Flavor Flav has made a public plea for the government to ban access to guns across America.
The Public Enemy legend penned an op-ed for Newsweek and described how he feels guns have made the country less safe.
He wrote: “I fear for my kids when I drop them off at school. Our schools aren’t safe and our kids aren’t safe. This is because gun protection laws are weak. Guns are falling into the hands of the wrong people. I would know. I went to jail because of guns. I ended up on Rikers Island. So I am speaking from first-hand experience.”
Flav added: “Fear and power are two of the biggest emotions that drive us. America is being built on fear. You have people who are scared. And these people are fighting for gun rights to protect themselves. They wouldn’t have to protect themselves if all guns were banned. Fear is a powerful, short-term motivator. We need to flip it so it can break through to be a positive and valuable resource. Let our fear of losing our children be more powerful than our fear of our next-door neighbor.”
The legendary hype man continued: “Right now, it’s too easy for kids to grab their parents’ guns. They are motivated by fear of being disliked, fear of not being accepted, fear of being made fun of. It makes them feel powerless. Some choose to take their power back and show up those peers. This happens so often, we have started to become numb to it as a society. It’s barely in the news if it’s less than a handful of people who were killed, and then the news cycle moves onto something else… The hits just keep on coming…
“School shootings are normalized. The lack of gun laws has created a violence epidemic here in the United States that is nowhere else in the world. This is domestic errorism.”
Flav concluded by saying his and Chuck D’s concerns about guns led to a new Public Enemy track: “I hope this song, ‘March Madness’ reignites the conversation. I hope this song sparks change. I hope this anthem gives a voice to those who feel powerless against a system of power and greed. I hope we can come together to create a wall of unity with peace and togetherness that is so strong, no one can divide and tear us down.”
Guns dont get up and shoot themselves. People kill people. Start raising kids right again. The reason this country will never get taken over by a foreign power is the 2nd amendment. Look at what happens in countries where only the government has guns. They turn to shit.
Guns do get up and shoot people themselves; shut up.
It’s always the elite who have armed security who want to take guns away from the average American.
Source?
You calling Flava Flav the elite? You probably have more money than him in your wallet.
He went from freedom and fight the power to this? SMH he and Chuck have fallen far. Everyone needs guns and should have the rights the US biggest issue is the amount of government control, taxes, and lack of freedom
So what they do, go and ban the AK? My shit wasn’t registered any fucking way.
Shut up, nobody needs a gun.
Yes we must collect every gun away from the taxpayers. Only way to prevent gun violence is to protect people from the guns!