Larry Gatlin drops out of NRA convention performance

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A day after "American Pie" singer Don McLean pulled out of the annual National Rifle Association convention, Larry Gatlin as well as Larry Stewart of Restless Heart announced they will be following in McLean’s footsteps and won't be performing in Houston, Texas.

In a statement obtained by Fox News Digital, Gatlin shared that he "cannot in good conscience" perform this weekend.  "To my fellow sad Americans—I cannot, in good conscience, perform at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend," his statement began. "While I agree with most of the positions held by the NRA, I have come to believe that, while background checks would not stop every madman with a gun, it is at the very least a step in the right direction toward trying to prevent the kind of tragedy we saw this week in Uvalde— in my beloved, weeping TEXAS." Larry Gatlin has withdrawn from the annual NRA conference in Houston, Texas. (Getty Images) The country music and gospel singer was born in Seminole, Texas.   "It is not a perfect world and the 'if only crowd’s' policies will never make it one.

I am a 'what if guy' and I can't help but ask the question, 'What if the teachers had been proficient in the use of firearms and had, in fact been armed this week?

My answer is that there would not be 21 freshly dug graves for 21 of GOD's precious children." Gatlin concluded his statement with sharing his condolences for all the families involved and urged the National Rifle Association to "rethink" their position regarding firearms. "My prayers and thoughts go to all who are suffering, and I pray that the NRA will rethink some of its outdated and ill-thought-out positions regarding firearms in AMERICA.