Overview

• In an essay published July 2, Flavor Flav states that no civilian needs semi-automatic weapons, calling for a total firearms ban to break the cycle of violence.
• He recounts a 1993 gun-related arrest that led to jail time on Rikers Island to underscore the dangers of widespread firearm access.
• The appeal runs alongside Public Enemy’s Juneteenth protest anthem “March Madness,” which opens with a recording of a teacher reporting a school shooting to a 911 operator.
• Flavor Flav warns that America faces an “epidemic of gun violence,” citing CNN data showing 23 school shootings so far this year.
• Public Enemy has toured Europe in support of the new protest music; no formal legislative response to Flavor Flav’s ban proposal has emerged.