Piers Morgan: Obama acting âcowardlyâ on gun control
Piers Morgan says US president Barack Obama has âflown the white flagâ after promising to âget action on gunsâ.
It comes after nine people were shot dead by 21-year-old Dylan Roof at an African-American church in Charleston.
In an address days after the shooting, Obama said the US would âhave to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countriesâ.
Former CNN presenter Morgan, a well-known advocate for US gun control, said the power of gun lobbyists had made politicians like Obama âcowardlyâ.
â[Obama] looked beaten up, worn down and defeated by the whole debate. He knows heâs achieved absolutely nothing,â Morgan said.
âItâs a tragedy for American and the rest of the world. We want a great America⊠but itâs like being in the Wild West half the time.â
This clip is originally from the Hit List on Sunday 21 June 2015.
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