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"Piers Morgan has spoken about his recent interview with radio show host and gun advocate Alex Jones. The British broadcaster conducted a heated debate with Jones on his CNN show earlier this week, after Jones had launched a petition to see Morgan removed from the US due to his stance against guns in the country.   &amp;quot;He was bordering on insane,&amp;quot; Morgan told Daybreak. &amp;quot;This is a guy who&amp;#039;s not insignificant. &amp;quot;Over here he very much represents an extreme section of the American community. This guy has real influence to the more extreme elements who don&amp;#039;t want any form of gun control.&amp;quot; Talking about his campaign for gun control in the US, Morgan explained: &amp;quot;I feel very passionate about this. We remember in Britain the Dunblane massacre. We reacted by banning all handguns and assault weapons. &amp;quot;What staggered me is that there have been a series of terrible massacres, and nothing ever gets done. &amp;quot;There are 300 million guns in circulation [in the US]. The American constitution empowers Americans to believe that they are entitled to have a handgun to protect their home, [but] what it doesn&amp;#039;t do is entitle deranged people to get easy access to killing machines.      &amp;quot;These assault rifles are military-style machine guns. It&amp;#039;s that specific thing that I&amp;#039;m trying to help get banned here.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a polarizing issue that&amp;#039;s made me popular and unpopular, but I believe it&amp;#039;s the right thing to do. &amp;quot;This whole logic of more guns, less crime is so deeply flawed and dangerous, it just has to change.&amp;quot; The White House recently responded to the petition to remove Morgan from the US, stating that he has a right to free speech. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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