Posted on 02/20/2024 11:04:14 AM PST by Impala64ssa
John Mellencamp has issued a blunt, powerful statement calling for gun control in America.
Posting on his social media channels, the 72-year-old singer/songwriter writes, "Excuse me for stating the obvious truth. I do so out of love for this country and the pain of learning, once again, that children have been killed by gun violence.
"If we as a country want to find the collective will within ourselves to change our gun laws, let’s stop playing silly political games. Show the carnage on the news. Show the American people the dead children and others who have been struck down. Show us what guns and bullets can do to the human body.
The angry comments beneath Mellencamp's statement are an indication of just how badly the issue of gun control divides US citizens.
One comment reads, "When I see what guns can do to children it makes me want to buy another gun to protect children from such carnage."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbreak.com ...
Problem is:
It’s NOT OUR Guns,
It’s YOUR SONS!
11 shootings in Chicago last weekend.
I guess you could show the carnage in each major city followed by a photo of their democrat mayors. It would take a while though.
When the democrats give us a workable plan for keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and illegals, and terrorists, then they MIGHT have a case for proposing restricting guns for law abiding citizens.
Except for that pesky 2nd amendment.
Too bad for you guys.
Show the unhinged democrat, transexual, drug addled shooters, would have more of an impact.
Sure. Let’s also show the “medical waste” that comes from abortion mills.
Don’t even legitimize it by calling it “gun violence.” That’s another abuse of language by the leftist gun grabbers.
Go away John.
You were groovy there for a while back in the 80’s.
Now, you’re just talkin’ out yer keister.
Ol' John ain't seen nuthin' yet.
Ain't no game punk.
All the people will see are blacks killing people.
Someone needs to tell every single Tinseltown miscreant no one cares what they think!
You mean the blacks killing all the White people! Go ahead loser. Show them. FUJM
The Chicago newspapers regularly run cover stories deploring the number of “children” killed by guns. These stories always include a collage of fotos of the dead “kids,” and they’re always entirely black with a sprinkling of hispanics. And of course most of them aren’t really “children” except in the legal sense.
99.99% of Legal gun owners do not own pistols modified to be machine guns. Where is the3 NRA explaining this?
Ain’t that America?....................
+1
Ok. Let’s do it,a including the “kids” who have dropped dead from fentanyl……
Better yet show the long arrest records of those who fired those guns and killed children caught in the crossfire. List their race, age, sex, and last known address. Show number of times they were not handed the prison sentence called for.
Ironically, Ohio saw a drastic drop in gun crimes after adopting constitutional carry...
To put it in inner city parlance “I’m jus’ keepin’ it real, nomsayin?!”
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