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"A petition from gun lobbyists demanding that Piers Morgan be deported from the US for his views on gun control has received an initial response from the White House. Morgan went head-to-head with radio host Alex Jones, who created the petition, during Monday evening&amp;#039;s (January 7) edition of Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN. White House spokesperson Jay Carney has now issued a statement saying: &amp;quot;The White House responds to all petitions that cross the [25,000-signature] threshold and we will respond to this one.  &amp;quot;In the meantime, it is worth remembering that the freedom of expression is a bedrock principle in our democracy.&amp;quot; Morgan made his calls for gun control after 26 people - including 20 children - were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut.  The broadcaster has continued to defend his viewpoint and has since called for a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Over 100,000 people are now believed to have signed the petition. Watch Piers Morgan and Alex Jones on the January 7 edition of Piers Morgan Tonight below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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