Lady Gaga brazenly gave a whole new meaning to the term “gun rack” this weekend when the provocative pop star wore an “assault rifle” bra during a show in Canada — despite the sensitive debate over such weapons gripping the US in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.
While I am quite the strong supporter of gun rights, I think that wearing automatic weaponry as frivolous sexual accessory is a bit tasteless, especially at this date and time.
I would understand if Lady Gaga was trying to play an anti-hero here, or throwing around some punk rock-style rebellion in an attempt to piss people off, or shake up the system. But is seems as if Gaga apparently signed a petition a few weeks ago demanding greater gun control. It reads in part:
“The time has come for courage. The Courage to make our schools and workplaces, our shopping malls and movie theaters -- 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."
Seems like Gaga is sending mixed messages. Or perhaps has revealed herself as a standard vacuous celebrity, paying lip service to popular causes but refuses to sacrifice anything of value to support them. Even if that something of value is a Tommy-gun brassiere.
If the time is here for "courage", well...Lady Gaga just proved she has none.
No taste, either.
sorry, that's a Class III bra. Those look like machine pistols to me. Therefore they aren't assault weapons from the OTHER end of the definition.
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