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Guns

Concerts Controversy 

An Atlanta music festival has been canceled because local authorities say that guns are more important than peaceful music

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Festival, Georgia, Guns, Live Nation, Music Midtown, Pro-Gun

America loves their guns. They love them so much that they demand to take them everywhere so they can show

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Funny/Weird 

This US Supreme Court decision on lifetime gun bans means you’d better not have sold bootleg cassettes

April 20, 2021April 19, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Cassettes, Guns, US Supreme Court

On Monday (April 19), the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals on a federal law that would see a

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Tech 

Guns, Russians and regulations, oh my! Last week in net neutrality

February 26, 2018February 25, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ajit Pai, Bots, Charlton Heston, CPAC, Eric Schneiderman, FCC, Guns, Lawsuit, Net Neutrality, NRA, Russia

Ajit Pai received a gun from the NRA last week in appreciation for his efforts to overturn Obama-era net neutrality

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WTF? 

Strauss Arranged for String Orchestra and Handguns

March 26, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Fluffy, Guns, Weird

Yes, handguns. Bonus oddity: A Christian music video from 1992 featuring a pregnant woman in a bikini pointing a gun.

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Music Industry 

Infographic: Musicians Killed by Gun Violence Since the 1950s

August 2, 2016August 1, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Deaths, Gun Violence, Guns, Infographic, Musicians

For anyone who even passively follows the news, it’s obvious that the United States has a problem with gun violence.

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Controversy 

America, Guns and Music

September 10, 2015 Alan Cross 5 Comments Concerts, Guns, Second Amendment, Tennessee

Like most non-Americans, I just don’t get that nation’s obsession with guns. As someone who grew up in a rural

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Cool! 

Happy Birthday, ‘Murica. This Anthem’s Just for You.

July 4, 2015July 5, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4th of July, America, Guns, Igor Stravinsky, Star Spangled Banner, United States

Seriously, can it get any more ‘Merican than this? (Via Tom) And now, a selection of awful national anthem performances. When

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