Did Piers Morgan watch violent videos as a boy?

British refuge, CNN host Piers Morgan seems to share something in common with the killers in the raft of frightening massacres taking their toll on innocent, little children at school: a total lack of respect for human life. Otherwise, why would Morgan host a television show where only his laughter was the response to guests who discussed shooting Alex Jones?

“CNN and the gun grabbing media are now calling for Alex Jones to be shot the day after his heated appearance with Piers Morgan.

In a segment on Piers Morgan’s CNN program, sports columnist for the Daily Beast, Buzz Bissinger, shockingly states: “I don’t care what the justification is that you’re allowed in this country to own a semi-automatic weapon – much less a handgun. But what do you need a semi-automatic weapon for? The only reason I think you’d need it is, Piers, challenge Alex Jones to a boxing match, show up with a semi-automatic that you got legally and pop him.” Abby Huntsman (Huffington Post): “I’d love to see that… [laughter] in uniform.” Piers Morgan: “I’ll borrow my brother’s uniform.” (InfoWars, Jan. 9, 2013).

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Perhaps some in the “gun grabbing media” were raised on the same violent video fare as contemporary killers of innocent young school children. The most frightening influence of violent videos is that they teach a total lack of respect for human life. Experts like Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, West Point Psychology Professor and Professor of Military Science, say these wrongly-named “shooters” train on the same violent videos that terrorists do. “He noted that what today’s video games do is provide a reward for killing each target until there is none remaining that it has conditioned human beings to derive “pleasure from human death and suffering.”” (Glenn Beck, The Blaze, Jan. 3, 2013.) While the government and the media all but ignore potential killers being made by violent videos, Parenting.com lists 10 Violent Video Games to Avoid, which include “Mortal Kombat”, “Assassin’s Creed; Brotherhood”, et al. Some of these videos are based on the callous, cold-blooded taking of human life, with suicide the preferred option for those players who fail. Public outcry should be demanding the government drop its exploitation of Sandy Hook and legislate against videos based on the taking of human life. Public outcry should be telling CNN and Piers Morgan that calling for someone to be shot is unacceptable and no laughing matter. Morgan has publicly claimed that he is counting on his 1st Amendment rights allowing him and others to trash his 2nd Amendment one: “Ironic US gun rights campaign to deport me for ‘attacking 2nd Amendment rights-is my opinion not protected under 1st Amendments rights?” (Piers Morgan Twitter, Dec. 22, 2012). On television, Morgan, who as Alex Jones claims, fled hacking charges in Britain, makes efforts to come across as civilized and as a self-appointed voice of reason, perhaps not realizing the end result is pompous, lecture-like and oh-so British. Alex Jones, who some call to shoot down dead, uses passionate, belligerent, and sometimes over-the-top language to get his message across. The only shooting Jones does is with his mouth. The ‘shooting’ Morgan does is suggestive in the end and endangers the life of another man. Does the 1st amendment, Piers Morgan style, only apply to folk who call to shoot another human being?