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200 Musicians Sign For Gun Control

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Channel: Real Thing TV · 2016 · News & Politics

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Billy Joel, John Mellencamp and nearly 200 other musicians and industry executives joined music publisher Billboard in signing an open letter to Congress this week calling for increased gun control measures in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack in early June.

In a statement on its website, Billboard‘s editors explained its decision to feature the artists and the letter on the cover of this month’s issue.

The publication’s editors wrote:

    Like the rest of the country and the world, Billboard editors were horrified by the mass killing at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub on June 12, and by the murder of singer Christina Grimmie the night before. Both tragedies occurred where musicians and music fans gathered. And so faced with another gun-related tragedy, the staff organized this special “Open Letter to Congress” cover of Billboard.

The letter calls for “a background check on every gun sale.” Missing from this call, however, is any acknowledgement that the Pulse nightclub gunman, Omar Mateen, passed a background check for his rifle and handgun. Kevin Loibl — the man suspected of killing The Voice star Christina Grimmie just one day before the Orlando attack — passed a background check for both of his guns.

The signatures on the letter include those of music industry heavyweights Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, Beck, Bonnie Raitt, Calvin Harris, Carole King, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop and Jackson Browne, among many others.

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