Vic Mensa speaks on gun control and Donald Trump, during CNN interview.
Following the mass shooting in Orlando last weekend, Chicago rapper Vic Mensa was among the most vocal in the Hip Hop community, tweeting his thoughts on the lack of gun control in the United States.
The musician again offered his thoughts on gun control, during a newly-released interview with CNN. He questioned why the Orlando shooter was so easily able to buy a gun despite being on the FBI’s radar.
“The news about the Orlando tragedy, it just made me start thinking about how important it is that we take action in this election,” Vic Mensa said. “So, I started talking about it. And people were trying to shut me down. They’re saying ‘We don’t need gun control. People are gonna be violent. People are gonna be murderers with or without guns.’ I’m not saying that we should go and we should take away people’s guns. I’m not saying we should repeal the second amendment. What I’m saying is that we need to be able to have far more restrictions put on who can purchase guns.”
Mensa also stressed the importance of the upcoming, presidential election. He criticized the hateful rhetoric of Donald Trump, stressing that “hate begets hate.”
“In this election it’s very possible that we’re literally voting to save our lives and the lives of people that we love,” he said, according to CNN. “The hateful messages that Donald Trump is putting out into the world can only bring hate back. Hate begets hate. Violence begets violence.”
Video of Vic Mensa speaking on gun control and Donald Trump, can be be found below.
Well said
All the while making songs about throwing up your bangers and twisting your fingers up. What an embarrassment.
once again, the black racist DX Mod deleted my comments for saying the truth! He left bc black racist people were discriminating against him! Watch the Breakfast club interview and see how they gave him the RACIST white boy treatment and Charlamage asked him what he has done for Black Lives Matter!!!! If you dont believe me go watch. You can delete my comments all you want you dirty Muthafucka but i’ll keep posting.
What does his tattoos got to do with his outlook on how to improve this crazy society that we’re living in? SMH. Some people just live to hate.
SameMoney Dynasty!!! So what he got a Roc tattoo? He wanted to pay homage to one of the dopest record labels that he grew up listening to & now he got signed to them! I would have done the same thing too. Stop hatin! How many other 23 year olds are going out & speaking up on CNN? How many others are trying to make some sense of all this craziness & senseless violence that we’re living in? The man just wants to answer questions beyond which strip club has the fattest asses & which block got the best smoke. He makes songs that illustrate the environment that he came from…The South Side of Chicago!!! Yeah he talks about guns & drugs & gangs. Cause that’s what he grew up around & viewed first hand. Common & Lupe came from the same neighborhoods & talk about the same topics. But you’re cool with them right?
once again, the black racist DX Mod deleted my comments for saying the truth! He left bc black racist people were discriminating against him! Watch the Breakfast club interview and see how they gave him the RACIST white boy treatment and Charlamage asked him what he has done for Black Lives Matter!!!! If you dont believe me go watch. You can delete my comments all you want you dirty Muthafucka but i’ll keep posting.
Somebody stop this stupid kid from doin interviews! he thinks he’s a public figure or something! You’re nothing but another trash rapper!
Who? And why do I care?
Coming from a kid who immediately ran out and got a “Rocafella Records” neck tattoo upon being signed? No thanks!
Nice Aunt Jamima look with the bandana in that pick. That is a great way to be taken seriously. Clown. HHDX needs to start covering the UFC or WWE or something, that way they can stop posting these garbage filler articles.
Who cares what this idiot has to say about politics and legislation, the kid is a fucking moron.
this is the type of clown that makes me want to get a gun to kill him and stop the gay agenda