The Right to Bear Arms and Rock Out: The Second Amendment’s Influence on Music – WDET

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Actual tangible items are largely missing from the Bill ofRights.

While speech, press, assembly and religion are crucial concepts, they are just concepts; you cant go to the speech store and buy some speech. The rightto throw soldiers out of your house or protection against search and seizure are important, but stillconcepts.

Arguably, the most tangible right in the Bill of Rights is the SecondAmendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not beinfringed.

Curious that 27 words have sparked so much conflict, but no matter what side of the debate youre on, you cant deny the impact of the right to bear arms on ourculture.

There are tons of guns in popular music. In fact, after love and sex and cars, guns turn up in American songs with alarming frequency. But its something that dominates our culture, so its no surprise it dominates musical culture aswell.

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