. We have penalties for committing gun crimes just like we have penalties for drinking and driving.

[@yohighness]

Trying to convince Americans to stop glorifying violence and gun culture is like trying to teach calculus to a 2-year old.

[@bushbabybotha9943]

Your comment is about as intelligent as a two year old’s comment.

[@JFromTheLandOfHella]

Americans love our guns more than our kids.

[@bill45colt]

who here is glorifying violence??? only criminals do that

[@yohighness]

@@bill45colt Nobody "here", but tens of millions in the US are doing it.

[@bill45colt]

@@yohighness yep we have plenty of gangs and druggies

[@mziyabo]

The country of thoughts and prayers. Frankly, the whole country is paralysed.

[@serenityinside1]

…….. is fucked up you mean 🙄

[@MidlifeMasteryBlueprint]

Piers being calm & measured, there’s hope for us all

[@bustedfender]

That you feel obliged to point that out shows what a self-referential douche he usually is.

[@toneyingram732]

You people hate people and God is not going to help Satan country

[@yourgrandmotherspimp1280]

Since he spoke to Andrew tate he has been so much more likeable, and less afraid to speak his mind in a more fair and logical way

[@amerigovespucci3956]

This was planned it wasn't mental illness

[@danieldeplorable4960]

You're not getting our guns, Communist.

[@spacewalker3211]

Even when we passed gun legislation it made no difference.

[@gamingwithgeko7377]

Politicians don't care because it's not them or their families. It's poor people somewhere else.

[@ruthgallagher9584]

No, the cost to attend was 16000 a year.

[@noah-ni3ee]

That is some real bs... Half of america thinks it is more important to have the right to bear arms and the other half dont want to build their schools like prisons.... What are the supposed to do, if americans cant even agree on fundamental things?

[@juandeleon1665]

When you have a government that tried to force you to get vaccination I will take my chances with the other criminals

[@hammurds]

@@noah-ni3ee growing up in the the 2000’s we always had a local cop in our school. A lot of us brought guns to school in our cars(which was a huge no no), because we had a trap shooting team, or we would hunt before or after school. We never had school shooting. Is it a gun problem, or are criminals just going to commit crimes?

[@ilootyouhoot8578]

Politicians in most other countries care.. regardless how they stand safety of children is a priority

[@TerryKashat]

This was one Piers’ best debuts. Though I didn’t agree with everything he said - he came with good challenges and respect.

[@knight-encounters]

Ok enough, so I’ve decided to edit my comment so you never know why it got likes. Have a good day 👍

[@justlol7281]

LMAO REAL.

[@snaky1310]

That's exactly what I was thinking too when I was watching this...😅😆

[@sg9524]

Yeah, he does that all the time, quite the ego. But he as hit the nail on the head here, no/less guns means the nutters kill far less people. Guns make killing far too easy. The huge issue is how to reduce ease at which people can legally find a gun and use it for illegal purposes.

[@1stsampan]

Pier wouldn't be able to debate against chess clock. I wish someone produce chess clock with switches for microphones. Everyone would get exact X minutes and then mic is off.

[@debbiepeppers6446]

Did he invite you

[@elberno4243]

When you survive a shooting, then you travel inter-state for another shooting... That is some Final Destination shizzle, right there.

[@Tonio167911]

Tomi came in like a freaking robot, not an ounce of feeling or empathy. She just comes off as soulless.

[@id10t98]

she is a racist c u next tuesday, do not expect anything else.

[@Andy-LucyGSD]

And according to her all men are trash.

[@bearsmartdurango]

I'm glad such a beautiful woman graced Piers show. Thank you, Ashbey Beasley.

[@gearcaddy]

*Tomi Lahren

[@lanalan4157]

​@@gearcaddy not her...she's aweful

[@im-gi2pg]

It’s pretty much all fake. She is naturally pretty and youth helps.

[@grr619]

Tomi is such a hag. She has a horrible view, which she's allowed to have. It's just failed and debunked, all over.

[@gearcaddy]

@@im-gi2pg haha I know I was just messing around. Both great and the arguments were solid from that lady. Great debate. I’m a sucker for angry blondes. Just as my ex. Hahah.

[@webbbyte]

Go the extra mile to protect our schools like we do for air travel.

[@AB-qt4dj]

So body scans for every kid every day?

[@nantucketmornings]

its a tough one, because then they'll probably just target shopping malls/ movie theaters.. always somewhere...etc

[@kevinmurphy8448]

@@nantucketmornings School buses

[@bill45colt]

@@markmainprize1371 not a red cent,,,,let retired vets handle this,,,experienced, mad, grandpa looking for a target. These guys are armed and trained, and retired, looking for something to do that they can do well......how would like to come up to a school knowing grandpa is sitting there with the training and ability to shoot you as soon as you give him the chance? Hes got a rifle three times as powerful as yours, it has the power to shoot through your bullet proof vest at 300 yards, and he can put hot lead through a bowling ball at a quarter of a mile. Hes ex military and not afraid of your silly asssss nor the 8 guys you bring with you. If hes killed, his body will be found in a pile of empty hot brass still smoking at his feet. HEs been deer and elk and bear hunting since he was 9 yrs old and has more battle scars than a demolition derby car. HE talks softly but has already won many battles, and here you come along thinking hes afraid of you? hahahaha

[@webbbyte]

Of all places, schools should be safe for all children regardless of how their parents vote. If the schools are incapable of doing so, whose responsibility is it? What role do parents, schools, and lawmakers play in this?

[@trenttheodore3710]

She just said protecting celebrities jewellery stores are more important than kids 😮

[@yamabro4704]

She never said that. She said that’s how our society treats those things. So why not protect our kids with guns like how we protect our politicians and our celebrities.

[@shane9249]

She didn't say that. Turn the volume up and listen again. She said put armed guards at schools to defend our children. They have security for politicians and celebrities but not our kids.

[@HandsomeRob2008]

@@yamabro4704how about we try to move to having less guns in society instead of giving more money to the gun manufacturers who make 9 billion dollars in revenue every year?

[@bellator6557]

I’m Australian, I feel safer with the deadly creatures over people with guns haha

[@NYSeaNile]

Thats why the government shut ya down so easily during covid. You guys went full tyrannical. No thanks.

[@Michael-vf5id]

same here bro thank god we don't live in america these gun nutz are crazy.

[@andrewbrown7919]

Many things in Australia will kill you. Sharks, spiders, snakes. An AR15 is not one of them.

[@mrbob_2245]

Bloody oath

[@peterdragon6367]

@@Michael-vf5id we have the second amendment. That would have to be repealed for them to pass laws removing that right from people

[@wethepeople925]

I lived in upstate NY for 40 years and was fortunate enough to be able to get a concealed carry permit when I turned 21. I have recently moved to another state and had to surrender my NY concealed carry. I've had my license to carry for almost 30 years, now in a different state. My father in NYS has had an FFL for over 50 years. The red tape and regulations any law abiding New Yorker has to go through is insane. They made it impossible to get for reasons of self defense unless you had an unrestricted concealed carry. Which was also almost impossible to get. The state of NY asked on your application what you intended to use it for, if you wrote that it was for self defense you were automatically denied, it was against "their" unconstitutional laws. The only acceptable reasons were for target practice, hunting, or competition shooting. Completely unconstitutional. The state of NY has an unbelievable amount of illegal firearms despite all the gun control laws. Thankfully the supreme court has recently ruled some of their laws are unconstitutional, but now they will just make it more costly or restrict more types of guns...soon they will try to outlaw triggers. But regardless of all the laws there are still an unbelievable amount of illegal firearms. The City of NY has notoriously strict rules and regulations yet a child would know that there are oodles of criminals in all 5 boroughs carrying illegal firearms. Tell me there is no gun crime in NYC! Your laws only make it more difficult for law abiding citizens to protect themselves against non law abiding citizens. The goal in a democratic run state is to make it so difficult to keep up with all the laws that you either forget to renew on time which allows them to revoke it or make it exhausting and far too expensive to accomplish.

[@HandsomeRob2008]

The state of New York has one of the lowest gun deaths per capita in all of the US. NY is in the top 5 for lowest deaths. You’re pretty safe there bud.

[@lukeball8500]

Wow Piers is starting to mature!

[@1SuckMeBeautiful1]

​@Izzy Izzy ugh yeah im so sick of the fanatical hatred for them, his mother the beloved princess was literally killed being chased by paparazzi, and what do all these so called "fans" of the royals do years later? Pile public abuse on him and his wife. Just gross.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

@Izzy Izzy Meghan Markle completely deserves all the criticism.

[@eljefeamericano4308]

I was pleasantly surprised by how he handled this subject, myself.

[@elvisonwax]

Yeah, like a smelly cheese.

[@Valdious]

Ever since he got tated

[@maddogsenglishmen8020]

Piers would never get Colin noir on.

[@tecumseh4095]

I saw that negro on fox news last night. He’s a grifter.

[@thandocezula9219]

Hell also spew the same nonsense this gun lobbyist is spewing!

[@somepharmacist]

That would be amazing

[@davidsmith530]

They talk about mental health as being the main problem, but there doesn’t seem to be anything done about it.

[@1stsampan]

Well liberals elected Al Zheimer who is itching to start WW III and wipe half the globe. . THAT is a problem, not somebody's rifle.

[@ricstanley8769]

Mental health blaming is just a cop out.... It's not mental health , it's guns.... End of statement

[@1stsampan]

@@ricstanley8769 "Gun violence" Never seen one violent gun in 84 years. But lot of violent CRIMINALS, often protected by liberals.

[@ItsR4ttlez]

@@ricstanley8769so it’s the car’s fault when a drunk driver kills someone?

[@juliagoodfellow7539]

Nobody knows how.

[@clemensgoermer5377]

Go Tomi , respecting the motives of the Lady on the left , Tomi is the one with valid arguments , full stop !!

[@djamilawilschke7259]

you’re a fool and I hope from the bottom of my heart you will harvest the seeds you sow in the truest sense

[@sunshinefalls1086]

I live in Australia & learnt something from visiting a Jewish school that made me think. The school had 6 foot fence around it & 2 entrances of closed gates with guards at the entrance. It had direct communication with the front office. Only authorised people were allowed through & bags were checked. They had several armed guards, security cameras & you were vetted before entry. I asked the guard why there was so much security, he said because our community gets threats & our schools can be targets so we protect our schools. They also watch cars that pull up near the school. I saw 6 guards just at the front of the school, two at the entrance, one at the end of the front fence on the footpath, one behind the gates when you walk in & one in the main office. They had stationary guards & guards that patrolled. It was something I'd never seen before but I felt safe visiting the school. I agree School's in the US are targets by mass murderers. The murderer's select schools because they can get in & they know they're not protected. The murderer of this attack changed plans because wherever she was going to attack had too much security so she hit the school because there was no security. It's not a pleasant thought but the physical entrances & armed security need to be installed to stop entry. The schools need to be protected. It's more than just including background checks on legal gun purchasers. Audrey had nothing that would have come up on a background check. The schools need protecting.

[@SuperStella1111]

I think outlawing guns and defunding/demilitarizing the police is better than putting children in prisons.

[@sunshinefalls1086]

@@SuperStella1111 with the second amendment being part of your constitution means you won't ever get rid of guns. In Australia we have strict gun rules, background checks, doctor mental health verification of being a stable person, registering of every firearm, must attend a range of a gun club for training, only allowed hand gun ownership, gun & ammo stored in separate locked safes etc. Ours is good but it still doesn't pick up on identifying plotting murderers. I guess I'm saying tighter gun rules is only one side of solution needed. People targeting schools won't stop. Schools need to be hardened to protect children. The Jewish school I visited wasn't like a prison. They did risk analysis & worked to prevent access of those who might target school children. They have been successful. It isn't a pleasant topic but I think considering schools are targeted by mass murderers in America & will continue to be, schools need protection. Recommendations are already available & were developed in consultation with various law enforcement agencies by Parkland Taskforce after that mass school shooting. Max Schacter father of Alex Schacter has tried to get School's & State's to better protect schools. They created a website of resources for schools under a national initiative. The recommendations are multi faceted from altering physical entries to schools, increase of security personnel, training of security & staff, lockdown drills with the children, safe rooms, direct lines installed to law enforcement, video access to law enforcement etc. It could be used to make it harder near impossible for anyone to gain access to kill our children. I think you need both.

[@TerryKashat]

100%

[@AB-qt4dj]

The gun control advocates know the lack of security creates a soft target and that background checks will solve very little. They really want outright gun bans. And when that does very little, they craft a new narrative on the problem because this same group controls almost of the information and take no responsibility for why they were wrong.

[@James-og3us]

Each day I become more and more grateful I am not from or live in America

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

Imagine being happy about not having basic rights.

[@jpdicey789]

@@newwaveinfantry8362 Imagine being unhappy with basic common sense and a regard for human life. To make a biblical analogy (even though I'm not religious) you Americans are so volatile that collectively you aren't even beyond the eye for an eye stage of the Old Testament. You actually need death as a deterrent to avoid fucking each other over because you are unable to trust in yourselves lol land of the duplicitous, home of the insincere. A real shame that one of the most creative, talented countries in the most positive sense gives the rest of the world more material towards its caricature.

[@jpdicey789]

Btw I think what Piers says is true, we don't politicise guns as a result of overthinking and paranoia and as a result I would say we're better off.

[@Boxa308]

Yeah, freedom sucks! 🇺🇸

[@jimbo5973]

I am sure the feeling is mutual.

[@karolmcsweeney8613]

The fact that Piers has to be so careful with his words to avoid offending certain people is unreal

[@BillAnt]

It's called class. :) Look, since the inception of the Unites States we had guns all along, yet till about the 2000's there weren't many mass shootings, certainly not at the rate as nowadays. Something has gone wrong with society, very wrong. While I'm not a gun owner, I respect the Second Amendment of the Unites States, the right to bear arms. It's simply too late for the government to try to take away all guns from citizens, there are over 300 million guns out there, it's simply impossible. But what's possible, is restricting access to guns by the mentally ill.

[@juliangodsend9418]

Absolutely correct,a freak is what did this wickedness

[@davidg7643]

Yeah but you can’t say ‘we need to address mental health’ and call someone a freak in the same sentence. If you want to address ill mental health, you need to find the next school shooter and NOT call them a freak

[@fitmeals9577]

Freak with a gun

[@juliangodsend9418]

@@fitmeals9577 exactly

[@Nizaar1]

America is not the only country with freaks, but yet you guys have daily school shootings.

[@wrdswpns1139]

a transgender

[@shontellevigil246]

MENTAL EVALUATION IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE DONE. SCHOOLS STILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED!

[@iohishfs]

Mental Evaluation of your lawmakers? 100% agree.

[@quickie17]

The fact that somebody with epud diagnosed can walk into 5 gun stores and buy rifiles handguns and ammunition is ridiculous How can they say it's mental health then let the people with mental health problems but assault weapon's Hello???

[@shontellevigil246]

@@iohishfs yeah that to!! Especially the nut jobs on the left😳

[@djamilawilschke7259]

why do schools NOWHERE in the western world need to be protected - think about that one, really let that sink in, never stepping out of your american bubble diggs you deeper and deeper into the hole of a dystopian society…

[@BooBooKeyshehe]

@@quickie17 Well, you can lie on an ATF Form 4473; the trouble is that the ATF didn't catch it if she did lie about her mental illnesses and had diagnoses on the books. Which means existing background checks don't work, in essence. Kind of casts doubt that any new ones would or could be effectively enforced too.

[@D23SI]

thanks piers, you brought this up, i really appreciate it..

[@patrajasingam6694]

What is this story regarding, piers 🎉and stripper storm, trump s girl friend

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: If a Scripture says only 2 Genders Demonizing Scripture followers Unless recognize 2+ Genders Forcing them to Disbelieve,no?

[@leonbrittain2999]

Thank you Piers for trying to explain basic common sense laws to help save our children. The issue of guns has become far to political in this country and it boils down to pure greed

[@yamabro4704]

So by saving our children’s lives we restrict guns from law abiding citizens and keep “gun free zone”signs around schools just for criminals to get guns illegally and shoot more kids. Hmm that seems like a great idea.

[@billygugen8104]

It boils down to tyrannts disarming good ppl so they cant defend themselves when they come to slaughter us.

[@basednoamchomsky]

After what happened with Alex Jones and Ben Shapiro he got better.

[@austinpowers1999]

How many babies have you rescued from the genocide clinics called Planned Parenthood?

[@camoewok3081]

A basic common sense right is to bear arms. Shall not be infringed is pretty clear unless you want to violate rights so good luck

[@alessioraccagni3753]

Seen this amount of innocent people and CHILDRENS killed is really disturbing and unconceivable for all of us here in Europe....

[@TheMINDL3SSGamers]

You DO know we only have the second amendment BECAUSE of Europe and the crown? Whenever you ask “why America why” just say “oh yea the shit the British empire did”

[@bartdoo5757]

Schools in he United States are Gun Free Zones.

[@alessioraccagni3753]

@@TheMINDL3SSGamers first time I'll meet somebody from the 16th century I will ask..... The second amendment was written when the most dangerous weapons were rifles that shoot once every minute, nowadays you have assault rifles. And for what? To fight against drones and tanks? It's 2023 if you didn't noticed

[@TheMINDL3SSGamers]

@@alessioraccagni3753 how about reading their writing you dolt? And you still couldn’t be more wrong. You can buy a cannon to this very day. And they had a bunch of different guns back then other than rifles. The puckle gun was the first machine gun of its time, it sat like a standing Gatling gun.

[@tonymartin7849]

You do know you’ve completely misunderstood 2A right? And that even then, you can still control guns?

[@TheBodger7]

It's mad how stubborn they are about their guns.

[@johnsmith8649]

It’s a fundamental right that was written into our constitution to allow any law abiding citizens the right to self preservation. Please tell me how Americans are stubborn? Would love to hear your tea sipping take.

[@nicholasvladd]

​@@johnsmith8649 okay mate you can keep your guns.

[@HumanB312]

@@johnsmith8649o one is taking your guns they are being more careful about who they give it too Mental health evaluation background checks etc How are you not understanding something so simple

[@TerryKashat]

Less stubborn and more principal. It needs discipline yes - Piers made great challenges and so did Tomi and the other guest. No one was wrong in this. We need to get it in check while still honoring the right.

[@TheBodger7]

@John Smith when they wrote it they didn't have machine guns. They had muskets that could barely fire a good distance. But yes ill stick to my tea 🍵

[@octaviolove]

The US is such a crazy country! Insane in some places

[@monicab28]

I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.....unless the Democrats continue to stay in power and ruin it!

[@dannysutherland4911]

Comparing gun regulations to vehicle regulations is a false equivalency. Thank you, Tomi! ❤

[@1stsampan]

Opinion is not an evidence. Freedom to own and carry firearms is 600 years old.

[@bonesely9858]

@@1stsampan so is freedom of speech.

[@alexb9969]

@@1stsampan firearms, yet laws can establish what arms you can and cannot own

[@1stsampan]

@@alexb9969 Law can do anything. The question is who will abide.

[@tonybell9478]

Firearms are a constitutional right, motor vehicles are not

[@lisamitchell1355]

If one of my children, grandchildren, son-in-law, daughter in law was or had a mental illness I would address the issue to prevent them to own one. This is serious, it’s time for families and Doctors to help.

[@monicab28]

Exactly! Where were this girl's parents? I think I heard that she lived with them!! I would like to think I'd know if my daughter came home with 7 guns or was hiding them in her room!

[@elicrodriguez]

Where do you draw the line for mental illness? What counts? Depression and anxiety shouldn’t stop someone from owning a gun. The only illness that should bar someone is if it increases their level of violence.

[@lisamitchell1355]

@@elicrodriguez depression and anxiety is a disease caused by our system or government.

[@firefly9838]

I'm sure they won't tell you then.

[@bill45colt]

@@monicab28 parents bought the guns i read,,,,

[@Mike-tb9xq]

70 percent of that 'interview' was Piers talking.

[@andrewfrank7222]

If you let the blonde speak, she just spews propaganda from the NRA...

[@peterjermey7235]

I think because most Brits find American gun violence really really disturbing and frustrating

[@sumbajumba3037]

because no one on this planet understands why americans are allowed to keep guns.

[@bustedfender]

Yeah, he kept much quieter than usual.

[@TheMollyjustin]

And every word he said was magnificent.

[@237active6]

A 17 year old can't gamble legally (good) but can get a gun. America gun law is a joke

[@Frank00]

Not true lier

[@Robespierres_Ghost]

A 17yr old can't go into a gun store and buy a gun. Must be 18 (legal adult)

[@run2cat4run]

@@Frank00explain

[@corykottickmusic3194]

@@Frank00 liar.

[@frankzappa9148]

@@run2cat4runbecause you have to be 18 to buy a long gun and 21 to buy a handgun or semi automatic

[@francisfromageot7585]

Extremely well conducted interview/debate.

[@abnmp7865]

Debate? Tomi spoke once. The other two did all the talking.

[@GodTriggeredCognition]

Tomi blathered - and Piers allowed her too - even agreed with some of her drivel!

[@curlybearington1734]

This is a cultural issue, but not an American culture issue. There were more stabbings in the UK than gun deaths in America in 2022, all with just 1/5th of the population. Guns are a more effective tool for violence and causing harm, which is why the body count is higher. The intent to harm and wound and kill is there regardless. Rather than addressing the tool and focusing solely on that, maybe we as a species should try to understand why everyone is so upset, despondent, and without remorse or hope that they go down the path of violence and killing others.

[@Trinster604]

Murder rate in USA is 6.5 per 100000 people, about the same as Afghanistan. Six times higher than the UK and most other western developed countries. So there is that. I agree we should try to understand the motivations for killings but not at the expense of bringing in real change. Oh, and my kids school doesn’t need an armed guard, because we haven’t had a school shooting for nearly 30 years. But you already knew that.

[@jimbo5973]

Is there such thing as a 'lost cause' Curly? Do genuinely bad people exist in your mind?

[@curlybearington1734]

@@jimbo5973 Those people do exist, and there is such a thing as a lost cause. But people aren't born wanting to shoot school children, so I'm of the belief that we can address this problem at its roots, long before someone even picks up the weapon that is unilaterally vilified.

[@varietychillin9632]

I need you to source that dawg. Last time I checked mass shootings outcompassed UK mass stabbing a, and either way didn’t result in as a many deaths per attack

[@jimbo5973]

@@varietychillin9632 The population of the UK is approx 5 times smaller. You have witnessed vehicular attack that accounted for multiple deaths and injury, an attacker with knives and machetes etc is quite capable of inflicting similar numbers. It is all relative as guns are also used in self defense and to end such incidents decisively. A very inconvenient truth to the current narrative.

[@BrianHughes777]

We need to protect our schools better than we are.

[@TerryKashat]

Absolutely. If this was back in the day there would be a Knight at every school.

[@guydutoit61]

Probably, or just have stricter gun regulations?

[@CB-ys5gk]

Having sensible gun laws and regulations will do that

[@harryg2453]

Not just schools

[@simonhowell4486]

​@@TerryKashat No there wouldn't, because there wouldn't be guns. Most kingdoms outlawed weapons of any type from entering the kingdom. Why cant people just admit gun violence, specifically mass shootings are a uniquely American epidemic

[@SkystheLimit001]

Screaming loudly makes every argument stronger. 😂😂

[@patrickclark-zk7by]

yeah so does saying "you can put you're eye on the barrel of the gun" during a gun control debate and the person saying that is the one advocating for more gun control. but not advocating for better mental health. hmmmmm.... weird.

[@id10t98]

@@patrickclark-zk7by Let's be honest, Congress wont fund more money to school lunches, why should anyone expect RepubliQans to now want to start funding mental health support?

[@myronwilliams3340]

@@id10t98 cause we aren't putting their feet to the fire. Either do something about the guns or about mental health. If they don't make the decision for them

[@johnnordby1331]

What poor mental sounds like. 😊

[@johnnordby1331]

I don't know that the AR15 was really designed for war.

[@seancastle5971]

In the last 10 years alone, I have seen an emphasis placed on safe handling of firearms In an effort to mitigate negligent discharges and unnecessary harm. Harm due to negligent discharge was already a relatively small occurrence. It seems the most cavalier people with regard to safe handling or firearms are the very people who do not want average citizens to have them.

[@michaeldeslex9834]

The US has a very serious socio cultural problem. Stronger gun control laws unfortunately don't mean less murders, as seen in plenty of countries all across the world. I feel like this whole debate is focused on a completely wrong thing. If fire arms are restricted to the maximum (go ahead and do it) it won't solve the problem of a complete social degeneration in the US, people will still do these types of massacres.

[@jlrob85]

Murders happen all over the world for a variety of reasons and are carried out in a variety of ways. Mass shootings in schools where children and teachers are executed are uniquely American

[@darrenhill3514]

The ATF 4473 has a section to answer for that and this person decided to lie....Scumbag human.

[@jlrob85]

@@CasualReactionGuy but other countries have equal mental health issues some even more so??? The west is equally depressed and lonely

[@carrielamarr2845]

​@@CasualReactionGuy a mental health issue? So you think America is some outlier with mental health issues and it's unique to this country? The fundamental issue is, most civilized countries don't arm their mentally ill. This ain't rocket science.

[@darrenhill3514]

@@carrielamarr2845 no one is arming mentally ill people. Not here in the US, not in the world...what an asinine and intellectually lazy comment.

[@Prof.Polymath]

It’s so typical yet such a shame ‘our celebrities’ comes up so high in those reasons for having guns to protect them ! 😅 absolute gold right there. 😂😂😂

[@elvisonwax]

Yes, and jewelry, so important. But not kids - a BS deflection worthy of a total moron.

[@firstchoice4527]

"everything we hold dear, is protected by guns. Jewelery stores, celebrities 😊

[@mikecopley424]

I live in Tennessee. This was close to my home and has hurt everyone in this state. But I now have so many questions. How is it she shows up with more of her lobbyist and we have a horrible crime happening? We know things are not looking right with this and we demand answers.

[@patrickdoyle9304]

I’ve got an answer. Guns are just another thing you can sell in the country where capstalism is king.

[@davidbent347]

We all know the scenario, young teenage boys going into schools & murdering kids & teachers with legally bought firearms! 🤑🤮 Except this wasn't a teenage boy, it was an ex female student who transitioned to a man... Can we get some statistics for this because i dont know of any school shooting carried out by a girl or woman... I would like to put a bet that this "woman" was juiced up to the eye balls on Testosterone (amongst other prescription meds) by Big Pharma's Trans Industry... These fu*kers have a lot to answer for!

[@flesh4lulu475]

Look up the interview with Melissa Joan hart about this shooting as well. 🤔

[@FranciscoHernandez-pg7fk]

She's getting money from the nra same as all the politicians that keep supporting this crazy stuff at least on mexico you can go to o school, the mall, church and you're going to be fine, and usually the cartels kill each other or fight the government. And by the way the guns on Mexico the majority come from the us so you guys are crazy

[@jimbo5973]

@@patrickdoyle9304 Ah yes capitalism, the root of all evils ever. Even before capitalism existed it would appear and even in Communist shit holes. Offer an alternative to the single force that is responsible for lifting more out of genuine poverty than any other system , before or since, or grow up.

[@Rev_Antoine]

I have newfound respect for Piers Morgan. I wish I could meet him.

[@joshuakohlmann9731]

PM is a monster but he's our monster. His opinionated bullishness is very often annoying, but when up against idiots like this, it's just what's needed.

[@AXXeYY]

it's literally insane to do nothing

[@sendit220swift3]

Your right we need more guns in schools. The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

[@AXXeYY]

@@sendit220swift3 the rest of the world is laughing

[@andrewfrank7222]

@@sendit220swift3 I do not consider Alpha Males with gun fetishes, "good guys".

[@sendit220swift3]

What stops these shootings then?…. A good guy with a gun. Plain and simple, the most effective way to stop these idiots is with a gun. Why can’t I enjoy my freedom because somebody else decided to do this horrible act? Because my ability to defend my family is a God given right not a constitutional right. If you feel “safe” is a gun free zone your living in a fairytale.

[@browncoatssj7578]

​@@sendit220swift3except if you're a police officer from Uvalde

[@csmats5374]

The first woman is too invested personally to be an objective commentator on the issue. It doesn't make her necessarily wrong but it does make her completely nonobjective and emotionally driven, which is never good for crafting public policy.

[@OnedineroTwo]

Everyone should be fucking emotionally invested, your kids are dying in their schools, there should be fucking riots on the streets for gun safety. The entire world thinks America is a joke.

[@charlesbaker926]

And your average gun owner isn't personally invested? How can a gun owner and enthusiast be objective, either?

[@csmats5374]

@@charlesbaker926 Well, individual gun owners generally haven't been traumatized by violence. Trauma evokes overpowering emotions that a mere hobby or looking at an object as a tool simply don't. Perfect objectivity, like perfect anything in life, doesn't really exist in the real world. But situations conducive to more or less objectivity are pretty straightforward to identify. Which is what I did in my original post.

[@elizaleroux9173]

I think she's very open minded and objective.. She's not saying take away guns she's asking for background checks.. And that's actually the only way.

[@csmats5374]

@@elizaleroux9173 No, it's *not* the "only way". Another way is allowing law-abiding citizens to arm themselves in public as is our natural right, meaning it's not granted by government, it precedes government. Another way that's particularly relevant to this case is not normalizing insanity and deviant behaviors like transgenderism but rather to treat them as the serious mental illnesses they actually are. Yet another way would be to harden our schools and other soft targets by installing more robust security than just signs declaring them "gun-free zones", the absolute stupidest form of "security" I've ever seen. I can go on...

[@davidadams3408]

Tomi came into this expecting Pier's usual anti gun rhetoric but instead got a calm and precise discussion. He definitely knocked her off her stride and normal argument

[@alanw9677]

I say ALL guns should be illegal and nobody will ever get shot!!! That’s how we stopped ALL the people from doing drugs…Right??🤔

[@jackkrauss]

It's a first.

[@davidadams3408]

@randallmorken8108 more likely he's come to realise, when it comes to guns, you're all insane, and you can't argue with a madman

[@buckmurdock2500]

what? Why doesn't Piers want to debate Ben Shapiro over gun control any more? Afraid he'll get his clock cleaned?

[@Therealtruesigmamale]

What was the point of having tomi on if you weren't going to let her speak? And the other woman knew absolutely nothing about what she's talking about.

[@davehale2309]

Having a victim of a crime on does not contribute to understanding the mechanics of the crime and those who are likely to commit them. Neither guest was the right one but Piers himself provided a good narrative.

[@danielsueros8166]

They rather argue having an armed guard in a school than to regulate getting weapons. Weird

[@mildajasaite871]

No, not weird. Because by regulating it you taking rights away from ones that ain't dangerous at all. Guns are constitutional right. Same like free speech.

[@kultres5920]

​@@mildajasaite871 so having everyone have guns, no matter what risk they pose is more important than children lives. Gotcha! European here, like everything you imported to make your country great, you should also import our laws, just try it for year, test period. You might like it in the end

[@mildajasaite871]

@@kultres5920 no you obviously didn't get it because that's not what I said. I am also european so you can shove your ignorance where sun doesn't shine. You love talk about how Europe have no shooting problem but never about growing crime rates and how citizens are left defencless, especially women. If you don't want school shootings - provide armed security. If you do not want mental people shooting kids - stop making people mental + give armed security to schools. Everyone is jumping on BAN GUNS wagon again and not even trying to look at the reasons why the shooting happened in the first place. If person is insane, person is insane. You take the gun away he/she will drive the car into crowd of kids or get hands on home made explosives. When Trudeau banned guns 10 people were stabbed to death in public knife attack. And btw - Europe doesn't have great laws. And very little of great of anything else.

[@iLAGnDC]

@@mildajasaite871 Guns and free speech are totally different. Even speech is regulated. For instance, threatening someone is a crime. Also, fake calls to action is a crime. Not to mention hate crimes like expressions of racial hatred, religion, sexuality etc. Our speech is pretty regulated and those don't kill people. Guns do kill people, they were made to kill. The only reason you need a gun to defend yourself is because your constitution has so freely given gangs, the mentally ill and ordinary people who might randomly decide to shoot up a place guns.

[@mildajasaite871]

@@iLAGnDC SCOTUS made it very clear that concept if hate speech does not exist in US. This is term pushed by mainstream just as misinformation expert haha. Expression of racial hate is covered under free speech. Thats why Nazis are allowed to have tgeir freak parades. You wrong about that and, of course, you are wrong about guns. But you do not need listen to me. Colion Noir has more than enough material to explain both, 2A and gun control for you. Please search and listen :)

[@jnrb13]

Wow, she's insane.

[@iaingreig9685]

Not in America she isn't. She represents the views of a large percentage of them. That is the problem.

[@stepherson13]

Who's insane?

[@sandygrowler7384]

Correct. The whole word (apart from America) thinks this too. In American, she is “normal”. Amazing isn’t it.

[@DesertStateInEU]

@@sandygrowler7384 Wrong. The whole world (apart from America) are subjects not citizens. There I fixed it for ya. And you heard this from a European who lives in the EU.

[@jimbo5973]

Says a lunatic.

[@count23all]

took two sentences of Tomi Larhen speaking for me to start rolling my eyes.Does she even have any independent thoughts in her head?

[@ashitakaharuo]

and why is she always so angry?

[@TheFir347]

i have a feeling that she is being paid by the NRA. i read somewhere that the views of soon-retiring gun-supporting congress people are different as compared to the non-retiring ones.

[@buggytheprophet1017]

129th shooting this year alone! That’s a warzone

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

I wouldn't want my kids living there 😱😂

[@1stsampan]

MOST of the shootings are in cities with very strict gun laws, ruled by Democrats. Take Chicago or Motown for example.

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

Yet our government doesn't care sadly there will be more before the year's out

[@wildlifewarrior2670]

@@1stsampan Democrats Republicans are all the same they're looking out for their election

[@lordofacca]

Great conversation. Please protect the children!

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

give them guns.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Protect the lgbtq children from homophobic children!!!

[@bill45colt]

children need protection, but nothing here suggested to control criminals,,,not one word,,,,

[@Daveador876]

Tomi isn't listening, she is waiting for her turn to speak

[@quimonu]

talking with a wall gives us the same feed back as talking with Tomi Lahren.

[@CrabbyO]

I like Tomi’s smile when Pierce teaches her American history. 😆

[@jjjj-pv5ws]

When a place of learning needs armed police force. 😢

[@eduardoalejandrescuevas-ju4bo]

You think politicians,money and gold are more important then children? They protect everything of value aren’t children the most valuable thing in the world. Teachers always put their lives on the line trained teachers would keep a school shooter in its place away from innocent children…

[@kevind1650]

Yes. Only jewelry stores, banks, politicians and celebrities deserve armed security, not helpless children and senior citizens trapped in a building 8 hours a day.

[@davejorgenson2]

Where else are there things that need guarded more than children? Try going into a courthouse with a gun, see what happens. It's honestly crazy that every school doesn't have these same protocols.

[@aes1373]

@@davejorgenson2 true but the issue doesnt ssem to be lack of guns at shcools but guns in America. So many western and allied nations to the US dont have the gun lwas that the US has but their mass shooting incidents (school or no school) are so infrequenct and minte. If you want to look at it from the mental health angle, then for example Japan, that as a population have tonnes have mental health issues, dont have mass shootings anywhere near the US.

[@davejorgenson2]

@London_Nomad , I'm not necessarily concerned about outlet countries. Especially countries where the government has complete control of the citizens. We're having more of these issues because there is an agenda by outside forces to brainwash and destroy America. The media pushes it, the far left pushes it... it's easy to see.

[@svetlanakozic5740]

i live in Florida and I just post yesterday how scared I am to live in society like that , scared for my grandkids. Today I have people call ma all kind of names just because I post my opinion . I personally I am so sick of this kind of behaver. I am European and sadden that I feel I am only one why feel this way. Hopeless

[@timothyreel716]

What is the reason you moved here?

[@sheshd]

Mate. You are in the wrong state for that. Florida is great but people love their guns down there!

[@svetlanakozic5740]

@@timothyreel716 My husband got job here.

[@1stsampan]

You're free to escape. Europe is not a country, be specific.

[@svetlanakozic5740]

@@1stsampan not that easy. All my family is here . I love and miss Europe very much and I wish I can at least spend more time there.

[@russelkins141]

There is a price for liberty. The price is not only paid by those who fight for our freedom. Liberty can be a dangerous thing, Solving every problem by removing someone elses liberty only results in everyone being in chains...You have a naturaul GOD given right to keep and bear arms...The government shall not infringe on that liberty. The right to bear arms is not granted by the government. The government shall not infringe upon your right.. Some people just don;t get that. Cars are dangerous, Planes are dangeous. Lawn mowers are dangerous, heavy equipment is dangerous......Give me liberty or give me death....So we;ve continually added gun laws since the 20's and yet gun violence has increased. Ask yourself why. No one wants to address the why..They just want to add a new law. Seems to me the law and morality run on opposite curves..

[@ToTheMaxGaming1]

No way you think your god has granted you the right to own guns😂😂😂you’re deluded

[@paulmazariegos4774]

I remember the Florida school with security. It worked so well there lol

[@thatonegamer9547]

You should also remember the 9 years worth of tips given to both local law enforcement and the FBI. Failure of law enforcement entirely in this situation, especially since you also had a school police officer who is a part of law enforcement.

[@grateful3300]

“Our politicians, our celebrities, our red carpets, our jewelry stores… Everything we deem important” - Tomi 5:47

[@JohnKelly-dz6rr]

jeff bezos or jeff beck?

[@yamabro4704]

Why do you think we guard them so heavily. Hmm

[@StacyFrancis94]

our shallow values.

[@Coyotehello]

One can only wonder why Morgan keeps re-inviting Lahren time after time.

[@foreverred105]

Why not?

[@78Boston]

He needs a loud mouth idiot on the show

[@BooBooKeyshehe]

He should invite Colion Noir or some other skilled 2A debater for a real back-and-forth.

[@juliagoodfellow7539]

She makes him look good.

[@The_GenXennial]

I’m all for some regulations… but please tell me what state you can go into a store and buy a gun without a background check. In Mississippi I can’t buy anything past a pellet rifle without having a background check done.

[@cryst3l]

Piers coming with facts. Thank you, just because you talk aggressively and with conviction doesn’t mean you are correct.

[@yamabro4704]

Bro what facts did he give. Every thing he said was nonsense

[@TheFir347]

@@yamabro4704 the fact about all countries having the same rate of mental health issues but only Americans have high mass shootings?

[@davidcoombes-pearce4533]

You keep going, Piers. It's difficult to argue logic. Just another fine bit of journalism.

[@yamabro4704]

Pierce has no logic. Nothing of what he said was logical.

[@ademosthenes4911]

People can blame this on anything they feel like, this is a fact, it is easier for a minor to buy a gun thank to buy a pack of cigarettes, and is not about background checks, illegal arms can be buy practically anywhere.

[@mauraorourke9849]

Well why not crack down on the illegal suppliers just as with drugs Anything that is illegal is simply illegal.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

Complete bullshit. The firearms industry is the single most regulated industry in history. You need a background check to buy a gun, whether it's at a store or gun show, it's a lot more expensive, you can't get it if you're mentally ill (sadly they removed gender dysphoria from the classification of mental illness), if you are a felon, violent offender and so on. Not to mention the ridiculous restrictions on the lengths of the barrels, the banning of machine guns, the restrictions on silencers and other NFA items. We need less gun control, not more.

[@Michael-st9ky]

That is a big lie. You gotta have special criminal connections to buy illegal guns

[@mildajasaite871]

Yeah, it is also easier for minor to change his gender than to get a tatoo. But libs ain't seeing issue with that.

[@Knightley79]

It has just got to a point where it’s too little too late. Too many guns in circulation to do anything about it and the unwillingness of its citizens and government to actively impose restrictions make it impossible. If I was a parent in America, my kids wouldn’t be going to school.

[@SpiritualSchmuck]

"We don't have 80,000 people dying every year from guns." Seriously, let that sit with you.

[@1welshdevil]

I don't think I've ever heard Piers speak so much sense. her argument......more guns....it is genuinely mind boggling the degree of stupidity. It is unbelievable.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

But it's true. More guns in the hands of legal owners means less crime. States will highest rates of gun ownership: MT, WY, ID; States with the lowest homicide rates: MT, ID, WY; States that have had constitutional carry for the longest: VT, ME; States that have some of the lowest crime: VT, ME

[@suddonlee4326]

​@@newwaveinfantry8362 That makes no sense whatsoever.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

@@suddonlee4326 It does make sense. Having more armed people makes it hard to be a criminal without serious consequences for your life.

[@suddonlee4326]

@@newwaveinfantry8362 My bad I guess that's why the US is a shining example to the world of how to minimise gun violence. I mean c'mon now hope you're not actually serious.

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

@@suddonlee4326 The US has some of the lowest crime in the Americas by far. The homicide rate in Cuidad Juarez is 30 times that of El Paso even though they are right next to eachother. Same with San Diego and Tijuana.

[@keithhutchins8803]

For the record Piers has always been good at gun debates.

[@thatonegamer9547]

Lmao when?

[@thatonegamer9547]

@@thepcda27 any specific time? Because out of all the ones I’ve seen, he’s gotten his ass handed to him.

[@aussieatheist960]

I'm just going to keep reading my script... Tomi

[@caseyw216]

⁠​⁠Pistols are the number one weapon used to commit murder. According to the FBI handguns are used in 59% of murders. Rifles (all rifles including assault rifles) account for THREE PERCENT of murder in America. THEE PERCENT. So if you care about saving people why are you trying to specifically target ARs? Or assault rifles in general. The second amendment does not state a well regulated militia are the only ones who can bare arms. It says a well regulated militia is necessary to keep a free state so thus has the right to bare arms. It also shows arrogance that people assume the founding fathers, who wrote the greatest document ever written, were not intelligent enough to know that times change. That’s literally why they wrote it the way they did. That’s why they didn’t say muskets or bows and arrows they said “arms”. Arms is short for armaments which comes from the Latin term armamentum which is from the term armare which means to arm meaning to give weapons. Basically it is derived from two Latin terms meaning to give weapons or weapons. So they wrote arms and not muskets for a reason. Why does free speech apply to shit we write on the inet if the founding fathers didn’t specifically mention the word “internet”. The second amendment does not specify guns it’s much broader and says arms or armament. It’s there so the government remembers they are in power cause we the people allow it and can change it with violence if needed. And it also helps defend against invasions from nations like Russia and China. Shit luckily Ukraine was the ONLY nation in Europe to not regulate rifles (they have outlawed hand guns ironically.) but man imagine how much more the world would of had to help Ukraine if their people were not already some what armed. In the words of one of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

[@prestonmiller5428]

Would’ve been a good topic to cover AR-15’s and what they really are. Let’s start at the basics. Do you know what AR and 15 stand for? Do you know the caliber that it shoots? Do you understand that the design is made specifically to be ergonomic and lethal in the hands of anyone who wants to use it for self defense as well as horrific offenders? By the way, you should look into what you are talking about, because the Nashville shooter was using a kel-Tec sub2000, which is a PCC (pistol caliber carbine) designed to use pistol magazines and pistol ammunition….and is not an AR-15.

[@Trinster604]

Is this deflecting from the main issue? The shooter still killed 6 people didn’t they? I’m not sure their families are too concerned about what type of gun it was? More that someone who was mentally Ill and being treated for it was able to buy so many guns in the first place.

[@prestonmiller5428]

@@Trinster604 So ban them all? What is your bright idea that would counter the obvious need for school security

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

@@Trinster604 It was to counter Piers' and the media's stupid obsession with AR-15s.

[@Gangster88232]

Who cares. Its a gun. Civilians dont need them. Caliber or not. Ban all guns. Easy.😅

[@blake350z]

Thoughts and prayers will help everything I’ve heard

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

You forgot condolences 😉

[@blake350z]

All in gods plan … including indicting trump.

[@JPFree24]

@Airstrip One I love you. Now you've finally been told that for the first time in your life, you can try to be less of a douchebag.

[@richstafford1245]

I always thought it odd survivors and family members being interviewed onsite talking about being blessed and prayer’s being answered as a building full of corpses lay only a short distance away. Like the people killed weren’t as blessed or maybe they didn’t belong to the correct religion or pray hard enough….

[@kevind1650]

No. Making it illegal to shoot people in schools will help everything

[@bensonfloyd5850]

Great interview Piers. Can't believe it just goes on and on in the US. I'm so grateful to live in Australia where our government (John Howard) changed the gun laws at Port Arthur. But the farmers who were main holders of guns were with him too. Yes, we are smaller in population, but it has changed our lives infinitely better. God bless Australia, God help the US of A

[@Criner05]

You also don't border any country.

[@emmapasqule2432]

Indeed Benson. John Howard is a hero for what he did. Australia has proven that these kind of laws can work and keep us safe. Amazing to think he did this almost 30 years ago and the USA still wont catch up. I live in QLD and feel very safe. If John Howard visited here on the Coast anytime, I woudl rip his little pants off and give him a complementary Bj as a thank you for what he did. I would happily sorry the gravy if he did come. Bravo John Howard! BJ anytime you want!

[@brettb4452]

You also don't understand usa history or how it was founded or our constitution and definitely don't understand freedom.

[@emmapasqule2432]

@@brettb4452 Please google "John Howard Australian Prime Minister Gun Laws" and have a good read of that. You will see that appropriate laws were introduced to allow safey but freedoms to prevail in peace. I welcome your comment after you have read about Howard's Gun laws (1996) and you have made the effort to research this topic. I suggest you go and read a few books on the topic then come back to me.

[@brettb4452]

@@emmapasqule2432 "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." You missed the point entirely sweetheart. We are not Australia, and for good reason. You don't understand American culture. You hide under a shield from your government. We actually defend people's rights up here and believe in less government.

[@SpeiderSchneider]

This was two weeks ago. How many shootings since then?

[@andreeaiord9766]

Lately i just keep watching your show, Mr. Pierce. Thank you and congratulations.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

Mt pierce?

[@freyasworld5024]

The fact that we continue to make schools a “gun free” zone is stupid. We need armed guards to guard our kids like they would a bank! Why are banks more protected then our kids? Makes 0 sense

[@garym6338]

Because school shouldnt need guards. That’s insane. Schools are for learning. All schools should be gun free zones.

[@purplestripes4076]

Why are your kids being killed by your own people in your own country? Something wrong with your culture? In a third-world nation like Pakistan, they had one school shooting and that was my terrorists. The army and public went nuts and massacred the terrorists. We simply don't see that kind of outrage in the US, and it's just strange for us outside of it.

[@klocke-hx3xl]

Banks with armed guards are robbed all the time. There have been many shootings with armed people in the vicinity, and it made no difference. What people like you refuse to deal with is that generally speaking, one risks death in a shootout with a mass murderer, and most people won't do it. Especially conservatives, who are the most cowardly people on the face of the earth. Another issue with cops at schools is that they're brutalizing children, because cops will be cops.

[@deanlowdon8381]

Yeah, the solution to gun violence is more guns… 🙄

[@djamilawilschke7259]

this nonsense can only come out of an american mouth … the american bubble of more and more guns and guarded grounds is leading straight into a dystopian society that the shithole of the USA is already in - nowhere, nowhere, nowhere else do schools need to be protected by armed guards - where the hack to you seriously want to live, next malls, supermarkets, open places, cinemas - all public spaces need to be guarded by armed forces at some point, you guys are too dumb to see the most obvious solution because Oh my America is sooo great with it’s outdated amendment rights…i prefer europe and asia over this land of armed fools all over the place …

[@billkittleman9631]

In ANY of Piers’s spirited and passionate diatribes on gun violence, has he ever ONCE!! called for better school and/or building security??????

[@ddjyt2009]

I understand why Ashby is angry and upset arguing safety. I really don’t understand why Tomi is yelling and angry.

[@delhog6161]

Every school in America needs a experienced firearms officer on site when the school is open. It would help if there was a computer program that the American police & medics could use. For people they think are Not fit to own firearms that flags up at all places that sell firearms. Also licensed people need to have licenses reviewed every 18 months.

[@eljefeamericano4308]

You're talking about turning over a right to the whims of arbitrary bureaucracy. You're saying some people will get to decide whether or not huge numbers of people get to exercise this right. This isn't a solution, it's an opportunity for oppression.

[@delhog6161]

@@eljefeamericano4308 I knew I would get a reply like this! Guns are an instrument of war not peace. I was led to believe the Wild West ended a sentry ago!

[@andrewfrank7222]

"Every school in America needs a experienced firearms officer" ... I hope you intend to tax the oligarchs and the NRA for that.

[@delhog6161]

@@andrewfrank7222 Howdy there cowboy, it only needs one person who already works at the school to be trained in firearms. any ways I live over the pond🇬🇧 in knives vill. I’ll butt out & let you gun slingers shoot it out between your selfs.

[@jeeperspeepers8323]

I know, let's send the victims, and their families, our thoughts and prayers. That should make a big effing difference.

[@CM-ve1bz]

Let’s send a bus load of atheists to their homes instead. They can assure the parents their kids are nothing more than worm bait.

[@dalefrancis6787]

So should we arrest the guns that were used and send them to prison.

[@xafirah6150]

Made all the right points, may our Government finally takes action.. our children life worth nothing these days😢

[@timothyreel716]

More government control? I think not!!

[@VestaJ17]

Yea move over to knives and only having criminals and goverment owning guns like London, see how much better that makes things..

[@eljefeamericano4308]

Yes. Count on the administration that wants to abort children all the way up until immediately after their birth, and wants to chemically and surgically maim children, to 'take action' to protect them.