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Eagles of Death Metal frontman slams French gun control
foxnews.com ^ | Eagles of Death February 16, 2016 | FoxNews.com

Posted on 02/16/2016 1:47:19 PM PST by Trumpinator

Eagles of Death Metal frontman slams French gun control

Published February 16, 2016FoxNews.com

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes spoke out on gun control in an emotional interview with iTELE's Laurence Ferrari.

"Did your French gun control stop a single [expletive] person from dying at the Bataclan? And if anyone can answer yes, I’d like to hear it, because I don’t think so. I think the only thing that stopped it was some of the bravest men that I’ve ever seen in my life charging head-first into the face of death with their firearms."

Hughes has returned to Paris, saying he feels a "sacred" responsibility to finish the band's show that was interrupted by gunfire, but adds that the terror attacks haven't changed his view on guns.

Islamic extremists massacred 89 people at the band's Nov. 13 performance at the Bataclan, which has been closed since the attacks across Paris that left 130 dead and 350 others wounded.

"There's been just such an outpouring of support for us and love for us. It's overwhelming. I just don't want to let anyone down," Hughes said of the band's upcoming performance at the Olympia Theatre in Paris on Tuesday.

"This show I'm supposed to put up like a barrier against anything that's not fun and that we're really just supposed to have fun there tomorrow. I think that's what we really need to do is just have fun together so that we can put some of this (expletive) behind us and really leave it there so it doesn't follow us around for the rest of our lives," Hughes said while breaking down into tears.

Hughes told iTELE that he's been unable to control his emotions since the attacks.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: banglist; eaglesofdeathmetal; france; islamists; jessehughes; paris
First off the name of the band is sort of an ironic joke - they are not so called death metal.

Also, the lead singer who formed the group is a conservative and always has been. I posted that he was a conservative on Freerepublic so the word could get out that he was "one of us".

1 posted on 02/16/2016 1:47:19 PM PST by Trumpinator
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My earlier post:

Vanity: Paris Jihad targeted Eagles of Death Metal band is fronted by a Republican Conservative

sharpmagazine.com ^ | 11/16/2015 | Trumpinator

Posted on 11/16/2015, 11:41:19 AM by Trumpinator

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3360951/posts

2 posted on 02/16/2016 1:48:42 PM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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Based on the aftermath, Parisians are waking up. It would be great if the band’s young followers will open their self-destructive millenial eyes to reality.


3 posted on 02/16/2016 1:53:21 PM PST by Vision Thing
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Well Josh Homme is more libertarian but yeah he isnt a lefty for sure.


4 posted on 02/16/2016 1:53:53 PM PST by aft_lizard
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Kudos to him for expressing logic with courage. Europe needs to hear these words now more than any time since ww2.


5 posted on 02/16/2016 1:55:37 PM PST by catbertz
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The only thing that ever stops a bad man with a gun is a good man with a gun.

Gd bless this man. The whole band. And Gd comfort all those who lost loved ones or were injured in the concert attack. Hope it’s a rousing success tonight, or was, it must have already happened.


6 posted on 02/16/2016 1:56:12 PM PST by Yaelle
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It’s nice when a younger person says this, peers respect peers. Maybe we can smarten up the youth before it’s too late.


7 posted on 02/16/2016 1:58:07 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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All they had to do was come out and say, "There needs to be common-sense gun control!!!" and they'd have gigs the rest of their lives, on tour like Gabrielle Giffords or James Brady and others.

I GREATLY admire them for telling the truth. No doubt they were under pressure from gun-grabbers to use their tragedy in the campaign to undermine the 2nd amendment.

8 posted on 02/16/2016 2:11:06 PM PST by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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Poor Parisians, it was not enough to be mugged by reality, but massacred by it.


9 posted on 02/16/2016 2:12:17 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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Did your French gun control stop a single [expletive] person from dying at the Bataclan? And if anyone can answer yes, I’d like to hear it, because I don’t think so.

Of course it did. No politicians died in this attack. They are the only ones that they care about. The government will take care of us, at least those of us who are politicians.

10 posted on 02/16/2016 2:36:58 PM PST by centurion316
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