{"id":2704,"date":"2013-04-17T15:19:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachuslex.com\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2013-04-17T15:37:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T19:37:26","slug":"when-quasi-celebrities-attack-jay-mohr-blames-boston-attack-on-the-2nd-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachuslex.com\/?p=2704","title":{"rendered":"When quasi-celebrities attack: Jay Mohr blames Boston attack on the 2nd Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aging comedian\/actor J<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2705\" alt=\"Jay_Mohr\" src=\"https:\/\/monachuslex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jay_Mohr-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monachuslex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jay_Mohr-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monachuslex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jay_Mohr.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ay Mohr managed to generate some publicity for himself on Monday by exploiting the Boston Marathon explosions to push his anti-Second Amendment agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Mohr, who those from my generation might remember from Tom Cruise&#8217;s hit 1996 film Jerry Maguire, and younger readers might remember from absolutely nowhere, sent his first clueless tweet Monday night.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat bothers me most about today is that we&#8217;re getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When questioned on the connection between the Second Amendment and the Boston explosions, he just kept digging.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe 2nd Amendment lends itself to the CULTURE of violence we are living in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Later, when he continued to be flooded with comments from gun owners taking him to task, he commented that he was \u201c<em>[a]mazed at [the] pro gun responses<\/em>\u201d and wondered <em>\u201cWhere are u maniacs coming from?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right folks &#8230; to the elites in New York and Hollywood, your rights contribute to a culture of violence and you are &#8216;maniacs&#8217; for daring to speak up when liberals call for your rights to be stripped away.<\/p>\n<p>If his comments upset you as much as they did me then perhaps you might like to join me in contacting his employer. \u00a0Mohr has a sports radio program on Fox Sports Radio called Jay Mohr Sports.<\/p>\n<p>I am guessing that either of the following executives would love to hear from sports fans who are upset by Mohr&#8217;s words.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dan Metter,\u00a0Senior Vice President &amp; Director of Talk Radio Sales<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dmetter@premiereradio.com\">dmetter@premiereradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Telephone: (212) 445-3926<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Craig Hawkesworth,\u00a0Vice President of Interactive Sales<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:chawkesworth@premiereradio.com\">chawkesworth@premiereradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Telephone: (972) 455-6267<\/p>\n<p>Let them know that it is probably not a good idea to keep someone on the payroll who considers more than half of their viewers to be violent &#8216;maniacs&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aging comedian\/actor Jay Mohr managed to generate some publicity for himself on Monday by exploiting the Boston Marathon explosions to push his anti-Second Amendment agenda. 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