{"id":101591,"date":"2018-12-11T10:03:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=101591"},"modified":"2018-12-11T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T15:03:35","slug":"john-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/john-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"John Rich Responds to Country Music Singers Pushing Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Rich, one half of the country duo Big & Rich, responded over the weekend to two of his fellow musicians who have thrown their weight behind an effort to institute universal background checks on all gun purchases.<\/p>\n

“The issue with gun control, you look at it and you go, ‘These maniacs, these vicious people are taking a weapon and shooting people with it.’ And then the flip side of that is, right now, I’m in New York City and back in Nashville is my wife and my two little kids,” Rich told Fox News<\/a>. “And if somebody breaks into my house, which rifle would you suggest I tell my wife to grab?<\/p>\n

“Which one should she grab? The one that gives her the best chance at protecting her and my kids or the one that doesn’t?” Rich asked\u00a0fellow country music artists. “Those are the types of questions I would like to ask them.”<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Sheryl Crow is Disappointed More Country Stars Aren\u2019t for Gun Control<\/a><\/h2>\n

Rich is responding to Tyler Hubbard and Dierks Bentley, who announced on Instagram their partnership with a campaign called \u201cEnd Gun Violence Together\u201d sponsored by the clothing brand TOMS.<\/p>\n

\u201cProud of my friend @blakemycoskie and @toms for jumping into the discussion on how we can work together to #endgunviolence,\u201d Bentley wrote on Instragram on Wednesday. \u201cHe has a gift for bringing people together and I\u2019m happy to see him applying it to this cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

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proud of my friend @blakemycoskie and @toms for jumping into the discussion on how we can work together to #endgunviolence. he has a gift for bringing people together and im happy to see him applying it to this cause. check out https:\/\/www.toms.com<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by Dierks Bentley<\/a> (@dierksbentley) on Nov 27, 2018 at 11:43am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The TOMS campaign allows activists to send a \u201cpostcard\u201d to their U.S. representatives urging them to institute universal background checks, which they claim are supported by \u201c90% of Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hubbard also announced his partnership with TOMS, asking his supporters to \u201chear my heart\u201d for the \u201cbetterment of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Please hear my heart. This is not a political post, but a post about the betterment of\u00a0humanity. Its time we start the uncomfortable conversations to make a change in our country. It starts with us. Let\u2019s #EndGunViolenceTogether. Go to TOMS.com to send your Representatives a postcard demanding they take action on what more than 90% of Americans agree on: universal background checks. I\u2019m proud to partner with @TOMS to #endgunviolencetogether<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by Tyler Hubbard<\/a> (@tylerhubbard) on Nov 29, 2018 at 11:32am PST<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAs a proud gun owner myself, that\u2019s a right and a privilege I take very, very serious,\u201d Hubbard says in the video. \u201cWe can all come together and agree that something has to change. It\u2019s unacceptable. We shouldn\u2019t have to walk out of the house and live in fear anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO:\u00a0Gun Buybacks Are Waste of Time, No Evidence They Reduce Crime<\/a><\/h2>\n

Along with concerns over self-defense, Rich also expressed apprehension about the possibility of a nationwide mandatory buyback, a policy that could only be implemented with universal background checks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard one congressman, he was talking about running for President, say he would institute a mandatory buyback of everybody\u2019s guns. That\u2019s what scares people like myself,\u201d Rich said. \u201cOnce you start moving in that direction someday you could actually see that happen where somebody literally knocks on your door and says, \u2018Mr. Rich, we\u2019re here to purchase all your weapons back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where this can lead to. If [Hubbard and Bently] are going to say that, give us some kind of a solution. What do you think we should do?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rich isn\u2019t wrong. California Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) penned an op-ed<\/a> back in May calling for exactly this policy.<\/p>\n

Rather than reinstate the Clinton \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban, Swalwell wrote, \u201cwe should ban possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, we should buy back such weapons from all who choose to abide by the law, and we should criminally prosecute any who choose to defy it by keeping their weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rich clarified that he\u2019s friends with both Hubbard and Bentley, but he doesn\u2019t understand how imposing restrictions on law-abiding gun owners will keep mentally unstable people from wreaking havoc.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have my firearm and my concealed weapons permit to defend myself against the crazy guys,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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