About the only arrow left in Nugent's quiver would be the argument that even if it was possible for every gun to disappear tomorrow off the face of the Earth, you still don't solve the problem of violent crime. If there are no guns, criminals use the next best weapon they can find. And at the same time, good law-abiding people lose their best tool of self defense. A grandma in a rocking chair with a .38 has a chance against a home invader with a Jennings .25. With only a cane (and not a gun) she has much worse odds against a home invader with a knife, club etc. Ted tried to make this argument about criminals getting and using what they can find by bringing up molotav cocktails and explosives in Ireland, but it was a bit too esoteric and Morgan dismissed it as "terrorism" (as if that's somehow different enough from "regular crime" to render it a moot point


Uncle Ted missed a chance to go for the rhetorical kill shot on the less-guns=less-crime claim from Morgan, and I'm afraid he came off as a buffoon to many middle-of-the-road viewers who aren't invested heavily in this issue. But the points he did make were sound and backed up by reasoned arguments and facts - I'm just lamenting that the logic gets lost to the showmanship amongst those who we (as RKBA supporters) still need to influence to our side.
As always he was fun and entertaining to watch and I greatly enjoyed it from my personal perspective. But still wish he could have really put Morgan in his place in a way that would make the average American say "wow, he's got a point there" .... as with many public discussions of RKBA issues, this one preached to the choir (us being the choir) and may not have reached the masses quite as well as it could.
Still, I'm glad Uncle Ted is on our side. He is a great ambassador for RKBA.
And I - as someone who also never served - GREATLY appreciated the finality of his answer about not serving in the Armed Forces, saying that YES, the 17-year-olds who did go to Vietnam "are better men" than he was as a 17-year-old who says he was not mentally mature enough to do so. Publicly admitting that - especially after a nastily pointed line of questioning from Morgan basically calling Nugent a "chickenhawk" - is a welcome sign of maturity and self-awareness and show of respect for all who wear and/or wore the uniform. The finality of that response was Nugent's best point in the whole interview and unequivocally shut Morgan up and put the issue to rest.