A little after a week since the worse mass shooting in United States history, the U.S. Senate has rejected a number of new gun control measures that could help prevent such a tragedy from happening in the future.
Senators from each party wanted to introduce measures they saw fit for the future of the United States gun control laws, which consisted of updating the background check system requiring more information, requiring checks at gun shows, and delaying gun sales to individuals who are on the government terrorist watch list.
All proposals failed and we are back at square one, with concern as to what path America continues to head down. After the news spread that the Senate rejected the gun control measures intended to protect our U.S. citizens, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen took to Twitter to begin their own style of debate on the topic.
John Legend initiated the debate by tweeting:
We have to vote the GOP out of leadership of both House & Senate to get anything done on guns. Please vote in November.
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 20, 2016
Chrissy Teigen then replied to her husbands tweet with:
@johnlegend no john. My right to own 7 AR-15’s is more important than your “COMFORT” used 2 respect u! Stick to music unfollow#
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 21, 2016
John Legend responded:
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 21, 2016
A fan found humor in the Twitter debate and went on to ask the couple:
@johnlegend @chrissyteigen are you two tweeting this while sitting next to one another because that would be awesomely hilarious
— (((JLynn))) (@J_L1212) June 21, 2016
Then, John Legend replies with a photo of the two:
@chrissyteigen @J_L1212 maybe pic.twitter.com/dEFr4gZplv
— John Legend (@johnlegend) June 21, 2016
Legend went on to retweet, agree and engage in other Senate talk on the gun control proposals, as well as express his disbelief with our country’s choices on his Twitter account.
It’s so refreshing to see a celebrity couple who uses their influence for good and knows how to appeal to the culture in a way that the culture can understand.