“Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck / Try that in a small town.”
These are not "pro-gun lyrics." They're threatening but, more to the point, they're anti-gun control culture-war fodder. I'm surprised to see Mr. Hughes being so disingenuous.
He's not being disingenuous; pro-gun and anti-gun-control are simply different ways of referring to essentially the same position. It's a semantic quibble. Regardless, in either case, I don't see how it has any implication as to the speech rights involved. As he points out, these lyrics are no more threatening than many rap (or other genre) lyrics. And yes, they're obviously anti-gun-control, but...so what? What's the relevance? People are entitled to have differing opinions on the issue.
“Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck / Try that in a small town.”
These are not "pro-gun lyrics." They're threatening but, more to the point, they're anti-gun control culture-war fodder. I'm surprised to see Mr. Hughes being so disingenuous.
He's not being disingenuous; pro-gun and anti-gun-control are simply different ways of referring to essentially the same position. It's a semantic quibble. Regardless, in either case, I don't see how it has any implication as to the speech rights involved. As he points out, these lyrics are no more threatening than many rap (or other genre) lyrics. And yes, they're obviously anti-gun-control, but...so what? What's the relevance? People are entitled to have differing opinions on the issue.