Ben Shapiro and Piers Morgan Have Utterly Futile Twitter Spat About Guns and Big Macs

There’s nothing like kicking off a Monday with a hilarious Twitter debate.

Outspoken TV personality and gun control advocate Piers Morgan began the day by tweeting the following:

This is not a sick joke.
This is America’s response to the recent mass shooting in a church. pic.twitter.com/5lZ77TtvEY

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 19, 2017

Morgan clearly found it abhorrent that some believe that in order to prevent a mass shooting in your location, you should declare the space not a gun-free zone.

Conservative writer and Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro felt differently.

Seems like a pretty good deterrent tbh https://t.co/4xMHT8TswG

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 20, 2017

Morgan then responded to Shapiro by invoking… Big Macs.

So if one member of the congregation was obese, you’d combat it by giving every other member a Big Mac? https://t.co/8zi7FhPoAN

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 20, 2017

Shapiro didn’t think that was the greatest analogy. At all. In fact, he called it “the worst analogy” he has ever seen.

This is perhaps the worst analogy I have ever seen. One member’s obesity doesn’t make others obese, nor can that member’s obesity be prevented by others’ Big Macs. https://t.co/vThrGDgUWP

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 20, 2017

Nonetheless, Morgan doubled-down on his Big Macs.

What if they all give their Big Macs to the obese member? To defend himself from obesity? https://t.co/DnogdDrjL6

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 20, 2017

You seem to be operating under the sunk cost fallacy. Let this analogy go, Piers. It’s a complete fail. https://t.co/EmTvrm2ieh

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 20, 2017

Mate, it’s the perfect analogy: more Big Macs don’t stop obesity just as more guns don’t stop gun deaths. https://t.co/ysxZe78saf

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 20, 2017

Such logic was exhausting Shapiro.

My God, Piers. My God. No, me eating a hamburger can’t stop you from getting obese. But me having a gun could stop you from shooting me. https://t.co/LPUhtJVRgq

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 20, 2017

But you having a gun could mean you.. shoot me! Do you see? https://t.co/6IxknkP3zW

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) November 20, 2017

You are so intensely bad at this. No, this does not follow at all. https://t.co/Oh93BioYQF

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 20, 2017

It appears Shapiro had the last word. At least for now.

Who do you think won this debate?

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