Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has hit out at US students protesting for gun control measures, calling them "pathetic" and "vile abusers of the dead".
In an Instagram rant about the March for Our Lives protest, Hughes accused Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors of "playing hooky at the expense of 16 of your classmates' blood".
Seventeen people were killed in the shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month.
Hughes, whose band were performing at Paris's Bataclan venue when it was targeted by terrorist gunmen in 2015, shared an illustration of a woman telling a man: "I turned in my gun to do my part in ending violence", to which he replies: "I chopped off my own d*** to stop rape."
In one post Hughes writes: "The Whitney Houston song about letting the children lead the way wasn't actually has [sic] operating paradigm for life
"And when the truth don't line up with your bull**** narrative just hold your breath and stamp your feet and refused [sic] to except [sic] it…then take multiple days off school playing hooky at the expense of 16 of your classmates' blood.
"It might be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and disgusting."
Referring to his experience during the Bataclan attack, he wrote: "As a survivor of a mass shooting I can tell you from first-hand experience that all of you protesting and taking days off from school insult the memory of those who were killed and abuse and insult me and every other lover of liberty by your every action.
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll…and may everyone [sic] of these disgusting vile abusers of the dead live as long as possible so they can have the maximum amount of time to endure their shame and be cursed."
Another post that has since been deleted showed multiple images including one of a bottle of pills labelled "hard to swallow" followed by an image of a hand holding three pills bearing the caption: "Our guns aren't going anywhere."
Jesse Hughes is a deluded redneck and should not, under any circumstances, be taken seriously.
— Felipe Flores
(@FelipeFloresIV) March 26, 2018
The posts sparked a backlash on social media. Felipe Flores wrote: "Jesse Hughes is a deluded redneck and should not, under any circumstances, be taken seriously."
More from March For Our Lives
Following the Bataclan attack, in which 89 people died, Hughes criticised France's strict gun controls.
He said: "Did your French gun control stop a single person from dying at the Bataclan? If anyone can answer yes, I'd like to hear it, because I don't think so."
Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes has hit out at US students protesting for gun control measures, calling them "pathetic" and "vile abusers of the dead".
In an Instagram rant about the March for Our Lives protest, Hughes accused Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors of "playing hooky at the expense of 16 of your classmates' blood".
Seventeen people were killed in the shooting in Parkland, Florida, last month.
Hughes, whose band were performing at Paris's Bataclan venue when it was targeted by terrorist gunmen in 2015, shared an illustration of a woman telling a man: "I turned in my gun to do my part in ending violence", to which he replies: "I chopped off my own d*** to stop rape."
In one post Hughes writes: "The Whitney Houston song about letting the children lead the way wasn't actually has [sic] operating paradigm for life
"And when the truth don't line up with your bull**** narrative just hold your breath and stamp your feet and refused [sic] to except [sic] it…then take multiple days off school playing hooky at the expense of 16 of your classmates' blood.
"It might be funny if it wasn't so pathetic and disgusting."
Referring to his experience during the Bataclan attack, he wrote: "As a survivor of a mass shooting I can tell you from first-hand experience that all of you protesting and taking days off from school insult the memory of those who were killed and abuse and insult me and every other lover of liberty by your every action.
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll…and may everyone [sic] of these disgusting vile abusers of the dead live as long as possible so they can have the maximum amount of time to endure their shame and be cursed."
Another post that has since been deleted showed multiple images including one of a bottle of pills labelled "hard to swallow" followed by an image of a hand holding three pills bearing the caption: "Our guns aren't going anywhere."
Jesse Hughes is a deluded redneck and should not, under any circumstances, be taken seriously.
— Felipe Flores
The posts sparked a backlash on social media. Felipe Flores wrote: "Jesse Hughes is a deluded redneck and should not, under any circumstances, be taken seriously."
More from March For Our Lives
Following the Bataclan attack, in which 89 people died, Hughes criticised France's strict gun controls.
He said: "Did your French gun control stop a single person from dying at the Bataclan? If anyone can answer yes, I'd like to hear it, because I don't think so."
