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Aug 14, 2019 · These Country Artists Support Gun Reform. From Eric Church and Jason Isbell to Maren Morris and Kacey Musgraves, country and Americana artists are in favor of various gun control measures. By...
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- Kacey Musgraves on Gun Violence
Kacey Musgraves is pissed off. The Grammy-winning country...
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Harrowing account of Route 91 Harvest country music festival...
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Jun 21, 2019 · The cadre of country artists who have publicly rallied around the issue got a big boost in late 2018, when Florida Georgia Line member Tyler Hubbard publicly challenged his big-name...
- Caleb Keeter
- Brothers Osborne
- Kacey Musgraves
- Maren Morris
- Jennifer Nettles
- Taylor Swift
- Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill
- Reba McEntire
- Rosanne Cash
- Margo Price
Caleb Keeter, guitarist for the Josh Abbott Band, was actually present at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas. Keeter says the terrifying experience opened his eyes to the need for gun control in America. The Josh Abbott Band had performed just before a gunman opened fire on the crowd, killing 61 people. The next day, Keeter wrote on Tw...
John and TJ Osborne are famously outspoken. And the subject of gun control is no exception. Watch the brothers explain their opinions on our current gun laws, above, for NowThis. The video also effectively summarizes the genre's glorification of shooting. It's an interesting watch for anyone who is curious about the direction modern country might b...
Throughout her successful career, Kacey Musgraves politics have informed her persona. She addressed that dichotomy in a 2019 tweet, writing: I love keeping things about the music and usually stay out of politics publicly UNTIL it barrels past political party preference points and dangerously encroaches on fundamental human rights. It's then not a p...
In 2019, Maren Morris told Esquiredirectly: "I don't think anyone needs to own a semi-automatic or automatic rifle. I'm from Texas and I've grown up around guns. But as much fun as that was growing up, do I feel particularly safe around guns now? No."
After the Parkland shooting, Jennifer Nettles took to Twitter to emotionally address the issue. "More than anything else, people who want to hurt as many innocent children as they can, use guns to do it. I wonder how long it will take our government to do anything at all. I wonder how loudly the voices of every mother in this country can scream til...
Although the country singer-songwriter Eric Church says he supports the second amendment, he's voiced concern over the powerful presence of the National Rifle Association. In 2018, he told Rolling Stone: "I'm a Second Amendment guy, but I feel like [the N.R.A. has] been a bit of a roadblock," Church explains. "I don't care who you are — you shouldn...
In 2017, Tim McGraw and his wife Faith Hill opened up about the tense topic in an interview with Billboard. "Look, I'm a bird hunter — I love to wing-shoot. However, there is some common sense that's necessary when it comes to gun control. They want to make it about the Second Amendment every time it's brought up. It's not about the Second Amendmen...
In 2013, speaking on the Rise Guys Morning Show,Reba McEntire said that although she is a gun owner no one should own assault rifles. "I do have guns," she said. "I own guns — I have quite a few guns — but I do not have assault rifles. I do not think that anybody has any business having an assault rifle in their possession... Why do I feel that way...
Rosanne Cash has spoken publicly about the values instilled in her by her father Johnny Cash. Among them, a respect for all human life. So it's no wonder that Roseanne is a proud proponent of gun reform. Following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, she penned an op-ed for the New York Times on the topic: "Country Musicians, Stand Up to the N.R.A." Read i...
The Nashville singer-songwriter Margo Price takes a similar attitude to Rosanne Cash when it comes to holding fellow country artists accountable. In late 2018, she wrote on Twitter: "For the last few years I've been very vocal about gun control reform. I've done interviews with Washington Post, LA Times, Billboard, Rolling Stone & spoken out on soc...
Apr 27, 2023 · Old Crow Medicine Show has earned a reputation for top-shelf musicianship and hits including the now-classic “Wagon Wheel,” but the two-time Grammy-winning group is also advocating for gun...
Feb 28, 2018 · Since the horrific gun-related massacres in Las Vegas and Florida, these 37 country artists remain adamant supports — and recipients of NRA funds.
Oct 11, 2017 · In the wake of the worst mass-shooting in US history, country artist Caleb Keeter reversed his position on gun control. It took a mass shooting involving hundreds of victims to convince him...
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Aug 2, 2017 · These stars, whether outspoken or private about their stance on guns, prove there's more than one type of gun-owning country music celebrity. Hank Williams Jr.
