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Taylor Swift’s wedding is supposed to be one of the biggest celebrity events of the year. Thousands of guests. A-list celebrities. Madison Square Garden. Tight security.
But according to our friend Colion Noir, the real story isn’t who’s getting married. It’s the security surrounding the event and what it says about gun control.
In a recent video, Noir pointed to reports that more than 100 law enforcement officers, detectives and specialized security personnel were assigned to protect Swift and her guests. He argues the spectacle highlights what he sees as one of the biggest contradictions in the gun control debate.
“It’s not about Taylor,” Noir says. “It’s about the system.”
Noir, who jokingly admits he’s “low-key a Swifty” from the 1989 era, makes it clear he isn’t criticizing Swift for hiring security.
“If you can afford 70 detectives at your wedding, do your thing,” he says. “I’ve never hated on anybody’s success.”
His issue is what comes next.
According to reports, Madison Square Garden was surrounded by police officers, detectives, street closures, rooftop snipers and multiple security checkpoints for the wedding festivities.
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Meanwhile, Noir reminds viewers that Swift has previously supported gun control measures following the Parkland school shooting, including publicly backing March for Our Lives and calling for “gun reform.”
That’s where the contradiction begins. The same people advocating for stricter gun laws often rely on heavily armed security when their own safety is on the line.
“Good guys with guns,” he says. “The exact phrase these folks roll their eyes at.”
The bigger point, though, isn’t about celebrities. It’s about ordinary people.
While celebrities can surround themselves with armed protection, the average New Yorker cannot simply request dozens of police officers (or even one officer) to stand guard outside their home after receiving credible threats.
As he puts it:
“Taylor Swift snaps her fingers and gets a fortress. You get a case number.”
He also revisits New York’s restrictive concealed carry system before the Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen decision.
Permits were historically far easier for celebrities, politically connected individuals and those with documented threats than for ordinary law-abiding citizens. That created a two-tiered system.
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“New York rationed the right to protect yourself to the people they’d already decided were important,” Noir says.
To be fair, celebrity security isn’t unusual. High-profile public figures often face unique threats that require extensive planning by both private security and law enforcement.
At the same time, the principle remains the same.
If armed security is considered the appropriate response for those facing danger, why shouldn’t regular citizens have meaningful access to the same ability to defend themselves? Shouldn’t everyone be allowed to freely exercise their 2A rights?
Obviously, that ain’t a question for us. It’s one for the new Mrs. Travis Kelce.
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Excellent article!
And what cave were you living in when Jan 6th happened? Those “individuals” werent conservatives!
“No one should have to go to school in fear of gun violence… I’ve made a donation to show my support for the students, for the March For Our Lives campaign, for everyone affected by these tragedies, and to support gun reform,” – Taylor Swift, May 2018
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone (Taylor Swift) who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.”
– Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778
Conservatives don’t shoot people or riot or cause a ruckus. So at a liberal wedding your only threat are your guests.
That’s a fact ……. Using J6 as an example, there were no armed protestors, other than the Feds themselves. The people to fear are almost exclusively leftists.
The January 6th rioters were Far Right Strom Troopers trying to put Herr Drumpf (The Donald) in power for life and destroy our Constitution and our Democracy. I never liked Far Right Mike Pence but I do respect the man. He stood alone for the law and the ideals of our Constitution while the rest of the Republican sychophants cowared at the feet of Herr Drumpf.
In reality the race killings which include attacks and mass murder at Jewish and Black Churches were all done by Far Right Storm Troopers. The Jackbooted March and killing at Charlottesville was done by Neo Nazi “Patriot Front” Storm Troopers. They openly admitted they wanted an “all white” country. If that is not pure racist Nazi-ism then nothing would be.
Kirkham the only people you fool is yourself and your fellow Storm Troopers. Civilized people see you for what you are, even a 5th grader could figure you out.
Oddly enough your behavior is more related to being a Nazi than anything I have said or done. After WWII intellectuals in higher education decided to change the narrative that Nazi is a “socialist” leftist belief. They felt it would show them in an unfavorable light. They spent decades calling conservatives Nazi as right-wing. It was a lie then just as it is now. Your ignorance is showing. Find out what Nazi actually stood for.
dacian responds to the very reasonable and mild OP in this manner; “Kirkham the only people you fool is yourself and your fellow Storm Troopers. Civilized people see you for what you are, even a 5th grader could figure you out.” dacian will never pass up a chance to hang the most pejorative and inappropriate label on anyone dacian disagrees with.
Shit on a stick. It is still Shit! Dress Blues
This wasn’t just a few security guards she had a small Army to guard her event some with full auto rifles. You can’t argue this was a glaring example of extreme hypocrisy. I have to go to extreme hops to get a full auto or even a SBR or suppressor.
first i would like to say, tax dollars paid for the extra security not her! now lets get to crux of it……they want gun control so they can intimidate, harass, or terminate the non-important little people, if there were no guns she would still want armed security.
quote—————first i would like to say, tax dollars paid for the extra security not her! ——–quote
And your tax dollars protect Herr Drumpf (The Donald) so that makes you a hypocrite. Yet another time you make a complete fool of yourself Jethro Paul
When are you people gonna wake up and get your heads out of your collective anus and realize that the gun control people only want control of the guns themselves!
THEY don’t want you and me having guns, THEY want control of the guns, that’s what “gun control” means to those seditious traitorous Communist Progressive Criminals!
PROVE ME WRONG!
It also exposes the fact, they believe their life to be more valuable than yours or mine. Class matters with these people.
Like Andrew Wilkow opined years ago: “socialism is for the people, not the socialists.” Rules for thee, and not for me….the “elites” never want to follow the lectures and rules they oppose upon you….
She’s more important than you little people.
The whole thing is a shit show
Rules for three, but not for me,
Trailer Swift
That doesn’t surprise me. TA-TA is two faced. she wants gun control, but when she goes out she has high security with guns around her to protect her. Who the hell is she? She has a right to believe whatever she wants, just don’t try and preach to me when your speaking out of both sides of your mouth. Gun controkl means using two hands. Get over yourself, and stick to something you know, music. Tipical famous people.
Well this has been going on since the dawn of time as far as the haves and the have nots. We make 10% on an investment and we make 10 grand, they make 10% on an investment and they make millions. It’s not the way it’s supposed to work but the rich and shameless always get added benefits because of their status and especially the amount of money they make.
To give to charity… We make donations to charities and they donate their time. They obviously don’t have anything going on anyway and yet how many of them actually reach into their pockets and give the same percentage the rest of America does… Unless it’s an entity that supports them in some way like the DNC.
What annoys me the most are the Hollywood stars, music stars and the rest of the liberals who have Security provided by our tax dollars or paid out-of-pocket and then they preach gun control. Those statements easily show they think more of themselves than they do the rest of America that pays all the taxes and does all the work. Their egos know no bounds! There’s nothing more hypocritical than the old adage “do as I say not say as I do“? Do they really think they’re that much more important? I mean honestly… If the world had a meltdown what could any of those people do for society to rebuild it? Not a fucking thing!
Shocked, not shocked.
quote——————–If armed security is considered the appropriate response for those facing danger, why shouldn’t regular citizens have meaningful access to the same ability to defend themselves? Shouldn’t everyone be allowed to freely exercise their 2A rights?———-quote
Ordinary people can hire security guards but they often do not because they are not highly visible well known celebrities. Its not rocket science. Many ordinary people do carry firearms for self-defense so what is your point except to twist the facts?
“Ordinary people” have fewer resources and will more likely choose to defend family, friends, themselves and their homes. The “ordinary people” are just tired of the super powerful and wealthy criticizing others for providing their own security.
Hey dacian, why don’t you go on record and tell US whether you are an active part of Carry Nation or not?
He’s a child and not worth your time. He’s like a turd in the punch bowl… As long as you don’t take a drink, it’s fun to watch it bob around in there lol.
If dacian goes unchallenged then it looks to him and his fellow lefties like he is undisputed intellectual champion. So, I’m just reminding him that he is a common fool.
don’t feed the AI!
quote—————don’t feed the AI!————quote
I am not programed to respond in that area!!!!
Thanks for the compliment Jethro Paul but I am sure all this is way over your head.
Wrong! Many times the gun control measures both celebrities and common people support are those that keep guns out of the hands of criminals and psychopaths but deraigned Far Right Paranoids like you believe every proposed gun control law is an effort to ban guns.
The problem with Paranoids is that they think that just because their comrades all hang out on the same deraigned far right gun forums they think that the majority of gun owners all agree with them when nothing could be further from the truth. Survey after survey has shown that the majority of gun owners including Republicans know that we do have an out of control gun problem in the U.S. and that only tough gun laws like universal background checks would prevent unvetted second hand guns being sold to anyone who wants one. Its not rocket science unless you are a total Paranoid.
Every civilized nation on earth has far less homicides and mass murders than we do and that proves that their gun laws do indeed work.
Try again Kane, Gm-1,and Jethro Paul, you continue to make fools of yourselves. History continues to make fools of all of you.
Since you are not quite literate your nebulous term “Carry Nation” could apply to a person or to an organization. The woman “Carry Nation” was involved in the early 1900’s temperance movement in the U.S. On the other hand “The Carry Nation” is an organization comprised of New York DJ’s and producers promoting Gay Artistry.
As a wild guess your being a total Homophobe you were probably referring to “The Carry Nation”. After all Nazi’s like you carry on and still promote the original 1930’s German Nazi bigotry and ignorance and fear, hatred and violence against all Gay people.
Its interesting to note that people like you who are homophobes are so because at the subconscious level you have grave doubts about your own masculinity which results in conscience behavior that is fearful and hateful and violent towards Gays, otherwise you would not care less what Gays do or do not do.
Your question only exposed yourself for what you really are, a modern Far Right Neo Nazi Storm Trooper. What is next Herr Hauptmann Kane, you would be only too willing to build gas chambers for everyone not exactly of your race or religion or sexual orientation.
Do not forget to check under your bed tonight because there may be Boogie men, Gays, Commies, Socialists, Liberals, Minorities, Muslims, Jews, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Latino Americans, Philippian Americans, Vietnamese Americans and many more minorities all on your Jackbooted hit list. Remember in another 20 years Latino’s will dominate the Governments at the local, State, and Federal Level. You better move out of the U.S. now while you still have the chance because America is rapidly becoming a more civilized and cosmopolitan country which you cannot tolerate. Your “good old days” of “Whites only” drinking fountains, restaurants, and buses and bans against interracial marriage is now long gone. Move out of the country you are no longer wanted here anymore.
“The woman “Carry Nation” was involved in the early 1900’s temperance movement in the U.S…” -dacian
WRONG
It was a play on words idiot. Carrie Nation was from a slave owning Kentucky family.
Everything is gay with you.
You could NOT even answer the question if you are CC. Instead, you want to talk about gay again.
Kane have you met dacian face to face? i have seen enough things to convince me he is an ai….i would say what but i don’t want any learning on it’s part. the best example was the “test” “test” back to back posts.
i would have replied under your original post but it was closed down to comments.
well dacian seems more like a 10 yr old with a cellphone and a sugar high……
hey amiga what you blabbering about……….if you had 3 guns and it was snowing which would you use?
See a Psychiatrist Jethro Paul your babbling incoherent rantings from the rooftops make no sense. I do not think even you understand them.
well i don’t fault you for being a moron, you were programmed by morons so the best you will ever be is a moron AI
i thought Amiga would be a compliment but i will go back to calling you TRS-80
dacian is a 72-year-old natural ignorance (NI) that should be in a strait jacket.
“Kane have you met dacian face to face? i have seen enough things to convince me he is an ai….i would say what but i don’t want any learning on it’s part. the best example was the “test” “test” back to back posts.
i would have replied under your original post but it was closed down to comments.”
Never met and hope to never meet dacian but I feel confident that dacian looks and acts just like Dr. Zachary Smith from lost in space. We probably can agree that dacian is worst poster of all time.