Gunpowder and Lead Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Onthecross 

Cover art for Gunpowder and Lead lyrics by Miranda Lambert

This song is a glorification of domestic violence. It's written right in the lyrics, "He ain't seen me crazy yet." That there implies that she has already done acts which the man in the song would consider crazy, but she herself doesn't. This song is completely without context, he slaps her face and shakes her like a rag doll, so she commits premeditated murder. Thereby escalating the situation, a situation which she had already placed under control by having him arrested, all the woman in the song would need to do is call the police and say, "I don't feel safe since he's out of jail, I'm afraid that he'll come after me." and they'll come and watch out and make sure everything is safe. By admitting that she is heading home to load her shotgun she is admitting that she is waiting for him so she can kill him. This song is atrocious and should be taken off the air because it glorifies domestic abuse.

You have a totally laughable and glorified idea of what law enforcement and the criminal justice system can do. You really think the cops are going to come out and babysit someone for an indeterminate amount of time based on a concern she has about something that may or may not actually happen? You really think they're going to come and hang out around your house for the next 5-7 years until the dude leaves town or goes back to prison? Or longer if he decides to stick around? HA! By the way, I work in the field.

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Oh and by the way, I know your next response will likely be - just break the cycle! Just leave! Of course, again, I am not advocating that every DV victim should kill their attacker. However, the whole "just call the cops and leave him! He will go to jail for a long time and and the cops will protect you every minute of the day and everything will be rainbows and happiness and safety!" is utter horse s***. First of all, most people convicted of DV don't spend much time in the slammer at all.

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Yeah right, call the cops. The number of dead women who called the cops and got that restraining order tells me how useful that is. I listen to a show called 911 and it was made clear how useless that is. The women told the operator that an unknown stranger was breaking into her apartment and the operator spent 4 minutes repeatedly asking her if she was sure that she did not know who was breaking into her apartment. Finally informed the cops to go to her address and then spent the 8 minutes (that it...