Celeb News: Lady Gaga, MC Hammer, + others sign NYTimes Gun Petition

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Lady Gaga against gun crime: Celebrities petition for new arms laws in wake of Sandy Hook massacre

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More than 100 public figures from Arianna Huffington to Lady Gaga have put their signatures to a full page-advert in the New York Times demanding change to America’s gun laws in the wake of last week’s shooting at a Connecticut school.

It states: “The time has come for courage. The Courage to make our schools and workplaces, our shopping malls and movie theatres -- all the places we share every day -- safe from gun violence. The courage to stand up to the NRA -- to put human life ahead of extreme ideology. The courage to ban weapons of mass murder that at anytime, anywhere, can turn America into a killing field."

Continuing: "We cannot let the latest massacre fade into memory -- another horrible headline followed by indifference and inaction," the ad continues. "We must speak for those whose voices will never be heard again. e must speak truth to those in power -- and insist that now is the time to do what is right instead of pandering before merchants of death."

Signatories included Martha Stewart, MC Hammer and Goldie Hawn in support of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ Deman a Plan campaign being spearheaded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The piece sites figures from ABC news claiming that among the world’s 23 wealthiest nations 80 per cent of all gun deaths are American deaths and 87 per cent of all kids killed by guns are American kids.”

The nation is mourning the deaths of 20 six and seven-year-olds and six women who were killed when gunman Adam Lanza burst into Sandy Hook Elementary school last Friday.

The advert’s sentiments echo those of the American government. President Obama, who attended an inter-faith vigil in Newtown at the weekend, said that “if there is even one thing that we can do to prevent any of these events, we have a deep obligation, all of us, to try”.

Vice-President Joe Biden will head a group of Obama cabinet members and others from beyond the administration in coming up with the formulate new proposals to reduce gun violence in America.

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BadBitch

Rama

JayRockafella

yesss!!!

Kaluda

BlondeAmbitionxX

skyler

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romonster

Niksan555

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Sign the petition: http://www.demandaplan.org

BlondUnicorn

It was time.

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ddeizaguirre

The ban is coming and this country isn't ready but they better buckle down tight. Yes we have the right to bear arms as stated in the 2nd amendment but because of all these people with screws loose , our freedom must be controlled in certain ways and I'm A OK with that!!

RastaMentality

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Originally posted by ddeizaguirre

The ban is coming and this country isn't ready but they better buckle down tight. Yes we have the right to bear arms as stated in the 2nd amendment but because of all these people with screws loose , our freedom must be controlled in certain ways and I'm A OK with that!!

lol they're not going to ban all guns.

Nicole

idk how i feel about this...

Retro

Good. I'm sorry for those who believe strongly in the right to bear arms, but some of the weapons average people can get their hands on are things that are not necessary for any average citizen to have.

BadBitch

Only hillbillies and right winged republicans ~~(basically hillbillies in suits)~~ would argue against this. Gaga always supporting the right things.

Starburst

Kind of hypocritical.

LDYGG

They're not going to ban guns, they can't. They can, however, ban semi-automatic weapons. No one should support that fact that civilians can own weapons that can kill dozens of people with a single round.

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Originally posted by Starburst

Kind of hypocritical.

One of those guns is a yellow, plastic toy and the other one has lipstick.

Now if Gaga doesn't remove the guns from her show for the North American leg, THEN you can say its hypocritical. Until then, keep trying.