Top gun control activist takes credit for CMT scrubbing Jason Aldean video, tries to get him canceled by Opry

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Prominent gun-control activist Shannon Watts is trying to get country music star Jason Aldean canceled over a song she claims is "racist and violent."  Aldean denies that his song, "Try That In A Small Town," has racial undertones following its music video release last week, in which he touts how small towns wouldn't put up with the kind of lawlessness found in big cities.

Country Music Television (CMT) yanked the video without comment on Monday, prompting Aldean to lash out on Twitter, writing, "There is not a single lyric in the song that references race or points to it – and there isn’t a single video clip that isn’t real news footage – and while I can try and respect others to have their own interpretation of a song with music – this one goes too far." Watts first called attention to the song’s lyrics in a late-night tweet Sunday, saying it’s about "how he and his friends will shoot you if you try to take their guns."  Watts later took credit for CMT’s decision in scrubbing the video. "Proud to have had a hand in getting CMT to reject this racist and violent song," she tweeted Tuesday evening.

Watts then set her sights on trying to get Aldean canceled from the Grand Ole Opry. "The @opry is hosting Jason Aldean at a fundraiser for the Covenant School in Nashville," she wrote. "One would think there are many other country music artists they could invite instead?" Aldean, who was onstage during the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, is joining a star-studded lineup at the Opry on Aug.

7 to benefit the Covenant School Community Fund after the Nashville private school was targeted by a mass shooter earlier this year.