{"id":165459,"date":"2022-06-22T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=165459"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T07:32:02","slug":"anti-gun-rocker-john-mellencamp-they-dont-give-a-f-ck-about-our-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/anti-gun-rocker-john-mellencamp-they-dont-give-a-f-ck-about-our-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Gun Rocker John Mellencamp: ‘They Don’t Give a F-ck About Our Children’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

pic.twitter.com\/bHEcjSvoGc<\/a><\/p>— John Mellencamp (@johnmellencamp) June 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n

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Rocker John Mellencamp is not happy with the bipartisan gun-control bill the Senate tentatively agreed to this week<\/a> because, in his mind, it doesn’t go far enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Twitter, Mellencamp voiced his frustrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly in America, and I mean only, in America, can 21 people be murdered and a week later be buried and forgotten, with a flimsy little thumbnail, a vague notion of some sort of gun control law laying on the senators\u2019 desks,\u201d wrote Mellencamp, referencing the mass killing in Uvalde, Texas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat kind of people are we who claim that we care about pro-life?\u201d the Indiana-born singer continued. \u201cJust so you know, anyone that\u2019s reading this\u2026 politicians don\u2019t give a f\u2013k about you, they don\u2019t give a f\u2013k about me, and they don\u2019t give a f\u2013k about our children. So, with that cheery thought in mind, have a happy summer, because it will be just a short time before it happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Senate Agrees on Gun Control Bill With Enough Votes To Enact Into Law<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mellencamp’s criticism of the legislation, known as the “Safer Communities Act,” comes on the heels of an appearance on MSNBC’s<\/em> \u201cThe Beat with Ari Melber\u201d where he argued that the media should publicize the photos of the deceased victims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t show it, they\u2019re dying in vain because they\u2019re just going to try to pass more bullshit laws like they\u2019re trying to get through now. Show it. Show what a machine gun can do to a child\u2019s head. It\u2019s your responsibility as a news network to show it. Show the people what we\u2019re talking about. Because just to go, oh, 13 kids killed, most people go, well, that happened again,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Mellencamp, the only path forward is widespread civil disarmament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need people to turn in their guns. I understand people, you know, liking guns. I\u2019ve got two kids who like guns, but I have to tell you, when the Second Amendment was written, they were talking about muskets. They were talking about muskets,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Brazilian President Green Lights Gun Ownership So Citizens May \u2018Have Peace Inside Their Homes\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople say you can\u2019t change the Second Amendment. It\u2019s an amendment. It\u2019s already been changed. So don\u2019t say you can\u2019t change the Second Amendment. You can change the Second Amendment. Change the damn thing,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What would be your response to Mr. Mellencamp? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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