A Year After Parkland, Mednick Sings A Call To (Dis)Arms

Cowards in the hall of CongressBending to the will of the NRAThey really know that there’s an answerHiding in plain sight/ They always get away ...Flak jacket cops storm an American schoolAnguished parents press at the cordonWondering if they’ll see their children soon ...When is this going to stop?What are you going to do?Are you going to save our children? ...No more guns, no more prayers,No more silene, no more tearsWhat are you going to do?A year after a gunman shot 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School [1]in Parkland, Florida, Steve Mednick marked the occasion with a call to arms. Or, more precisely, to disarm.Mednick, a local attorney and politico who launched a second career as a songwriter and recording artist/performer, has completed a new album (his 15th) entitled Enough. He wrote seven of the songs inspired by the Parkland massacre.The album is cry from the heart for gun control, combining Mednick’s legal, political, and musical passions.The album isn’t out yet. But Mednick previewed five of the tracks during an appearance on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven” program marking the Parkland anniversary.Click on the video at the bottom of this story to watch an interview with Mednick and to hear the sampled tracks, including the anthemic Dire Straits-reminiscent “What Are You Going To Do?” (from which the above lyrics were excerpted). posted by: redman on February 14, 2019  12:57pmI will give up my 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms when you give up your 1st Amendment right to free speech and freedom of the press.posted by: George Polk on February 14, 2019  1:14pm1979 “I Don’t Like Monday’s.” The weapons change but the screwed up “kids” remain the same.posted by: THREEFIFTHS on February 14, 2019  1:26pmI can fix the gun problem.All you have to do is go back to

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