LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Since the 1 October shooting, the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center has helped with healing. Now, staff are making changes to continue that mission moving forward. In the wake of the tragedy, the center opened its doors with the help of grant money. Originally, they provided legal and mental health services to […]
makes it very clear that s what he was thinking about. and the general tone of it is that demonstrators deserve maybe a beating if they try to come in and do that in their part of the woods. you pointed out there s a specific portion in the song in which he references the second amendment, not directly but in sort of an allusion to it. he specifically referenced route 91 in a tweet. that was the event where he performed that turned into the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history in las vegas. there was a gunman perched on a hotel window who shot at people that were enjoying this concert. he s pushing back against criticism that the song promotes gun violence, though. yeah. i think it s a legitimate point of view to look at that history he has and think that should have made him more sensitive to gun violence instead of creating a song that s not only
at a music festival called route 91 and it was the deadliest mass shooting in american history when 58 people died, right? so sheryl crow and others are coming out and saying jason, what are you thinking? what are you doing? yeah. i mean, he would argue that he s not promoting gun violence. he s promoting gun rights and the right of self-defense. what is he specifically saying about the reaction to his song because this has become a real controversy? so he took to ttter, he released a very lengthy statement. part of it reads that there s not a single lyric in the song that references race or in to it and there isn t a single video clip that there isn t real news footage and while i can respect others to have the own interpretation of a song wit music, this one goes too far. the song refers to the feeling of the community that i had growing up or we took care o our neighbors regardless of differences of background or belief. jason aldean grew up in macon, georgia and people like she