{"id":35815,"date":"2015-04-16T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=35815"},"modified":"2015-04-16T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T16:00:20","slug":"mcgraw-responds-to-criticism-over-headlining-concert-to-benefit-gun-control-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/mcgraw-responds-to-criticism-over-headlining-concert-to-benefit-gun-control-group\/","title":{"rendered":"McGraw Responds to Criticism over Headlining Concert to Benefit Gun-Control Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_35816\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-mcgraw.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mcgraw-responds-to-criticism-over-headlining-concert-to-benefit-gun-control-group\" title=\"McGraw Responds to Criticism over Headlining Concert to Benefit Gun-Control Group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35816\" title=\"McGraw Responds to Criticism over Headlining Concert to Benefit Gun-Control Group\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-mcgraw-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Do you understand where Tim McGraw is coming from?  (Photo: Interent) \" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-mcgraw-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-mcgraw-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/tim-mcgraw.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-35816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do you understand where Tim McGraw is coming from? (<em>Photo: Interen<\/em>t)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As expected, Tim McGraw received quite a bit of feedback from gun owners and country music fans after <a href=\"\/blog\/tim-mcgraw-headlining-event-to-raise-money-for-gun-control-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mcgraw-responds-to-criticism-over-headlining-concert-to-benefit-gun-control-group\" title=\"McGraw Responds to Criticism over Headlining Concert to Benefit Gun-Control Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcing he\u2019d headline<\/a> a summer concert to benefit and raise money for the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandyhookpromise.org\/our_story\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mcgraw-responds-to-criticism-over-headlining-concert-to-benefit-gun-control-group\" title=\"McGraw Responds to Criticism over Headlining Concert to Benefit Gun-Control Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sandy Hook Promise, <\/a>an organization dedicated to, among other goals, pushing for tougher restrictions on the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Following the backlash, McGraw released a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/style-blog\/wp\/2015\/04\/16\/tim-mcgraw-gets-backlash-from-gun-rights-advocates-for-headlining-sandy-hook-promise-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"mcgraw-responds-to-criticism-over-headlining-concert-to-benefit-gun-control-group\" title=\"McGraw Responds to Criticism over Headlining Concert to Benefit Gun-Control Group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> in an attempt to clarify his position and placate concerned fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear regarding the concert for Sandy Hook given much of the erroneous reporting thus far. As a gun owner, I support gun ownership,\u201d he said. \u201cI also believe that with gun ownership comes the responsibility of education and safety \u2013 most certainly when it relates to what we value most, our children. I can\u2019t imagine anyone who disagrees with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough a personal connection, I saw first-hand how the Sandy Hook tragedy affected families and I felt their pain,\u201d McGraw continued. \u201cThe concert is meant to do something good for a community that is recovering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not sure that really clarifies his position. Without addressing the specific policies that the Sandy Hook Promise is pushing for, one cannot be sure which side of the divide McGraw falls on. What does he mean by \u201ceducation and safety\u201d? Does he support bans on commonly owned and widely popular black rifles? Does he want a universal registration scheme?<\/p>\n<p>Until he explicates his position, one must assume that he errs on the side of the anti-gun agenda of the Sandy Hook Promise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet me be clear regarding the concert for Sandy Hook given much of the erroneous reporting thus far.  As a gun owner, I support gun ownership,\u201d he said. \u201cI also believe that with gun ownership comes the responsibility of education and safety \u2013 most certainly when it relates to what we value most, our children.  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