Cancellation of Atlanta festival sparks new fight over guns

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Tens of thousands of Music Midtown festivalgoers are no longer going to descend on Atlanta’s massive Piedmont Park next month.

FILE - Billie Eilish performs on stage during Day 2 of Music Midtown 2019 in Atlanta, Sept. 15, 2019. The cancellation of the major music festival has ignited a new fight over Georgia gun laws. Live Nation has refused to say why it abruptly called off September 2022s Music Midtown festival.

Live Nation has refused to say why it recently called off September’s Music Midtown, a longtime fixture for pop music lovers. Beyond the immediate fallout, the fight also added to a disconnect between Georgia's heavily Democratic capital city and the GOP-controlled state Legislature that has recently expanded gun rights and restricted abortion and voting access. State leadersover the voting changes, which the companies called “unacceptable.”

“In terms of Music Midtown, it’s virtually a no-brainer that they can’t ban guns there,” said John Monroe, an attorney who represented a gun rights group in the case before the state Supreme Court.

 

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Stacey Abrams evidently has an issue with the 2nd amendment, but put it under the guise of covid prevention and she would be all for it.

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